Uoto’s historical mystery manga Orb: On the Movements of the Earth is wrapping up its anime adaptation as the winter season comes to a close. But the story will come to life once again later this year—this time as a stage play!
The upcoming stage adaptation will feature talent from around the world, bringing renowned creative minds together to tell the story of scientific discovery in Medieval Europe. A poster for the production has been revealed:
Six cast members have also been attached, although their specific roles have not yet been confirmed:
From left to right, the cast so far consists of:
Top Row
Masataka Kubota
Toko Miura
Yusuke Onuki
Bottom Row
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Songha
Mirai Moriyama
Israeli actor-director Avshalom Pollak is attached to direct, with Keishi Nagatsuka penning the script. Penguin Highway composer Umitaro Abe is in charge of music and Ella Rothschild (who has performed with Pollak’s dance company) will serve as choreographer.
The production will premiere in Tokyo this October, with a tour to follow in November.
Uoto began the original Orb: On the Movements of the Earth manga series in Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2020, where it ran until April 2022, ultimately collected in eight volumes.
The TV anime adaptation premiered on NHK General TV in Japan on October 5, 2024. Kenichi Shimizu (Parasyte -the maxim-) directs at studio MADHOUSE, with series composition by Shingo Irie (Nyaight of the Living Cat), character designs by Masanori Shino (Black Lagoon) and music by Kensuke Ushio (Chainsaw Man). Netflix is streaming the series worldwide.
Seven Seas Entertainment releases an English version of the manga and describes the series:
In fifteenth-century Europe, heretics are being burned at the stake. Rafal, a brilliant young man, is expected to enter university at an early age and study the era’s most important field, theology. But Rafal values Reason above all else, which leads him both to the shocking conclusion that the Earth orbits the Sun, and into the hands of the Inquisition!
A decade later, two members of the Watch Guild, the dour young Oczy and the cynical Gras, find a hidden stone chest that details the secrets of the universe Rafal left behind. Dare they try to change their own stars by selling the heretical texts, or would that only lead to the stake and the fire?
Source: Oricon News
