Following the original Japanese-language announcement, Anime News Network is sharing the first details about the live-action movie adaptation of the ongoing My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 manga series. The movie is currently scheduled to to premiere in Japan on March 28, 2025. Whether or not the movie will be released outside of Japan is not yet known as of this writing.
Based on the manga series by Mashiro that also inspired an anime series that aired during the Spring 2023 season, the live-action film will star Ryūto Sakuma and Mizuki Yamashita as Yamada and Akane, respectively. Both of the movie's leads previously performed in idol groups. Kadokawa, the distributor of the live-action adaptation and parent company of the original manga's publisher, released the movie's first trailer on November 7 via Kadokawa's official YouTube account.
The movie's poster has also been shared on social media:
"My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999" (Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo suru) LIVE ACTION MOVIE confirmed + Premiere on March 28, 2025; VISUAL POSTER
— Sugoi LITE (@SugoiLITE) November 6, 2024
* Cast: Ryuto Sakuma (HiHi Jets); Mizuki Yamashita (former Nogizaka46)
* Staff: Yuka Yasukawa (director); Anna Kawahara (script) pic.twitter.com/htjLCIJyaU
Everything you need to know about My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
A romantic comedy series aimed at a shoujo demographic, the original My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 manga debuted in 2019 and has published 24 volumes as of late 2024. The manga is still ongoing, with no announcement of a conclusion to the storyline coming in the near future. The first English translation of the manga was released in 2024 and is published in an collaboration between the digital publishing platform Mangamo and Penguin Random House. As of this writing, five volumes have been translated into English and are available both in ebook and paperback format.
Before the announcement of the live-action movie adaptation, My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 was previously adapted into a 13-episode anime series. The anime debuted in April 2023, directed by Morio Asaka (Cardcaptor Sakura) and animated by Madhouse (Trigun, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End). The series is available to stream on Crunchyroll with the original Japanese voice track, as well as English and Hindi dubs, with subtitles in the dubbed languages, as well as German, European and Latin American Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Arabic.
Crunchyroll's official summary of the My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 anime series can be read below:
"Akane Kinoshita, a female college student, faces the absolute worst situation when she ends up breaking up with her boyfriend after he has an affair with a woman he met playing an online game.Crunchyroll
While relieving her stress by rampaging through the open hunting grounds of an online game,
Akane spills everything about her heartbreak to “Yamada”, a player she met by chance who happens to be in the same guild.
“I don't care,” is his curt reply.
But when Akane gets a makeover and joins an offline event to get back at her ex-boyfriend,
she hears those dreadful words again.
And that was Akane's fateful encounter with “Yamada”─！"
Anime fans who are interested in discovering My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 can stream the series on Crunchyroll here.
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