Shortly following the amazing images (seen below) that were released of our favorite Naruto: Shippuden characters, the upcoming live-action play released a new visual today that will blow your mind.
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Live Spectacle Naruto: Akatsuki no Shirabe/Song of the Akatsuki, is the second stage play adaptation of the popular anime/manga series Naruto: Shippuden that will be premiering this year. Today, the official website for the play posted an epic visual with all the 16 main cast members together.
This new play is set to first run at AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo from May 19 to June 4 of this year. Then the play will be moving to Osaka, to the Mielparque Hall from June 16 to 22. Then the play will return to the original Tokyo venue from July 29 to August 6. Pre-sale for tickets will be available on March 19.
English fans that are lucky enough to be able to get to Japan, there is an English ticketing website viable for international audience as well. According to the website, there will be multi-lingual subtitle glasses service available for all of the performances in Tokyo.
This is the second play continuing the story where the last one left off. The play will begin from when Naruto and Sasuke clash at the Valley of the End and it is unclear where it will end. Even though we don’t have more information on the time-line, the pictures of the characters that have been revealed look amazing.
Shippuden is the second Naruto series, picking up two years after the original adventures in the Hidden Leaf Village. Naruto Uzumaki has trained extensively and returned to Konoha to reunite with friends and get in more trouble. He is more determined than ever to become the greatest ninja, and his new skills are put to test against newer, stronger enemies.
For tickets and more information on the show and high tech subtitle glasses you can check it out here. Be sure to check out all of the epic character photos below!