Thread:Momplaystkrb/@comment-44449416-20191119005509/@comment-39892201-20191120060357

Hi, you found me! AND you went through the trouble of creating an account just to chat about TKRB! Thanks for that! On the subject on where to buy the DVD, I think that there are many different places to buy it from, whether it be through Animate, CDJapan, or Amazon, as long as you don't buy it from a secondhand store it should be fine. None of these stores require proxies and ship directly too.

As for chances of the movie getting official subs, sadly, I think there is no chance at at all. The movie already got its official BD/DVD release, so I don't think there is much incentive for TOHO to go through another BD/DVD release just for English subs. Most people who are interested in buying BD/DVDs of the movie will have already bought it during its initial release. TKRB is just too niche for a separate, official English subbed release. The reason why the Atsu Ibun musical even got a separate English subbed DVD release is because it had a second run of the play in Paris, where fans all over Europe travelled to attend the play. I believe the subbed DVD was released to be sold in conjunction with that tour, and subsequently sold in stores like Animate, etc. Nelke, in particular, is really trying to expand their productions to reach an international audience. They're the folks behind Toumyu and Tenimyu, Sailor Moon Musical, etc. All these shows have toured internationally. Sailor Moon even toured New York this past year! So when an official English DVD is released, it's a good idea to support it in order to let the company know that there IS a demand for them and that perhaps there might be a chance that FUTURE shows get English subs.

I wish I could give you a direct answer as to how the process of our money going directly to these productions work. From what I've seen the relatively short time I've been a fan of Japanese stage plays, I can tell you that these companies are becoming aware that there is international interest. As mentioned before, shows are touring outside of just Asia, but also, they're tentatively reaching out to international customers too. If you're on Twitter, there's an English account of one of the largest stage promoters, Enter-stage

Enter-stage is starting to ask questions to its international followers about how to market directly to us. For instance, they asked us recently how difficult it is for the international customers to buy tickets to Japanese stage plays. It's little acts like that is really encouraging.

Thanks again for reaching out to me and chatting about TKRB and stage plays! You just keep doing what you're doing, supporting TKRB from afar and spreading sword love around! If there's enough of us around, hopefully one day soon, we'll start seeing more English subbed releases!