As you know, the big Stage Girl Sports Festival Revival will take place in February - literally just a full day event of the various cast members of Revue Starlight (from anime, game, and stage plays) will participate in a funky pretend-highschool sports festival. Today the full teams were decided via draft stream!
The team leaders had previously been announced:
Koyama Momoyo (Aijo Karen, Seisho) - Yellow Team "ZERO"
Tomita Maho (Tendo Maya, Seisho) - Blue Team "This is..."
Nomoto Hotaru (Yukishiro Akira, Siegfeld) - Red Team "HOT"
Nanaki Kanon (Yanagi Koharu, Seiran) - Green Team "shuThuarunomi" (集中あるのみ; "sTay focused")
Also quite funny to me that 3 of the team leaders (all but Maho) are former Sera Myu performers... the Sailor Moon squad has taken over
As is tradition at this point, ensemble member Jinko Moe is the MC for this stream and explains the rules. In the first two rounds, all leaders are free to pick 1 stage girl of their chosing per round from the roster as their top picks. If any chose the same person, they will have to decide by draft - the loser can then choose freely again. After round 2, all other rounds are chosen by draft completely by luck. We already knew not all cast members are going to be there so not every stage girl is available for chosing. Suzuko Mimori (Hikari), Emiri Kato (Tsukasa) and Shiina Hekiru (Souda-sensei) are going to be the MCs at the event, so they won't be participating as athletes either. Also, Tsukui Minami (Suzu) and Kobayashi Yuka (Yakumo-sensei) are a "2 for 1" deal, as they won't be able to make the whole event (iirc).
Team Zero's name is the most easily explained. Moyo gets a lot of praise from her colleagues and chat for her genius team logo design. The E is a crown with tomato jewels... I'm in awe
Maho explains the pronunciation of her team: The "..." is performed dramatically with the eyes, like the above. Lol
Nossan's design of course features Hot-kun, Akira's favourite food & beloved plushie. The Hot-kun icon is actually the inside of a chili, not a sun. Apparently.
Kanon struggled quite a bit with finding a team name, and after consulting with the other leaders in their Line chat group, she wanted a good Koharu line as the team name. Koharu's "うるさい." ("Shut up.") came to mind, but she thought that was too rude for a team name, so shuchuarunomi it became. She placed a big T (position zero!) for the "ch" sound. Complicated, but clever.
Time for drawing the teams! In round 1, everyone is asked to present their top picks for their team.
Moyo's is: MATSUZAWA! Aka Matsuzawa Kanon, who plays Shiro from Siegfeld Middle School!
Maho's is the one and only Sato Hinata - student council president of Seisho herself, Hoshimi Junna.
Nossan's top pick is: Ikuta Teru of Futaba fame!! And funnily enough...
Kanon's pick is also Teru!!! She even drew a tiny Ponzu (Teru's dog) to sway the public. The crowd goes wild. They have to let fate decide who wins over Teru for their team, and Nossan comes out on top. So Kanon gets to choose again, and her next free pick is Haruchan! Aka her fellow Photon Maiden bestie, Iwata Haruki of Mahiru fame.
Time for round 2, and last round of free picks! Again, Moyo goes first.
Moyo's second pick is Saeki Iori, who plays Rinmeikan's Yuyuko!
Maho's second pick is Sasaki Mikoi aka Mikoron, Shizuha of Frontier!
Nossan's next pick is Koizumi Moeka aka Moepii, who plays the one and only Banana! Complaints from the other leaders are heard for her making her team too strong. Lol. We'll see about that.
Kanon's pick is Kuge Kokoro of the Siegfeld Middle Schoolers, who plays Minku! No overlaps this time, so everyone gets their first pick!
The next picks are all made by random draft, so it's really just up to luck. Kanon is praying to get at least one other Seiran member for her heart. Everyone is praying not to get Aiai (lmao). Kanon manages to draw Tsumutsumu, another Photon Maiden member, making it a 3/4 for her team (with the fourth PM member, Hinata, sitting in Maho's team). For Nossan, she manages to draw two people very close to her - Ozaki Yuka (Michiru) and Kadoyama Yoko (Hisame), two of Akira's girlfriends. Moyo gets both of the Yumeoji siblings. Maho gets to draw her bestie's wife, KDHR. Kanon's wish is fulfilled by drawing the 2for1 duo of Minami&Kobayashi, her fellow Seirans. The crowd goes wild when Nossan draws Aiai, her team being declared the noisiest for sure (they're not wrong, this will be utter chaos).
