LIMIT-BLOGS » japanese music http://blog.limit-breaks.com Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:02:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Akira Yamaoka leaving Konami? http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2009/12/akira-yamaoka-leaving-konami/ http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2009/12/akira-yamaoka-leaving-konami/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:16:39 +0000 Anna http://limit-breaks.com/blog/?p=389 That’s what I got to know by checking out Original Sound Version recently:

While rumors have been going around all day regarding Silent Hill series composer and producer Akira Yamaoka leaving Konami, OSV has received official confirmation from Yamaoka himself. This is huge news for the gaming industry, as Yamaoka has been one of the biggest critics of the Japanese gaming industry. It will be interesting to see what he does if he decides to work freelance in the gaming industry.

Watch in the coming days for an extensive interview with Yamaoka on this move and his future plans. Will he continue working on Silent Hill? Will he be working on a solo album? Will be focus on music or game production? We’re just as anxious as you are to know more!

Are you surprised by this announcement? Do you think Yamaoka is going to focus on music or production moving forward? (Source: OSV, AP)

What a shock. I wonder what will happen to Silent Hill from now on. I’m looking forward to other great projects by Yamaoka but to tell the truth I don’t want another iFUTURELIST.

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By the way: I asked at WDR, host of Symphonic Fantasies, for an upcoming CD/ DVD release and they told me a CD is set to be released in December. A DVD edition is about to be released in January. Next entry will be about the upcoming concert in September 2010 called “Symphonic Legends“.
I guess from now it’s worth visiting German for at least one day a year :D

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photo by yoko shimomura ]]> http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2009/09/symphonic-fantasies-etc/feed/ 0 Evangelion: 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE. original sound track http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2009/07/evangelion-20-you-can-not-advance-original-sound-track/ http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2009/07/evangelion-20-you-can-not-advance-original-sound-track/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:02:42 +0000 Anna http://limit-breaks.com/blog/?p=174 Got it today:

evangelion 2.0 case

]]> http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2009/07/evangelion-20-you-can-not-advance-original-sound-track/feed/ 0 Review: Beautiful World -PLANiTb Acoustica Mix- http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2009/07/review-beautiful-world-planitb-acoustica-mix/ http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2009/07/review-beautiful-world-planitb-acoustica-mix/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:36:31 +0000 Anna http://limit-breaks.com/blog/?p=156 Now that the official theme song for Evangelion 2.0 has been released there seems to be need for further discussion.

This is what I think about it:
I think it’s pretty amazing that there wasn’t any copy available on the internet before the release two days ago. No title officially announced and no information at all. But because of this particular reason people seem to be even more disappointed to get “just” a remix.

I don’t like people to appraise this song as an ordinary single, because it’s a THEME SONG! It’s a remix, it’s for Evangelion and it’s very well done.
Evangelion always had one opening theme in many variations and this fact represents one important topic in the anime series: showing differences (feelings, impressions, …) in human mind and changes as well!

In this case isn’t a remix most suitable? Because a remix isn’t just a warm-up of older stuff, but an (re)inter•pre•tation!
Btw: The Rebuild of Evangelion movies are meant to show a certain climax. Doesn’t this remix contents a different mood than the originl song?

Finally there is nothing more to say as that this mixed theme song is well done and suits good to the second Rebuild of Evangelion movie. Especially because in my opinion a guitar goes with Asuka, who has a main role in this movie. Maybe I got this idea because of ASUKA STRIKES! :)

This entry is crossposted to Last.fm group Rebuild of Evangelion. You may comment there as well!

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I’m afraid of having a bird-like head afterwards and therefore I’m always taking a picture of what I want to get to the hairdresser. Because I like fuzzy-heads I decided on Ai Otsukas short hair, but I’m still not sure about the variation. I need some advice!!!

