Here’s my personal list of recommended plays, mostly targeting at Kuromyu fans, ESPECIALLY people who watch Kuromyu exclusively and have little knowledge of other 2.5D stage productions. This is a VERY subjective list of productions that I believe could be of interest to many of my followers with limited understanding of 2.5D stage but are open to seeing their favorite Kuromyu actors in other roles. This is not a complete list of all the plays I have watched/bought over the years but some are just so-so and not worth recommending.
The links are all on Amazon.JP, which has two features:
Discount on most DVD/BD purchases
Ships worldwide (unless it’s out of stock because second-hand sellers don’t ship overseas)
If you are not used to using Amazon JP, many of the following items can also be bought on Animate International or CDJapan, please make good use of search functions.
Musical Kuroshitsuji -The Most Beautiful DEATH in The World- A Thousand Souls & the Fallen Reaper
Unfortunately the above two musicals are out of production which means you can only purchase them second-hand. And because they are highly sought after collector items, prices tend to be very high.
Musical Kuroshitsuji -The Most Beautiful DEATH in The World- A Thousand Souls & the Fallen Reaper (Rerun)
Musical Kuroshitsuji: Lycoris that Blazes the Earth
Musical Kuroshitsuji: Lycoris that Blazes the Earth 2015 (Rerun) DVD / BD
Musical Kuroshitsuji: Noah’s Ark Circus DVD / BD
Musical Bakumatsu Rock:
This is the play with the most Kuromyu boys next to Kuromyu itself. featuring: Rachi Shinji(Eric), Ota Motohiro(Grey), Yata Yusuke(Grey), Teruma(William), Sasaki Yoshihide(Druittt) and Mitsuya Ryo(Dagger). Born as a game and later anime but the musicals are widely seen as better than the anime. Awesome seiyuu cast and music, super fun and silly, and multi-shipper-friendly although the canon tendencies are pretty clear as well.
Ultra Musical Bakumatsu Rock
Super Ultra Musical Bakumatsu Rock (Rerun) DVD / BD
Ultra Musical Bakumatsu Rock: Kurofune Raikou DVD / BD
Litchi Hikari Club
Just a personal suggestion if you are into homoerotic, cultish gore that delivers thought lessons on autocracy, fascist behavior, twisted obsession and the rejection of adulthood. The manga has been scanlated and reading it can help you understand most of the following productions even without subtitles.
Stageplay (featuring Tamaki Yuki as Jaibo)
Musical (featuring Mikata Ryosuke as Dafu and Kato Ryo as Yakobu)
Live Action Movie DVD(collector edition) / DVD(standard edition) BD(collector edition) / BD(standard edition)
Stage Touken Ranbu:
Really one of the finest stageplays there is. If you don’t already play the original game, Touken Ranbu as a franchise requires a lot of read-ups if you start from scratch. People who intend to watch the stageplays/musicals almost never need any extra external encouragement. But for archiving purposes I list the following, in case any of you might be interested at a later time.
Kyoden Moyuru Honnoji (has Teruma and Hide) DVD / BD
Kyoden Moyuru Honnoji (Rerun) (no Teruma but still got Hide) DVD / BD
Giden Akatsuki no Dokuganryuu DVD / BD
Musical Touken Ranbu:
This is a COMPLETELY different production from Stage Touken Ranbu, and has MANY MANY different installments, not just the conventional musicals but also live performances of different kinds. Here I will only list its 3rd play because it features Kuromyu members Ota Motohiro(Grey), Araki Hirofumi(Lau) and Washio Noboru(Bard).
Touken Ranbu: Mihotose no Komoriuta DVD / BD
Stage Patalliro!