Today you'll be treated to a new episode of the series "Black Pean-2" at 21.00. p.m. on japanese time and 14.00. p.m. on european time. Don't miss it!
Saeki(Seiyo Uchino) performs emergency surgery on Uesugi Toshikazu(Sakai Masaaki), the chairman of "Uesugi Motors", during the absence of Amagi(Kazunari Ninomiya), but the surgery is interrupted without Saeki performing the ceremony. Chairman Uesugi saves his life after switching to drug treatment, but head nurse Fujiwara(Misuzu Jinno) is worried about Saeki, who seems to be behaving differently than usual. Afterwards, Toshihiro(Yu Shirota), son of Chairman Uesugi and president of "Uesugi Motors", arrives at Tojo University. Toshihiro asks Amagi to fail Chairman Uesugi's operation in exchange for a large sum of money. Father and son had a disagreement over management and Toshihiro wanted to step down as chairman. In fact, Sugai (Yasunori Danda) from Ishin University counselled Toshihiro and planned to use the services of Uesugi Motors' medical department. Meanwhile, Saeki decides to have dinner with Ejiri (Maki Oguro), the deputy director, and Misaki (Minami Tanaka), the clinical trial coordinator. Ejiri, along with a professor at Ishina University, is conducting research on remote treatment using Elkano's medical artificial intelligence, and Saeki supports Ejiri. Misaki is also very interested in remote treatment, but the reason is... Amagi's surgery against Chairman Uesugi is decided on the day of the All Japan Medical Association's presidential election. However, Amagi's direct anastomosis with one hundred per cent probability of success.
Hello all, I thought I would compile a quick list of which honorifics each N Girl uses! I hope this helps anyone trying to write a fic, or anyone who is just curious!
Chitose Bridge:
Yuu Aizawa - No honorifics.
Akemi Kikuchi - "-chan"
Fumie Nishimura - "-chan"
Nanaka Morishima - "-chan", but none for Akemi.
Reine Saeki - "-chan", but has specific nicknames for some (Fumin, Sudacchi).
Saki Shimozono - "-chan"
Nagi Shiraki - "-chan"
Iruka Suda - "-chan" for most, but none for Nanaka.
Ru Tatara - "-chan"
Seiran:
Yumi Fujishiro - No honorifics.
Marika Ichinose - No honorifics.
Seira Kujo - "-chan"
Minami Nagayama - "-chan", "Sacchan" for Sachiko.
Akiru Shinomiya - No honorifics.
Aya Sugisaki - "-chan"
Sachiko Tanaka - No honorifics.
Ayumi Torii - No honorifics.
Shinonome:
Christina - "-san"
Kasane Hasekura - "-chan"
Rika Kamiya - "-kun"
Mizuki Kikkawa - No honorifics.
Haruka Konoe - "-chan"
Yuri Mido - No honorifics.
Coco Miyashita - "-chan"
Sana Yuki - No honorifics.
Shion:
Mikoto Fukuhara - "-san"
Sayuri Hyodo - No honorifics.
Akira Kizaki - No honorifics, "Mikocchan" for Mikoto.
Sakura Kurobane - No honorifics, "Nee-san" for Sakuya.
Sakuya Kurobane - No honorifics.
Chiduko Sakamaki - "-san"
Hitomi Shiga - Has not referred to anyone by their name, instead says things like "comrade" and "the small one".
Mutsuki Takamagahara - Has only mentioned Sayuri by name, and refers to her as "Sergeant Sayuri".
Yuuka Tsukishima - No honorifics, "Mikocchan" for Mikoto sometimes.
Touou:
Ryo Aikawa - No honorifics, sometimes "-chan" for Yuki.
Himeno Ayanokoji - No honorifics.
Tsurugi Kadota - No honorifics.
Yuuka Kirihara - "-chan"
Shun Kurosaki - "-chan", "-kun" for Ryo.
Fuu Saiki - "-chan"
Misaki Shido - No honorifics.
Koyuki Shirase - "-chan"
Fumi Shitara - "-chan"
Y.G. International
Isabella - No honorifics.
