CLAMP, GACKT Collaborate on Moon Saga Stage Play, Manga

[bugackt.livejournal.com]

Gackt to play warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune next summer; other media planned

The manga creator quartet CLAMP drafted the Moon Saga Yoshitsune Hiden (Moon Saga: The Secret of Yoshitsune) stage play with singer Gackt in the lead role, and the play will run in Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Osaka between July 15 and August 26 of next year.

Gackt will play the title role of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, a general who was critical to the Genpei War that inspired the literary classic Heike Monogatari (Tale of the Heike). The play's version of Yoshitsune will possess strange powers.

Before the play opens, there will be a manga series in a Kodansha manga magazine. The producers are then planning to develop the project into anime, game, film, and other venues.

Staff list:
Starring/Drafting:GACKT
Original work:CLAMP
Organizers: Kodansha
Planning: Bon sales, DMM.com, DY Media Partners Hakuhodo
Cooperation: ISE, GORDIE ENTERTAINMENT, PYROTECHNIST
Production: MOON SAGA Stage Production Committee

MOON SAGA OHP: http://www.dmm.com/moonsaga

Source:
http://www.gackt-and-dears.com/free/news/?id=1316056452
http://www.clamp-net.com/topics
http://natalie.mu/comic/news/56621
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/

GACKT News for September 15, 2011

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YFC in Zepp Tokyo news (with pics)
http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000073268&p=0

Jon posted a pic from Zepp Tokyo Day 1 with a short report
http://ameblo.jp/jon-underdown/entry-11018253193.html
http://twitter.com/#!/Jon_Underdown/status/114005841421680640
http://yellowfriedchickenz.com/blog/articles/831/
YFC live update from YOU with a pretty pic
http://www.you-robots.net/you_official_blog/2011/09/post-274.html

Fool's Mate I.S. No.006 , GACKT on back cover
http://twitter.com/#!/foolsmate_web/status/114213661614149632

GACKT tops NTT Docomo ranking Minna no Koe: Japanese actors you want to play as Dracula.  G got 14784 votes out of 39225 total votes.
http://unleashthegeek.blogspot.com/2011/09/ranking-japanese-actors-you-want-to-see.html

THE END OF THE DAY Single stays on No.4 on Oricon Daily Chart
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2011-09-14/ 

GACKT x SKET DANCE, GACKT x CLAMP Collaboration News
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2011/09/15/gackt-on-sket-dance-opening-and-clamp-collaboration

18pages of GACKT on ROCK STAR Music Box Vol.1 to be released on 09/16.
http://www.ongakusenkasha.co.jp/rock/box/index.html

Flowers for YFCz
http://twitpic.com/6kuccm (CLAMP)
http://ameblo.jp/agrock/entry-11019079379.html (A&G JAPAN)