A press release from the publisher Kodansha reported that The live-action film adaptation of Shizumu Watanabe and Okusho's manga, “Real Account,” has been canceled due to “various circumstances.” The publisher apologized for not providing updates on this project for a long time, especially for those who were waiting to see this film in theaters.
However, the author Shizumu Watanabe surprised with the following comment: «Unfortunately, the film adaptation of Real Account, announced in 2018, has been cancelled. We apologize to everyone who has been waiting for so many years. As a small compensation, tomorrow at 18:00 we will make an announcement related to another project. We hope you stay tuned for the details!».
While the live-action film was originally announced in January 2018, Shizumu Watanabe The publication of the manga began through the magazine Bessatsu Shonen Magazine from the publisher Kodansha in February 2014, featuring art by Okusho. The work was moved to the Weekly Shonen Magazine in January 2015, and returned to the Bessatsu Shonen Magazine in June 2018, where it continued until its conclusion in November 2019.
Synopsis of Real Account
Real Account is a popular social media application that allows its users to link their account to reality. From socializing to buying things in real life, the app has become indispensable in daily life, especially for high school sophomore Ataru Kashigawa. He uses Real Account as a means to escape reality and feels a sense of belonging and connection with his followers, whom he considers his friends. However, Ataru's opinion on friendship changes drastically when he finds himself immersed in the virtual world of Real Account and forced to participate in horrible death games alongside ten thousand other users.
But these are no ordinary online death games, since dying in the world of Real Account means that you and all your followers die in reality. To make matters worse, having no followers also means certain death. When Aratu begins to participate in these death games, he discovers the existence of Yuuma Mukai, a teenager who looks a lot like him. This discovery turns events around. Betrayed by his so-called friends one by one, Ataru is left with an anonymous follower. In this virtual world where a single follower can be the difference between life and death, Ataru must survive and complete these games in order to return to the real world.
