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Mirai Moriyama Plays Atom/Astro Boy in Pluto Manga's 1st Stage Play
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30-year-old actor Pluto next year. The production will open at the Tokyo's Bunkamura Theater Cocoon on January 9.
The manga is Urasawa and producer Viz Media). Viz describes the story:
In a distant future where sentient humanoid robots for human, someone or something is out to destroy the seven great robots of the world. Europol's top detective Gesicht is assigned to investigate these mysterious robot serial murders - the only catch is that he himself is one of the seven targets.
Moriyama will play Atom, Urasawa's interpretation of Tezuka's character who is better known in English as Astro Boy. The actor previously starred in 2011's stage dance performance TeZukA about the creator's life. Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui directed TeZukA before teaming with Moriyama again for Pluto. The new production will incorporate "3D imagery" via projection mapping.
Moriyama, a self-professed fan of the original manga, has been studying abroad in Israel (as a cultural abassador of Japan's Rookies.
52-year-old Kazutoyo Yoshimi will play Atom's father figure Dr. Ochanomizu (top left).
Tezuka Productions for a planned live-action/computer-graphics (CG) hybrid film of Pluto in 2010.
Source: Sports Nippon via Hachima Kikō
