{"id":1065,"date":"2019-04-24T02:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2021-01-09T19:30:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T02:30:27","slug":"sagiri-seina-star-of-takarazuka-lupin-iii-mourns-monkey-punch-his-words-gave-me-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/24\/sagiri-seina-star-of-takarazuka-lupin-iii-mourns-monkey-punch-his-words-gave-me-courage\/","title":{"rendered":"Sagiri Seina, star of Takarazuka \u2018Lupin III\u2019 mourns Monkey Punch &#8211; \u201cHis words gave me courage\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Monkey Punch, the manga artist who originally created the Lupin III franchise, passed away on April 11, 2019, at the age of 81. Sagiri Seina was asked to make a statement.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daily.co.jp\/gossip\/2019\/04\/17\/0012250690.shtml\">The original article was posted by Daily Sports Online on the 17th.<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/rZIaJ\">Archive link here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sagiri Seina, star of Takarazuka \u2018Lupin III\u2019 mourns Monkey Punch &#8211; \u201cHis words gave me courage\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Takarazuka Top Star Sagiri Seina, who starred in the Takarazuka Revue Snow Troupe production&nbsp;<em>Lupin III: Chase the Queen\u2019s Necklace!&nbsp;<\/em>remembered Lupin\u2019s original creator, Monkey Punch, on the 17th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe came to see it on the first day, and his words gave me courage I needed to be able to play the role. I\u2019ll never forget his smile from that day. I humbly pray for his happiness in the next world,\u201d she said in eulogy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although at the beginning there were concerns about Takarazuka producing an adaptation of the 2-dimensional work&nbsp;<em>Lupin III<\/em>, Sagiri, with her extremely slim proportions, was highly praised for looking just as if Lupin had been pulled straight out of the manga. This aesthetic, combined with Sagiri\u2019s talents as a comedienne, made the show a huge hit that drew in fans of the original work and its anime adaptations as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monkey Punch, on seeing the production\u2019s opening performance, had also praised the show highly, saying \u201cI was surprised. I was able to learn a lot from seeing [<em>Lupin III<\/em>] in 3 dimensions.\u201d Although he had said that at first he couldn\u2019t picture how the end result would turn out, \u201cthe Takarazuka aesthetic and the aesthetic of<em>&nbsp;Lupin III<\/em>&nbsp;fit together perfectly,\u201d he had declared, beaming with satisfaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monkey Punch, the manga artist who originally created the Lupin III franchise, passed away on April 11, 2019, at the age of 81. Sagiri Seina was asked to make a statement.\u00a0The original article was posted by Daily Sports Online on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/24\/sagiri-seina-star-of-takarazuka-lupin-iii-mourns-monkey-punch-his-words-gave-me-courage\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,11],"tags":[13,360,87,14,68],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1066,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions\/1066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}