Comments on: Gender Bending Thespians Confuse and Amuse http://www.tofugu.com/2011/09/14/gender-bending-takarazuka-revue/ A Japanese Language & Culture Blog Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: H Lanigan http://www.tofugu.com/2011/09/14/gender-bending-takarazuka-revue/comment-page-1/#comment-31154 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:18:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=8398#comment-31154 Weirdly enough I’m going to see the troupe live for class (I’m a Kansai Gaidai student) at the end of the month, on the day before Halloween. It’s certainly going to be interesting.

]]> By: Komesouba http://www.tofugu.com/2011/09/14/gender-bending-takarazuka-revue/comment-page-1/#comment-28395 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:03:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=8398#comment-28395 Takarazuka music schooi is like military school
http://rutube.ru/tracks/4265245.html?v=9d0a4be1513b03abdc34da2dca1feab4
http://rutube.ru/tracks/4265278.html?v=74dbf5f0b68970f9d12d88d8672ae3b8I want ro be a takarazuka…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80KGLqXQs9w

]]> By: Sowmyak16 http://www.tofugu.com/2011/09/14/gender-bending-takarazuka-revue/comment-page-1/#comment-28273 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:11:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=8398#comment-28273 Nice Article! I am quite fond of the Takarazuka Revue – one of my favorite shows by them is Elisabeth :D I’m a big fan of musical theater so this is right up my alley! hahah I ended up stumbling upon them completely by accident – there is a really great book written by an anthropologist (i’m a big fan of anthropology as well) about the Takarazuka Revue ~ I started reading that book and looked up some clips of the Revue on youtube and I ended up really liking them! I would love to see a show by them someday ^__^

]]> By: Hashi http://www.tofugu.com/2011/09/14/gender-bending-takarazuka-revue/comment-page-1/#comment-28255 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:28:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=8398#comment-28255 I didn’t quite realize it was a high school, though I guess it makes sense considering how young those girls are. Thanks for posting their website!

]]> By: David http://www.tofugu.com/2011/09/14/gender-bending-takarazuka-revue/comment-page-1/#comment-28242 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:15:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=8398#comment-28242 You mentioned the school, but you didn’t mention that it’s a highschool!
Official page: http://www.tms.ac.jp/
Every year around open campus time the posters come out on the trains with the tagline “夢を、いっしょうに。”
Here’s a pic of the poster on a blog of a girl who tried to get in (dr:tl): http://ameblo.jp/prikan006/entry-10375852744.html
If you ride the Imazu-line enough you’ll see the students getting on and off the train on occasion. It’s actually quite odd. There’s something definitely different about those girls. More power to them however, they work real hard to get to do what they do.

Oh yea! One more thing. No boyfriends.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.tofugu.com/2011/09/14/gender-bending-takarazuka-revue/comment-page-1/#comment-28224 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:49:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=8398#comment-28224 Thanks!! Its very informative and now know more about them!! >.<

I knew about the group when they did collaborations with Morning Musume ages ago and I think the latest maybe 3 years back i guess :P
I would love to watch it live because I love musical ^_^ but last time visit to tokyo I was very tight on budget I just scratch the plan T_T

Link to their english site if someone needs them ^_^
http://kageki.hankyu.co.jp/english/tt_stage.html

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