Hunter x Hunter is often referred to by Shonen fans as one of the best anime stories out there, following the young man Gon who is looking to follow in his father’s footsteps by becoming a “hunter”. With the manga returning this year as creator Yoshihiro Togashi, a new live-action stage play is in the works for next year and a trailer has dropped to give fans an idea of what it will look like.
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Stage plays have been a big part of the anime in Japan, with franchises such as Naruto, Beastars, Mobile Suit Gundam, My Hero Academia, Spy x Family, Attack on Titan, and many others receiving original productions over the years. Ironically enough, this wouldn’t be the first time that the hunters hit the stage as a Hunter x Hunter musical arrived in the year 2000 that added a hilarious new layer to this hard-hitting anime. When it comes to the upcoming stage play, the cast includes:
- Shion Otom as Gon
- Nichika Akutsu as Killua
- Yuki Ogoe as Kurapika
- Shori Kondo as Leorio
- Keigo Kitamura as Silva
- Taizo Shiina as Zeno
- Kouki as Miluki
- Shogo Tazuru as Gotoh
- Yusaku Kawasaki as Hanzo
- Hiroo Ohtaka as Netero
- Kanda Ueda as Illumi
- Haruki Kiyama as Hisoka
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The new trailer for this stage play gives us a new look at the heroic and villainous hunters that will be a part of this production that will arrive in May of next year:
As it stands, new chapters are continuing to arrive for Hunter x Hunter’s manga, though a return of the anime adaptation hasn’t been confirmed as of yet. With the previous series from Studio Madhouse coming to an end following the Election Arc, which was the storyline that immediately followed the devastating events that took place in the Chimera Ant Arc, there is plenty of material from Yoshihiro Togashi’s source material that is begging to hit the small screen.
Would you be willing to travel to Japan to watch the anime hunters on the stage? Which anime play would you love to see make its way to North America in the future? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, and the world of the hunters.
