The official website for the upcoming stage play adaptation of Yoshio Sawai’s surreal comedy manga series Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, titled Cho Hajike Stage Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, is updated today with a key visual featuring Sho Kato as the protagonist, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, for the first time.”I met Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo when I was a child and spent two days wondering if there would be a world where the balance of power in the world would be determined by the power of Hajike!” said Kato, known as Ryuichi Naruhodo in the Ace Attorney stage play (2019) and Siegfried Kircheis in the Legend of the Galactic Heroes stage plays (2018-2019). “Maybe it’s because I had such a childhood… I had abandoned the concept of common sense in my daily life and went on my way to become a Hajikellist. Then I began to change my constitution to be liked by animals! In other words! If you watch ‘Cho Hajike Stage Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo,’ everyone in the world will be happy! Heart! Kiran! Please come to the theater to see it! Kiran! Heart!”
Also, the main cast members have been revealed as below:
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo played by Sho Kato
Beauty played by Haruka Kudo
Heppokomaru played by Yuta Higuchi
Hatenko played by Shunya Osawa (ORβIT)
Tokoro Tennosuke played by Usagi (Longcoat Daddy)
Softon played by Junya Komatsu
Don Patch played by Takuo Inari (Gekidan Karagumi)
The stage play Cho Hajike Stage Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is set to perform at the Theater 1010 in Tokyo from October 23 to 31, 2024. After various pre-sales from July 8 to September 1, general sales of the tickets will begin on September 7.
The original manga series Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from February 2001 to November 2005, then was followed by its sequel Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo from December 2005 to July 2007. Toei Animation’s TV anime adaptation aired for 76 episodes from November 2003 to May 2005.Toei Animation’s official English website describes the series:
In the year 300X, an emperor rules the world. To prove his authority over the people, the emperor starts a “Hair Hunt”, where he tries to take the hair of all of its citizens. The citizens are left in fear, but one man with a Golden Afro stands up…His name is……”BOBOBO-BO ・ BO-BOBO”!With his fellow partners, he begins his fight against the “Hair Hunt troops” to end the “Hair Hunt” once and for all.
Source: “Cho Hajike Stage Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo” official website / X (formerly Twitter)©Yoshio Sawai/SHUEISHA, BoboSute Production Committee
