He’s Expecting

[redone2002]

Someone reposted on YouTube on their personal page:

[mprego2]

Next week is the live-streaming event for Netflix Festival Japan 2021, on the second day, Wednesday, November 10th, upcoming live-action series from Japan will have more information released about them, including He’s Expecting!

https://twitter.com/netflixjp/status/145...8696330251

The event will start at 1 PM and end at 5 PM JST. The portion for He’s Expecting will be around 3 PM JST. You’ll have to convert for your local time zones.

Here is the live-action stream YouTube video link:



https://youtu.be/T7UhuNgcteI

Here’s the English translated stream:



https://youtu.be/vBhvbhWcn4M

[Zarastio]

Thank you so much for the links and the reminder!

Has anyone found a version of the official trailer with English subtitles or a translated transcript?

[redone2002]

Someone reposted on YouTube on their personal page:

...And this one is gone too. I guess only the Bilibili link will have to do.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1jQ4y1z...33.337.0.0

[mprego2]

If you are interested in seeing when the livestream will be live where you live you can use this time zone converter.

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Steps
1) Add the city Tokyo, Japan.
2) Change the date to November 10, 2021.
3) Change the time to 1500 hours (3:00 pm).
4) Add your desired location(s) (or any location(s) in the same time zone as yours).
5) The date and time when the livestream will be airing the He’s Expecting segment should be shown under your location.

[mprego2]

I will post two reminders, one for right before the livestream starts and the second one right before the He’s Expecting segment begins.

[mprego2]

A lineup of Japanese Netflix Original Content. He’s Expecting teaser is around 4:22.



https://youtu.be/jcWSw4On2ZI

[mprego2]

The livestream will begin at the top of the hour.

The actual He’s Expecting panel begins 2 hours in the livestream.

[mprego2]

The panel for He’s Expecting will begin at around the top of the hour.

[mprego2]

So, we did not get a release date, yet, and the series is still in post-production. We did learn however that the series will be 8-23 minute episodes.

[mprego2]

One major change from the manga is that it has been 50 years since the first male pregnancies, not 10 like in the original. So men in the live-action series have been getting pregnant longer.

[mprego2]

Takumi also seemed to implied that the special effects makeup artists made a prosthetic pregnant belly that accurately simulated the weight of a pregnant belly, which influenced his movement.

[redone2002]

I like how they're going to focus more on the personal relationship between Kentaro and Aki. One thing that always bugged me about the manga is how quickly they rush through it. It never felt fulfilling with how they progress as people. The series will show Aki's parents and depict more of Kentaro's change in personality due to the pregnancy, which I think is important.

I find it funny that Takumi watched Junior as inspiration. Every time a foreign film or television production does a male pregnancy story, they always refer to that movie.

I also hope they adapt it into an anime at some point.

[mprego2]

I also got this feeling that the series will receive a second season.

[redone2002]

They did mention at one point that they would most likely adapt Childcare Edition.

[mprego2]

Here is the livestream with the time stamp to the very beginning of the He’s Expecting panel.

Japanese stream:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7UhuNgcteI&t=134m45s

English stream:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBhvbhWcn4M&t=134m49s

[bellyexotic]

Nice

[redone2002]

Eri Sakai (the original author) drew Kentaro and Aki from the teaser poster!

I asked Eri Sakai if she could redo this image with the designs from the actual manga and she said she would if she finds the time to.

[mprego2]

So, it appears that Netflix has begun dubbing He’s Expecting as an actor/voice actor was added on IMDb as “Aki’s friend”. I think the actor himself or someone from his team added him. This is good news as dubbing is the very last thing in production and Netflix dubs their original content one month before they air! So we should be getting the release date very soon, it may be within a week.

Also, after looking into it I can confirm (via his Instagram) that the voice actor started dubbing his lines 5 days ago. He doesn’t mention He’s Expecting in his post (cause of NDA), but with him being added on IMDb and He’s Expecting releasing sometime in March, it can be assumed that he is voicing for that series.

We’re getting closer guys! I’ll be on the lookout for other voice actor for He’s Expecting, more should be popping up soon!

[mprego2]

BTW, I’m making a educated guess that the release date will be either March 17-18, based on Netflix Japan’s release history with its other shows and films.