Channel wa Sonomama!

Channel wa Sonomama! (チャンネルはそのまま!, roughly "Don't Change the Channel!") is a Japanese manga by Noriko Sasaki serialized in the seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits, published by Shogakukan between 2008 and 2013.[2][3]

Channel wa Sonomama!
チャンネルはそのまま!
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byNoriko Sasaki
Published byShogakukan
MagazineBig Comic Spirits
DemographicSeinen
Original run2008 – 2013
Volumes6[1]
Television drama
Channel wa sono mama! (Stay tuned!)
Directed byKatsuyuki Motohiro
Produced byWataru Fukuya (executive producer)
Masamishi Ureshino, Ken Tada, Hideki Sakamoto
Written byHayashi Mori
Music byAkimitsu Honma
Rihwa (ending theme)
StudioProduction I.G.
Original networkHTB
Netflix
Original run 18 March 2019 – 22 March 2019
Episodes5

The main character is Hanako Yukimaru, a rookie, clumsy journalist at fictional Hokkaido Hoshi (Star) Television (HHTV) in Sapporo.

Drama version

A Japanese television drama adaptation starring Kyoko Yoshine[2] was produced by Production I.G.[4] and TV Asahi affiliate HTB, where it was broadcast during the week from 18 to 22 March 2019. The series was launched to celebrate HTB's 50th anniversary.

The drama series has been available globally on Netflix,[3] with the English title Stay Tuned!, since 21 March 2019.[5] It has been available on Netflix Japan since 11 March 2019.[5]

After its premiere broadcast on Hokkaido, the drama series has been syndicated to other stations all over Japan.[6]

Cast
  • Kyoko Yoshine: Hanako Yukimaru, HHTV journalist
  • Hiroki Iijima: Hajime Yamane, HHTV journalist
  • Kanako Miyashita: Maki Hanae, HHTV journalist and news presenter
  • Takuro Osada: Hayato Kitagami, HHTV programming employee
  • Taisei Shima: Tetsutarō Hattori, HHTV sales employee
  • Hikaru Takihara: Seiichi Tachibana, HHTV master control employee
  • Yō Ōizumi (TEAM-NACS): Masayoshi Kanbara, head of NPO Sprout Mind
  • Takayuki Suzui: Takayasu Suzuki, HHTV president
  • Ayumu Saito: Mamoru Shōgasaki, HHTV chief executive
  • Atsuo Ouchi: Heizō Hasegawa, HHTV news director
  • Hayato Myo: Keiji Osada, HHTV police news chief
  • Tadahisa Fujimura: Toraya Ogura, HHTV information director
  • Kimiko Jitsukawa: Reiko Kurenai, HHTV announcer
  • Hitoshi Fujio: Yousuke Furuya, HHTV weather forecaster
  • Ken Yasuda (TEAM-NACS): Katori, Higuma TV (HHTV rival station) information director
  • Toshie Negishi: Tane, Hanako's grandmother
  • Hiroyuki Morisaki (TEAM-NACS): Mamoru Yukimaru, Hanako's father
  • Tatsuko Kojima, Sanae, Hanako's mother
  • Takuma Oto'o (TEAM-NACS): Gotō
  • Shigeyuki Totsugi (TEAM-NACS): Investigator

Source:[7]

References
  1. "チャンネルはそのまま！". Shogakukan Books. Shogakukan. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (9 September 2018). "Kasane's Kyōko Yoshine Stars in Live-Action Channel wa Sono Mama! TV Series". Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (24 June 2018). "Noriko Sasaki's Channel wa Sono Mama! Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series". Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. "スタッフ - HTB開局50周年ドラマ「チャンネルはそのまま！」". Hokkaido Television Broadcasting. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. "3月21日（木）～NETFLIXでグローバル配信がスタート" (in Japanese). Hokkaido Television Broadcasting. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  6. "各地の放送日時". HTB開局50周年どらま「チャンネルはそのまま！」. Hokkaido Broadcasting Television. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  7. "登場人物". HTB開局50周年どらま「チャンネルはそのまま！」. Hokkaido Television Broadcasting. Retrieved 15 April 2019.


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