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kurayamineko · 17 days

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#seiyuu radio no uraomote #yuugure yuuhi #watanabe chika #utatane yasumi #satou yumiko #sakuranamiki otome #yubisaki meguru #asaka mirei #kagasaki ringo #kawagishi wakana #ooide

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bloodraven55 · 17 days

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she’s so me

#by which i mean perpetually tired and casually dressed #seiyuu radio no uraomote #the many sides of voice actor radio #mirei asaka

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ariddletobesolved · 1 year

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Production Photos from Musical SpyxFamily Part 2

Photos courtesy of Toho ©Tatsuya Endo/Shueisha | Instagram

Part 1

#musical spy x family #spy x family musical #spy x family #Suzuki Hiroki #Sasaki Mirei #Okamiya Kurumu #Yamaguchi Nonoka #Kinouchi Kento #Suzuki Soma #Asaka Manato #ミュージカルSPY #musical theatre #musical

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universestreasures · 1 year

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So, I’ve decided for my own sake to change the way I categorize muse activity. Instead of primary, secondary, and tertiary, I have now divided it into Highly Active, Somewhat Active, Plotting Dependent, and Currently Not Active. This way, it gives you all the most clear insight into what muses I’m most into currently for writing and what the interest level for me is.

Each category is in no particular order btw as well. And I shall update this as things change, which I imagine they will be in flux!

Highly Active (Basically who I’ve been vibing with and will be active for interactions with or without plotting. The main players of the blog, to put it another way)

Yuzu Hiiragi (Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V)

Ruri Kurosaki (Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V)

Rin (Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V)

Serena (Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V)

Yuya Sakaki (Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V)

Reiji Akaba (Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V)

Mokuba Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters)

Tasuku Ryuenji (Future Card Buddyfight)

Aichi Sendou (Cardfight Vanguard @blasterexceed )

Misaki Tokura (Cardfight Vanguard ( @omniscienceregalia )

Asaka Narumi (Cardfight Vanguard ( @silveringmistress )

Yuri Usui (Cardfight Vanguard @enigmanbeauty )

Rekka Tatsunagi (Cardfight Vanguard @prophecycelestial )

Takuto Tatsunagi (Cardfight Vanguard @salvationlion )

Emi Sendou (Cardfight Vanguard ( @prisimpromise )

Mirei Minae (Cardfight Vanguard @sealedblaze )

Tomari Seto (Cardfight Vanguard @serephsnow )

Tokoha Anjou (Cardfight Vanguard @ranunculusflower )

Somewhat Active (Activity with these muses goes in and out! In-between plotting dependent and highly active)

Yugi Muto (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters)

Kisara (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters)

Ishizu (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters)

Carly Nagisa (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds)

Yusei Fudo (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds)

Eve (Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Manga)

Ray Akaba (Yu-GI-Oh! Arc-V)

Gao Mikado (Future Card Buddyfight)

Suzuha Amanosuzu (Future Card Buddyfight)

Akatsuki Kisaragi (Future Card Buddyfight)

Princess Serendine (Magi)

Alibaba Saluja (Magi)

Aladdin (Magi)

Pisti (Magi)

Elise (Little Goody Two Shoes)

Plotting Dependent (Activity with these muses will be based on plotting. This includes things that have been plotted before. Will not be as active as the Highly Active or Somewhat Active muses as well by proxy)

Iruma Suzuki (Welcome To Demon School Iruma Kun)

Iza Honda (Fruits Basket/Inuyasha Fan Baby)

Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket)

Chibiusa (Sailor Moon: @chxmpionofthefuture )

Oz Vessalius (Pandora Hearts)

Sharon Rainsworth (Pandora Hearts)

Alyss (Pandora Hearts)

Currently Not Active (Just muses I am currently not vibing with/ don’t have muse for atm)

Jimmy Woo (MCU)

Duck (Princess Tutu)

Princess Rapunzel (Tangled)

Yudias Velgear (Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush)

Light Kurouzu (Future Card Buddyfight Ace)

Dani Phantom (Danny Phantom)

Princess Yona (Yona Of The Dawn: @bloomofdawn )

Elizabeth Midford (Black Butler)

Vegeta (Dragonball)

Henry Mills (Once Upon A Time)

#💎 The Treasure Hunt's Current Status (Blog Update!)#💎 Treasure Map (PSA)#(I think this has been a long time coming and I really like this system better for me personally #(It's more clear and I hope helps you all get a better picture of just how I've been muse vibing.#(it's no shock the vanguard chrs are up in highly active rn considering my brainrott and why for ex my inu muses over on my over blogs are #(Not active #(I think this makes sense

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arkadiaasks · 2 years

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Which card game anime best treats female characters?

