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2nd Touken Ranbu Musical's New Version Canceled Due to COVID-19
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for the Touken Ranbu musicals announced on Wednesday that the staff of the production committee has also canceled plans to stream the musical's Tokyo run live.
The musical was scheduled for runs in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Kyoto, and back to Kyoto from September to November.
Isamu Kayano was returning to direct the musical, with Tokyo Ghoul anime) as scriptwriter.
The franchise's seventh stage Sunplaza Hall in Miyagi.
Touken Ranbu - Atsukashiyama Ibun, the first stage musical, held its first trial performance in 2015, with its debut run held from May to June 2016. The second musical, Touken Ranbu - Bakumatsu Tenrōden, ran from September to October 2016, with a final performance in Tokyo in November 2016. Touken Ranbu Mihotose no Komoriuta, the franchise's third stage seventh musical, Musical Touken Ranbu ~Kishōhongi~, ran from August to October, 2019.
The franchise also has a separate series of stage plays. The eighthand most recent stage play in the franchise, Kaihen: Ikusayu no Adabana no Kioku, was supposed to run in Tokyo, Kobe, and Fukuoka from June to August, but was canceled due to COVID-19, and a stage reading took place instead. The stage play will run at a later date.
The Touken Ranbu Online "sword personification training game" takes famous swords from Japanese history and interprets them as sequel film will open in 2021.
