but in 2017 they announced they lost the rights and canceled all plans for home video releases. An announcement revealing the anime's second season was posted on the creator's Twitter account. The second season, titled , premiered on 7 January 2017. Crunchyroll later added the series for its streaming. The staff from the first season reprised their roles in the second season. The opening theme of the second season was composed by Sheena Ringo and performed by Megumi Hayashibara. Live-action series NHK announced in July 2018 that a live-action series adaptation was green-lit. The live-action series is directed by Yuki Tanada, Makoto Kiyohiro and Tatsuo Kobayashi, with scripts written by Daisuke Habara, music by Takatsugu Muramatsu and rakugo supervision by Kyōtarō Yanagiya. Masaki Okada, Ryō Ryūsei, Riko Narumi, Aya Ōmasa and Ikusaburo Yamazaki portrayed Yakumo, Yotarō, Konatsu, Miyokichi and Sukeroku, respectively. It aired on NHK between 12 October and 14 December 2018 in ten episodes. Reception The series was nominated for the 5th Manga Taishō, receiving 49 points and placing 4th among the fifteen nominees. It was also nominated for the 17th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. It was number two on the 2012 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Female Readers survey and it was number fourteen in the 2013 edition. It was also number seven in the 2013 Comic Natalie Grand Prize and it won an Excellence Award for manga at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards. It also won the 38th Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga. The manga won Kumota the New Creator Prize category of the 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2017. Volume 3 sold 24,541 copies by 7 October 2012. Nick Creamer from Anime News Network gave the first season of the anime an "A" score, describing it as "An intentionally theatrical tragedy, staged something like a rakugo performance itself", and praising its "Strong underlying narrative to gorgeous direction and top-tier performances." Notes References External links Animeism Crunchyroll anime Historical anime and manga Josei manga Kodansha manga Rakugo Studio Deen Theatre in anime and manga Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General) Winner of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (New Artist Prize)