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[[File:Bioroid Year Zero poster.png|thumb|right|A poster for ''Bioroid Year Zero''.]]
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{{Nihongo|'''''BIOHAZARD Year Zero'''''|バイオロイド零年|Baioroido zeronen}}, otherwise known as '''''BIOHAZARD ZERO-NEN''''', is a Japanese stage play based on the ''Resident Evil'' franchise. A musical horror-comedy focusing on the zombified civilians' point-of-view, the play was performed by the Super Eccentric Theater ("SET") in a number of locations around Japan in the summer of 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/biohazard-goes-broadway/1100-2448482/ |title=Biohazard Goes Broadway? |publisher=Gamespot |author=Yukiyoshi Ike Sato |date=October 5, 1999 |accessdate=2015-07-31}}</ref>
 
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|title=Bioroid: Year Zero
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|image=[[File:Bioroid Year Zero poster.png|260px]]
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|language=Japanese
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{{Nihongo|'''Bioroid: Year Zero'''|バイオロイド零年|Baioroido zeronen}}, otherwise known as '''BIOROID ZERO-NEN''', is a Japanese stage play based on the ''Resident Evil'' franchise. A musical horror-comedy focusing on the zombified civilians' point-of-view, the play was performed by the Super Eccentric Theater ("SET") in a number of locations around Japan in the summer of 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/biohazard-goes-broadway/1100-2448482/ |title=Biohazard Goes Broadway? |publisher=Gamespot |author=Yukiyoshi Ike Sato |date=October 5, 1999 |accessdate=2015-07-31}}</ref>
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
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[[File:Bioroid scene.gif|thumb|left|A scene from the play]]
''Bioroid'' is set nine years after a viral outbreak in the secret research city "BioCity" (バイオシティ) led to the area being quarantined. The story revolves around the zombies living inside the quarantine zone.
 
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The top-secret planned community, "BioCity" (バイオシティ) suffers an outbreak at the laboratory it serves. Nine years later, a video journalist, ''Yoppaparatchi'', arrives at the scene to investigate sightings of Zombies so long after the initial outbreak. As he interviews members of the BioCity Police Department, ''Anariaza'' and ''Barozu'', they are attacked by the zombies. ''Yoppaparatchi'' escapes into the woods, where he finds a girl who is able to teach zombies how to speak, and who was responsible for the initial accident as a child when breaking a beaker while playing in the lab
   
== Performances ==
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== Cast ==
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A "preview" performance of the play was demonstrated at the Spring TGS 2000 event, as reported by Famitsu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.famitsu.com/special/2000/tgs2000s/report0402/r_087.html |title=ちょっとオマヌケなSETの演劇版『バイオハザード』|publisher=Famitsu|accessdate=2015-08-06|language=Japanese}}</ref>
 
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|Character name
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|Actor
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|{{Nihongo|[[Yoppaparatchi]]|ヨッパパラッチ|yoppaparatchi}}
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|[[Hideaki Mizuki]] (水木 英昭)
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|{{Nihongo|[[Biotope]]|ビオトープ|biotōpu}}
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|[[Noriko Hasegawa]] (長谷川 紀子)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Anaraizā]]|アナライザー|anaraizā}}
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|[[Naoko Shiraishi]] (白土 直子)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Barōzu]]|バローズ|barōzu}}
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|[[Masaru Miyauchi]] (宮内 大)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Doctor]]|ドクター|dokutā}}
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|[[Tsugihide Akahori]] (赤堀 二英)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Monrokyū]]|モンロキュー|monrokyū}}
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|[[Yūko Maruyama]] (丸山 優子)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Galliano]]|ガリアーノ|gariāno}}
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|[[Tatsuhiko Kase]] (加瀬 竜彦)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Armani]]|アルマーニ|arumāni}}
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|[[Shinko Iwanaga]] (岩永 新悟)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Versace]]|ベルサーチ|berusāchi}}
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|[[Kenjiro Nishiumi]] (西海 健二郎)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Ferragamo]]|フェラガモ|ferragamo}}
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|[[Maiko Kojima]] (子島 麻衣子)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Cartier]]|カルチェ|karuche}}
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|[[Asami Yoshida]] (吉田 麻佐美)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Prada]]|プラダ|purada}}
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|[[Arisa Nanba]] (難波 ありさ)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Burberry]]|バーバリー|bābarī}}
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|[[Kōichi Ōtake]] (大竹 浩一)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Bulgari]]|ブルガリ|burugari}}
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|[[Yasuyuki Takagi]] (高木 康行)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Chanel]]|シャネル|syaneru}}
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|[[Ayana Tani]] (谷 彰夏)<br />[[Naoko Murakami]] (村上 尚子)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Hermès]]|エルメス|erumesu}}
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|[[Naoko Yamamoto]] (山本 直子)<br />[[Ayana Tani]] (谷 彰夏)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Bagu]]|バグ|Bagu}}
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|[[Seiji Osaki]] (大崎 聖二)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Bitto]]|ビット|Bitto}}
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|[[Takashi Okuyama]] (奥山 隆)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Dotto]]|ドット|Dotto}}
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|[[Makoto Ōzeki]] (大関 真)
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|-
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|{{Nihongo|[[Baga]]|バガ|Baga}}
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|[[Keiichi Hara]] (原 圭一)
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|}
   
