{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a98aa5d422b7a1b6184aa564","clusterId":"c_800310520db0da44f20c6bcf","slug":"live-action-ao-to-midori-series-sets-october-5-premiere-and-one-n-only-theme","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Live-Action Ao To Midori Series Sets October 5 Premiere And ONE N' ONLY Theme","summary":"The live-action adaptation of Roji's boys' love manga Ao to Midori will premiere on BS Asahi on October 5 at 11:24 p.m., then on TV Kanagawa the same night, with HBC, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, and CBC TV starting October 8. ONE N' ONLY performs the opening theme \"Crush On You.\" Naoya Kusakawa and Hidekazu Chinen star, with Nao Nomura, Hitomi Kitagawa, and Saki Michimoto directing.","whyItMatters":"The October 5 Lemino streaming start that precedes the BS Asahi broadcast puts the online window ahead of the television rollout, the same release route Japanese late-night drama has been moving toward.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe official website posted a new visual and named ONE N\u0026#39; ONLY for the opening theme \u0026#34;Crush On You.\u0026#34; The series stars Naoya Kusakawa as Midori Yamamura and Hidekazu Chinen as Ao Hayama, with Nao Nomura, Hitomi Kitagawa, and Saki Michimoto directing and Ayumi Shimo writing the scripts.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLemino streams the show online first on October 5 at 10:00 a.m., ahead of the BS Asahi broadcast that night. TVer carries it after the BS Asahi broadcasts, and HBC, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, and CBC TV join from October 8.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ao To Midori's five-station rollout puts the same episode on BS Asahi and TV Kanagawa on night ONE, then a second wave on October 8. The staggered schedule, not the theme song, is what shapes who talks about it first.","twitterPost":"Ao To Midori airs on BS Asahi and TV Kanagawa the same night, with HBC, RKB, and CBC four days behind. That gap splits the audience.","threadsPost":"Ao To Midori puts BS Asahi and TV Kanagawa on the same October 5 night, then HBC, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, and CBC TV follow on October 8. The four-day gap means the first wave of viewers sees the premiere before the second wave can join in, which shapes where the conversation starts.","newsletterBlurb":"The live-action Ao to Midori series has a new visual and an opening theme: ONE N' ONLY's \"Crush On You.\" It streams first on Lemino on October 5 at 10:00 a.m., with BS Asahi and TV Kanagawa airing that night and HBC, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, and CBC TV from October 8. Naoya Kusakawa and Hidekazu Chinen lead the cast.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-11/live-action-ao-to-midori-bl-series-unveils-theme-song-artists-visual/.241648\",\"title\":\"Live-Action Ao to Midori BL Series Unveils Theme Song Artists, Visual\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4407,"outputTokens":683,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789105468,"createdAt":"2026-09-11T05:38:53.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-11T05:43:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-11T05:43:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_800310520db0da44f20c6bcf","canonicalTitle":"News\nLive-Action Ao to Midori BL Series Unveils Theme Song Artists, Visual","representativeArticleId":"a_69b443f98ffba8b1a32103f9","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Ao to Midori\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"music\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-11T04:06:56.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-11T04:06:56.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-11T05:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-11/live-action-ao-to-midori-bl-series-unveils-theme-song-artists-visual/.241648","title":"News\nLive-Action Ao to Midori BL Series Unveils Theme Song Artists, Visual"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Ao to Midori"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"music","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}