I'll list off ones I think do a pretty decent job:

Cardfight!! Vanguard Season 1

Misaki gets fairly decent focus, a character arc to a degree, and a decent rivalry with Asaka. Asaka however tends to be pretty flat in terms of personality, and most of the surrounding female characters are creepy, annoying, or kind of flat, outside of Emi (hopelessly oblivious) and Misaki and Kourin, I think.

Battle Spirits Shonen Toppa Bashin

The show's plot is awkward to bad, but the character writing surrounding Mai Sunshine (a.k.a. Suiren) and Fumiko, the show's two major female characters, tends to be well handled character growth, and they don't do too badly despite the main focus of the story being on Toppa and J, the main character and main rival.

Battle Spirits Shonen Gekiha Dan & Battle Spirits Brave

Both shows have small but decently concentrated on female cast. Kajitsu is a plot device to a degree but her problems are treated as important and worth resolving for the cast once the problem is explained to them, and they do their damnedest to do so.

Mai Viole is in a relative position of power in the team group for the first show (They're riding on her ship, and she tends to do pretty okay with games), and a decent amount of her arc in Brave is dealing with her romance with Dan, along with PTSD from the first show. And she ends up I think the second to last boss in the story to try and stop Dan, and ends up using a brutally devastating Black/Red Dragon Deck for that.

Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Season 1

Yuzu was literally a major driver of the plot for most of the season, her story arc to get stronger on her own after getting asswhipped by Masumi was legitimate, and her rivalry was decent.

Masumi was good until she got hit by the amnesia bus, but for that early period people were super into her.

Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS

Romin was a valid main character with decent story arcs and beats, and generally was given as much time to do with the plot and bounce off her friends as the others.

Asana was a fairly solid arc villain with a legitimate backstory, a strong deck, and a reliable group of minions.

Mimi's ongoing arc was fairly legitimate, they did look at her position as the main adult with decent validity and her trials and tribulations as an older viewer felt familiar.

Cardfight!! Vanguard G

Rin and Tokoha were both pretty reasonably well handled, treated as competent players, with their own goals and ambitions, as well as characters like Verno who had their own goals. Ditto Luna and Am's story arcs being pretty okay for a toyetic kids' show. Like over all, the show was never particularly malicious to its women, and most of the female cast regularly did Stuff, even if they never quite were like front and center, they definitely were on the stage.

Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress

Megumi has a pretty decent focus, is a genuinely decent player, and is fairly well handled. Tomari is positioned as a strong woman (who beats down a corrupt former Buddhist monk), and one of the few "I'm a decent human being" cops that feels decently earned, with rough edges. Haruka has strong motivations to protect her charge. And Mirei has a well handled story arc, personality, and is one of the few times I've seen someone Blind treated with a fairly realistic depiction in anime.

Feel free to challenge me, etc.

#yugioh #yugiohsevens #yugioharcv #cardfightvanguardg #cardfightvanguardoverdress #battlespirits

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blogpoppit · 5 years

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love live and pripara share seiyuu

miyutan voice karin asaka and sopie hojo

kussun voice nozomi tojo and sadako gozen

nanjolno voice eli ayase and nao ehime

soramaru voice nico yazawa and Britney as part of celebrity 4

mimorin voice umi sonoda and cera as part of celebrity 4

Yū SERIZAWA voice mutsu and mirei minami

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zukalations · 5 years

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Asaka Manato’s #1! - Part 2

In this GRAPH feature from 2016, troupe members were asked to vote on their favorite on- and offstage things about their top stars. Asaka’s was published in the November issue.

