On Friday Roadshow (Nippon TV, Friday 9pm) on March 6th, a 60-minute extended version of "Wicked," which won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction at the 97th Academy Awards (2025) and grossed $756 million worldwide, will be broadcast on terrestrial television for the first time.
The two met at Oz University, the land of magic and fantasy. Elphaba (Mizuki Takahata) is kinder and more intelligent than anyone, but is shunned by her family and those around her and is lonely, while Glinda (Miisha Shimizu) is popular with everyone and wants to be loved and special more than anyone else.
The two accidentally become roommates in a university dormitory. With completely different appearances, personalities, and magical talents, they clash at first, but as they learn each other's true selves, they form an inseparable friendship.
One day, Elphaba is discovered to have special powers by the great Wizard of Oz (played by Otsuka Yoshitada), whom everyone admires. She travels with Glinda to the Emerald City, where she learns a secret that will change the world and the destiny of both of them forever.
