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    Posted by inbuninbu on Sat 21 of Feb, 2009 23:47 GMT-0000 posts: 31 ☆ ☆ ☆
    Hello

    I had a dig around but realised I have no idea which part of the site this information would be on: roughly when did Takarazuka start making video recordings of some kind of its performances?

    And it would also be interesting to know, when did they start commercially releasing them on video (and now DVD - do they do Blu-ray yet??) for fans to purchase.

    I have a vague recollection of reading somewhere that they started with the Hanshin earthquake as a stimulus/kikkake, but I can't remember my source so don't quote me on that... Am I right in thinking it must be fairly recent - as people after all didn't used to own VCR let alone DVD players?
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    Posted by inbuninbu on Fri 27 of Feb, 2009 20:58 GMT-0000 posts: 31 ☆ ☆ ☆
    Thanks for all your incredibly helpful replies. I kind of had the feeling that since I couldn't find the information anywhere it was likely to be because it was all a bit ad hoc; one of those things that evolves as the technology does, in new and unexpected ways.

    That gives me enough to go on though, so thank you very much. I will chase up all the leads you suggest and see what you come up with.

    What I really wanted a while back was a 1970s Berubara recording of the original Haruni Yuri production but I think given my bank balance if nothing else, that's probably just wishful thinking....
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    Posted by caithion on Mon 23 of Feb, 2009 02:39 GMT-0000 posts: 708 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
    I know they had betamax-ish releases (I can't remember the exact technology, but something pre-VHS) in the 80s. The company definitely has some recordings going back to the 30s, though whether they were ever commercially released in their entirety (or whether there is an entirety) is your guess as good as mine. They actually did film versions of some of their shows in the 50s, back when there was a Takarazuka film division.

    You can find some of this footage on the 85th Anniversary video.
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    Posted by Zephy on Sun 22 of Feb, 2009 10:53 GMT-0000 posts: 128 ☆ ☆ ☆ Japan
    In addition to what lliriblanc said, There were several other videos not released under the TMP branding between 1992 and 1994. (Those are the ones I know of off the top of my head. There may be a few more hidden out there, but these are all I definitely know of)
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    Posted by lliriblanc on Sun 22 of Feb, 2009 03:47 GMT-0000 posts: 39 ☆ ☆ ☆ United States
    As you can see from the wiki page, there were official releases as far back as the early 80s. VHS didn't stop being printed until 2007, at which point TCA switched over completely to DVD. NHK has also aired Takarazuka shows on television at least as far back as the early 90s and probably before then too.
    If you watch some of the documentary releases, you can see video recordings as far back as the 1930s, but obviously those are very short and usually damaged videos that were probably not complete to begin with.
    The oldest complete recordings that I've seen are from the 1970s, since there are extant recordings of the early Rose of Versailles performances.
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