This is the second half of the feature that I began posting last time. In part 2, the troupe members vote on their favorite things about her personality off-stage and things she does while performing.

Note: Like Part 1, Asaka’s comments are in italics.

Asaka Manato’s #1 - Part 2

We love this about her in rehearsals!

#1 - How she notices each and every member of the troupe (33 votes)

“When I’m struggling with a role or something like that, she gives such valuable advice!” - Rinjou Kira

No, no, I keep consulting you for all kinds of things!

“She gives advice to each and every junior actress and takes them out for yakiniku 💖” - Fuuma Kakeru

Ahaha! (laughs) Well~ If we go out to eat or something, I can learn more about everyone, and it makes it easier to give advice, that’s all. I went out with the Black Angels, too. An underworld rally! (laughs)

#2 Her eye power (10 votes)

#2 How she always greets people with a smile (10 votes)

#4 The difference between her on- and off-stage personas (9 votes)

“With her nails she can’t open a can of juice… 💖 (It’s too cute, the gap is too cute!!)” - Makaze Suzuho

I couldn’t open anything with Der Tod’s nails. So, I went to Yurika (Makaze) who was nearby like ‘Open it for me~’ (laughs).

Other:

“The way she’ll fire off a wink when our eyes meet 💖 It’s just so cool 💖 💖″ - Hoshibuki Ayato

I only do this with Monchi (Hoshibuki)! Since during TOP HAT it made her blush so much and I thought it was funny (laughs). It’s not that I’m flirting with everybody! (laughs)

From Misaki Rion

“Her ability to focus! The way she changes is so impressive to me!!”

Although I’m scatterbrained by nature, I’ve realized that being able to focus is really important so I’ve learned how as I went along.

We want her to do this! From musumeyaku

#1 - Wink (8 votes)

“I want her to 💖 wink 💖 at me with those bewitching Hot Eyes!! 👁” - Mikaze Maira

I’ll do it whenever you like!

#2 - Hug (7 votes)

“I want her to pull me in with one arm! With a line like “Oh, be careful!!”. With those big hands 💖 💖” - Risaki Shigure

Ahaha (laughs)

#3 - From Elisabeth, Der Tod’s… (4 votes)

“The scene where Der Tod tries to seduce Elisabeth in her bedroom is so alluring, so I want her to try that with me.” - Mizune Shiho

The movements in that scene were things I thought of that they incorporated into the show. That’s great if it had an impression on you!

#4 - Dance (3 votes)

“I want her to be my escort for a duet dance.” - Junya Chitose

Eh~ I’d definitely end up laughing! (laughs) But I’ll do it!

From Misaki Rion

“I want her to pat my head while gazing into my eyes (laughs) 💖 💖″

“I want to exchange cheek kisses with her like in TOP HAT!! It’s so heart-pounding!!”

This is the most variety you’ve had yet! So extravagant! (laughs)

We want to emulate this! From otokoyaku

#1 - The way she uses her hands and arms (11 votes)

Oh~ I’m happy!

“My hands are small, and I have a real complex about it...Asaka-san also apparently has small hands (although they don’t look that way at all), so I want to learn more about how to gesture so my hands look bigger.” - Aizuki Hikaru

“The way she moves her long hands.” - Rukaze Hikaru

My arms are long so I used to be self-conscious about that, so if I am seen this way as an otokoyaku...It’s nice~

#2 - Dance (6 votes)

“For TOP HAT, she studied Fred Astaire’s movement so much. It was so impressive that as soon as I went to see it the first time I was so excited that I rushed to get a standing ticket for the second show (laughs).” - Matsukaze Akira

Right, right! Isn’t that cu~te? Cosmos Troupe is full of people who are so intent on research. Cosmos Troupe rules! (laughs)

#3 - The way she uses her eyes (4 votes)

#3 - From Elisabeth, Der Tod’s… (4 votes)

“All her gestures in the scene where she creeps into Elisabeth’s bedroom were so sexy. I want to be able to emulate them!” - Rui Makise

But don’t you think that’s a little too outside of normal situations to be useful!? (laughs)

Other:

“The way she wears suits 💖 So wonderfully sharp.” - Makaze Suzuho

Eh~! I have no idea! (laughs) Oh, but when I put on a suit, it really makes me remember how Osa-san (Haruno Sumire) would move.

