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2017.06.27 Nintama Rantarou Musical [Review]

I went to my first every Nintama Musical on Tuesday went in without really knowing what to expect. I knew it was a popular kids anime and I knew it was a popular stage and that Tenmyu actors sometimes do it after Tenimyu (e.g. most of D2Boys like Jinnai Sho, Mitsuya Ryo, Shiramata, also Aramaki Yoshihiko etc.).

Official Website here Official Twitter here Press Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4 Video Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4 PreOrder the DVD here

CAST AND CHARACTERS

5th Years Yamaki Toru as Kukuchi Heisuke Sato Tomohiro as Ohama Kanemon Yoshida Shogo as Fuwa Raizo Kuge Kyohei as Hachiya Saburo Kurihara Taiga as Hachigaemon Takeya

6th Years Ebisawa Kenji as Shioe Monjirou Nihira Shougo (aka Shougo-kun) as Tachibana Senza

Teachers Kitamura Keigo as Hyogo Daisan Kyouemaru Nitta Kenta as Kagero Sugie Masahiro as Onigumomaru Kunta as Yoshimaru Tachibana Tatsumaru as Miyoshimaru Kuramoto Hiraku as Shige Takemura Hitoshi as Doi Sensei Imai Yasuhiko as Yamada Sensei

Bad Guys Watanabe Shuto Takahashi Hikaru as Captain Tatsumaki

NON-SPOILER REVIEW: Overall: I went in with such low expectations that I was pleasantly surprised and loved it. I thought this show was supposed to be for kids but clearly not because, in typical butai style, it was full of girls squealing ‘kakkoii! kakkoii!’. The story is super simple and ridiculous but they make it very fun and enjoyable. It’s very interactive too; the audience clap along to songs and there’s high touches at the end and such. Lots of comedic moments and lots of laughter. It’s just good ol’ fun. It’s somewhat childish (as it should be) but not too childish. You can tell the actors are enjoying themselves too. I’m interested in seeing the previous stages on DVD for sure now. Rating: 7-8/10

SPOILER REVIEW

As I stated above: I was SO surprised when I saw it was ALL women. I thought this was supposed to be a kids stage?! But nah! It was just the usual ‘all girls’ crowd that you see at any other 2.5 or stage these days. Also I was 6th row and had an aisle seat. I’ve NEVER had such a good seat at Sunshine before! So that was nice! Especially for the ending, but I’m getting ahead...

A quick heads-up before I start! I’m going to be honest; I honestly just spent this play enjoying it rather than focusing and analyzing it which is why all my comments about the actors are more about how good looking they are, rather than how well they acted. It’s also why I don’t really remember what happened; I wasn’t making mental notes throughout this play because I just wanted to experience it because, as I stated, I had no idea what to expect. So yeah, don’t expect any real critical and detailed comments this time around. Sorry!!

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STORY

The teachers are on a ship one day but it gets bombed and somehow they all get away safely, just about. It’s the 5th year’s mission to find out who it was and where they are. Turns out it was the Dokutake’s doing. But just before they find out, one of Dokutake’s minions (Watanabe Shuto) has disguised himself as one of the local people and snuck into the school to steal some plans. Fortunately, he gets tricked by one of the twins without realising and they get a hold of the map to where Dokutake’s ship is. So, the ninjas decide to get their own back and board the ship. But of course the bad guys have a few tricks up their sleeves such as trap doors and being able to hide in the dark before striking out and attacking. In true story style though, the ninjas eventually get the upperhand, blow the crap out of the ship and win for the day! And in true kids show style; the enemy survives and swears he’ll get his own back.

Very simple story right? The story, while simple and some-what juvenile, is entertaining and fun! All the characters are ridiculous too. So it leaves a lot of room for fun, songs and action; which is what it does give!

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THE STAGE

I really liked how the stage worked; they could change it and make it into so many different locations! I really loved the boats they used and could move by themselves. Also the blue cloth for the sea is always a classic xD 

They also had a scene when they were on Dokutake’s ship where Captain Tatsumaki would stomp a foot down and the mechanical plank would come up and he’d attach a cog and turn it and the stage would open up and it’d show the different battles between the ninjas and the bad guys. He did this about four times and on the forth time, when he stomped his foot, the plank came up on the wrong part of the stage, and so he stomped again; wrong part of the stage. he had to do it about 5 times; it’s super childish but I was dying on laughter. I was the only one dying of laughter at this part. I thought it was so hilarious! It’s very child-like and I loved it!

THE MUSIC

THE SONGS! Holy moly the SONGS! They are ARE WELL DONE! I am so impressed with the songs!!! They’re all amazing and very well written and produced! You could easily take the songs out of this musical and stick it into another (more serious) stage and it would still fit and have emotion and make sense! Guys seriously, I want the CD for this musical! The songs!!! Are so gooood!!! And they can all sing! I so want this soundtrack!! Some of my favourites were Nayami no Otoshi Goro, Bokura no Jidai and Akai Umi.

AND THEY SANG YUUKI 100% AT THE END!!!! I thought that was a Johnny’s Entertainment copy-righted song!! But apparently not?! At first I was like ‘this song sounds oddly familiar’ and then it clicked! And they had a dance to it and it was so much fun! I could quickly learn the dance -- everyone in the audience already knew it which meant they’d been to it several times -- seriously guys, I was the only one who was a newbie there I swear to god! I think 90-95% of the audience were Nintama fandom fangirls. There’s definitely a different air in the room which this audience and I automatically felt like I was the odd one out. This clearly showed it. AND when everyone knew whether it was a song to clap to or not, everyone was fucking ready! So yeah... this audience is solid and dedicated to the Nintama fandom.

BUT my poor ears whenever the kids sang... their voices are too high even for my ears! Everytime they started singing I was like ‘how can I kid be this high pitched?! Hurry up and hit puberty so my ears can rest or at least turn the mics down when they sing!’ xD

All the Videos linked above show a lot of the songs just listen to them! ^_^

THE CAST/CHARACTERS:

There were so many ikemen than I was expecting! When I first saw all the visuals, I was like ‘man, they all ugly (I’m so shallow, I apologise)’ but seeing them all in the flesh? Holy mama, I get why it’s full of women watching the show; they’re all good looking and those pants they wear aren’t the most baggy of pants, especially around their butts xD SO MANY IKEMEN! I can tell you right now; Shougo, Taiga, Kunta, Tachibana, Kuramoto and Shuto are ALL ikemen! Also Sato is a cutie! Nitta has a very good body too! Anyway... time to try be a bit more critical on them:

Yamaki Toru as Kukuchi Heisuke: This one super, super confused me. He’s supposed to be the main but I do not remember anything about him or his performance or when he was even on stage?! He was clearly the Zachou (lead) because he was the last to bow at the end and got the biggest applause but... I remember jack shit about him! Sorry dude but damn you were for-get-a-ble! So sorry to those who like him but I didn't even notice he existed.

