Hello everyone, welcome to the latest issue of The Pick-up Dimension.
A musical featuring Naoko Takeuchi's classic teenage manga Sailor Moon, a musical featuring all the characters, was released, with the main characters played by members of Japan's largest girl idol group Nogizaka 46, which will be performed at the Tennosu Galaxy Theater in Japan from June 8 to 24, 2018, and at the TBS Akasaka ACT Theater from September 21 to 30, 2018. Moreover, the official also announced the makeup photo of Nogizaka 46 core member Shiraishi Mai playing Queen Qiannidi.
The musical is centered on the members of Nogizaka 46 and assembles a luxurious musical theater cast, with 5 Sailor Moon, 10 members selected from the nogisaka 46 members to serve, and divided into two groups of team, Team MOON and Team STAR.
Team MOON's cast consists of Mizuki Yamashita as Tsuki Hare, Rikyu Ito as Yami Mizuno, Kazumi Takayama as Reiko Hono, Ai Nojo as Makoto Kino, and Higuchi Hinata as Minako Aino. Among the actors in this group, if you are a fan of Nogizaka 46, you should be able to easily see which member plays which role, and if you want to say it, Takayama Kazumi and Nojo Aiwei are more recognizable, and the so-called two of you can recognize you in any role you make up.
Team STAR's cast consists of Koyuri Inoue as Tsuki Hare, Miri Watanabe as Mizuno Yami, Terada Ryase as Rei Hono, Miha Umezawa as Makoto Kino, and Hana Nakada as Minako Aino. In addition to the main role played by the members of Nogizaka 46, the rest of the debut roles have experienced musical theater actors, Shibu Jun also found the name of Tamaki Serishi in the cast list, people who have seen "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED" and "Mobile Suit Gundam DESTINY" should remember the classic songs that Tamaki Seiji sang for the anime, such as "Reason" and "Realize", in addition to the singer, she is also a musical theater actress.
In addition, In the special image of the musical, Shiraishi Mai will play the mother of the moon hare in the past life of Queen Qiannidi, a dress of ice and jade, the reduction of the costume is very high, a white dress and the fairy-like wings behind it fully reflect the beauty of the Moon Queen, coupled with the beauty and performance ability of Shiraishi Mai herself, she will definitely be able to play the role of Queen Qiannidi very well.
This musical drama starring nomasaka 46 members, "Sailor Moon", is an important part of the special project for the 25th anniversary of "Sailor Moon" launched in 2017, in addition to this musical, "Sailor Moon" has also been adapted into a musical or stage play starring other actors many times, which is indeed a long-lasting classic, and it has been revitalized again and again through other means.