"Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - Nogizaka46 Version" is a Sailor Moon musical featuring members of the idol group, Nogizaka46. It is the first musical made by Nogizaka46 and the 35th/37th Sailor Moon Musical overall.
Information[]
The show was split into two groups of performers for the main cast (Sailor Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus): Team STAR and Team MOON. The first run of performances was from June 8–24, 2018 at the Tennozu Ginga Theater in Tokyo, Japan. The second set of performances was held from September 21–30, 2018 at the TBS Akasaka ACT Theater in Tokyo, Japan. The final day performances of Team STAR and Team MOON have been broadcasted on TBS Channel 2 in Japan as well as a live stream at various movie theaters in Japan.
The musical returned for a 2019 run from October 10-14th at the Tokyo City Dome Hall in Tokyo. It featured a new cast of Nogizaka46 members playing the Sailor Guardians with several of the previous cast from the 2018 version returning (including Chihiro Ando (who played Kunzite) and Mikako Ishii (who plays Tuxedo Mask)). The show also went international with dates planned for Shanghai, China from November 22–24, 2019.
Summary[]
2018 version[]
The story is based around the first arc of the manga involving the Dark Kingdom.
Usagi, a normal middle school girl, has a strange dream where she sees a man calling for "Serenity". As she wakes up, she realizes that she is late for school. In her hurry, she runs into a cat with a crescent moon bald spot. Later, Usagi is punished for being late by her school teacher where she is comforted by her friends, Naru and Umino. Once she is home from school, the crescent moon bald spotted cat appears again in her room. It turns out the cat can talk, and her name is Luna. Luna gives Usagi a brooch and upon realizing her friends are in trouble, Usagi becomes the Pretty Guardian who fights for Love and for Justice, Sailor Moon!
She is able to save her friends but now she must find the rest of the Sailor Guardians to help against the fight against the Dark Kingdom as they gather energy and search for the mysterious Legendary Silver Crystal. Meanwhile, a man calling himself Tuxedo Mask helps Sailor Moon but seems to have motives of his own. Who is he and what is his relation to the Silver Crystal? Usagi must find that out along with the Silver Crystal all while discovering her destiny and saving the world from a destructive evil from the past!
2019 revised edition[]
The plot follows the 2018 version but with a few staging and cast changes including the Inner Sailor Guardians actresses.
Commercials[]
Short advertisements were uploaded to the Sailor Moon official YouTube channel on June 30, one for Team Moon and one for Team Star. These were in anticipation of the upcoming September shows.
Staff[]
- Original: Naoko Takeuchi (published by Kodansha)
- Production: Worry Kinoshita
- Screenplay: Tamio (Yuriika department store)
- Music: Shunsuke Wada
- Lyrics: Etsuko Niira
- Choreography: MATSUO AOI
- Sword Fighting: Masanori Tomita
- Art: Takahiro Shibata
- Acoustics: Koichi Yamamoto (S.C. Alliance) (2018 version), Hiroshi Endo (akkord) (2019 version)
- Acoustic Effects: Takuhei Aoki (Stage Office)
- Illumination: Yasuyuki Yoshieda
- DOTIMAGE: Kiyoshi Isayama (ISA) (2019 version)
- Lasers: Yusuke Honda (Akaricenter) (2019 version)
- Video: Tomiyoshi Kento
- Video Cooperation: Hiroki Arakawa (2019 version)
- Costume: Shoko Sei
- Hair & Makeup: Reiko Kobayashi
- Props: Yoji Hayashiya (2018 version), Yoji Hayashiya, Kazuhide Shimohata (2019 version)
- Doll Modeling: Chihiro Takahashi (Puppet Theater Company Hitomi)
- Singing Guidance: Hikaru Kasanobo
- Practice Piano: Miou Sugita
- Directing Assistant: Rie Fujiwara (2018 version), Rie Fujiwara, Kyoko Ishida (2019 version)
- Stage Director: Mitsunobu Nagashima (2018 version), Ken’ichiro Kubo (DDR) (2019 version)
