not my usual fandom waters but I did a translation of Hirano and Kagiura's character song, "The Blue Earrings"! It was mostly for myself but kagihira is so cute........... (disclaimers in thread)
Omg...
Sora's actor normally works as a nurse... And writes and sings songs and does street performances sometimes... he's only ever performed like that..
And One day tsukipro called out to him after a performance...
ISNT THAT TOO AMAZING???
SOARA movie 2 got greenlit because after 2020 tsukipro 48hr stream, chiharu commented "aw I wanna do another one" shocking the staff who asked him if he was sure because they all thought he'd be way too busy
they notified the actors that they were doing the movie two weeks later
qrt with an obscure tsukino productions fact, or a fact that new fans don't know. idk go wild with tsukipro fun facts!!
(I'm making a tsukipro one bc why not)
I'll start: SolidS described Umehara Yuuichirou (Murase Dai) as the most solist person in SolidS during summer carnival
.....for all that sora complains about his height (169 cm), both his voice actor tosshi (162 cm) and stage actor ryusei (163 cm) are shorter than him........................
With the release of his new Christmas concept CD single "Party Jacker", Toki Shunichi gave an interview about his background leading into his singing roles and how it all started with Tsukipro and Kou. I've translated the relevant section and tweets below.
Lmaooo chiharu read a comment from someone overseas who apologized if their japanese was bad and chiharu's been flubbing his lines the entire time this section and there was a comment that said "don't worry chiharu can't read japanese either"
mamoru opening his eyes from a daydream/nap filled with inspiration for a song and kou is already setting a cup of tea in front of him, "welcome back, mamoru. where did you go this time?" with the warmest smile
Tried translating ALIVE account's tweets about SOARA's drama CD/how tsukipro groups (alive, SQ) will be classified just now because I found them really interesting...
Gonna start translating the IveRadi script that they seem to be posting after every performance! This was the one after the first performance last night.
mamoru's pose: so warm, so inviting, endless love in his eyes and arms
kou's: The Leader, "follow me", elegantly commanding but gentle
ryou's: secretive mischief, challenging to keep up
ken's: CHEEKY PRINCE WHO CAN'T KEEP HIS HAIR STRAIGHT
To celebrate Tsukipro Proani 2's broadcast finishing, I thought it'd be fun to have a SQAlive Q&A thing~ Feel free to use and answer regardless of number of likes/answer each question per unit (instead of just one overall)
Huge thanks to
@pigeonnebula
for pretty layout 🥺🥺🥺
Happy birthday, Kou-kun <3
In celebration, I translated all the materials related to Neo X Lied 1, Joushoukiryuu.
-Toyonaga and Toki interview
-Neo X Lied vol. 1 drama tracks
-Joushoukiryuu lyrics
Enjoy!!!
waaaah toki said on his radio that one other reason he and zunta decided to sing toki no hazama ni at their collab live was also because tsukipro was the series where they first met each other ;------; emoi
Hello, random drop~ I translated the bonus track of the ALIVE Tsukihana Kagura drama CDs (long overdue). Enjoy!
What Happened After the Moonflower Festival -
sora has repeatedly and enthusiastically expressed his fondness for the many handsome faces of the other tsukipro agency members to the point of losing his breath when he so much looks at them
qrt with an obscure tsukino productions fact, or a fact that new fans don't know. idk go wild with tsukipro fun facts!!
(I'm making a tsukipro one bc why not)
I'll start: SolidS described Umehara Yuuichirou (Murase Dai) as the most solist person in SolidS during summer carnival
MORI IS GETTING A JOB WITH TSUKIPRO?!?!?!
he says he went and asked Shiki a lot about his work.... And while SOARA is still his first priority he'll be experiencing being a member of society at the same time....
