[Album] J-Pop: An Introduction (and discussion)

Hello good people of GamingForce, it's been a while!

I haven't read through all the pages, but I ran a search and didn't notice FictionJunction YUUKA get brought up. So allow me to introduce you to them via these direct download links right here. There is a promotional video in (what I believe is the) Xvid codec, and mp3s for that track and its coupling track, this is their latest single just released yesterday. Enjoy, I hope that some of you will take a liking to it!

While I have plenty of bandwidth with my host (of which I will not disclose the exact numbers), I'm sure that I can trust that you all won't start pasting this link all over the Internet. And of course, the link will not be up indefinitely.

Whilst I was never really active in this thread in its previous incarnations, I will keep it subscribed and drop by once in a while.

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Originally Posted by rollstorm

ah i wonder if anyone who knows an anime called<Air>.I don't think the anime is good enough but it's music,really really excellent!

Yes, I do know of AIR. The opening, insert, and ending tracks are all sung by Lia and the music is composed by I'VE. I don't follow Lia, so am unsure as to what activities' she's been up to, if any, but that's not to say that any of the three tracks she sang for AIR was poor, in fact, they were all excellent in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

You do follow GARNET CROW though so I'm sure you're aware their 22nd and 23rd singles are on the horizon - mid-August and early September respectively.

Ahahaha. I was actually not aware of this, OP, so thanks a ton for the heads-up. I didn't think that they would pull a fast one on me like this by releasing two more singles right after having releasing one in July...not that I'm complaining or anything!

I guess I'll have to lay down my orders on Amazon.co.jp...

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Originally Posted by Sakabadger

One of the links in the topic post no longer works:

http://bunko.theppn.org/

Hah! Yeah, we closed shop temporarily around February or March of 2005...but that then became indefinitely. :/

I believe that people are primarily using Jpopsuki as a tracker nowadays.

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In particular I am looking for Changin' My Life albums and some The Scanty stuff, I guess. The intrepid poster will be able to tell what the relation is.

Any albums or singles in particular?

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Sakabadger: Okay, I will contact you through PMs or on IRC if I find anything. We'll just let this be the end of that (since we should probably keep request-related posts off this thread).

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Bigblah

Actually, the songs from AIR were composed by KEY artists (Shinji Orito, Jun Maeda and Magome Togoshi). Kazuya Takase from I've did the mix and recording (for the OP/ED only), so it has that I've style.

Is that so? My mistake.

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Odd, I had thought you had some of the ones listed purchased already, like some of Otsuka Ai's earlier works and those DAI ones.

Anyway, welcome back, and I'm glad you had a good time.

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Originally Posted by Flara

oh yeah OP!!!! I can't find anything on Mio Isayama.

She's not exactly the most well-known of artists, so I can't say I'm too surprised about this. The only reason I know of her is because she sang Getsurenka for Shadow Hearts II, which I think is also the reason why OP knows her, though I could be wrong.

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Originally Posted by Soprano1

Maybe i'm off topic, but can anyone tell me some good B'z songs?

I haven't heard too many myself, but I'll list what I like off the top of my head.

OCEAN
LOVE PHANTOM
Konya tsuki no mieru oka ni
ARIGATO
LADY NAVIGATION

TMG's OH JAPAN ~OUR TIME IS NOW~ is very good. I also liked Koshi Inaba's Wonderland.

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Originally Posted by AnimeNewsNetwork

Zard Singer Izumi Sakai, 40, Dies from Staircase Fall
Japanese singer-songwriter Izumi Sakai, better known as Zard, died on Sunday of a brain contusion after falling three meters (10 feet) off the landing of a staircase at the Keio University Hospital. She was undergoing treatment for cervical cancer. Sakai, whose real name was Sachiko Kamachi, was 40 years old. The ex-model wrote and performed theme songs for numerous anime projects, including Slam Dunk, Yawara! Special - Zutto Kimi no Koto ga…, Dragon Ball GT, Chuuka Ichiban!, and Detective Conan (Case Closed).

I am speechless. May she rest in peace.

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