“The way she embraces the musumeyaku! I can feel how much affection she has!! I would love to emulate that.” - Mirei Jun

Do it~!! I want to see Yuichii (Mirei) do that! (laughs)

Final comments

Ah~ having everyone praise me makes me feel so nice somehow~ (laughs). It makes me so happy to know that this is what people thing. It makes me feel like I should work even harder. Thank you so much, everyone! Let’s keep doing our best together!!

#takarazuka #article translation #sienne: asaka manato #troupe: sora #mag: graph

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yuying27 · 5 years

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For anyone in the fandom, here is what I have available to stream at the moment. Most of these things are already ready to go, what isn’t can be prepared for stream in a night or two, so I only need some advanced notice. I’m available to stream with notice, most Saturday and Sunday evenings, U.S. Eastern Standard Time.

I stream via Cytube. Certain things that are hard to rip may have to be streamed via old fashioned Livestream.

I haven't purchased anything in a while ‘cause adult life comes first, but hope to remedy that soon. There’s plenty of other fans on tumblr with access to more recent shows, and the shows of other troupes.

List beyond the cut:

Yukigumi

The Rose of Versailles 2006 (Asami Hikaru, Maikaze Rira, Kozuki Wataru, Takashiro Kei)

In Quest of the Blue Bird / Takarazuka’s Dream Kingdom 2004 (Asami Hikaru, Maikaze Rira, Todoroki Yuu)

Silver Wolf / Wonderland 2005 (Asami Hikaru, Maikaze Rira, Mizu Natsuki, Otozuki Kei)

Susano’o / Takarazuka Glory 2004 (Asami Hikaru, Maikaze Rira, Mizu Natsuki, Otozuki Kei)

Gone with the Wind 2002 (Todoroki Yuu, Asami Hikaru, Kozuki Wataru) ***this show has obvious race issues***

Datenshi no Namida / Tarantella!! 2006 (Asami Hikaru, Maikaze Rira, Mizu Natsuki, Otozuki Kei)

Asami Hikaru - The Last Day graduation digest

Primary Colors 2007 Asami Hikaru solo show post graduation

King Solomon’s Ring / La Mariposa 2008 (Mizu Natsuki, Shirahane Yuri, Ayabuki Mao)

The Dawn at Solferino / Carnevale: The Sleeping Dream 2010 (Mizu Natsuki, Aihara Mika, Ayabuki Mao)

Jin / Gold Spark 2012 (Otozuki Kei, Maihane Mimi, Sagiri Seina, Misuzu Aki, Hokushou Kairi )

One Night of Stars / La Esmerelda 2015 (Sagiri Seina, Sakihi Miyu, Nozomi Fuuto)

Rurouni Kenshin 2016 (Sagiri Seina, Sakihi Miyu, Nozomi Fuuto)

Tsukigumi

Rome at Dawn / Les Bijoux Brilliantes 2006 (Todoroki Yuu, Sena Jun, Ayano Kanami, Kiriya Hiromu)

Me + My Girl 2008 (Sena Jun, Ayano Kanami, Kiriya Hiromu, Izumo Aya)

Ernest in Love 2005 (Sena Jun, Ayano Kanami, Kiriya Hiromu, Izumo Aya, Shirosaki Ai)

Hoshigumi

The Scarlet Pimpernel 2008 (Aran Kei, Toono Asuka, Yuzuki Reon)

Takarazuka Japonisme / The Bandit Chu Liuxiang Side Story / Etoile de Takarazuka 2013 (Taiwan tour, Yuzuki Reon, Yumesaki Nene, Kurenai Yuzuru, Toki Irisu)

Passion: Jose and Carmen / Bolero 2010 (Yuzuki Reon, Yumesaki Nene, Suzumi Shio)

The Treasure Sword of Habsburg -Candle in Your Mind- / BOLERO 2010 (Yuzuki Reon, Yumesaki Nene, Ouki Kaname)

The Legend of the Great King and Four Gods Ver.II 2009 (Yuzuki Reon, Yumesaki Nene, Ouki Kaname

