All-Female Phoenix Wright Musical Sequel In Photos
Take that! Again! The all-female Takarazuka Revue troupe is best known its musical stage shows where women actresses play both male and female roles.
The Revue’s shows range from the traditional (Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma!) to anything but (stage versions of Oliver Stone’s JFK, Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby).
Takarazuka star Ranju Tomu is once again Phoenix Wright in Gyakuten Saiban 2 – Truth Resurrected, Again. This time, Tomu is sporting a new hairdo. There’s also a new character, Luce Areia, a California native who comes to Phoenix for help.
“The decision to produce a sequel was based on the positive feedback from fans of the original,” Capcom stated back in March. “The combination of Capcom’s story about a passionate young attorney who must defend those who are wrongly accused with elements of love and romance that the Takarazuka Revue provides led to tickets selling out on the first day.”
Takarazuka uses the game’s English language character name, Phoenix Wright, instead of the character’s original Japanese name, Ryuichi Naruhodo, for its musical versions.
The performances in Hyogo Prefecture have ended, but the Phoenix Wright musical will be running in Tokyo until September 15.
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@Sonira - not a zombie!: No, it's a dude playin' a chick, disguised as another dude.
spannu
+__+ I love these women so much! They are so filled with talent <3 I'd love to meet them some day! I'm glad I got to learn about them, if it weren't for AA, I most likely wouldn't have found out.
I have a vinyl album of the Takarazuka Revue that came out back in the 1960s...they go wayyyy back.
@SanjiX: Perhaps the role of her husband is played by another woman pretending to be a man?
It must be so weird to be that woman's husband.
I'm sorry but... what the fuck?
MrMister
They could make, I don't know, an Elite Beat Agents musical. Would make sense and it could end up pretty cool, actually.
But a Phoenix Wright all-female musical?
That's just... adding two completely random and not related activities.
Like, a God of War romantic comedy movie all done in stop-motion.
The next thing we will see is a all new group of 'Sham-WOW' commercials with these girls... that will just be even scarier.
Rystal
@spannu: You mean the wife, then? Because why would she pretend to be a man pretending to be a woman if she were the husband?
@SanjiX: She probably doesn't dress and act like that at home, you know, it's acting. He might be proud of her stardom. Or she might be a career woman who isn't married.
@Sonira - not a zombie!: Stop it! Stop it! You guys/gals are confuzzling me! AND I DO NOT LIKE BEING CONFUZZLED!!!!
@MrMister: please kill me
this is terrible
Heitz
Maya Fey is hot...
That Franziska looks amazing and she can whip me any time.
Now please please please give me my phoenix wright anime. It needs to happen so bad.
@spannu: Yeah, I...uh... wait, what's going on again?
@[www.youtube.com]
sadly the best youtube clip of it i could find (that was in english)
Franziska von Karma actually looks really good.
Drogmir
@The Jerk:
I hear you mahn...
Count Fragula
If I'm not mistaken, the current Japan 'First Lady', wife of the premier, trained in this troupe for about 4-6 years.
Von Karma is hot.
i_speel_good
@MrMister: Which part is confusing..the "All female" or "Phoenix Wright?" I'll confess confusion to the phoenix wright part, but the all female theatre troupe has been around for ages...
Ajh
Objection!
She's a lesbian. No husband in-tow.
OprahBabb