Gender-bending Phoenix Wright musical becomes a franchise

The Phoenix Wright musical that ran in Japan last month was a success for the all-female Takarazuka Revue theatre troupe, with tickets selling out on opening day. If you thought an operatic, all-female performance of stories based on video game characters couldn't be a hit, TAKE THAT! In its press release about the show, Capcom described this presentation as part of its "One Property with Multiple Uses" strategy, in which Capcom properties are marketed for multiple media.

Because of the success of the courtroom crooning, Capcom and the Revue have announced plans for a sequel! The revue will perform Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 2 (which, like the first one, will probably be an original story) at the Takarazuka Bow Hall from August 20 through August 31, and at the Akasaka ACT Theatre from September 5 through September 15.

We eagerly await the first pictures from the new show -- will we see a female Godot this time? A Female Dr. Hotti? A female Franziska von Karma -- oh, wait.

Tags: ace-attorney, capcom, musical, phoenix-wright, takarazuka-revue

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Joystiq Features




Featured Galleries

Club Nintendo 2009 gifts

Club Nintendo 2009 gifts

Logitech Wii instruments

Logitech Wii instruments

Lost in Shadow (Wii)

Lost in Shadow (Wii)

Dementium II (10/26/09)

Dementium II (10/26/09)

Calling (Wii)

Calling (Wii)

DiRT 2

DiRT 2

Let's Catch

Let's Catch

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Crystal Defenders R2

Crystal Defenders R2

 


Team Joystiq

 
Chris Grant
Editor-in-Chief, Email
James Ransom-Wiley
Managing Editor, Email
Ludwig Kietzmann
Senior Editor, Email
Andrew Yoon
East Coast Editor, Email
Randy Nelson
West Coast Editor, Email
Justin McElroy
Reviews Editor, Email
Justin Glow
Developer, Email

Autoblog

Daily Finance

Download Squad

Engadget

Massively

Asylum

WoW

Engadget HD

Big Download