Wednesday 21 August 2013

Living ADV Steins;Gate Stage Play Cast Members Revealed


The cast of the live-action stage production of Steins;Gate called "Living ADV Steins;Gate" is finally revealed. The upcoming stage production will be playing at Odaiba's Zepp Diver City from October 12 to 20 (a total of 13 shows).


Daisuke Watanabe (Prince of Tennis Musicals, Ultraman Mebius) as Rintaro Okabe


Idoling!!'s Erika Tonooka (Tetsudou Musume) as Kurisu Makise


Rina Koike (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Kamen Rider Kiva) as Mayuri Shiina


Rie Ueda as Ruka Urushibara


Mitsuhiro Nagatomo (My Boys - More Than Family But Less Than Lovers -) as Itaru Hashida


Minami Tsukui (Gothic & Lolita Psycho, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: Gaburincho of Music) as Suzuha Amane


Yumi Sugimoto (Engine Sentai Go-Onger, Mutant Girls Squad) as Moeka Kiryuu


Former Momoiro Clover member Manami Ikura (Joker Game) as Faris NyanNyan


Teruaki Ogawa (Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, Seijuu Sentai Gingaman) as Yuugo Tennouji

Living ADV Steins;Gate will be written and directed by Daisuke Nishida and will be based on the popular visual novel/anime of the same name. The original series is about a group of friends who have customized their microwave into a device that can send text messages to the past.

As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN, who has been doing their own research on time travel, tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.

The play will feature six stories not told in the original work. Recipients of the production's official email newsletter will help choose the stories. The play will also encourage active participation by the audience during the performance.

Source: Crunchyroll News, SGCafe, Anime News Network, MyAnimeList (series synopsis)