#David Shimomura

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M A L E / S I M S / D U M P

Currently creating a buuunch of sims for my stories on youtube and everyone voted for a male sims dump, so hope I delivered!

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DAMIANO DAVID "The Rockstar" aka Musical Genius

t r a i t s : p a s s i o n a t e / m u s i c l o v e r / f r e e - s p i r i t e d

REUBEN REEVES "The Heartbreaker" aka Villainous Valentine

t r a i t s : h e a r t b r e a k e r / c u n n i n g / i r r e s i s t i b l e

RYOSEI SHIMOMURA "The Host" aka Party Animal

t r a i t s : b a r f l y / r o m a n t i c / c a p t i v a t i n g

AARAV RAWLS "The Businessman" aka Expert Winemaker

t r a i t s : s t o i c / b o r n s a l e s p e r s o n / c h a r m i n g

EZRA MARKHAM "The Beach Boy" aka Beach Life

t r a i t s : l i g h t - h e a r t e d / c h i l d-o f-t h e-o c e a n / o u t g o i n g

OMAIR FLORES "The Athlete" aka Extreme Sports Enthusiast

t r a i t s : f a m i l y - o r i e n t e d / a c t i v e / h u m b l e

*everyday outfits & any outfits from video only*

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[masterfuldoodler]

Put your music library on shuffle, then list the first five songs that come up in a poll to let people vote for which one they like the most!

Thanks for the tag @enjoliquej :D I like your idea of oc music poll so I'm gonna reblog this and add on another poll like that lol

Tagging: @larissa-the-scribe @creatively-storm @katiethedane12

[justforbooks]

The musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, who has died aged 71 of cancer, spent his life as a restless traveller, both personally and musically. “I was born in Japan but I don’t think I’m Japanese,” he said in 1988, two years before he moved to New York. “To be a stranger – I like that attitude. I don’t like nationalities and borders.”

A founder member of Tokyo’s pioneering computer-pop trio Yellow Magic Orchestra, whose work between 1978 and 1984 has proved a lasting influence on hip-hop and electronica, Sakamoto was able to combine his skills as an academically trained musician with an aptitude for electronic music and an ear for countless musical styles. He sustained a lengthy partnership with the British musician David Sylvian after first working with his band Japan on the track Taking Islands in Africa from the album Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980), following which the duo collaborated on the double A-side Bamboo Houses/Bamboo Music (1982).

In 1983, Sakamoto achieved a peak of commercial visibility by not only writing the soundtrack for Nagisa Oshima’s film Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, but also co-starring in it (as Captain Yonoi) with David Bowie. The soundtrack, which won him a Bafta for best film music, contained the Sakamoto/Sylvian composition Forbidden Colours, a vocal version of the film’s main theme, which was a Top 20 hit in Britain.

Soundtrack work became one of the main planks of Sakamoto’s career. He won an Academy Award (along with his fellow composers David Byrne and Cong Su) for his soundtrack to Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor (1987), in which he also had an acting role, and worked with the director again on The Sheltering Sky (1990) and Little Buddha (1993).

Sakamoto scored the 1990 film version of The Handmaid’s Tale, Pedro Almodóvar’s Tacones Lejanos (High Heels, 1991), and Brian De Palma’s Snake Eyes (1998) and Femme Fatale (2002). Oliver Stone hired him for the soundtrack to his TV series Wild Palms (1993). Alejandro González Iñárritu used some existing Sakamoto recordings in his 2006 film Babel, then recruited him to write the score for his multiple Oscar-winner The Revenant (2015). For the opening of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics he provided El Mar Mediterrani.

Sakamoto released solo albums regularly between 1978 and 2017, many of them reaching the Top 30 in Japan but not registering on charts elsewhere, as well as six live albums and a string of compilations. However, Sakamoto’s subtle, exploratory music earned him a charismatic reputation that drew international guest stars to his projects.

On B-2 Unit (1980), he collaborated closely with Andy Partridge from XTC, and the electrofunk track Riot in Lagos proved inspirational for the likes of Mantronix and Afrikaa Bambaataa. Thomas Dolby featured on the pulsating Field Work from Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia (1986), the track accompanied by an ingeniously conceived video, while for Neo Geo (1987) Sakamoto enlisted Iggy Pop, Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins and Sly Dunbar.

Brian Wilson and Robbie Robertson appeared on Beauty (1989), an album that spanned rock, technopop, flamenco and classical Japanese music. Heartbeat (1991), on which Sakamoto tried rap, funk and jazz, and lyrics in French, Japanese and Russian, numbered Youssou N’Dour, Arto Lindsay, Bill Frisell, Sylvian and John Cage among its contributors. In 1993, Sakamoto co-produced Aztec Camera’s album Dreamland.

Born in Tokyo, Ryuichi was the only child of Keiko (nee Shimomura), a hat designer, and Kazuki Sakomoto, a literary editor. While attending the same progressive primary school that once taught Yoko Ono, he was already writing music for the piano with their encouragement.

The American presence in postwar Japan introduced new western influences to the country, and Sakamoto was enraptured by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. He attended Tokyo’s University of the Arts to study music composition, and felt a strong affinity for the compositions of Claude Debussy, in which he discerned an Asian influence. However, in addition he soaked up the work of contemporary composers such as Cage, Pierre Boulez, Györgi Ligeti and Stockhausen, as well as jazz musicians including John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman.

His early compositions were in an avant-garde vein, while he also performed with free jazz bands and played keyboards with the folk singer Masato Tomobe. He graduated with BA and MA degrees, having studied classical and assorted world and ethnic music, and taken his first steps in electronic music by working with Moog and ARP synthesizers.

He formed Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1978 with Haruomi “Harry” Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, whom he had met when they worked together as session musicians. Combining electropop with stylish graphics and costume design, the trio brought wit and warmth to the use of electronics, which contrasted with the studied alienation of European counterparts such as Kraftwerk or Gary Numan.

YMO released eight studio albums during their original lifespan, all of them climbing high in the Japanese charts, and three of them reaching No 1. The group inspired Beatlemania-like hysteria in their homeland. “We were very big, that’s why I hated it,” Sakamoto said. “We were always followed by paparazzi.”

YMO’s albums made little chart impact outside Japan, but their influence was nonetheless widely felt, not least in their innovative use of electronic sequencers, drum machines and sampling. Firecracker, from their 1978 debut album, was itself sampled in Afrika Bambaataa’s Death Mix. In 1980 they had a Top 20 hit in the UK with Computer Game (Theme from the Invaders), which chimed with the craze for the Space Invaders game. Behind the Mask, first conceived for a Seiko wristwatch commercial and then included on their album Solid State Survivor (1979), became a Top 20 UK hit for Eric Clapton; a version by Michael Jackson appeared on the posthumous album Michael (2010).

YMO paused their activities in 1984, though the trio continued to collaborate on each other’s solo work, and they reformed to make the album Technodon (1993). They subsequently reunited several times for recording and live performances, their last shows being for the No Nukes 2012 festival in Chiba, Japan, and the 2012 World Happiness festival in Tokyo.

In his teens in the late 1960s, Sakamoto had been a hippy with leftwing political beliefs – “not 100% Marxist, but kind of” – but he gradually became disillusioned with the failure of political movements to effect significant change. He decided that his music was not the place for social or political messages, observing that “I’ve changed from an avant-garde person to a pop person,” though he would subsequently support causes he felt strongly about.

