Takarazuka

[lucathia]

Has anyone heard of Takarazuka? (宝塚歌劇)

Links for those who haven't heard of them:
official site / fansite / wikipedia

All female Japanese performance school. Girls join in the teens and perform for two years or so after they graduate. All girls, so girls have to play guy parts too, and they're called otokoyaku.  Troupes of Hana, Tsuki, Hoshi, Yuki, Senka, and Sora? I'm not sure exactly. I've only watched a glimpse of a documentary during jap class today. But I thought it was pretty fascinating...though strict. I soo want to see one of their musicals! =/  I don't think I can find any of the musicals online can I...?

Comments

[crychicken.livejournal.com]

Lol, yep musicals are more fun.

I thought they might be parts of the whole musical and you have to buy them all to watch the whole thing or something. That'd be weird though.

Compared to the the tenimyus they're cheap? D:

[lucathia]

Eh...that's true...tenimyu DVDs are super expensive too. =X Why is that?

Hehe, tenimyu has made me fall in love with musicals. :DD But so far I've only seen tenimyu, rock bleach myu, and the hunter x hunter musicals.

[crychicken.livejournal.com]

Maybe because they're rather popular? Most of them are sold out and you can't order the older ones anymore. :3

Haha, me too. Although I did see a live musical once which was fabulous too but that's been years already. I need to see HunterxHunter one, I still have not watched it yet. :D;; I wanna see another Bleachmyu~