Romeo + Juliette 2010 (Yuzuki Reon, Yumesaki Nene, Ouki Kaname, Suzumi Shio)

Top Sunshine!! - Yuzuki Reon career digest

The Last Day - Yuzuki Reon graduation digest

The Merry Widow 2013 (Hokushou Kairi, Sakihi Miyu, Nagina Ruumi, Seijou Kaito)

Guys + Dolls 2015 (Hokushou Kairi, Hinami Fuu, Kurenai Yuzuru, Rei Makoto)

Love + Dream 2016 (a Takarazuka/Disney collab revue, Hokushou Kairi, Hinami Fuu, Toki Irisu)

Romeo + Juliette 2013 Shinjinkouen (underclassman cast, Rei Makoto, Shiroki Mirei, Mao Yuuki, Natsuki Rei)

Soragumi

Top Hat! 2015 (Asaka Manato, Misaki Rion, Nanami Hiroki)

Guys and Dolls 2002 (Shibuki Jun, Emi Kurara, Yamato Yuuga, Kiriya Hiromu)

Elisabeth

Soragumi 1998 (Shizuki Asato, Hanafusa Mari, Wao Youka, Kozuki Wataru)

Tsukigumi 2005 (Ayaki Nao, Sena Jun, Hatsukaze Midori, Kiriya Hiromu)

Yukigumi 2007 (Mizu Natsuki, Shirahane Yuri, Ayabuki Mao, Otozuki Kei)

Hanagumi 2014 (Asumi Rio, Ranno Hana, Hokushou Kairi, Nozomi Fuuto)

Phantom

Hanagumi 2006 (Haruno Sumire, Sakurano Ayane, Ayabuki Mao, Izumo Aya, Matobu Sei)

Soragumi 2004 (Wao Youka, Hanafusa Mari, Juri Sakiho, Izumo Aya, Aran Kei)

Specials

Golden Steps 2005 (Dance revue honoring Takarazuka choreographer Hayami Kiyomi featuring like the who’s who of 2005 from Senka, Yuki, Hoshi, and Tsukigumi troupes)

TCA Special 2004 (end of year special featuring all troupes and medley performances from that year)

Takarazuka: Snow, Moon, Flower / Sunrise Takarazuka 2000 (revue performance from when Takarazuka went to Berlin feat. Kozuki Wataru, and a lot of rising stars from all troupes)

#takarazuka

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imasallstars · 6 years

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IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS GEKIJOU SPRING FESTIVAL 2018 RUNDOWN

The Cast List for the 6th Annual Cinderella Girls Live has been released! The live will be held for a total of 4 days across 2 areas, the Metlife Dome and Nagoya Dome.

Metlife Dome, Saitama

Both Day Participants: Ayaka Ohashi ( Uzuki Shimamura ), Kotomi Aihara ( Shiki Ichinose ), Mayumi Kaneko ( Rina Fujimoto ), Asami Takano ( Frederica Miyamoto ), Ricca Tachibana ( Sae Kobayakawa ), Marie Miyake ( Nana Abe )

Ayaka Fukuhara ( Rin Shibuya ), Yuko Iida ( Kanade Hayami ), Chiyo Osaki ( Koume Shirasaka ), Ru Thing ( Syuko Shiomi )

Sayuri Hara ( Mio Honda ), Yumiri Hanamori ( Shin Sato ), Yuko Hara ( Takumi Mukai ), Kiyono Yasuno ( Natsuki Kimura ), Nozomi Yamamoto ( Rika Jougasaki ), Haruka Yoshimura ( Mika Jougasaki )

Day 1 [ 10th November ] Only: Natsumi Takamori ( Miku Maekawa ), Yuka Ohtsubo ( Kanako Mimura ), Ayaka Fujimoto ( Atsumi Munakata )

Ruriko Aoki ( Riina Tada ), Haruka Chisuga ( Ryo Matsunaga ), Nao Toyama ( Mizuki Kawashima ), Tomo Muranaka ( Aki Yamato )

Juri Kimura ( Yumi Aiba ), Arisa Date ( Emi Namba ), Mako Morino ( Yuki Himekawa ), Nanami Yamashita ( Yui Ohtsuki )

