Sera Myu 30 Day Meme
Day Twenty Four- Your dream cast? Name each senshi+Mamoru who you liked the best.
Under a cut because I felt the need to explain some decisions.
Moon: Kanbe Miyuki
Mercury: Morino Ayako is my favorite Ami, but it’d be weird having her without Anza, so alternatively I’d choose Akamine Hisano
Mars: Either Kotani Misako or Kanda Eri (Rei is a hard one to choose for because nearly all of her actresses seemed to get her really well)
Jupiter: I really want to keep the new myu out of this meme, because it feels like an entirely separate thing and I like it so much less when I hold it against the old myu, but Takahshi Yu is easily the best myu Mako. Kuriyama Emi is probably my favorite from the old myus, but I have a soft spot for Wantanbe Mai and Inayohsi Takako even though they don’t visually match my image of Makoto.
Venus: Murata Ayumi
Pluto: Hosako Yuuko (although Rei Saitou is a very close second)Saturn: Nakamura Ruria (all of the Hotarus were amazing, but she played the line between adorable and creepy so perfectly)
Chibimoon: Gunji Ayano
Mamoru: probably Urai Kenji, but I have very little opinion on Mamoru’s actors.
Uranus: Nakayama Akiko
Neptune: Inami Tomoko
I saved Uranus and Neptune for last, because I feel like I really have to justify not choosing Nao and Yuuka. Nao and Yuuka are amazing, and I’m thankful for everything they brought to myu and to their characters (the way they portray Haruka and Michiru’s love is so important). But if I could ruffle through time and pick the cast for one magical show, I’d choose Akiko and Tomoko. I can’t say that they’d be anywhere near as amazing together as Nao and Yuuka would be (although their performances make me think they’d work super well together), but the way they individually portray their characters feels so right for me.
Tomoko’s Michiru has that little bit of insecurity behind her fabulousness that I see in anime Michiru, and I think with a better script her performances would be devastating. I actually *almost* prefer Mugen Gakuen Kaiteban to the original because I think she makes an absolutely perfect early Michiru (I think she could do later Michiru well too, but I don’t think the Starlights/Kakyuu scripts allowed her to show that at all). I think her performances capture Michiru’s youth and humanity, because Michiru isn’t entirely flawless and elegant, however much she’s perfected that persona.
Akiko’s Uranus is sort of similar in that I love that she’s not 100% perfection. Haruka (at least in her anime characterization) has moments where’s she’s really, really ridiculous. Akiko does Haruka’s suave side well, but she also kills the moments that make you remember that she’s actually a teenager who is actually sometimes the exact opposite of suave. And then even with her being so good at that, she’s excellent at Haruka’s serious moments. I really wish she could have been in an S/Infinity or Stars musical, or a different original story that gave her a little more to do.
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