History Trivia / ToukenRanbuStage

The productions even have a link to the other's official websites.

* DuelingWorks: With ''Theatre/MusicalToukenRanbu'', although this was most likely not the original plan, as both are ''Touken Ranbu'' adaptations that were announced at the same time to provide fans with multiple ways to immerse themselves in the ''Touken Ranbu'' universe, similar to the two anime adaptations. However, as the years passed, both productions became more established, resulting in inevitable overlap, competition for revenue, and even internal fan comparisons on which theatrical production is superior.

* NoExportForYou: It is nearly impossible for a fan from abroad to access these without a VPN, which enables you to get around region-blocks on the streaming service. Even so, you still have to pay a pretty high price to watch every stage play because they are paid even with premium and can only be rented, in contrast to the musicals, which are all free to watch if you purchase DMM premium (unless they are the most recent releases).

* CashcowFranchise: Like the musical adaptation, the stage plays have been a huge hit and have continued to grow ever since they were first produced, making them yet another source of revenue for Nitro+. In fact, the series gained so much popularity that it led to the creation of an anime adaptation for the first stage play in 2024 and two live-action films starring actors from the stage play (although these have nothing to do with the plays other than the actors due to being set in a different continuity).

** The casting team has also occasionally encountered the issue of failing to account for the character heights when selecting actors. Sometimes they get close enough, as in short-er than the other actors, which is sometimes good enough. However, there are notable exceptions, such as the choice to cast the still growing Ginga Shintara as Gokotai. The actor was nearly as tall as Hasebe’s actor, who stands 5'11", while Gokotai himself is around 4'5". There have also been affectionate running jokes about Hiroki Suzuki being cast to play Mikazuki Munechika because he is shorter than a number of the other actors in the cast, despite being cast to play a character who is about 6'' tall. Fans made even more jokes about it when the first anime adaptation's promotional poster came out, depicting the characters in their canonical heights.

* AbilityOverAppearance: Generally speaking, this isn't the case because, although it doesn't quite go to the same lengths as ''Tou Myu'' does to make the characters look as much like the Touken Danshi as possible (through casting, 1:1 recreations of the costumes, and, in some cases, a ''lot'' of makeup), most of the actors look sufficiently like their characters, with some even looking like the character stepped out the game, such as Souza Samonji and Gokotai's actors while in costume. However, there have been the occasional questionable casting choice that have compensated in terms of acting, such as Kento as Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who, for a time, replaced Tsurumaru's original actor Toshiyuki Someya. Someya looked closer to the character, but both conveyed the character being portrayed extremely well.

* DuelingWorks: With ''Tou Myu'', although this was most likely not the original plan, as both are ''Touken Ranbu'' adaptations that were announced at the same time to provide fans with multiple ways to immerse themselves in the ''Touken Ranbu'' universe, similar to the two anime adaptations. However, as the years passed, both productions became more established, resulting in inevitable overlap, competition for revenue, and even internal fan comparisons on which theatrical production is superior.