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The Laughing Salesman Manga Gets Stage Play
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
Shinagawa Prince Hotel's Stellar Ball in Tokyo from April 23 to May 3, followed by AiiA 2.5 Theater Kobe in Hyogo from May 7 to 10.
Actor and singer Teiichi no Kuni stage plays) is directing the play.
The original manga's story revolves around Fukuzō Moguro, who appears before people who are struggling with life, and promises to grant them their desires for free. But his clients often disregard his advice or cheat during the process, whereupon he exacts a heavy price from their lives.
Fujiko Fujio A debuted the manga in streamed the series as it aired.
Abiko, whose author pseudonym is Fujiko Fujio A, is perhaps best known as one half of the duo that created the iconic Fujiko Fujio. When the duo split up, Abiko took the pseudonym Fujiko Fujio A, and Fujimoto took the pseudonym Fujiko Fujio (F), later renamed to Fujiko F. Fujio. Fujimoto ed away in 1996.
Sources: Nelke Planning, Anime Hack