Sato Tomohiro as Ohama Kanemon: Oh my, what a cutie! He was and looked so adorable! And he had these chubby cheeks and perfect teeth. His character was so cute. He was always smiling! Guys.. I dread to look up the ages of this cast... I have a feeling they’re all too young...

Yoshida Shogo as Fuwa Raizo and Kuge Kyohei as Hachiya Saburo: How are these two not twins seriously?! I could NOT tell them apart and was convinced they were actual twins! I didn’t really pay attention to them because (shallow me again) in their Nintama costumes, at least, they were not attractive and I didn’t want to look at them. They did however have an After Story at the end of the play, which is kind of like higawari extra scene. It was them two and Shige and Hyogo Daisan Kyouemon and they wanted to meet Kyouemon’s brother because he’s also a twin but he wouldn’t come out at the same time as his brother (it was one actor so of course he and his twin couldn’t come out on stage at the same time xD). It was a rather funny scene. They were funny but just their faces... sorry!

Kurihara Taiga as Hachigaemon Takeya: This guy! This guy caught my eye straight away. He reminded me very much of a young Endo Yuya. Something about his face and how he acts just reminded me of Endo Yuya. His character was super interesting and I liked the look of him too. He amused me a lot because while the other actors would look far out if they were turned towards the audience, Taiga would instead focus on someone in the front rows. Maybe it was his nerves or something but he never looked straight out he always looked closer to the stage and to the closer audience xD it was a super interesting observation that I had. Out of the five main characters, he was my favourite.

Ebisawa Kenji as Shioe Monjirou: This is my second time to see him on stage - the first time being Konchuuger last month (review here). And he was the victim of the higawari this day. The old school head was like ‘what’s pin pin/’ and he had to explain and he ended up getting into this song and dance and it was very hilarious and all the Teachers were trying to keep a straight face -- I don’t know HOW Shougo-kun managed to keep so straight faced, good job boy xD -- and the audience found it so funny we ended up clapping when he finished his bit. Ebisawa has a lot of energy and he’s good with these types of roles, but again his voice can’t reach a far range; good job we have mics for this stage, unlike Konchuuger. I got a high five from him at the end =]

Nihira Shougo as Tachibana Senza: I totally get why both Shougo-kun and MakiChan both got the role of Tachibana and I totally get why I like both of them. They’re very similar in how they act and they both act the same way when it comes to ‘proud’ character roles just like Tachibana is! He’s very... ousama/prince-like and proper and calm and collected; a role which both of them suit perfectly! So I totally get why they both got this role when they did/do Nintama! Clearly I have a type and not just when it comes to looks, but also when it comes to acting style and character types xD

Anyway, I really liked Shougo-kun as Tachibana. Just a shame his stage time was so short in comparison to some of the others. But his fighting choreography was great, his acting was great, he did a great job! He can act, he’s very good at what he does(!) but for some reason he just doesn’t get any many jobs as the other actors I support... this boy needs more gigs(!) He can do it! Also he’s a skinny-ass rat! His body is SO tiny! He needs to eat more xD

Kitamura Keigo as Hyogo Daisan Kyouemaru: He was very funny with his ‘I have a twin but you’ll never see us together and the only way to tell us apart is from our mole which is on the opposite side to each other’ joke.

Nitta Kenta as Kagero: We got a good look at his upper body when he (and the rest of the teachers) were injured and he has very nice arms xD

Kunta as Yoshimaru: At first I wasn’t quite sure about him because visually, he looks and reminds me a lot of Juri who is someone who I can’t look at; I can’t stand his face at all. But very quickly Kunta as Yoshimaru was so cute and he has this great smile and he did an amazing job keeping calm and keeping a straight face whenever Ebisawa had to do a higawari or something unscripted but hilarious happened. Also I got a high five from him at the end <3 he’s also a lot younger than I was expecting. I thought he’d be an 80s kid but he ain’t! AND I got a high five from him at the end ^_^

Tachibana Tatsumaru as Miyoshimaru: I was instantly attracted to this man. I just really like the character and we got quite a few scenes of him with his shirt somewhat off - either through injury or having to swim in the ocean. He is visually pleasing for me... what the fuck is this review turning into?! Like just look at him!! He’s gorgeous! And his character was courageous, taking it upon himself (and Shigeru) to dive into the wave and set up the bomb!

Isn’t he gorgeous!!!!!

Kuramoto Hiraku as Shige: And here we have another cutie! He helped Miyoshimaru bomb the bad guys ship towards the end of the story so we got good somewhat shirtlessness from him too. He;s another one I dread to look up how old he is in real life... I bet he’s young...AHA! He’s a 91er! PHEW!b Yeah... he’s cute... I got a high five from him too!! Okay I’m done sucking it up with the highfivingness xD

Watanabe Shuto: he’s plays the badguys newest minion and he’s supposed to be this super elite who managed to do all the bad guy training in 3 days rather than in 4 years. BUT he’s easily tricked by the 5th years. His fighting choreography was very good and he was very funny and I liked his character a lot. He did some great stunts too! But goddamit he’s a young-un.

Takemura Hitoshi as Doi Sensei: This guy didn’t give me much of an impression, until he crossdressed! He looked SOOOOO cute as a girl! And he has this cute pink dress on but obviously had to slip up a few times, like stand too manly and exposed his underpants a little and such xD He was a very cute girl and he’s a sweet sensei too! The guy playing Yamada-sensei also crossdressed and he owned it xD

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This was a LOT better than I was expecting. A LOT better. I went in expecting to be bored and for it to be childish and such BUT it ended up being creative and fun and funny and it was VERY interactive. The audience are encouraged to clap along with the songs and to laugh a lot and to cheer and there’s lots of high-fives and it’s great! 

I feel bad for having my expectations so low and for going in expecting just boredom and for it to be awful and childish. I should’ve realised from the ALL GIRL CROWD that it would’ve been up my street. It seriously is just like... it’s basically Tenimyu but with Ninjas and where everyone can actually sing (remember the amount of dodgy singers we’ve had in Tenimyu? xD).

The interactiveness is what makes it very different from Tenimyu. Every song, everyone knew what clapping rhythm we had to do and everyone knew the 100% Yuuki choreography at the end -- I quickly got the hang of it although I did feel awkward at first because I didn’t know it nor expected it! Also, during the final battle whenever the ninjas pulled out their (ultimate?) weapons, a sign of the weapon’s name would pop up somewhere on stage, and we would clap super hard every time. Just these little things really made the audience more engaged and it made it a lot of fun! I definitely want to watch the previous stages now and see how it’s progressed and developed and what other comedy scenes and stories we have in this series. Also it’s full of tenimyu actors (MakiChan!) so I kinda already planned to watch them anyway, but this has encouraged me to move it up my priority list of stages to watch asap.