has absolutely nothing to do with Kuromyu but is a groundbreaking play with on stage yaoi kisses and dry humping
DVD
(posted on 17/8/16, because many of these franchises are still pumping out new plays, new listings are expected in a year or so)
♪ September 1st, 2019 イケメン革命◆ アリスと恋の魔法 THE STAGE ~ Episode 黒のエース フェンリル=ゴッドスピ (ikemen kakumei alice to koi no mahou the stage ~ episode kuro no ace fenrir godspeed) [niconama]
♪ September 1st, 2019 イケメン革命◆アリスと恋の魔法THE STAGE Episode 黒のキング レイ=ブラックウェル (ikemen kakumei alice to koi no mahou the stage ~ episode kuro no king ray blackwell) [niconama]
♪ September 2nd, 2019 イケメン戦国 THE STAGE ~織田信長編~ 幸福ルート (ikemen sengoku the stage ~oda nobunaga hen~ koufuku route) [niconama]
♪ September 6th, 2019 ミュージカル『スタミュ』-3rdシーズン- (musical starmyu -3rd season-) [niconama]
♪ September 7th, 2019 ミュージカル「ヘタリア」FINAL LIVE〜A World in the Universe〜 幕張千秋楽 (musical hetalia final live ~a world in the universe~ makuhari senshuuraku) [niconama]
♪ September 8th, 2019 舞台「7ORDER」(butai 7 order) [dmm]
♪ September 8th, 2019 ミュージカル「ヘタリア」FINAL LIVE〜A World in the Universe〜 大阪千秋楽 (musical hetalia final live ~a world in the universe~ osaka senshuuraku) [niconama]
♪ September 14th, 2019 S.Q.S ~ SOLIDS & QUELL on STAGE Episode 3 ROMEO - in the darkness [dmm]
♪ September 14th, 2019「 ツキステ。」 第8幕 「TSUKINO EMPIRE -Unleash your mind.-」(tsukisute. stage 8 ~ tsukino empire -unleash your mind.- ) [niconama1] [niconama2]
♪ September 21st, 2019 ミュージカル「アルスラーン戦記」(musical arslan senki) [niconama]
♪ September 22nd, 2019 舞台「この音とまれ!」(butai kono oto tomare!) [dTVチャンネル]
♪ September 22nd, 2019 舞台「幽☆遊☆白書」(butai yuu☆yuu☆hakusho)
[niconama]
♪ September 25th, 2019 舞台「桃源郷ラビリンス」(butai tougenkyou labyrinth) [niconama]
♪ September 27th, 2019 舞台 信長の野望・大志 夢幻 ~本能寺の変~ SIDE 織田 (butai nobunaga no yabou taishi mugen ~honnouji no hen~ side oda) [rakutenTV]
♪ September 27th, 2019 舞台 信長の野望・大志 夢幻 ~本能寺の変~ SIDE 明智 (butai nobunaga no yabou taishi mugen ~honnouji no hen~ side akechi) [rakutenTV]
♪ September 3rd, 2019 ミュージカル「テニスの王子様」in winter 2004-2005 side 不動峰 ~special match~ (musical tennis no oujisama in winter 2004-2005 side fudoumine ~special match~) [WOWOWライブ]
♪ September 4th, 2019 ミュージカル マリーゴールド (musical marigold) [日テレプラス]
♪ September 8th, 2019 舞台「俺たちマジ校デストロイ」(butai oretachi majikou destroy) [衛星劇場]
♪ September 9th, 2019 舞台「劇団シャイニング from うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪『マスカレイドミラージュ』」(butai gekidan shining from uta no☆princesama♪: ~masquerade mirage~) [日テレプラス]
♪ September 10th, 2019 ミュージカル「テニスの王子様」in winter 2004-2005 side 山吹 feat. 聖ルドルフ学院 (musical tennis no oujisama in winter 2004-2005 side yamabuki feat. sei rudolph gakuin) [WOWOWライブ]
♪ September 10th, 2019 ミュージカル「テニスの王子様」The Imperial Match 氷帝学園 (musical tennis no oujisama the imperial match hyoutei gakuen) [WOWOWライブ]
♪ September 16th, 2019 舞台 あんさんぶるスターズ! オン・ステージ ~To the Shining future~ (butai ensemble stars! on stage ~to the shining future~) [日テレプラス]
♪ September 21st, 2019 舞台「ONLY SILVER FISH」(butai only silver fish) [衛星劇場]
♪ September 21st, 2019 舞台「+GOLD FISH 」(butai +gold fish) [衛星劇場]
♪ September 22nd, 2019 舞台「幽☆遊☆白書」(butai yuu☆yuu☆hakusho) [WOWOWプライム]
Today’s Actor of the Day is Yamaoki Yuuki, nicknamed Oki! Originally from Kanagawa prefecture, he was born March 5th, 1991. In 2001 he made his official debut as an actor, but has been on a stage for even longer: even as early as elementary school he attended lessons at dance schools. His biggest anime on stage roles to date include Yanagi Renji in The Musical Prince of Tennis (as part of the Rikkai B cast), Russia in Musical Hetalia!, and an ensemble part in in Ultra Musical Bakumatsu Rock: Kurofune Raikou! All of his hard work (and maybe his pretty face) have definitely paid off: in 2012, he became part of the acting group NAKED BOYZ, which bills itself as Japan’s largest group of ikemen actors!
Bakumatsu ROCK - Kurofune Raikou
Tribute to the awesome ensemble casts in kimono fawning over Junior!Kane-chan
(with focus when Okki appeared)
Part 2/2
Okki’s dancing’s movement is kinda wild for his kimono w
Bakumatsu ROCK - Kurofune Raikou
Okki dorking around in the ending
(aka reprising his role as Todou Heisuke in the previous Bakumyu)
Rachi: “Tell me honestly. You’re embarrassed, aren’t you w”
Okki: “めちゃ恥ずかしいですw”
Rachi: “Yeah, I can tell. You’re going from *doing Heisuke poses* to *doing pose with face down* It's the first time you do that w”
Also, have some Rachi~