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 tea cups used in the luxurious mansion are made of in an Adelaide shape with a phenix 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.
 * 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.

Modifications

 * Heaven's Door's Stand 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. Izumi's pages looks like a magazine, while Ikkyu's pages look like refined book pages.
 * Kyoka Izumi is presented as Rohan's new editor and only just met him when she asks him to come assist at the mansion sale.
 * Kyoka takes more importance in the drama and becomes a recurring character, appearing in stories in which she was originally absent.
 * When Rohan turns Ikkyu into a book, his punishment is not Kyoka's death, but rather the loss of his right arm.
 * Thus, he has to eat the maize with one hand instead of two like in the original one-shot.
 * 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.