An upcoming Chainsaw Man Live Action Stage Play has been announced in Japan and it has been confirmed that Aya Hirano, the VA famous for their roles as Haruhi Suzumiya and Konata Izumi in Lucky Star has been confirmed to play the ever-manipulative Makima.
The stage play will be performed from the 16th of September to the 1st of October 2023 at the Tennozu Galaxy Theater in Kyoto Japan. You can check out the teaser trailer below:
Aside from Aya Hirano here is the full cast list for the Chainsaw Man stage play:
- Naotake Tsuchiya – Denji
- Mizuki Umetsu – Aki Hayakawa
- Mahiru Coda – Power
- Minami Tsukui – Himeno
- Haruki Iwata – Kobeni Higashiyama
- Kō Kanegae – Hirokazu Arai
- Masahi Taniguchi – Kishibe
- Masahide Tada & Yutaka Nakasone – Chainsaw Man
- Orenograffiti – Katana Man (human form)
- Shōma Yoshioka – Katana Man (devil form)
- Aya Hirano – Makima
Fumiya Matsuzaki, the director of the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Re: Build live-action movie will be acting as the director and writer of the stage play. The soundtrack for the series will be composed by Shunsuke Wada and choreography will be directed by HIDALI.
Chainsaw Man is a live-action stage adaption of the popular manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto of the same name. The manga was adapted into an anime in the fall of 2022 by Studio Mappa to critical acclaim for its high-quality animation and dark urban fantasy storytelling (it also has a very catchy opening).