He campaigned for changes to music copyright law, which he considered outmoded in the internet era, and founded Commmons, a collaborative platform to assist aspiring musicians. He formed a group of musicians called NML (No More Landmines), which featured Brian Eno, Sylvian, Kraftwerk and the other members of YMO, and in 2001 they released the single Zero Landmine.

In 2006 he launched the Stop Rokkasho movement by releasing the track Rokkasho (by a group of musicians dubbed Team 6), in protest at the building of Japan’s Rokkasho nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, and he campaigned to have the Hamaoka nuclear plant shut down to avoid a repeat of the 2011 tsunami disaster at the Fukushima facility. He and Byrne teamed up to record the single Psychedelic Afternoon to aid tsunami survivors.

His solo work continued to explore a huge variety of styles. In 1982 he had ventured into medieval and Renaissance music on the album The End of Asia, a collaboration with the Japanese early music group Danceries. Smoochy (1995) was a detour into easy listening, while Discord (1998) comprised an hour-long orchestral composition.

The album 1996 was a selection of Sakamoto pieces arranged for piano trio featuring the Brazilian cellist Jaques Morelenbaum, and Sakomoto reunited with him and his wife, Paula, a singer, for two albums in celebration of the bossa nova composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, Casa (2001) and A Day in New York (2003). In 1999, his multimedia opera, Life, was performed in Tokyo and Osaka.

Meanwhile, he struck up a fruitful collaboration with Alva Noto (a pseudonym of Carston Nicolai), which resulted in a string of electronica albums including Vrioon (2002) and Insen (2005), culminating in Glass (2018). With the Austrian guitarist and composer Christian Fennesz he recorded Sala Santa Cecilia (2005), Cendre (2007) and Flumina (2011).

In 2014 he was diagnosed with throat cancer, but by the following year was feeling “much much better”. His recovery from illness inspired the creation of his last solo album, Async, hailed as one of 2017’s finest forays into experimental electronica. Its making was documented by Stephen Nomura Schible in the film Coda (2018).

His final album, 12, was recorded during hospital stays in 2021 and 2022, and released in January. In December, he livestreamed a solo piano concert from Tokyo.

Sakamoto was first married to Natsuko, then to the musician Akiko Yano; both marriages ended in divorce. He is survived by his third wife and manager, Norika Sora, and their two children; and a daughter from his first marriage and another daughter from his second.

🔔 Ryuichi Sakamoto, composer, musician and producer, born 17 January 1952; died 28 March 2023

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three songs asks: 2, 3, 7, 12, 29. 😎

three last songs you listened to

Satanic Rites, Perturbator

The End of Heartache (alternate version), Killswitch Engage

Ball of Confusion, the Temptations

Real "one of these things is not like the other" vibes happening here. (It's Satanic Rites, which is the only one not performed by a Black man. :p)

three songs you were recently obsessed with

I'm not sure I've developed any recent musical obsessions. Finding a song that really gets in me like that is like catching lightning in a bottle, it just doesn't happen easily. The other day Fab Tool (Carpenter Brut + David Eugene Edwards) was playing and I was once again struck dumb by how incredible it is that two artists from notably different genres who are yet both associated with the same god in my mind somehow managed to make a song together, and what a song, too! The way those roads converged, just for me*... man.

*of course it was For Me Specifically. you wouldn't expect me of all people to think otherwise, would you? :p

three songs you didn’t expect to like but eventually loved

This is such a specific (and highly irregular, in my view) kind of event that I'm not sure I have anything for it at all, and if I do, I certainly wouldn't remember it off the top of my head.

three favourite songs from video games

Ah, back to familiar ground.

Heroes, Masayoshi Soken (FFXIV)

Apocalypsis Noctis, Yoko Shimomura (FFXV)

My Only Chance, the Toxic Avenger (Furi) (this is cheating because I've never played Furi, I found and fell in love with the song independently -- but it is a huge favourite of mine, so.)

three songs that influenced you most

"Influenced" is such a nebulous word that so, so many songs could fit, just because I've been really into music since childhood and have a lot of anecdotal data for how different music has affected me over all that time. It's a bit daunting. How does one choose?

I am stressed in the face of this enormity but here's my best attempt that will take me less than an hour to collate:

Exist, Avenged Sevenfold (have been an A7X fan since high school. this song came out long after that but it reactivated my love for them in a whole new context)

I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday, David Bowie (this got me through a lot during those last years in NY)

3 Libras, A Perfect Circle (I don't think there's been a single occupant of this body that has not been extremely affected to the point of madness by this song)

[spotify playlist with all songs featured in my answers to this meme]

[3 SONGS MEME]

[randomrabbidramblings]

Hey there! Before Sparks of Hope came out, I already knew I was gonna love it obviously (because I love the first game) so I kinda "went dark" and tried to avoid any content about it for several months before the game's release so I wouldn't get spoiled on stuff. But I think there were some dev interviews and the like being released around the hype cycle, which of course I didn't read at the time for those reasons. Now that I've beaten the game and all, I always like to learn more about the thoughts that went into my favorite games, so I was wondering if you knew of any interesting articles, interviews, videos, etc. Like for instance I believe it was you who shared that article about positive fan reception to the Phantom (whom they cleverly made sing because they were under orders that the Rabbids couldn't TALK) giving them the confidence to have all the Rabbids speak now. So you seemed like a good person to ask.

No pressure though! Otherwise I was just gonna start combing backwards through the Mario + Rabbids and Ubisoft Milan twitters looking for stuff.

Sure! Here some things I found interesting!

This is from last year, so I believe about when the game was just announced.

This one too:

Davide Soliani explains how Sparks of Hope was developed (interesting because it takes off more from the DK DLC intstead of the first game):

New-ish interview regarding the soundtrack:

I shared this video last week, but I propose it again in case you've missed it. It involves the game, food and puppets. It makes sense in context I swear.

Lil trivia: the Mario + Rabbids series was first tought without Nintendo's knowing:

And dulcis in fundo the Instagram page of one of the concept artists who made the Wardens' backstory portraits and is currently posting avery single one of them:

https://www.instagram.com/fabiopochet/?hl=it

Bonus: intervew with Augustine Chemelle the voice of Phantom (I tought I just imagined this video, but here I found it again!):

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//Remade the playlist in SCM Player

DJ Khaled - All I Do Is Win (from Ducktales 2017)

Yoko Shimomura - Aqua (from Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Final Mix HD)

Skrillex - Bug Hunt [Noisia Remix] (from Wreck-It Ralph)

Christina Milian - Call Me, Beep Me! (from Kim Possible)

Post Malone - Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Theme (from Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 2022)

Eden Espinosa & Mandy Moore - Crossing the Line (from Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure)

Yoko Shimomura - Dearly Beloved (from Kingdom Hearts III)

Yoko Shimomura - Dearly Beloved [Swing Version] (from Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory)

Hikaru Utada - Don't Think Twice (from Kingdom Hearts III)

John Williams - Duel of the Fates (from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace)

Skrillex & Hikaru Utada - Face My Fears [English Version] (from Kingdom Hearts III)