Waaaaaah they're growing up ;;;;;;;;
If you guys (agency) want a whole tsukipro agency song so bad you gotta get a new commissioned song, not steal it off sqalive... C'mon... Then you can do all those fun things everyone loves like solo lines, unit refs, names in the lyrics, and big triumphant chorus
toki's newest radio: he said he buys kou a birthday present every year
for kou's bday last (?) year, toki bought a rice cooker
this year he bought a set of kitchen knives that had "kou" in their name and he uses them frequently
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
one of my favorite things to imagine is when ken, ryo, and kou say stuff like "we can't make music" but mamoru hears music from them every day in the way they walk, the sounds they make as they move, the humming he hears from them and just smiles secretly to himself
zanshin in a nutshell:
-people wanted to be able to see "hearts" for a variety of purposes and started doing research into it
-there were people who opposed it but they were shut down
-eventually the technology succeeded using a tech called MES, Mind Embodiment System
Toshiyuki Toyonaga released an album called Charactanswer
An album where each song is an answer song to the characters he voiced
He composed and wrote the songs himself
quick and messy translations of the two new growth song PV, don't rely on it too much lol
hope diamond is likely referring to the famous diamond that's believed to be cursed ()
In honor of this week's proani ep being growth and Jiyuu no Tabiji, I'm throwing out my own translation of Growth's OP
for funnnn
thanks for reading if you do o/
"The lyrics of Growth's 'Rudder Qiana' actually include words created by the composer. They sing 'Rudder Qiana Mana Tiarra'. The cast has called the last chorus 'The Menacing Lalatta Festival' for its terrifyingly long harmonies.(`・ω・´)"
"For Growth's Re:Start series, the pronouns "kimi" and "anata" that appear in the lyrics... If I were to express them in terms of a family tree, "kimi" is for those horizontally connected, while "anata" is for those vertically connected."
quiet dying noises
when corona was in full swing in early-mid 2020, there was a (mostly) seiyuu singing baton pass trend where people would sing something and tag someone they knew. john and toki were tagged and they sang shoukei no materia and yuukyuu no philia respectively
qrt with an obscure tsukino productions fact, or a fact that new fans don't know. idk go wild with tsukipro fun facts!!
(I'm making a tsukipro one bc why not)
I'll start: SolidS described Umehara Yuuichirou (Murase Dai) as the most solist person in SolidS during summer carnival
toki's talk about kou solo on his radio!!
he said even though it's been like 2 years (passed away when he said that) since they've done a song recording, it didn't feel like that at all, as if he just saw johnsan and related parties yesterday when he walked into the studio aww
Legends from 2022 Tsukipro 48HR 2022 (ver ALIVE)
-Koukanyan (fashion show)
-Restaurant (Toki/Yamaya)
-Denbakodenden (electric box electric electric) (SOARA)
-Jinrou game won but at what cost (0 yen for charity)
-tsukipro taking many Firsts (Zunta/Yoshino)
OH WAS NOT EXPECTING TSUKIPRO FEELS FROM TOKI'S RADIO THIS WEEK AGAIN
he was trying to explain how his april fool's thing with zunta and johnsan happened lmao and was trying really hard not to say "tsukipro" but let it slip lolol
it's always really reassuring to hear from the tsukipro seiyuu themselves that they do indeed want to do more lives and drama cds as a lot of them mentioned on the stream 🥺
also the figurative shaking of fists at the producer "hey please find a good schedule for us!!" lol
I like the contrast/complement of SOARA and Growth in that a lot of SOARA's themes and songs are about living in the moment, while Growth sings a lot about eternity
"Ryou: If, IF Kou was ever getting married and we met his partner, I would go "Prepare yourself!!" and pretend to throw a punch, and when they shut their eyes I'll put my hand on their shoulder and say "Take care of Kou", and when they're off guard that's when I'll punch them."
toyonaga toshiyuki has sung one of soara's songs "ai no hana" solo at one of his personal events, and toki shunichi and terashima junta have sung their tsukipro characters' duet "toki no hazama ni" at a personal joint event they held before
Everyone!! What's a pice of lore or fun fact abt tsukino (Uta, pro, stages, anime, seiyuus, Twitter, etc) that u think everyone should know!! 👀
Reply or QRT as many times u want
awww Toki says in his radio the reason he chose yuukyuu no philia in that hashtag was that he wanted to sing a song that not only cheered people up, but conveys to people that there's still hope and while it might look cloudy now (the situation), it will be sunny again
quick compilation of all the side quotes
Sora: Let it be.
