Takarazuka Insanity Project

Hi everyone. Just a heads up that international distro will be closed until January.

US/Canada distro will remain open.

ETA: Due to unforeseen circumstances, USA/Canada Distro will also be closed until January.

Hi all!

Quick update for July.

La Mariposa is complete and on the distro list.
Figaro! is waiting for feedback from various betas.
Started translating Berubara.

Hello ladies and gents,

We have a release for March, and it's probably the last one you'd guess! Sora Fantasista!! is now on our list of shows available for distro. A very fun show celebrating the 10th anniversary of Cosmos Troupe, and highly recommended (as always *grin*).

Never Say Goodbye and La Mariposa are both in the beta editing stage.

Figaro! is about 70% translated.

ruderal_species is going on holiday, so ekusudei is taking over US distro for the next 3-5 weeks.

Cheers!
The TIP Team

P.S. - Mmm, I suppose I may as well announce that in honor of the 100th anniversary and the 4 versions of BeruBara the Revue has inflicted gifted us with this year, it's 99.9% likely that we shall also be inflicting you with a version of Berubara. *grin* Stay tuned to find out which one we've I've chosen. -- Y.F.D. (Your Friendly Dictator)

Happy New Year, everyone!

Still plugging away at things, so no news to report, but wanted to reassure everyone that we were still here.

A new project has been added to the In-Progress list: Figaro! It beat out another show in a poll that I put up on my journal a while ago, so I hope everyone who voted for it is still looking forward to it! (PS - translating puns with visuals into another language and keeping the rhymes is incredibly hard.)

~Jen

So, Say It Again (based on "The Two Gentlemen of Verona") is a show that I have let sit on the back-burner for about four years, constantly meaning to get around to it as my next TIP project. And I thought this would be a good chance for it. Except, I realize we need completed Cosmos shows even more desperately than Snow ones. And Figaro! (based on "The Barber of Seville" and "The Marriage of Figaro") has also been waiting patiently for many years.

So, the choice is yours! Which hilariously fabulous comedy would you like? Say It Again or Figaro? Both have amazing casts (Naruse Kouki, Asami Hikaru, Kisaki Miri, Konno Mahiru, Misa Noeru, Misato Maya, Mirai Yuuki, Ai Youko, Miho Keiko, Tatsuki You VS. Mizu Natsuki, Ayano Kanami, Kuon Maya, Chiga Teruko, Ebira Kaoru, Izumo Aya, Tsukifune Sarara, Miwa Asahi, Kazune Mio) and both are very well done.

~Jen

Hey everyone!

International Distro is open again. Thanks for your patience♥


For the June update I will say that Angels' Ladder is in the beta stage, getting edited by some fabulous and meticulous folks. I'm hoping to release it around the beginning of July.


Anyone have a preference on Grand Theater performances over Bow Hall, or vice versa? So far as TIP projects are concerned, I mean. I have a couple of projects in mind, but I don't want to give too much away. So you get to choose the shell on the left or the shell on the right. ;)
(ETA: Woa, woa! I love all of you for responding, but I'm not looking for title suggestions. My list is too long already, I'm sorry. I'm just trying to narrow it down.)

~Jen

Hello, ladies and gentlemen!

Sorry for the radio silence, but we haven't disappeared, I promise!

Expect more progress on Angels' Ladder this summer, as the translator finally has free time to pick the project back up. :)

~Jen

A question for all international TIP fans (this includes folks in Canada).

Previously, because shipping costs were rather minimal, we used padded envelopes. Then, it wasn't expensive, so even if a disc broke (a very rare happening), it was cheap to send another copy. However, with the new shipping costs it will be much more expensive to mail discs. I don't think we will be able to send replacements for free any more if a disc is damaged during shipping.

So, my question is: Would everyone prefer to continue with the padded envelopes, or would you prefer that we used boxes instead?

My (rough) estimate of air-mail costs would be something like $9.50 for one disc to Canada in a padded envelope, $13 for one disc to Canada in a box. $12 for four discs to Canada by padded envelope, $14.50 for four discs by box. // $11.50 for one disc to other international destinations by padded envelope, $14 for one disc in a box. $16.50 for four discs to other international destinations, $19 for four discs by box.

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Hi all,

Just a quick update to wish everyone a happy new year!

A couple of orders of business:

1) Since our last monthly update, we have had our 20th release! Romantica Takarazuka '04 was released in November.

2) Angel's Ladder is up as an official project, but it will probably be quite a while before it's done because we're working without a script.

3) The US Post Office will be raising postage costs at the end of January, so our costs will be going up accordingly. We'll post an update when we know more about what the new costs will be.

Cheers,
The TIP Team

Hi everybody! Happy Halloween to those of you celebrating it this week. :)

A couple of important announcements. As you all know, we've been tweaking international distro since I moved countries in August. Unfortunately, shipping is a lot more expensive from here. So we've made a couple of changes to international distro (i.e., everywhere besides the US and Canda):

1) I'm returning the EMS option on international orders. I had taken it away because EMS costs from here are absurd, but I do realise there are a few countries where you really need a tracking number. If you want EMS, let me know and I'll calculate it for you. Just be aware that it is extremely expensive.
2) There is no longer a disc limit on international orders. You can order as many discs as you would like, but please understand big orders will take longer. I've calculated the costs up to 20 discs here. I'm doing this mainly so people paying EMS costs don't have to do multiple small orders, but this option is available for all international orders.

So, let's see how this works for now. :)


In other news, there are several projects that are thiiiiiiis close to being done. We hope to have a bunch released before the new year.

First up:
Der Zigeunerbaron (shinjinkōen) is complete!

A quite funny and cute comedy, starring shinjin kouen leads Uzuki Hayate and Hanahi Mira.

~Jen