#梶浦由記 #KajiuraYuki #ufotable ~ Kimetsu no Yaiba 1st trailer released

ufotable's Facebook page posted a video of the first trailer for #鬼滅の刃 #KimetsuNoYaiba.  Kajiura Yuki is collaborating with #ShiinaGo #椎名豪  on the soundtrack of this anime series that's due to air in April of 2019.

The music on the trailer does sound quite Kajiura-ish which is the kind of music I like.  The style and look of the animation looks quite ufotable which I also generally like.  I'm not sure how the collaboration for the music will work and I'm not sure if I'll enjoy the story.  But since both Kajiura Yuki and ufotable are involved, then I'll definitely be checking it out.



I'm looking forward to this and am curious to hear new music from Kajiura Yuki next year. :)

Okay, I'm off to bed.  It's been a long day.  Good night. :)

#KajiuraYuki #梶浦由記 - announces: will work on OST for Kimetsu no Yaiba

Kajiura Yuki will be collaborating with Shiina Go on the OST of a ufotable produced anime called Kimetsu no Yaiba. (official website link)  This anime is scheduled to go on air in April 2019.

2019年4月より放映開始予定のTVアニメ「鬼滅の刃」の音楽を椎名豪さんと作らせて頂きます。原作がマジヤバイ面白さであるのに加えてアニメの演出作画目を見張るほど凄まじい！関わらせて頂けて光栄です。放映を楽しみにしております！！https://t.co/Wx9Ht975iv

— 梶浦由記 Yuki Kajiura (@Fion0806) November 25, 2018

As all fans of Kajiura-sensei will surely know, she's worked on ufotable's projects numerous times, including the very awesome Kara no Kyoukai.

I'm not that familiar with Shiina Go but if I got it correct he's worked on ufotables God Eater projects.

This might be interesting.  I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this.

#KajiuraYuki #梶浦由記 ~ official FictionJunction Station twitter

Just a quick blog post for now.  Yesterday, Kajiura Yuki announced that her new official fan club, FictionJunction Station, has set up an official twitter account.  If you're a Kajiura Yuki fan, it's a good idea to follow this account for new and official announcements etc. :)

梶浦由記(@Fion0806)公式サイト(https://t.co/0TibyPlakl )、公式ファンクラブサイトFictionJunction Station(https://t.co/ypL7OB33Bn)の更新情報などお知らせを呟いて参ります。

— 梶浦由記_staff (@YKajiura_staff) November 8, 2018

#梶浦由記 #KajiuraYuki ~ Fate/Zero Original Soundtrack - unboxing

This will actually be a very simple unboxing of this release.  I'll only be putting up the photos and won't be writing any lengthy commentary.  This is not because I don't like this release.  I like it very much.  I like the Fate/Zero OST a lot and felt that it really added to the whole atmosphere and feel of the anime series.  However, I need to try and catch up with my unboxing releases because the next one I need to do is the Princess Principal OST and I won't have too much time to do it.  That's because the Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregotozukai Sound Collection and the Kalafina 9+one at Tokyo International Forum Hall A BD will arrive sometime next week, if all goes as planned.

Also, this release isn't exactly new.  Most of the tracks have been released as bonus CDs on DVD / BD boxsets when the anime series was released years ago and I've heard them many times before. This new release collects all the tracks from those releases and adds studio versions of the live performances of some of these tracks, hence why we have members of FictionJunction credited in this release.  They were not participants in the original OST tracks but did perform them at the lives.  This is commonly the case when Kajiura Yuki performs her OST songs live.  The live versions of these renditions have been released previously, so what they did this time was to record these live versions in a studio and release them as part of a sort of bonus of sorts for this collection.

So here you go, photos...

#KajiuraYuki #梶浦由記 ~ Fate/Zero 3 CD soundtrack release announced

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For those of us who are also Kajiura Yuki fans.  This has just been announced.  The OST for Fate/Zero is slated for a 20th Sept 2017 release.  This is a 3 CD release which will contain 56 tracks. It will not only include the OST tracks from the 25 episode Fate/Zero anime series, it will also include new tracks.

If I'm not wrong, this announce was made about an hour to two ago at the ufotable stage event at Anime Japan.  They also announced the release of a standard edition BD boxset of all 25 episodes of the anime series and the dates for the "Heaven's Feel" roadshow.

#KajiuraYuki #梶浦由記 ~ Sword Art Online Ordinal Scale OST - unboxing / comments

I'm going to do a quick unboxing and writeup of this album just to keep my momentum going.  It looks like I might be getting very busy again but I really don't want to disappear from my blog for so many weeks. So maybe quick unboxings will help me keep at it. :)

Hence, here we go.  Photos. :)

Kalafina ~ far on the water SP FINAL - BD unboxing

This is just a really quick post.  I have shot some photos of the BD which I received from Fedex last night, so if you like to take a look, you are most welcome to. :)



This came with a poster tokuten from CDJapan, by the way, but I didn't shoot a photo of it this time because CDJapan really does a nice job packing them, I didn't really want to mess with it because the poster is going into storage for now.

