Rock Musical Bleach | |
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Original Shinsei 2012 Rock Musical Bleach Reprise poster
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Music | Shoichi Tama |
Lyrics | Shoichi Tama |
Book | Takuya Hiramitsu |
Setting | Karakura Town, Soul Society |
Basis | Bleach by Tite Kubo |
Premiere | August 17, 2005 |
Productions | 2005 Tokyo, Japan 2006 Osaka, Japan 2006 Tokyo, Japan 2007 Tokyo, Japan 2007 Hyōgo, Japan 2008 Tokyo, Japan 2010 Japanese tour 2011 Japanese tour 2012 Tokyo, Japan 2016 Tokyo, Japan 2016 Kyoto, Japan |
Rock Musical Bleach (ロックミュージカル ブリーチ Rokkumyūjikaru Burīchi), often referred as BuriMyu, are a series of rock musicals produced by Studio Pierrot and Nelke Planning. Musicals are based on Tite Kubo's manga Bleach. The Rock Musical Bleach consist of live performances that follow the manga plotline from Soul Society arc and The Live Bankai shows with the original script. The first musical was directed by Takuya Hiramitsu, with a script adaptation by Naoshi Okumura. The music is completely original and it is written by Shoichi Tama. The premiere was held in Space Zero Hall in Shinjuku, Tokyo from August 17 - 28, 2005.
The story follows a life of high school student Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains a Soul Reaper powers from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki. By transferring her Soul Reaper powers to a human, Rukia Kuchiki was sent back to the Soul Society and sentenced to death. In order to save Rukia from execution, Ichigo along with his friends goes to the enemy territory where he engages the members of Gotei 13, the main military force in the Soul Society.
The musical was first produced under the direction of Takuya Hiramitsu at Space Zero Hall in Shinjuku, Tokyo and opened officially on August 17, 2005. The script was adapted by Naoshi Okumura and music was originally produced by Shoichi Tama. The main role of Ichigo Kurosaki went to Tatsuya Isaka. The role of Rukia Kuchiki was played by Miki Satō. Rei Yoshii portrayed Orihime Inoue and Naofumi Yoshida played the role of Yasutora Sado. The show was performed until August 28, 2005.
The second musical was performed under name "Saien" and it was officially premiered at Meil Park Hall in Osaka on January 5, 2006. The Tokyo premiere of "Saien" was held at Nippon Seinenkan Great Hall on January 14, 2006. The production added the new cast member for the show, Eiki Kitamura to play a role of Izuru Kira.