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LILIUM -Lilium Shoujo Junketsu Kageki- (LILIUM －リリウム 少女純潔歌劇－; LILIUM -Lilium Girls Purity Theater-) is a 2014 musical featuring Morning Musume '14, S/mileage and Hello Pro Kenshuusei members, written and directed by Suemitsu Ken'ichi. LILIUM is the third musical of the "Shoujo Kageki" series. The musical will run from June 5 through June 21, 2014.
Synopsis:
"Lilium: There are no flowers that bloom eternally; it all withers away. A beautiful story of love and hate about girls trapped in a garden of eternity. Starring selected members of Morning Musume and the members of S/mileage as they take on the roles of immortal vampires, a gothic musical!"
In a sanatorium in the rainy forest, where vampire girls are undergoing rehabilitation, Silvatica(Oda) has gone missing. Lily(Riho) is searching for her, but no one at the sanatorium seems to remember Silvatica. Does Silvatica really exist, or is she only a figment of Lily's imagination? As if trapped in a dream, Lily is ensnared in illusions. When the truth of the disappearance comes to light, the cruel fate of the vampire girls emerges.
「An Un-idollike Production」Now a hot topic on the Internet, the musical starring Morning Musume and others plays in Osaka this week
http://prinnysquad.blog126.fc2.com/blog-entry-30.html (http://prinnysquad.blog126.fc2.com/blog-entry-30.html)
Source: akatsuki_rei(Translation)
Additionally, the 「Girls' Drama Club Project」 is currently carrying out auditions for cast members. Those who pass the audition will be able to participate in the musical in October with S/mileage, as well as be considered for future musicals with the same Project. The age range is girls from 8~20 years old. For further details please consult Gekkan DeView July edition or Web DeView.
Osaka shows for Lilium just ended. For the final curtain call, the entire cast come out to take their bows one by one, then everyone leaves the stage. Then Lily and Snow (Riho and Ayacho) come back out bearing a single flower (Lilium!) and leave it on the stage before departing in silence.
I'm crying. I'm crying because of how it links to the whole story, the last song, and everything in general. This was the best thing I've watched in years. T_T Help I've fallen and I can't get up...
^It is incredible and beautiful. I have no idea how they're going to capture the light effects or even the shadowplay at one scene (the movements are telegraphed to show up in the spotlight and the shadows thrown across the side of the stage in dramatic effect...amazing work). Plus when they signify the rain, both sides of the theater are covered with rippling blue light. The effect's pretty magical as a result.
And yeah for my signature I saw someone post this pic and I was like YEAH THAT HAS GOTTA BE MY SIGNATURE. It pretty much sums up all the character relationships. And the phrase I put in is an adaptation of a line in the musical. It's a central theme, something Sylvatica repeats a couple of times. XD
Already a couple of stories written:
Marigold's past: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1771849 (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1771849)
Lily and Snow's friendship: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1812385 (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1812385)
There'll be more as I happily expand on the world of Lilium beyond the musical. I also wrote a direct sequel to what happens after the ending, but I'm holding that back until the DVD is out. Too many spoilers otherwise. XD
The sequel is....a continuation of the events after the ending. Things happen. I can't really say more.
Mostly I'm going to be writing a lot of character pieces to illustrate the relationships the characters share. I WILL WRITE A SHIT TON OF CAMELLIA X SYLVATICA AND NO ONE IS GOING TO STOP ME. My OTP for this musical hahahaha.
http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag&word=%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0&manga=0 (http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag&word=%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0&manga=0)
Pixiv is the best place for Lilium fanart. There's a ton of comics drawn too!
Morning Musume ’14 & S/mileage – LiliumLINKS
28/07/2014 | Tetho
The original soundtrack of the musical Lilium (リリウム) starring members from Morning Musume ’14 and S/mileage will be released on August 6. The album includes 14 songs.
The DVD will be on sale on September 24. It includes a CD with the original soundtrack.
Lilium is a gothic musical. The members of Hello! Project play the roles of cute vampires.
Sayashi Riho (Morning Musume ’14) and Wada Ayaka (S/mileage) perform the lead roles.
The musical is running on June 5-15 at Ikebukuro Sunshine Theater in Tokyo, and on June 20-21 at Morinomiya Piloti Hall in Osaka.QuoteTracklist
- Forget-me-not ~Watashi wo Wasurenaide~ (Forget-me-not ～私を忘れないで～)
- Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani?
