Hi everyone, I'm sure everyone will be excited to learn that there will be a new book solely on Aoike-sensei full of illustrations, special mini-mangas, interviews, Takarazuka etc etc published at the end of October ( Read more... )

So I went to the Aoike-sensei’s exhibition held in Kyoto over the weekend. As expected her drawings were super wonderful seen so up close - they were so intricate and the colours were amazingly different from the ones printed. I managed to combine the trip to get together with fellow Eroicafen and we talked about Eroica non-stop over lunches, teas ( Read more... )

At last! Some photos! So, this'll be my last post on the subject of the musical based on Aoike's "El Halcon" and "Seven Seas, Seven Skies". For the curious, the release date of the DVD is set for February 5th. Unless there's a drastic change in prices, it'll be 10,500 yen for the two-DVD product. ....... Save your pennies? XD Ah, if anyone does ( Read more... )

This Friday was opening night for the stage adaption of Aoike's El Halcon. There aren't any stage pictures up on the news sites yet, and no reviews. There's only this short article from the Takarazuka web site. Aoike-sensei looks so tiny, yet again. :)

Here's a quick and dirty translation of the article:

( The Opening Night for El Halcon / Revue Orchis Has Arrived )

The rest of the main cast for Takarazuka's production of El Halcon was announced today, as well as a few members of the shinjin kouen (or newbie) cast. (Japanese) (unofficial EnglishI'm glad to see some familiar names, like Nicholas and Penelope... And I was surprised to see Captain Black listed among the cast. I really can't wait to see what they' ( Read more... )

The poster is up, and includes the three main characters redrawn by Aoike in her new style ( Read more... )

I think from now on I might just go back and update old entries so I'm not completely spamming the community every few days.

But, small clip posted from the El Halcon press conference, including bits of the theme songs (sound quality is rather poor, though). Red-tie is Aran Kei (Tyrian), dress is Tono Asuka (Gilda), and the last woman, in the grey ( Read more... )

Wow, I stand corrected. I've never seen a special contents page for a show go up this early, but it's up! There's a picture of Yuzuki Reon in costume as Luminous Red in the flash on the main page, among other things. And the lyrics for the main theme songs, which I've never seen Takarazuka post on the internet before. They're really pimping this ( Read more... )

Star Troupe's "El Halcon -The Hawk-" / "Revue Orchids -Stars of Orchids-" Press Conference
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Oh, it seems... it might actually be working! I'm using a proxy to log in to livejournal from China, since the site is oddly blocked from inside the country. But I promised a running report on Takarazuka's production of "El Halcon" as news becomes available, so hopefully this will stay stable long enough for me to post! :D

A press conference was ( Read more... )