The Princess Kaguya’s Lover musical begins performances in Japan on Friday September 3rd. This musical has been delayed due to the pandemic but is finally being held with audiences at 50% capacity. There’s been a lot of news about the musical recently so I’ll put the most important stuff in this post.
It was announced that the musical will be streamed not only in Japan but internationally as well! This is great news as the musicals have only started to become accessible outside of Japan recently. The Japanese streams will start along with the first showings as early as September 3rd for a hefty price of 3700 yen, about $34 US. There will be a 20% discount for those who attend the show. In contrast the Nogizaka46 x Sailor Moon musical which was streaming this past week only cost $15 US to stream! We don’t have details about the international streaming option at this time. It seems unlikely this will be available on September 3rd along with the Japanese stream. We only know that the distribution will be done through Globe Coding. Note that this is the same service which was used for the Nogizaka46 x Sailor Moon 2019 musical stream. I purchased a ticket for that and watched it and did not have any issues! I’m expecting that since the musical is streaming outside of Japan that it will have subtitles for fans to watch along with.
We’ve also gotten details about the home video release of the musical. It will be released on both DVD and Blu-ray on January 19th 2022. Preorders will start on September 3rd, along with the first showing of the musical. It won’t be cheap! The DVD will sell for 8,500 yen, about $77 UD, while the Blu-ray will cost 9,500 yen, about $87 US. This will include a disc with the musical itself and a second disc with bonus features. This is only the second musical we get on Blu-ray after the Nogizaka46 x Sailor Moon musical. After years of really low quality DVDs for the recent musicals I’m happy that these are finally coming out on Blu-ray, even if the price tag is a bit higher!
Finally we’ve gotten previews of some of the songs from the musical. This includes a very short version on YouTube as well as longer tracks on a number of streaming services. A collection of those links can be found on linkfire. The two tracks are You’re My Universe and this musical’s version of Moonlight Legend, the original theme song for the Sailor Moon anime. Both songs are performed by the actresses playing the Sailor Team in the musical. You can watch the shorter versions of these songs on YouTube below.
The Princess Kaguya’s Lover musical is based on the manga chapter story which was the inspiration for Sailor Moon S: The Movie. The musical will focus heavily on Luna who falls in love with Kakeru and ultimately turns into human Luna. Are any of you expecting to see this one live or do you plan on streaming it or importing the home video release?
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I’m super excited about this one. This is one of the last stories I’d expect an adaptation of. The musicals have always taken liberties with Sailor Moon and made some interesting twists to the stories or making entirety new adventures. I’m really curious what changes are made to accommodate the change from animation to musical.
I expect it’s based on the manga, I said animation because I’m exhausted after a long work week and was thinking of the movie at the same time as the manga. Maybe we’ll get the birhday party, something dropped from the movie. It won’t be dubbed, subtitles at best.
Kaguya’s Lover works well for a stand alone musical, no need to try and cram it into continuity.
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Am I the only one who notices that Sailor Saturn is in this adaption?
Nope! That’s one of those twists I’m excited about. Granted, she’s probably not going to have any major role in the plot but it’s always nice when Saturn is invited to things.
Nope! That’s one of those twists I’m excited about. Granted, she’s probably not going to have any major role in the plot but it’s always nice when Saturn is invited to things.
Where can you stream the musical?
speaking of Princess Kaguya’s Lover musical news
adam make a news post of the videos from this link below
https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/09/03/latest-sailor-moon-musicals-first-final-day-performances-to-be-streamed-globally
Does anyone know if they plan to sell DVD/Blu-ray of this outside of Japan, ideally with English subtitles? Looks like right now it’s just raw Japanese and only able to ship within Japan. I’d love a copy if they plan on selling any outside the country! (´；ω；`)
There haven’t been any musicals released on video to date. I don’t think there’s even licensing for it right now. Viz has the right to the original anime and Crystal but I don’t think anyone has home video rights for the musicals outside of Japan. Perhaps now that it’s streaming there’s a bit more interest but I’m not sure what that would even look like.