Due to the injuries sustained by Eguchi Yosuke during the motorcycle accident, the O.A. date for Kyuumei Byouto 24 Ji 4 has been hanging in the balance as FujiTV struggles to make alternative arrangements. According to Nikkan Gendai, they have found out that the O.A. date is set to be postponed to 4 August and the number of episodes have been slashed from 12 to 8. In the meantime, the 4 weeks' worth of timeslots from 7 July will be filled up with a comedy SP and an edited best-scenes SP of the Kyuumei Byoutou series in the past. At the moment, Eguchi has been transferred to a private hospital for his treatment and is scheduled to return to filming from 13 July.
This is the first time in history that the leading actor in a drama got into an accident before the O.A. and caused the delay of the O.A. and the reduction of the number of episodes. To Eguchi, he must be feeling sorry about the inconveniences caused especially since his co-stars like Matsushima Nanako and Yusuke Santa Maria have to adjust their schedules again. For FujiTV, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief since they are assured of the continuity of this popular series which has garnered high ratings of 20.0%, 20.2% and 19.1% for the three installments respectively.
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