#eiji akutagawa

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Thirstiest non-Anglophone Phantoms: Part I

Inspired by @nerdywriter36's post on sluttiest Phantoms and @opera-ghost's post on "Jeremy Stolle heard 'slut' when the director called cut." here are some very slutty Phantoms from non-English language replicas.

In chronological order:

1. Henk Poort, Netherlands, 1993 (w/ Joke de Kruijf)

Solid boob grab AND face caress, sir.

2. Eiji Akutagawa, Japan, 1994

This is the famous "maneuver" and it lasts approximately 40 seconds.

3. Saulo Vasconcelos, Mexico, 2000 (w/Irrasema Terrazas)

Not his thirstiest moment but do it for the **magic hands**

4. Ethan Freeman, Germany, 2006 (w/Anne Görner)

Sir, you are on stage.

How the German Phantoms do not split their very tight pants every show is a mystery for the ages. You get two of Ethan because he is my comfort Phantom.

5. Dmitri Ermak, Russia, 2016 (w/Tamara Kotova)

No way this list was going to not have at least one Russian. The man looks like he's about to have Christine for dinner.

#phantom of the opera #poto #gifset #when the phantom heard “slut” when the director called “cut” #eiji akutagawa #henk poort #saulo vasconcelos #ethan freeman #dmitri ermak #poto japan #poto netherlands #poto germany #poto mexico #poto russia #PHANTOM HANDS #thirsty phantoms #tamara kotova #joke de kruif #anne gorner #Irrasema terrazas

[wheel-of-fish]

Gifset of the most chaotic Phantom moments?

Uhhh so this response is two months late, but better than never? I actually had to halve my choices because of Tumblr's image limit (but if anyone really wanted a part two...).

Masachika Ichimura when the mannequin got caught on the throne:

Paul A. Schaefer's athletic noose-cutting maneuver:

Peter Karrie faceplanting on the organ (which continued long beyond this gif):

Eiji Akutagawa and a good 30 seconds of self-groping:

Uwe Kröger and...this:

Norm Lewis' horsey dance:

John Cudia whipping partygoers with his cape:

Josh Robson's "Masquerade" entrance in the recent Sydney Harbour production:

And Josh Robson performing "Point of No Return" with Georgina Hopson in the rain:

#phantom of the opera #gifset #(in)box five #by request #masachika ichimura #paul schaefer #peter karrie #eiji akutagawa #uwe kröger #beatrix reiterer #norm lewis #john cudia #josh robson #georgina hopson

[bonesandpoemsandflowers]

anyway, when I was feuding with the protestants and some of you acted like I was insane for pointing out that Broadway tones down some of the sex, did you even know the deep lore? DID YOU KNOW WHAT MY BASIS FOR COMPARISON IS? do you understand the full body sensuality of the Akutagawa performance? in general? and also specifically in PoNR? do you have any IDEA how this man ran so that our broadway men could leisurely walk?

#eiji akutagawa #i'm sure some of our broadway leading men would have been willing to go there for us #except they would be fired on the spot

[operafantomet]

Absolutely awesome First Lair Phantom photos from Japan

Eiji Akutagawa and Kyoko Suzuki, Osaka 1991 or Tokyo 1992

Masachika Ichimura and Ryoko Nomura, Tokyo 1988

Masachika Ichimura, Tokyo 1988

Jun Sawaki, Tokyo or Nagoya 1990

Masayuki Sano and unidentified,

Masayuki Sano and Asami Iwashiro, Kyoto 2017

Masayuki Sano, Tokyo 2021

Masayuki Sano, Yokohama 2017

Unidentified, Tokyo 2021

Kiyomichi Shiba, Nagoya 2016

#phantom of the opera #poto japan #eiji akutagawa #masachika ichimura #jun sawaki #masayuki sano #kiyomichi shiba #kyoko suzuki #ryoko nomura #asami iwashiro

[glassprism]

I have a question about PONR that is not clear to me. Why is it that when Chris is singing in the play, the phantom in the chair is bending forward or shaking? One comment stated that it was sexual arousal. If GP has any thoughts on this I'd love to hear them!

I think it could be a couple of different things, depending on the actor. Nervousness or fear is certainly one, because Christine taking her cue means she's about to start rubbing herself all over the Phantom, and that might either make the Phantom nervous that she's going to figure out it's him (depending on the actress and production, some already suspect something is up) or, just as if not more likely, he's not prepared for Christine to start touching him in compromising ways. The epitome of "I'm ready for this in theory but utterly unprepared in practice."

