The official X (formerly Twitter) account for The Twelve Kingdoms and series creator Fuyumi Ono today revealed that a stage musical adaptation of the novels’ first volume, subtitled “Tsuki no Kage, Kage no Umi” (“Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow”), is in the works.
Performances will open at Nissay Theater in Tokyo this December before moving through Fukuoka, Osaka and Aichi in January and February next year. Kazuya Yamada directs the production with a script by Tsuneyasu Motoyoshi, who is also writing the song lyrics. Erika Fukasawa is composing the music.
The show’s confirmed cast so far is as follows:
Youko played by Rei Yuzuka / Ririka Kato
Rakushun played by played by Motohiro Ohta / Hikaru Makishima
Keiki played by Hiroki Aiba
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Crunchyroll streams the 2002 anime adaptation and describes the story:
Go on an epic journey to the Kingdom of Kei!
Upon being confronted by a mysterious stranger, Youko is told of her destiny and pulled away into another world. Thus begins Youko’s perilous journey to the Kingdom of Kei on an epic road of espionage, terror, and betrayal. The mystic world of The Twelve Kingdoms assails her with one challenge after another. Will Youko embrace her destiny?
Source: Stage Natalie
