TSUKIHANA KAGURA (月花神楽 lit. MOONFLOWER DANCE) was TSUKINO PRODUCTION's setting for the 2019 animate Girl's Fair, more commonly known as AGF.
Overview[]
The world of TSUKIHANA KAGURA features a flower-shaped continent comprised of 13 island nations resembling petals.[1]
The inhabitants of these island kingdoms do battle at the "Tsukihana Matsuri" (月花祭 lit. Moonflower Festival) every four years, but instead of using weapons and violence these kingdoms compete through dance and song using festival songs known as "Hana" (花 lit. Flower).[1]
Each of the twelve kingdoms chooses representatives who will best show off their countries beauty for the competition. The winners of the festival are crowned "Hana no Ou" (花の王 lit. The King of Flowers) and will rule the palace residing on the central island of the continent, "Mushiki" (無色 lit. Colorless), until the next festival is held.[1]
All of the island kingdoms are named after either traditional Japanese names for colors or certain species of flowers that are known for being a particular color, all of these colors match up closely with that units usual image color.[1]
Kingdoms[]
SHIKKOKU[]
SHIKKOKU (漆黒 lit. JET BLACK) is the kingdom of Six Gravity in the TSUKIHANA KAGURA world, being one of the six inner petals of the flower continent. Corresponding with the kingdoms name they are represented by the color black.
GEPPAKU[]
GEPPAKU (月白 lit. MOONLIGHT WHITE) is the kingdom of Procellarum in the TSUKIHANA KAGURA world, being one of the six inner petals of the flower continent. Corresponding with the kingdoms name they are represented by the color white.
MOMO[]
MOMO (桃 lit. PEACH) is the kingdom of Fluna in the TSUKIHANA KAGURA world, being one of the six outer petals of the flower continent. Corresponding with the kingdoms name they are represented by a peach pink color.
Character visuals have not been released for the MOMO kingdom, and it has not been revealed yet if they will be getting illustrations.
TSUYUKUSA[]
TSUYUKUSA (露草 lit. ASIATIC DAYFLOWER) is the kingdom of Seleas in the TSUKIHANA KAGURA world, being one of the six outer petals of the flower continent. Corresponding with the kingdoms name they are represented by the color blue (Asiatic dayflowers are predominantly a vibrant blue color).
Character visuals have not been released for the TSUYUKUSA kingdom, and it has not been revealed yet if they will be getting illustrations.
SEIRAN[]
SEIRAN (青藍 lit. INDIGO BLUE) is the kingdom of SOARA in the TSUKIHANA KAGURA world, being one of the six inner petals of the flower continent. Corresponding with the kingdoms name they are represented by the color indigo blue.
ASAGI[]
ASAGI (浅葱 lit. BLUE-GREEN) is the kingdom of Growth in the TSUKIHANA KAGURA world, being one of the six inner petals of the flower continent. Corresponding with the kingdoms name they are represented by a blue-green color.
AKANE[]
AKANE (茜 lit. MADDER RED/RUBIA FLOWER) is the kingdom of SolidS in the TSUKIHANA KAGURA world, being one of the six inner petals of the flower continent. Corresponding with the kingdoms name they are represented by the color red.
ASAHANADA[]
ASAHANADA (浅縹 lit. PALE INDIGO) is the kingdom of QUELL in the TSUKIHANA KAGURA world, being one of the six inner petals of the flower continent. Corresponding with the kingdoms name they are represented by a light blue color.
KIKUCHINASHI[]
KIKUCHINASHI (黄支子 lit. YELLOW GARDENIA) is the kingdom of ALTAIR THEATER in the TSUKIHANA KAGURA world, being one of the six outer petals of the flower continent. Corresponding with the kingdoms name they are represented by the color yellow.
Character visuals have not been released for the KIKUCHINASHI kingdom, and it has not been revealed yet if they will be getting illustrations.
KIKYO[]
KIKYO (桔梗 lit. CHINESE BELLFLOWER) is the kingdom of VAZZY in the TSUKIHANA KAGURA world, being one of the six outer petals of the flower continent. Corresponding with the kingdoms name they are represented by the color purple (bellflowers are mostly an indigo-purple).
BOTAN[]
BOTAN (牡丹 lit. PEONY) is the kingdom of ROCK DOWN in the TSUKIHANA KAGURA world, being one of the six outer petals of the flower continent. Corresponding with the kingdoms name they are represented by the color pink (peonies are predominantly a bright pink).
MOKURAN[]
MOKURAN (木蘭 lit. LILY MAGNOLIA) is the kingdom of infinit0 in the TSUKIHANA KAGURA world, being one of the six outer petals of the flower continent. Corresponding with the kingdoms name they are represented by a dark gold color (many magnolia species are popular in shades of gold).
Related Media[]
Several pieces of media have been released in relation to the TSUKIHANA KAGURA setting so far, including three stage plays and four CDs.
For the stage plays there is the second episode of ALIVESTAGE, TSUKIHANA KAGURA Ao to Midori no Monogatari, which premiered on November 8th, 2019. The next day, November 9th, TSUKIHANA KAGURA・Kaou no Utage debuted at 2019's AGF where it played both days of the event. The eleventh stage of TSUKIUTA STAGE, TSUKIHANA KAGURA Kuro to Shiro Monogatari, is also scheduled to be based in the TSUKIHANA KAGURA universe.
The four CDs released are all related to the aforementioned plays, with three tied in with the ALIVESTAGE play (TSUKIHANA KAGURA (ALIVE ver.), Seiran no Sora e to, & Asagi Moyu) and one for the AGF play (TSUKIHANA KAGURA).
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Originally from TSUKINO PRODUCTIONs Twitter, English translations provided by ameagarinoUFO & Ryota-kuns on Twitter.