The bad guys in this are SO ridiculous that you can’t NOT like them! They’re so much fun and so silly and stupid! xD

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And that’s all I really have to say on this musical! If you ever get time to watch one, I recommend you watch it and go in with just wanting to enjoy whatever the hell happens xD

[8ottotto8]

❤️🖋❤️

I drew my favorite character.

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1.アレン(ゲド戦記)/Arren(Tales from Earthsea)

2.ジーニー(アラジン)/Genie(Aladdin)

3.佐倉惣治郎(ペルソナ5)/Sojiro Sakura(PERSONA5)

4.堂島遼太郎(ペルソナ4)/Ryotaro Dojima(PERSONA4)

5.東方仗助(ジョジョの奇妙な冒険)/Josuke Higashikata(JOJO’s Bizarre Adventure)

6.ばいきんまん(アンパンマン)/Baikinman(Anpanman)

7.須藤竜也(ペルソナ2)/Tatsuya Sudo(PERSONA2)

8.ワドルディ(星のカービィ)/Waddle Dee(Kirby’s Dream Land)

9.マルクト(Zektbach)/Malkuth(Zektbach)

10.ジェイコブ・フライ(アサシンクリードシンジケート)/Jacob Frye(Assassin’s Creed Syndicate)

11.主人公(女神異聞録ペルソナ)/Hero(PERSONA)

12.鳴海(デビルサマナー葛葉ライドウ)/Narumi(Devil Summoner Raidou Kuzunoha)

13.ナゾノクサ(ポケモン)/Oddish(Pokémon)

14.クチナシ(ポケモン)/Nanu(Pokémon)

15.テリー66(ポップンミュージック)/Telly66(Pop’n music)

16. 徐庶(真・三國無双)/Xu Shu(Dynasty Warriors)

17.龐統(真・三國無双)/Pang Tong(Dynasty Warriors)

18.ヨーギラス(ポケモン)/Larvitar(Pokémon)

19.人修羅(真・女神転生3-NOCTURNE-)/Demifiend(ShinMegamiTensei3-NOCTURNE-)

20.ジャック(ポップンミュージック)/Jack(Pop’n music)

21.ヤナギ(ポケモン)/Pryce(Pokémon)

22.ナイル(メタルファイトベイブレード)/Nile(Beyblade Metal Fusion)

23.芹沢うらら(ペルソナ2)/Ulala Serizawa(PERSONA2)

24.うさぎさん(鬼灯の冷徹)/Rabbit(Hozuki’s Coolheadedness)

25.富松作兵衛(忍たま乱太郎)/Sakubei Tomatsu(Ninjaboy Rantaro)

26.ロアルド(デジタルデビルサーガアバタールチューナー)/Roland(Digital Devil Saga Avatar Tuner)

27.アップルジャック(マイリトルポニー)/Applejack(My Little Pony)

28.ピーター(ピーターラビット)/Peter(Peter Rabbit)

29.リーシャン(ポケモン)/Chingling(Pokémon)

30.まいどくん(とっとこハム太郎)/Howdy(HAMTARO)

31.トゥーンリンク(ゼルダの伝説)/Toon Link(The Legend of Zelda)

32.オムナイト(ポケモン)/Omanyte(Pokémon)

33.ミニドラ(ドラえもん)/Minidora(Doraemon)

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09012017 Ryokun came to musical nintama rantarou 8 They're still a good friend even after a long time, I'm really happy

[rz-jocelyn]

Hello! I've been wondering about Ryuji's schooling. Ever since he started his career, he hasn't gone to school? I mean, I want to know how Ryuji is as a school boy. 😆 May I know your thoughts about this? Thank you! 😊

Hiya! xD Thank you for the Ask because I had a great time walking down memory lane and compiling the information about Ryuji’s school days and childhood xDDDD

Ryuji actually started his career while he was still in high school, so at one point, he was studying and working at the same time.

He made his official debut into the entertainment industry in 2011 with “Kamen Rider Fourze”. At the time, he was 16 years old and was in Grade 12 (second year of high school). Because Ryuji is actually born in Sendai and lived his childhood years there (including his schooling years), he temporarily rented an apartment for a month in Tokyo during the course of the filming.

After he had finished filming Fourze, he decided to seriously pursue his acting career and moved to Tokyo permanently in April 2012. Or, more accurately, his father had asked him if he wanted to pursue his acting career, and when Ryuji gave an indication that he did indeed want to, his father rented an apartment for him in Tokyo. LOL!

Once it was decided that he would move to Tokyo on a long-term basis, arrangements were made for Ryuji to transfer to a school in Tokyo. The school was a high school which offered “home correspondence courses”; a type of high school with a more flexible schedule which catered for students who were working while they were studying. Along with his actual high school studies, Ryuji attended classes offered by his agency (which were voice projection and acting classes) and also participated in the productions, like the “Musical Nintama Rantarou”.

It is also interesting to note that during this time (right after he had moved to Tokyo and just before he auditioned for the “Musical Nintama Rantarou”), there was a period where Ryuji was a semi-NEET (the term referring to a young person who is “Not in Education, Employment, or Training”) for approximately half a year. He still attended classes (although he admitted to occasionally skipping his acting classes), but wasn’t particularly serious about finding an acting job.

It was also during this time when he landed a part-time job at a BBQ-type restaurant, and it was that experience that actually acted as a trigger for him to becoming more serious about finding an actual acting job (because he had been willing to help with storage and other things, but was assigned to work at the hotplates and ovens, and he, quite literally, couldn’t stand the heat. He quit the job after two days LOL).

It is also worth noting that his first ever audition and first ever job was “Kamen Rider Fourze”, and when he decided to get serious about pursuing his career for real, he landed the role of Tamura Mikiemon in the “Musical Nintama Rantarou”.

In 2013, at the age of 18, he graduated high school. However, he missed out on the opportunity to attend his graduation ceremony due to scheduling conflicts with his work (something he mentioned during the “Gakuran Kageki Teiichi no Kuni” graduation ceremony, which was the first time he had experienced attending a graduation ceremony).

Because this is getting a little long (LOL), below the cut are just random bits of trivia that I know of Ryuji throughout his schooling years (and maybe a little from his childhood).

In one of his “Live Spectacle NARUTO” interviews, Ryuji described himself as a child who focused on studies and couldn’t do sports at all when he was in elementary school. However, both his parents were smart and they could do sports, and so they said to him, “Even though we both can do sports…” He remembered being vexed by this and worked really hard at becoming more athletic.

It was also around the time he entered elementary school that Ryuji started learning karate (when he was 5 years old). He kept at it for approximately 10 years before he stopped as his interest in it had waned and he thought that it would become a problem if he became injured (this was around the time that he had applied to his current agency). During the time that he practiced karate, he participated in karate tournaments, and became the Champion in the Tohoku region of Japan.  

