Fushigi Yugi
If the early ‘90s anime and manga gets remade, Yu Watase thinks it should look like this.
If you’ve got a favorite series from the hit fantasy series, odds are he’s in the huge cast of this new stage version.
Over the past few months, there’s been a string of stage adaptations of hit anime and manga announced. But while we’re sure plenty of fans are psyched about the upcoming Naruto play and One Piece kabuki performance, fans of girls’ comics, or anime series with fewer than 600 episodes to wade through, might be feeling a little left out.
Luckily for them, there’s a more female-oriented, reasonably concise franchise about to become live performance theater, with the opening in March of a stage version of the Mysterious Play, or as it’s better known, Fushigi Yugi.
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