But otherwise, yeah, sexual arousal is probably the go-to interpretation. It's hard not to think so when you have Phantoms who react to Christine by clutching the cloth around their knees (subtle, understated, leaves just enough to the audience's imagination):

Or when they start to writhe and grab hold of their own body (brazen, bold, a dramatic gesture of frustrated arousal):

Or when they just straight up start masturbating (the best move in the history of Phantom, the only correct choice):

#GP gets asks #anonymous #gifs #the Phantoms are Gary Mauer and Hugh Panaro and Eiji Akutagawa if anyone wants to know

[night-unfurls-its-splendour]

"Come, pull my strings

Watch me move, I'll do anything..."

Gary Mauer & Jennifer Hope Wills (Broadway, 2007)

Paul Stanley & Melissa Dye (Toronto, 1999)

Akutagawa Eiji & Hanaoka Hisako (Sapporo, 1994)

Greg Mills & Mary Michael Patterson (Broadway, 2014)

Ted Keegan & Elizabeth Welch (Broadway, 2023)

Thomas Ambt Kofod & Sybille Glosted (Copenhagen, 2019)

Gary Mauer x Beth Southard (Dalls, 2006)

#phantom of the opera #poto #poto musical #poto broadway #poto us tour #poto denmark #poto sapporo #poto japan #gary mauer #elizabeth southard #mary michael patterson #greg mills #jennifer hope wills #ted keegan #elizabeth welch #akutagawa eiji #hanaoka hisako #thomas ambt kofod #sybille glosted #paul stanley #melissa dye #ponr #point of no return

[nex-ture]

Red roses, they remind him too much of you. A battle field where your blood was shed. The white roses gone red. Not with paint, with blood.

Red roses signify love, perhaps your death was a signal of your love for him. You turned the roses of innocences to roses of love.

He held your body close as more blood changed the roses meanings. Your lifeless figgure fell heavy in his hands as your eyes went dark. Why were you smiling, did you not understand what was happening? Or were you trying to make it better?

"I'm...sorry" your voice was slow and heavy, he wept as you started to drift to sleep. The red roses staring at you as if they could sense his love for you.

Those red roses now lay next to your grave, they're wilted. Black roses signify death, you're truly gone. Yet your spirit forever remains

Atsushi Nakajima, Chuuya Nakahara, Akutagawa Ryunosuke || Malleus Draconia, Azul Ashengrotto, Riddle Roseheart || Takemichi Hanagaki, Hanma Shuji, Mitsuya Takashi || Diluc Ragnvindr, Tartaglia, Zhongli || Ash Lynx, Eiji Okumura, Shorter Wong

#ash banana fish #eiji banana fish #diluc headcanons #diluc ragnvindr #diluc imagines #childe x gn!reader #genshin childe #childe x male reader #X reader #tokyo revengers takemichi #tokyo revengers x reader #tokyo revengers takashi mitsuya #mitsuya x you #mitsuya x reader #chuuya x reader #chuuya x male reader #Atsushi x reader #akutagawa x reader #riddle x reader #malleus x reader #azul x reader #hanma x reader #Zhongli x reader #ash x reader #Eiji x reader #Shorter x reader #Spotify

[lixlynx00]

Drew banana fish characters as bsd wan scenes some time ago and felt like sharing it on here as well since people on a subreddit i am in liked it. (PS: i feel like my art style similar to akimi Yoshida's doesn't go all so well w bsd wan and also i felt lazy on the last one so it looks a little crappie thus i might remake it)

#banana fish #banana fish manga #aslan jade callenreese #ash lynx #eiji okumura #yut lung lee #blanca banana fish #sergei varishikov #bungou stray dogs #soukouku #dazai osamu #dazai #nakahara chuuya #chuchuchuuya #akutagawa ryuunosuke

[martyrbat]

yippie found a 1988 AND a 1994 japan production of POTO :3

#hiiii mr masachika ichimura and eiji akutagawa.... <333 #ransom note

[esmiephan]

These two Eriks >>>>>>>>

#the phantom of the opera #erik the phantom #phantom musical #andrew loyd webber #peter karrie is the faceplanting one #eiji akutagawa is the... horny... one... #phantom meme

[meilas]

