#amy nagasawa

[mitjalovse]

Was John Philip Shenale a part of something like the Wrecking Crew? If he was, he probably had a couple of buddies he worked with. Look, I am not sure on whether or not he and Bill Wray are close, though I assume they sort of had a camaderie, since they both had a similar type of a career. Still, Mr. Wray tried to do his own solo material more often than Mr. Shenale. Therefore, we can find him playing on Mr. Wray's Seize The Moment, which could be seen as a formidable slice of the 80's rock. This is also a bad thing, because everything seems so shiny you have a hunch the entire things was made out of rejected parts from other musicians during the period. Sure, Mr. Wray knows what he's doing, yet he should be willing to bend the rule more to his whim.

[tuulikannel]

Thinking about the girl Big 5 of Assassination Classroom. It's canon that they exist, but we know basically nothing about them. One member is called Ookura Sachiko (大倉幸子), and she is "the Sakakibara Ren of the group", and... that's it.

So I had this idea that to get potential names for the girl B5, we could take a look at the top 50 final results. Great idea, sure... the only problem here is that the name Ookura Sachiko doesn't appear there at all. >_> Well, maybe Gakuhou's "teaching" methods made her collapse so badly she didn't even make it to top 50…..

Anyway, the top 4 female names, other than Sachiko or E class girls on that list are: 19. 毛利伊織 Mouri Iori 23. 長沢寿理亜 Nagasawa Juria (Julia, I think) 27. 伊藤姫希 Itouzaki Himeki 34. 山鹿皋月 Yamagata* Satsuki

*That name can be also read Yamaka, Yamaga, or Yamashika. This list from the manga (I guess, I just googled this) has it as Yamagata.

Based on this list #25 is Mizuno Ami which sounds like a girl, but I don't understand how they read the given name like that. As far as I can see it's 武丸 which is read Takemaru. (Whether or not this person is a girl I decided to leave them out. In that case she's just someone who happened to do well here.)

But yeah, anyway, the rest of this post will just be my new headcanons. XD So, the girl B5 members are Sachiko, Iori, Julia, Himeki and Satsuki. If Sachiko is the Ren of the group, I guess Julia might be the Seo (thinking about their skills, not personalities XD). Maybe her mom is a westerner and so she's learned English from an early age.

Himeki... is Gakushuu, no question about it. Not only has she "princess" in her name, the latter kanji means, among other things, "phenomenal". Kinda like the kanji for Shuu is "supremacy". (It's eating her alive she ended up 27th. Ouch.)

Then, we have Iori and Satsuki left to be Araki and Koyama. (I mean, of course they don't have to have clear matches, but... just for fun?) No strong feelings here, though. Satsuki's surname is literally "mountain deer" so she could get Koyama (and biology) based on that. XD Which leaves Araki for Iori, I guess. *shrug* Well, in all honesty, these two could have their own strengths that don't directly correspond to the boys.

But yeah, so. In summary, my Big 5 girls:

Itouzaki Himeki (Gakushuu) Ookura Sachiko (Ren) Nagasawa Julia (Seo) Mouri Iori Yamagata Satsuki

[kamenwriter]

The fact that this entire special exists because the guy playing Yanma said in an interview he had a crush on Jasmine as a kid, and the higher ups were like "hey, wanna film a special with her?"

Be like me getting cast as a Power Ranger and then doing a special with Amy Jo Johnson. (Or getting cast in Super Sentai and doing a special with Nao Nagasawa).

[pupuplatters]

DAVID KUBINEC :: Some Things Never Change ~ 7.8 | “More Ego” (single) ~ 7.0

A&M | SP-4766

Philips | 6017 259

On the front cover of Some Things Never Change, David Kubinec antagonistically points at the music lover holding the record. With popped collar and raised eyebrows, captured mid-rebuke, he strikes a confrontational pose. He looks a little older and not terribly cool, but he wants to prove his worth to the listener. And he does: he ably rocks with glam sensibilities and a dash of punk attitude. Throughout the record, he uses both technique and sheer rawness to achieve a vocal style that is ragged in the best sense. A light effect is typically applied to Kubinec's voice, but the instruments always sound punchy and natural. The music breathes. The album could be used as a reference recording to demonstrate stereo equipment. My copy is also exceptionally clean and free of surface noise, easily one of the best sounding records in my collection.

A vivid portrait of life on the road, the opener "Another Lone Ranger" addresses expectations, angst, and doubt. Kubinec really goes for it vocally and I get the sense that he's accepted his nomadic life and wouldn't have it any other way (the reflective, almost country-like "Comin' Home" is a hopeful sequel). He's playfully poetic about his adoration of the unattainable on the title track ("I ain't no fanatic, ecclesiastic, or Captain Fantastic, no nothing that drastic"), the chorus of which is one giant knockout hook. His writing is also sharp on "Love in the First Degree," which contains some subtle UFO sounds after Kubinec declares that "not even Captain Kirk could beam me up." This track is very airy with lots of space (one drum fill is a single timbale hit) and a bit wobbly thanks to its odd descending bass line. Some serious existential dread is confronted on "Out in the Rain," which begins with heavy organ and warpath snare drum before transforming into an "All the Young Dudes"-type anthem. As Kubinec howls the song title in the home stretch, it sounds like he's being dissolved by acid rain. The snare rolls return with loudly honking bagpipes as he's stomped into the road in a nightmarish parade march. The album's razor edge becomes a little dull on side B. "Sit on It" is a sleazy rocker that is largely indecipherable (what "pterodactyl on the trampoline" means should probably remain a mystery). Atmosphere seems to be more important than lyrics in the waltz-time number "On the Edge of the Floor." Again, many of its lines are difficult to decipher, and Kubinec can't help but crack up when delivering them. It may be purposefully obscure ("heavy on the rhythm but light on the rhyme" is one phrase I could make out), but it features a swirling arrangement and seductive little melody. Chris Spedding has a moment to shine near the end of "Tear Myself Away," a rockabilly thing that's fun but feels like a disposable genre exercise. "The Elf Sires" is a clever bit of songcraft: Kubinec's career framed as an ancient fable. He begins as a young, wide-eyed fan and is eventually swept up in the business, making music himself and witnessing what really happens behind the curtain. Through ups and downs, he becomes savvy and slightly bitter, repeating "I was better off alone but we've got to progress" as a kind of twisted mantra to push himself forward. Near the end, the song spirals into a cacophonous racket, indicating that the tale doesn't end happily, but it's a powerful closer to a lean and mean album that was unfairly lost in the shuffle.

