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snk777 said:
In my opinion Miyuki was the best Sailor Moon EVER!
P.S. Anza looks like a caveman
P.S. Anza looks like a caveman
listens to "Alien Blood")~o-hime-sama
x usako x said:
snk777 said:
In my opinion Miyuki was the best Sailor Moon EVER!
P.S. Anza looks like a caveman
P.S. Anza looks like a caveman
listens to "Alien Blood")~o-hime-sama
And I think there's a lot more that defines a good actress than what their singing voice is like.
spirithime said:
x usako x said:
snk777 said:
In my opinion Miyuki was the best Sailor Moon EVER!
P.S. Anza looks like a caveman
P.S. Anza looks like a caveman
listens to "Alien Blood")~o-hime-sama
And I think there's a lot more that defines a good actress than what their singing voice is like.
Point blank: I hated Fumina. I I think Miyuu sings better then Miyuki and Marina because it less annoying. Believe me............O.O; Maybe I can be like Simon Cowell but I am judging just their singing voice.
~o-hime-sama
I hated Fumina since I listen to LINK. She sounds like a sweet Sailor Venus, though (but not a Sailor Moon). And also, many (but not all)people don't like Fumina. One fan was really happy she left in a Yahoo group. For once more, I not judging people on only their voices...........Ok, if you want to go that way, who in Sera Myu was the most prettist but have a horrible singing voice? People need to understand each other first............
~o-hime-sama
The World Will Die Out.........>.<;
~o-hime-sama
The World Will Die Out.........>.<;
My thoughts exactly.
Certainly, Fumina was not the end all or be all of Sailor Moons - nor was ANZA, or Miyuki, and neither will Marina be. They all have something different going for them. Miyuki and Marina are not as vocally strong as ANZA or Fumina, but that doesn't mean that Miyuki and Marina are annoying, or that they're any less qualified to play the part.
While it is important to keep an actress' vocal strength in mind, that's not soley how they should be judged. It's a musical, yes, but they've also got to be able to dance and act. If they sing like an angel, but they dance like me - trust me, it's not pretty - I'm less likely to enjoy their performance than, say, someone who's equally good at all things, but doesn't necessarily excel in any. (Besides, both musical talent and good looks tend to be subjective; we're never going to have perfect harmony in this debate.)
Personally, I love all of them, and for different reasons. ANZA has what I've come to call the Ballistic Usagi quality about her. Smart about-face from cheerful schoolgirl to a soldier who's all about business. Her scream at the end of Sorezore no Elegy was absolutely devastating. In the end, I suppose it was her range of emotions that impressed me most.
Fumina didn't have the emotional range ANZA did, but her voice was incredibly high qualit, and she definitely wasn't all that bad in the cheerful!Usagi department. In all honesty, she made a much better Neo Queen Serenity than she did Usagi. (She was a great straightwoman to apron-wearing Endymion in Kaguya K. ...Also, is it just me or is there something intrinsically wrong with Endymion wearing a frilly pink apron?)
Miyuki had her moments of angst (LDJ especially, after what happens to Mamoru), but she was much better suited to a cheerful Usagi. The Dracul arc was a mess, much as I love it, and I honestly spent more time watching Yuuta and Ono-sama than I did Miyuki. That being said, I certainly didn't feel the need to fast forward through any of her songs, and I still love both the original and remixed The Last Change.
Marina has really, really come into her own since Black Lady. There were some stellar vocal moments in Ryuusei; Moon Memories comes to my mind. She's gotten more comfortable in her voice, in her acting. I didn't think she was suited for a Stars Usagi at first, but she played it nicely, and it's suiting that her maturity appears in a show that needed it more than Black Lady or even Mugen.
So maybe Fumina was the "worst" Usagi. But I would definitely not go so far as to say any of them were bad. All of them were great vocalists and dancers, and far above average actresses. There have been actresses who are far less skilled in various Senshi parts, whom I've felt the need to fast forward through when they sing or have a long speaking part, but I've never felt the need to do so with any of the four Usagis.
Yes, I'm sure cavemen were wearing short, sparkly skirts back in their day. And I never once saw her drag her knuckles on the ground, although I have yet to see the glory that is Gaiden. Maybe I just missed it?
Certainly, Fumina was not the end all or be all of Sailor Moons - nor was ANZA, or Miyuki, and neither will Marina be. They all have something different going for them. Miyuki and Marina are not as vocally strong as ANZA or Fumina, but that doesn't mean that Miyuki and Marina are annoying, or that they're any less qualified to play the part.
While it is important to keep an actress' vocal strength in mind, that's not soley how they should be judged. It's a musical, yes, but they've also got to be able to dance and act. If they sing like an angel, but they dance like me - trust me, it's not pretty - I'm less likely to enjoy their performance than, say, someone who's equally good at all things, but doesn't necessarily excel in any. (Besides, both musical talent and good looks tend to be subjective; we're never going to have perfect harmony in this debate.)
