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Seito Shokun To Be Dramatized
Date: 2/15/2007
Shouji Youko's most important manga work Seito Shokun (Attention Students!) will be adapted to a live action TV drama to broadcast on TV Asahi in April. Masana Uchiyama will star as the fiery spirited female teacher heroine. The original comic serialized in Kodansha's female magazines Weekly Girlfriend and "BELOVE" between 1977 and 1984. 24 collected volumes exist on the market. A full length theatrical feature based on the story was made in 1984. Several TV dramas were also produced in 1980 and 1987. An anime adaptation was made in 1986. Shouji's Seiko Shokun won The 2nd Kodansha manga prize in the girl's division in 1978. The new drama is considered a sequel to the existing storyline moving the focus from the student side to the teacher side.
Source: Anime News Service