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It's possible some of you may already know abou this, and it's also possible that some of you have never heard of the all-women musical theatre troupe, the Takarazuka Revue. I was intrigued by the concept of a Phoenix Wright musical when I first heard about it, and toay Kotaku has a sneak peak of their performance. Not unerstanding Japanese makes it difficult to accurately determine how good it turned out, but it does seem to be appropriately goofy for the mediums of musical theater and cartoony courtroom drama video games.

I dunno, though. Even if it weren't super-great, if I were in Japan, and, you know, understood Japanese, I would have to go see this.

Also, do yourself a favor and ignore half the commentary on that article.

Man. I would do things to see the Takarazuka that I wouldn't even do for a Klondike Bar. No frigging joke.

This just verifies that the Takarazuka Revue is basically the most awesome thing in all of theater ever.

Edit: I feel privileged to have been able to watch that whole ten minute clip, and at work where people will be wondering what the hell I'm clapping and laughing in delight over.

Capcom has a page on it:
http://www.capcom.co.jp/gyakutensaiban/ ... index.html

Wright wanted you to know.

Are we going to be seeing a the full show posted online at any point? Destructoid have been covering it in some capacity, but I've been holding out for the full experience.

I saw a poster of this at the kabuki theatre I went to a few weeks ago and almost swooned.

I kinda wanna go see it. It's playing for a few weeks in Tokyo which means I'd have to take a trip there, which is no big deal. The good seat tickets are 7500 yen and the bad seat tickets are 5000 yen, which is expensive, but that's to be expected for takarazuka, which has tons of crazy zealot fans (and we're talking JAPANESE zealot fans, which makes them even more insane). They line up in lines outside the actresses' rooms and wait for them to come out to just wave, and they all bow at the same time and then the fan in front presents the actress with a collective present. There is also apparently really harsh senior-junior relationships between these fans...Japanese fans scare me, seriously. And also do note that these fans are almost 100% female.

But yeah...I really wanna go see this. I'll let you know if I end up going, it's still too far ahead (a few weeks) to plan.

Molokidan wrote:I kinda wanna go see it. It's playing for a few weeks in Tokyo which means I'd have to take a trip there, which is no big deal. The good seat tickets are 7500 yen and the bad seat tickets are 5000 yen, which is expensive, but that's to be expected for takarazuka, which has tons of crazy zealot fans (and we're talking JAPANESE zealot fans, which makes them even more insane). They line up in lines outside the actresses' rooms and wait for them to come out to just wave, and they all bow at the same time and then the fan in front presents the actress with a collective present. There is also apparently really harsh senior-junior relationships between these fans...Japanese fans scare me, seriously. And also do note that these fans are almost 100% female.

So wait, are you in Japan, or is a flight to Japan no big deal?

Yeah, I heard about Takarazuka fans. Wacky Japan.

<--- I'm in Kyoto.

Molokidan wrote:<--- I'm in Kyoto.

indeed!

How easy/difficult is it to find a specific game title in Japan, and how cheap/expensive are used games? Cuz I've been looking for a copy of Hudson's Puzzle Series Vol. 11: Nurikabe for a bit, and if I have to pay an upcharge to anyone, I'd rather send it to a friend than some eBay seller.

Pretty easy, except Nurikabe looks like a pretty new game, so I doubt the prices would be exceptionally low. The retail price is around $30, and I see most import shops charging $35-40 for it, which isn't that bad. There was one place that only had $5 shipping.

Mind hitting me up with some store links? I mostly shop Play-asia, and they've been out of the game for a corn's age.

Here's the site I found it on using google:

http://www.gamebaz.com/?a=i&i=6334

Price for shipping seems pretty reasonable. Although I've never personally used the site before.

I would so go to that Phoenix Wright show if I was able. Do they ever travel abroad to perform?

http://www.takarazuka-revue.info/tiki-i ... rformances

I don't think so.

Also, I mean no offense to BW, but could a mod fix the misspelling of Takarazuka in the title?