Jennifer - No honorifics.
Leo - No honorifics.
Maria - No honorifics.
Rakshata - No honorifics.
Ranpha - Has not referred to anyone by name, but I assume she wouldn't use any honorifics.
oi oi hello it was gay month and i had changed the layout of my tumblr for the first time since i created it :)!! then i drafted this post and only just found it now lol
decided to introduce myself a little and make a list of the non-male characters i like since my bio is a list of the fictional men i like >:)
hi im jules (u can also call me volantis), im 23 and im a non binary lesbian, i use they/them pronouns (and iel/yel in french), im british-french 😔✊ and i also speak some german
here are some of my favourite non-men!!!! (any characters who don't use he/him and/or identify as men) fictional characters:
HEAVILY UNDER CO. FOR BIOS N SUCH. MUSE SELECTION PAGE WON’T HAVE CERTAIN MUSES FROM THIS LIST WHILE I RE-ORGANIZE EVERYTHING. ALSO, SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ALL MUSES- LABELED PRIVATE INCLUDED- ARE OPEN TO INTERACTIONS
NPC just means they’ll pop in from time to time with whatever muse they’re connected to, but not technically a proper muse I’ve made.
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Aaron Tilley - side (bio here)
Akira Saeki - side/private (bio here)
Alexander Pine - private (bio here)
Alicia Shay - private (info here)
Berton Alfaro - side (bio here)
Bianca Langlais - private (bio here)
Bryce Winters - side (bio here)
Cody Abbott - side
Cole Buckette - side
Conner Abbott - side
Cory Vance - side
Diamond Orlando - private
Duke Harrison - side
Elliot Jones - side
Emerald Lane - side
Ethan Cooke - private
Etsuo Fujimoto - side
Francois Martin - side
Fuji Okumura - private
Gabriella Montgomery - main
Galaxy - main
Genevieve Lacroix - side/NPC
Ginta Ikeda - NPC
Henri Langlais - private/NPC
Himeno Alamorres - side
Hiro Morishita - private
Hunter Muller - side
Ikuto Chikage - main
Ivon Martin - side
Jared Wilson - private
John Seymore - main
Jordyn Keith - private
Junichi Wakabe - main
Junko Kobayashi - private
Katsumi Hirai - main
Kennedy Lawson - main
Leon Marks - main
Lucia Alamorres - private
Marco Juliani - main
Mitsuki Saeki - private
Nana Inoue - side
Natasha Bane - main
Nathan Yashitaka - side
Olivia Casey - private
Oscar Banderas - side
Quinn Cooke - private
Ramon Alamorres - private
Remi - side/kinda NPC
Russel Erwin - main
Ryan Maxwell - side
Ryota Murakami - NPC
Ryotaro Hikari - side
Saiko Inoue - private
Sakura Maeda - side
Suiren Fuse - NPC
Tabitha Perez - side
Tamotsu Minami - side
Tohru Inoue - side
Tomoe Inoue - NPC
Tyler Kirk Randal - side
Victor Juliani - side
Wataru Onodera - private
West Marcotte - side
Wyatt Fowler - private
Yukio Hirai - NPC
Zaneta - private
Bruno Duplant — Étendues Silencieuses (Inexhaustible Editions)
Photo by Rowland Thomas
Étendues Silencieuses by Bruno Duplant
If Bruno Duplant likes the way a musician interprets music, he might sit down and write them a letter. That letter might be a score, and if it is, it probably won’t be conventionally notated. If the musician performs and records that score, the result probably will not tell you exactly what was in that missive, but it just might tell you a lot about why Duplant wanted to hear their interpretation. It’s not hard to guess why the composer selected Taku Sugimoto to receive the proposal that became Chamber and Field Works (2015-2017). The Japanese guitarist’s performances combine a humility that might be mistaken for reticence with a rigorous commitment to realizing whatever ideas are in play. When he received that first score, he not only agreed to perform it; he chose to share Duplant’s ideas with both a group of Tokyo chamber musicians and ambient sounds of Hanegi Park. That album’s quiet grace presented Duplant with a challenge in turn — how to get some more out of a musician who often adds as little as possible to any playing situation?
