Here's Ranji Tomu, the lady charged with playing the lead role of Phoenix Wright in the upcoming Takarazuka play of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. This is an introduction video, where she spends a bit of time talking about what she's looking forward to with the production -- namely to show you the courtroom drama and romance of the Phoenix Wright story through dance and song.
As disturbing as that may sound, a romance between Phoenix and Edgeworth isn't so horrible when they're both girls. It's kind of like Koizumi and Kyon in the universe of Kyon-ko.
The second half of the video is Ranji going through the Official Phoenix Wright Fanbook's character reactions chart, and saying whether or not she thinks these things are plausible -- like Phoenix tapping his paper whenever he's got something, or Larry always mucking things up.
We end with a reminder that the play opens on February 5th. Anyone want to buy me tickets? Please, for the love of God, buy me tickets! Also, if you're curious as to what a Takarazuka play looks like, head after the jump.
Here's the scene entitled "Oscar's Room" from one of the hallmark Takarazuka titles, The Rose of Versailles.
It's like Shakespeare, in reverse. Should be interesting to say the least, too bad I don't understand Japanese enough to decipher the "character reactions chart."
I have some friends that are pretty hardcore into Takarazuka and I've watched some of the performance DVDs myself. I'm really interested to see what the performances will be like for Phoenix Wright. The thought of it is just too amusing.
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