John Williams - The Force Suite (from Star Wars)

Robin Williams - Friend Like Me (from Aladdin 1992)

Keith David - Friends On The Other Side (from The Princess and the Frog)

Party Ben - Galvanize the Empire (Mashup of The Imperial March with Galvanize by The Chemical Brothers)

The Musical Ghost - Gravity Falls Theme [Electro Swing Version] (Gravity Falls fan song)

Brad Breeck - Gravity Falls/Made Me Realize Mashup (Gravity Falls/MTV's Awkward mashup)

Hans Zimmer - He's A Pirate (from Pirates of the Caribbean)

Tony Jay - Hellfire (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi - I See The Light (from Tangled)

Louis Prima - I Wanna Be Like You [Sim Gretina Remix] (from The Jungle Book 1967)

Donny Osmond - I'll Make A Man Out Of You (from Mulan 1998)

Fall Out Boy - Immortals (from Big Hero 6)

Idina Menzel - Into the Unknown (from Frozen II)

KoRn - Kidnap the Sandy Claws (from Nightmare Revisited)

Yoko Shimomura - Lazy Afternoons (from Kingdom Hearts II.5 Final Mix HD)

Idina Menzel - Let It Go (from Frozen)

Rascal Flatts - Life is a Highway (from Cars)

Danielle Brooks - Listen Up (from Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure)

John Williams - Main Title (from Star Wars: A New Hope)

Rise Against - Making Christmas (from Nightmare Revisited)

Ludwig Göransson - The Mandalorian (from The Mandalorian)

Yoko Shimomura - Memória! (from Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days)

Jake Kaufman - Moon Theme (from DuckTales: Remastered)

Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'Em Up) (from Big Hero 6)

Niko - Night of Fire (from Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix)

Nobuo Umematsu & Yoko Shimomura - One-Winged Angel (from Kingdom Hearts II.5 Final Mix HD)

Brad Breeck - The Owl House Theme [Extended Version] (from The Owl House)

Madeon - Pop Culture (from the Fan.tasia AMV)

CarboHydroMusic - Rising Sun (Kingdom Hearts fan song)

Amy Lee - Sally's Song (from Nightmare Revisited)

Hikaru Utada - Sanctuary [Opening Version] (from Kingdom Hearts II)

Hikaru Utada - Simple and Clean (from Kingdom Hearts)

New Japan Philharmonic - Simple and Clean [Orchestral Version] (from Kingdom Hearts)

Green Day - The Simpsons Theme (from The Simpsons Movie)

Parry Gripp - Space Unicorn (from Star vs the Forces of Evil)

Ken Ashcorp - Supernatural [Glaze Remix] (Gravity Falls fan song)

Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure (from Encanto)

Danny Elfman - This Is Halloween (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Yoko Shimomura - Traverse Town (from Kingdom Hearts I.5 Final Mix HD)

Shakira - Try Everything (from Zootopia)

Samuel E. Wright - Under the Sea (from The Little Mermaid 1989)

Starship - We Built This City (from The Muppets 2011)

Lin-Manuel Miranda - We Don't Talk About Bruno (from Encanto)

Danny Elfman - What's This (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Owl City - When Can I See You Again? (from Wreck-It Ralph)

Mandy Moore - When Will My Life Begin? (from Tangled)

Buckner & Garcia - Wreck-It, Wreck-It Ralph (from Wreck-It Ralph)

Imagine Dragons - Zero (from Ralph Breaks The Internet)

Alan Menken - Zero to Hero (from Hercules)

[wearejapanese]

By David Shimomura

As far back as 2018, the writer Kyle Bradford was skeptical about “Ghost of Tsushima.” When the game was shown at that year’s E3 conference, he vented on Twitter, wondering aloud about how the game’s developer, Bellevue, Washington-based Sucker Punch Productions, might handle the story. Historically informed by the 1274 Mongol invasion of the Japanese island of Tsushima, “Ghost of Tsushima” is the tale of a lone warrior’s quest to expel invaders from the warrior’s ancestral homeland. Bradford’s tweets went largely unnoticed.

Two years later, shortly after “Tsushima’s” global release, reviews of the game were published in Japan. Excerpts of these reviews were then translated and published in Kotaku. This time, new tweets from Bradford critiquing the discourse surrounding the game attracted far more attention — and most of it expressly negative.

“Immediately I saw folks flooding in my DMs,” said Bradford.

The excerpts shared by Kotaku were overwhelmingly positive — and this positivity was being leveraged against those who had expressed misgivings about the game. The logic was simple: If the game is about Japan, and reviewers in Japan like the game and don’t see any harm in its representations, then that perspective is the most authoritative. Views and opinions from outside of Japan are invalid, even if they’re coming from someone of Japanese descent.

“People have rallied around those reviews as sort of a ‘f--- you, we don’t have to listen to [your] criticism, you’re probably not even Japanese, you’re probably Korean, you’re probably white,” said Kazuma Hashimoto, a translator and critic who wrote about “Tsushima” for the gaming website Polygon. “Because of [those reviews,] a Japanese person criticizing the game in English must not, therefore, be Japanese.”

The world of video games is one of fierce brand loyalty. The simplest, best-known example of this is the “Console Wars” of the early ‘90s, between Sega of America and Nintendo. Egged on by marketing material published by these two companies — in one memorable ad, Sega called out their rival, claiming that the Genesis, “does what Nintendon’t” — consumers dug themselves into warring camps, pitting one piece of consumer tech against the other.

Since then, this tribalism has evolved. Crucially, people who play games no longer need to be encouraged by publishers or developers. In fact, in sharp contrast with prior years, the biggest players in the console market have either ignored each other or expressed an interest in partnership in the run-up to the coming console generation.

But “Tsushima,” the last real AAA title of the outgoing console generation, is a pointed reminder that although publishers may want to move on from “console wars” and fandom-centric marketing, those dynamics are still alive and well. And even if game companies have chosen a more detached, “staying in our own lane” marketing posture, players will still seek to police critical discourse surrounding their favorite products. This open hostility to anyone with an alternative view is ultimately detrimental to intelligent discourse or criticism.

“There’s a silencing effect on the broader conversation, which is the worst part,” said writer and editor Yussef Cole, who recently co-edited a collection of criticism on “Ghost of Tsushima” for Bullet Points Monthly. “Games are a cultural object, and there’s a lot of value in talking about them and exposing their impact on culture… [But] marginalized people who aren’t stable in the industry aren’t going to want to wade into what is a pretty toxic place.”

“Tsushima” is a unique game. Most games that take place in pre-modern Japan focus on the “Sengoku” or “Warring States” period from 1467 to 1615, an extended civil war that saw a range of colorful warlords jockeying for control of Japan. By contrast, the Mongol invasion of 1274 that is “Tsushima’s” focus was mostly a series of defensive campaigns that further affirmed the strength of the Japanese military and the nation’s identity. Since before World War II, this pre-industrial mythic past was a ready source of overt and covert messaging to evoke strength and vitality.

As reviews were first published — before the game was available to the general public — conversation in critical circles revolved around how the game treated topics such as nationalism and whether it was too deferential to the mythic past of Japan. In response to these questions, many on Twitter began to pester critics and reviewers whose views did not align with their own during this pre-release window

Hashimoto pointed to the Kotaku excerpts from Dengecki Online and Famitsu Weekly, Japanese videogame-centric websites akin to IGN or GameSpot in the United States, as the nucleus around which antagonistic rhetoric was forming.

