Kodoani.com – Apple TV+ announced on Tuesday that “Drops of God” international co-production, multilingual live-action television series from the manga “The Drops of God” (Kami no Shizuku) by Tadashi Agi and Shū Okimoto, will get a second season.
Oded Ruskin (Absentia, No Man's Land) will return to direct the new season, and Quoc Dang Tran (Marianne, Parallel) will continue to write the script. Dynamic's Klaus Zimmermann (Borgia, Trapped) produced the film. The film is a collaboration between American, French and Japanese companies. Legendary Television, Dynamic Television, France Télévisions and Hulu Japan are supporting and producing the project with Adline Entertainment and 22H22.
The series premieres on April 21 with the first two episodes. New episodes premiere weekly until June 2. Apple TV+ has acquired the eight-part series and is airing and streaming simultaneously around the world. The show begins streaming on Hulu in Japan on September 15.
The official title in Japan is “Kami no Shizuku / Drop of God.” (Similar to the Japanese title of the second “Fullmetal Alchemist” television series, the title of this live-action series includes both the Japanese and English titles of the manga.)
Legendary Television is handling worldwide distribution outside of France and Japan. Hulu Japan streams the series exclusively in Japan. The film was filmed over 10 months in France, Italy and Japan.
Tomohisa Yamashita and French actress Fleur Geffrier (Elle) play Camille Léger and Issei Tomino, respectively. Apple TV+ describes the story:
“Drops of God” is set in the world of fine dining and wine. Frenchman Alexandre Léger, creator of the famous Léger Wine Guide and an iconic figure in the wine industry, has died at his home in Tokyo at the age of 60. He leaves behind a daughter, Camille (Geffrier), lives in Paris and hasn't seen her father since her parents separated when she was nine years old. When Camille flew to Tokyo and Léger's will was read, she discovered that her father had left her an extraordinary wine collection – according to experts, the largest wine collection in the world. However, to win the inheritance, Camille must compete with a brilliant young oenologist, Issei Tomine (Yamashita). Biological daughter and spiritual son: the duel is about to begin. There are three tests to break the tie, all of which involve wine tasting. The winner will take ownership of Léger's empire, the loser will go home empty-handed. But how could Camille win such a duel? She knows nothing about alcohol, and worse: she has never drunk a drop.
Siblings Shin and Yuko Kibayashi — under the pen name Tadashi Agi — launched the manga “The Drops of God” with artist Okimoto in Kodansha's Morning magazine in 2004. A live-action series based on the manga aired in Japan in 2009. The first manga series ended in June 2014, with the 44th and final volume published in July 2014. Comixology and Kodansha USA Publishing published the manga in Japanese. UK in digital form.
The “final” (at the time) series, titled “Marriage: Kami no Shizuku Saishūshō” (Drops of God: Mariage), debuted in May 2015 and ended in October 2020. Kodansha USA is releasing “Drops of God: Mariage” in English digitally.
The duo then launched the sequel manga “Kami no Shizuku deuxième” (Drops of God Second) in Kodansha's Morning magazine in September 2023 and ended it on April 18.