The result can be admired next friday or saturday ;)

]]> http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2009/01/hair-like-ai/feed/ 0 ただいま。 http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2008/07/%e3%81%9f%e3%81%a0%e3%81%84%e3%81%be%e3%80%82/ http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2008/07/%e3%81%9f%e3%81%a0%e3%81%84%e3%81%be%e3%80%82/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:19:02 +0000 Anna http://limit-breaks.com/blog/?p=19 Writing this means to feel sad, depressed and drained.
Yesterday I started to create a design for Final Fantasy community I was a member of for over six years. This community is still online, but inactive since one or two years. It makes me sad, because I had so much fun with it and now everything is gone and became sleazy, because of the unactive members and ignorant admins. Maybe I feel this way, because I know each other well and can’t understand their attitude. I belong to a sort people who can’t to let go and worked on things until the very end, but there is no need if you are the only one who cares I think…

I’m not quite sure why I try so hard with this layout, because there is no need for it and I think I spend too much time with it (and effort) to share it on Grieved-Lightness.
I think I’m attached to it, because I always wanted to create a design for this website, but I was never allowed to. When I got my chance I failed – I always fail when I need to work on something I like. I always take care in creating web designs no matter if they’re ordered by a friend or a person I don’t know, but when I have to do something for myself I always fail. It’s the same with ordinary drawings. It’s like I have a blockade in my head and I have no idea what to do.

Oh dear, this sounds really depressed. Maybe it’s because of the Anime I’m recently watching. Mushi-shi makes me feel calm and contemplative. Maybe it’s because of the music that makes me feel home.

Here are two of my favorite songs from the Mushi-shi soundtrack I uploaded. It’s not that I wanted to share them to everyone. It’s just a sort of core or medium to show you what I mean.

1.「海境（うなさか）より」 umi sakai (unasaka) yori
2.深淵 shinen (fixed)

Btw: the soundtrack reminds me of Mononoke hime OST, but the composer doesn’t compose both. What a pity, because both of them created some kind of pleasent feeling.

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Last FriendsI got my very own copy from 宇多田ヒカル’s latest album “Heart Station“ today and I’m really glad, now, (´ ▽｀) even if End of Evangelion didn’t come, yet.
I would like to scan the booklet, but it’s a bit difficult, because it’s a very shiny paper. By the way … I saw the new magazine scans feat. Hikki and I need to say that such pink stuff and earring don’t suit her …

Heart Station
When listening Heart Station and the Nodame Cantabile soundtracks I need to design and code the last orders I got at Grieved-Lightness, but migraine makes hard to concentrate and the last days I slept the whole time. (´・ω・｀) 一 CAN’T SLEEP CAN’T EAT I’M SICK

]]> http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2008/04/13/feed/ 1 1st Jdrama experience http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2008/04/1st-jdrama-experience/ http://blog.limit-breaks.com/2008/04/1st-jdrama-experience/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:19:42 +0000 Anna http://limit-breaks.com/blog/?p=12 I never watched a JDrama before or got the idea I had to try, but when I noticed that Prisoner of Love by 宇多田ヒカル became the opening theme of Last Friends I watched the trailer and was very interested. That time there were no subtitles available on D-Addicts and therefor I catched up for related information. A JDrama came into my mind that is called Nodame Cantabile and I read about it at Kaji’s blog some times before. I get to know that the JDrama is a live action version based on the same called Manga. I was very interested in the live action, even if I’m not interested in Manga or Anime.

Nodame Cantabile (live action)
In the end I watched all 11 epsiodes and the first special. (I also have the 2nd special, but I don’t want to end this … even if Chiaki and Nodame will kiss *__*) I fell in love with Nodame Cantabile from the very beginning and I enjoy watching it. I’m really glad that I found out about this.

Edit: I was really suprised and glad that my favorite actors and actresses from Nodame have major roles in Last Friends, such as 上野樹里 (Ueto Juri), 瑛太 Eita) and 水川あさみ (Mizikawa Asami).

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The first one contents the Japanese version of 宇多田ヒカル’s latest album “Heart Station“. I ordered it last week and hopefully I’ll get it tomorrow.
The second package contents the Neon Genesis Evangelion movie “The End of Evangelion“. Even if I own the NTSC-version I would like to collect the German editions as well. It was hard to find it on the Internet, because time is gone until its release date in Germany, and it was much more expensive than I thought … (´ロ｀)

To kill time I started to watch the Ranma 1/2 Anime series on DVD. I’m a big fan of the Manga by Rumiko Takahashi and watched this first season when it aired in German TV. I could never imagine it would be that great to watch this Anime, because Manga like Ranma use some kind of fun that just works while reading, not watching. But this Anime is obviously an exception and I’m always convulsed with laughter (´ ▽｀)

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