Personally, I love all of them, and for different reasons. ANZA has what I've come to call the Ballistic Usagi quality about her. Smart about-face from cheerful schoolgirl to a soldier who's all about business. Her scream at the end of Sorezore no Elegy was absolutely devastating. In the end, I suppose it was her range of emotions that impressed me most.
Fumina didn't have the emotional range ANZA did, but her voice was incredibly high qualit, and she definitely wasn't all that bad in the cheerful!Usagi department. In all honesty, she made a much better Neo Queen Serenity than she did Usagi. (She was a great straightwoman to apron-wearing Endymion in Kaguya K. ...Also, is it just me or is there something intrinsically wrong with Endymion wearing a frilly pink apron?)
Miyuki had her moments of angst (LDJ especially, after what happens to Mamoru), but she was much better suited to a cheerful Usagi. The Dracul arc was a mess, much as I love it, and I honestly spent more time watching Yuuta and Ono-sama than I did Miyuki. That being said, I certainly didn't feel the need to fast forward through any of her songs, and I still love both the original and remixed The Last Change.
Marina has really, really come into her own since Black Lady. There were some stellar vocal moments in Ryuusei; Moon Memories comes to my mind. She's gotten more comfortable in her voice, in her acting. I didn't think she was suited for a Stars Usagi at first, but she played it nicely, and it's suiting that her maturity appears in a show that needed it more than Black Lady or even Mugen.
So maybe Fumina was the "worst" Usagi. But I would definitely not go so far as to say any of them were bad. All of them were great vocalists and dancers, and far above average actresses. There have been actresses who are far less skilled in various Senshi parts, whom I've felt the need to fast forward through when they sing or have a long speaking part, but I've never felt the need to do so with any of the four Usagis.
Yes, I'm sure cavemen were wearing short, sparkly skirts back in their day. And I never once saw her drag her knuckles on the ground, although I have yet to see the glory that is Gaiden. Maybe I just missed it?
Being as the only musical I've seen live in Japan was Mugen, I guess I'm a little biased. While Anza is my favorite, Marina doesn't really irritate me either. And trust me, if I can say that after having her voice squealing in the speakers next to my seat for two hours, there's got to be more annoying things out there. Fumina and Miyuki are my least favorites, mostly because Fumina never seemed very Usagi-like to me in the first place, and Miyuki yells way too much. Which is why, between the four stages, I've watched the second and third stage musicals the least. And I'm really against the whole musical actresses graduating to be porn models basically. It completely ruins their image, or at least completely ruins the musicals they were in for me at least.
QueenNepy said:
A friend told me that the lyricist, the person who wrote "La Soldier" and "Destined Couple" past away. A female, I think. In Kakyuu's Program book, there's a whole page explaining why it's Final Second Stage. It was her passing away combined with the fact that it's a Stars musical. Stars ends the stages and Kakyuu was the end of the Stars arc. But anywho, yes, the musicals will continue. This woman wrote the themes for all the musicals before Starlights.
Ex: Moment Fatal, We'll Be The Last Victory and many others.
This explanation may sound strange, but it's the fundamental reason why it's the "Final Second Stage".
Marina-Moon is a keeper.
Ex: Moment Fatal, We'll Be The Last Victory and many others.
This explanation may sound strange, but it's the fundamental reason why it's the "Final Second Stage".
Marina-Moon is a keeper.
BTW, I saw Ryuusei Densetsu! I enjoy it very much. Yuu sounds like Kenji and is cute. :o But, I miss the Yami wo Utsukushii's and Sailor War Supreme's old dance moves. But at least the Starlights have REAL instruments opposed to those cardboard cuts out in Stars. And, Saturn Does anyone have the summary of the musical? Because it was very intresting to see more Mamoru and and a lots of "-sama" going around (Maybe it based on the manga) Galaxia was very animated (her face was mostly) and I enjoy that.
Favorite song: Pinky Typhoon, Prince of The Earth.
~o-hime-sama
*swoons listening to Prince of the Earth*
snk777 said:
I SAID she looked like a Caveman not that she dress like one! duh! Pay attention next time you read :ohmy: Anyways your avatar rocks! 
I guess I should be thankful that you like my avatar, though.
Firstly, that's assuming Ken Yuen, or other fansubbers, decide to take it up as a project. And secondly, can't we all just be nice for ten seconds? She asked a simple question, and a simple, "There will probably be a fansub coming soon" would have sufficed.
Ken Yuen is usally busy.......I just want a summary of the Musical because their was a lot I couldn't understand (Between those tsuki no PRINCESS, Endiymion-sama, Prince, Princess, "Omoidashite"and a Serenity, I didn't get it for a bit). And in the Yahoo Group of Seramyu, they didn't have a summary of the summer musical.