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the REVUE THEATRE - May 2022

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Nagina Ruumi, Towaki Sea, Ayaki Hikari, and Ayami Sera give recommendations of their favorite shows!

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Moon Troupe - 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille review; "Another Revolutionary new musical from Takarazuka"

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Freelance reviewer Kotooda Chieko gives her opinion of the Takarazuka premiere of 1789.

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Backstage Journal - Arisa Hitomi (Lupin III/Fancy Guy!)

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Then-Snow Troupe musumeyaku (now retired) Arisa Hitomi gives some adorable backstage anecdotes from the 2015 show Lupin III/Fancy Guy!.

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STYLE - Ichinose Kouki (Flower Troupe)

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Current young Flower Troupe otokoyaku Ichinose Kouki talks about her life and her fashion style.

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Feature where siennes review their favorite shows. This one includes Houzumi Mahiro, Kiwami Shin, Shimon Yuriya, and Rukaze Hikaru.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the nature of the feature it can contain major spoilers.

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The last 2022 recap feature (Senka no longer publishes recaps after the retirement of Todoroki Yuu).

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Fourth recap feature.

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The third recap feature.

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Second of the 2022 recap features.

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Look I'm actually remembering to crosspost, let's see how long it lasts this year...

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Happy New Year from Zukalations!!

I hope we all had a tolerable 2022 and 2023 will be full of nice things!

I will try to be better about crossposting to the tumblr this year, but once again if you want to be guaranteed weekly updates of Takarazuka translations, please do check out our new home (zukalations d*t com) and add it to your rss feed reader or join the mailing list.

There are some shows I'm very into this year so there will be even more posts than usual, as well as some new book projects.

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Zukalations articles (week of Jan 9)

With the show closures we are posting some extra translations on the website to help tide people over!

Monday’s post: Natsuzora Momomi, Backstage Journal (Elisabeth 2002)

Wednesday’s post: Ayami Sera, To the Future (2019)

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New Book Translation - Berubara and I

Hello all! My latest long translation project has just started posting over on the homepage! 

This book was published in 2006 and features long-form interviews with many Rose of Versailles stars from the last 30 years, so I thought it was perfect for the 50th anniversary of the comic! (And hopefully I can complete it before the 50th anniversary of the Takarazuka productions!) You can check out Part 1 of Chapter 1 here (featuring the first actress to play Oscar, Haruna Yuri), and find an index of all book translations here.

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Reminder

Hi everyone, I just wanted to state once again that this blog is currently serving as mostly an archive, and we are concentrating on the new wordpress site apart from occasional cross posting of timely articles. If you are having issues accessing any content on the tumblr such as scripts from the listings, please check the wordpress site as it will have the most recently updated live versions.

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Roman Holiday broken link

Hi there, I just thought I'd let you know that on the translated shows page the Roman Holiday link currently takes you to the Nijinsky script! 

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Thank you for letting us know!

I'll get that fixed when I can but for now, the Roman Holiday page on the new website has the correct file <3

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Takarazuka Revue Cosmos Troupe – Anon Yuusei in first junior performance lead “I was moved by the audience’s applause”

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Takarazuka Revue Cosmos Troupe – Anon Yuusei in first junior performance lead “I was moved by the audience’s applause”

The junior performance for the Takarazuka Revue Cosmos Troupe Production Sherlock Holmes: The Game is Afoot! Took place on the 20th in the Takarazuka Grand Theatre, Hyogo Prefecture. The lead, Anon Yuusei, is a member of the 103rd class, and the heroine, Yamabuki Hibari, is a member of the 105th class. They are the first members of their classes to have an [otokoyaku] lead and heroine role, respectively.

Anon is tall at 173 cm, and her figure shone onstage. She seemed comfortable onstage playing Sherlock Holmes, yet looking back on the performance she said “I was actually super-duper nervous (laughs). I was worrying about how I had to lead everyone from the center and such.” However, the main cast Top Star Makaze Suzuho advised her “You should just live as the character.” She also revealed that at times when she was thinking about how she wanted to be more like Makaze, she kindly suggested “You should be Anon’s Holmes.”

It was Anon’s first time acting in center stage, and she said “I was moved by the audience’s applause.” But on the other hand, “As I was acting and moving, I’d end up going back to my non-otokoyaku self. I want to develop a big-hearted aura that can envelop Yamabuki even more,” she reflected.

Yamabuki, who played the heroine Irene, also received encouragement from main cast Top Musumeyaku Jun Hana. “Irene is a strong woman. If you can live as the character, Irene will help you.”

“The Irene inside me is still so small. I want her to be a life-sized Irene by the Tokyo [junior] performance,” Yamabuki said, expressing her ambitions.

The junior performance in the Tokyo Takarazuka Theatre takes place on September 2.