Tokyo Ghoul Live-Action Play Gives New Look At Cast In-Character
Have you ever wanted to see your favorite ghouls in real life? Well this summer you will have a [...]
Have you ever wanted to see your favorite ghouls in real life? Well this summer you will have a chance to, as a live-action play based on Tokyo Ghoul will be getting its debut in June. The production will be bringing your favorite characters like Ken Kanekia and Toka to life on stage. Yesterday, the play started streaming a new commercial as well as debuted the cast in their awesome costumes.
You can check out the images in the gallery below.
For fans who hope to see the play, then you will have to make your way to Tokyo. Tokyo Ghoul's stage play will open at Theatre 1010 in Tokyo this summer throughout June and July. Currently there are no plans for the show to travel outside of Japan.
The upcoming play is not the first one Tokyo Ghoul has had. Back in 2015, the supernatural series got its first live adaptation. Yūki Ogoe brought the story's protagonist to life in the first production as well.
The play's full cast line-up can be found below:
- Ryo Matsuda as Ken Kaneki
- Shogo Suzuki as Nishiki Nishio
- Mitsu Murata as Uta
- Tomokazu Yoshida as Renji Yomo
- Yoshihide Sasaki as Shu Tsukiyama
- Kasumi Yamaya as Kimi Nishino
- Maho Tomita as Itori
- Aya Tabata as Toka Kirishima
- Tadayoshi Kato as Yoshimura
If you are unfamiliar with Tokyo Ghoul, Viz Media describes the story below:
"Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way - except their craving for human flesh. Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that she's only interested in his body - eating it, that is. When a morally questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid, Ken is drawn into the dark and violent world of Ghouls, which exists alongside our own."
The series debuted in September 2011 thanks to mangaka Sui Ishida. Weekly Young Jump first published the manga before it was adapted into an anime series by Pierrot. The anime premiered in July 2014 before a second season ran in January 2015. A third season has yet to be announced by any party.
Check out the gallery below to check out the cast in their awesome character costumes.