{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4d5dfc7394441d21565ee83b","clusterId":"c_bea58005ceb572f34a5288cf","slug":"phoenix-future-arc-gets-stage-play-run-in-tokyo-this-february","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Phoenix Future Arc Gets Stage Play Run in Tokyo This February","summary":"Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix manga is getting another stage adaptation, this time of the \"Future\" arc. Hi no Tori Mirai-hen ZEROMDISTANCE runs at Sakura Hall in Shibuya Cultural Centre Owada in Tokyo from February 6 to 8. Jutta Yuki plays Masato, Narumi Yasuda voices the Phoenix, Moro Morooka plays Dr. Saruta, Adone Kudo and Shiina Yuzuki play Tamami, and Kaiki Ohara plays Rock. Ryusei Kudoh directs and writes.","whyItMatters":"The Future arc, a 1967-68 serial set in A.D. 3404, is the part of Tezuka's unfinished cycle that keeps drawing new theatrical and animated adaptations, and this run adds another staging to a franchise that has been revisited in different media for decades.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe production is credited to director-writer Ryusei Kudoh, who is also executive producer, with Ryo Oguri producing and Nao\u0026#39;ymt handling music. It adapts the manga\u0026#39;s \u0026#34;Future\u0026#34; arc, which Tezuka serialized from December 1967 to September 1968 and which the official Tezuka site describes as the story of Masato and Tamami fleeing an underground city-state in A.D. 3404 while the Phoenix guides them to Dr. Saruta\u0026#39;s dome and the human race\u0026#39;s final war begins.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTezuka died in 1989, the year after the manga\u0026#39;s 12th and final arc, \u0026#34;Sun,\u0026#34; ended. The \u0026#34;Karma\u0026#34; arc was staged at Theatre West at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater in July 2024.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Phoenix's Future arc is the section Tezuka left unfinished at his death, and the stage version hands the ending to a writer: Ryusei Kudoh adapts rather than completes.","twitterPost":"Ryusei Kudoh directs and writes this Phoenix stage run, meaning the Future arc's unfinished ending is his to resolve for the stage.","threadsPost":"Phoenix's Future arc is the one Tezuka never finished. For this Sakura Hall run, Ryusei Kudoh both directs and writes, so the adaptation has to settle an ending the manga left open, with Jutta Yuki as Masato and Narumi Yasuda as the Phoenix.","newsletterBlurb":"The \"Future\" arc of Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix is being adapted into a stage play, Hi no Tori Mirai-hen ZEROMDISTANCE, running February 6 to 8 at Sakura Hall in Shibuya Cultural Centre Owada in Tokyo. Ryusei Kudoh directs and writes; Jutta Yuki plays Masato and Narumi Yasuda voices the Phoenix. A play based on the \"Karma\" arc ran at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater in July 2024.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-12/osamu-tezuka-phoenix-manga-future-arc-gets-stage-play-in-february/.242752\",\"title\":\"Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix Manga's Future Arc Gets Stage Play in February\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4754,"outputTokens":739,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791835628,"createdAt":"2026-10-12T20:01:13.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-12T20:06:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T20:06:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_bea58005ceb572f34a5288cf","canonicalTitle":"News\nOsamu Tezuka's Phoenix Manga's Future Arc Gets Stage Play in February","representativeArticleId":"a_1bb0776f5feefcbfa7837b04","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Phoenix\"],\"work_titles\":[\"Hi no Tori Mirai-hen\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Osamu Tezuka\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-12T19:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-12T19:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T20:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-12/osamu-tezuka-phoenix-manga-future-arc-gets-stage-play-in-february/.242752","title":"News\nOsamu Tezuka's Phoenix Manga's Future Arc Gets Stage Play in February"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Phoenix"],"work_titles":["Hi no Tori Mirai-hen"],"studios":[],"people":["Osamu Tezuka"],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}