At the event for his photobook “Ready”, Ryuji described himself as someone with a “chuunibyou” personality during his junior high school years. Although there are three types of chuunibyou, Ryuji fell into the category of “those who believe they have special powers”.  

Ryuji was actually a good student academically up until his first year of junior high school when he lost interest in his studies (because he felt a disconnect to the subjects that he couldn’t apply in his daily life), and his grades fell. It was also around this time that he started questioning the meaning of life and decided to go on a journey of self-discovery by travelling around Osaka and Tokyo by himself.

Following this, his junior high school teacher told him that he wouldn’t be able to qualify for a particular high school. Ryuji managed to qualify for a high school that was two ranks above the one that his teacher mentioned.

As a high school student, he considered himself to have been pretty normal. In the “FIVE” roundtable discussion, in contrast to his character of Shimizu Toshi, he commented that the girls in his high school tended to avoid him because they thought he was scary LOL!

It was also in high school that he performed in a visual-kei band. More information about this can be found: HERE 

In addition to being a drummer, he was also a vocalist in a band during his high school years. However, it was a short-lived experience as it was a band that nobody was interested in, and during their live performance, they were at the venue for half an hour without being wanted.

As a child, Ryuji’s dream was to become a lawyer because he thought it would be cool to be in a profession where he could protect people and guide people’s lives into a more positive direction. However, because of his loss of interest in his studies, he decided to give up on that dream as it required a good academic performance.

Despite not becoming a lawyer, Ryuji’s desires to have a career that could influence people and guide their lives into a more positive direction never changed. It was also during his childhood years that he watched the drama “Hito ni Yasashiku” (2002) and watching Suga Kenta, who is approximately the same age as him being only one year older, in that drama inspired him to choose the career of becoming an actor.

And, to end this post, have some photos of him from his childhood years until now xD

Ryuji from his junior high school days.

Ryuji from his early high school days.

Ryuji when he was filming “Kamen Rider Fourze”.

Ryuji as he is now from the Anireco TV feature of “Ochanomizu Rock”.

And a bonus,

Ryuji from the behind-the-scenes of the MV shoot for The Brow Beat’s new album "Ragnarok".

A huge thanks to @sutekiyomitsu for sitting down and combing through Ryuji’s interviews with me to fact check and proofread this ♥

[leenaevilin]

[Announcement] ミュージカル『忍たま乱太郎』第12弾 ～まさかの共闘！？大作戦！！～ (musical nintama rantarou dai 12 dan ~masaka no kyoutou!? daisakusen!!~)

you will be able to watch 2 shows @ Theater-Complex

price: ￥4.500 (each)

◎ 前楽 (maeraku) [October 24th, 2021 ~ 12:00]

◎ 千穐楽 (senshuuraku) [October 24th, 2021 ~ 17:00]

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[Stages] OCTOBER 2021

♪ October 1st, 2021 ~ December 5th, 2021 ニンジャバットマン ザ・ショー (ninja batman the show)

♪ October 6th, 2021 ~ October 24th, 2021 舞台「文豪ストレイドッグス 太宰、中也、十五歳 」(butai bungou stray dogs dazai, chuuya, 15sai)  

♪ October 6th, 2021 ~ November 14th, 2021 ミュージカル「October Skyー遠い空の向こうにー」(musical october sky -tooi sora no mukou ni-)

♪ October 6th, 2021 ~ October 31st, 2021 ミュージカル『刀剣乱舞』 にっかり青江 単騎出陣 (musical touken ranbu nikkari aoe tanki shutsujin)

♪ October 7th, 2021 ~ October 17th, 2021 舞台「HELI-X II～アンモナイトシンドローム」(butai heli-x II ~ammonite syndrome~)

♪ October 8th, 2021 ~ October 31st, 2021 『バクマン。』THE STAGE (bakuman. the stage)

♪ October 9th, 2021 ~ October 21st, 2021 青山オペレッタ THE STAGE  ～ルーナ・ピエナ／満ちる月～ (aoyama operetta the stage ~luna piena/michiru tsuki~)

♪ October 9th, 2021 ~ October 24th, 2021 ミュージカル『忍たま乱太郎』第12弾 ～まさかの共闘！？大作戦！！～ (musical nintama rantarou dai 12 dan ~masaka no kyoutou!? daisakusen!!~)

♪ October 9th, 2021 ~ October 21st, 2021 令和千本桜～義経と弁慶 / コロッケものまねオンステージ 2021 (reiwa senbonzakura ~ yoshitsune to benkei / korokke monomane on stage 2021)

♪ October 10th, 2021 ~ October 31st, 2021 ミュージカル「マドモアゼル・モーツァルト」(musical mademoiselle mozart)

♪ October 13th, 2021 ~ October 17th, 2021 アメツチ 舞台版「あやかしむすび」(ametsuchi butaiban ayakashi musubi)

♪ October 16th, 2021 ~ October 24th, 2021 銀岩塩vol.4-5 FUSIONICAL STAGE 『ABSO−METAL～黎明～』(ginganen vol.4-5 fusionical stage ~ abso-metal ~reimei~)

♪ October 20th, 2021 ~ November 2nd, 2021 舞台「一瞬の風になれ」(butai isshun no kaze ni nare)

♪ October 22nd, 2021 ~ November 7th, 2021 舞台「血界戦線」Blitz Along Alone(butai kekkai sensen blitz along alone)

♪ October 22nd, 2021 ~ October 31st, 2021 LIVE STAGE『スケートリーディング☆スターズ』(live stage skate-leading☆stars)

♪ October 22nd, 2021 ~ November 12th, 2021 音楽劇「キセキ ーあの日のソビトー」 (ongakugeki kiseki -ano hi no sobito-)

♪ October 23rd, 2021 ~ November 14th, 2021 劇団「ドラマティカ」 ACT1／西遊記悠久奇譚 第1回公演「西遊記」(gekidan dramatica act1/saiyuuki yuukyuu kitan)

♪ October 26th, 2021 ~ October 31st, 2021 MANKAI STAGE『A3!』Troupe LIVE ～SUMMER 2021～

[rebornthestage]

Secret Bullet Cast Introductions

Higuchi Yuta (樋口裕太 ) as Belphegor

Birthdate: 1995.02.14 (Age 25) Hometown: Tokyo Height: 172cm Hobbies/Special Skills: Kado/Flower Arrangement (low level), singing, dancing, soccer, fishing, collecting shoes, snowboarding

Links: [Blog] [Twitter]

Previous Roles/Appearances (in no particular order): 　・Kanzaki Souma in Ensemble Stars! on Stage 　・Toudou Heisuke in the Hakuouki: Shitan musicals 　・Takara Nemu in Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Arc 　・Francis in Star-Myu Musical: Third Season 　・Yoon in the Akatsuki no Yona 　・Kamo Raita in the All Out!! The Stage 　・Tairanotaki Yashamaru in the Nintama Rantarou Musicals

[imasallstars]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - MINAMI TSUDA

Today, on the 8th of June, is the 31st birthday of Minami Tsuda (Tsuda-chan), the voice provider for Miho Kohinata! he is currently employed under AONI PRODUCTION as a voice actress. She obtained her first named role in as Iris’ Axew in the Pokemon: Best Wishes(2010~2013) anime, but was first credited as a background character in Uchi no 3Shimai(2010)

She joined the Im@S family on the 27th of November 2012 through the update of the Columbia Official Site for her character’s CM reveal.