- Technical Director: Yoshiyuki Hori (DDR)
- Advertising Art: Shinjiro Eguchi (2018 version)
- Advertisement Photography: Yusuke Miyake (2018 version)
Cast[]
Moon Kingdom[]
- Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon / Princess Serenity: Mizuki Yamashita / Sayuri Inoue / Shiori Kubo
- Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury: Riria Itou / Miria Watanabe / Hazuki Mukai
- Rei Hino / Sailor Mars: Kazumi Takayama / Ranze Terada / Seira Hayakawa
- Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter: Ami Noujo / Minami Umezawa / Junna Itou
- Minako Aino / Sailor Venus: Hina Higuchi / Kana Nakada / Mayu Tamura
- Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask / Prince Endymion: Mikako Ishii
- Queen Serenity: Mai Shiraishi
- Luna (puppet operators): Misato Matsumoto (Team Star and 2019 version) and Hiroko Wakasa (Team Moon)
Dark Kingdom[]
- Queen Beryl: Nami Tamaki
- Kunzite: Chihiro Ando
- Zoisite: Sari Kojima
- Nephrite: Shin
- Jadeite: Rina Takeda
Others[]
- Naru Osaka: Yuka Yamauchi
- Gurio Umino: Marina Tanoue
- Ensemble:
- 2018: Mayuko Kawamoto, Mayu Kaburagi, Kumiko Saito, Ayuka Kurachi, Minami Watanabe, Mami Mitsuoka
- 2019: Mayu Kaburagi, Yoshimi Hidano, Miyuu Ohashi, Moeko Koizumi, Yuki Sakuma, and Ayaka Yamashita
Songs[]
Musical Numbers (2018 version)[]
- Falling Dream
- Good Morning 8:00 News
- Make Up! Suite ~ Moon ~
- Our Dark Kingdom
- Crystal Seminar RAP
- Make Up! Suite ~Mercury~
- Make Up! Suite ~Mars~
- Falling Dream Reprise 1
- Memory of Darkness
- Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory
- Make Up! Suite ~Jupiter~
- Falling Dream Reprise 2
- Make Up! Suite ~Venus~
- Five of Fate, Sailor Destiny
- Darkness
- To The Moon
- Memory - The End of This Love
- Darkness Reprise
- Memory - Memory of Love
- To You of Fate
- Falling Dream Reprise 3
- Good Morning 8:00 News Reprise
Service Numbers (2018 version)[]
- Sailor Guardians Arrival
- Make Up! Suite Medley
- La Soldier
- FIRE (not featured in the broadcast)
- Solar Miracle, Make Up
- To You of Fate Reprise
- Moonlight Legend
Musical Numbers (2019 version)[]
- Falling Dream
- Good Morning 8:00 News
- Make Up! Suite ~ Moon ~
- Our Dark Kingdom
- Crystal Seminar RAP
- Make Up! Suite ~Mercury~
- Make Up! Suite ~Mars~
- Falling Dream Reprise 1
- Memory of Darkness
- Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory
- Make Up! Suite ~Jupiter~
- Falling Dream Reprise 2
- Make Up! Suite ~Venus~
- Five of Fate, Sailor Destiny
- Darkness
- To The Moon
- Memory - The End of This Love
- Darkness Reprise
- Memory - Memory of Love
- To You of Fate
- Falling Dream Reprise 3
- Good Morning 8:00 News Reprise
Service Numbers (2019 version)[]
- Sailor Guardians Arrival
- Make Up! Suite Medley
- La Soldier
- Starshine of Love
- To You of Fate Reprise
- Moonlight Legend
Trivia[]
- This show features the first time Luna has appeared in puppet form in a musical. In the 2019 version, the puppet for Luna was upgraded to have blinking eyes and her eye color changed from red to blue.
- This is the first musical with Naru Osaka and Umino Gurio as characters.
- This show features the return of Mikako Ishii, who previously played Sailor Pluto in Petite Étrangère, Un Nouveau Voyage, Amour Eternal and Le Mouvement Final, as Tuxedo Mask and Chihiro Ando, who previously Tiger's Eye in Amour Eternal, as Kunzite.
- During the June performance, La Soldier and Fire were performed during the encore. In September's performance, Fire was switched with Solar Miracle, Make Up. This is the first time songs from the Bandai produced Musicals have been performed since the musicals produced by Nelke Planning began in 2013. In the 2019 version, Ai no Starshine from the Nelke musicals was performed instead.
- The 2019 version was supposed have three more performances in Tokyo, but they were cancelled due to a typhoon in Japan.
Gallery[]
2018[]
Team Star[]
Team Moon[]
Other[]
2019[]
