It is confirmed today that “Cho Taikan Stage/Super Experience Stage Captain Tsubasa,” a first stage play adaptation of Yoichi Takahashi’s soccer-themed sports manga series Captain Tsubasa, will be performed at Zepp Blue Theater Roppongi in Tokyo 23 times from August 18 to September 3.
The original manga series was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from 1981 to 1988, then compiled in 37 tankobon volumes.
It has been followed by many sequels and spin-offs, and the latest installment Capatin Tsubasa: Rising Sun has been running in the publisher’s Grand Jump since 2014.