Mori: Adventure is worthwhile.
Soushi: Always be honest.
Ren: One for all.
Nozomu: COOOOOL!!
Kouki: The power of imagination makes us infinite.
Kensuke: Believe in yourself!
Ryota: Change the world.
Mamoru: Be a giver.
lmaoooo we're getting dear dreamer backstory from shiki
he says for the order of singing at the beginning with the leaders, he'd wanted to decide fairly with rock paper scissors, but the other three overruled him by majority saying they should go by seniority
He said there are a lot of reasons but mostly that ivesta has become a safe and comforting space for him and he felt that he needs to leave to be able to continue growing as an actor because there are/were stages he couldn't take part in due to ivesta (from a purely scheduling)
got to hear mashuu's reason for leaving ivesta which was nice since usually actors won't say... it was kind of as expected but very understandable ;;
also omfg the rest of soara apparently gifted mashu the same guitar mori uses!?!??! (not the ivesta one but same type) ;;;;;;;
Prostage canceled 😢
Ryusei had a fever last Thurs and everyone stopped practice, Ryusei tested positive, two other staff tested positive with no symptoms, mashu and hibiki are considered close contacts and quarantining
OK THEY ARE NOT ANNOUNCING THE EXTRA PLOT INFO and i am just impatient
but they'll visit other worlds and also wear old outfits/dance live outfits
in SOARA ver we'll get a glimpse into the tsukino empire world
in Growth ver they're going into the world of hope diamond + CARDS
Waaah Sho said that he was told by the original creators that in zanshin everyone in ALIVE has some darkness to them EXCEPT for ken so he gets to act as like source of light to them
one thing that i enjoy about tsukipro is when the official accounts reply in-character to the seiyuu or related people like the artists, it's cute
i don't personally know other media that does that
got to hear mashuu's reason for leaving ivesta which was nice since usually actors won't say... it was kind of as expected but very understandable ;;
also omfg the rest of soara apparently gifted mashu the same guitar mori uses!?!??! (not the ivesta one but same type) ;;;;;;;
Tsukihana kou's hair is.... So pretty...
.....a scenario where in a fight an enemy grabs his long ponytail to restrain him but he uses his sword to cut through his hair without any hesitation mulan-style-
lmao zunta says apart from his personality being similar to mamoru's, he thinks his own household skills are terrible too and can just barely make tea
i've always kind of suspected it from what everyone else said (cough toki and yamaya) but to hear him admit it is lol
Everyone!! What's a pice of lore or fun fact abt tsukino (Uta, pro, stages, anime, seiyuus, Twitter, etc) that u think everyone should know!! 👀
Reply or QRT as many times u want
tokiiiiiiiii
he's listening to a growth playlist to mentally prep for the live and said the songs were so good tears came out of his eyes....
...and that he shouldn't have listened while in the train because he just looks suspicious now lol
AH growth went out to eat and zunta has sunny socks... cute...
yamadai -> zunta: "all the nutrients go to your thighs"
yamadai -> toki: "all the nutrients go to your chest"
yamadai -> yamayan: "all the nutrients go to... ah, sorry."
just spent 20 min doing these diagrams on a whim... venn diagrams of songs that ALIVE has performed live and/or on stage/movie!
pretty sure I didn't miss any buuut
It's pretty last minute but I translated the setting tweets for ivesta ep9
disclaimers: skipped over some old content like old tsukino empire explanations, only included stuff I thought was relevant/new
also idk what term was being commonly used for 適合者 so I put my own