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Artwork by Tetsurou Kasahara commissioned for the cover of the "Patlabor Early Days" digipak set as part of the "Patlabor DVD Memorial Box", Bandai Visual, May 2007

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B2 sized promotional poster for the VHS and Beta releases of the first volume of the original anime video series "Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh", AE Planning Co., Ltd, September 1987

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Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran Studio Madhouse 2000

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Sailor Moon and Lost Media Part 2

I talked already about the topic of lost media three days ago, but other things have come to mind. I don't know if it's actually lost media, but I think it is.

But a quick explanation: in some Bandai musicals, there were two Chibiusas. Due to legal restrictions regarding working with children, two girls shared the role. One played Chibiusa in the first act, and the other in the second act.

This is partly true in two of Nelke Planning's new musicals. However, the actresses alternated not by act, but by day. One day, one played Chibiusa, and the next, the other.

There are the musicals Petite Éstrangère (2014), Un Nouveau Voyage (2015) and Kaguya-hime no Koibito (2021) with two Chibiusa actresses but only one recording.

With the musical Le Mouvement Final (2017), we have the same problem, but Chibi Chibi is affected. It's the first and only musical in the fifth story arc where there are two Chibi Chibi actresses. Hinari Yamaguchi and Chise Niitsu share the role of Chibi Chibi. Hikari Yamaguchi is seen in the recording, but Chise only appears in the curtain call. Chise Niitsu, however, appeared again five years later as Chibiusa.

For example, there's a recording of Petite Éstrangère with Kokoro Kuge as Chibiusa, but none with Airi Kanda (only at the curtain call). In Un Nouveau Voyage, it's the other way around: there's a recording with Airi, but not Kokoro. Especially since Airi played the role of Chibiusa alone until 2017. (Although I believe Kokoro Kuge is the better Chibiusa, but that's just my opinion.)

With Kaguya-hime no Koibito, it's a bit more complicated. Here, too, there are two Chibiusa actresses: Yurika Kobayashi, who can be seen in the recording, and Erena Kamata. There's actually a recording of Erena, but somehow none either. Along with the 2019 Nogizaka version, Kaguya-hime no Koibito was available for a short time via a paid international livestream, and in this version, Erena Kamata can be seen. But that version can no longer be seen and has not been released.

I mean, yes, there are recordings of the musicals and many people say that's not so bad. But I would have liked to have seen who the other actress was in the musical, and what she heard about the song, and so on.

But let's get to something that's actually lost from Sailor Moon: a song. The only Sera Myu song of which there's no recording.

In my first post, I also mentioned that there is a revised version of the first musical. In the revised version, there is also a song that is also lost. In the original, the two inner senshi go into a swimwear store and sing a song about summer vacation, like going to the beach (her teacher sing with them together). The musical was performed in the summer, and the revised version in the winter. That's why the song was adapted to the season and is called Fuyu wa Nantatte. Appropriately, the song is about winter activities like Skiing, ice skating, Christmas and New Year. probably girls went shopping for winter clothes instead of swimwear (just a guess based on the context). An audio version of the song exists not only thanks to the program booklet that was made for the musical, but at least the lyrics still exist today.

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Ghost in the Shell [GHOST IN THE SHELL/攻殻機動隊, Gōsuto in za Sheru/Kōkaku Kidōtai] (1995), dir. Mamoru Oshii

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Getter Robo Daikessen! (TechnoSoft / Bandai Visual - PS1 - 1999)

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Macross VF-X2 (1999) Source - Macross VF-X2, Patlabor - The Game Demo Disc

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Tales of the Abyss Anime on YouTube Now Fully Subtitled

Tales of the Abyss Anime on YouTube Now Fully Subtitled

Fans of Namco’s Tales of Abyss anime can now the entire series subtitled for free on YouTube. The 2008 series, produced by Bandai Visual, Namco, and Sunrise Animation Studios, is 26 episodes long, and all episodes are available, as well as trailers. If you’re new to the series or just need a refresher, here’s how the channel describes Abyss: On the world of Auldrant, where people live based on a…

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