#yuichiro yamaguchi

[carpor-a-nocte]

A little Twitter video with Yuichiro Yamaguchi and Yu Shirota talking about entering the vampire world (again), nails, and the tour dates for the May-July 2025 run of the musical 'Tanz der Vampire' in Japan. It will tour four cities during that time.

(I cannot translate all of this, I am not fluent)

Official Japanese website

Thank you @theroseinthedarkness for letting us know about this!

[colleyuriko]

Two very different approaches

Michael Crawford: I will not play Krolock like the Phantom. I cannot. Under any circumstances.

Yuichiro Yamaguchi: Oh, Krolock is similar to the Phantom. I can do that.

[theroseinthedarkness]

Tanz der Vampire is coming back to Japan after almost 10 years

It'll be performed by the double cast, as usual. The role of Graf von Krolock will be played by Yu Shirota (who previously played der Tod in a few productions) and Yuichiro Yamaguchi - the original Japanese Krolock.

The production will run from May to July, 2025. It'll be performed in several cities: Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka and Fukuoka.

[demifiendrsa]

Suicide Squad ISEKAI Official Trailer 3  (with English captions)

Suicide Squad ISEKAI will premiere in 2024. Mori Calliope is performing the ending theme song “Go-Getters”.

Key visual

Cast additions

Taku Yashiro as Rick Flag

Kujira as Amanda Waller

Chika Anzai as Katana

Reina Ueda as Fione

Mamiko Noto as Aldora

Jun Fukushima as Cecil

Previously announced cast members

Anna Nagase as Harley Quinn

Yuichiro Umehara as The Joker

Reigo Yamaguchi as Deadshot

Takehito Koyasu as Peacemaker

Jun Fukuyama as Clayface

Subaru Kimura as King Shark

Staff

Director: Eri Osada

Character Design Draft: Akira Amano

Character Design: Naoto Hosoda

Screenplay: Tappei Nagatsuki, Eiji Umehara

Music: Kenichiro Suehiro

Animation Production: Wit Studio

Synopsis

In the crime-ridden city of Gotham, Amanda Waller, the head of A.R.G.U.S., has assembled a group of notorious criminals for a mission: Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Peacemaker, Clayface, and King Shark. These Super-Villains are sent into an otherworldly realm that’s connected to this world through a gate. It’s a world of swords and magic where orcs rampage and dragons rule the skies—an “ISEKAI”! With lethal explosives planted in their necks, there’s no running or hiding, and failing the mission means a one-way ticket to the afterlife! Can Harley Quinn and her crew conquer this perilous ISEKAI realm?! Brace yourselves for the pulse-pounding saga of the elite task force known as the “Suicide Squad” as they embark on a jaw-dropping adventure!

[glassprism]

Who are some Christines who have really strong acting skills but not great singing skills and vice versa? Same with Phantoms

You are asking me to basically make four different lists, so I hope you don't mind if I just bullet point some names.

Phantoms with better acting than singing skills:

Steve Barton (his singing is great as Raoul but the Phantom is just a little too high for him)

Kevin Gray

Brad Little (in his last run)

Earl Carpenter

Gerard Butler

Ramin Karimloo

Mathias Edenborn

Phantoms with better singing than acting skills:

Yuichiro Yamaguchi

Anthony Warlow (sorry I do not like his acting)

Matthew Cammelle

Christines with better acting than singing skills:

Julie Hanson

Gina Beck

Anna O'Byrne

Samantha Hill

Ali Ewoldt

Christines with better singing than acting skills:

Dale Kristien

Claire Louise Hammacott

Elena Bahtiyarova

Maria Ivleva

I could probably put more but I was trying to think of actors with a very high contrast - like great voices but bad acting or great acting and pretty bad voices, etc.

[doamarierose-honoka]

The Suicide Squad will be making their official anime debut later this year, and Suicide Squad Isekai has shared a cool new poster ahead of its premiere! Suicide Squad as a brand has been growing in notoriety in the last few years especially as the group of DC Comics villains have branched out with their own movie and video game successes. Now they will be taking over the world of anime next as the DC Comics villains will be thrown into a new Isekai anime adventure of their own with one of the wildest missions they have been assigned to date!