“This is the first time [I’ve seen] Western speaking people using the same talking points as Japanese nationalists,” said Hashimoto. “[Kotaku] basically picked the best things these reviews had to say about the game. [Meanwhile,] there’s an entire portion of the Famitsu piece that says, ‘it’s not accurate but it looks nice.’”

This selection had the expected impact on an audience already primed to enforce a positive view of the game.

“In ‘Ghost of Tsushima’ there are good Asians and bad Asians and it clearly defines that line,” said Bradford. Outside of the game, similar lines were being drawn.

Read more...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/10/01/ghost-of-tsushima-reviews-discourse/

[archangels-and-timelords]

Animal Crossing Town Tunes

Some theme tunes I created; go ahead and use them, but I'd appreciate a like or reblog if you do. Capital letters are low notes, lowercase are high notes.

NOCTIS - Yoko Shimomura

B-C-BD/C-BC--/BC

Prayer of the Oracle (Episode Ardyn Theme)

B--D--C-D-D--/A-

Ba'ku Theme (Star Trek: Insurrection) - Jerry Goldsmith

A-BC/B--C--D--gD

Twister Theme - Mark Mancina

DGDE-DCED-CBDA-/

Stargate Movie/SG-1 - David Arnold

G-E--DEf-C/E--

Free Willy Theme - Basil Poldouris

D--G-D--ED--CBC-

O Holy Night

B-B-BD--DEE-CEgD

Jingle Bell Rock

EEE/EEE/EgCDEDCA

Muppet's Christmas Carol

CGCDEfg/gag-E-//

[jpf-sydney]

Taiwan under Japanese colonial rule, 1895-1945

New item:

Shelf: 222.406 TAI Taiwan under Japanese colonial rule, 1895-1945 : history, culture, memory. edited by Liao Ping-hui and David Der-wei Wang.

New York : Columbia University Press, 2006. xvi, 416 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Text in English. ISBN: 9780231137980

Table of contents:

Taiwan under Japanese colonial rule, 1895-1945 : history, culture, memory / Liao Ping-Hui.

A perspective on studies of Taiwanese political history : reconsidering the postwar Japanese historiography of Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan / Wakabayashi Masahiro.

The Japanese colonial state and its form of knowledge in Taiwan / Yao Jen-To.

The formation of Taiwanese identity and the cultural policy of various outside regimes / Fujii Shozo.

Print culture and the emergent public sphere in colonial Taiwan, 1895-1945 / Liao Ping-Hui.

Shaping administration in colonial Taiwan, 1895-1945 / Ts'Ai Hui-Yu Caroline.

The state of Taiwanese culture and Taiwanese new literature in 1937 : issues on banning Chinese newspaper sections and abolishing Chinese writings / Kawahara Isao.

Colonial modernity for an elite Taiwanese, Lim Bo-seng : the labyrinth of cosmopolitanism / Komagome Takeshi.

Hegemony and identity in the colonial experience of Taiwan, 1895-1945 / Fang Shiaw-Chian.

Confrontation and collaboration : traditional Taiwanese writers' canonical reflection and cultural thinking on the new-old literatures debate during the Japanese colonial period / Huang Mei-Er.

Colonialism and the predicament of identity : Liu Na'ou and Yang Kui as men of the world / Peng Hsiao-Yen.

Colonial Taiwan and the construction of landscape painting / Yen Chuan-Ying.

An author listening to voices from the Netherworld : Lu Heruo and the Kuso realism debate / Tarumi Chie.

Reverse exportation from Japan of the tale of "The Bell of Sayon" : the central drama Group's Taiwanese performance and Wu Man-sha's The Bell of Sayon / Shimomura Sakujiro.

Gender, ethnography, and colonial cultural production : Nishikawa Mitsuru's discourse on Taiwan / Faye Yuan Kleeman.

Were Taiwanese being "enslaved"? : the entanglement of sinicization, Japanization, and westernization / Huang Ying-Che.

Reading the numbers : ethnicity, violence, and wartime mobilization in colonial Taiwan / Douglas L. Fix.

The nature of Minzoku Taiwan and the context in which it was published / Wu Micha.

[soysaucednd]

My D&D Playlists

I am one of those dms that loves using music in the background of their sessions. I grew up reading fantasy and would play music in the background constantly. One of the things I do when I am worldbuilding is decide what type of music fits with the region or city I am writing about. This list is the playlists that accompany different regions of my homebrew setting Atria. This list doesn’t include any of the songs I use for combat, that will be in a separate post.

In terms of how I implement it, I include a soundscape using Tabletopaudio.com and then play light music behind it during specific scenes of narration or to accompany specific characters/situations. I’m going to add a cut here to avoid a “do you like the color of the sky” situation, but there will be a big list of songs below the cut.

Arcia: The Northeast Mining Region

Slinger’s Song - Darren Korb

The Sole Regret - Darren Korb

In Case of Trouble - Darren Korb

Acoustic Traveller - John McEuen

Su Prabhat - The Greencards

Robin and Marian - Nickel Creek

Ashokan Farewell - Jay Ungar

Four Dead Guys Waltz - Chris Thile

Lone Soldier - David Grier

Homeward Bound/The Old Slipper Shoe - Tom Sullivan

The Kiss - Trevor Jones

Ithos: The Great Port Capital

The Heroic Weather-Conditions of the Universe pt1-3 - Alexandre Desplat

If I were the Ocean - Mark Mancina

The Only Way is Down - Thomas Newman

I Feel Alive - Ramin Djawadi

Kingdom Hearts - Yoko Shimomura

Ezio’s Family - Jesper Kyd

Winding it Up - Howard Shore

Cambridge 1963 - Johan Johannsson

Lion Theme - Dustin O’Hallowran

The Oceanwood: Frontier

The Last of Us - Gustavo Santolalla

Defeated Clown - Hildur Guonadottir

Steps - Rhythm Devils (USE WITH CARE)

Lance - Rhythm Devils (USE WITH CARE)

Cave - Rhythm Devils (USE WITH CARE)

Hell’s Bells - Rhythm Devils (USE WITH CARE)

Jyn Erso & Hope Suite - Michael Giacchino

Main Title Theme (Westworld) - Ramin Djawandi

Tenuous Winners / Returning Home - James Newton Howard

The Revenant Main Theme - Ryuchi Sakamoto

Crossing Mars - Harry Gregson-Williams

Norumia: The Farmer’s Region

Concerning Hobbits - Howard Shore

Mr. Fox in the Fields - Alexandre Desplat

Kristofferson’s Theme - Alexandre Desplat

Dance of the Fairy Folk - Derek Fiechter

Coleman’s March / North Carolina Breakdown - Ken Kolodner

La Partida - The Departure - Khenany

Snow Drop - Ken Kolodner

Farrell O’Gara’s - Ken Kolodner

Dances des Foins - Ken Kolodner

Tam Lin - Ken Kolodner

The Road to Lisdoonvarna / Drowsy Maggie - Hank Cramer

Velsia: Cultural Hub

Home in Florence - Jesper Kyd

City of Rome - Jesper Kyd

A Story You Won’t Believe - Marcin Przybytowicz

Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire - The Medieval Music Players