Data

Website　　  : AONI PRODUCTIONS Blog　　　　: 津田さんは明日もがんばるよ。 Twitter　　　: @danoraji (Radio Show)

Official Profile Translations:

Birthday　       : June 8th Place of Birth  : Kanagawa Prefecture Alma Mater　  : Aoni Tokyo 29th Class Qualifications : Standard License (AT-limit)  Hobbies　　　: Reporting on Food, Theater-going, Crossdressing  Special Skills  : Relative Pitch

Trivia

※ Wanted to become a voice actor from young, eventually wanting to work for anime to be able to voice her older sister’s animations in the future ※ Her voice teacher while in choir was ex-voice actress and singer, Eri Ito, who introduced her to voice actress Michie Tomizawa, who helped her inquiries on becoming a voice actor ※ Was a part of the “Nintama Rantarou” musical play and part of the Nanamori-Chu☆Goraku-Bu music group that is active to this day ※ Her motto is “No matter what happens, the sun will always rise” ※ Prefers cats over dogs despite being allergic to them

Thank you for joining the IDOLM@STER family, and let’s wish her all the best of luck in her career! Again, happy birthday!

[sorairokaze]

Enstars x Nintama rantarou why hasn't nobody thought of this?

It was strange. I suddenly had the urge to draw fanart while I was continuing my 'name' (storyboard) for " Jinxed! The adventures of the unlucky mystery club". After several failed attempts at making the concept art for one of the uniforms I decided to go on pintrest and while I was searching up ryuseitai I suddenly came across a very old anime I had watched 2 years prior. ( I forgot whether it was 2 or 3 years. ) Nintama rantarou.

So Nintama is an anime that appeared around 1993 and is still going with over 2000+ episodes ( Yeah. It's that old and that's why I gave up watching it after a while and decided to skip between seasons). The plot is about 3 boys Rantarou, Kirimaru and Shinbe as we follow their journey to become great ninja, followed by a cast of fun and quirky characters which get more attention in the later seasons. Because we don't even know thier names by season one. I just realized the characters are all still in the first grade. Oof that's a surefire hit. It means they were even older than Ash Ketchum from pokemon. Anyway...

I drew Shinobu and Rantarou together. You know the old switch'a roo, Shinobu is wearing the first year uniform and Rantarou wearing the ryuseitai uniform. Cute... Imagine if you could go back in time and meet your ancestor, technically Nintama is the oldest amongst the all boys school trope so doesn't that make it the first?

Btw Ensemble stars!! basic and music is finally released! I want to play it so bad. But something terrible happened, as I just installed the game the app won't open at all! Was this my imagination? Nope. I installed and uninstalled over and over again but it won't open. Well at least I tried.

This is the first time i posted digital art on tumblr. Hope you enjoy it.

[fraxinus89]

+++ FULL SCHEDULE +++

【March 14, 2018】 1st Mini Album 「Color of Life」

❤ EVENT / GUESTING ❤

【12-23-2017】Hiro Shimono x Cinamoroll Christmas Special Event in Sanrio Poruland 【01-20 ~ 02-18-2018】Dear Birthday ~ Koe de Okuru Purezento~ 【02-10-2018】Hiro Shimono 1st Mini Album Reservation Event (Tokyo) 【02-10-2018】Hiro Shimono 1st Mini Album Reservation Event (Osaka) 【03-03-2018】ANIMAX MUSIC 2018 OSAKA 【04-01-2018】Scared Rider Xechs ~Haru no Submission 2018~

❤ ANIME / MOVIE ❤

【】Yakiniku-ten Sengoku as Hare Motome 【】Ame-iro Cocoa Series: Ame-con!! as Aoi Tokura 【】Nintama Rantarou as Kazuma Santanda

【01-2018】Yowamushi Pedal Glory Line as Issa Kaburagi 【01-05-2018】Ito Junji: Collection as Tooru Oshikiri 【01-10-2018】Sakura no Chikai: Marronni☆Yell - Higashi no Hichou Shimotsuke-shi wo Yell!~ as Shimotsuke no Komaro 【04-2018】Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season as Dabi 【04-07-2018】Servamp Movie: Alice in the Garden as Misono Arisuin 【04-2018】Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru: Dances with the Dragons 【07-2018】Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 as Connie Springer 【2018】Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai as Kentarou Yamashita

❤ DRAMA CD ❤

【01-17-2018】Uta No Prince Sama Shining Masterpiece Show Lost Alice 【02-07-2018】Uta No Prince Sama Shining Masterpiece Show 【04-25-2018】Cupid ni Rakurai 【2018】Chintsubu vol.4

❤ GAMES ❤

【03-15-2018】Shingeki no Kyojin 2 【2017】23/7 Twenty Three Seven 【2018】Variable Barricade 【2018】Majestic☆Majolical

❤ MAGAZINE ❤

【01-05-2018】Seiyu Danshi. 2018 Winter

❤ DVD, CD, & more... ❤

【12-20-2017】Shizuka Kudo Solo Debut 30th Anniversary commemorative Mini Album 『Shizuka Kudo Tribute』 【12-22-2017】DVD: Rodoku: ACCA13 Kansatsu-ka「Piece of Mind」Event 【12-29-2017】DVD: Uta no Prince Sama Maji LOVE LIVE 6th Stage 【01-17-2018】DVD: Yowamushi Pedal Special Event ~Le Tour de Yowapeda~ 【02-28-2018】DVD:Bar Anemate Vol.2 【】DVD: Shimono Hiro no Mezame Shimono Event ~Tsudoishi Yuusha-tachi~.

❤❤❤ OFFICIAL SITES ❤❤❤

Official Blog: http://kimadou.exblog.jp/ Official Music Site: http://shimonohiro.com/ Official Music Twitter: https://twitter.com/shimono_music

[enami17]

Matsuda Gaku - Links to works

A short guide to the things available on the net

Stage Plays

ミュージカル 「忍たま乱太郎 第三弾」 Musical Nintama Rantarou 3 (2012.1; 2012.7)

Available online in low quality: stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6xLobESmao reprise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeJ4WohNU1A extras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o6swRwJKjI

BSP「壬生狼」 Miburo / The Wolves of Mibu (2014.1) as Hijikata Toshizou

(source) baidu, no PW

BSP「幸村」－真田戦記－ YUKIMURA - Sanada Senki / YUKIMURA - Sanada's War History (2015.3,5) as Sanada Yukimura

same as the above: (source) baidu, no PW OST - (source) baidu, PW: feyc

BSP「雪の女王」（BSP版） Yuki no Joou / The Snow Queen (BSP edition) (2015.9-11) as Chris, the prince of Lapland

(source) baidu, PW: swlv

BSP「 真田幸村 」 Sanada Yukimura (2016.3-4) as Sanada Yukimura

(source) baidu, PW: mglz (includes a one-camera tokuten ver.)