Suicide Squad Isekai is one of the many new anime projects showing off big updates with the upcoming AnimeJapan 2024 this weekend, and fans were treated to a big update for the anime showing off more of its expanded roster of characters ahead of their convention takeover. To celebrate its latest updated as it prepares to hit screens some time later this year, Suicide Squad Isekai has dropped a cool new poster for the anime showing off both its DC Comics and original characters we'll see in action. Check it out below:

(Photo: WIT Studio / Warner Bros. Japan)

How to Watch Suicide Squad Isekai Anime

Suicide Squad Isekai will be premiering some time later this year, but has yet to confirm a release date as of the time of this publication. The cast for the series includes the likes of Anna Nagase as Harley Quinn, Yuichiro Umehara as The Joker, Reigo Yamaguchi as Deadshot, Takehito Koyasu as Peacemaker, Jun Fukuyama as Clayface, Subaru Kimura as King Shark, Taku Yashiro as Rick Flag, Kujira as Amanda Waller, Chika Anzai as Katana, Reina Ueda as Fione, Mamiko Noto as Aldora, and Jun Fukushima as Cecil.

Eri Osada will be directing Suicide Squad Isekai for WIT Studio, Tappei Nagatsuki and Eiji Umehara will be writing the scripts, Akira Amano will be providing drafts for each of the characters, Naoto Hosoda will be finalizing the character designs, Kenichiro Suehiro will be composing the music, and Shinya Tsuuoka will be serving as producer for Warner Bros. Japan. The opening theme is titled "Another World" as performed by Tomoyasu Hotei, and the ending theme is titled "Go-Getters" as performed by Mori Calliope.

What do you think of the newest look at the Suicide Squad's anime debut? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animation and other cool stuff @Valdezology on X (formerly known as Twitter)!

[setsunasbabe]

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[ange-de-la-musique]

Top 10 favorite Raouls.

Steve Barton - West End

Jordan Donica - Broadway

Sean MacLaughlin - US Tour

Jeremy Stolle - Broadway

Yuichiro Yamaguchi - Japan

Vinny Coyle - UK Tour

Kyle Gonyea - Hamburg

Zenon Recalde - Madrid

Jim Weitzer - Broadway

Patrick Wilson - 2004 Movie

[junkyard-gifs]

Look at this first-generation Shiki video! And with white Tugger too! Such gentle conjuring turns - but they go on forever.

Yuichiro Yamaguchi as Rum Tum Tugger and Osami Iino as Mistoffelees, Tokyo 1983.

[wild-icarus]

Judas Iscariot, “Heaven On Their minds”-”Judas’ Death” Costume (沢木順/Jun Sawaki) Gekidan Shiki at the Dominion Theatre, London “Japonica Style/ジャポネスク・バージョン ” ver. Jesus Christ Superstar 1991 (1/5) 

Jesus: 山口祐一郎/Yuichiro Yamaguchi

Costume Notes: So I only have one blurry photo from the 1987′s Japonica ver. so I opted to skip that year and go straight to the second time the Japonica ver. was performed which was in London at the Dominion Theatre. Seeing as the reason it went to London was due to the popularity and interest, and the closeness between the first and second production I would assume the costumes are near identical perhaps even recycled from the 87 run. The reason I added a photo of Jesus is to show a better view on the black markings applied to the trouser, though Jesus’ costume markings differs form Judas the method in application should be the same.

Part: 2, 3, 4, 5

[theclockworkraker]

Elisabeth Das Musical - 2012 Japanese production

Was looking through old productions of Elisabeth and remembered this. Definitely Toho’s best cast lineup to date. Mate Kamaras and Ishimaru Kanji (Why does no one ever talk about him? :( ) are absolute powerhouses as Der Tod, actingwise and vocally. Haruno Sumire and Sena Jun are also very strong Elisabeths (The way Sumire says “Hitori demo” always gets me for some reason). I don’t really like how they translated the lyrics from the German, but that’s for another day..