A couple years after Kubinec's LP, a single inexplicably appeared in the Netherlands. Upon first listen, it's a bit of letdown, only because it sounds like it was recorded in the janitor's closet of the studio where Some Things Never Change was created. The single is self-produced and credited to "Kuby," suggesting an artistic retreat. Nonetheless, with repeated spins, the tunes slowly emerge from the murk. "More Ego" contains a classic '60s-sounding melody backed with the kind of ska bounce that Joe Jackson honed around the time of Beat Crazy. "We don't need more ego" is the song's central theme, but Kubinec pronounces "ego" with a short “e,” making it sound like he’s singing about the popular frozen waffle. Perhaps he had his eye on jingle writing. Pronunciation quirks aside, if there is a Kuby earworm, "More Ego" is most definitely it. Serve it with maple syrup and fruit topping, and your guests will rave. The verse of "The Little Ships" is trademark Kubinec and would have sat comfortably on Some Things Never Change. When a twangy guitar plays the main riff in the fist-pumping refrain, the strings are plucked with such exaggerated force that it sounds like they're going to pop right off the fretboard. You probably won’t find it thumbing through used 45s at your local record shop, but it’s a neat curiosity in this era of Kubinec’s recorded work.

June 5, 2020

[landofanimes]

Sailor Moon 30th Anniversary  Musical Festival -Chronicle-

The show is set to run in Tokyo from November 17 to 20, 2022

Most of the cast from last year’s musical, Kaguya-hime no Koibito, returns. With them, a couple other familiar faces: Chise, one of Le Mouvement Final’s Chibi Chibis is now cast as Chibi Moon... And Riona (aka Rubeus, Hawk’s Eye, Sailor Star Maker and Tuxedo Mask) is once again playing Tux!

And there’s more: Each day will feature different special guests!

CAST LIST

Sailor Moon / Usagi Tsukino: Riko Tanaka Sailor Mercury / Ami Mizuno: Kanon Maekawa Sailor Mars / Rei Hino: Rei Kobayashi Sailor Jupiter / Makoto Kino: Kisara Matsumura Sailor Venus / Minako Aino : Marin Makino

Sailor Uranus / Haruka Tenou: Shinjyu Terada Sailor Neptune / Michiru Kaiou: Ayana Kinoshita Sailor Pluto / Setuna Meiou: Chisato Minami Sailor Saturn / Hotaru Tomoe: Yuuka Ide Sailor Chibi Moon / Chibiusa: Chise Niitsu

Luna (human): MARISA Luna: Yune Sakurai

Ensemble: Moeko Koizumi, Ayumi Sakisaka, Ayano Nagasawa, Yuri Hirano Princess Snow Kaguya: Sayaka Okamura

Tuxedo Mask / Mamoru Chiba: Riona Tatemichi

<< The return of the latest cast was to be expected, though I’m surprised they’ve kept Princess Snow Kaguya: I imagine she will sing other villains’ songs too? Also didn’t expect for them to change both Chibi Moons for a Chibi Chibi graduate! And Riona! I thought if they brought people back it would be for other roles, but hey! Anyway, since it’s a festival can we expect her to perform songs from her former roles as well? And who will the guests be? I wonder if the DVD Box event in August is any indication of that... >> 

[lovelyllamasblog]

EAH VA/Seiyuus

You know where this is going. For @sayuricorner's TW x EAH AU.

So, this was inspired by these two videos:

Can Twisted Wonderland Character VAs Sing? Part 1

Can Twisted Wonderland Character VAs Sing? Part 2

And that got the gears in my head turning and I just went with it, so here it is!

A few key things:

There are three VA/Seiyuus per character because I didn't want to overwhelm myself.

Some of the characters will have the same VAs because I thought the voice suited more than one character as well as to get a feel for their characters and because I was lazy about looking at every single VAs filmography.

I also included some of the roles those actors played so that there's some sort of building block for them.

I won't be including their English or Latin America VAs because you can find those on the EAH wikia, but I'll include a link.

(It's looooong so it's under the cut.)

Enjoy my usual insanity.

Lizzie Hearts

Sora Amamiya: Asseylum Vers Allusia (Aldnoah.Zero), Aqua (Konosoba), Elizabeth Liones (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Nana Mizuki: Tsubasa Kazanari (Symphogear), Hinata Hyuga (Naruto), Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu)

Omi Minami: Euphemia li Britannia (Code Geass), Megumi Hanajima (Fruits Basket (2001)), Tama (Gintama)

Maddie Hatter

Aoi Yuki: Hibiki Tachibana (Symphogear), Diane (The Seven Deadly Sins), Kumoko/Shiraori (So I’m a Spider, So What?)

Yui Horie: Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket (2001)), Naru Narusegawa (Love Hina), Yuuki Cross (Vampire Knight)

Miki Nagasawa: Kyoko Mogami (Skip Beat!), Maya Ibuki (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Momiji Sohma (Fruits Basket (Drama CDs))

Cerise Badwolf-Hood

Maaya Sakamoto: Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club), Ciel Phantomhive (Black Butler)

Haruka Tomatsu: Piña Co Lada (GATE), Asuna (SAO), Iona Hikawa/Cure Fortune (Happiness Charge PreCure!), Zero Two (Darling in the Franxx)

Ami Koshimizu: Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon Crystal), Kouyou Ozaki (Bungou Stray Dogs), Kallen Kozuki (Code Geass)

Ramona Badwolf-Hood

Megumi Ogata: Princess Emeraude (Magic Knight Rayearth), Haruka Tenoj/Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon), Satoru Takishima (S · A: Special A)

Junko Minagawa: Cornelia li Britannia (Code Geass), Ayaka Yukihiro (Negima), Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon Crystal)

Emi Shinohara: Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon Crystal), Kaho Mizuki (Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc), Kushina Uzumaki (Naruto)

Coral Witch (since she wasn't introduced in the show, I think she would definitely have a younger sounding voice, appropriate for her age)

Maaya Uchida: Alluka Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter), Katarina Claes (Next Life Villainess), Rikka Takanashi (Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions)

Akari Kitou: Yashiro Nene (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun), Kana Yajima (Wolf Girl and Black Prince), Kaho Hinata (Blend S)

Yui Horie: Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket), Naru Narusegawa (Love Hina), Yuuki Cross (Vampire Knight)

Holly O'Hair

Yui Makino: Sakura (Tsubasa Chronicle), Yusa (Angel Beats!), Mayu Sakuma (THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS)

Yui Horie: Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket), Naru Narusegawa (Love Hina), Yuuki Cross (Vampire Knight)

Haruka Tomatsu: Piña Co Lada (GATE), Asuna (SAO), Iona Hikawa/Cure Fortune (Happiness Charge PreCure!), Zero Two (Darling in the Franxx)