Day 2 [ 11th November ] Only: Ayaka Asai ( Mirei Hayasaka ), Hiromi Igarashi ( Anzu Futaba ), Hiyori Nitta ( Karin Domyoji )

Shiki Aoki ( Asuka Ninomiya ), Asaka Imai ( Chie Sasaki ), Sumire Uesaka ( Anastasia ), Makoto Koichi ( Haru Yuuki ), Amina Sato ( Arisu Tachibana ), Aya Suzaki ( Minami Nitta )

Tomoyo Kurosawa ( Miria Akagi ), Natsumi Haruno ( Kaoru Ryuzaki )

Nagoya Dome, Nagoya

Both Day Participants: Ayaka Ohashi ( Uzuki Shimamura ), Ayaka Asai ( Mirei Hayasaka ), Hiromi Igarashi ( Anzu Futaba ), Hiyori Nitta ( Karin Domyoji ), Minami Tsuda ( Miho Kohinata ), Yui Makino ( Mayu Sakuma )

Ayaka Fukuhara ( Rin Shibuya ), Yuko Iida ( Riina Tada ), Minori Suzuki ( Hajime Fujiwara ), Karin Takahashi ( Nono Morikubo ), Mai Fuchigami ( Karen Hojo ), Eriko Matsui ( Nao Kamiya )

Sayuri Hara ( Mio Honda ), Eri Suzuki ( Yuko Hori ), Yuuki Takada ( Yoshino Yorita ), Yuri Noguchi ( Shizuku Oikawa ), Rei Matsuzaki ( Kirari Moroboshi ), Satsumi Matsuda ( Syoko Hoshi ), Azumi Waki ( Sanae Katagiri )

Day 1 [ 1st December ] Only: Yuka Ohstubo ( Kanako Mimura ), Shimoji Shino ( Yuka Nakano ), Chiyo Tomaru ( Noriko Shiina ), Marie Miyake ( Nana Abe )

Misa Kayama ( Tamami Wakiyama ), Sayaka Harada ( Miyu Mifune )

Yuuki Kaneko ( Aiko Takamori ), Masumi Tazawa ( Ayame Hamaguchi )

Day 2 [ 2nd December ] Only: Saya Aizawa ( Hiromi Seki ), Atsumi Tanezaki ( Kyoko Igarashi ), Yuki Nakashima ( Yuuki Otokura )

Rui Tanabe ( Hina Araki ), Mina Nagashima ( Haruna Kamijo )

Larissa Tago Takeda ( Yuzu Kitami ), Miharu Hanai ( Tomoe Murakami ), Nanami Yamashita ( Yui Ohtsuki )

Seiyuus Not Coming( if not planned for a surprise visit )

Saori Hayami ( Kaede Takagaki ), Maaya Uchida ( Ranko Kanzaki ), Hitomi Harada ( Airi Totoki ), Chinatsu Akasaki ( Akane Hino ), Ayana Taketatsu ( Sachiko Koshimizu ), M・A・O ( Fumika Sagisawa ), Misaki Kuno ( Nina Ichihara ), Haruka Terui ( Momoka Sakurai ), Akane Fujita ( Yukari Mizumoto ), Nanami Haruno ( Suzuho Ueda )

#event rundown #idolm@ster cinderella girls

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zukadiary · 7 years

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A Motion ~ Cosmos Troupe 2017

Pictured: the site of my death.

THIS WAS A RIDE. I’d planned on seeing A Motion once, so I overpaid for a decent seat to yesterday’s afternoon show. Then a friend of a friend of a friend was trying to get rid of a front row seat for Friday... I straight up abandoned my Tokyo Airbnb and ran back to Osaka to claim it.

(This made me think that there are probably two types of people: ones who would cancel the final night and attempt to secure a refund in this situation, and ones who would go to great lengths to pretend they are still there in the room just to avoid causing a thing. Guess which one I am)

While not the most brilliant show I’ve ever seen, it was maybe the most satisfying; two days of A Motion at flying sweat distance left me about as full and happy as I’ve been since I started doing this. It HEAVILY catered to my personal tastes and weaknesses, and Soragumi was quite literally on top of me, so you definitely can’t take this as an objective assessment... but I. Friggin. Loved it. I’m not sure how to review it without just spoiling it number by number, but I will try to keep it more general aside from a few points where I just can’t help myself.

