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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... >> 

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Musical Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon) 2017: Le Mouvement Final

Original work of Takeuchi Naoko Screenplay and Directed by: Hiramitsu Takuya

Venue and Date:

Tokyo: AiiA 2.5D theatre (September 9-18)

Aichi: Ai Plaza Toyohashi (September 23-24)

Osaka: Umeda Arts Theater - Theater Drama City (September 29 - October 1st) 

Casts:

Nomoto Hotaru as Tsukino Usagi/Sailor Moon

Takeuchi Yume as Mizuno Ami/Sailor Mercury

Kobayashi Karen as Hino Rei/Sailor Mars

Kaede as Kino Makoto/Sailor Jupiter

Hasegawa Rimo as Aino Minako/Sailor Venus

Shiotsuki Shuu as Tenou Haruka/Sailor Uranus

Fujioka Sayaka as Kaiou Michiru/Sailor Neptune

Ishii Mikako as Meiou Setsuna/Sailor Pluto

Mirai as Tomoe Hotaru/Sailor Saturn

Kanda Airi as Chibiusa/Sailor Chibi Moon

Harukawa Meiko as Seiya Kou/Sailor Star Fighter

Tatemichi Riona as Taiki Kou/Sailor Star Maker

Matsuda Sakii as Yaten Kou/Sailor Star Healer

Okamura Asami as Princess Kakyuu

Isuzu Coco as Sailor Galaxia 

Aoki Shion as Sailor Iron Mouse

Hashigaki Miyu as Sailor Tin Nyanko

Kobayashi Yuka as Sailor Aluminum Siren 

Yuuto Iriya as Sailor Lead Crow

Shadow Galactica:

Shiihara Yukari

Hidano Yoshimi

Sakisaka Ayumi

Nagasawa Ayano

Chibi Chibi (W-cast):

Yamaguchi Hinari

Niitsu Chise

Yamato Yuuga as Chiba Mamoru/Tuxedo Mask

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Le Mouvement Final Additional Cast!

Sailor Star Fighter/Seiya Kou: Meiku Harukawa(http://ameblo.jp/me-iku404)

Sailor Star Maker/Taiki Kou: Riona Tatemichi (Third Myu for her after playing Rubeus, and Hawk’s Eye)

Sailor Star Healer/Yaten Kou: Saki Matsuda (https://twitter.com/sakii_matsuda)

Princess Kakyuu: Asami Okamura (https://twitter.com/miuasamiokamura She is an opera singer so throwback to old myu!)

Sailor Galaxia: Coco Isuzu (https://twitter.com/cocobell0105)

Sailor Iron Mouse: Shion Aoki (https://twitter.com/aoki_shion)

Sailor Tin Nyanko: Miyu Hashigaki (https://twitter.com/miyu426hsm)

Sailor Aluminum Siren: Yuka Kobayashi(She played a Lemures/Queen Serenity in Amour Eternal)

Sailor Lead Crow: Illya Yuto (https://twitter.com/jurijuri_pon)

Shadow Galactica (Ensemble): Yukari Shihara, Yoshimi Hidano, Ayumi Sakisaka, Ayano Nagasawa (All of them but Yukari were Lemures in Amour Eternal)

ChibiChibi (Double Cast): Hinari Yamaguchi (https://www.js-promotion.com/yamaguchihinari)

ChibiChibi (Double Cast): Chise Nitsu (Who if i found the right one is only 6!)