Hunter Huntsman

Masakazu Morita: Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach), Maeda Keiji (Sengoku Basara), Tidus (Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts)

Yuki Kaji: Todoroki Shouto (MHA/BNHA), Meliodas (The Seven Deadly Sins), Eren Jaeger (Attack on Titan)

Tatsuhisa Suzuki: Makoto Tachibana (Free!), Tsubaki (Servamp), Ban (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Ashlynn Ella

Ayana Taketatsu: Latifa Fleuranza (Amagi Brilliant Park), Azusa Nakano (K-On!), Miria Marigold Mackenzie (Jewelpet Twinkle)

Yui Makino: Sakura (Tsubasa Chronicle), Yusa (Angel Beats!), Mayu Sakuma (THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS)

Megumi Ogata: Princess Emeraude (Magic Knight Rayearth), Haruka Tenoj/Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon), Satoru Takishima (S · A: Special A)

Blondie Lockes

Miyuki Sawahiro: Kurapika (Hunter x Hunter), Sinon (Sword Art Online II), Haruka Nanami (Uta no Prince-sama)

Asumi Nakata: Lucia Nanami (Mermaid Melody), Yusura (Himawari!)

Yoko Hikasa: Maria Cadenza Eve (Symphogear), Elza Forte (Aikatsu Stars!), Pitohui/Kanzaki Elsa (SAO Alt. Gun Gale Online)

Raven Queen

Nana Mizuki: Tsubasa Kazanari (Symphogear), Hinata Hyuga (Naruto), Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu)

Junko Minagawa: Cornelia li Britannia (Code Geass), Ayaka Yukihiro (Negima), Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon Crystal)

Emi Shinohara: Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon Crystal), Kaho Mizuki (Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc), Kushina Uzumaki (Naruto)

Poppy O'Hair

Haruka Tomatsu: Piña Co Lada (GATE), Asuna (SAO), Iona Hikawa/Cure Fortune (Happiness Charge PreCure!), Zero Two (Darling in the Franxx)

Chiwa Saito: Yona (Yona of the Dawn), Chloe von Eizenbern (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya), Caster (Tamamo-no-Mae and her variants) (FGO)

Ami Koshimizu: Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon Crystal), Kouyou Ozaki (Bungou Stray Dogs), Kallen Kozuki (Code Geass)

C.A. Cupid

Asumi Nakata: Lucia Nanami (Mermaid Melody), Yusura (Himawari!)

Miyuki Sawahiro: Kurapika (Hunter x Hunter), Sinon (Sword Art Online II), Haruka Nanami (Uta no Prince-sama)

Chiwa Saito: Yona (Yona of the Dawn), Chloe von Eizenbern (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya), Caster (Tamamo-no-Mae and her variants/FGO)

Melody Piper

Nana Mizuki: Tsubasa Kazanari (Symphogear), Hinata Hyuga (Naruto), Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu)

Yoko Hikasa: Maria Cadenza Eve (Symphogear), Elza Forte (Aikatsu Stars!), Pitohui/Kanzaki Elsa (SAO Alt. Gun Gale Online)

Kana Hanazawa: Kanade Tachibana (Angel Beats!), Akane Tsunemori (Psycho-Pass), Rize Kamishiro (Tokyo Ghoul)

Briar Beauty

Megumi Hayashibara: Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Musashi/Jessie (Pokemon), Faye Valentine (Cowboy BeBop)

Kae Araki: Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon), Sayaka (Mysterious Thief Saint Tail), Miaka Yuuki (Fushigi Yuugi)

Kotono Mitsuishi: Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon), Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Hiromi Shiota (Assassination Classroom)

Faybelle Thorn

Ayako Kawasumi: Hime/Lillianne von Phoenix (Princess Resurrection), Saber/Arturia Pendragon (Fate/Stay Night), Queen Victoria (Black Butler)

Kana Hanazawa: Kanade Tachibana (Angel Beats!), Akane Tsunemori (Psycho-Pass), Rize Kamishiro (Tokyo Ghoul)

Yui Horie: Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket), Naru Narusegawa (Love Hina), Yuuki Cross (Vampire Knight)

Daring Charming

Mamoru Miyano: Light Yagami (Death Note), Rin Matsuoka (Free!!), Tamaki Suoh (Ouran High School Host Club)

Ryohei Kimura: Bokuto Koutarou (Haikyuu!!), Ryouta Kise (Kuroko no Basket), Hinata (Angel Beats!)

Kenichi Suzumura: Hikaru Hitachiin (Ouran High School Host Club), Atsushi Murasakibara (Kuroko no Basuke), Lavi (D.Gray-Man)

Darling Charming

Nanae Kato: Ahiru/Duck (Princess Tutu), Miki (Shugo Chara!), Kakeru Megane (Inazuma Eleven)

Masako Katsuki: Michiru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune (Sailor Moon), Akira Kotuchiya (Phantom Thief Jeanne), Zria Gagarik (Shaman King)

Sayaka Ohara: Michiru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune (Sailor Moon Crystal), Yūko Ichihara (xxxHolic/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle), Irisviel (Fate series)

Dexter Charming

Hiroshi Kamiya: Yato (Noragami), Izaya Orihara (Durarara!), Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan)

Daisuke Ono: Sebastian Michaelis (Black Butler), Jotaro Kujo (JBA: Stardust Crusaders), Erwin Smith (Attack on Titan)

Jun Fukuyama: Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass), Koro-sensei (Assassination Classroom), Kimihiro Watanuki (xxxHolic)

Duchess Swan

Rie Kugimiya “Queen of Tsundere”: Taiga Aisaka (Toradora), 001 (Darling in the FranXX), Louise (The Familiar of Zero)

Ayumi Fujimura: Misaki Ayuzawa (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!), Azuki Tachibana (Yumeiro Patissiere), Neferpitou (Hunter x Hunter (2011))

Yoko Hikasa: Maria Cadenza Eve (Symphogear), Elza Forte (Aikatsu Stars!), Pitohui/Kanzaki Elsa (SAO Alt. Gun Gale Online)

Apple White

Mari Iijima: Lynn Minmay (Macross) (purely for her singing voice)

Omi Minami: Euphemia li Britannia (Code Geass), Megumi Hanajima (Fruits Basket (2001)), Tama (Gintama)

Yoko Hikasa: Maria Cadenza Eve (Symphogear), Elza Forte (Aikatsu Stars!), Pitohui/Kanzaki Elsa (SAO Alt. Gun Gale Online)

Nanae Kato: Ahiru/Duck (Princess Tutu), Miki (Shugo Chara!), Kakeru Megane (Inazuma Eleven)

And that's it! Thanks for reading this far down! This was a trip.