BACKGROUND: A Motion is Asaka Manato’s farewell small theater dance concert (not that Umegei is small, but it’s half the troupe). Despite it being all Maasama all the time, it’s also a shockingly good show for EVERYONE in it, especially the next four ranked otokoyaku assigned to this group: Sumiki Sayato, Aizuki Hikaru, Sorahane Riku, and KazukimotherfuckingSora. I even got really healthy doses of Fuuma Kakeru (<3) and Mirei Jun (who was especially breathtaking??). Act 1 is an array of pop music and has a real concert feel; Act 2 opens with some silliness and then mostly Takarazuka songs. Toward the end there is a medley that rotates between 4 teams (led by each one of the 4 aforementioned otokoyaku) with a talk segment. I saw Team B (Aichan, which was DVD day) and Team D (Sora).

The song choices and choreography throughout were SO ON POINT. In particular, Act 1 has a medley of hits from 2002—the year of Maa’s debut—and this ABSOLUTELY SLAYED ME. They hit my weakass Hello!Project garbage heart with Matsuura Aya AND classic Morning Musume (in fact, the song that got me into Morning Musume), PLUS TM Revolution done by, of all people, RIKU and SORA WITH HER HUSKY VOICE AND BLUE HAIR AND GENERAL TRASHY ANIME BOY AESTHETIC, my teenage nerd soul is still screaming into infinity.

My other personal highlights:

SORA SORA SORA. Sora SLAYED all the choreo. Sora had a million vocal solos. Sora got to be Romeo. Sora did a hard slide to the edge of the stage right in front of me and I felt my whole face burn red with a heretofore unfelt intensity. Sora eventually discovered I wouldn’t stop staring at her and gave me a devastating wink.

The overwhelming energy of the theme song. iTunes when.

Watching backlit beads of sweat fly off Riku... DON’T JUDGE ME

The Kento Mori choreographed number was so intense and so good. Sharp, creative, metallic, musumeyaku in pants, just everything.

The pose Maa hits right as the curtain falls at the end of Act 1, especially from my position looking up at her and the lights (and again, watching the sweat fly as she stuck it... don’t judge me)

Hitokakera no Yuuki, ugh <3

The audience was TURNT on Friday. I don’t know if it was the DVD filming or the live viewing relay or just a coincidence. but I’ve never experienced an atmosphere like that at a Takarazuka show. Screaming, squealing, I bruised my hands clapping. They WOULDN’T LET MAA LEAVE, she had to come out and tell everyone it wasn’t senshuuraku and they needed to go. My neighbor in my share house here, BY STRANGE COINCIDENCE, works for TCA and was filming that day. She said the camera operators were having so much trouble because people kept standing up, and Maa kept coming back out way more times than anticipated. Saturday was normal. What the hell, Friday??

...and TEAM D’s CORNER, which I will summarize because it will probably never see the light of video: after asking Maa about a memory from each show for each song in their medley, Sora, mastering the ceremonies in the nerdiest way possible throughout, decides she’s going to let the audience vote by applause for what famous line they’d like Maa to reenact. The choices were “shineba ii,” something from A Song For Kingdoms, the end of Melancholic Gigolo, and the salute (?) from Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Except she forgot to pay attention to which one actually got the biggest reaction, so she made Maa do them all. SHINEBA II got a girly SHINIMASU~~<3 from Sora, the next one got a RADAMEESSSS~~, then her punishment for being an idiot was standing in for Felicia. I wish I had a camera in my brain; it was the most Sora packed into 10 minutes that I’ve ever seen.

Most importantly it looked like Maasama had an absolute blast, and I’m so glad they gave her something like this to go out on. Must-own if you’re her fan, extremely pure blissful fun if you’re into Soragumi in general (or JPop trash of my generation). SO GLAD I got to see it twice.

#takarazuka #reviews #a motion #Dramatic S(ummer 17)

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kurayamineko · 10 days

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