{"rewrite":{"id":"r_51869e959fc87e4e52c03867","clusterId":"c_5f51c7c7ae45467f1f5fe410","slug":"i-m-kodama-kawashiri-manga-gets-live-action-short-series-with-kanna-hashimoto","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"I'm Kodama Kawashiri Manga Gets Live-Action Short Series With Kanna Hashimoto","summary":"The I'm Kodama Kawashiri manga is getting a live-action short series with 25 episodes. Hulu exclusively streams five short episodes on Mondays starting January 11 at 6:00 a.m. JST, and each set of five then airs once a day on NTV's ZIP! that week. Two exclusive episodes also launch on Hulu on Fridays. Kanna Hashimoto stars as Kodama, and Yuichi Fukuda directs and writes.","whyItMatters":"The adaptation moves Kodama Kawashiri from a late-night variety slot and a Crunchyroll anime run to a weekday morning NTV block paired with a Hulu release, so the live-action version is built for the ZIP! audience rather than the original manga's Twitter readership.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKanna Hashimoto plays Kodama, and Yuichi Fukuda writes and directs. The schedule splits the 25 episodes into five-episode sets: Hulu puts up five on a Monday, then NTV\u0026#39;s morning show ZIP! airs those five once a day across the rest of that week, with two more episodes arriving on Hulu each Friday. The manga runs on Kodama Kawajiri\u0026#39;s Twitter account, which the article says has more than 425,000 followers, and Kadokawa published the third compiled volume in January 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"I'm Kodama Kawashiri runs 25 live-action shorts, split between Hulu and NTV's ZIP!. Kanna Hashimoto's Kodama anchors a release built for TV's morning slot, not a streaming binge.","twitterPost":"I'm Kodama Kawashiri splits 25 shorts across Hulu and NTV's ZIP!, with Kanna Hashimoto as Kodama. The morning-TV slot sets the pacing.","threadsPost":"I'm Kodama Kawashiri gets 25 live-action shorts, and the rollout is split: five on Hulu Mondays, then daily on NTV's ZIP!, with two more on Hulu Fridays. Kanna Hashimoto as Kodama is the draw, but the morning-TV slot is what shapes the format.","newsletterBlurb":"I'm Kodama Kawashiri is getting a live-action short series with 25 episodes, directed and written by Yuichi Fukuda with Kanna Hashimoto as Kodama. Hulu streams five episodes on Mondays from January 11 at 6:00 a.m. JST, and NTV's ZIP! airs each set once a day that week. Two more episodes go up on Hulu on Fridays.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-05/im-kodama-kawashiri-manga-gets-live-action-short-series/.243570\",\"title\":\"I'm Kodama Kawashiri Manga Gets Live-Action Short Series\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5156,"outputTokens":750,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793909994,"createdAt":"2026-11-05T20:13:57.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-05T20:18:51.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-05T20:18:51.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_5f51c7c7ae45467f1f5fe410","canonicalTitle":"News\nI'm Kodama Kawashiri Manga Gets Live-Action Short Series","representativeArticleId":"a_89576ba6bdf5562343628232","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"I'm Kodama Kawashiri\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Kanna Hashimoto\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-05T19:30:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-05T19:30:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-05T20:18:52.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-05/im-kodama-kawashiri-manga-gets-live-action-short-series/.243570","title":"News\nI'm Kodama Kawashiri Manga Gets Live-Action Short Series"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["I'm Kodama Kawashiri"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Kanna Hashimoto"],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The I'm Kodama Kawashiri manga is getting a live-action short series with 25 episodes.","Kanna Hashimoto stars as Kodama, and Yuichi Fukuda directs and writes the series.","Hulu exclusively streams five short episodes on Mondays starting January 11 at 6:00 a.m. JST.","NTV's morning show ZIP! airs each set of five episodes once a day that week.","Two exclusive episodes launch on Hulu on Fridays."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["i-m-kodama-kawashiri","kanna-hashimoto"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"i-m-kodama-kawashiri","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"kanna-hashimoto","supported":1,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":2,"overall":"green","story_count":3,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}