As always, thanks to the wonderful Sayuri for the mess that has taken over my life. I still love it.

[cercasinomeworld]

FAVORITE ANIME AND MANGA SHIPS pt.17

Jail x Nana - Plunderer

Pele x Lynn - Plunderer

Kaoru Nishimi x Ritsuko Mukae - Sakamichi no Apollon

Kazunari Usa x Ritsu Kawai - Bokura wa minna Kawai-so

Shinichi Sakurai x Hana Uzaki - Uzaki-chan wants to hang out (they are absolutely adorable!)

Itsuhito Sakaki x Ami Asai - Uzaki-chan wants to hang out

Kazuya Kinoshita x Chizuru Mizuhara - Rent a girlfriend

Protagonist x Akashi - The tatami galaxy

Daewi Han x Mira Yoo - The God of Highschool

Tetsu Nagasawa x Yukimi Kobe- Bambi to dhole

[maracozzolino]

ancora qualche immagine della mostra a Osaka, grazie al meraviglioso @ralphkiggell per avermi invitata ❤️ Posted @withregram • @ralphkiggell The small exhibition (Th)inking Black was held briefly at Gallery Ami-Kanoko in Osaka last week as part of a series of events alongside a conference themed around the historic city of Nara and the production of sumi ink and the connection with Japanese woodblock printing. The exhibition included prints by eight artists who incorporated sumi ink or black into their woodblock prints. Keiko Hara, Katsutoshi Yuasa @katsuyuasa1978, Ema Shin @ema.shin, Florence Neal @evergladepress, Mara Cozzolino @mara_cozzolino, Jacqueline Gribbin @jacquelinefgribbin, Wayne Crothers, and me. This exhibition was complemented by Kuro Noir, an exquisite portfolio of prints also featuring black and sumi by 14 International artists known as the Nagasawa 14. We showed together under the umbrella title Mokuhanga and Sumi, and as part of the conference Sumi-Fusion. (at Osaka, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXJAzFdogfJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[recentanimenews]

Watch Sailor Moon The Lover of Princess Kaguya Musical's First Day Performance Digest

    The official YouTube channel for the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon franchise started streaming a three-minute digest of the first day performance of its latest muscical show  Kaguya-hime no Koibito (The Lover of Princess Kaguya), which kicked off at The Galaxy Theater in Tokyo on September 3. This new show is based on the 1994 film Sailor Moon S: The Movie and its manga edition titled Kaguya-hime no Koibito drawn by the Sailor Moon manga's original author Naoko Takeuchi herself in the same year

  The show is scheduled to run at the theater until September 12, and the tickets for its final day performance are already sold out. As reported, its first and final day (September 3 and 12) performances are live-streamed through the Streaming+ streaming services to the audience in Japan first, then will also be available to the international audience through GLOBE CODING at a later date.

          【ミュージカル】本番2日目！ 本日もご来場いただき、誠にありがとうございました！ハートを贈ってくれたちびうさ・ルナ・ほたる。通りがかった翔くんからもかわいい〜と声がかかるかわいさでした！明日9/5(日)も2回公演。劇場でお会いしましょう！ ★チケット好評発売中！≫ https://t.co/q9oLE6kXDP pic.twitter.com/cgtNeDj0HB

— セーラームーン25th公式 (@sailormoon_25th) September 4, 2021

    【ミュージカル】本番3日目！ 本日も2公演、誠にありがとうございました！仲良く撮影していたルナ・翔・姫子のスリーショット♡明日9/6(月)は18時公演。ご来場をお待ちしております！ ★チケット好評発売中！≫ https://t.co/q9oLE6kXDP pic.twitter.com/SAWtD5w4pg

— セーラームーン25th公式 (@sailormoon_25th) September 5, 2021

    【ミュージカル】本番4日目！ 本日もご来場いただき、誠にありがとうございました！写真はセーラー戦士に立ちはだかるプリンセス・スノー・カグヤとスノー・ダンサーたち。明日9/7(火)は13時公演と18時公演の2回です！劇場でお待ちしております！ ????BD＆DVDも予約受付中！≫ https://t.co/LqLo4mATfQ pic.twitter.com/WPzyLDoT9f

— セーラームーン25th公式 (@sailormoon_25th) September 6, 2021

    【ミュージカル】本番5日目！ 早くも折り返しです！ご来場いただいた皆さま、誠にありがとうございました！本日はセーラー5戦士ショット！ダイジェスト映像( https://t.co/YA35sNWRVF )も公開しましたので、ぜひチェックしてください！明日9/8(水)も2回公演です！劇場でお会いしましょう！ pic.twitter.com/0SOIZBzVDs

— セーラームーン25th公式 (@sailormoon_25th) September 7, 2021

    Main visual:

    Main cast:

  Sailor Moon / Usagi Tsukino: Riko Tanaka

Sailor Mercury / Ami Mizuno: Kanon Maekawa

Sailor Mars / Rei Hino: Rei Kobayashi

Sailor Jupiter / Makoto Kino: Kisara Matsumura

Sailor Venus / Minako Aino: Masuzu Makino

Sailor Uranus / Haruka Tenno: Shinju Terada

Sailor Neptune / Michiru Kaiou: Ayana Kinoshita

Sailor Pluto / Setsuna Meiou: Chisato Minami

Sailor Saturn / Hotaru Tomoe: Yuzuka Ide

Sailor Chibi Moon / Chibi-Usa: Yurika Kobayashi, Erena Kamada (double cast)

Luna (in human form): MARISA

Luna: Yune Sakurai

Kakeu Ohzora: Natsume Oki

Himeko Nayotake: Nanami Tamai

Snow Dancers: Moeko Koizumi, Ayumi Sagisaka, Ayano Nagasawa, Yuri Hirano, Sakura Morimoto, Eri Yanagida

Princess Snow Kaguya: Sayaka Okamura

Tuxedo Mask / Mamoru Chiba: Riku Sorahane 

    Source: "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon" official YouTube channel / Twitter

  (c)Naoko Takeuchi, PNP/Musical "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon" Production Committee 2021

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

[starstruckteacup]

Cottagecore Films (pt. 3)

The Black Velvet Gown (1991)

TW: death during childbirth, blood

starring Janet McTeer, Bob Peck, Geraldine Somerville, Brendan P. Healy, David Hunt

Riah Millican, an Irish widow of a coal miner, takes a job with a former teacher, Percival Miller, to support her three children. Over time, Miller grows fond of their family: he gifts Riah with a black velvet gown that belonged to his mother and gifts the children with daily lessons. However, Riah discovers Miller’s true intent behind all the gifts soon enough. Repulsed, she threatens to take her children and leave the house, but Miller blackmails her into staying. Even after his death, Riah cannot leave as he bequeaths his mansion, without the means to upkeep it, to Riah and her daughter, Biddy. When Biddy reaches adulthood, she seeks a job as a laundress in the wealthy Cullmington house, where her education makes her a target for unnecessary and cruel punishments. However, her willfulness attracts the attention of the Cullmington matriarch and her grandson, the former of whom takes Biddy on as her personal servant, and the latter of whom falls for her brilliant mind. Perhaps a bright future is still in store for Biddy Millican.

