3xLOL (1 good, 1 bad and 1 wtf?)
Posted by kacpyJun 30
I wanted to post the first two some time ago, yet never bothered, so here they are before I get to the WTF point.
The good LOL: DARKER THAN BLACK OST1 cover. Simply awesome, even if it looks more like my dog than Mao IMHO.
The bad LOL: DEAD GIRLS DVD cover. Honestly, Gontzo is trying to ruin RED GARDEN for me before the OVA gets even released - first the mecha promo pic and now THIS. 07.07.13 update: this cover seems to be now for the limited edition DVD only.
And now the WTF - Kyouya’s new composers post at randomc. I’ve had my LOL earlier this week (overlooked workers, LOL) and after reading this new post I didn’t really think about commenting on it in a bigger post - “so he likes this and doesn’t like that - we’re all like that”. But I got back from walking the dog, read it again, went “LOL WUT?” and here it is. Yes, this will be about Kajiura (and Kanno), but to be exact - about Kyouya’s “reasonings” for his “rankings”. Post analysis START.
Fine by me. We like some things more than others, simple as that… but Kyouya continues.“The main reason as to why I believe she belongs here is because I respect her vocal compositions more than her BGM.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t she have her own solo project called FictionJunction (YUUKA, ASUKA, KAORI, KEIKO and WAKANA)?
FFS… SO WHAT? You were supposed to talk about BGMs. BUT Kyouya continues…
If that’s not enough, have supporters neglected her partnership with Ishikawa Chiaki to form the group known as See-Saw?
OK, I’m probably reading too much into this, but “if that’s not enough“? Kajiura “supporters neglected” See-Saw? WTF? What kind of an arrogant off-topic comment is this? Not only is this getting personal (bashing Kajiura fans?), but is Kyouya trying to say Kajiura cannot be in his All Stars list BECAUSE she worked with Chiaki? Because she had other non-anime song projects? There has to be something to it, since he stresses on her “solo projects” so much in his post, but wait, wait… so what about Kanno and Maaya? Didn’t Kanno compose like 90% of Maaya Sakamoto stuff? Yet there she is in his All Stars ranking. Hmm… interesting. (Note, I do like Yoko Kanno a lot, so this is no hatin’ on her.)
But still… this is randomc, where 43% of the visitors probably don’t use any other sources for their animu info/news and Kyouya will now be their new BGM composer guru. Have fun “researching” your next ranking, Kyouya (AKA making it up on the fly, since that’s what it seems so far).
I SO LOLD WITH RED GARDEN COVER.
Comment by Ten no Koe — June 30, 2007 @ 7:36 pm
Oh god… they’ve got to be kidding with that cover…
Also, I agree with you that Kyouya either needs to set up his own blog, or put some research in his articles. This is Random Curiosity we’re talking about, the most visited anime blog out there. For such a readership, you must put some efford in it yourself as well.
Comment by psgels — June 30, 2007 @ 7:57 pm
What exactly don’t you like about the RG DVD cover?
I personally think it’s fine. Very fine. :P
Comment by Leon — June 30, 2007 @ 10:12 pm
@psgels: I’m afraid they aren’t kidding. Official artwork, on all official sites and all shops. :(
@Leon: Have you seen the original RED GARDEN? xD Well, there was no mention of it being soft porn. I’ve no real issue with nudity itself from the girls, but their poses in that pic (WTF @ Kate’s hips and ass) are like… MMMMKAY, maybe DEAD GIRLS OVA will be soft core, with hard core mechas…
Comment by kacpy — June 30, 2007 @ 10:35 pm
Yeah I did see the series. I blogged it from episodes 1 straight through to the end.
I suppose I get what you mean now with the poses. But I still don’t have a problem with it overall (Kate is my favorite girl btw).
As for the mecha thing….yeah. I don’t know what to think about that
Comment by Leon — June 30, 2007 @ 11:03 pm
That cover reminds me of the Brain Powerd OP o__O
Comment by mai — July 1, 2007 @ 1:52 pm
DtB: Yay for a cat cover…Mao is getting lazy though, and he seems to be getting fatter in the anime.
Red Garden OVA: HARD YURI and mecha = wtf?
Comment by Karura — July 1, 2007 @ 9:24 pm
About Kyouya…
Really… when a big portion of Kajiura’s BGM is actually songs with vocals (a song of storm and fire, siren song, moebius only from the Tsubasa OSTs), his reasoning fails for me. Or since when was a song of storm and fire an insert?
Anyway… >_
Comment by arashi-chan — July 2, 2007 @ 2:14 pm