News Room Contributor  Posts: 8058 Joined: 12 Nov 2002     | |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 83 Joined: 28 Nov 2007     | Is there anything those crazy japs won't turn into a musical? |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 400 Joined: 2 Sep 2008   | Gods... Let this be some kind of freaking joke.
On the other hand, they seem to be cutting just about all the ties with the game. EDIT: |
Time Lord  Posts: 10005 Joined: 13 Feb 2008     | Yeah, you knew it was coming. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 575 Joined: 21 Jun 2008     | This is quite possibly the most awesome thing ever. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 1 Joined: 23 Sep 2008 | This could either be freaking amazing, or a slap to the face... I pray for the prior. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3334 Joined: 29 Jul 2008   | HOLD IT! What about Apollo Justice? Why all the Apollo hate? |
On the Record  Posts: 6209 Joined: 10 Mar 2008    | "Objection your honor!" "Objection?" *do-dodo-do-do!* "Objection your honor! This man is lieing to you!" That was just a horrible attempt to recreate what will happen. And it will be AWESOME! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1497 Joined: 29 Jun 2008     |
No. They made a bunch of Bleach musicals. I'm surprised they haven't done FF yet. And if there isn't a song named Objection this is not worth it. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 1 Joined: 24 Sep 2008 | FYI, just to let you know, that's not the official Takarazuka webpage. The official site is http://kageki.hankyu.co.jp/index.shtml . The official Takarazuka news release is here: http://kageki.hankyu.co.jp/news/detail/c97bc548e14f656fecd3e6b08af218a2.html. Eventually there will be a page specifically for the show, but it's still too far out. What you linked to is the wikipedia that a bunch of us English-speaking Takarazuka fans work on. However, we tend to translate and post the news from the official site almost immediately after it is posted. |
Senior Editor  Posts: 2277 Joined: 9 Jan 2007     |
And we are very, very grateful to you for bringing us this news. Keep us posted on the musical...I am terribly sad that I won't be able to see it in person, because frankly, it sounds like ten different kinds of awesome. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 56 Joined: 11 Sep 2008    | Wonder how they'll do Maya going from an A-cup to an E-cup? Director has his work cut out for him training some newbies who know so little of Objection!'s and Hold It!'s. |
BANNED  Posts: 24 Joined: 25 Sep 2008   | Ya just know... bad idea... you can't ruin shows like that... musicals suck... User was banned for: Poll: Which do you find better? Ancient Times, modern times, or the future, or just fantasy worlds?. (Permanent) |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 657 Joined: 8 Jul 2008    | Old news is really really old... |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 816 Joined: 19 Dec 2007    |
Two words and a letter: Hunter x Hunter. That said, Phoenix Wright seems like it would lend itself extremely well to a musical. We're talking an over-the-top adaptation of an existing over-the-top series. The only way it could go further OTT was if it had Gurren Lagann in it. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1062 Joined: 27 Aug 2008    | Its going to be brilliant! |
On the Record  Posts: 5011 Joined: 28 Feb 2008  |
Well, At least its not something like, [i]Tetris: The Musical{/i] |
Muckraker  Posts: 245 Joined: 30 Apr 2008   | Wow. I saw pictures/icons, but I didn't think it was for real. That's going to be epic. XD I hope the person who plays Franziska can handle a whip. I second the bafflement on no Apollo Justice! What's with the no-love? I liked that game! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4169 Joined: 6 Sep 2008    | OBJECTION! This is awesome. |
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It's A Phoenix Wright Musical!
Apparently Phoenix Wright is a good man too, because it looks like he's getting his very own musical!
The announcement was made following a Gyakuten Saiban concert, and while details are sketchy (and largely Japanese, which is a unique hassle all its own) the musical is being put on by the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female group described by the Gyakuten Saiban LiveJournal site as "the top shit of the theater world" in Japan.
According to the post on LiveJournal, the Phoenix Wright musical will be set in the U.S. and will use American character names rather than the original Japanese, and will feature a new "love romance that doesn't exist in the game." The show is being written and directed by Suzuki Kei, and the lead role of Phoenix Wright will be played by Ranju Tomu.
Phoenix Wright: The Musical will open in February 2009 in Takarazuka and will also run in Tokyo in late February and early March. Further updates will presumably be made at the Takarazuka Revue website as they become available.
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