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Fi(r)st in 2010

Anna — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:27:22 +0000

2010 already has started and it just feels like things won’t run well this year.

I started with some kind of business presentation to promote myself but I don’t have time for that. As Carol told us before: School kind of hates us; at least since I have to write on a short dissertation :_;
I had some small spark of hope left for the upcomming US/EU release of Final Fantasy XIII but currently I think this game will just suck… at least for people who played FF before and do not think that Final Fantasy VII is the best part of the series ever.
Some great announcement for upcoming games this year and I guess most of them will be deferred (such as Golden Sun DS, Legend of Zelda).
Great: Finally I’ll get Chrono Trigger DS – Worst: I’ll not get Bioshock2 and I don’t have money for Shattered Memories…
Because of 1. I have to manage two twitter accounts and two web blogs (+design) as well as my Behence portfolio and client works.
Still a lot games (from 2009) to play/ finish but no time for that

Akira Yamaoka leaving Konami?

Anna — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:16:39 +0000

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.

[gydtr] Secret of Mana ORIGINAL SOUND VERSION

Anna — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:28:05 +0000

It’s sometimes pretty difficult to find accurate information on game music. For this reason I now start with an old but beautiful and well composed piece: Secret of Mana ORIGINAL SOUND VERSION (not soundtrack). For those who don’t know: Secret of Mana in known in Japan as simply Seiken Densetsu 2 and was once released for SNES. Secret of Mana is the most popular part of the Seiken Densetsu series and has been re-released as a mobile game in 2009.

Original title: 聖剣伝説2 ORIGINAL SOUND VERSION
Composer: 菊田裕樹 (Kikuta Hiroki)
Number of Discs: 1
Publisher: NTT Publishing
Release date: Aug 06, 1993 (reprinted in 1995, 2004)
Catalog Number: NTCP-5030 (2004 reprint)
Official links: Secret of Mana Mobile, at NTT出版
PURCHASE: CDJAPAN

You’ll find Japanese tracklist and tracklist scan under the cut.

01. 天使の怖れ
02. 不思議なお話を
03. 薔薇と精霊
04. いつもいっしょ
05. やさしい思いで
06. 少年は荒野をめざす
07. 夏の空色
08. 踊るけものたち
09. 遠雷
10. 妖精族の子供
11. 月夜の出来事
12. 闇の奥
13. 聖なる侵入
14. 熱砂の秘密
15. 森は教えてくれたこと
16. ねがい
17. 夜の魂
18. 君は海を見たか
19. 危機
20. 嵐の孤児
21. 風の焉るところ
22. 未知への飛行
23. 永却回帰
24. 伝説
25. 八点鏡
26. 奇妙な事件
27. 海辺の王様
28. 暗黒星
29. 予感
30. 鋼鉄と罠
31. 祈りと囁き
32. 儀式
33. 明日にとどく
34. 愛に時間を
35. 浄夜
36. たたり
37. 呪術師
38. ある結末
39. 君を忘れない
40. そのひとつは希望
41. 子午線の祀り
42. 翼はもうはばたかない
43. 最後から2番目の真実
44. ひとみを閉じて

Tracklist scan:

・・・

Anna — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:52:52 +0000

I’m finally back from vacation, but I’m not in the mood to write blog entires lately – even if things run well. I still have more than four drafts I always wanted to post, but didn’t get round to do it.

A few days ago I started to play Rappelz again. After a half year of inactivity Rappelz went into session five and is now called “Rappelz Epic V: Dragonic Age”. But actually I don’t have time to play, because Grieved-Lightness is still down and I need to get ready until Monday.

ただいま。

Anna — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:19:02 +0000

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.

Untitled.

Anna — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:15:31 +0000

Today I received a message about my application on university and got to know that I have to join a three-hours long qualifying examination next week (probable on Tuesday) and present my portfolio.

I felt like I had to post that:
Move your mouse over the image and click some times ^^