Takumi Mano, Ryusei Kitade, Yūki Iwasa and the cast participate
The official website of Uta Emaki's stage play “Hikaru no Go” Jyo no Itte (Song Picture Scroll “Hikaru no Go”: The First Move) adapted from Takeshi Obata and Yumi Hotta's Hikaru no Go manga revealed more. cast for the upcoming movie on Tuesday.
Image via Twitter of the play Hikaru no Go
Additional cast members include (top row, left to right):
Takumi Mano as Tetsuo Kaga Ryusei Kitade as Yuki Mitani Yūki Iwasa as Kimihiro Tsutsui Arihiro Matsunaga as Kaoru Kishimoto (bottom row, left to right) Mashū Ishiwatari as Yoshitaka Waya Takumi Masunaga as Yun Kento Kitamura as Seiji Ogata
Previously announced cast members include:
Image via Amazon
© Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata, Shueisha, Viz
Nobuhiro Mōri will direct, write the script, and write the music for the show. Shinnosuke Motoyama will choreograph and produce the show. Shunsuke Wada will compose the music and Mitsuhiro Akiyama will be in charge of art.
The film will run at the Sunshine Theater from July 5 to 14.
Viz Media publishes the manga in North America, and it describes the story:
Hikaru Shindo is like any other sixth grader in Japan: a fairly normal student with two-tone hair and a penchant for antics. One day, he finds an old bloody Go board in his grandfather's attic—and that's when things get really interesting. Trapped inside the Go board is Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master who taught the complex strategic game of Go to the Japanese emperor centuries ago. In a fateful moment, Sai becomes part of Hikaru's consciousness and together, through thick and thin, they create an unstoppable Go-playing team. Can they defeat Go players who have devoted their lives to the game? Will Sai achieve the “Divine Chi” so he can finally rest in peace?
Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine serialized the original Hikaru no Go manga with story by Hotta and art by Obata from December 1998 to July 2003. The series won the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Awards. and received the Shinsei Award in the 7th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Awards in 2003. Viz Media published all 23 compiled volumes in North America.
An anime television series adaptation first aired in Japan from 2001 to 2003 and had 75 episodes. The anime Hikaru No Go: New Year Special aired in January 2004. Viz Media also released part of the series on DVD in North America.
The manga is inspired by a Chinese live-action series that debuted in 2020 and was released in 2020. streaming on iQIYI.
Source: Hikaru no Go play website, Natalie Manga