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== Performances ==
 
The play was toured around Japan over July and August 2000, performed in seven cities: Tokyo; Hiroshima; Fukuoka; Nagoya; Sendai; Sapporo and Osaka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gamez.itmedia.co.jp/games/news/9910/07/news02.html |title=SBG: NEWS - 本邦初の舞台化決定。2000年夏に公開! |puublisher=itmedia.co.jp |date=October 7, 2000 |accessdate=2015-07-31|language=Japanese}}</ref>
 
The play was toured around Japan over July and August 2000, performed in seven cities: Tokyo; Hiroshima; Fukuoka; Nagoya; Sendai; Sapporo and Osaka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gamez.itmedia.co.jp/games/news/9910/07/news02.html |title=SBG: NEWS - 本邦初の舞台化決定。2000年夏に公開! |puublisher=itmedia.co.jp |date=October 7, 2000 |accessdate=2015-07-31|language=Japanese}}</ref>
   
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[[Category:Bioroid: Year Zero]]

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Bioroid: Year Zero (バイオロイド零年 Baioroido zeronen?), otherwise known as BIOROID ZERO-NEN, is a Japanese stage play based on the Resident Evil franchise. A musical horror-comedy focusing on the zombified civilians' point-of-view, the play was performed by the Super Eccentric Theater ("SET") in a number of locations around Japan in the summer of 2000.[1]

Plot

Bioroid scene

A scene from the play

The top-secret planned community, "BioCity" (バイオシティ) suffers an outbreak at the laboratory it serves. Nine years later, a video journalist, Yoppaparatchi, arrives at the scene to investigate sightings of Zombies so long after the initial outbreak. As he interviews members of the BioCity Police Department, Anariaza and Barozu, they are attacked by the zombies. Yoppaparatchi escapes into the woods, where he finds a girl who is able to teach zombies how to speak, and who was responsible for the initial accident as a child when breaking a beaker while playing in the lab

Cast

Character name Actor
Yoppaparatchi (ヨッパパラッチ yoppaparatchi?) Hideaki Mizuki (水木 英昭)
Biotope (ビオトープ biotōpu?) Noriko Hasegawa (長谷川 紀子)
Anaraizā (アナライザー anaraizā?) Naoko Shiraishi (白土 直子)
Barōzu (バローズ barōzu?) Masaru Miyauchi (宮内 大)
Doctor (ドクター dokutā?) Tsugihide Akahori (赤堀 二英)
Monrokyū (モンロキュー monrokyū?) Yūko Maruyama (丸山 優子)
Galliano (ガリアーノ gariāno?) Tatsuhiko Kase (加瀬 竜彦)
Armani (アルマーニ arumāni?) Shinko Iwanaga (岩永 新悟)
Versace (ベルサーチ berusāchi?) Kenjiro Nishiumi (西海 健二郎)
Ferragamo (フェラガモ ferragamo?) Maiko Kojima (子島 麻衣子)
Cartier (カルチェ karuche?) Asami Yoshida (吉田 麻佐美)
Prada (プラダ purada?) Arisa Nanba (難波 ありさ)
Burberry (バーバリー bābarī?) Kōichi Ōtake (大竹 浩一)
Bulgari (ブルガリ burugari?) Yasuyuki Takagi (高木 康行)
Chanel (シャネル syaneru?) Ayana Tani (谷 彰夏)
Naoko Murakami (村上 尚子)
Hermès (エルメス erumesu?) Naoko Yamamoto (山本 直子)
Ayana Tani (谷 彰夏)
Bagu (バグ Bagu?) Seiji Osaki (大崎 聖二)
Bitto (ビット Bitto?) Takashi Okuyama (奥山 隆)
Dotto (ドット Dotto?) Makoto Ōzeki (大関 真)
Baga (バガ Baga?) Keiichi Hara (原 圭一)

Performances

The play was toured around Japan over July and August 2000, performed in seven cities: Tokyo; Hiroshima; Fukuoka; Nagoya; Sendai; Sapporo and Osaka.[2]

On July 23 it was performed at the Nagoya Civic Center (名古屋市民会館). It was performed in Sapporo on August 10. The final performance in the tour was at the Osaka Welfare Pension Hall (大阪厚生年金会館) on August 19. The hall has since been torn down to make way for the Orix Theater.

Sources

  1. Yukiyoshi Ike Sato (October 5, 1999). Biohazard Goes Broadway?. Gamespot. Retrieved on 2015-07-31.
  2. SBG: NEWS - 本邦初の舞台化決定。2000年夏に公開! (Japanese) (October 7, 2000). Retrieved on 2015-07-31.