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A3! Stage Plays Get 2 Live-Action Films

The official website for the stage plays of franchise's first two stage play productions are inspiring two live-action films. Mankai Movie A3! ~Spring & Summer~, based on the Spring & Summer stage play, will open this December, while Mankai Movie A3! ~Autumn & Winter~, based on Autumn & Winter, will open in 2022.

Kenji Kurata is directing both films, and also penning the script for the first film. He is co-writing the script for the second film with Shinjirō Kameda, the director and scriptwriter of the original stage plays, are credited for stage and script supervision. Yu (vague), the composer for the stage plays' music, is returning for the films.

The cast for Mankai Movie A3! ~Spring & Summer~ include Ryugi Yokota, Ryōya Takahashi, Tomoru Akazawa, Ryo Taguchi, Kōsuke Kujirai, Ray Fujita, Tomohiro Tauchi, Ryo Kitazono, Ryūjirō Izaki, and Ryunosuke Kawai.

The cast for Mankai Movie A3! ~Autumn & Winter~ include all the above, but adding Kenta Mizue, Tarō Nakamura, Keisuke Ueda, Ryosei Tanaka, and Kandai Ueda.

The franchise's first two stage plays ran in 2018 and 2019, respectively. The franchise then ran two new stage plays in 2019, and two new stage plays in 2020. A new Four Seasons Live 2020 stage play is slated to run this September.

The A3! game released the game worldwide in English.

The game features four male actor groups, each themed after a particular season. Players take the role of the producer, and are responsible for training the performance skills of their group.

The franchise also has a television streaming the anime.

Sources: A3! stage plays' website, The Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web