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Ensemble Stars! Gets 4th Stage Musical in January
posted on by Karen Ressler
franchise on Wednesday. The play, titled Ensemble Stars! On Stage: To the Shining Future will run in Osaka's Umeda Arts Theater from January 19-21, and in Tokyo's Theater 1010 from January 25 to February 5.
The play's website revealed 30 cast and included visuals of the four of Trickster.
Happy Elements K.K's original "idol-training produce game" takes place at a private boys' idol-training school with a history of turning out many great talents in show business. The protagonist is the school's lone female student who transfers to the school because of a special situation, and enters the school's producer department. Novelist Sasami-san@Ganbaranai) wrote the original scenario for the game. The game features eight different idol units and has a cast of more than 30 male voice actors.
A television anime was planned to premiere this year, but the staff have postponed it due to "various circumstances."
The game inspired a stage play that ran in Tokyo in June 2016, and then PlayStation VR last October. The software runs for 18 minutes and features the songs "ONLY YOUR STARS!" and "Singin'☆Shine!," as well as footage from the in-story idol group Trickstar's dressing room.
The franchise also includes a manga, novels, and CDs.
[Via Nijimen]