ミュージカル 薄桜鬼 Musical Hakuouki (2016-2017) as Hijikata Toshizou

Shinsengumi Kitan (2016.1), HAKU-MYU LIVE 2 (2016.8), Harada Sanosuke hen (2017.4) are shared by @lady-mug (please read and respect her rules when asking). Subs: Shinsengumi Kitan and Live 2 by @janiesj, Harada-hen by @lady-mug Also available online: Shinsengumi Kitan: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av51611499 Harada-hen: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av70410330

BSP「龍の羅針盤」 Ryuu no Rashinban / Dragon Compass (2016.11-12, 2017.2) as Sakamoto Ryouma

(source) baidu, PW: 8n6y (files over 4GB are 1080p)

少年社中 「モマの火星探検記」 Shonen Shachu Moma no Kasei Tankenki (2017.8) as Gershwin

is shared by @peasant-hijikata (@duchesspeggy) in this masterpost. Also available online: Nico Live (2017.07.22), cast talk: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av13162931 Play with Chn sub: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av26511406

BSP 「『新選組』 暁ノ章 / 宵ノ章」 Shinsengumi: Akatsuki no Shou, Yoi no Shou / Shinsengumi: Dawn chapter, Evening chapter (2017.12-2018.1) as Yoshida Toshimaro

(source) baidu, PW: DHx0 Also available online: Both plays: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av35124452

「2.5次元ダンスライブ『ツキウタ。』ステージ」 2.5-D Dance Live Tsukiuta. Stage as Yayoi Haru

Tsukista 6th. Kurenai Enishi (2018.10-11), Lunatic Live 2018 ver. Blue & Red (2018.12.26-27) are shared by @emeraldchen on wordpress (you have to solve the password puzzle to access the links; if you have difficulties, try messaging this community). Subs: Kurenai Enishi and Tsukino Empire by @ryota-kunstranslations P.S. In case you have some money to spare and can handle big files, consider joining a BD split for recent releases.

Available online: Tsukista TV Season 2 (2018), Six Gravity cast: ep.1: http://www.miomio.tv/watch/cc408560/ ep.2: http://www.miomio.tv/watch/cc409659/ ep.3: http://www.miomio.tv/watch/cc410756/

TV & Movies

仮面ライダー鎧武 Kamen Rider Gaim as Zack / Kamen Rider Knuckle

There is never a shortage of Kamen Rider Gaim around the net, but I'd like to make sure no one misses Knuckle Gaiden with Extras. As for special events, you can find them at the best tokusatsu source motomimost88.blogspot or elsewhere (inside batches or separately).

京都新選組夢想 Kyouto Shinsengumi Musou (2019-2020)

ep.1 (Spring): https://www.bilibili.com/video/av68701238 ep.2 (Summer): https://www.bilibili.com/video/av67035102 ep.3 (Autumn, 1st half only): https://www.bilibili.com/video/av73560259 ~TBC~

Cameos: Tenshi no iru Toshokan (movie, 2017): Chinese hardsub (source) baidu, PW: i57q Rekishi Hiwa Historia "Ai to kanashimi no Oooku monogatari" (TV, 2016): dailymotion, 720p

Random

Matsuda Gaku Line Live 2019

Line Live 1-3 (February 13, March 21, April 19): https://www.bilibili.com/video/av73094584 松田の岳屋 / Matsuda no Gakuya: vol.1 (May 30): https://www.bilibili.com/video/av73095081 vol.2 (June 20): https://www.bilibili.com/video/av73095459 vol.3 (July 30): https://www.bilibili.com/video/av62039871 vol.4 (August 29): https://www.bilibili.com/video/av73095744 vol.5 (September 30): https://www.bilibili.com/video/av69657846 https://www.bilibili.com/video/av69541020 vol.6 (October 25) [w/o last 10 min.]: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av73412656 vol.7 (November 20) https://www.bilibili.com/video/av76432753 ~TBC~

「松田岳のラジオiNEWS」 (2019.05.28) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrtTlcLZHWw

Crest Scissors LINE LIVE (2018.04.20) and 360Channel streams shared by @bluecatkate

[leenaevilin-stage-market]

[Music] ミュージカル『忍たま乱太郎』第10弾 再演 これぞ忍者の大運動会だ！(musical nintama rantarou dai 10 dan saien ~korezo ninja no daiundoukai da!~)

the CD will be released on April 24th, 2020☆ ☆ ☆

☆ CD         ♪ Amazon ☆ CD         ♪ CD Japan ☆ CD         ♪ animate international

[mizzmilkyway]

2.5 Butai/Musical Asks!

allyyyyy0619: 

End of the year 2.5D Butai/Musical Asks!

It’s almost the end of 2017 (times flies so quickly omg xD) and I thought it would be fun for everyone to share their opinions on the butais/musicals that they’ve watched from January till December! As always, each of us have our own opinions so please bear this in mind. Without further a do, let’s hope right into the questions! Have fun answering them and feel free to share them with other people. You may answer them on your other social medias as well if you wish. Also those that are not tagged by me may do it too! It is open to everyone! ^^

seems fun ~ I’d love to try these questions hehe (^w^)/

1. Firstly, how did you manage to find out about 2.5D butai/musical? Which butai/musical was your first and your impression of it?

I accidentally found about Noragami being adapted to stage play and discovers Suzuki Hiroki acted as Yato (he was my childhood actor crush lmao), thus from there I found out he acted as a character from Touken Ranbu (I had no interest of this at first) but magically I fell in love with it and it brings me to the whole 2.5D fandom lol

However my first my first musical that I watched was Shugo Chara (whereby after few years I realised that there’s Koseki Yuta and KENN there) and Kuromyu Most Beautiful Death (I fall in love with Yuya’s voice)

I had to say that the musical adaptions are AMAZING and I already loved it even before I become part of the 2.5 fandom ^^

2. Who was your first favourite 2.5D actor/actress? Why?

actor: Suzuki Hiroki - I saw him in Fuuma no Kojiro drama and stage play back then and I had to confess that I loved him as Reira, Then I saw him on Koko wa Greenwood where he acted as a trap lmao (at this point I started to lost track on his news forgot him, then after the noragami butai news i came back to him and become part of 2,5 fandom)

actress: Maeda Yuuka (former S/Mileage) - I loved her as Amu in Shugo Chara Musical, and she was the first stage actress that I love

3. Top 3 (or more) favourite butai of the year?

- Touken Ranbu Stage Play

- Trickster ON STAGE

- Joker Game

4. Top 3 (or more) least favourite butai of the year?

- Naruto (no hate, but even tough there’s ryuji i still can’t make myself loved this stage because i really had no interest to Naruto series..(

- Haikyuu (same issue, i literally had 0% interest to sport genre..)