The Medieval Juggler’s Jig - Medieval and Renaissance Music Troupe

Ibelin - Harry Gregson-Williams

Tir-Nan-Og (The Land of Eternal Youth) - Jeff Victor

Morning Frost - Frida Johansson

The Road of Trials - Austin Wintory

Lord of the Isles - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

The Fox and the Farmer - Justin Bell

BONUS: Sea Shanties

Sally Brown - The Dreadnaughts

South Australia - Statsraad Lehmkuhl

Old Maui - The Dreadnaughts

The Milkmaid - The Longest Johns

Wellermen - The Longest Johns

Mollymauk - Kimber’s Men

[jwoodarts]

Postmodernist-Artmaking

Postmodernism is a broad movement that developed in the mid- to late 20th century. It is the idea clarifying concepts that overlap, and sometimes explained by contrasting it to modernism, however, modernism and postmodernism co-exist today and influence one another. The concepts being used can also be useful for making art according to Barrett. For example; Simulate is to imitate or to copy. The simulacrum copies of things that no longer have an original concept. This concept was developed by Jean Baudrillard, a French theorist of postmodernism, is a prominent theme explored by postmodernist. Cartoon figures such as Edna Mode from the movie Incredibles is just one example of simulacra. Edna is based off of a costume designer, Edith Head. Edith Head herself has worked hard and crafted many unique designs that lead her to earning 8 academy awards between 1949-1973. Postmodernism art-making is a movement contradicts the aspects of others, it can be shown through more than just Simulate. It can also be seen in intermediate, multimedia art, photography, conceptual art, and etc.

1) Escaping the Confines of Museums- Barbra Kruger, Belief + Doubt, Sculpture, August 20th, 2016

2) Collapsing Boundaries between “High and Low”- Takashi Murakami and Supreme, Tripych Skate Decks, 2007

3) Rejecting Originality- Richard Prince,School Nurse, Acrylic and inkjet on canvas, 2005

4) Jouissance- Kristen Liu Wong,Bound to be Together, Acrylic, 2016

5) Working Collaboratively-David Meggs, and Bask, Iron Pueo, spray paint Mural, 2014

6) Appropriating- Lin Onus, Michael and I Are Just Slipping Down to the Pub for a Moment, archival ink, 2000

7) Simulating- Brad Bird, Edna “E” Mode, animation, 2004 

8) Hybridizing- Roger Shimomura, self portrait American Pikachu, Acrylic, 2010

9) Mixing Media- Jeff Koons, Balloon Rabbit, Stainless Steel, 1986

10) Layering- Ah Xian, A Journey to China, Porcelain, 1990

11) Mixing Codes- Michael Ray Charles, (Forever Free) Dress Your Best, Acrylic latex, stain and copper penny, 1999

12) Recontextualizing- Ai WeiWei, Han Jar Overpainted with Coca-Cola Logo, Earthenware, paint, 1995

13)Confronting the Gaze- Tracey Emin, My Innocence, One colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet paper, 2019

14) Facing the Abject- Kiki Smith, Women with Wolf, Porcelain, 2003

15) Constructing Identities-  Gran Fury, Let the Record Show, prints, 1987

16) Using Narratives- Eric Fischl, Without Title, lithograph, 2009

17) Creating Metaphors- Do Ho Suh, Fire Extinguisher, cotton paper, 2017

18) Irony, Parody, and Dissonance- James Luna, Sometimes I get so Lonley, photograph, 2011

[slvrf0x]

MIRACULOUS VOICE ACTING

First of all, this took me 3 hours to pull together, and second of all you’re welcome.

This is a masterlist of all major roles (besides Miraculous Ladybug) the voice actors of our favourite characters play.

Before I begin, a few notes: 

I got most of them, but in case I missed any, feel free to reblog with your own additions to this list and/or check out the IMDb page.

Before I get into the individual roles of the Miraculous VAs, I made a list of many other shows/franchises in which they act together. It’s a surprisingly long list, so the VAs of our favourite characters (Marinette, Adrien, Alya, etc.) must know each other quite well, which explains their excellent chemistry.

If you want (read: need) some quality LadyNoir flirting, watch the final episodes of Sword Art Online English Dub (the scenes between Kirito and Alicia Rue). If you close your eyes and just listen, it’s basically the LadyNoir flirting we all deserve. You’re welcome.

Also, if you want to hear Ladybug and Chat Noir’s voices except badass, check out Ajin: Demi-Human and look out for the characters Izumi and Kaito.

If you’ve always wanted to beat the crap out of Hawk Moth, well, you’re in luck! You can! (Kind of). His VA plays a few video game characters who are killable, most noteably Emperor Titus Mede II and Nazeem from Skyrim. The Emperor is assassinated by the player (you!) at the end of the Dark Brotherhood questline, and Nazeem can be legally killed during the Siege of Whitrerun during the Civil War (Stormcloaks) questline. Again, you are welcome.

Without further ado, let’s begin!

THE MIRACULOUS GANG IN OTHER WORLDS: A list of all the times our faves have acted together in series besides Miraculous Ladybug (name of series, year, characters whose VAs act together)

SAILOR MOON (1992) - Marinette/Ladybug, Adrien/Chat Noir, Gabriel/Hawk Moth, Alya/Rena Rouge, Nino/Carapace

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (2019 Re-Dub) - Alya/Rena Rouge, Nino/Carapace

CODE GEASS: LELOUCH OF THE REBELLION (2006) - Adrien/Chat Noir, Gabriel/Hawk Moth

SKIP BEAT! (2008) - Marinette/Ladybug, Adrien/Chat Noir, Gabriel/Hawk Moth

HUNTER x HUNTER (2011) - Marinette/Ladybug, Gabriel/Hawk Moth, Alya/Rena Rouge, Nino/Carapace

BLUE EXORCIST (2011) - Adrien/Chat Noir, Gabriel/Hawk Moth

FATE/ZERO (2011) - Marinette/Ladybug, Adrien/Chat Noir, Alya/Rena Rouge

SWORD ART ONLINE (2012) - Marinette/Ladybug, Adrien/Chat Noir, Nino/Carapace

MAGI: THE LABYRINTH OF MAGIC (2012) - Marinette/Ladybug, Gabriel/Hawk Moth, Alya/Rena Rouge

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN (2012) - Marinette/Ladybug, Adrien/Chat Noir, Gabriel/Hawk Moth, Alya/Rena Rouge, Nino/Carapace

JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE (2013) - Adrien/Chat Noir, Gabriel/Hawk Moth, Nino/Carapace

KILL LA KILL (2013) - Marinette/Ladybug, Alya/Rena Rouge, Nino/Carapace

BLOOD LAD (2013) - Marinette/Ladybug, Adrien/Chat Noir, Gabriel/Hawk Moth, Nino/Carapace

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS (2014) - Marinette/Ladybug, Adrien/Chat Noir, Gabriel/Hawk Moth, Nino/Carapace

ALDNOAH.ZERO (2014) - Marinette/Ladybug, Adrien/Chat Noir, Alya/Rena Rouge, Nino/Carapace

