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Black Butler Musical Cast Photographed in Costume
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
An official website for the play has launched with dates, cast photos in costume, and staff lists. The play will run at the Akasaka ACT Theater in Tokyo from May 17 to May 26, before running again in Osaka's Umeda Arts Theater in June.
The announced cast is as follows:
Child actor, 13-year-old Taketo Tanaka (live-action Rurouni Kenshin's Yahiko Myōjin), stars as Ciel.
Shinji Rachi as Eric Slingby
Masataka Nakagauchi as Alan Humphries
Takeuya Uehara as Grell Sutcliff
Takuya Ide as Roland Knox
Teruma as William T. Spears
Noboru Washio as Baldroy
Takuya Kawaharada as Finnian
Saki Matsuda as Mey-Rin
Shun Takagi as Fred Aberline
Takeshi Terayama as Sharp Hanks
Syuhei Izumi as Undertaker
Yoshihide Sasaki as Viscount Druitt
Other cast includes: Kazuya Naranoki, Ryuui Yokoo, Erisa Wakisaka, Mayumi Niwa, Yuki Nakae, Yuika Numata, Tatsuya Kyūtoku, Noriaki Nagasawa, Yūki Yada, Itsumi, Hiroaki Tsuyuguchi, Mirun, and Kana Maehara.
Sakurako Fukuyama is directing and Mari Okada (Black Butler, Rozen Maiden, AKB0048) is handling the scripts and song lyrics with Yukinojo Mori (Dragon Ball Z films). Taku Iwasaki (Black Butler, Persona -trinity soul-) is composing the music.
A live-action Black Butler film starring Hiro Mizushima (Zettai Kareshi - Kanzen Muketsu no Koibito Robot) is planned to begin shooting next month.
Source: Comic Natalie
