From A Perspective Of A Musical Lovers - Tumblr Posts
Not to mention the lack of orchestration diversity, the lack of creativity in the storyline or the direction and the samey samey soundtrack thank to the small band carrying everything with their backs.
Bandai's Sera Myu feels like an actual musical adaptation for me. IDK if it's hard to understand that what makes a good musical is not being one on one faithful to the source material. What makes it good is the quality of the direction, the art and the music. Bandai Myu was so ambitious to be on par with bigger musicals, and while it didn't work sometimes, the outcome paid off.
Let's give an example of SuperS Kaiteiban, my favorite Myu from my favorite era. The lighting is exquisite, especially in the Dead Moon Kuroi no Yume and the lighting show that is La Moon. You can see how great lighting immerse you into the scenes so easily. The props are very cool, some are cheap but well they literally cut the confetti themselves in Gaiden. The little Zircon and the soul orbs of the Amazones Trio snatched my weave off my head. While the laser Pegasus was silly, I also appreciate them for trying and committing to it.
Moving on to the music and orchestration. Just compare triple dreams to whatever is the equivalent of it. Triple dreams is a very strong number that represents three factions by using their previous leitmotifs in the best way possible. Someone said it before that this is the Sera Myu's one day more. I can see it as the Final Lair as well with the powerful impact it leaves for the audience. The Nelke Myu (maybe except Nogimyu) feels like you're watching the same small band playing every score, be it love song or final battle song. I also want to talk about the vibe of the numbers but that's for another day.
I am sure I have a few things to compliment the poor Nelke Myu but I don't think I have anything at the moment. I like that Nogimyu feels very much like Bandai Myu to some extent. It is honestly my favorite modern Myu with the cool transformation sequence, the ambitious set pieces and the diverse numbers. I wish the newer Myu can take notes from it.
Ps. I don't hate Takarazuka casting. I am probably the minority here but I just need a bit of male tenor or bass to balance the chorus ensemble. I have that problem with Takarazuka's musical adaptations like Y/K Phantom or Elisabeth as well.
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