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Bookshelf Briefs 10/24/19

Ao Haru Ride, Vol. 7 | By Io Sakisaka | Viz Media – Somehow I missed reviewing the sixth book, and may have missed reading it as well. In any case, things aren’t going well for our lead couple, which is suffering from the usual miscommunication drama that infects shoujo series like this. Indeed, it infects the rest of the cast as well, and so we have Kou’s brother getting in trouble for seemingly having an affair… with Futaba. It’s not what it seems. But it does inspire Shuko, who was terrified about what would happen to her crush, to confess to him. Fortunately, he’s a good teacher, so rejects her. We’re also getting some setup for a beta couple, which I think I would enjoy more if it wasn’t so obvious. This was a good volume, but I’ve grown to expect great from this series, and it wasn’t that. – Sean Gaffney

Cats of the Louvre | By Taiyo Matsumoto | Viz Media – I expected it would only be a matter of time before Cats of the Louvre was licensed, but I was initially a little surprised that Viz was the company bringing it over—up until this point, every volume of the “Louvre Collection” (including Hirohiko Araki’s Rohan at the Louvre and Jiro Taniguchi’s Guardians of the Louvre) has been released by NBM Publishing. But, on the other hand, Viz has been Matsumoto’s primary publisher in English. Viz has done a beautiful job with the release if Cats of the Louvre, combining both volumes of the Japanese edition into a single, hardcover omnibus. In part, the narrative follows a declining colony of cats that lives in the hidden corners of the Louvre and the humans that come into contact with it. Both Matsumoto’s storytelling and artwork are atmospheric, magical, and melancholic. But while there’s some darkness to the work, there’s also hope. – Ash Brown

Hakumei & Mikochi: Tiny Little Life in the Woods, Vol. 7 | By Takuto Kashiki | Yen Press – I think we’ve now caught up with Japan, so expect more of a gap before the next volume of this. Till then, we see our not-a-couple couple use bird mail delivery, get taken advantage of by local doctors, have troublesome friends over for the night, wait in a very long line for food that may not live up to the line, etc. Easily the best chapter is also the most serious, as an old mentor of Hakumei’s dies and sends her a final sake bottle, which she and Mikochi wander all over to try to drink quietly before Mikochi finally moves on so Hakumei can grieve a bit. This is always going to be the sort of series where “we couldn’t buy the cups” is gripping drama, but that’s why it has its fans. – Sean Gaffney

Himouto! Umaru-chan, Vol. 7 | By Sankakuhead | Seven Seas – Is this the end of the superdeformed Umaru? Well, no, but it makes for a nice change of pace, as Umaru realizes that she’s been hanging out with friends normally for a while, and wonders if she can admit to them her big secrets—both her slothful little self, and also her masked gamer. The message turns out to be “don’t rush growing up,” which is a bit disappointing but not surprising given this has like five more volumes to go. We also see the “rival” girl again, and she turns out to also be connected to this extended family in an oblique way. Unfortunately, emphasizing the similarities between her and Umaru works a bit TOO well—sometimes I can’t tell them apart. This is the definition of moe cuteness. – Sean Gaffney

Magus of the Library, Vol. 2 | By Mitsu Izumi | Kodansha Comics – The main selling point for this series is present and correct—it is gorgeous, and rivals Witch Hat Atelier for the prettiest manga in Kodansha’s stable right now. The main plot involves a somewhat older Theo setting out to take the Kafna test, despite the fact that it’s a job, much like “librarian” is here, seen as being for women. He’s joined by a young woman who seems to tick off every single box in the “easily flustered love interest” box, to the point where I actually found her a bit annoying. The series sure does love its books, though, and also loves its grueling three-day-long test, which is known to break many of its participants. Can Theo pass? If you guessed “I bet we find out in Book Three,” you’re right. – Sean Gaffney

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, Vol. 6 | By Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court, and Kohei Horikoshi | VIZ Media – With the departure of Master, Vigilantes seems to be settling in for the long haul. Koichi discovers two new applications for his powers, which leads him to engage villains in ways he really shouldn’t, though this comes in handy when he helps Aizawa take on another enhanced Trigger user. In fact, there is lots of Aizawa in action, which I appreciate, as well as an example of how effectively Midnight’s powers work in the field when she goes undercover to figure out who is dosing young men with the drug. Meanwhile, there’s a mysterious speedster lurking about who easily dispatches the villain that Aizawa and Koichi struggled with. This prequel really seems to be coming into its own and I find myself increasingly captivated by it! – Michelle Smith