The answer was to send some more letters, of course. He dispatched 11 pages to Tokyo, where Sugimoto and vocalist Minami Saeki separately pondered them. The duo then went to several city parks over ten days in June 2018, where they ran through each piece at least three times. Although they hadn’t discussed the pages ahead of time, Sugimoto’s liner notes report that the performances were fairly similar. Neither musician discussed the actual contents of the pages, but each seems to have gleaned a suggestion of abstract narrative from them. Sugimoto played slender, unspooling tones and sparse harmonics. Saeki strung together words and syllables, which she delivered as though she were singing more to herself than the guitarist or anyone else within earshot.
And there’s almost always someone in nearby. The album’s title translates as Silent Expanses, and it’s doubly ironic. While the players are never loud, silence is never an option in the big city. And if you do an image search for the parks where the duo recorded, you’ll see that they’re rather small, with residences on all sides; in the megalopolis, it costs a lot of green to spare a bit of green space. The unscripted sounds of conversations, traffic, birds, rain, and playing children yield as much music as the foregrounded musicians, and their arbitrary interplay is one of the record’s richest aspects.
Już 29 października we Wrocławiu wystąpi znakomity japoński gitarzysta i kompozytor, Taku Sugimoto - jeden z najważniejszych przedstawicieli muzycznego redukcjonizmu! Tym razem zagra w duecie z wokalistką Minami Saeki, prezentując utwory z cyklu Songs. Charakteryzują się one ulotnością pojedynczych dźwięków, stopniowo układających się w proste melodie. Ascetyczna instrumentacja i efemeryczny charakter kompozycji sprawiają, iż słuchacz ma wrażenie uczestnictwa w czymś wyjątkowo kameralnym, kierowanym bezpośrednio do niego.
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Taku Sugimoto
Japoński improwizator i kompozytor. Jeden z twórców Onkyō - tokijskiej odmiany redukcjonizmu muzycznego. W latach 1985-1988 występował w zespole Piero Manzoni, natomiast po rozpadzie tej grupy zaangażował się w szereg projektów solowych. We wczesnych latach 90. skupił się głównie na grze na wiolonczeli. Założył wówczas Henkyo Gakudan. Przez krótki czas był także członkiem zespołów Ghost i Hikyo String Quintet. Sugimoto powrócił do grania na gitarze w 1994 roku i zaczął regularnie koncertować w duecie z Tetuzim Akiyamą, a następnie w rozmaitych konfiguracjach z takimi wykonawcami jak np. Toshimaru Nakamura, Otomo Yoshihide czy Sachiko M. Zwrócił na siebie uwagę dzięki powściągliwej, a przy tym wyjątkowo melodyjnej grze, co było dotąd czymś niezwykłym w świecie wolnej improwizacji. Z biegiem czasu jego muzyka stawała się coraz bardziej abstrakcyjna, rezygnując z melodii na rzecz ciszy.
Taku Sugimoto współpracował z najważniejszymi twórcami muzyki eksperymentalnej, m.in. z Keithem Rowe, Radu Malfattim, Antoinem Beugerem, Michaelem Pisaro, Kevinem Drummem, Tetuzim Akiyamą, Toshimaru Nakamurą, Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M, Taku Unamim, Annette Krebs, Burkhardem Stanglem, Jasonem Kahnem, Günterem Müllerem, eRikm i wieloma innymi. Począwszy od 1998 roku był współorganizatorem słynnej serii improwizowanych koncertów, które odbywały się w Aoyama Bar, a następnie w galerii Off Site w Tokio.Obecnie zajmuje się głównie komponowaniem. Prowadzi również wytwórnię płytową Slub Music.
https://takusugimoto.bandcamp.com/
http://www.japanimprov.com/tsugimoto
Minami Saeki
Wokalistka, aktorka filmowa i tancerka. Współpracowała z Taku Sugimoto, Junichiro Tanaką, Wakaną Ikedą, Masafumim Ezakim, Takashim Masubuchim, Manfredem Werderem i Stefanem Thutem, z powodzeniem łącząc żywioły muzyki rozrywkowej i eksperymentalnej. W 2017 r. ukazała się płyta Songs nagrana wspólnie z Taku Sugimoto, a w ubiegłym roku jej kolejna część. Występowała w filmach takich reżyserów jak Yukihiro Kurokawa czy Teiichi Hori.