Persona 3: the Weird Masquerade -Ao no Kakusei- (ペルソナ3 the Weird Masquerade 〜青の覚醒〜, lit. Blue Awakening) is a stage play based on Persona 3.
Release
- Japan: May 14, 2014 (DVD Release)
Profile
The Weird Masquerade is a stageplay that saw a limited release from January 8-12, 2014 in the Theater G Rosso and was first announced during the August 2013 Persona Music FES. Music was composed by Shoji Meguro. Casting was performed by Oku Shutaro. The script was written by Jun Kumagai, who was responsible for scripts for Persona 4 The Animation and Persona 3 The Movie.
It was based on the original game and double-casts the male and female versions of the protagonist. They do not appear in the play together, but instead the performances are divided in between male and female performances. Both male and female performances were released in a live broadcast on NicoNico. In the DVD release, the male and female performances each received a separate disk in the two DVD set.
Music
Here are the list of songs/tracks that were use during the stageplay:
- Soul Phase (-P3 the Weird Masquerade ver- (Male version)) sang by Shouta Aoi (Sakuya Shiomi)
- Wiping All Out (-P3 the WM ver.) sang by Asami Taro and Yuuki Fujiwara (Mitsuru Kirijo and Akihiko Sanada)
- I am no HERO sang by Genki Ookawa (Junpei Iori)
- Brand New Days (-P3 the WM ver-) sang by Maho Tomita and Shouta Aoi (Yukari Takaba and Sakuya Shiomi)
- Watashi no ibasho sang by Marina Tanoue (Fuuka Yamagishi)
- Kimi no Kioku (-P3 the WM ver-) by Shouta Aoi (Sakuya Shiomi) and the rest of the cast
- Soul Phase (-P3 the Weird Masquerade ver- (Female version)) sang by Kana Asumi
- Brand New Days (-P3 the WM ver-) (Female version) sang by Maho Tomita and Kana Asumi (Yukari Takaba and Kotone Shiomi)
- Kimi no Kioku (-P3 the WM ver-) (Female version) sang by Kana Asumi ( Kotone Shiomi) and the rest of the cast
- Interstice of Time (-P3 the WM ver-)
Cast
- Male Protagonist (汐見朔也, Shiomi Sakuya): Shouta Aoi
- Female Protagonist (汐見琴音, Shiomi Kotone): Kana Asumi
- Yukari Takeba: Maho Tomita
- Junpei Iori: Genki Ookawa
- Mitsuru Kirijo: Asami Tano
- Akihiko Sanada: Yuuki Fujiwara
- Fuuka Yamagishi: Marina Tanoue
- Shuji Ikutsuki: Shouichi Honda
- Pharos: Keisuke Ueda