subbed takarazuka & OSK revue

Summary: Alex (Amami Yuuki), a non-selling author, has trouble writing. Throughout his daily life he keeps up a mental conversation with Simon Emett, a figment of his imagination and the cool and manly hero of a hard-boiled novel he’s working on. Meanwhile, the police are having a hard time catching a serial killer dubbed “Crime Buster” who's out killing thugs around town and who Alex draws parallels to his own novel’s character. Alex’s unofficial girlfriend, Rosemarie (Asano Kayo), tries to help him out of his writer’s slump, but things just get more and more complicated as Alex struggles between his own emotions and the cool and heartless Simon Emett he strives to be in his head.

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A 1080p HD upscaled version of this show was aired recently, so I thought it'd be a good time for me to go back and update these subs to go along with a rerelease. The audio is a looottt more clearer and I could hear much better this time so I fixed a bunch of mistranslations I made the first time. These are really old subs (I think the first one I ever made) too so I knew there were bound to be a lot of amateur subbing mistakes.

Updated review, including some musings on gender and masculinity in this show below.
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Summary: A revue that's also a fun little Takarazuka history lesson. To celebrate Takarazuka's then upcoming London tour in 1995, this revue showcases actual performances they've presented to their overseas audiences in their tours to America, South America, Europe, and Southeast Asia all the way back from the year 1938. There's also a couple of comedic skits in between here and there.

I’ve decided to put in some extra effort in subbing revues, from now on I’ll also be putting names of the siennes as they appear, as well as the credits for composers and choreographers etc.

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Summary: A Takarazuka original loosely based on Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. On one Midsummer’s Eve, Puck (Suzukaze Mayo), a mischievous newborn fairy, happens to meet Hermia (Asano Kayo), a young girl with the ability to see fairies. Although fairies are forbidden to talk with or even be seen by humans, the two secretly become friends, but what will happen once Hermia grows up into an adult and can no longer see fairies…?

This is the version aired on the NHK channel with Ayaki Nao performing the role of Helen. It's a very cute show. I want to note however that there is use of a Native American headdress as a “costume” at the beginning of the show which appears for a very short time, so please be aware.
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