Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Revamps Stage Play Adaptation for 2023 Show
A blast from the past is getting a new cast! The stage play adaptation of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, which originally opened in February 2022, announced today that a revamp with a new director and ensemble is currently in the works.
Scriptwriter Masafumi Hata is taking over the director role from Masanari Ujikawa for performances at Tokyo’s Hakuhinkan Theater from August 9-15, which will “give the script new life”. Meiko “Menma” Honma actress Miori Ichikawa will also be making a return, alongside these fresh faces:
- Jinta “Jintan” Yadomi played by Takuya Kawaharada
- Naruko “Anaru” Anjo played by Nashiko Momotsuki
- Atsumu “Yukiatsu” Matsuyuki played by Ikumi Isaka
- Chiriko “Tsuruko” Tsurumi played by Yuri Komagata
- Tetsudo “Poppo” Hisakawa played by Yuki Suga
- Satoshi Honma played by Masato Ichinose
- Irene Honma played by Ryo Saika
- Manabu Honma played by Mitsu Murata
- Touko Yadomi played by Chisa Yokoyama
- Atsushi Yadomi played by LaSalle Ishii
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Crunchyroll streams the original 2011 anime series from writer Mari Okada (The Anthem of the Heart) and director Tatsuyuki Nagai (Toradora!), describing it as such:
Jinta Yadomi and his group of childhood friends have become estranged after a tragic accident split them apart. Now in their high school years, a sudden surprise forces each of them to confront their guilt over what happened that day and come to terms with the ghosts of their past.
Source: Oricon
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