"Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Musical - Kaguya Hime's Beloved -" is the 38th Sailor Moon Musical overall. and adapts the manga short story: Kaguya Hime no Koibito.
Information[]
It was originally announced on the Sailor Moon Official website as a new Sailor Moon musical for 2019. In an announcement made on May 29th, 2019, the musical was pushed back to Summer 2020 and officially stated that it would be based on "The Lover of Princess Kaguya" story. However, the musical was once again postponed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It premiered in September 2021.[1][2]
Summary[]
Luna leaves a birthday party early to go pick up Artemis but instead is almost hit by a car and saved by Kakeru Ohzora. He discovered a comet heading toward the Earth and named it Princess Snow Kaguya as its ruler targets him and Earth. Luna begins to fall in love with Kakeru as the Senshi and his childhood friend Himeko Nayotake try to learn about and stop the comet.
Staff[]
Staff who worked on the play are listed below.[2]
- Original Story: Naoko Takeuchi (published by Kodansha)
- Writer and Director: Kaori Miura
- Music Composer and Lyricist: Go Sakabe
- Choreography: Satomi Toma
- Artwork: Hiroko Matsuo
- Lighting: Kenji Suzuki
- Acoustics: Hiroshi Endo
- Filming: Hiroki Arakawa
- Costumes: Makino iwao Junko
- Hair and Makeup: Yoshiko Matsushita
- Special Modeling: Yoji Hayashiya, Takeshi Tsuchiya
- Fight Scene Choreographer: Hidekazu Ichinose
- Vocal Coach: Yuko Ichikawa
- Rehearsal Piano: Kazune Tanaka
- Directing Assistant: Mai Hirado
- Stage Director: Shigenori Kurashina
- Promotional Artwork: Mariko Hao
- Promotional Photography: Jun Maruoka
Cast[]
The musical had an all female cast with the following actresses.[1][2] Luna is played by two actresses at the same time unlike Chibiusa's who alternate days. Yune Sakurai plays her cat form for the majority of the play. At the same time, Marisa plays her shadow. That is, she wears a black Luna costume which covers her face and takes the stage many times during the play. Near the end of the play, Marisa plays Luna's human form.
Sailor Guardians[]
- Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon: Riko Tanaka
- Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury: Kanon Maekawa
- Rei Hino / Sailor Mars: Rei Kobayashi
- Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter: Kisara Matsumura
- Minako Aino / Sailor Venus: Marin Makino
- Chibiusa Tsukino / Sailor Chibi Moon: Yurika Kobayashi / Erena Kamata
- Haruka Tenou / Sailor Uranus: Shinju Terada
- Michiru Kaiou / Sailor Neptune: Ayana Kinoshita
- Setsuna Meiou / Sailor Pluto: Minami Chisato
- Hotaru Tomoe / Sailor Saturn: Yuka Ide
Others[]
- Luna: Yune Sakurai (cat form) / MARISA (Human Form, and Luna's Shadow)
- Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask: Riku Sorahane
- Kakeru Ozora: Natsume Oki
- Himeko Nayotake: Nanami Tamai
- Princess Snow Kaguya: Sayaka Okamura
- Snow Dancers:
- Moeko Koizumi
- Ayumi Ozaka
- Ayano Nagasawa
- Yuri Hirano
- Sakura Morimoto
- Eri Yanagida
Songs[]
TBD
Performance Schedule[]
| Times | 9/3 | 9/4 | 9/5 | 9/6 | 9/7 | 9/8 | 9/9 | 9/10 | 9/11 | 9/12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | ☽ | ★ | ☽ | ★ | ||||||
| 1:00 | ★ | ☽ | ☽ | |||||||
| 5:00 | ☽ | ★ | ★ | |||||||
| 6:00 | ☽ | ★ | ★ | ☽ | ☽ | ★ |
Legend:
☽: This performance features Erena Kamata as Chibiusa/Sailor Chibi Moon.
★: This performance features Yurika Kobayashi as Chibiusa/Sailor Chibi Moon.
Videos[]
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Trivia[]
- This is the first musical to follow a short story from the Sailor Moon Manga.
- At the start of the play they are celebrating Minako, Makoto, and Setsuna's birthdays. Minako and Makoto's 90's anime voice actresses share a birthday of August 8th which is why the manga had them celebrating a joint birthday party. In universe, Setsuna's birthday is in between Minako's and Makoto's which is why the musical includes her.
- Sailor Saturn is in this musical while she isn't in the manga short story or S Movie.
- Artemis continues his long streak of being left out of all of the musicals after the first two; however, he is mentioned several times and a CGI version of him appears at the very end of the play. Luna had the same streak but appeared in this and the previous, Nogizaka46, musical.