You’re Being Summoned, Azazel Stage Play Unveils Cryptic Key Visual featuring Life-sized Doll
Nelke Planning’s official page for the forthcoming stage play adaptation of Yasuhisa Kubo’s comedy manga You’re Being Summoned, Azazel has released a key visual featuring a life-sized doll of the protagonist Azazel and his voice cast Masaya Onosaka, who will return to the role ten years after the second TV anime adaptation in 2013.
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The stage play is set to be performed at Mixalive TOKYO Theater Mixa from February 10 to 26, 2023. General sales of the 16,000 yen (124 USD) tickets will begin on January 28. The performance will consist of two parts, with the stage play performed in the first part and a talk live session by Onosaka titled “Aroma Relaxation by Masaya Onosaka” in the second part.
In the stage play part, the demons that look cute when summoned to the human world are represented using life-sized dolls, and scenes from the original manga are recreated as faithfully as possible. In addition to Onosaka, Tessho Genda is confirmed to reprise his voice role as Moloch. Meanwhile, Beelzebub (played by Hiroshi Kamiya in the anime) will be newly voiced by Ryotaro Okiayu and Hiroki Takahashi as double cast, and Salamander (by Kazuya Nakai in the anime) will be played Wataru Takagi.
Rehearsals for the stage play began on January 5:
舞台「よんでますよ、アザゼルさん。」
本日、稽古初日????????
キャスト、そして人形たちが勢揃いして、本読みをおこないました✨どうぞお楽しみに！！#アザステ pic.twitter.com/cl00lNtDy9
— 舞台「よんでますよ、アザゼルさん。」 (@azazel_stage) January 5, 2023
The You’re Being Summoned, Azazel manga was serialized in Kodansha’s seien manga magazine Evening from 2007 to 2019, then compiled in 16 tankobon volumes. Its TV anime‘s first season was aired from April to July 2011, then its second season You’re Being Summoned, Azazel Z followed from April to June 2013.
Synopsis:
Have a stalker you just can’t shake? Fear your spouse is being unfaithful? You might consider hiring Akutabe, a detective who summons demons to do his dirty work. While his methods might seem unorthodox, he always gets results. However, as powerful as Akutabe is, manipulating demons is delicate art. His new part-time employee Sakuma, a young college girl, doesn’t get to spend too much time exploring the finer points of controlling demons before Akutabe forces her into a demonic contract with Azazel. Azazel is lazy, lustful and depraved… Everything you’d expect a demon to be.
Source: “You’re Being Summoned, Azazel” stage play official website / Twitter
© Yasuhisa Kubo/Kodansha
