{"rewrite":{"id":"r_0edb28ebd38822850217b56a","clusterId":"c_edc32820a4107e45c8b593bc","slug":"can-you-kiss-me-first-live-action-series-debuts-on-fuji-tv-on-october-19","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Can You Kiss Me First? Live-Action Series Debuts On Fuji TV On October 19","summary":"The official website for the live-action series of Yamayade's Can You Kiss Me First? manga posted a teaser trailer on Thursday, revealing an October 19 television debut on Fuji TV and streaming on Fuji TV On Demand. Jin Suzuki plays Ueno and Gaku Oshida plays Kanda, with Yoshiki Kanemaru, Tsubasa Kizu, Riko Kawase and others in supporting roles. Meigetsu Takahashi directs, Emi Amamoto writes the scripts, and Nobuhiro Tateno and Ami Yamashita compose the music.","whyItMatters":"The broadcast date lands four days before Seven Seas Entertainment releases the manga in English, so the adaptation and the licensed edition arrive in the same window for overseas readers.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe manga ran on Renta! from March 2023 to April 2024, and Takeshobo published one compiled volume. Seven Seas Entertainment holds the English license and describes an office pair: Ueno, a strict accountant, and Kanda, a sales department favorite who is next in line to be manager. The two are close outside work, and Ueno\u0026#39;s confession that he is gay sets off a stretch of unspoken feeling between them. Seven Seas begins releasing the series on September 29, about three weeks before the drama airs.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Can You Kiss Me First? goes to Fuji TV and Fuji TV On Demand together, with Jin Suzuki as Ueno and Gaku Oshida as Kanda. The casting puts the manga's two leads in the hands of actors rather than voice talent.","twitterPost":"Jin Suzuki and Gaku Oshida carry the leads in Can You Kiss Me First?, which debuts on Fuji TV and Fuji TV On Demand on October 19.","threadsPost":"Can You Kiss Me First? lands on Fuji TV and Fuji TV On Demand the same day, with Jin Suzuki as Ueno and Gaku Oshida as Kanda. Meigetsu Takahashi directs and Emi Amamoto writes, so the live-action adaptation gets a specific creative team rather than a generic manga-to-drama pipeline.","newsletterBlurb":"The live-action take on Yamayade's Can You Kiss Me First? has a date: October 19 on Fuji TV, with streaming on Fuji TV On Demand. Jin Suzuki and Gaku Oshida play the two office leads, directed by Meigetsu Takahashi. Seven Seas Entertainment releases the manga in English on September 29.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-17/live-action-can-you-kiss-me-first-series-teaser-reveals-october-19-tv-debut/.241886\",\"title\":\"Live-Action Can You Kiss Me First? Series' Teaser Reveals October 19 TV Debut\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4502,"outputTokens":622,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789667962,"createdAt":"2026-09-17T17:53:26.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-17T17:58:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T17:58:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_edc32820a4107e45c8b593bc","canonicalTitle":"News\nLive-Action Can You Kiss Me First? Series' Teaser Reveals October 19 TV Debut","representativeArticleId":"a_cbf472408de49e1b78614f47","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Can You Kiss Me First?\"],\"work_titles\":[\"Can You Kiss Me First? (live-action series)\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Jin Suzuki\",\"Gaku Oshida\",\"Yamayade\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-17T17:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-17T17:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T17:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-17/live-action-can-you-kiss-me-first-series-teaser-reveals-october-19-tv-debut/.241886","title":"News\nLive-Action Can You Kiss Me First? Series' Teaser Reveals October 19 TV Debut"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Can You Kiss Me First?"],"work_titles":["Can You Kiss Me First? (live-action series)"],"studios":[],"people":["Jin Suzuki","Gaku Oshida","Yamayade"],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}