Ribon no Kishi Musical

One of Tezuka Osamu’s most beloved series “Ribon no Kishi”, also known as “Princess Knight”, received a musical adaptation which performed last 3rd to 6th of December 2015 in Theater BRAVA! of Osaka. The musical was produced as a 60th anniversary project for Kodansha’s Nakayoshi shoujo magazine, where several manga series have been serialized back in the 1960’s.

The Main Cast includes:

• Princess Sapphire: Ikuta Erika (Nogizaka46)
• Prince Franz Charming: Kaminaga Keisuke (Yukimura Seiichi in The Prince of Tennis Musical)
• Captain Blood: Tsunemori Aoki (Atobe Keigo in The Prince of Tennis Musical)
• Hecate: Sakurai Reika (Nogizaka46)
• Plastic: Akazawa Tomoru (Akutagawa Jiro in The Prince of Tennis Musical)
• Tink: Kanda Airi (Chibiusa in Sailor Moon Musical)

I honestly think it’s pretty amazing how Japan has a lot of stage play / musicals based on anime and manga. And did you know that they even have glasses at the theatre that show subtitles in English, Chinese, or Korean? I guess the fans of this kind of theater is growing world wide acclaim! Thanks to Justine for sending this in!

Source: Crunchyroll

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon ~ Un Nouveau Voyage ~

The musical stage play of Sailor Moon, “Un Nouneau Voyage”, will be running from September 18th to September 25th and from October 2nd to October 4th in Japan this 2015. The story follows the manga’s Infinity Arc, focusing on Tomoe Souichi and his daughter, Tomoe Hotaru.

The main cast includes:

• Tsukino Usagi/Sailor Moon – Okubo Satomi
• Mizuno Ami/Sailor Mercury – Koyama Momoyo
• Hino Rei/Sailor Mars – Nanaki Kanon
• Kino Makoto/Sailor Jupiter – Takahashi Yuu
• Aino Minako/Sailor Venus – Sakata Shiori
• Chiba Mamoru/Tuxedo Mask – Yamato Yuga
• Tsukino Chibiusa/Sailor Chibi Moon – Kuge Kokoro, Kanda Airi
• Meiou Setsuna/Sailor Pluto – Ishii Mikako
• Tenou Haruka/Sailor Uranus – Shiotsuki Shuu
• Kaiou Michiru/Sailor Neptune – Fujioka Sayaka
• Tomoe Hotaru/Sailor Saturn – Takahashi Karin

Along with the Death Busters:

• Souichi Tomoe - Kaon Yuuki
• Kaolinite – Oogi Kei
• Witches 5:
  Eudial – Chinen Saya
  Mimete – Ida Ayaka
  Tellu – Sadachi Momoko
  Viluy – Hasegawa Yui
  Cyprine – Maana
  Daimons – Nakaoka Ayumi, Tsutsumi Rina, Hayashi Nozomi, Taniguchi Rio

It has been confirmed that this will be the last musical run for Satomi (Sailor Moon), Momoyo (Sailor Mercury), Kanon (Sailor Mars), Yuu (Sailor Jupiter), and Shiori (Sailor Venus).

I’d like to watch a live musical, just once. Japan seems to enjoy them quite a bit, so it must be quite spectacular. Thanks to Mariah for sending this in!

Source: Sailor Moon News and Sailor Moon Wiki

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