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BeruBara Tag Boom

BeruBara Tag Boom

Written by: Alex
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 A series focused on how a musical based on a popular manga-influenced Japanese women’s wrestling over the next decade. Part of the Violent People Podcast Network© 2025 Alex Art Combat Sports & Self-Defence Entertainment & Performing Arts
Episodes
  • BeruBara Tag Boom: Episode 5

    BeruBara Tag Boom: Episode 5
    Jun 9 2024

    In this episode Alex discusses the beginning of joshi wrestling in 1946 and its history through the 1960s, she also addresses why there is a lack of documentation of joshi wrestling in comparison to male contemporaries during the post-war era of Rikidozan.
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    35 mins
  • BeruBara Tag Boom: Episode 4

    BeruBara Tag Boom: Episode 4
    Jun 9 2024

    In this episode Alex tackles the Takarazuka Revue and gives a brief history of the all-female theater group and its important connection to joshi wrestling of the late 1970s into the 1980s. She also takes time to are some grievances with the way many wrestling fans seem to willingly misunderstand the culture surrounding Japanese wrestling.
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    37 mins
  • BeruBara Tag Boom: Episode 3

    BeruBara Tag Boom: Episode 3
    Jun 9 2024

    In episode 3, Alex takes a look into the origins of the visual aesthetics of shoujo manga of the 70s by explaining the origins of magazines made for a demographic composed of the growing number of female students attending secondary school. How did the iconic art style of shoujo manga develop those giant sparkling eyes and why did the early 70s see the debuts of a large number of young female artists? The pre-war era holds the answers. https://isayyousayheisei.home.blog/
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    32 mins
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