# New Sailor Moon Musical to Open This Fall in Japan! <img src="http://a.nime.me/0088/4536/new-sailor-moon-musical-to-32.png"> If you’re heading to Japan this Fall and you’re a diehard <i>Sailor Moon</i> fan, you’re in for some great news! The franchise’s official website announced on Monday that the next musical production of <i>Sailor Moon</i> will open at the AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo venue in Japan. Cast from the previous musical <i>Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon –Amour Eternal-</i> will be reprising their roles except Karin Takahashi who played Hotaru Tomoe and Sailor Saturn. She will be replaced by Japanese actress Mirai. Here are the names of the cast for this year’s upcoming musical: <i>Inner Senshi</i> Kaede as Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter Yume Takeuchi as Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury Hotaru Nomoto as Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon Karen Kobayashi as Rei Hino/Sailor Mars Rimo Hasegawa as Minako Aino/Sailor Venus <i>Outer Senshi and Other Key Characters</i> Syu Shiotsuki as Haruka Tenō/Sailor Uranus Sayaka Fujioka as Michiru Kaiō/Sailor Neptune Mirai as Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn Mikako Ishii as Setsuna Meiō/Sailor Pluto Airi Kanda as Chibi-Usa/Sailor Chibi Moon Yūga Yamato as Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru Chiba The previous <i>Sailor Moon</i> musical ran in October and November in Fukuoka, Osaka, and Tokyo. A DVD of the musical production is slated to be released on March 15. This is one musical extravaganza that you shouldn’t miss. More information about the musical will be released the soonest. More information can be found at <a href=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-20/new-sailor-moon-musical-opens-in-japan-this-fall/.113649>Anime News Network</a>.