All Out!! Stage Play's Cast, Teaser Video Revealed

Motohisa Harashima, Yū Imari, Daichi Saeki, Masaya Matsukaze star in May stage play of rugby manga

The official website of the stage play adaptation of Shiori Amase's All Out!! manga revealed the play's first four cast members and began streaming a teaser for the play on Friday.

The cast members include:

Motohisa Harashima as Kenji Gion

Yū Imari as Sumiaki Iwashimizu

Daichi Saeki as Takuya Sekizan

Masaya Matsukaze as Mutsumi Hachiōji

Shatner Nishida (Yowamushi Pedal stage play) will direct the play and pen the script. The play will debut in May at the Zepp Blue Theater Roppongi in Tokyo.

Amase's original manga centers around Kenji Gion, a short first-year high school student. On his first day at Kanagawa Prefectural High School, he meets the tall Sumiaki Iwashimizu during a game of rugby. Kenji strikes a friendship with Sumiaki, and soon joins the rugby club. The manga portrays the struggles of the mismatched pair.

The manga also has a currently-airing television anime adaptation. The anime premiered on Tokyo MX on October 6. Crunchyroll is streaming the series with English subtitles as it airs, and Funimation began streaming English-dubbed episodes on November 21.

Amase launched the manga in Morning Two in 2012. Kodansha published the manga's 10th compiled book volume on September 23.

Source: Comic Natalie