Two new adaptations of Jiro Taniguchi's works are in progress: a live-action film of A Distant Neighborhood opens in Japan in October 2026, and Fanfare / Ponent Mon will reprint The Summit of the Gods in July 2026.
Two projects tied to the late manga creator Jiro Taniguchi were announced within days of each other in late May 2026. A new live-action film adaptation of Taniguchi's manga A Distant Neighborhood will open in Japan on October 9, 2026. BARCOS announced the project on Friday. Ryōhei Ōtani stars as the adult protagonist Hiroshi Nakahara, a 40-something salaryman who travels back in time to his 14-year-old self. Tōri Oikawa plays the younger Hiroshi. Momoko Isotani plays Tomoko Nagase, Hiroshi's childhood crush. Kenichi Takitō and Naho Toda portray Hiroshi's parents. Yoshinari Nishikoori wrote the script and directs. Eishi Segawa composes the music. The story is set in Tottori Prefecture, Taniguchi's hometown. Filming took place in Kurayoshi City, which retains the atmosphere of the mid-1950s to mid-1960s. Taniguchi serialized the manga in Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine in 1998. The manga previously inspired a 2008 live-action film co-produced by European companies that moved the setting to 1967 Paris. This new film is the first Japanese live-action adaptation. Plans for a Japanese live-action version had been in development for over a decade.
Fanfare / Ponent Mon will reprint several manga by Taniguchi, including The Summit of the Gods, as well as Hideo Azuma's Disappearance Diary and Kiriko Nananan's Blue. The Summit of the Gods reprint arrives in July 2026 to mark the Everest ascent anniversary. Other reprints follow later this year. The reprints bring back out-of-print English editions of three acclaimed manga creators, with Taniguchi's mountaineering epic getting a timed release tied to a real-world anniversary.
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Fanfare / Ponent Mon will reprint several manga by the late Jiro Taniguchi, including The Summit of the Gods, as well as Hideo Azuma's Disappearance Diary and Kiriko Nananan's Blue. The Summit of the Gods reprint arrives in July 2026 to mark the Everest ascent anniversary; other reprints follow later this year.
A new live-action film adaptation of Jiro Taniguchi's manga A Distant Neighborhood will open in Japan on October 9, 2026. BARCOS announced the project on Friday. Ryōhei Ōtani stars as the adult protagonist Hiroshi Nakahara, a 40-something salaryman who travels back in time to his 14-year-old self. Tōri Oikawa plays the younger Hiroshi. Momoko Isotani plays Tomoko Nagase, Hiroshi's childhood crush. Kenichi Takitō and Naho Toda portray Hiroshi's parents. Yoshinari Nishikoori wrote the script and directs. Eishi Segawa composes the music. The story is set in Tottori Prefecture, Taniguchi's hometown. Filming took place in Kurayoshi City, which retains the atmosphere of the mid-1950s to mid-1960s. Taniguchi serialized the manga in Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine in 1998. The manga previously inspired a 2008 live-action film co-produced by European companies that moved the setting to 1967 Paris. This new film is the first Japanese live-action adaptation. Plans for a Japanese live-action version had been in development for over a decade.