{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3c66eac6f88d51882e07c2ed","clusterId":"c_1d2dea937d11281ba818d9e9","slug":"hideki-arai-s-spunk-manga-gets-live-action-film-from-keisuke-yoshida","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Hideki Arai's SPUNK! Manga Gets Live-Action Film From Keisuke Yoshida","summary":"Hideki Arai announced Thursday that his SPUNK! manga will get a live-action film next fall, written and directed by Keisuke Yoshida. A crowdfunding page seeks 3 million yen (about US$20,000) over three months. Yumiko Kagami, owner of the S\u0026M salon Eureka, joins as an advisor on the original manga and as S\u0026M and costume supervisor. Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Beam ran the series from 2022 to 2024, and the fourth and final volume shipped in August 2024.","whyItMatters":"Yoshida already adapted Arai's Itoshi no Irene for live action in 2018, and this crowdfunding-backed return pairs an established director-manga pairing with a subject the production is staffing a specialist advisor for.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe film is set to arrive next fall, with Arai announcing the project on Thursday and a crowdfunding page attached to it. The campaign seeks 3 million yen (about US$20,000) and runs three months. Yoshida writes and directs; he previously directed the live-action adaptation of Arai\u0026#39;s Itoshi no Irene, which opened in Japan in September 2018.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story follows two women who enter the world of sadomasochism and become Mistresses: Natsuna, who wants to love freely, and Fuyumi, a bookworm who speaks only in mumbles. Kadokawa\u0026#39;s Monthly Comic Beam published the manga between 2022 and 2024, with the fourth and final compiled volume shipped in August 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"SPUNK! is crowdfunding 3 million yen before the film exists, which puts the budget ask on readers rather than a studio slate. Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Beam ran the manga through August 2024's final volume.","twitterPost":"SPUNK! is crowdfunding 3 million yen for a film Keisuke Yoshida will write and direct, leaving the budget ask to readers.","threadsPost":"SPUNK!'s live-action film is asking readers for 3 million yen through crowdfunding, so part of the money comes from the audience before a studio slate does. Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Beam ran the manga to its fourth and final volume in August 2024, and Yumiko Kagami joins Yoshida's production as an advisor.","newsletterBlurb":"Hideki Arai's SPUNK! is getting a live-action film next fall, written and directed by Keisuke Yoshida, who previously adapted Arai's Itoshi no Irene. A crowdfunding page seeks 3 million yen (about US$20,000) over three months. The manga ran in Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Beam from 2022 to 2024.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-01/hideki-arai-spunk-manga-gets-live-action-film/.242359\",\"title\":\"Hideki Arai's SPUNK! Manga Gets Live-Action Film\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4395,"outputTokens":672,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791095366,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T06:25:53.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T06:28:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T06:28:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_1d2dea937d11281ba818d9e9","canonicalTitle":"News\nHideki Arai's SPUNK! Manga Gets Live-Action Film","representativeArticleId":"a_97aff5e355991c3dac995d23","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"SPUNK!\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Hideki Arai\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-01T15:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-01T15:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T06:28:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-01/hideki-arai-spunk-manga-gets-live-action-film/.242359","title":"News\nHideki Arai's SPUNK! Manga Gets Live-Action Film"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["SPUNK!"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Hideki Arai"],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}