K: MISSING KINGS (2014) - Gabriel/Hawk Moth, Alya/Rena Rouge, Nino/Carapace 

YOUR LIE IN APRIL (2014) - Marinette/Ladybug, Alya/Rena Rouge

DURARARA!!x2 (2015) - Marinette/Ladybug, Adrien/Chat Noir, Gabriel/Hawk Moth, Nino/Carapace

DANGANRONPA 3 (2016) - Marinette/Ladybug, Adrien/Chat Noir, Alya/Rena Rouge

AJIN: DEMI-HUMAN (2016) - Marinette/Ladybug, Adrien/Chat Noir, Gabriel/Hawk Moth

STREET FIGHTER V (2016) - Marinette/Ladybug, Gabriel/Hawk Moth

BUNGOU STRAY DOGS (2016) - Marinette/Ladybug, Gabriel/Hawk Moth, Alya/Rena Rouge, Nino/Carapace

WAKFU (2017) - Marinette/Ladybug, Gabriel/Hawk Moth

FOREST OF PIANO (2018) - Marinette/Ladybug, Gabriel/Hawk Moth

B: THE BEGINNING (2018) - Marinette/Ladybug, Nino/Carapace

MARINETTE DUPAIN-CHENG/LADYBUG (Cristina Vee Valenzuela)

REI HINO / SAILOR MARS - “Sailor Moon” (1992)

MELISSA - “Tweeny Witches” (2003)

KANARIA - “Rozen Maiden” (2004)

ERIKA KOENIJI - “Skip Beat!” (2008)

MIO AKIYAMA - “K-On!” (2009)

KILLUA ZOLDYCK - “Hunter x Hunter” (2011)

SAKURA - “Fate/Zero” (2011)

ALICIA RUE - “Sword Art Online” (2012)

MORGIANA - “Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic” (2012)

MAMEJIROU - “Blood Lad” (2013)

MATATABI / SUKUI / SUIREN - “Naruto: Shippuden” (2013)

REI HOUOUMARU - “Kill La Kill” (2013)

KOTORI MINAMI - “Love Live!” (2013)

HAWK - “The Seven Deadly Sins” (2014)

KOHARU SETO - “Your Lie in April” (2014)

RAYET AREASH - “Aldnoah.Zero” (2014)

LAFTER FRANKLAND - “Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans” (2015)

MONAKA TOWA - “Danganronpa 3” (2016)

ENERO - “Street Fighter V” (2016)

MAKI TOGAWA - “Crow’s Blood” (2016)

IZUMI SHIMOMURA - “Ajin: Demi-Human” (2016)

LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY - “Bungou Stray Dogs” (2016)

VESPER VASQUEZ / HYPERFORCE BLACK RANGER - “Power Rangers: HyperForce” (2017)

EAGLE EYE - “Fortnite” (2017)

ELELY - “Wakfu” (2017)

TAKERU / KUKURI - “B: The Beginning” (2018)

MIKI MAKIMURA - “Devilman: Crybaby” (2018)

TAKAKO - “Forest of Piano” (2018)

ADRIEN AGRESTE/CHAT NOIR (Bryce Papenbrook)

DAVID T. DARLTON - “Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion” (2006)

HANABUSA AIDO - “Vampire Knight” (2008)

YUUSEI ISHIBASHI - “Skip Beat!” (2008)

MASAOMI KIDA - “Durarara!!” (2010)

RIN OKUMURA - “Blue Exorcist” (2011)

SHIRO EMIYA - “Fate/Zero” (2011)

KIRITO - “Sword Art Online” (2012)

TAIZO / MUYAMI / NAKA UCHIHA - “Naruto Shippuden” (2012)

CAESAR ANTHONIO ZEPPELI - “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” (2013)

NAEGI - “Danganronpa” (2013)

STAZ CHARLIE BLOOD - “Blood Lad” (2013)

WATARU ASAHINA - “Brothers Conflict” (2013)

CLAY SIZEMORE - “Soul Eater Not!” (2014)

MELIODAS - “The Seven Deadly Sins” (2014)

CALM CRAFTMAN - “Aldnoah.Zero” (2014)

EREN JAEGER - “Attack On Titan” (2015)

IKEDA - “Assassination Classroom” (2015)

YURI HIMEYIMA - “Prince of Stride: Alternative” (2016)

KAITO - “Ajin: Demi-Human” (2016)

GABRIEL AGRESTE/HAWK MOTH (Keith Silverstein)

PROF. SOUICHI TOMOE / KENJI TSUKINO - “Sailor Moon” (1992)

YOSHITAKA MINAMI - “Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion” (2006)

TAKENORI SAWARA - “Skip Beat!” (2008)

TOM TANAKA - “Durarara!!” (2010)

HISOKA - “Hunter x Hunter” (2011)

YAOZO SHIMA - “Blue Exorcist” (2011)

EMPEROR TITUS MEDE II / NAZEEM - “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” (2011)

MASRUR - “Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic” (2012)

KIMIMARO / KYUSUKE - “Naruto Shippuden” (2012)

KIRBY O’NEIL - “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (2012)

ROBERT E.O. SPEEDWAGON - “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” (2013)

HEADS HYDRA - “Blood Lad” (2013)

MIKOTO SUOH - “K: Missing Kings” (2014)

MONSPEET - “The Seven Deadly Sins” (2014)

MAHESH / GOUKEN - “Street Fighter V” (2016)

KOJI TANAKA - “Ajin: Demi-Human” (2016)

TORBJÖRN - “Overwatch” (2016)

OUGAI MORI - “Bungou Stray Dogs” (2016)

RUEL STROUD - “Wakfu” (2017)

DIETFRIED BOUGAINVILLEA - “Violet Evergarden” (2018)

HAMMERHEAD - “Spider-Man (Video Game)” (2018)

DR. NAKAO / SOTORU - “Forest of Piano” (2018)

ALYA CÉSAIRE/RENA ROUGE (Carrie Keranen)

SAILOR GALAXIA - “Sailor Moon” (1992)

ANNIE STOAKES - “Red Dead Redemption” (2010)

MAIYA HISAU - “Fate/Zero” (2011)

BAISE - “Hunter x Hunter” (2011)

YAMRAIHA - “Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic” (2012)

PAKURA / NAORI UCHIHA / KEIRI - “Naruto Shippuden” (2012)

SATSUKI KIRYUIN - “Kill La Kill” (2013)

SERI AWASHIMA - “K: Missing Kings” (2014)

FEMIEANNE - “Aldnoah.Zero” (2014)

HIROKO SETO - “Your Lie in April” (2014)

MAHIRU KOIZUMI - “Danganronpa 3” (2016)

ICHIYOU HIGUCHI / ELISE - “Bungou Stray Dogs” (2016)

MISATO KATSURAGI - “Neon Genesis Evangelion” (2019 Re-Dub)

NINO LAHIFFE/CARAPACE (Ben Diskin)

GURIO UMINO - “Sailor Moon” (1992)

EDDIE BROCK / VENOM - “The Spectacular Spider-Man” (2008)

KNUCKLE BINE - “Hunter x Hunter” (2011)

EDWARD / LIONEL HAWKE - “Tiger & Bunny” (2011)

MISAKI YATA - “K” (2012)

SAI - “Naruto Shippuden” (2012)

