Kodoani.com – On Sunday, TV Tokyo announced that the manga Stardust Telepath (Hoshikuzu Telepath) by Rasuko Ōkuma is forming the basis for a live-action television series, starring members of the idol group AKB48. The series is scheduled to air weekly on TV Tokyo, starting June 25. Auditions will be held by TV Tokyo and company Dub to select the members of AKB48 who will participate in the show. submit.
The story revolves around shy girl Umika, who is afraid of communication and has difficulty making friends. One day, a transfer student named Yū appears. Surprisingly, she claims to be an alien with the ability to read other people’s emotions through touching their foreheads.
The manga also became the basis for an anime series, which premiered on October 9, 2023.
Stardust Telepath began appearing in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara magazine in May 2019, and continued to be serialized from July that same year. Houbunsha published the manga’s fourth compiled volume on September 27.
In 2021, the manga was nominated for the Best Manga award at the seventh Next Manga Awards (Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō).