Hmm, the title sounds like it might fit the Stars arc more, but we'll see. Guess they're keeping the French theme then why was the first Spanish

I'm excited for Helios and the Amazon Trio. We'll see how it goes I guess. Can't wait for pics.

I am very curious to hear a song from this group. :3 Although I'm mostly excited to see Yuuga perform again. ♥

They re-cast the Mercury apparently it's not Hikari Kuroki (from the messages) but Yume Takeuchi now.

Hikaru Hirayama as Helios
Sayu Ootsuki as Nehelenia
Kanami Sakai as Zirconia
Andou Chihiro as Tiger's Eye
Riona Tatemichi as Tiger's Eye
Yumi as Fish Eye.

Airi Kanda would be the Sailor Chibi Moon apparently?

I found the actress for Helios, Hikaru Hirayama's, twitter account I feel like a stalker, though to be fair, someone I'm already following retweeted some from her and that's how I found her, and apparently she does hip-hop and break dances. Donno if she has experience singing though.

the actress for sailor mercury was being bullied on twitter fans calling her not pure enough to be mercury that is why she stepped down      
http://ainomessage.tumblr.com/post/145961414313/kuroki-hikaris-withdrawal-from-sera-myu

This is ridiculous. Can't people just be glad to be offered musicals instead of acting like spoiled children. Though I'm not sure we can be aware of everything that was done and said. Is it really what happened? How sure is this source?

it was on her twitter page

I'm sorry for her really. That's one sad reason to quit. The first Mercury of the new Myu left too after Reconquista, but I think her was because of medical reasons.

Oh no! That's really upsetting; I'm really sorry to hear that. She worked so hard to get that role and now will never get to play Mercury. I'm extremely disappointed in the people who were bullying her about the role and caused her to quit like this. There have been too many Mercury actresses who have had to step down lately. 

I think Mercury is the most popular senshi among Japanese fans (especially fan boys, from what I hear), so I think the Japanese fandom tends to "scrutinize" the actress for Mercury more so than the other senshi. But it's still all pretty darn ridiculous if you ask me. It's too bad that she was forced to step down because of a bunch of baseless comments online.

You've got to be chibi kidding me! This is, by far, one of the dumbest things to happen that is related to any form of the sailor moon franchise. Those individuals should be ashamed of themselves! This is total moon turds!

Oh, no! That's horrible. I'm pretty sure there is a Sailor Moon Says that covers bullying and belittling people. They need to watch it.

From what I understand, a lot of it was cause she had done some gravure photoshoops (sexy photoshoots) and she's so young but what gets me is that..Anza and Morino both did gravure stuff too so...

Apparently she left on her own decision as usually the japanese tend to go with the "better for the group" rather than the individual and claimed she didn't want to cause everyone any trouble. Poor thing, shes only 15 too.

Did you see the new official image? I would post it but I'm on mobile.

In costume they all kinda look like their previous actresses xD

WHAT THE HECK

JUPITER LOOKS THE SAME XD

That image is fantastic!

I can't even tell the Inner Senshi actresses are different people from the two previous musicals. XD;;

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In costume they all kinda look like their previous actresses xD

Right especially Jupiter and Venus. Mercury looks like the first Mercury from La Reconquista.

That poster is gorgeous!  

And I agree, Jupiter and Venus do look very similar to their previous actresses. Also, I noticed Airi Kanda is back as Chibi Moon, but is she the only Chibi Moon actress for this play?

It seems they are not doubling up on the role this year. She might be old enough now to not need the back up actress.

That is a really awesome poster and it is almost the size and shape of a signature.

Hopefully they'll release images of the other cast members soon; I'm super curious what Helios and the Black Moon Circus characters will look like.

I'm legit excited for this.
I'm actually going to be able to physically watch it in Fukuoka this October. 


So glad Yuuga's back as Tux, and the visuals for the new inners are impressive. 

Really can't wait.

Why, this is quite interesting. They all seem like sweet girls and seem to be putting effort in their performances, though from the promotional pictures and their introductions, the Mars and Jupiter actresses seem to have a devoted vibe to their characters, especially the former. And the new poster is pretty good, though it doesn't really convey the vibe and story of the Dream arc much. Anyways, I am pretty excited about this. 

New photoshoot/commercial

They all look cute! I know they did a live performance at the Usagi Bday event yesterday where they did two songs, one being Moonlight Densetsu. Anyone have a video to that??