Mythical Beast Investigator, Vol. 2 | By Keishi Ayasato and Koichiro Hoshino | Seven Seas – Last time I called this very readable but extremely forgettable. The two qualities invert in this second and final volume, as the “twist” that happens halfway through the book is rather startling, but I don’t really like the way that it’s handled, which seems confusing and probably reads better in the novel this is based on. The focus, appropriately, changes over to Kushuna, the grumpy rabbit demon accompanying Ferry on her journeys, and we see how they originally met and how he was won over to her side. But… ergh, I don’t want to spoil the twist, but let’s just say I disliked it and leave it at that. On the bright side, I’m very glad the series ends with the second volume. – Sean Gaffney

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Vol. 9 | By Kagiji Kumanomata | Viz Media – The bulk of this volume is given over to the demon castle’s Summer Festival, which naturally Syalis is SUPER EXCITED for, despite meaning that outsiders might actually notice she has the run of the place. With that in mind, she does a café (well, haunted house was taken) which features her, as a hostage in big fake handcuffs, begging for food. It’s brilliant and also hilarious. We get a beauty pageant, which Syalis manages to lose despite seemingly being a shoo-in, as well as the final bonfire, which she sleeps through, much to her horror. The rest of the book is just as funny, and while the gags aren’t original they arrive with precision timing. This remains a fantastic comedy manga. – Sean Gaffney

That Blue Sky Feeling, Vol. 3 | By Okura and Coma Hashii | VIZ Media – I reckon some people are going to be disappointed by the ending of That Blue Sky Feeling, in that Noshiro and Sanada are not yet formally dating, but if one looks only at the change in Sanada, then it’s a satisfying ending indeed. Probably because of his experience being accepted by Noshiro, when Sanada’s long-time friend Ayumi asks whether he likes boys, he tells her the truth. And when Noshiro starts going out with a girl, it’s Ayumi who knocks some sense into Sanada, telling him that his feelings do matter in this situation. After Noshiro ditches his date to hear what Sanada has to say, it’s confession time and it looks like the feelings may be mutual. But what really stands out to me is Sanada’s face there at the ending—happy and at peace. His love was not rejected! I hope we get more Okura in the future. – Michelle Smith

Tomo-chan Is a Girl!, Vol. 5 | By Fumita Yanagida | Seven Seas – Beta couple Carol and Misaki get the main focus in this book, though they aren’t actually a couple. Carol seems to be waiting for Misaki to take the lead, and he just isn’t doing that—though seeing her and Misuzu threatened by some punks turns on his inner rage, as the cover art shows. As for Carol, once she finds that Misaki is trying to get stronger by spending time with Tomo at her father’s dojo, Carol suddenly finds herself jealous—and decides to do something about it by seemingly seducing Jun. Of course, she’s not really doing this, but it does serve to show off Jun’s paralyzing fear of intimacy, and also possibly the sexiest “rawr!” in all of manga ever. I love this series. – Sean Gaffney

The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms | By Nagabe | Seven Seas – After a wizard named Wizdom bestowed the shape and intellect of humans upon beasts, the demi-human tribes built a grand academy. The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms is a collection of BL short stories set at that school. I must say… as a major fan of Nagabe’s The Girl from the Other Side, I thought I’d like this more. Some stories are charming, like “Mauchly & Charles,” in which a human is clearly in love with his bear friend, but others are darker, like “Doug & Huey,” in which a crow sabotages his peacock pal’s efforts to find a girlfriend so that he can remain closest to him, or “Alan & Eddington,” in which the latter brews a love potion intending to make out with the former and leave him with no memory of their encounter. I was expecting more whimsy, I think. – Michelle Smith

By: Ash Brown

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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!