This was a fairly intricate movie. You have to be closely paying attention throughout it, otherwise you can miss key plot points that are integral to the story. Biddy and Riah are both brave, hardworking, and willful, and are very enjoyable to watch, even though their stubbornness often made me afraid for their wellbeing. Many of the male characters clearly abused their power and the people lower on the social hierarchy, which was infuriating but true to the times. The movie strongly emphasizes that determination can and will lead to happiness, despite the hardships along the way, which I really liked to see in a period drama; many of these films are either highly romanticized or feel doomed from the start, and this film had an incredibly thorough balance of both. 7/10

Julie & Julia (2009)

starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina

Based on a true story, Julie Powell, an aspiring writer, finds herself depressed by her job and seeks fulfillment in preparing the entire cookbook--all 524 recipes--written by Julia Child, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, all in just 365 days. As she works her way through the cookbook, the film simultaneously escorts us through Julia Child’s journey writing the book--her inspiration, her passion, her world travels, her struggles--just as we see Julie experiencing them.

This was a truly delightful movie. It brings out the complex in the simple, following the ambitions of two women who want nothing more than to change the world. It was inspiring while still showing the flaws in the characters. The ending was somewhat surprising in that it didn’t follow the cliches one would expect from a similar movie, but it was still the ending the characters needed. 9/10

From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

starring Nagasawa Masami, Okada Jun’ichi

Matsuzaki Umi, a young, hardworking high schooler, rises early every morning to care for her family and boarders and raise the flags in an effort to reconnect with her deceased father. One day, she meets renegade student journalist, Kazama Shun, in Shun’s daring act of jumping from a rooftop in protest of the school board tearing down the Latin Quarter, the boys’ club building. As they bring the students together to restore the building, their relationship grows closer, blossoming into something more, until they discover some unsettling information that could change their friendship forever.

This movie was very simple and sweet, and focused on the importance of kindness, hard work, and teamwork. The artwork, as in any Ghibli movie, was stunning. It focused on Japanese values following a series of wars and international conflicts, which I found interesting, having only really been exposed to American history in the past. Their focus on new beginnings, especially with the ‘64 Olympics in Tokyo, tied into their determination to hold their history close, was really wonderful to experience through this film. It wasn’t the studio’s best film, but with such a high bar set by its earlier films, you’ll hear no complaints from me. 7/10

Part One // Part Two

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Psychologie positive et écologie, Enquête sur notre relation émotionnelle à la nature, Lisa Garnier

«… nous dépendons autant des arbres pour respirer que pour activer en nous des sentiments humains qui tendent à notre bien-être et à notre santé. »

Confinée à Paris, les arbres me manquent un peu. Alors j’ai plongé dans cet essai de Lisa Garnier, un des derniers livres que j’ai achetés avant le confinement.

Dense, fourmillant d’études menées par des chercheurs du monde entier et décloisonnant les disciplines, c’est un essai généreux. Il permet à son lecteur de se promener dans la forêt de liens qu’il créé, et de recueillir les fruits, fleurs et références qui aiguillonnent sa curiosité, tout en étant immergé dans un univers de significations encore en clair-obscur où d’autres richesses se font pressentir.

Il partage son émerveillement pour des passerelles oubliées et à redécouvrir, des espaces immenses ou des ailes de libellules, l’alphabet et la forêt.

Je vous propose ici une cueillette de lecture, qui répond à mes musarderies actuelles ; et sachez qu’il recèle bien d’autres trésors si vous vous y aventurez à votre tour.

Les mots de l’émotion en voie de disparition ?

« En analysant les ouvrages de 250 auteurs (42 800 volumes datant de 1625 à 1943) et du Google Books Corpus (307 527 volumes publiés entre 1900 et 2000), (les chercheurs Oliver Morin et Alberto Acerbi) ont mis en évidence un effondrement de l’utilisation des mots décrivant les émotions. »

Ayant éliminé d’autres facteurs possibles, les chercheurs constatent que cette baisse est concomitante à l’urbanisation croissante des populations « et à ce qu’ils appellent l’augmentation des interactions impersonnelles. »

La ville des angoisses

« Les désordres psychiques liés à l’humeur seraient 40% plus élevés en ville qu’à la campagne. On y dénombre aussi près de 21% plus d’anxieux.» 1.

Par ailleurs, notre amygdale - la zone du cerveau qui nous avertit du danger - serait plus stimulée chez les habitants des agglomérations ; et à l’inverse, notre circuit de récompense, moins actifs que celui des habitants des campagnes.

L’ocytocine de compagnie

« En 2018, les bienfaits psychiques et physiologiques de nos relations avec les animaux sont démontrés 2 (…). L’un de ses moteurs est une hormone : l’ocytocine. Hormone de l’attachement, de l’amour et de la confiance, elle est présente chez la plupart des vertébrés et l’ensemble des mammifères. »

Et on la produit particulièrement avec nos animaux : « Or il s’avère qu’un maître caressant son chien produit de l’ocytocine, comme s’il avait son propre enfant dans les bras. Et que le chien aussi ! Lorsqu’il regarde longuement son maître ou sa maîtresse dans les yeux, son taux d’ocytocyne augmente de 30%. 3»

Mon royaume pour une fenêtre avec vue

Dans les années 80, Roger Ulrich, urbaniste et architecte « se demandait si le beau agit sur notre bien-être émotionnel. »

Pour le tester, il a « collecté le taux de prise de médicaments, le temps de guérison et le nombre de complications post-chirurgicales chez des patients de même âge, ayant subi la même opération d’un hôpital de Pennsylvanie aux Etats-Unis entre 1972 et 1981. »

Toutes choses égales par ailleurs, la moitié des patients était dans une chambre donnant sur le mur de briques de l’hôpital, l’autre dans une chambre donnant sur la couronne des arbres. Réparties de part et d’autres d’un même couloir.