- Silvetica Nante Shiranai! (シルベチカなんて知らない！)
- Mayuki no Teaching (繭期のティーチング)
- Gensou Genwaku Innocence (幻想幻惑イノセンス)
- Princess Margaret (プリンセス・マーガレット)
- Aru Niwashi no Monogatari (或る庭師の物語)
- Hitoribocchi no Snow (ひとりぼっちのスノウ)
- True of Vamp
- Kyoudou Gensou Utopia (共同幻想ユートピア)
- Mou Nakanai to Kimeta (もう泣かないと決めた)
- Anata wo Ai Shita Kioku (あなたを愛した記憶)
- Eien no Mayuki no Owari (永遠の繭期の終わり)
- Shoujo Junketsu (少女純潔)
The subs are gonna take a while, I'm only about 1/4 of the way through the audio commentary and my partner's still finalizing the main show and checking the timing against the ISO. We've been working on it for the last 2 months so yeah...
But there will be subs. Fear not! :D
[Translation] The Reason for the Momusu & S/mileage musical Lilium Being Such an Unusual HitLINK - http://prinnysquad.blog126.fc2.com/blog-entry-37.html (http://prinnysquad.blog126.fc2.com/blog-entry-37.html)
Posted by akatsuki_rei on October 05 2014
The DVD for the musical 「Lilium ~Girls' Purity Musical~」 starring selected members of idol groups Morning Musume '14 and S/mileage of Hello! Project has marked its entry on the Oricon DVD Weekly Rankings at 9th spot for the week of October 6th, 2014.
The Oricon Weekly Ranking takes the combined sales of various genres of DVDs ranging from movies, anime, TV shows and concerts, encompassing the whole market to reflect on the overall sales ranking. For Lilium to have entered the ranks of the top 10, it had had to contend with the likes of movies and anime to make the list.
"It's common for Johnny's related stageplay DVDs to enter the top 10 of the Oricon DVD charts, but it's rare for any other stage productions to even rank in. In the first place, most stage productions don't ever see a DVD release to begin with, but even taking that into account, Lilium has been the most unusual hit to emerge." (Source: Ongaku Rider)
Girls' Drama Club Musical 「Lilium ~Girls' Purity Musical~」stars a cast of 16 members drawn solely from Hello! Project, featuring 7 members from Morning Musume '14, all of S/mileage, and three members from the Hello! Project Trainees. The entire cast take the stage as vampires, in the setting of a quiet sanatorium located deep within the woods, as a dark fantasy of a tale of love and hate unfolds. This is the explanation Geinou Rider, who is familar with idol productions, gave us.
"While there are comical elements, as a whole a dark atmosphere permeates the entire work, and cruel elements are far from uncommon. For a musical starring idols, it can be considered extremely challenging content. During the musical's run in June, the reviews and opinions pouring in for places like Twitter led fans of theater who were not Hello!Project fans to attend the shows, leading to same-day ticket sales to sell fast. As a direct result, the prequel to Lilium, the D-Stage 12th DVD 「Trump」(whose scriptwriter was Suemitsu Kenichi, who also wrote Lilium) experienced a rapid surge in sales, leading to low stocks on Amazon Japan."
Lilium was quite the hot topic from when it first hit the stage. It seems quite a natural conclusion for its DVD to have been a hit if so, but it appears that a number of retailers sold out on their stock completely on release date, and there were many fans who couldn't even lay hands on a copy even if they wanted to.
"For Lilium to have received so many positive reviews beforehand, they had to have prepared greater numbers for first press release compared to other Hello! Project stage DVDs, but even then they must have underestimated the popularity as supply failed to meet the demand. If they had prepared more stock beforehand, it is entirely possible that their Oricon ranking would have been even higher, but even with this current situation, the company must find this a happy problem to be facing." (Source: Ongaku Rider)
After the DVD release, such views were seen on Twitter:
"Watching Lilium at the start of the day, the content's depressing but it feels great"
"Watched Lilium. It was amazing. Really awesome."
"I watched Lilium again. I love it so much I cried."
These are just some of the opinions expressed, with continual praise being posted regularly. It seems like the popularity for this will continue spreading at this rate.
In other news, the scriptwriter Suemitsu Kenichi (who wrote Lilium), is also involved in another musical starring S/mileage that begins October 4th -- Girls Drama Club, S/mileage's JUKEBOX MUSICAL 「SMILE FANTASY」at Zenrosai Hall Space Zero, until October 13th. Said to be a direct contrast to the darkness of Lilium, this musical promises to be a cute and pop-like musical.
Well forgot to post here, but the English subs are finally out on the tracker!Too bad you can only hit the Thanks button once. I'm so excited to watch this (as I impatiently wait while this downloads). I'd give you soooo many Thanks if I could! :twothumbs
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?app=xbt&CODE=details&torrent=79585 (http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?app=xbt&CODE=details&torrent=79585)
This is just v1.0 to appease the plebs XD We're still chugging away at the Commentary version, which will probably be updated if we catch any errors. I've got a couple of lines I already want to fix after seeing the final result :lol: *perfectionist*
Please post your thoughts because I love to hear what people think about it! I may also eventually find a time to organize a stream party time and internet willing. Will post here and on twitter about it if I do get one going!
Lilium Kanshasai Subbed by Gomachi
https://vimeo.com/164639709