Written by: Jei Beltrano | Published on: July 29, 2021 at 1:58 PM PHT (GMT+8)
The production committee of the the upcoming stage play adaptation of Yasuhiro Nightow's "Blood Blockade Battlefront" titled "Blood Blockade Battlefront: Blitz Along Alone" has revealed on Thursday the stage play's third key visual and its additional cast members.
The stage play is directed and written by Daisuke Nishida, who also directed the Hakuōki, Sengoku Basara, Blue Exorcist stage productions. It will be performed at the Tennozu Galaxy Theater in Tokyo from October 22 to 31, and at the Umeda Arts Theater, Dramacity in Osaka from November 4 to 7.
Additional cast members includes:
Marina Tanoue as Luciana Estevez
Kento Ono as Zamedle Lolow Zeaze Nazamsandriga
Naoya Gomoto as Zamedle's dog
The previously announced cast members include:
Saku Momose as Leonardo Watch
Hiroaki Iwanaga as Klaus Von Reinherz
Hiroki Ino as Zapp Renfro
Hidetoshi Kubota as Steven A. Starphase
Shizune Nagao as Chain Emperor
Sumiya Ito as Zed O'Brien
Ayaka Ando as K.K
The play is based on the original "Blood Blockade Battlefront (Kekkai Sensen)" manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow. It revolves around a young photographer named Leonardo Watch, who obtains 'the All Seeing Eyes of the Gods' at the cost of his sister's eyesight. After the incident, Leonardo moves to the city of Hellsalem's Lot to join an organization known as Libra to fight several monsters as well as terrorists.
It inspired a two-season TV anime series with the first season consisting of 12 episodes aired from April to October 2015, and the second season consisting of the same number of episodes aired from October to December 2017. Both seasons are animated by animation studio BONES.
Source: Comic Natalie