FictionJunction Club Live Best 20 2016 ~ goods unboxing

The FictionJunction Club Live was a live I would have loved to have gone to. Kajiura Yuki + FictionJunction vocalists + Kalafina + FBM all performing the Top 20 songs that were voted in by fans, sounds really awesome, yah? :)  Unfortunately, I cannot fly to Japan twice in a month. I can't afford that and I was already committed to going to my friend's wedding in Japan at the end of March.  Hence, best I could do was Yuki Kajiura Vol.13 in Osaka on the 27th March. And I am grateful that the gods of music at least made it possible for me to attend one live during my upcoming trip. :)

Kajiura Yuki ~ animate.tv interview about SAO's music

【ニュース】ライブはなによりの「ご褒美」──梶浦由記の思い描くアニメ『ソードアート・オンライン』音楽のセカイ #sao_anime https://t.co/okAxfz6BYU pic.twitter.com/Az0w0C4w3V

— アニメイトTV公式 (@animate_tv) March 18, 2016

This interview popped up on twitter with amazingly good timing. LOL
It's been a pretty light end to the work day today and I've spent it mostly listening to Kajiura Yuki's music.  I think I am really working up quite a huge anticipation for the Yuki Kajiura vol.13 Sword Art Online live in Osaka next Sunday. :)  I really can't wait for it now.... I will still miss Keiko dearly.... but with less intensity than when I first read the news that she will have to give the Vol.13 lives a miss. :)

It's in Japanese of course.  And will take me a while to get through.  :P

cheers

FictionJunction Club Live 2016 ~ goods announce

Oh! Kajiura Yuki herself made the goods announce on twitter this morning. :)

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I am so loving the design right now. I like that bicycle motif that they used. Everything looks pretty to me. :)

Kajiura Yuki ~ Madoka Magica - new concept movie - BGM announce

There's also another piece of news that should excite Kajiura Yuki fans and MadoMagi fans too. :)

Japanese anime news sites are announcing that there will be a Madoka Magica concept movie that will screen at the "Shaft 40th Anniversary MADOGATARI Exhibition".  The same team of people that made the MadoMagi movies also made this concept movie. This includes Shinbo Akiyuki, Aoki Ume and Urobuchi Gen.

It seems that they are working towards a continuation of the series. :)  As far as I can tell, they didn't actually announce a new series / movie but they did write "新作に向けて打ち合わせを続けてきました". Okay, my Japanese isn't that strong but I THINK that means something along the lines of them continuing to work towards a new piece of work. :)  And the article also wrote "この映像は、『魔法少女まどか☆マギカ』新作のヒントとも呼べる要素がふんだんに盛り込まれた、新たな物語の扉を開く“コンセプトムービー”。" Which I THINK means something like the this concept film can be called a strong hint that there will be a new piece of work and that the concept movie opens the door to a new story.  I'm a MadoMagi fan so this makes me HAPPY because it looks very likely that they will announce a sequel to the franchise.

Kajiura Yuki does the music for the concept movie. YES!!!!!! Her music for the entire MadoMagi franchise is stellar. Loved it!!

sources: AnimateTV, Moca New, Anme Anime,

Kajiura Yuki ~ "boku dake ga inai machi" anime BGM announce

2016年1月から放映開始のTVアニメーション、「僕だけがいない街」のBGMを担当させて頂いております(^_^)。音楽はもう一通りは作り終え、私も放映をわくわくと！楽しみに待っております……。

— 梶浦由記 Yuki Kajiura (@Fion0806) November 26, 2015

OH!!! Joy joy joy!!!! Kajiura Yuki just announced a little while ago on twitter that she wrote the BGM music for "Boku dake ga inai machi".  It's been a while since she announced that she's doing the OST for an anime.

The anime is scheduled to air in Jan 2016 in FujiTV's Noitamina slot.

In a series of subsequent tweets, Kajiura wrote that she was a fan of the manga even before she was asked to write the BGM for it and was very pleased that she was asked to write the music for it. :)

I can't wait!! :)

Yuki Kajiura Vol.12 pamphlet

I forgot that I never did a proper "unboxing" of this pamphlet.  I never really got around to it because I had been posting bits and pieces of it on the blog and on twitter when I was in Japan.  When I returned to Singapore, it seemed like enough of the pages have been floating around that it didn't really seem necessary anymore.

However, someone left me a comment on the blog asking me if I could shed some light on this release so I decided to do a really quick post of it.  I re-shot photos of it because I don't know where the previous photos are since I was randomly posting them up.

