Matt Schley
November 10, 2024 
Is there any franchise in Japan that hasn’t been adapted for the stage? The latest piece of pop culture to get the stage play treatment is none other than Trials of Mana, the 1995 Super Nintendo RPG also known as Seiken Densetsu 3.
Seiken Densetsu 3: TRIALS of MANGA THE STAGE, as the play is called, will run from March 7 to 16, 2025 at the Sunshine Theatre in Tokyo before moving to Cool Japan Park Osaka TT Hall from April 4 to 6.
Here’s the cast list:
Duran: Kai Ogasawara
Kevin: Ruito Aoyagi
Angela: Haruna Iikubo
Reese: Karin Isobe
Hawkeye: Haruse Akune (ICEx)
Charlotte: Amisa Miyazaki
Riesz: Moga Mogami
Mage of the Red Lotus: Hayato Takao (ONE N`ONLY)
King of Beasts: Haruto Sakuraba
Beautiful Beast Isabella: Hotaru Nomoto
Heath: Ryuto Yamamoto (ICEx)
King of Heroes/Richard: Isamu Ishizaka
Knight of the Black Shadow / Loki: Tomoyuki Takagi
Death Eater: Takayuki Haranishi (FUJIWARA)
Dragon Emperor: Masashi Goda
Music is credited to Hiroki Kikuta, who did the music for the original game, and script and direction are by Ichidai Matsuda, who’s directed plays based on Final Fantasy and NieR:Automata.
Tickets are on sale in Japan from today.
Trials of Mana was Japan-exclusive from its release in 1995 until its inclusion in Collection of Mana in 2019. A 3D remake was released in 2020. Here’s the official description:
When the world was shrouded in darkness, the Goddess of Mana drew forth the Sword of Mana to smite the eight Benevodons, monsters of destruction.
She sealed the horrors inside the eight Mana Stones, bringing the realm back from the brink.
Weakened from rebuilding the world, the Goddess changed herself into a tree and fell into a deep sleep for many years.
However, the forces of evil soon sought to free the Benevodons to gain control of the world.
They started a terrible war to further their plot and destabilize the kingdoms.
Peace was at an end. Mana itself began to disappear from the world and the Mana Tree started to wither…
Source: Famitsu
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