If certain recent Death Note adaptations are leaving you a little less than pleased, don't worry -- the musical adaptation has returned to Tokyo for a new run.

Death Note: THE MUSICAL started out in 2015 as a concept album scored by Frank Wildhorn. Performances went up in Tokyo and Seoul the same year, and earlier this year in Taiwan and Osaka with much of the Tokyo cast. The 2017 cast -- led by Kenji Urai and Hayato Kakizawa double-cast as Light and Teppei Koike as L -- will be continuing this year's run in Tokyo.

Kazutaka Ishii, who stepped down as Ryuk for the Osaka performances, is back in the role in Tokyo.

A new trailer is giving fans a taste of the cast members belting out the musical's tunes:





Death Note: THE MUSICAL runs 'til September 24 at Tokyo's New National Theater. Tickets are available for 6,500-13,000 yen.

>> Official Death Note: THE MUSICAL Site





Source: Comic Natalie

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