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Keep your skin purr-fect with a feline face pack featuring characters from...
Once upon a time, face packs were plain. They were white, wet and definitely something you wouldn’t want to be seen wearing. Now, beauty masks are finally becoming beautiful, with newly released...
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Hello Kitty takes to the stage for the Sanrio musical【Photos】
We recently paid a visit to Sanrio Puroland, the Tokyo amusement park dedicated to the characters created by the company that gave the world Hello Kitty. After arriving, our first order of business...
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Gene Kelly inspires short anime from Japan, captures hearts around the world
If you’re feeling under the weather or just wanting to relax after a hard day, there are two things that can certainly pick you up and remind you of the bright side of life again: a Hollywood musical...
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Dattebayo! 12 awesome cast photos from the upcoming Naruto live spectacular
Fans of Naruto, the hit manga series that graced the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine every week, were dealt a heavy blow back in November 2014 when the epic series ended after 15 years. While...
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Hit anime Hana Yori Dango getting stage musical starring…maybe you?!?
You’d be hard-pressed to find a girls’ manga with a broader or more international fanbase than Hana Yori Dango. Also known as Boys Over Flowers, Hana Yori Dango ran as a serialized comic for more than...
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Countries become anime characters, anime characters become real men in...
Anime featuring anthropomorphized battleships or samurai swords seem like no-brainers, given that they have a certain cool factor among young otaku and by their very nature make it easy to develop...
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Rurouni Kenshin comes to picture-perfect life as photos of stage musical’s...
Adapting anime to live-action is an extremely difficult venture. It’s not impossible, though, and one of the few icons of Japanese animation to make the transition smoothly is Himura Kenshin, hero of...
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Nations-as-pretty-boys anime Hetalia’s live-action cast appears in costume...
Next month, Hetalia, the anime and manga franchise featuring anthropomorphized nations and a hefty amount of homoerotic subtext, is getting its very own live-action musical adaptation, and the play’s...
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Takarazuka, Japan’s all-woman theater troupe, is producing a musical about...
Responsible for the Rurouni Kenshin musical and a musical memorial for Shakespeare, Takarazuka will bring an American president to the stage. The Takarazuka Revue Company is easily Japan’s more famous...
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Japan’s all-female Takarazuka Revue to perform in U.S.A. this summer
New York engagement marks rare North American visit by musical acting troupe. The Takarazuka Revue was formed by railroad tycoon Ichizo Kobayashi in 1913 to help draw tourists to hot springs of...
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Classic anime Fushigi Yugi’s musical adaptation cast shown in costume for...
If you’ve got a favorite series from the hit fantasy series, odds are he’s in the huge cast of this new stage version. Following last year’s stage version of hit anime and manga Fushigi Yugi, the...
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Cast of new Bleach rock musical appear as their anime-inspired characters for...
All-new cast steps into the role of Ichigo and his fellow Soul Reapers. After Dragon Ball Z stopped airing in 1996, the vacuum it left was so great that no fewer than three action-adventure anime...
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Sailor Moon musical to be released on DVD next month, footage available...
Weren’t able to make it to a performance of the anime stage show? Not to worry, you can now watch it anytime you want! Following its live run in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka from October to November...
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Preview video of Sailor Moon’s stage musical for Paris shows Sailor Senshi in...
Anime magical girl stage show features choreography from famous idol singer collaborator. There was a 17-year gap between the original Sailor Moon anime and the Sailor Moon Crystal reboot, which ended...
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New 2.5-D Sailor Moon musical to be performed in New York, Washington【Video】
The glittery, galactic battles of Usagi and her friends will be performed live in the United States as a 2.5-D stage production! Sailor Moon is one of Japan’s most successful cultural exports, with...
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Sailor Moon on ice! Skater Evgenia Medvedeva appears in costume for first...
Adaptation of magical girl anime/manga has a VERY international cast. It’s weird that there’s never been an official Sailor Moon ice skating show, isn’t it? A cast of lanky characters, with penchants...
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Our cat-loving reporter decided that this year, for Japan’s Cat Day, she’d...
A makeup studio augmented all her feline facial features until she could pass for Bombalurina! Our reporter Natsuki Gojo loves fashion, makeup and fancy butler cafés… And she also loves cats! February...
View ArticleTakarazuka musical theater fans might be the nicest in the world, according...
They only want to share their love of Takarazuka with everyone else! When you go to an event for something you love, like a sports game, concert, play, or performance, naturally you’ll want to get the...
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Unseen footage of Haruma Miura’s run in Kinky Boots released in special...
“May Haruma Miura’s Lola forever shine in your heart.” When news broke of Japanese actor Haruma Miura’s tragic passing back in July, fans all around the world were devastated. Miura was a beloved...
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Anime music legend Yoko Kanno to compose music for Japan’s Takarazuka...
Creator of soundtracks for Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell franchises working on play set on the Silk Road. Even in a country with such proud theatrical forms as kabuki and noh, nothing can quite...
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