« Les résultats ont été spectaculaires. Ils ‘est révélé que, deux jours après leur opération, les patients dans les chambres « vertes » ingurgitaient en moyenne deux fois moins d’analgésiques puissants. » Ils demandaient moins de soutien psychologique. Enfin, ils sortaient en moyenne un jour plus tôt. 4

L’arbre et l’attention

Or, Roger Ulrich avait été à bonne école ; celle des époux Kaplan.

« Rachel Kaplan, pionnière avec son mari Stephen Kaplan dans l’étude du rôle de la nature sur l’apaisement de la vie frénétique de notre cerveau. » 5 Leur théorie de la restauration de l’attention se base sur le fait que « notre capacité à diriger notre attention diminue. »

Pour récupérer de notre fatigue de l’attention, nous avons besoin de rencontrer dans notre environnement quatre sensations :

le sentiment d’être loin, « loin de l’activité mentale qui requiert de l’attention comme les pensées que l’on rumine par exemple. »

La seconde est d’être fasciné. « L’activation de la fascination se fait sans effort dans notre cerveau, c’est involontaire. »

La troisième « est un sentiment d’étendue, une connexion d’envergure qui engage l’esprit. »

La quatrième ‘est « la compatibilité entre nos objectifs et l’environnement. »

De son côté, la chercheuse Nancy Wells a suivi des enfants défavorisés à un an d’écart entre deux déménagements. Ceux qui sont passés d’un environnement avec très peu de verdure à un site plus vert, toutes choses égales par ailleurs, ont fait le plus de progrès dans les tests d’attention.

Les émo-sons

« Tout comme la présence physique des arbres, les sons naturels augmentent notre tolérance vis-à-vis de nos congénères et nous aident à nous sentir en liberté avec une impression de solitude. » p. 116

L’awe, émotion à part

L’awe, c’est cette émotion indescriptible de quelque chose qui nous dépasse ; à laquelle on est reliés mais qui est plus grand que nous. Des chercheurs, philosophes et sociologues ont largement étudié cette émotion. « Dans 80% des cas, l’awe se rapport à des événements vécus positifs, liés à une personne en particulier (46%) et à la nature (32%) 7. Mais plusieurs singularités la différencient des autres émotions. La première est que lorsque nous l’exprimons, nous ne sourions pas. Nous sommes au contraire dans un état d’hébétude, bouche et yeux grands ouverts, sourcils relevés, ce qui, pour les chercheurs, lui confier un rôle différent des autres émotions qui nous permettent de communiquer avec nos congénères. Là, ce serait plutôt une façon de nous affilier aux autres face à un phénomène qui nous dépasse, comme la découverte commune d’un panorama splendide.

« Et concrètement, (…) l’awe à ce pouvoir de rendre plus généreux vis-à-vis des autres. Elle est pro-sociale. Elle rend aussi plus humble. 8 Et c’est pourquoi cette émotion est supposée permettre une vie collective où l’intérêt personnel passe après celui du groupe. » p.153

Ecologue et naturaliste, Lisa Garnier s’intéresse à la transversalité des recherches sur la biodiversité et à leur diffusion. Tour à tour écrivaine et conseillère scientifique, elle a à coeur de partager son émerveillement pour l’ensemble du vivant. Du ministère de l’Ecologie au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, elle s’implique désormais dans une grande structure industrielle pour prendre toujours plus en compte la diversité de la vie sauvage.

Références

1 J.Peen., R.A. Schoevers, A.T. Beekrman et J. Dekker, « The current status of urban-rural differences in psychiatric disorders », Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, vol. CXXI, n°2, 2010, p.84-93.

2 Aubrey H. Fine et Shawna J. Weaver, « The human-animal bond and animal-assisted intervention », in Matilda Van den Bosch, William Bird (dir), Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health: The Role of Nature in Improving the Health of a Population, Oxford University Press, 2018.


3 Miho Nagasawa, Shouhei Mitsui, Shiori En, Nobuyo Ohtani, Mitsuaki Ohta, Yasuo Sakuma, Tatsushi Onaka, Kazutaka Mogi et Takefumi Kikusui « Social evolution oxytocin-gaze positive loop and the coevolution of human-dog bonds », Science, vol. CCCXLVIII, n°6232, 17 avril 2015, p.333-336

4 Roger S. Ulrich, « View through a window may influence recovery from surgery », science, vol CCXXIV, n° 4647, 27 avril 1984, p.420-421.

5 Rachel Kaplan, « The nature of the view from home: psychological benefits », Environment & Behavior, vol. XXXIII, n°4, 2001. // Rachel Kaplan et Stephen Kaplan, The Experience of Nature. A psychological perspective, Cambridge University Press, 1989.

6 Nancy M. Wells, « At home with nature. Effects of « greenness » on children’s cognitive functioning », Environment and Behavior, vol. XXXII, n°6, 2000, p. 775-795

7 Amie M. Gordon, Jennifer E. Stellar, Craig L. Anderson, Galen D. McNeil, Daniel Loew et Dächer Keltner, « The dark side of the sublime: distinguishing a threat-based variant of awe », Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. CXIII, n°2, 8 décembre 2016, p.310-328 8 Jennifer E. Stellar, Amie Gordo, Craig L. Anderson, Paul K. Piff, Galen D. McNeil et Daher Keltner, « Awe and humility », Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. CXIV, n°2, février 2018, p.258-269

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Norwegian Wood // Book Review

Murakimi is the most successful author to come out of japan. Published in 1987 in Japanese, turning him into a national star. He left the country for several years to avoid the fame

A Bildungsroman-a genre of literature that begins with the story’s protagonist experiencing an emotional loss and then achieving gradual maturity or growth as an individual

Norwegian Wood emphasizes the painful inevitability of growing up and how it is tied to the ceaseless march of time: almost every event that happens in the novel is given a date, so that the reader can feel the passage of particular lengths of time along with Toru, who often remarks about how another month or another year has passed.

A slice of life book. Nostalgic, innocent, sensitive, and simple

Toru tries to search for a meaning in life. Naoko tries to overcome her worsening mental health. Midori tries to find someone who will love her. All three try to overcome loneliness, move past painful memories, and grow up.

While on an airplane descending to Hamburg Airport, Toru Watanabe (a 37 year old, graduated drama student, who considers himself a very ordinary person), hears the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood" played over the speakers and is overcome by painful memories of his past. He remembers a meadow where he and Naoko, the girl he loved, walked 18 years ago when he was still 19.