However, I don’t hate the actors or staffs or productions of this butai, instead I give my support and cheers to all of them!

5. Top 3 (or more) favourite musical of the year?

- Touken Ranbu Musical

- Live Musical SB69

- Death Note (Korean version) - I’m not sure if this is counted as 2.5 but it is adapted from the anime and manga

6. Top 3 (or more) least favourite musical of the year?

- None

7. Top 3 (or more) favourite actors/actress of the year?

Actors:

- Naya Takeru (our rookie boy is gaining much success in 2017!)

- Torigoe Yuki 

- Aramaki Yoshihiko

Actress:

- Isobe Karin 

- Tanoue Marina

- Marimura Kaoru

8. Top 3 (or more) rookie actors/rising actors whom you’ve high hopes for in the future?

- Yokota Ryugi (his acting as monoyoshi definitely bring luck to himself!)

- SPI (his powerful voice matches broadway musical level!)

- Terada Takuya (his japanese language might be bad (lmao), but his acting skills and singing are 100%!)

- Marume Kiyohito (started as ensemble, now rising as great rookie!)

9. Top 3 (or more) favourite butai/musical related drama/movie of the year?

*for this question you have 2 options.*

can I choose both option? lmao

Option 1: The drama/movie is similar and have the same/different actors from the stage adaptation. (Example: Yowamushi Pedal)

- Ninja Kids (this is 2013 but I just watched it this year lol) : Suzuki Shogo. Matsuda Gaku (funny because he was also shioe monjiro in both adaption)

Option 2: The drama/movie currently does not have a stage adaptation for the time being but has at least one 2.5D actor/actress in it. If you chose this option, please state the name of the actor that made you watch the drama/movie (Example: Five, Sato Ryuji)

- Sayonara Enari kun, guest actors: Hosogai Kei, Torigoe Yuki, Mizuta Kouki 

- Kyuranger, Yamazaki Taiki

- Five, guesting actors: Sakurai Keito, Momose Saku (Gomen Ryuji!)

 10. Top 3 (or more) actors/actress that you think have the best singing voice?

Actors:

- SPI (hands down, he’s natural born musical actor)

- Matsushita Yuya (as expected of J-Pop singer and boygroup member)

- Hong Kwang Ho (Kira’s korean actor, I had no comment to his voice, just go listen to his recording of Kira’s song ‘Death Note’ an you’ll stunned by it!)

I had to restrict the list to 3 only cuz if not, it’ll make me list up till 100 actors

Actress:

- Isobe Karin (her singing in Hakumyu overshadows all the male cast voices!)

- All Seramyu Actresses! (all of them are great singers!)

- Kanda Sayaka (i fell in love with her singing voice at Frozen movie)

11. A (or more) butai/musical that you didn’t initially love, but has/have grown on you?

Nintama Rantarou Musical - I just stumbled this musical on livejournal and clicked it out of curiousity but Idk why I suddenly fall in love with the 6th graders (thanks to the stage actors!) and it has brought me to the anime and movie as well. Now I am a nintama fan too oh my god. Now im looking for the other musicals all over internet. (help me? *cries*)

12. Top 3 (or more) anime/manga/game that you would love to see being adapted into a butai/musical in the future?

- Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne (everyone loved this vintage mahou shoujo anime)

- Weiss Kreuz (reviving vintage anime to butai/musical was a trend lately, why not adapting this early bishounen spy+crime+idol genre? it’ll get popular for sure!)

- Durarara (wondering why’d this is yet to be adapted)

- Ouran High School Host Club (I hope everyone didn’t forget this iconic series)

- The Wallflower (there was a drama back then, but if this gets a butai remake with recent 2.5 actors, it’s going to be fun!)

- One Punch Man (this is going to be fun too! *let’s see who's the actor that will sacrifice his hair to act as Saitama*)

- Viewfinder (forget the extremely mature content, viewfinder got a good storyline for an action and crime genre butai)

special mention: 

- Goblin/Dokkaebi (seriously this iconic kdrama should be adapted to butai or musical already, it’s been a while since there was butai based on kdrama or kmovie)

13. Top 3 (or more) favourite fandom on the year?

- Touken Ranbu

- Oushitsu Kyoushi Haine

14. How long have you been in the 2.5D fandom?

2 or 3 years if i’m not mistaken

15. Lastly, what is your overall opinion of the 2.5D fandom so far?

it’s such an amazing fandom. i can’t believe there are a lot of people in the fandom who willing to share their butai/musicals to those who couldn’t purchase the dvd/streams.. THEY ARE ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS. I will repay their kindness one day in the future..but right now I could only afford some cd singles to support the production.. 

i’m still yet to make friends within the fandom (cries), im quite shy to interact and i have another bigger fandom (SONE) too, i’m worried i will got judged badly because of my lackness in 2.5 Fandom.. BUT I HAD TO SAY THIS FANDOM IS SUCH A BLESSING, GREAT AND AMAZING

Lastly, reminder to those who are interested to be in the fandom:

Believe me because this happen to me lol

[putschki1969]

Kalafina Club 2017/07/11

Note: There’s a new episode for Kalafina’s regular radio show “Kalafina Club”. So here you go! This won’t be a super detailed translation or anything. I guess you could consider it a sort of summary but hey, you know me, my summaries usually tend to be quite detailed XD As always be aware that my listening comprehension sucks so take everything you see here with a pinch of salt.

Let’s get right to it 〈(•ˇ‿ˇ•)-→

Day duty: Keiko

Song: JEALOUSYを眠らせて by Kyosuke Himuro [1990]

抱き合う指に　眠れないジェラシー おまえのすべてを　奪うものがあれば　許せない Baby I'm in blue　いつだってジェラシー 離しはしないさ　Just fall in love この世界が終わっても……

The girls are talking about how cool the song is and how they really like the title. They talk a bit about the feeling of jealousy and how it can be really strong to the point where you lose control. Keiko is joking that tonight none of them will be able to sleep (referencing the lyrics where someone is so jealous that they can’t sleep anymore)

Drumrolls, the Japanese fans were right! They played the FULL version of 「Hyakka Ryouran」 tonight!!! BANZAI!!! (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Hyakka Ryouran

The instrumental intro seems to be a bit longer but it’s hard to hear since Keiko is talking over it. We get a pretty epic Kajiurago bridge after the TV-version part. Is that Eri Ito, Remi or maybe Hanae Tomaru? Pretty sure it’s not Yuriko Kaida. Hikaru cuts into the bridge being her badass self. Soon she is joined by Keiko. All the while you can still hear bits and pieces of the bridge and then Wakana joins too blending the bridge and verse together. YAY, we get another glorious stanza lead by Keiko, this one ends a little differently than the first one. Keiko ends it with a long note and then we get an instrumental part which I don’t particularly love. Lastly we are back to the original arrangment with a stanza led first by Hikaru (more badass than in the TV-version) and then by Wakana + a slightly changed chorus. The end is as abrupt as it sounds in the TV-version which is a real bummer. I wanted more of that tradirional Japanese vibe. Send me a message if you’d like to listen to it (low-quality rip)

Keiko says that the song makes her feel very strong and it makes you get into battle mode XD

Mail corner:  The fan is talking about the war between Kinoko and Takenoko and wonders if the girls know about it.

