Perelandra

English translations A thousand thanks to Sarah S for lovely work on translations, very speedy as well.

Yuzu is encouraging all the mascots to try off ice jumping - BDD, Yappei, the other weather mascot, crazy antics

robot dance

Are the regular presenters asking Yuzu to move around the studio to see Yuzu's penguin running? Very cute Yappei is clearly fanyu, making everyone else very envious ( edit - spelled mascot name wrong, moushiwake gozai masen ) Yuzu looks great. Loving the show even without subtitles

Selection of little figurines from Gift

with Kumamon performing Ballade

People may already be aware of this. As well as being able to vote once per day, it is also possible to vote once per day on different device. One can vote on phone and then on computer/laptop Yuzu back up to over 53% now. Keep voting

Arigatou Gozai mashita

The Daily Spread Eagle A Night of Remembrance - Notte Stellata March 11th 2011 was a day of terrible tragedy, Emperor Hanyu was still a young princeling when an earthquake struck Planet Hanyu. Land collapsed into the sea and a one of the northern settlements close to the sacred ice caves was engulfed by the ocean and thus thousands of Pooh bears perished. The young princeling Emperor had been present in the sacred caves with his tutor, learning some of the rituals of the ice. The earthquake was extremely powerful and it dislodged huge icicles from the roof of the cavern, placing the young prince and his tutor in mortal peril, in panic they ran still wearing their ice blades and fortunately escaped unharmed from the caves. The northern Palace and surrounding settlements were uninhabitable and all of the inhabitants were forced to make rudimentary shelters with whatever they could salvage and survive those first few nights as best they could. As darkness fell on that dreadful night young Prince Hanyu saw the stars blaze into life in the night sky. As he gazed at the stars Prince Hanyu felt hope stir in his heart and he vowed that he would do everything he could to help rebuild the north country. Life in those first few days following the earthquake were very bleak, roads were destroyed and aid from the south took an age to arrive. The Prince joined groups of Poohs, foraging for food and trying to find usable material for better shelters, everything seemed hopeless. Eventually aid convoys arrived and Prince Hanyu was summoned to settlements with usable ice caves and encouraged to resume his studies of the ice rituals. Prince Hanyu felt a great deal of guilt for abandoning the inhabitants of the North, but he soon came to understand that it was through the ice rituals that he would best be able to help those in the North. Over time Prince Hanyu came into his power and eventually became Emperor. Many tales are told of this great feat. Yet the young Prince kept his promise, he never forgot the earthquake, the days of anguish in the immediate aftermath and the inhabitants of the North. They suffered many hardships, having lost loved ones, their homes and livelihoods and worse still the receding waters had polluted the land leaving once fertile fields to become overgrown by the horrid Paporika weeds. On each anniversary of the earthquake Prince Hanyu perfromed special ritual in private, he applied himself unwaveringly to his studies of the ice rituals and ensured that recovery efforts continued until the lands of the north were able to rebuild and heal. Twelve years on the Emperor declared that it was time to officially remeber the day of the earthquake to remember and honour those who had been lost, those who had suffered loss and look o the future together. The Poohs of the Northern clans rejoiced and gathered at the ice caves to greet and applaud their beloved Emperor Hanyu. To the delight of the crowds of Poohs not only had Emperor Hanyu journeyed north to the ice caves, he was joined by his friends who would join the Emperor in performing ice rituals and even more impressive the King of the Summer lands had accompanied the Ice Emperor. The rituals began with story of the Swan coming to bless the House of Hanyu, the Emperors friends brought stories of their own - a dance of fire, a song of mournful beauty, a dance of moonlight, a love story and many other great and wondrous tales. The highlight was performance by both the Emperor of the ice and King of Summer as they conquered chaos to bring order and peace. The ritual ended with a tale of springtime. At long last the souls of those who passed would be given peace. The northern settlements had seen much progress and rebuilding and the Paporika weeds had been eradicated, in part helped by the gold dust eruption of Mount Irene last July. Just before Emperor Hanyu had returned to the North, some baby Poohs had been born a pale pink colour like the Sakura blossoms and the Emperor's tree was about to flower in the grounds of Palace Hanyu. The Emperor had been very emotional during the Remembrance but at last he had also found peace. The Emperor bade the northern clans farewell as he had duties in other parts of the realm. Apologies for the delayed reporting, your reporter has been occupied with the Imperial Spring time tour

