{"id":44449,"date":"2019-04-04T10:31:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T14:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=44449"},"modified":"2019-04-04T10:31:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T14:31:56","slug":"justins-japan-pretty-guardian-sailor-moon-makes-broadway-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/04\/justins-japan-pretty-guardian-sailor-moon-makes-broadway-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin\u2019s Japan: \u2018Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon\u2019 Makes Broadway Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>JQ\u00a0<\/em>magazine<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>editor<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Justin Tedaldi<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(<\/em><\/strong>CIR<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Kobe-shi<\/a>, 2001-02) <\/em><\/strong>for<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Shukan NY Seikatsu<\/a>. <\/em><\/strong>Justin<\/em><\/strong> has<\/em><\/strong> written<\/em><\/strong> about<\/em><\/strong> Japanese<\/em><\/strong> arts<\/em><\/strong> and<\/em><\/strong> entertainment<\/em><\/strong> for<\/em><\/strong> JETAA<\/em><\/strong> since<\/em><\/strong> 2005. <\/em><\/strong>For<\/em><\/strong> more<\/em><\/strong> of<\/em><\/strong> his<\/em><\/strong> articles<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

On March 29-30, \u201cPretty Guardian\u00a0Sailor\u00a0Moon the\u00a0Super\u00a0Live\u201d premiered with three sold-out performances at the PlayStation Theater. This dazzling musical adaptation of the megahit anime and manga franchise, which has generated $5 billion in merchandise sales to date, featured a talented all-female cast (including for the male roles) performing in Japanese.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt its core,\u00a0\u2018Pretty Guardian\u00a0Sailor\u00a0Moon\u2019\u00a0is about strong girlfriends banding together to fight for what they believe in\u2026they are the ultimate example of \u2018girl power,\u2019\u201d said show producer Takaharu Uera. This universal theme was reflected in the wide diversity of the audience, who were overjoyed to see their heroines come to life.<\/p>\n

Innovatively directed and choreographed by\u00a0TAKAHIRO\u00a0(Madonna\u2019s Sticky & Sweet Tour) with book by\u00a0Akiko Kodama\u00a0(Takarazuka Revue Company) and music by\u00a0HYADAIN\u00a0(pop groups Momoiro Clover Z and AKB48), these performances also marked the first time a 2.5D musical, a genre based on popular contemporary Japanese properties like manga,\u00a0anime and video games, was performed on a New York stage.<\/p>\n

First published by creator Naoko Takeuchi in 1991, the manga is now localized in more than 14 countries and released as an anime in more than 50 countries around the world, according to Naho Yamada, general manager of Kodansha USA Publishing, which ran a packed pop-up store at the theater displaying the newest volume of the \u201cSailor Moon Eternal Edition\u201d collection and other exclusive goods that had thousands of fans eagerly lining up before and after the shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are happy that fans of all ages have the opportunity to experience \u2018Sailor Moon\u2019 in new ways, and that it continues to be a worldwide phenomenon,\u201d said Yamada.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit http:\/\/sailormoon-official.com\/stage\/superlive\/us<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0JQ\u00a0magazine\u00a0editor\u00a0Justin Tedaldi\u00a0(CIR\u00a0Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for\u00a0Shukan NY Seikatsu. Justin has written about Japanese arts and entertainment for JETAA since 2005. For more of his articles,\u00a0click here. On March 29-30, \u201cPretty Guardian\u00a0Sailor\u00a0Moon the\u00a0Super\u00a0Live\u201d premiered with three sold-out performances at the PlayStation Theater. This dazzling musical adaptation of the megahit anime and manga franchise, which has generated $5 billion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,53,340,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-events","category-justins-japan","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t