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Naruto Stage Musical's Ad Shows Clips From Live Performance
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website of the Live Spectacle Naruto stage musical began streaming a 15-second commercial for the musical on Thursday. The video features clips of the musical's live performance.
The stage play's cast includes:
Ryūji Satō as Sasuke Uchiha
Yui Itō as Sakura Haruno
Kenta Suga as Gaara
Yūki Kimisawa as Kakashi Hatake
Hidekazu Ichinose as Iruka Umino
Asahi Uchida as Zabuza Momochi
Kazuhiro Hirakawa as The Third Hokage
Tatsunari Kimura as Kabuto Yakushi
Miho Imamura as Haku
Yoshiaki Umegaki as Jiraya
Hiro Yūmi as Orochimaru
Yūgo Satō as Rock Lee
Kaoru Fujiki as Ino Yamanaka
Tatsuya Kobayashi as Shikamaru Nara
Ryō Katō as Chōji Akimichi
Yūta Iiyama as Kiba Inuzuka
Shinichirō Ueda as Shino Aburame
Saki Takahashi as Hinata Hyūga
Additionally Shigeki Yamada will play Orochimaru's Incarnation.
The musical covers the manga's story from the first to 27th volume. The production includes drama, songs, dance, and acrobatics.
FLOW's "Hikari Oikakete" song will return as an image song for this run of the musical. The song was also used in the musical's first run.
The musical will run from July 30 to August 7 at the Umeda Arts Theater in Osaka, and from August 13-28 at the AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo. Akiko Kodama (Fairy Tail stage play) will again direct and write the play.
General ticket sales for the new run started on May 29.
The musical held performances last year from March to May in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka, and Miyagi. The musical then held international performances in Macau, Malaysia, and Singapore. A DVD of the stage musical went on sale last August.
The musical is part of the ongoing "Naruto Shin Jidai Kaimaku Project" (Naruto's New Era Opening Project) marking the 15th anniversary of Masashi Kishimoto's original manga. The manga ended in November 2014.
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