CLAMP‘s xxxHOLIC, one of the anime to watch back between 2006 and 2008, will be making a return in the form of a stage play. It announced and is planned to start showing sometime in the fall of 2021.
If you’re not familiar with the xxxHOLIC series, it is a story about Yuuko, a witch who has the ability to grant people their wishes. In return for their wishes being granted, they have to give something up that is near and dear to them. Another character by the name of Kimihiro Watanuki, a man that has visions of spirits that are invisible to everyone but him. Yuuko makes a deal with Kimihiro to help him get rid of the spirits that constantly torment him, but in return, he has to work for her in her shop helping her grant wishes to other people.
The stage play will see Motohiro Ota playing the role of Yuuko and Shogo Sakamoto playing the role of Kimihiro Watanuki. The stage play is being put together by the same production team that is handling the Banana Fish stage play that was also recently announced.
If you happen to be in Japan this fall and are a fan of the xxxHOLIC series, this is the stage play that you don’t want to miss.