#Yuko Kibayashi

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Drops of God looks beautiful too. Tokyo is presented in steely blues and greys. Provence is bathed in golden sunshine, except for the occasional dramatic storm. Provençal tourism chiefs don't need any help selling their region but will surely be rubbing their hands in glee at this. So will winemakers. Listening to the characters discuss wine and the wine-making process with such enthusiasm, and hearing them describe incredible wines so vividly, may well make you want to drink them. The show has been distilled from a bestselling 44-volume Japanese manga series of the same name which began in 2004, created by a brother-and-sister team, Shin and Yuko Kibayashi. The series is famous for its impact on the East Asian wine market, significantly boosting the sale of wines mentioned in the story.  It more than doubled wine sales in Japan in the first year it was published. In July 2009, the British wine magazine Decanter placed the Kibayashis at Number 50 on its list of the wine world's most influential people, remarking that Drops of God "is arguably the most influential wine publication for the past 20 years". One French winemaker withdrew a wine of his from the market after it was mentioned in order to prevent its price from rocketing. The wines in the TV series, which has changed several aspects of the manga's story, are a mixture of real and fictional but if you happen to have a few cases of, say, Château Cheval Blanc 2000 lying around in your cellar, you may want to hang on to them for a while.

Apple TV+'s Drops of God: A 'hugely entertaining' thriller about… French wine-tasting, based on a Japanese manga series - BBC Culture

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#DropsOfGod limited miniseries on #AppleTvPlus is based on the popular and influential Japanese manga series of the same name by Tadashi Agi, the pseudonym for brother-sister team Yuko and Shin Kibayashi.

It's about a high-stakes wine adventure of a woman who discovers the world's greatest wine collection that's left by her estranged father and competes against his protege to claim her inheritance.

#drama #adventure #wine #winelover

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Kami no Shizuku[神の雫]: Drops of God

(but it’s also a play on the main character’s name, Kanzaki Shizuku[神咲雫])

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The Drops of God Manga Gets New Live-Action TV Drama In Multi-National Production

Hollywood trade magazine Variety has revealed the first details on the forthcoming internationally-focused live-action adaptation of The Drops of God manga authored by Yuko and Shin Kibayashi with artwork by Okimoto Shu. The series will consist of eight, one-hour episodes set between France, Italy, and Japan. The preliminary cast features actor Tomohisa Yamashita and French actress Fleur Geffrier. The manga previously received a Japanese live-action drama adaptation in 2009 under the title Kami no Shizuku.

    Tomohisa Yamashita/Fleur Geffrier

  The narrative for the TV drama will differ from the manga in that a woman (Geffrier) who discovers that her estranged father has left her the world’s greatest wine collection in his will. But, to claim her inheritance she must compete against a Japanese man (Yamashita) who her father regarded as a son.

  The Drops of God Volume 1 cover

  The Drops of God was previously published in English by the former Vertical Inc., now Kodansha Comics beginning in 2011 with the first four volumes, until the fifth volume skipped ahead to compile volumes 22 and 23 of the Japanese release under the revised title Drops of God: New World to drive awareness of the series. The complete series of 23 volumes is now available in English through Amazon's Comixology service via Kodansha USA Publishing.

  SOURCE: Variety

©Dynamic Television/©Vertical Books

  By: Humberto Saabedra

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ComiXology To Release All 48 Volumes Of The Drops Of God Manga In English For First Time

ComiXology To Release All 48 Volumes Of The Drops Of God Manga In English For First Time

Amazon’s comiXology Originals has just released the first eleven volumes of the English-translated The Drops of God manga collection on their digital platform. And, that’s because they’re planning on releasing – and completing- this long-running saga with the rest of the run (a staggering 44 volumes!) in time. Although it’s a bit of weird one, what with it being about wine, of all things!

But,…

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The Drops of God Manga to be Completed in English for the First Time via comiXology Originals

The Drops of God Manga to be Completed in English for the First Time via comiXology Originals

Today, comiXology and Kodansha Comics announced they will complete the international bestseller The Drops of God manga series in English for the first time. The first eleven volumes debut today and can be read digitally as part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive content at no additional cost for members of Amazon Prime via their Prime Reading benefit, Kindle Unlimited and comiXology…

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Japanese wine

#Wine #JapaneseWine [The Drinks Business]dbHK recently met The Drops of God authors, siblings Shin Kibayashi and Yuko Kibayashi, to discuss their love of Japanese wine and the launch of their next work which will reveal their 12 …

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Shin and Yuko Kibayashi will have a special announcement next month

[littleeyesofpallas]

Remember that time a manga series accidentally crashed the realworld wine market? Glad that's making a comeback.

[jculture-en]

“Drops of God” Brings Art and Accessibility to Wine

#Wine #JapaneseWine [Wine Enthusiast]In 2004, when sister-and-brother writing team Yuko and Shin Kibayashi started The Drops of God manga series about blind tasting classic wines, no one believed that the Japanese comic form would click …

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The Drops of God’s authors on their passion for Japanese wine

#Wine #JapaneseWine [The Drinks Business]dbHK recently met The Drops of God authors, siblings Shin Kibayashi and Yuko Kibayashi, to discuss their love of Japanese wine and the launch of their next work which will reveal their 12 favourite …