Under the title "Utaemaki 'Hikaru no Go' Jyo no Itte," a stage play adaptation of Hikaru no Go , a manga series written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, is set to perform at the Sunshine Theater in Tokyo from July 5 to 14, 2024. The title literally means "Picture Scroll of Songs 'Hikaru no Go' The First Move," so the play may include some musical elements. The manga ran in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1998 to 2003, releasing 23 tankobon volumes. Its English edition 's publisher, Viz Media describes the series: After stumbling across a haunted go board, Hikaru Shindo discovers that the spirit of a master player named Fujiwara-no-Sai has taken up residence in his consciousness. Sai awakens in Hikaru an untapped genius for the game, and soon the schoolboy is chasing his own dream—defeating the famed go prodigy Akira Toya! Nobuhiro Mouri , known for his directorial works for...
- 4/22/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
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