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Devil May Cry: The Live Hacker Stage Play Reveals Visual, More Cast
posted on by Karen Ressler
The official website for Devil May Cry: The Live Hacker, a stage play based on CAPCOM's Devil May Cry video game series, unveiled a visual and four additional cast members on Wednesday.
The newly announced cast includes:
Seyoung Lee (Cross Gene) as Liam
Mikoi Sasaki as Lily
Naomi Majima as Lyra
Haruka Mimura as Emma
The play will run for 13 performances from March 1-10 at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo. Jun Yoriko is directing the play and penning the script, and is also in charge of video. The play will feature live music elements.
The previously announced cast includes:
Ryōma Baba as Dante
KwangSoo (SUPERNOVA) as Gideon
Ami Maeshima as Elise
Yūki Nakayama as Henry
Tomoya Yamaguchi as Owen
Takuma Sueno as Luke
Jun Shirota as Moul
Tomoya Warabino as Noah
Masaki Ryū as Lady
The first stage play in the franchise was a crossover work with Sengoku Basara, which ran in Tokyo in August 2015.
The latest game in the franchise, Devil May Cry 5, will launch on March 8, 2019 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The previous release in the series, Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition, launched in June 2015 for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. This edition is an updated version of the original 2008 Devil May Cry 4 PC/Xbox 360 game. CAPCOM released the Devil May Cry HD Collection set for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC in North America on March 13. The collection contains the first three games in the series.
The franchise inspired the Devil May Cry TV anime series in in 2007. ADV Films originally released the series on home video, and Funimation later picked up the license. Crunchyroll began streaming the anime in June 2017. The game series has also inspired novels and manga.
Sources: Devil May Cry stage play's website, Inside Games