Toru grew up in Kobe with Kizuki as his best and only friend. Along with Naoko, who was Kizuki's girlfriend and childhood friend, Toru and Kizuki formed an inseparable small group. However, their lives were torn apart in their second year of high school when Kizuki inexplicably committed suicide. Naoko becomes very quiet, has trouble finding words sometimes, and has incredibly clear, bottomless eyes. Independent of each other, both Toru and Naoko decide to leave their hometown for Tokyo to attend university, where they run into each other in 1968 in their first year. The two end up going on dates every Sunday, simply walking extensively throughout the city; meanwhile, Toru deals with his stuttering and eccentrically neat roommate, nicknamed "Storm Trooper," and gets to know Nagasawa, a charismatic and egoistic upperclassman in the dorm. Nagasawa begins to take him out some nights to find random girls to sleep with.

On Naoko's 20th birthday, Toru comes over to her apartment, and when she breaks down into tears he comforts her and then has sex with her. The next day he tries to contact her again, but later finds that she has moved. Concerned, he sends her a letter. Meanwhile, Toru meets Midori Kobayashi, an underclassman in his drama class with a vibrant and quirky personality who seems to have taken an interest in him. A few weeks later Midori invites him over to her house, and while watching a house fire from her balcony they kiss.

Toru receives a letter from Naoko explaining that she has gone to Ami Hostel, a special kind of sanatorium, to recover from psychological problems she has been having. Toru visits her there and meets Reiko Ishida, a woman in her late thirties who is Naoko's roommate. Reiko explains that at the sanatorium, located in the middle of a remote forest, people do not try to cure but rather adapt to their individual deformities. That night Toru sees Naoko in the moonlight by his bed, and mysteriously she reveals her naked body to Toru, astounding him with its perfection.

During Toru's stay, Reiko and Naoko separately tell him their life stories. Reiko was an aspiring concert pianist until a nervous breakdown derailed her career; and then her mental problems made it difficult for her to have a normal life until a man married her and promised to take care of her. However, due to an incident in which a young piano student of hers manipulated her, she had another nervous breakdown, after which she came to the sanatorium. Naoko tells Toru about how she witnessed her older sister's suicide.

Upon returning to Tokyo, Toru feels disoriented, as though he left part of himself in the quiet world of Ami Hostel. However, Midori revitalizes him by taking him drinking. Later she takes him to the hospital where her father is dying of brain cancer, and Toru bonds with the man, who dies within a week. Around this time, Nagasawa invites Toru to a dinner with his girlfriend Hatsumi; at the dinner, the couple falls out over Nagasawa's inability to consider Hatsumi's feelings.

Toru makes another visit to Ami Hostel to see Naoko and then moves from the dorm into a house. Due to his ignoring her, Midori angrily refuses to speak with Toru, and this combined with news from Reiko that Naoko's condition is worsening sends Toru into a depression. However, he manages to pull himself out of it. He and Midori come to realize that they love each other, but they agree to wait while Toru tries to understand his relationship with Naoko.

Out of nowhere, Toru receives news that Naoko has killed herself; grief-stricken, he spends a month traveling alone aimlessly away from Tokyo. However, he feels compelled to return and restart his life. Reiko leaves the sanatorium to visit, and together the two hold a small funeral for Naoko involving Reiko playing every song she knows on the guitar. Afterwards, Reiko sleeps with Toru, and then the next day she leaves for a new life in Hokkaido. Some time later from some unknown place, Toru calls Midori telling her that he needs her.

Norwegian Wood Themes

Life and Death

In a way the central problem of the novel is the existential question of staying alive—put bluntly, this comes to something like, "Why not commit suicide?" All the characters face this question, but especially those who are one relation away from death, so to speak, due to a family member (Naoko, Midori) or loved one (Naoko, Toru) who has died or even taken their own life. Toru realizes early on in his relationship with Naoko that the two of them are seeking for something absent and lost, namely Kizuki, and because of this their love seems to pull them away from life into the other world that is death. However, Midori acts as a counterbalance for Toru, pulling him back into life just as Reiko does for Naoko—and for Toru, following Naoko’s death.

Communication/Expression

One shouldn't forget that the novel itself is framed within the elder Toru's attempt to write about his memories. At the end of the first chapter he writes of how the painful clarity of his memories of Naoko prevented him from writing of her, but how the passage of time, a double-edged sword, blurred those memories and enabled him to write. Similarly, Toru writes a great deal of letters, mostly to Naoko but also to Reiko and Midori, over the course of the novel, and he also has a great many conversations; as he realizes during an intense spell of depression when he is unable to see anyone, his letter writing is the last thing holding his life together, regardless of his not receiving any replies. Although Toru usually finds a way to express himself due to his honesty and straightforward sincerity, Naoko has trouble translating her feelings into words to share with others, and this serves as the essence of her pain. The way that characters speak in the novel often tells us more than explicit descriptions of their personalities or emotional states.

Norwegian Wood Quotes

The dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living.

Naoko, p. 111

Because we would have had to pay the world back what we owed it…the pain of growing up.

Naoko, p. 128

Hey, there, Kizuki, I thought. Unlike you, I've chosen to live—and to live the best I know…I'm going to mature. I'm going to be an adult. Because that's what I have to do. I always used to think I'd like to stay seventeen or eighteen if I could. But not anymore. I'm not a teenager any more. I've got a sense of responsibility now. I'm not the same guy I was when we used to hang out together. I'm twenty now. And I have to pay the price to go on living.

Toru, p. 248-9

We were alive, she and I. And all we had to think about was continuing to live.

Toru, p. 293

Norwegian Wood Imagery

The firefly Toru releases from the dormitory roof (symbol)

The symbolic significance of the firefly that Storm Trooper gives to Toru is immediately established by Storm Trooper's suggestion that Toru give it to his "girlfriend," i.e. Naoko. Toru sees the firefly somewhat as he sees Naoko: a creature once bright and free that has lost much of its life and become caged. Looking at its pale glow in the dark night, he thinks not of the present but is instead flung back into memories of a past with brighter fireflies. When he frees it on the rooftop, it is still for such a long time that Toru begins to doubt whether it is still alive; but he waits, as any true lover waits, and finally the little bug takes flight, tracing an arc in the air that seems to reclaim a lost past, and then flying off into the night. Although this image is very positive for the firefly, Toru is left grasping in vain at the trail of light it left behind in his mind.

Rain (motif)

Perhaps the weather condition that occurs the most frequently in the story, rain is a crucial figure to the novel. From the very beginning of the novel when Toru's plane lands in Hamburg in the rain to such climactic scenes as the night Toru sleeps with Naoko, rain creates a presence of the supernatural, or at least an emotional charge that far exceeds that of everyday life. In fact, even when there is no rain, such as the fair day when Toru and Naoko walk through the meadows near Ami Hostel, rain makes itself felt through its absence.