Socks' Ultimate Phantoms list

Phantoms

Franc D'Ambrosio - Yes. Brings all the sad noises and I am here for it. Nice voice. Excellent acting and facial expressions. Very expressive eyes. Is a cinnamon roll irl. Gary Mauer - Best voice ever. 10/10 would believe this man was an angel. Greg Mills - Looks like a cinnamon roll, will kill you. I never thought tongue action could be sexy but here we are. Ted Keegan - Looks like a cinnamon roll, is a cinnamon roll. Surprisingly sexy. Killian Donnelly - Looks like a cinnamon roll. I can't explain why I like him, but I do. Christopher Carl - I've only heard audio of him but I like him based on how he sobbed on the golden angel. Jeremy Stolle - Nice voice. Acting is too subtle. Peter Karrie - I love how he takes certain notes up a step, just to show that he can. Slightly nasally, but tolerable. Davis Gaines - tbh all I remember really is him slowly rocking his hips while he was sprawled on the portcullis and I now judge all phantoms on a metric of how good their pants look. 9/10 his pants. Peter Joback - I absolutely hated him when he sang in English. I liked him a little better when he did the show in Swedish. James Hume - Unmemorable. Michael Nicholson - Excellent acting choices. Was thinking about him for two weeks after watching. I just really like the production in German, okay? Earl Carpenter - Better in his earlier runs. Good acting choices. Simon Pryce - Very deep voice. Stands nicely. Scott Davies - He looked like fun and I wanted to like him. Noped out of that one pretty quick. Too much vibrato. Anthony Crivello - From the Vegas boot! I actually don't remember too much about him. But I know I liked the boot! Ben Crawford - Tended to have really weird pronunciation toward the end of his run. He was decent when I saw him right after the Broadway reopening. The most remarkable thing he did was to belly slide all the way across the stage during STYDI. Other than that, I recall nothing specific. Thiago Arancam - Remarkable only in the fact that he is boring. Uwe Kroger - The boob-stroking guy. I remember nothing else. Cooper Grodin - Entertaining in the fact that his acting is so wooden. Nice voice when he's not doing blocking at the same time. Good pants. It helps that he never skips leg day. Laird Mackintosh - I think he was good? I honestly don't remember. Geronimo Rauch - I remember I liked him! Norm Lewis - Nice voice, a little boring. Sorry Norm. John Owen-Jones - Hands. Michael Crawford - Absolutely not. I do not understand what anyone sees in him. His voice sounds like it's about to snap any second, and he is very unsexy. David Shannon - Yes. Absolutely yes. Excellent acting choices and nice voice. Does sad very well. Deserved better. Saulo Vasconcelos - All I can recall is @wheel-of-fish spamming the chat with "hands" all night and that's all anyone really needs to know about his Phantom. Ethan Freeman - Looks like a goddamn stick insect during Final Lair and I am here for it. Looks like Tony Shaloub. Bronson Norris Murphy - Technically only was the Phantom in Love Never Dies. RIP. He deserved better. Anyway. His voice is a little deeper than Franc's or Gary's. I wish he had gotten a chance to play the Phantom in POTO proper. I am very curious as to how he would have played it. Looks like a cinnamon roll, is a burnt cinnamon roll. Ramin Karimloo - He was my intro to POTO on stage. I liked his performance enough that I went looking for more clips of the musical, and found the Saturday Streams. Eiji Akutagawa - Ah yes. The self-groping Phantom. That's all I can remember about him. Josh Piterman - Does sad very well. Gerard Butler - My first-first Phantom. I still like him. There's something about his voice that I do actually like, and it annoys me very much when people go "he can't sing" yes he can, everyone has the ability to sing. Just shut up and let me enjoy what I like in peace. Hugh Panaro - Great voice, excellent acting. Funny. Fun to watch. Reminds me of Franc, in that they're both innocent/childish. Hugh is more childish and angry. Looks like he could kill you, and he might, it depends on his mood.

PART TWO

#phantom of the opera #poto #franc d'ambrosio #gary mauer #greg mills #ted keegan #killian donnelly #christopher carl #jeremy stolle #peter karrie #davis gaines #michael nicholson #earl carpenter #simon pryce #anythony crivello #ben crawford #thiago arancam #uwe kroger #cooper grodin #laird mackintosh #norm lewis #john owen jones #michael crawford #david shannon #saulo vasconcelos #ethan freeman #bronson norris murphy #hugh panaro #gerard butler #ramin karimloo

[wheel-of-fish]

Could you make a gif set of the most smiley phantoms? The happiest/smirkiest ones? (And yes this was inspired by the two smiling Ted Keegan gifs you have graciously bestowed upon us)

I don't know that I'd consider Eiji Akutagawa one of the happiest, but he does have one of my favorite smiles:

Franch D'Ambrosio is of the "smug and self-assured" camp in act 1:

And then a bit more unhinged in act 2:

Peter Karrie is just always unhinged:

The aforementioned Ted Keegan:

And of course, Hugh Panaro.

#phantom of the opera #gifset #edit #by request #(in)box five #eiji akutagawa #franc d'ambrosio #peter karrie #ted keegan #hugh panaro

[bonesandpoemsandflowers]

my pet project and beloved time sink, the average phantom thirst level over on the phantom of the opera subreddit, is thriving. a fresh wave of girlies (gender neutral use of girlies here) are discovering the landmark Japan, 1994 artistic choice that is the best and boldest in phantom history: the Akutagawa Maneuver(tm).

