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The Royal Tutor Stage Musical Casts Nobuo Kyo, Reveals New Visual
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for the stage musical of Higasa Akai's The Royal Tutor (Ōshitsu Kyōshi Heine or Königliche Familie Lehrer) manga revealed a new cast member and visual for the musical on July 1. The visual recreates a color illustration from the manga's first compiled book volume.
The musical has cast Nobuo Kyo to play Victor von Grannzreich, a key character in the story. He is the king of Grannzreich, the father of the four princes, and the one who invited Heine Wittgenstein as a tutor.
The musical will run at Tokyo's Zepp Blue Theater Roppongi from September 7 to September 10, and in Osaka's Morinomiya Piloti Hall from September 16 to September 18. Kōtarō Yoshitani is directing the musical.
The main cast of the anime (Yūya Asato, Yūto Adachi, Keisuke Ueda, Daisuke Hirose, Shōta Aoi, shown left to right in image above) will return as the main cast members for the musical. A visual for the play duplicates a similar visual for the anime:
The anime premiered on TV Tokyo and TV Osaka on April 4, and ended on June 20. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it airs in Japan.
Yen Press began releasing the manga as e-books in English in 2015, and it describes the story:
Accepting the post of Royal Tutor at the court of the king of Grannzreich, Heine Wittgenstein is a little professor with a big job ahead! Each of the kingdom's four princes has a rather distinct personality. Does their diminutive new instructor have what it takes to lay down some learning? It's a comedy of educational proportions!
Akai launched the manga in Monthly G Fantasy in November 2013, and Square Enix published the eighth compiled book volume and a new official character book on March 27. The ninth volume will ship on July 27.
Source: Comic Natalie