JOSEPH JOESTAR - “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” (2013)

WOLF - “Blood Lad” (2013)

KANEO TAKARADA / TAKAHARU FUKURODA - “Kill La Kill” (2013)

MISAKI YATA - “K: Missing Kings” (2014)

JOHN HUMERAY - “Aldnoah.Zero” (2014)

DEATH GUN - “Sword Art Online II” (2014)

BAN - “The Seven Deadly Sins” (2014)

KISUKE ABABASHI - “Durarara!!x2” (2015)

MICHIZO TACHIHARA - “Bungou Stray Dogs” (2016)

KAMUI - “B: The Beginning” (2018)

HAIDA - “Aggretsuko” (2018)

KENSUKE AIDA - “Neon Genesis Evangelion” (2019 Re-Dub)

[closetofanxiety]

Wrestlequest: Tokyo

Hey everyone! I’m back from Japan. What a trip! I will post a bunch of stuff about it in a bit (still unpacking, jet lagged, etc), but as a baseline, here are the shows I attended while I was there, courtesy of Cagematch. I thought 10 shows was a lot, but I met a bunch of fans from overseas who were going to 20+. If it wasn’t clear before, it should be now: I am a fake wrestling fan. I might as well wear be wearing a Dolph Ziggler t-shirt and have a Twitter screen name like “WokenCloset316.” 

Anyway, here’s the list:

December 28, 2019

DDT

“D-Ou Grand Prix 2020: The Final!”

Korakuen Hall

Taped for Abema TV 

Attendance: 2,019 

Chihiro Hashimoto and Yuki Ino defeat Keigo Nakamura and Keisuke Ishii

One Count Rule Gauntlet Match: Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dino, Hiroshi Yamato, Kazuki Hirata, Mad Paulie, Masahiro Takanashi, Mizuki Watase, Toru Owashi, Yoshihiko, vs. Makoto Oishi (Makoto Oishi wins)

Saki Akai defeats Sakura Hirota

Three-Way Tag Match: Nautilus (Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno) defeat ALL OUT (Akito and Shunma Katsumata) and DAMNATION (Nobuhiro Shimatani and Soma Takao)

Shinya Aoki defeats Super Sasadango Machine

Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi defeat Bull James and Yukio Naya

Four Way Match: Konosuke Takeshita defeats Chris Brookes, Daisuke Sasaki, and HARASHIMA

D-Ou Grand Prix Final Match: Masato Tanaka defeats Tetsuya Endo 

December 30, 2019

Gatoh Move

“GTMV #26″

Ichigaya Chocolate Square

Attendance: 77

Hagane Shinnou defeats Lulu Pencil

Chris Brookes defeats Mitsuru Konno

Six Man Tag Match: Antonio Honda, Baliyan Akki, and Mei Suruga defeat Masahiro Takanashi, Rin Rin, and TAMURA

December 30, 2019

Big Japan Wrestling: The World Is Not Enough Round 2

Korakuen Hall

Taped for Samurai TV

Attendance: 1,150

Six Man Tag Match: Kazuki Hashimoto, Shinobu, and Yuya Aoki defeat Koju Takeda, Kota Sekifuda, and Tatsuhiko Yoshino

Tag Team Match: Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami defeat Kankuro Hoshino and Masaya Takahashi

Daisuke Sekimoto defeats Kosuke Sato

Six Man Tag Match: Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani, and Takuya Nomura defeat Freddie Krueger, Leatherface, and Raijin Yaguchi

Six Man Tag Match: Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto, and Toshiyuki Sakuda defeat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani, and Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Six Man Tag Match: Akira Hyodo, Yuji Hino, and Yuji Okabayashi defeat Hideki Suzuki, Takuho Kato, and Yasufumi Nakanoue

Six Man Tag Match: Strong Hearts (El Lindaman, Shigehiro Irie, and T-Hawk) defeat Abdullah Kobayashi, Yuko Miyamoto, and Masato Tanaka 

January 1, 2020

YMZ Pro Wrestling

“The 7th Sunrise”

Basement Mon Star

Attendance: 120

Tag Team Match: Manami Katsu and Mari Manji defeat Eito and Kaji Tomato

Tag Team Match: ASUKA and Hagane Shinnou vs. Daiki Shimomura and Tsubasa Kuragaki (Time Limit Draw)

No English Allowed Match: Cherry defeats Kakeru Sekiguchi 

Six Man Tag Match: Kuishinbo Kamen, Syuri, and Yuko Miyamoto defeat Daiki Shimomura, Hikaru Sato, and Kaori Yoneyama (w/Matsuzawa-san)

January 2, 2020

All Japan Pro Wrestling

“New Year Wars 2020, Day 1″

Korakuen Hall

Streamed live on AJPW.tv

Attendance: 1,445

Six Man Tag Match: Akira Francesco, Danny Jones, and Rising HAYATO defeat Atsuki Aoyagi, Dan Tamura, and Yusuke Okada

Six Man Tag Match: Fuminori Abe, Jake Lee, and Naoya Namura defeat Black Menso-re, Jun Akiyama, and Takao Omori

Six Man Tag Match: Masanobu Fuchi, TAJIRI, and The Great Sasuke defeat Abdullah Kobayashi, Frank Atsushi, and the Great Kojika 

New Year Battle Royal: Danny Jones defeats Akira Francesco, Atsuki Aoyagi, Black Menso-re, Chikara, Dan Tamura, Fuminori Abe, Jake Lee, Naoya Nomura, Osamu Nishimura, Rising HAYATO, Takao Omori, and Yusuke Okada

Eight Man Tag Match: Izanagi, Lucas Steel, Shigehiro Irie, and UTAMARO defeat Hokuto Omori, Kento Miyahara, Yoshitatsu, and Yuma Aoyagi

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Match: Hikaru Sato defeats Kagetora

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Match: Susumu Yokosuka defeats Koji Iwamoto

AJPW World Tag Team Title Match: Violent Giants (Shuji Ishikawa and Suwama) defeat Ryouji Sai and Zeus by KO - Title Change! 

January 2, 2020

World Wonder Ring Stardom

“New Year’s Stars, Night 1″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 408

Tag Team Match: Queen’s Quest (Hina and Leo Onozaki) defeat Rina and Ruaka

Three Way Match: Leyla Hirsch (debut) defeats Itsuki Hoshino and Saya Iida

Six Man Tag Match: Queen’s Quest (Bea Priestly, Momo Watanabe, and Utami Hayashishita) defeat Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora and Natsu Sumire) and Zoey Skye

Tag Team Match: Andras Miyagi and Giulia defeat Oedo Tai (Jamie Hayter and Martina)

Tag Team Match: Kagetsu and AZM defeat STARS (Starlight Kid and Mayu Iwatani)

Eight Man Tag Match: Tokyo Cyber Squad (Death Yama-san, Konami, Jungle Kyona, and Hana Kimura) defeat Saya Kamiani and STARS (Arisa Hoshiki, Saki Kashima, and Tam Nakano)

January 3, 2020

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

“Happy New Freedom 2020″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 215

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Kenji Fukimoto defeats Masashi Takeda

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Takashi Sasaki defeats Rina Yamashita

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Kamui

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Chikara defeats Takumi Tsukamoto