A short explanation: This is about the battle between Kinoko No Yama and Takenoko No Sato (Japanese snacks by the brand Meiji). That’s why Keiko is reading the mail really passionately, I mean, it’s about candy, of course she would be totally into that. Anyways, Kinoko No Yama are the ones that look like little mushrooms with cookie stem and the top covered in chocolate. Takenoko No Sato are modelled after the top of bamboo shoots. Basically those two are the same, they are the same cookies with the same chocolate coating but for some reason there are two factions who believe that their chosen snack is the superior one. Wakana likes both. Hikaru is part of the Takenoko faction XD Keiko is usually part of that faction too but once in a while she will buy Kinoko too. Wakana asks why they prefer it. Keiko explains it’s because there’s much mire chocholate when it comes to Takenoko since the whole thingy is coated in chocolate. With Kinoko she tends to only eat the chocolate part XD She does the same with Pocky. XD For Hikaru the reasoning is slightly different. She isn’t the biggest fan of too much chocolate so she likes the fact that there is a bigger chunk of cookie with Takenoko. She also likes that the chocolate is slightly bitter. The girls also mention different tastes like strawberry and matcha. They continue mentioning other snacks, Wakana is very much in love with Pai no Mi. Hikaru mentions Koala no Machi and all three girls agree that those are super yummy!! (funnily enough, Keiko talked about the Koalas in today’s blogpost). They get a little side-tracked fangirling over the koalas and then they remember that the mail was originally about the Takenoko/Kinoko war. Keiko is pretty sad about this war, can’t we just love both?? Wakana interrupts with a question, “Aren’t they releasing a carrot version too?” LOL...Keiko suggests to release a fusion of the two competing products in order to stop the war. “Just stick a Takenoko to the Kinoko mushroom stem. This way you’ll get a small dumbbell!” Wakana is intrigued XD With all this talk about chocolate, Keiko advices the listeners to watch their nightly chocolate intake XD

Natsu no Asa

Kalafina Memorial: Favourite anime from your childhood days? Keiko is all like, “ohhh, the two of you are gonna have so much fun with this topic! Please go on and tell us!!” Wakana loved Sailor Moon of course, I mean who didn’t? Then she starts to sing various songs in her cutesy voice (e.g. the OP of Soar High! Isami,  ハートを磨くっきゃない). Keiko is impressed she knows all the lyrics.

Naturally Wakana can’t talk about anime without mentioning Ghibli. The first anime she watched was Totoro. But there were so many other amazing animes during her childhood. She considers it the “golden era” of anime. She loves sll the World Masterpiece Theater animes, for example Romeo’s Blue Skies [OMG, that was one of my favourites!!! The music is just so gorgeous!!! Really, all the World Masterpiece Theater animes are great! I have very fond memories of watching those]. LOL at Keiko being totally clueless. Wakana is sorry for talking so much [no surprise there XD] and then it’s Hikaru’s turn. Her first anime was also Totoro. She watched her video so often that the tape wore out. Of course she also loved Sailor Moon and Nintama Rantarou (Wakana apparently loved it too according to her enthusiastic scream). Once again, Wakana breaks into song! As she has mentioned many times before, Hikaru also loved Magic Knight Rayearth and Conan (up to this day, she still watches the movies). Hikaru has also watched lots of anime from the next generation like Hamtaro and Doremi. She watched all those shows together with her younger sister. Both of them enjoy stories about young girls growing up.

All three girls agree that the transformation scenes in magical girl animes are the best thing ever!! Keiko in particular really loves them.

Hoshi no Utai

Random info as always. No news on the 「Hyakka Ryouran」 launch event. Also no mention of Hikaru’s birthday. >_<

[rz-jocelyn]

[TRIVIA] Milestone Dates for Sato Ryuji

Happy 27th birthday, Ryuji! ♥ As a little dedication post, I thought it'd be nice to look back on some of his publicly known milestone dates xD

MILESTONE DATES

17 January 1995: Sato Ryuji is born.

16 October 2011: His official debut in the entertainment industry as Satake Teruhiko / Hound Zodiarts in "Kamen Rider Fourze".

09 January 2013: His official debut in his stage career as Tamura Mikiemon in the 4th Musical "Nintama Rantarou".

24 April 2013: His first leading role in a non-2.5D stageplay/musical as Kyousuke Yamato in "Present◆5".

21 March 2015: Ryuji is cast as Uchiha Sasuke in the "Live Spectacle NARUTO". As of 2022, he has been playing the character for 8 years (6 years, if the skipped years of 2018 and 2020 are not included). 

30 October 2015: Ryuji is cast as Kashuu Kiyomitsu in the "Musical Touken Ranbu". As of 2022, he has been playing the character for 8 years.

14 January 2017: His official debut in a movie and also his first leading role in a movie as Shinji in "Please Please Please". It would also be the first time that he write the lyrics for a song, which is the theme song for the movie.

09 February 2017: Introduction of Punio, his first cat.

30 June 2017: His official debut in a TV drama and also his first leading role in a TV drama as Shimizu Toshi in "FIVE".

05 October 2017: Ryuji's first solo live tour as Kashuu Kiyomitsu from the "Musical Touken Ranbu".

02 December 2017: Introduction of Mochio, his second cat.

01 January 2018: Official debut of The Brow Beat (Ryuji's band).

31 December 2018: Ryuji performing on Kouhaku Utagassen for the first time as Kashuu Kiyomitsu from the "Musical Touken Ranbu". He was also the spokesperson for the team at the performer announcement press conference.

26 March 2021: Ryuji’s first leading role in a 2.5D stageplay/musical as Moguro Fukuzou in "Warau Salesman THE STAGE".

07 July 2021: Major debut of The Brow Beat. "HAREVUTAI" from their major debut single is also the theme song for "Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS".

08 August 2021: His official debut in a HoriPro stage production as Dean Paxton in the "Musical JAMIE".

27 September 2021: Introduction of Miruta, his third cat.

03 November 2021: Major debut of ZIPANG OPERA (a performance unit with Ryuji as a member).

09 January 2022: His official debut as a voice actor playing Lucio Cortes in "Rusted Armors -Reimei-". He also sings the opening theme for the anime.