Toho announced on February 28, 2024 that they are livestreaming their JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood musical online in April 2024. They have two shows scheduled on April 13 and April 14, taking place at Japan’s Hyogo Performing Arts Center in the KOBELCO Grand Hall.
They will distribute the livestreams using the “uP!!!” and “TELASA” platforms. Tickets cost 5,500 Japanese yen (~36.64 USD) including tax. Although the FAQs on these websites say that their services do not account for overseas purchases, it should still be possible to purchase tickets and watch overseas on the “uP!!!” platform.
Livestream Dates
Since there are two different actors for both Jonathan Joestar and Will Anthonio Zeppeli, the first performance features Yuya Matsushita as Jonathan and Yusuke Hirose as Zeppeli. The second performance features Shotaro Arisawa as Jonathan and Yoshihisa Higashiyama as Zeppeli.
- Saturday, April 13, 17:00 JST (1 AM PDT/4 AM EDT/9 AM BST/10 AM CEST/12:30 IST/18:00 AEST)
- Sunday, April 14, 12:00 JST (8 PM PDT/11 PM EDT/4 AM BST/5 AM CEST/8:30 IST/13:00 AEST)
Ticket Sales Period
For both performances, tickets will be available to purchase on Tuesday, March 19 at 12:00 JST. The performance on April 13 will allow tickets to be purchased until April 22 at 20:00 JST, whereas the second performance will allow tickets to be purchased until April 23 at 20:00 JST.
The reason why they allow customers to purchase after the stream is because an archive of the streams will be available. An archive of the first stream will be available from April 15 at 17:00 to April 22 at 23:59. The second stream will be available from April 16 at 12:00 to April 23 at 23:59. After the archive is over, it will no longer be possible to watch the purchased streams on their services.
Source: Official Website
About Phantom Blood
Phantom Blood is the first part of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series. Shueisha serialized the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump from December 1986 to October 1987.
The story follows Jonathan Joestar as he matures with and eventually battles his adoptive brother, the cunning and merciless Dio Brando.
An anime adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure released starting from October 2012. Season 1 covers Phantom Blood in its first 9 episodes.
Musical
The musical was announced on June 1, 2023. The trailer was uploaded on November 16, 2023.
Cast
- Yuya Matsushita and Shotaro Arisawa as Jonathan Joestar
- Mamoru Miyano as Dio Brando
- Miisha Shimizu as Erina Pendleton
- YOUNG DAIS as Robert E. O. Speedwagon
- Yoshihisa Higashiyama and Yusuke Hirose as Will Anthonio Zeppeli
- Yamato Kochi as Jack the Ripper
- Jumpei Shimada as Wang Chan
- Kong Kuwata as Dario Brando
- Tetsuya Bessho as George Joestar I