The Daily Spread Eagle A Night of Remembrance - Notte Stellata March 11th 2011 was a day of terrible tragedy, Emperor Hanyu was still a young princeling when an earthquake struck Planet Hanyu. Land collapsed into the sea and a one of the northern settlements close to the sacred ice caves was engulfed by the ocean and thus thousands of Pooh bears perished. The young princeling Emperor had been present in the sacred caves with his tutor, learning some of the rituals of the ice. The earthquake was extremely powerful and it dislodged huge icicles from the roof of the cavern, placing the young prince and his tutor in mortal peril, in panic they ran still wearing their ice blades and fortunately escaped unharmed from the caves. The northern Palace and surrounding settlements were uninhabitable and all of the inhabitants were forced to make rudimentary shelters with whatever they could salvage and survive those first few nights as best they could. As darkness fell on that dreadful night young Prince Hanyu saw the stars blaze into life in the night sky. As he gazed at the stars Prince Hanyu felt hope stir in his heart and he vowed that he would do everything he could to help rebuild the north country. Life in those first few days following the earthquake were very bleak, roads were destroyed and aid from the south took an age to arrive. The Prince joined groups of Poohs, foraging for food and trying to find usable material for better shelters, everything seemed hopeless. Eventually aid convoys arrived and Prince Hanyu was summoned to settlements with usable ice caves and encouraged to resume his studies of the ice rituals. Prince Hanyu felt a great deal of guilt for abandoning the inhabitants of the North, but he soon came to understand that it was through the ice rituals that he would best be able to help those in the North. Over time Prince Hanyu came into his power and eventually became Emperor. Many tales are told of this great feat. Yet the young Prince kept his promise, he never forgot the earthquake, the days of anguish in the immediate aftermath and the inhabitants of the North. They suffered many hardships, having lost loved ones, their homes and livelihoods and worse still the receding waters had polluted the land leaving once fertile fields to become overgrown by the horrid Paporika weeds. On each anniversary of the earthquake Prince Hanyu perfromed special ritual in private, he applied himself unwaveringly to his studies of the ice rituals and ensured that recovery efforts continued until the lands of the north were able to rebuild and heal. Twelve years on the Emperor declared that it was time to officially remeber the day of the earthquake to remember and honour those who had been lost, those who had suffered loss and look o the future together. The Poohs of the Northern clans rejoiced and gathered at the ice caves to greet and applaud their beloved Emperor Hanyu. To the delight of the crowds of Poohs not only had Emperor Hanyu journeyed north to the ice caves, he was joined by his friends who would join the Emperor in performing ice rituals and even more impressive the King of the Summer lands had accompanied the Ice Emperor. The rituals began with story of the Swan coming to bless the House of Hanyu, the Emperors friends brought stories of their own - a dance of fire, a song of mournful beauty, a dance of moonlight, a love story and many other great and wondrous tales. The highlight was performance by both the Emperor of the ice and King of Summer as they conquered chaos to bring order and peace. The ritual ended with a tale of springtime. At long last the souls of those who passed would be given peace. The northern settlements had seen much progress and rebuilding and the Paporika weeds had been eradicated, in part helped by the gold dust eruption of Mount Irene last July. Just before Emperor Hanyu had returned to the North, some baby Poohs had been born a pale pink colour like the Sakura blossoms and the Emperor's tree was about to flower in the grounds of Palace Hanyu. The Emperor had been very emotional during the Remembrance but at last he had also found peace. The Emperor bade the northern clans farewell as he had duties in other parts of the realm. Apologies for the delayed reporting, your reporter has been occupied with the Imperial Spring time tour

Like everyone else I cannot wait to hear about Gift on Disney plus with special features. I am especially intrigued to find out how Yuzu came up with the concepts for the monologues and stories. Yuzu must have had in depth discussions with the other production artists to create the animation sequences, the filming work, background art for all of the programmes, costume designers and also the composers and working with Mikiko again. The background music for some of the stories was very atmospheric and added a lot to the flow of the story. Gift was essentially Yuzu's directorial debut in the film industry and it was an incredible first work.

From what Madi and Evan mentioned in their podcast, they were impressed not only by the number of fans carrying and waving Poohs, but that Pooh was wearing outfits based on Yuzu's costumes. Many people post fanart of Pooh, Moomin troll and other toys wearing lovingly handcrafted Yuzu outfits, just gorgeous as well as the edible costume themed art

Same issue as you re: postage cost. Was stated on website that book could not be combined with other items to ship to my country of residence

Dear Yuzu, Safe journey back to your beloved Sendai, rest and eat lots of gyozas and chocopies. Hope that you win the golden chocopie

That is really superb two champions together. I watched this young guy at BJ Olys. He performed amazingly and also behaved with the good grace of a true champion when the judges admitted later that they had made a mistake in the scoring which cost Su Yi Ming the Slopestyle gold. Glad that he won Gold in the Big Air

That was very funny, Yuzu having got down on one knee to applaud Jason then realising that he would be left behind and trying to sprint to catch up with Jason

Hopefully, the tears were relief after Prologue and a release of emotion and stress. It must have been a very daunting thing as well as huge effort to create, produce and perform a solo show, not knowing how such a groundbreaking show would be received, if people would still wish to support him in his professional career.

Together Yay and tiny Arigatou Gozai Mashita

Camera person was ready for the roll on the ice today. Lots of fun for the bows Amazing Mr Hanyu

Happy Easter/ Springtime wishes Enjoy lots of chocolate or in Yuzu's case chocopies