GKIDS has acquired the North American audiovisual distribution rights for SPIRITED AWAY: Reside On Stage, filmed through the present’s 2022 run on the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo, Japan. The play relies on Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning animated function and was tailored and directed for the stage by Tony Award-winner John Caird. The Honorary Affiliate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Firm, Caird, gained worldwide popularity of adapting and directing the premiere of the landmark manufacturing Les Misérables.
Two separate filmed performances of the manufacturing are slated for launch, starring Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi, double forged because the lead heroine Chihiro. As well as, character actor Mari Natsuki, who voiced the sorceress Yubaba and her twin sister Zeniba within the unique movement image, returns to her unique function alongside voice actor Romi Park and a star-studded forged of Japanese actors.
SPIRITED AWAY: Reside On Stage was created in affiliation with Studio Ghibli and offered by Toho Co., Ltd. GKIDS will launch the stage manufacturing theatrically in Spring 2023.
“We’re thrilled to supply this distinctive alternative for Studio Ghibli followers in America to expertise the stage manufacturing that wowed Japanese press and audiences final yr,” stated GKIDS’ President David Jesteadt. “This imaginative stage adaptation by the legendary John Caird, that includes two great performances by lead actors Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi, helps deliver to life one of many best movies of all time in a blinding new approach.”
In SPIRITED AWAY: Reside On Stage, whereas touring to their new residence, Chihiro and her household stumble right into a world of incredible spirits dominated over by the sorceress Yubaba. When her dad and mom are was pigs, and he or she is put to work in a magical bathhouse, Chihiro should use her wits to outlive on this unusual new place, discover a approach to free her dad and mom and return to the conventional world.
Supply: GKIDS
Debbie Diamond Sarto is information editor at Animation World Community.
