"I Am A Hero" Manga Cover
A live-action adaptation of Kengo Hanazawa’s zombie-horror manga series I Am A Hero is in the works. According to Film Business Asia, I Am A Hero is about “a failing manga artist who encounters a widespread infection that turns humans into zombie-like creatures called ZQN, a play on popular internet term DQN (meaning idiot).”
Filmmaker Shinsuke Sato – known for Gantz and Gantz II: Perfect Answer – is set to helm the project from a script is written by Nogi Akiko (Library Wars). Yo Oizumi (Suger & Spice), Arimura Kasumi (Judge) and Nagasawa Masami (Godzilla: Final Wars) are the prime cast members.
I Am Hero starts shooting this month in Japan, with a 2015 domestic release date. Stay tuned!
