Staff, most of the cast, return to perform the original musical in 2023 in NYC
The musical based on Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan manga will have its first international performance at the New York City Center in New York on October 13-11. Attack on Titan: The Musical will be performed in Japanese with English subtitles with returning cast and crew from the 2023 show.
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Image via Attack on Titan the Musical's website
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Pre-sale tickets are available now for Crunchyroll, Kodansha and Kinokuniya members. Public sales begin on June 3 at 12 noon. EDT.
The main cast includes Kurumu Okamiya as Eren Jaeger, Sara Takatsuki as Mikasa Ackerman, Eito Konishi as Armin Arlert, and Ryo Matsuda as Levi. Other cast members include:
Gō Ueki directed the play with a script by Masafumi Hata. Hip hop artist KEN THE 390 is the music director, lyrics were composed by Kaori Miura. The play combines traditional staging and music with technology to recreate the world of Attack on Titan.
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The musical was first performed at Orix Theater in Osaka and Seinenkan Hall in Tokyo in January 2023.
The manga inspired a previously planned stage production in 2017, but that production was canceled after 38-year-old acrobat Kazutaka Yoshino died from an on-stage accident. stage.
Isayama launched the original Attack on Titan manga in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in 2009 and ended the series in April 2021. The manga's 34th and final compiled book volume was published in June 2021 . Kodansha USA published the manga in English digitally and in print, and released the 34th compiled book volume in October 2021.
The first anime television season premiered in April 2013, and the second season premiered in April 2017. The first part of the third season premiered in July 2018, and the second half premiered in April year 2019.
Anime The Attack on Titan The Final Season premiered on NHK in December 2020 and aired for 16 episodes. Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 2 premiered episode 76 on NHK General in January 2022 and aired for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll and Funimation streamed the series as it aired in Japan.
The final part of the anime Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS (Shingeki no Kyojin The Final Season Kanketsu-hen) premiered on November 4 on NHK General. Crunchyroll and Hulu streamed the anime. The finale is 85 minutes long. The first season aired as a one-hour special in March 2023. Crunchyroll streamed the anime. These two seasons are also being streamed in Japan as one episode, corresponding to episodes 88-94 of Attack on Titan The Final Season.
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