Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (TV Drama)

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (岸辺露伴は動かない) is an upcoming live-action mini-series based on the manga series of the same name by Hirohiko Araki. It will be produced by and aired on Japan's national broadcaster from December 28 to December 30, 2020.

Actor Issey Takahashi will portray the titular Rohan Kishibe, who was originally featured in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable.

Episodes
The three episodes will each be adaptations of one of the many Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan short stories. Episodes 1 and 3 are based on stories originally featured in the manga, while episode 2 is based on a short story written by novelist Ballad Kitaguni for the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection series.

Production
The Kachi Villa in the town of, was used as Rohan Kishibe's house.

The drafts of the fictitious Pink Dark Boy manga that appear in the drama were drawn by Masahiko Aoki.

Scenes of Rohan Kishibe and Kyoka Izumi trekking in the forest were shot in the forest of in the

The luxurious mansion of the Millionaire Village is in reality a house named the Omori-Musasino (大森武蔵野苑). It is a historial site situated in Koganei, Japan.

The tea cups used in the luxurious mansion are made of in an Adelaide shape with a phoenix motif, dating from approximatively 1830. Rohan's own tea cup shown at the end of the first episode is a Saint-Médard silver plated metal tea cup.

Original Content

 * Added a scene of Rohan turning two burglars into books.
 * Kyoka Izumi's boyfriend in the one-shot is fleshed out as Taro Hirai, a once world-renowned photographer.
 * A subplot revolving around Taro's amnesia is added.
 * Taro replaces the character of Obanazawa.
 * Added an epilogue of a sort with Kyoka's memory of the events being altered and Rohan refusing to use his experience in his stories to not endanger his readership.
 * There are several nods to the main JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series:
 * When Rohan turns one of the burglars into a book, one page of it mentions Tonio Trussardi, Toshikazu Hazamada and Aya Tsuji.
 * Rohan mentions Pink Dark Boys Part 8 has just began serialized, reflecting JoJo's Bizarre Adventures serialization at the time of 2012, the year which Millionaire Village one-shot was originally published.
 * When Ikkyu asks Rohan to leave the mansion after Rohan's right arm went limp, Rohan replies with the famous "But I refuse" from the Chapter 385 of ''Diamond is Unbreakable.
 * One page of a newspaper in Kushagara mentions Yoshikage Kira.
 * Sketches of a model resembling Noriaki Kakyoin can be seen in a room of Jugo Shishi's house, complete with the pose Kakyoin assumes in the Chapter 123.
 * If closed-caption is turned on, its text is formatted similarly to the original manga as well as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in general. For instance, Rohan and Kyoka often end their sentences with a lowercased katakana.

Modifications

 * Heaven's Door's Stand form is never directly seen, akin to its appearance in the Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House story arc of Diamond Is Unbreakable.
 * When Rohan turns someone into books, the type of pages differ depending on the victim. Kyoka's pages looks like a magazine, while Ikkyu's pages look like refined book pages.
 * For Deoxyribonucleic Acid, instead of Heaven's Door's usual ability, it shows Mao, and later Mai and Taro's memories by literally transforming them into picture books. In the latter scene, Kyoka also transforms into a magazine, although Rohan refuses to read her memories.
 * Kyoka Izumi is presented as Rohan's new editor and meets him for the first time at his house. When telling Rohan about the mountain village, she is also at his house rather than meeting him at a cafe.
 * Kyoka takes more importance in the drama and becomes a recurring character, appearing in stories in which she was originally absent.
 * Kyoka's motivation for buying the villa is also to show moral support to Taro.
 * Kyoka only commits two breaches: putting her finger in the tea cup's handle and answering the phone.
 * Previous breaches like stepping on the edge of a tatami are pointed out as rookie mistakes.
 * Her breaches result in her dog Maron and Taro being endangered.
 * When Rohan turns Ikkyu into a book, his punishment is not Kyoka's death, but rather the loss of his right arm.
 * Rohan turns Kyoka into a book and puts her to sleep for a while.
 * Thus, he has to eat the corn with one hand instead of two like in the original one-shot. He technically commits a breach, but escapes punishment because Ikkyu commits the greater breach in trying to make Rohan fail on purpose.
 * The publisher of Pink Dark Boy is formatted as "Shumeisha" (集明社), rather than matching the real-life Shueisha (集英社).
 * Rohan does not meet Mai Katahira and Mao Katahira through Yukako Yamagishi, but rather meets them by chance.