One Piece Oto Utage

One Piece Oto Utage ~East Blue Edition~ is a brass entertainment show performed at the Tokyo International Forum Hall from Sunday, August 12 to Sunday, September 2, 2018. It was directed, composed, and choreographed by Kayana Kaori with musical direction by Tanaka Kohei. It is based on the East Blue Saga and featured a 35-member band composed of Japanese and American musicians.
==Information and Plot==
One Piece Oto Utage was performed 28 times and was divided into two acts. Act 1 included memorable scenes from the East Blue Saga. Act 2 featured classic songs from the anime and a feast with the Straw Hat Pirates. In between the two acts was a 20-minute intermission, in which a group of the show's percussionists put on a brief performance in the theater's lobby.
The following scenes were performed in the show:
*Luffy's past with Shanks and Higuma from the Romance Dawn Arc.
*Usopp leaving behind his crew from the Syrup Village Arc.
*Luffy and Sanji working in the Baratie kitchen from the Baratie Arc.
*Zoro's fight against Dracule Mihawk from the Baratie Arc.
*Luffy putting his Straw Hat on Nami's head before he, Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp walk to fight the Arlong Pirates from the Arlong Park Arc.
*Luffy's failed execution attempt by Buggy from the Loguetown Arc.
The show also features Clapper, an original character who interacts with the crew in the second act. Brook also appears in the second act to perform Binks' Sake.
Tickets initially went on sale Saturday, April 21, 2018. Ticket prices differed by theater seat sections. S seat tickets cost 9,800 yen. A seat tickets cost 8,300 yen. B seat tickets cost 6,800 yen.
===Songs===
The following songs were performed in Act 1:
*We Are!
*I Will Become King of the Pirates!
*Piece of a Hawk's Wing
*To the Great Sea Route!
*Zoro
*Can't Escape, Fight!
The following songs were performed in Act 2:
*Memories
*RUN! RUN! RUN!
*Kokoro no Chizu
*Binks' Sake
*NEW WORLD
*Share the World
*Fanfare
*Family
*We Go!
===Promotion===
Members of the Oto Utage cast performed at Tokyo One Piece Tower on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 13:05-15:05 in the Greeting Cabin.
A promotional press conference was held Wednesday, June 27, 2018, to show a sample of the performance, in which the actors for the Straw Hat Pirates performed acrobatic moves while a group of the show's musicians played Fight Together and We Are! while dressed as Marines. Another promotional performance was held at the FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri and broadcasted on Wednesday, July 25 at 19:00, where the group performed "We Are!".
Rehearsals for the show were broadcasted on BS Fuji August 6, 2018 from 00:30-01:00, and on Fuji TV August 11, 2018 from 2:55-3:25. The rehearsal broadcasts were hosted by Yamasato Ryota from comedy duo "Nankai Candies" and actress Taira Yuna.
, a promotional program, was broadcasted August 10, 2018 at 26:55-27:25 on Fuji TV as the Kanto local broadcast and again August 12, 2018 at 24:30-25:00 on BS Fuji as a rebroadcast. It was also hosted by Yamasato and Taira, as well as Fuji TV announcer Ituka Ryusei.
Limited merchandise was sold to promote the show, including can badges, metal water bottles, tote bags, egg shakers, t-shirts, towels, pens, and print cookies.
==Cast==
Character 	Stage Actor 	Voice Actor
Monkey D. Luffy	Matsuura Tsukasa 	Mayumi Tanaka
Roronoa Zoro 	Fukuchi Takamitsu	Kazuya Nakai
Nami 	Ootika Misaki 	Akemi Okamura
Usopp 	Mori Ryohei 	Kappei Yamaguchi
Sanji 	Takasawa Syota 	Hiroaki Hirata
Shanks 	Fuminori Murase 	
Higuma 	Uno To 	
Buggy 	Sei Tanaka 	
Dracule Mihawk 	Uno To 	
Arlong 	Sei Tanaka 	
Clapper 	Sei Tanaka 	
Luffy (Child) 	Kawaguchi Cho 	
Brook 	William Underwood	
==Staff List==
One Piece Premier Show: Marionette 	One Piece Premier Show: Marionette
Original 	Eiichiro Oda
Directon, Composition, Choreography	Kayana Kaori
Music Director 	Tanaka Kohei
Percussion 	Naoki Ishikawa, Takayuki Nakabe, Sei Tanaka, Cary Brook, Havi Ortega, Kyle Harry, Warren Tyler
Trumpet 	Himoru Yoneso, Amanda Bateman, Jordan Webb, Azumi Baltagi, Pritchard Pierce
Trombone 	Lisa Chappell, Matthew Hutard, Anthony Garcia
Tuba 	Graham Roese
Horn 	Mikami Yu, Brian Stromets
Saxophone 	Nishida Tsuyoshi, Tanabe Shiori, Spencer Perrin, Joshua Escutia
Flute 	William Underwood, Herman Lucas
Clarinet 	Delany Forester
Music Manager 	Jeff Harrigan
Organized by 	Kyodo-Tokyo, Fuji Television, Toei Animation Music Publishing
Sponsor 	Ito En, Nippon Life
Support 	BS Fuji, WOWOW
Supervision 	Shueisha, Toei Animation
Planning and Production 	Kyodo-Tokyo
==References==
==External Links==
*Official English Website.
*Official Twitter account.
*Official Facebook page.
==Site Navigation==
Category:Live Performances