#girlies: people foaming at the mouth as a group activity #there is my serious serious favorite: the 1911 novel #there is my serious favorite: Jeremy who I saw live once 10+ yrs ago and am haunted by forever #and then there's my joking but also NOT JOKING #top controversial pick: Eiji Akutagawa

[impromptu-sketches]

Hello...this is my first ask to you, sorry if it's kinda rambling. Thanks so much for your BL recs & reviews. You really helped me found out what to read and where to read them...💐🤩

I just saw some anon ask BL recs based on a certain ship. Do you mind if I ask BL recs based on my fav ships, too?

My fav ships are :

* Ash/Eiji (them, but please not end up in tragedy).

* Gon/ Killua (aged up, of course, but with their personality).

* Atsushi/ Akutagawa or Dazai/Chuuya (I can't pick which I like better between them, you can choose instead).

* Mikaela/ Yuuichirou (the ship that made me read danmei and then BL manga/manhwa, sorry if it's weird order to know BL).

Sorry if I ask too much, it's okay if you want to pick just one ship, I'm already happy.

Thanks again @impromptu-sketches ....🌼

Thank you for the ask 🌼

I'm sorry, but I'm only familiar with Ash/Eiji so I don't think any recommendations would be accurate for the others unless I had more info about them.

For Ash & Eiji... I don't think any other couple could compare. But here are some recs I think you'd enjoy:

Night Fragments | sunshine x sad boy, fantasy

Path to You | just a wholesome happy read

Frenemies: Thicker Than Blood | action, friends/rivals to lovers, historical fantasy, badass x badass

Killer Crush | killer x actor, comedy

Dark Heaven | childhood friends to lovers, ride or die relationship, very heavy topics but happy ending

Aitte Yatsu wo Oshiete Kure yo | chance encounter/strangers to lovers

December Rain (warning: also tragic but I have to recommend this one) | two boys just trying their best

Into the Depths / Nanohana Boys (not a BL but felt like a BL) | disabilities, psychological, slice of life, friends

I'll actually add another list for Gon & Killua. I haven't seen the anime, but my understanding of their dynamic is silly x silly? Here are some recs you might like:

Lost in the Cloud

19 Days

Boys Dormitory 303

Wolf in the House

4 Week Lovers

Punch Drunk Love

Killer Crush

Pearl Boy

My Influencer Boyfriend

Happy Crappy Life

Dekoboko Sugar Days

Window to Window

You Get Me Going

Don't Get Me Wrong, Boss!

Karasugaoka Don't be Shy!!

Liquor & Cigarette

Love So Pure

Who Can Define Popularity?

#bl manhwa #bl manga #yaoi #shounen ai #banana fish #hunter x hunter #gon x killua #ash x eiji

[glassprism]

Which phantoms really cry during the final lair? Michael Crawford said that he did cry every night.

What happened to Eiji Akutagawa in PONR? I mean Japanese people are so restrained, so reserved. I got shocked (in a good way). LOL

Do you know if there any video bootlegs that exist of Ian Jon Bourg in Phantom World Tour? I’ve only seen a couple of short clips from 2019 and would love to get to see a whole boot if one exists!

Why folks say that Cooper Grodin is your husband? Sorry for the question. I'm new here.

To take it in order:

Are you asking for "stage crying" or "real crying"? I'd assume most Phantoms stage cry at some point in the show, since the blocking practically requires that they fall on their knees and start sobbing into the veil. Which Phantoms cross over into "real crying" is much harder to say or to tell from "stage crying", though I'd hope if they are crying for realsies that they do so in an emotionally healthy way, especially since they're expected to come out smiling and cheerful at the curtain call five minutes later.

Eiji Akutagawa is just built different, I guess. But it's worth noting that no culture is a monolith, and even if there are certain traits associated with them, that does not mean every person in that culture is expected to, or should, act in that way.

I've seen some clips that look to be from a full-ish boot (these are the ones usually posted on the Stage Enterpainment Instagram). But the only one I know of that's been released is a blindshot, highlights video of Bourg with Meghan Picerno; however, it's only available through the master, who I'm not even sure is around anymore, and I think can't be listed on any site either, so it's fairly difficult to find.

Because of my constant tendency to recommend to @wheel-of-fish that she stream Cooper Grodin, as well as other luminaries like Uwe Kroger and Thiago Arancam. This eventually led a lot of my friends on Discord to theorize that I am married to Grodin and trying to promote him this way. Which I am, by the way, and we are very happy together. But the real answer as to why I recommend him is because I enjoy inflicting Pain.

I hope that helps, and welcome to the blog as well!

#GP gets asks #anonymous

[night-unfurls-its-splendour]

Akutagawa Eiji and Hanaoka Hisako "Point of No Return": Part II

[Part 1]

#poto musical #poto #phantom of the opera #point of no return #akutagawa eiji #hanaoka hisako #poto sapporo #poto japan #erik the phantom #christine daaé #christine daae #christine x erik #erik x christine #poto e/c #eristine #poto gifsets