Letter writing (allegory)

If we want to identify Toru's first letter, it would either be the note that he left with Naoko the morning after he slept with her or the letter he sent to her home after he found that she had moved from Tokyo. It contains the crucial theme sustained through their correspondence: the desire for understanding and dealing with pain. Apart from Toru's two visits to Ami Hostel, the letters that he exchanges with Naoko remain his one link with her, and during the month that he is cut off from all people, including Midori, his letter writing becomes the only thing connecting him to the world outside himself at all, just as letter writing was for Naoko.

More links about Norwegian Wood

http://www.harukimurakami.com/

https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2/haruki-murakami-the-art-of-fiction-no-182-haruki-murakami

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/24/books/rubber-souls.html

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Week 3 Blog

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami

Page Count: 93-143

Word Count: 379

Summary

Toru asks how Naoko is doing, and Reiko says she's "going in the correct heading" yet mourns that Naoko didn't find support for her concerns sooner. At the point when Toru requests what kind from issues Naoko is managing, Reiko says he ought to ask Naoko herself. Before he can see her, however, Reiko says Toru needs to comprehend one of the guidelines: guests aren't permitted to be distant from everyone else with patients, so Reiko should notice Naoko and Toru's communications. Reiko tells Toru not to feel unsure around her—she definitely has a universal knowledge of what occurred among Toru and Naoko. Reiko says she's confident that them three will actually want to "help one another." When individuals hold nothing back from each other, Reiko says, they generally improve.

Critical Analysis

Assuming that Toru is off-put by the amount Reiko—an absolute more bizarre—is familiar with the personal subtleties of his relationship with Naoko, he doesn't say as much. Reiko appears to genuinely accept that sincerely and receptiveness are the way to recuperation, and Toru is, it appears, ready to do anything he can to assist Naoko with getting—regardless of whether it implies being available to weakness. “Moving ahead one step at a time, I thought of nothing but the scene passing before my eyes.” (137) With Toru describing his surroundings in this section, he’s honest with how he is in Ami Hostel with Reiko. Just passing the guard, he also is in detail of his first-time experience in a mental hospital.

Personal Response

While reading these pages, I would say it is brought to a climax. Toru comes into contact with Naoko again and confesses his feelings for her. Toru is shown to be someone who cannot open up about his problems - even his friend Nagasawa comments on how he is secretive when it comes to his personal life. And because the book is in Watanabe's voice, I got the feeling that he was always struggling to be detached from the many problems in his life. We're not told if he is pulled back from this darkness by Midori, who is at the other end of the telephone line - but I'd like to believe she did. Just the fact that Watanabe chose Midori over Naoko shows that he chose life over death. 

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Amour Eternal

“This is the place our dreams converge...”

We are happy to announce our newest release: Amour Eternal just in time for the great American Eclipse!  This is the 4th of the new musical projects that began with 2013′s La Reconquista. Amour Eternal tells the story of the series’ fourth arc regarding Super Sailor Moon’s introduction and the battle against the Dead Moon Circus, a villain group that arrives during a total Solar Eclipse...  This musical also introduces a brand new cast for the Sailor Team.

Something strange happens in a single moment during the total Solar Eclipse and suddenly a Circus arrives in town. Usagi and her friends attend their auditions, but soon realise its an enemy scheme and set out to defeat them. Meanwhile, Chibiusa befriends the mysterious Pegasus who lives in her dreams. 

This musical features numbers including “Speed of Light”, “Viva Viva Dead Moon Circus” “Yami no Shin’en - The Abyss of Darkness”, “Nehelenia no Noroi” and “Koisuru Satellite”.

Download Here (Right Click; Save As) Translator’s Notes

Starring:

Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon: Hotaru Nomoto

Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury: Yume Takeuchi Rei Hino / Sailor Mars: Karen Kobayashi Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter: Kaede Minako Aino / Sailor Venus: Rimo Hasegawa Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask: Yuga Yamato

Chibiusa / Sailor Chibimoon: Airi Kanda Setsuna Meiou / Sailor Pluto: Mikako Ishii Haruka Tenou / Sailor Uranus: Syu Shiotsuki Michiru Kaiou / Sailor Neptune: Sayaka Fujioka Hotaru Tomoe / Sailor Saturn: Karin Takahashi Pegasus / Helios: Hikaru Hirayama

Queen Nehelenia: Sayu Otsuki Zirconia: Kanami Sakai

Tiger’s Eye: Chihiro Ando Hawk’s Eye: Riona Tatemichi Fish Eye: Yumi

Dead Moon Circus Troupe: Chiemi Doi, Yoshimi Hidano, Risa Kawamura, Yuka Kobayashi, Ayano Nagasawa, Ayumi Sagisaka,

Queen Serenity: Yuka Kobayashi

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Sailor Moon ~ Kaguya-hime no Koibito 

Princess Kaguya’s Beloved Musical is set to run Septemper 3rd to 12th

CAST LIST

Sailor Moon / Usagi Tsukino: Riko Tanaka Sailor Mercury / Ami Mizuno: Kanon Maekawa Sailor Mars / Rei Hino: Rei Kobayashi Sailor Jupiter / Makoto Kino: Kisara Matsumura Sailor Venus / Minako Aino : Marin Makino

Sailor Uranus / Haruka Tenou: Shinjyu Terada Sailor Neptune / Michiru Kaiou: Ayana Kinoshita Sailor Pluto / Setuna Meiou: Chisato Minami Sailor Saturn / Hotaru Tomoe: Yuuka Ide Sailor Chibi Moon / Chibiusa: Yurika Kobayashi and Erena Kamata

Luna (human): MARISA Luna: Yune Sakurai

Kakeru: Natsume Oki Himeko Nayotake: Nanami Tamai

Snow Dancers: Moeko Koizumi, Ayumi Sakisaka, Ayano Nagasawa, Yuri Hirano, Sakura Morimoto, Eri Yanagida Princess Snow Kaguya: Sayaka Okamura

Tuxedo Mask / Mamoru Chiba: Riku Sorahane

edit: The post has been removed from the official website so I don’t know if the cast list or date will change… The best guess is that they might have released the news too soon :P But it’s all over the internet already, so.

edit 2: They’ve put it back online ^^’ It's official then! Also, I’ve fixed a couple of names/spellings!

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Heisei era Sentai team 15 of 32: Gouraiger

Status Post #8247

Kabuto Raiger (Red): Ikkou Kasumi (Yujiro Shirakawa)

Kuwaga Raiger (Blue): Isshu Kasumi (Nobuo Kyo)

Tento Raiger (Yellow): Hadezukin (Ami Tomite, voiced by Nao Nagasawa)