Hello all!  This is Ryan Sands, I run the horror/indie manga blog Same Hat and publish the zine Electric Ant.  I worked and lived in Japan on 3 occasions, most substantially for Spring-Fall of 2003, while studying in Kyoto at the Stanford Center and then working at a non-profit in Osaka. I'm a longtime TR fan and have been following this community ( Read more... )

A musical depicting  the lives of Takarasiennes before and during WWII will be produced in December this year.
The show features 30 OGs including  8  ex-top stars.

愛と青春の宝塚　Ai to Seishun no Takarazuka
Decemer 2 - 22, 2008 at Shinjuku Koma Stadium, Tokyo
This  musical is based on a TV drama
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