News Round Up: Hakuouki SSL TV project and play, English Code Realize otome and more!

The spinoff, Hakuouki SSL ~ sweet school life~, will have a live-action television project this fall and a stage play adaptation this winter . The projects will feature the same cast. Check the full deets on ANN and official site.

Here's the ad for the Hakuouki: Reimei Roku (Hakuouki Daybreak Story". This is the sixth Hakuouki musical which will run from May 23-32 in Tokyo and June 10-14 in Kyoto. More info on ANN.

The seiyuu for the heroine of the Meiji Tokyo Renka film have also been announced. Sumire Morohoshi (Ichigo of Aikatsu, Hinami of Tokyo Ghoul) will voice Mei Ayazuki. From: ANN.

Aksys will release the English PS Vita version of otome, Code: Realize~ Guardian of Rebirth, this fall. The steampunk game features famous literary and historical figures such as Arsene Lupin, Abraham von Helsing, Victor Frankenstein, Impey Barbicane and Count Saint-Germain. 

Synopsis:

Restricted to an abandoned mansion on the outskirts of London in fulfillment of a promise to her father, lonely Cardia lives day to day isolated from the world. Her body carries a deadly poison that rots or melts anything her skin touches, prompting the locals to call her a “monster.” 

Her last conversation with her father two years ago, telling her to stay out of sight and never fall in love, is the furthest back she can remember. One day, her quiet solitude is interrupted as the Royal Guards break in to capture her. It is then that Cardia meets Arsène Lupin, a chivalrous thief, who helps her escape the soldiers' clutches. She soon finds herself on a journey with Lupin to locate her father, who holds the answers to her mysterious condition. The two are soon joined by four more interesting and handsome gentlemen…

Source: ANN / official site

Warner Bros has won the film rights to YA novel, The Selection. CW has been trying to launch it as as TV series back in 2012 and 2013. More info on Deadline.

I've also updated April Fool's post.