Akudama Drive Stage

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## Akudama Drive Stage

### Organizer

Akudama Drive Production Committee

**Akudama Drive Stage** (舞台「アクダマドライブ」, *Butai "Akudama Doraibu"* lit. *Stage "Akudama Drive"*) is the stage adaptation of *Akudama Drive*. It debuted in Tokyo on March 10th, 2022 and its recording, as well as behind the scenes content, will be released on Blu-ray on August 26th, 2022.

## Official synopsis

*"Long ago, war broke out between the regions of Kanto and Kansai, splitting the country in two. Kansai became a vassal state of Kanto and developed characteristic advancements. However, with the decline of the government and the police force, crime ran rampant. Those criminals are called Akudama."*

*The setting of this work is a highly developed but twisted society.*

## Cast

* Tomoyo Kurosawa as the Ordinary Person (一般人 *Ippanjin*)
* Jin Aoki as the Courier (運び屋 *Hakobiya*)
* Haruto Sakuraba as the Brawler (喧嘩屋 *Kenkaya*)
* Ryota Hirono as the Hacker (ハッカー *Hakkā*)
* You Kikkawa as the Doctor (医者 *Isha*)
* Reo Nagatsuma as the Hoodlum (チンピラ *Chinpira*)
* Reo Honda as the Cutthroat (殺人鬼 *Satsujinki*)
* Ryu Nakamura and Kō Kunii as the Brother (兄 *Ani*)
* Yūka Kōzu and Sakuma Rinna as the Sister (妹 *Imōto*)
* Mitsuru Karahashi as the Execution Division Master (処刑課師匠 *Shokeika shisho*)
* Sena as the Execution Division Apprentice (処刑課弟子 *Shokeika deshi*)
* Takao Sakuma as the Execution Division Junior (処刑課後輩 *Shokeika kōhai*)
* Toyotaka, RYO, HILOMU, Dolton, KENTA, KIMUTAKU as the Execution Division "FORCE" (処刑課FORCE *ShokeikaFORCE*)

## Development

On December 17th, 2021, a teaser image featuring the Ordinary Person was published on the official *Akudama Drive* account on Twitter for an upcoming major announcement on December 24th, 2021. From that point on, a new teaser image featuring one of the main Akudama was published every day at 9 p.m JST on Twitter until the stage adaptation was revealed on December 24th, 9 p.m JST. Multiple representations were announced for Tokyo from March 10th to March 21st, 2022, as well as two representations in Osaka on March 26th and March 27th, 2022.

On March 5th, 2022, the official Twitter account for the stage play announced that both representations would be live-streamed on Japanese streaming platform SPWN at the cost of ¥3 500 a ticket. Ticket holders were able to watch the live-stream from the start of the representation to 6 days afterwards (up to March 16th for the first representation and April 2nd for the second).

On April 20th, 2022, the official Twitter account for the stage play announced that pre-orders for Blu-ray recordings were open, for an upcoming release on August 26th, 2022.

## Gallery

### Video

舞台「アクダマドライブ」PV第一弾First promotional video for the *Akudama Drive* stage adaptation舞台「アクダマドライブ」PV第二弾Second promotional video for the *Akudama Drive* stage adaptation featuring its theme song 鈍色Wheels ("Dull Wheels") by Urashimasakatasen
### Images

Behind the scenes photo of Reo Honda as the Cutthroat shared by the official Twitter account for the stage play to celebrate the character's birthdayPhoto of an advertisement for the *Akudama Drive* stage adaptation taken by Kazutaka Kodaka in ShibuyaPhoto of the cast on stage shared by the official Twitter account for the stage playPhoto of the cast on stage shared by the official Twitter account for the stage play
## Trivia

* Tomoyo Kurosawa, the actress playing the Ordinary Person, was already her voice actress in the anime.

## References

1. ↑ Akudama Drive Stage official site (日本語)
2. ↑ @akudamadrive on Twitter: "Akudama Drive — Major announcement on December 24" (日本語)
3. ↑ @akudama\_stage on Twitter: "A stage adaptation of *Akudama Drive* was decided!" (日本語)
4. ↑ @akudama\_stage on Twitter: "The stage play *Akudama Drive* will be live-streamed!"
5. ↑ SPWN Event (日本語)
6. ↑ @akudama\_stage on Twitter: "#Akudama Drive Stage Blu-ray reservations are being accepted for a release on August 26, 2022!" (日本語)
7. ↑ @akudama\_stage on Twitter: "＼ 🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉 ／" (日本語)
8. ↑ @kazkodaka on Twitter: *Big Akudama Drive advertisement in Shibuya!* (日本語)
9. ↑ @akudama\_stage on Twitter: "🌟 The time limit to buy tickets is getting near 🌟" (日本語)
10. ↑ @akudama\_stage on Twitter: "Viewing period for the archived performance in Osaka" (日本語)