Michelangelo: The Man Who Would Become God was released on July 6, 2001.

Michelangelo: The Man Who Would Become God was directed by Masasumi Tani.

Takarazuka Flower Troupe 2001 performance. In the sixteenth century, at the Villa Medici in Rome, the nobles, ecclesiastics and artists invited to a banquet congratulate Giovanni de' Medici on his promised accession to the Holy See for the next term. Contessina, Giovanni's younger sister talks to Raphaello eminent for most beautifully portraying women. Knowing that he has come to Rome to see Michelangelo's Pieta`, she admiringly speaks of Michlangelo as a man of eternal burning passion.

The key characters in Michelangelo: The Man Who Would Become God are Michelangelo Buonarroti (Mire Aika), Contessina de' Medeci (Rei Otori), Giuliano Bugiardi (Hibiki Takumi).