TV Tokyo has a 51-episode drama entitled Keitai Sousakan 7 (Cellphone Investigation 7) in the works, with Takashi Miike serving as supervising director. Some of the other directors involved in the project are Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell), Shusuke Kaneko (Death Note), and Manabu Aso (One Missed Call: Final). The main protagonist of the show, Kieta (Masataka Kubota), is a high school freshman who is enlisted to join an organization called “Anchor” in order to bring down an internet crime syndicate. He’s given a little robot named “Phonebraver 7” to assist him which is capable of transforming into a cellphone. Apparently it’s also capable of becoming a marketing gimmick to sell creepy little SoftBank cellphones with arms and legs at some point in the future, as one would expect.

The show will air Wednesdays at 7:00 PM beginning on April 2nd.

Here is a photo of Miike with the cast (minus Mickey Curtis) from the recent press conference to announce the show:

From left: Takashi Miike, Nao Nagasawa, Yuko Ito, Masataka Kubota, Kanji Tsuda, Satoshi Matsuda, Natsuki Okamoto

Photo © Mainichi Communications Inc.

Sources: TokyoGraph, August Ragone’s blog
Links:
Official website
TV Tokyo sub-page

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