Two On One Handicap Elimination Match: Naoki Kamata and Tomoya Hirata defeat GENTARO

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Semifinal Match: Takashi Sasaki defeats Kenji Fukimoto

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Semifinal Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Chikara

Tag Team Match: Mammoth Sasaki and Violento Jack defeat Toru Sugiura and Yuya Susumu

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Final Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Takashi Sasaki 

January 3, 2020

World Wonder Ring Stardom

“New Year’s Stars, Night 2″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 453

Three Way Match: Starlight Kid defeats Natsu Sumire and Ruaka

Three Way Tag Match: Itsuki Hoshino and Saya Kamitani defeat Leyla Hirsch and Rina and Queen’s Quest (Hina and Leo Onozaki)

Tag Team Match: Andras Miyagi and Giulia defeat Natsuko Tora and Zoey Skye

Six Man Tag Match: Tokyo Cyber Squad (Death Yama-san, Konami, and Jungle Kyona) defeat Bea Priestley and Oedo Tai (Jamie Hayter and Martina)

Six Man Tag Match: Queen’s Quest (AZM, Momo Watanabe, and Utami Hayashishita) defeat STARS (Arisa Hoshiki, Saya Iida, and Tam Nakano)

Oedo Tai Reunion (Hana Kimura and Kagetsu) defeat STARS (Mayu Iwatani and Saki Kashima) - Saki Kashima betrays Mayu and joins Oedo Tai

January 5, 2020

Tokyo Joshi Pro

“New Year Dish”

Itabashi Green Hall

Streamed live on DDT Universe

Attendance: 223

Tag Team Match: BAKURETSU Sisters (Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino) defeat Mizuki and Sena Shori

Akemi Daredasore defeats Pom Harajuku 

Three Way Match: Shoko Nakajima defeats Mahiro Kiryu and Yuki Kamifuku

Six Man Tag Match: Miyu Yamashita, Raku, and Suzume defeat Haruna Neko, Hikari Noa, and Natsumi Maki

Six Man Tag Match: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi, and Yuka Sakazaki defeat Mina Shirakawa, Mirai Miumi, and Yuna Manase

International Princess Title Match: Thunder Rosa defeats Maki Itoh - Title Change!  

January 5, 2020

New Japan Pro Wrestling: 

“Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night 2″

Tokyo Dome

Streamed live on NJPW World

Attendance: 30,063

Dark Match: NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Gauntlet Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, and Singo Takagi) defeat Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, and Yujiro Takahashi), CHAOS (Robbie Eagles, Tomohiro Ishii, and YOSHI-HASHI), Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Taichi, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) and Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe, and Toru Yano - Title Change!

Tag Team Match: Hiromu Takahashi and Ryu Lee defeat Jushin Thunder Liger and Naoki Sano (w/Yoshiaki Fujiwara) - Liger’s final match

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match - Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) w/Rocky Romero defeat Bullet Club (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) - Title Change!

RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title Match - Zack Sabre Jr. defeats SANADA

IWGP US Heavyweight Title Match: Jon Moxley defeats Juice Robinson (w/David Finlay)

NEVER Openweight Title Match: Hirooki Goto defeats KENTA - Title Change!

Jay White (w/Gedo) defeats Kota Ibushi

Chris Jericho defeats Hiroshi Tanahashi

IWGP Heavyweight/IWGP Intercontinental Title Match: Tetsuya Naito defeats Kazuchika Okada - Title Change! (also Title Retention!)

[projectdestati]

What are your thoughts on the KH3 version of Desire For All That Is Lost? And the KH3 version of Enter The Darkness?

I hope it’s no surprise that any new arrangement by Shimomura will always sound like the best thing. I really thought the electric guitar was something that was missing from the original Enter the Darkness track, even though I (David) don’t personally love that track--it was an excellent addition. 

Also really enjoyed the new Tension Rising!

[ourxguidingxkey]

//Music playlist added featuring 50 songs. See under the cut for tracklist:

DJ Kahled - All I Do Is Win (from DuckTales 2017)

Christina Milian - Call Me, Beep Me (from Kim Possible)

Yoko Shimomura - Dearly Beloved (from Kingdom Hearts III)

Yoko Shimomura - Dearly Beloved [Swing Version] (from Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory)

Utada Hikaru - Don't Think Twice (from Kingdom Hearts III)

John Williams - Duel of the Fates (from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace)

Utada Hikaru & Skrillex - Face My Fears [English Version] (from Kingdom Hearts III)

John Williams - The Force Suite (from Star Wars)

Robin Williams - Friend Like Me (from Aladdin)

Keith David - Friends on the Other Side (from The Princess and the Frog)

Party Ben - Galvanize the Empire (The Chemical Brothers vs John Williams)

Brad Breeck - Gravity Falls Theme/Made Me Realize (from Gravity Falls & AWKWARD)

Klaus Badelt & Hans Zimmer - He's A Pirate (from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)

Tony Jay - Hellfire (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi - I See The Light (from Tangled)

Louis Prima - I Wanna Be Like You [Sim Gretina Remix] (from The Jungle Book)

Donny Osmond - I'll Make A Man Out Of You (from Mulan)

Fall Out Boy - Immortals (from Big Hero 6)

Idina Menzel - Into the Unknown (from Frozen II)

KoRn - Kidnap the Sandy Claws (from Nightmare Revisited)

Idina Menzel - Let It Go (from Frozen)

Rascal Flatts - Life Is A Highway (from Cars)

John Williams - Main Titles (from Star Wars: A New Hope)

Rascal Flatts - Making Christmas (from Nightmare Revisited)

Ludwig Goransson - The Mandalorian (from The Mandalorian)

Yoko Shimomura - Memória!/Vector to the Heavens (from Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days)

Jake Kaufman & Hiroshige Tonomura - Moon Theme (from DuckTales Remastered)

Niko - Night of Fire (from DanceDanceRevolution Disney Mix)

Yoko Shimomura - One Winged Angel (from Kingdom Hearts 2.5)

Brad Breeck - The Owl House Theme (Extended Version)

Madeon - Pop Culture (from the Fan.tasia AMV)

CarboHyrdoM - Rising Sun [Hikari Rock Version]

Amy Lee - Sally's Song (from Nightmare Revisited)

Utada Hikaru - Sanctuary (from Kingdom Hearts II)

Utada Hikaru - Simple and Clean (from Kingdom Hearts)

New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra - Simple and Clean (from Kingdom Hearts)

Green Day - The Simpsons Theme (from The Simpsons Movie)

Parry Gripp - Space Unicorn (from Star vs the Forces of Evil)

Ken Ashcorp - Supernatural [Glaze Remix] (Gravity Falls fan-song)

Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure (from Encanto)

Danny Elfman - This Is Halloween (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Shakira - Try Everything (from Zootopia)

Samuel E. Wright - Under the Sea (from The Little Mermaid)

Starship - We Built This City (from The Muppets)

The Cast of Encanto - We Don't Talk About Bruno

Fall Out Boy - What's This (from Nightmare Revisited)

Owl City - When Can I See You Again? (from Wreck-It Ralph)

Mandy Moore - When Will My Life Begin? (from Tangled)

Imagine Dragons - Zero (from Ralph Breaks The Internet)

The Cast of Hercules - Zero To Hero