A shame I cant find any video with this particular production. I should try to hunt down more audios...

[amuseoffyre]

[demifiendrsa]

Suicide Squad ISEKAI Teaser Trailer (with English captions)

Suicide Squad ISEKAI will premiere in 2024. Tomoyasu Hotei is performing the opening theme song "Another World."

Key visual

Cast

Anna Nagase as Harley Quinn

Yuichiro Umehara as The Joker

Reigo Yamaguchi as Deadshot

Takehito Koyasu as Peacemaker

Jun Fukuyama as Clayface

Subaru Kimura as King Shark

Staff

Director: Eri Osada

Character Design Draft: Akira Amano

Character Design: Naoto Hosoda

Screenplay: Tappei Nagatsuki, Eiji Umehara

Music: Kenichiro Suehiro

Animation Production: Wit Studio

Synopsis

In the crime-ridden city of Gotham, Amanda Waller, the head of A.R.G.U.S., has assembled a group of notorious criminals for a mission: Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Peacemaker, Clayface, and King Shark. These Super-Villains are sent into an otherworldly realm that's connected to this world through a gate. It's a world of swords and magic where orcs rampage and dragons rule the skies—an “ISEKAI”! With lethal explosives planted in their necks, there's no running or hiding, and failing the mission means a one-way ticket to the afterlife! Can Harley Quinn and her crew conquer this perilous ISEKAI realm?! Brace yourselves for the pulse-pounding saga of the elite task force known as the “Suicide Squad” as they embark on a jaw-dropping adventure!

[glassprism]

This will sound like a weird question, but do you know why there are so many video bootlegs of the Tokyo production in the early 90s, that are surprisingly good quality for the time? There are also a few proshots as well, so I was wondering if the reason was just that the Japanese production was more open to filming the productions and leave traces of them. Same goes with Takarazuka productions and all their proshots of their shows.

I think that there's too little information for us to draw any conclusion about the reasons for the videos' existence.

More specifically: the Japanese trading scene is pretty underground, like way more so than the Broadway and London trading scene, and that's also ignoring the matter of the language barrier. So unlike with London or Broadway, where I can fairly confidently say things like, "Yeah, there was a real lack of London Phantom filmers", I can't say that with the Japanese traders.

And what this means is that I don't know how many videos of Phantom exist, in total, from the 1980s to now, and if I don't know the total, I can't assume that there's a lot of videos from the 90s and a drop in videos after that. It could be that, or it could be that the person who gave many of those videos to me is a big Yuichiro Yamaguchi fan and since Yamaguchi was mainly in Phantom in the 90s, he exclusively picked 90s videos while ignoring anything else filmed later. That could easily skew your data right there. Or heck - maybe there were filmers who were just big fans of Yamaguchi. So that brings the possibility that the production may not have changed their policies or been more open about filming at all; instead, it means that there was just one filmer who loved Yamaguchi so much they were willing to risk getting in trouble to film him, and then stopped once he left the show.

As for the proshots, I think Takarazuka has always been quite good about filming their shows and releasing them, I haven't seen much change there. But for other productions, in my experience, the release of proshots has less to do with productions loosening up and more to do with there just being a certain cast or crew member who has access to the proshot and is willing to release it. Like, as an example, I don't think it's a coincidence that a lovely proshot video of the Mexican production of Les Miserables and a lovely proshot of the Mexican production of Phantom got released (for very limited trades) within months of each other; I think someone worked in both and thought that enough time had passed that they could shoot these videos into the Interwebz without getting in trouble. Same with the monitor video of the original Stockholm production in Sweden. And have you noticed that there's a ton of Rebecca Caine soundboard audios? It's almost like there's a "common factor" in those audios and that "common factor" suddenly decided to give some stuff away! Or have you seen that there's a ton of proshots and soundboards of Kiara Sasso in multiple shows she's been in? Gee whiz, I sure do wonder what the common factor is for that...

Anyway tl;dr: it could be that the Japanese production had looser policies back then, but without more information, I can't comfortably draw that conclusion, there's too many other possible factors.

[manofmanymons]

I don't know what to do with this information now that I have it.