Yuki Kajiura ~ Poetics of Fiction making (Eureka Nov 2015 magazine)

I've been kind of busy lately again so a quick post again.  I know there are a few replies in the comment section. Thank you for the replies, I'll answer them another day. :)

When I first heard from a friend that there will be a mook on Kajiura Yuki that will be released, I was pretty excited and decided that I will get it and so it went into pre-order ages ago.  I did finally receive this along with the B-PASS with AAA on the cover that keeps getting sold out.  I want that for Kalafina's column of course. :P. Well, I do like AAA.  One of the few groups that sing dance music that I like but my favourite still remains Kajiura Yuki's music. :)

Kalafina ~ far on the water - Analog / Vinyl - unboxing + comments / review on the tracks

As you can tell from the lack of updates on the blog, I've been pretty busy & tired lately.  But this came in the mail today and it's too pretty not to try and get a quick unboxing out. :)

So here you go....

Kalafina ~ far on the water - debuts at 2nd on weekly Oricon chart

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Oh!!!! Omedetou!!! Kalafina has achieved their highest position yet on the weekly Oricon chart, they debuted at 2nd on the weekly album sales chart for their latest album far on the water. :)

The Oricon website hasn't been updated yet but at least one news sites is already reporting it.  I'm not surprised actually because I have been following the progress of the album on the charts for the whole week and I was thinking if it's not 2nd, it has to be at least 3rd.  They ranked in the Top 5 everyday and only dropped to 4th on one of the days.

Kalafina ~ far on the water - Regular Edition + Loppi HMV LE towel - unboxing

The turmoil at work continues so I'm really glad I made this impulse buy.  Getting this in the mail today, made my so far pretty crappy week a bit better.  There'll be a lot of changes in the coming months, so there is only so much that impulse buying can help but at least for today, it made my day much better. :)

Support Shop Tokuten postcard (HMV / CDJapan etc)
I forgot to post it up in the previous unboxing post for the
LE+BD edition. :P

This time, in order to get the Kalafina towel that only HMV was offering, I decided to buy another copy of far on the water.  At that point in time, I thought I'll give this copy to a friend who's slowly getting poisoned by me to like Kalafina. :P  I already gave her a copy of Kalafina's first single Oblivious, so maybe an album would be good too. :P  Of course, I'll keep the towel :D and I'll open it to take photos. :D  But now I'm having 2nd thoughts and I'll tell you why in a bit. :)

Kalafina ~ far on the water - Limited Edition Blu-ray - unboxing

To be honest, today was a terrible day at the office. It wasn't just a bad day for me, it was a bad day for pretty much everyone.  The only thing that made today better was the arrival of Kalafina's far on the water album which was good thing.  I needed something that would make the day a lot better than it started. Getting anything Kalafina usually brightens my day. :) The fact that I liked all the new songs and particularly enjoyed several of them also made the day feel better. :)

This is going to be a picture heavy post for sure.  I'm not sure how much I'll write right now. When the album was "in shipping process", I thought I might write a more than I've been doing in recent album unboxings, maybe talk about the music a little.  But I'm completely exhausted by the turmoil at work today. So I think I won't write a lot.

Kalafina Club 9/8/2015 ~ far on the water - song previews - comments

Today on Kalafina Club, we got monochrome and identity.   I must say WOW!  Kajiura Yuki and Kalafina seems to be going in yet another different direction with this album.  When Kajiura sensei tweeted in a tweet a week or so ago, she mentioned that far on the water will be Kalafina's "highest tension" album to date, she wasn't kidding either.  These two songs are very fast pace and quite different from what I expected, especially having been lulled into a pleasant quiet mood with Musunde Hiraku and Sorairo no Isu from last week.

But then again, each Kalafina album since Red Moon has had quite a few surprises.  I almost feel that Kajiura Yuki can't really stray too far with their opening and ending songs for anime etc but she really does seem to have the most fun when she writes songs for them that aren't tie-ins, it seems to  give her more freedom to play around.  It's not just monochorome and identify.  Just recently, we also had Samidare ga Sugita Koro ni which isn't a very typical Kalafina song, at least not one that jumps to mind when people think of Kalafina.

Kalafina Club 9/1/2015 ~ far on the water - song previews - comments

Starting this week, Kalafina Club will be previewing songs from their soon to be released album far on the water.  I managed to listen to the program with the help of a friend, thanks! :)

Today they previewed むすんでひらく (Musunde Hiraku).  Most of the approx 1 min clip had Hikaru and Wakana taking turns to lead with Keiko doing mostly harmonising.  Keiko gets one clear line in there.  The clip is taken from somewhere in the middle of the song.  It's not bad, lots of Kalafina harmonising but it's not exactly a huge departure from their usual stuff.  Those of us who like their usual stuff will probably be okay with it.  Those who like their songs to sound different all the time, a bit like how angela can get, then maybe it won't be instant love...maybe never even a like... maybe?  I don't know.