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Miss Machiko Stage Play Revealed With Visual

Production company M-Smile Rinkai! Gakkō Ningyo Densetsu! Sonna Kototte Arieru? no Kan~ (Maicching Machiko-sensei Stage ~Seaside School Mermaid Legend! Is That Possible? Chapter~). The the staff unveiled a visual (below) showing lead actress Hikaru Aoyama in costume as Machiko.

In addition to Aoyama, the cast includes (Note: Character name romanizations not confirmed):

• Aimi Natsume as Kenta
• Mami Yamashita as Tamao
• Ayaka Misawa as Kinzo
• Yui Ohtsuka as Hiroshi
• Yumi Suzuhara as Hiromi
• Karen Koizumi as Tenko
• Saki Isakawa as Madoka
• Rinko Kihata as Maruko
• Justaway Shiihashi as Yamagata-Sensei
• Nego-Six and Goblin Kushida as Principal Kokedaruma (double cast)
• Makoto Takahashi as Vice Principal Aichi
• Saki Yanase as Mermaid Princess Arie
• Naoko Mawatari as mermaid princess mother Saaku
• Fude Sekiguchi as mermaid princess mother Okutoba
• Kazutoshi Sakamoto as Yamabiko
• Kanae Shiina as Jiangshi (Chines vampire) Yōkihi
• Yuri Hori as Ungaikyō Semina
• Mizuki Katase as Sodehikikozō Osode
• Kanon Ayase as Tōfukozō Ohaku
• Shōko Mori as Hyōtankozō Ohyō
• Zen as Yōkai Konaki
• Erina Akimoto as Yōkai Sunaka
• Toshiki Sawa as Jack Amano
• Kirara Torii as Abura Sumashiiko
• Azuki
• Aino Tamagawa as Makura Kaeko
• Kelly Nishimura as Onna Yuki
• Ukyō

The play will open at Buddhist Hall in Tokyo from August 17 to 20. Goblin Kushida is directing and writing the script.

The manga inspired a television anime adaptation from 1981-1983. streamed 45 of the 95 episodes. Discotek describes the anime:

The mischievous students of Arama Academy meet their match in a beautiful and clever new teacher, Miss Machiko! But they're determined to find a prank that will really embarrass her. No matter what they devise she still manages to laugh it off and help them with their school work and problems.

In addition to the television anime, the manga inspired a 2003 original video anime and eight live-action film adaptations from 2003 to 2009.

Source: Comic Natalie