Cleverly Disguised as a Responsible Adult

It made my speculation-happy heart very joyful last night to see some new show announcements <3333  The rest of the 2009 schedule (as in which troupe is playing where, *not* which shows and their leads) has been up here for a while now.

The things we still don't know about are:
( Rambling underneath the cut )
Of course Hankyu will probably throw in a bunch of transfers just to throw me off XD

Tonight I watched a DVD copy of the role switch for "Valencia no Atsui Hana."  The last time I saw the role switch (or the show at all) was fall of 2007, so it was interesting to go back and watch it again.

( Thoughts under the cut )

 

 

 

 

Coincidentally enough, the role switch was filmed right after Eriko got sick, but before Chigi had time to take over Eriko's role.  So in this performance, the role of Dan Juan Cardeo was played by...Kacha.  I think I'm a little freaked out by that omen.  (But maybe it means that if I work on Luna tonight, Kiriyan will be announced as the next hoshigumi top? XD)

Anyway, she did fine, but she looked a little young next to the honkouen cast...

Okay, so when it comes to Takarazuka I'm not  a big fan of YouTube.  I feel like too many people use it as an excuse to not buy official merchandise.  However, I will admit that occasionally I browse it for anything interesting.  Today I came across two such things that I wanted to show to my friends list (and hey, neither has an official DVD release :P):

Kiriyan in the Nova Bossa Nova shinko: You can also see Tani in the background.  It's been nearly ten years since they last did Nova Bossa Nova.  Occasionally I daydream about them doing it again for Kiriyan when she becomes top star (knock on wood).  Then again, if Hankyu was going to do it again they might want to give it to another troupe.  Anyway, at least there's the shinjinkouen, and Kiriyan does beautifully in my highly biased opinion.  (Despite er...recent stuff, I'm still a huge Kiriyan fan, believe it or not.  Oh, polyandry...)

Moving onto the other girl in my life, someone posted Kimi ni Tsutaetai Koto ga Aru, Micchan's piano solo from The Second Life.  This comes out pretty well on video, but what you don't see when it's video and not live is the fact that the orchestra is completely at rest during this song while Micchan plays the piano.  I mean, you know that objectively from watching the video, but somehow the atmosphere was different in the theater.  Tacchin also has some amazing acting moments in the latter half of this song.  I really, really wish there were alternate angles (which there aren't since it's a Sky Stage broadcast) because the second half of this song is when both Micchan and Tacchin have their best moments IMO, and unfortunately the camera can only focus on one of them at a time.

(For anyone who is bored, the same user also posted a lot of stuff from tsukigumi's recent MiiMai)

Spring break=sitting in the staff room with no work and no classes for eight hours a day=sketchy translations.  (wao_wao, I hope it's okay that for the title of the article I used what you had come up with in the Mizu version.  Let me know if it's not)

Some reviews of the stuff I've watched recently:
 


Not sure what to watch next.  The remainder of stuff on my list looks a little depressing and that's not really what I'm in the mood for.  I'm probably going to go with either hoshigumi BeruBara 2001 or Orpheus in Spiral.

Sorry ekusudei if I'm stealing your format here -_-;

You can find it here.  The image on the website seems to be a little low-quality for some reason, but I like it.  I'm not in love with the expression on Tani's face, but overall I think it's a good design.  Is there a reason why Hankyu never uses the original posters for their DVD cover art?  A/L had an absolutely beautiful poster.  And as soon as I find wherever I put my screwdriver I can actually assemble the frame that I bought for it.

You can also find a clip here.  Sadly I'm at work so I can't turn the sound on, but just looking at the video makes me happy.  This show was just so much fun for me.  And it comes out on DVD in slightly over a week!  I can't find any mention of special features on the release page, but I'm hoping there'll at least be some rehearsal footage.