#Yasutaka Tsutsui

[strangemonochromes]

Nanase: The Telepathic Wanderers // Sayaka Yamazaki & Yasutaka Tsutsui

[speakingparts]

Paprika パプリカ 2006 Satoshi Kon

[food4dogs]

New Arrival 💮

[kaipanzero]

The Little Girl Who Conquered Time

時をかける少女 (1983)

[anamon-book]

筒井康隆「断筆」めぐる大論争 月刊「創」編集部・編 創出版 表紙イラスト＝塩井浩平

[falseandrealultravival]

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Tomoyo Harada): J-pop

Former President of Kadokawa Shoten: Haruki Kadokawa is active in film production and has discovered two new actresses. They are Hiroko Yakushimaru and Tomoyo Harada. Both of them were successful singers as well. Among them, Tomoyo Harada's debut film is "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" by Yasutaka Tsutsui, a sci-fi writer. It is a story about going back in time when you smell the scent of lavender in a science laboratory. At that time, Tomoyo Harada was youthful and her songs were hits.

♪You're my friend

don't disappear suddenly

To a place where we can never meet again

I have to go alone

Swear you don’t

I will be a wanderer

girl leaping time

love is a ship that takes off

Because it crosses the past, the future, and the constellations

hug me

時をかける少女（原田知世）：J-pop

角川書店の前社長：角川春樹は、映画製作に積極的で、２人の新人女優を発掘した。薬師丸ひろ子と原田知世である。２人とも、歌手としても売り出し、成功した。そのうち原田知世のデビュー映画が、SF作家：筒井康隆の「時をかける少女」である。理科の実験室でラベンダーの香りを嗅いでタイムスリップするというお話である。この当時、原田知世は若々しく、曲もヒットした。

(2023.05.14)

[studiotriggerfan397]

Paprika (パプリカ) by Satoshi Kon.

Based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Japanese author Yasutaka Tsutsui.

At once playful and nightmarish. Incredibly prophetic. Prefigures our modern virtual world.

A feast for the eyes.

[meikyoshisui-no-hinanbasyo]

始めまして。Twitterが使えなくなったのでtumblr始めてみました、非常に低頻度ですが絵を書いたりします。絵は以前Twitterで上げていたものです。順番に、ぺぽよさん、虚航船団、bfdi、fnf modです。

[furious-mango]

it's a massive spoiler to "Paprika" (2006 film) but—

open this post if you wanna see huge reference for mphfpc tdoda

Caul, what are you doing here???

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Durarara's Character Songs and the originals they were a cover of

I wasn't sure if anyone else had done it before so I'm posting anyway as a reminder to self

Season 1

Linda Linda (リンダリンダ)

Kida Masaomi >> The Blue Hearts (1987)

Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki (津軽海峡・冬景色)

Shizuo Heiwajima >> Sayuri Ishikawa (1977)

Gakuen Tengoku (学園天国)

Mikado Ryuugamine >> Finger Five (1974)

Tsuppari High School Rock'n Roll (ツッパリHigh School Rock'n Roll (登校編))

Kadota Kyohei >> Yokohama Ginbae (1981)

Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (時をかける少女)

Anri Sonohara >> Tomoyo Harada (1983) (for Yasutaka Tsutsui's movie of the same name)

DIAMONDS (ダイアモンド>)

Shinra Kishitani >> Princess Princess (1989)

Subarashii Hibi (すばらしい日々)

Izaya Orihara >> UNICORN (1993)

Rouge no Dengon (ルージュの伝言)

Celty Sturlson >> Yumi Arai (1975)

rain tears

Ruri Hijiribe (original)

Season 2

Ruby no Yubiwa (ルビーの指環)

Shizuo Heiwajima >> Akira Terao (1981)

Nagori Yuki (なごり雪)

Mikado Ryuugamine >> Kaguyahime (1974)

Aa mujou (あゝ無情)

Chikage Rokujou >> Ann Lewis (1986)

Sailor-fuku to Kikanjū (セーラー服と機関銃)

Anri Sonohara >> Hiroko Yakushimaru (1981) (for Shinji Sōmai's movie of the same name)

Julia ni Heartbreak (ジュリアに傷心)

Kida Masaomi >> The Checkers (1984)

Romantic ga Tomaranai (Romanticが止まらない)

Aoba Kuronuma >> C-C-B (1985)

Pepper Keibu (ペッパー警部)

Celty Sturlson >> Pink Lady (1976)

Vacance de l'amour (恋のバカンス)

Kururi & Mairu Orihara >> The Peanuts (1963)

Koi wo Nosete (君をのせて)

Walker Yumasaki & Erika Karisawa >> Azumi Inoue (1986)

Fuyu no Inazuma (冬の稲妻)

Kadota Kyohei & Saburo Togusa >> Alice (1977)

Katte ni Shiyagare (勝手にしやがれ)

Izaya Orihara >> Kenji Sawada (1977)

Kimi ga iru dake (君がいるだけで)

Shinra Kishitani >> Kome Kome Club (1992)

little world

Ruri Hijiribe (original but composed by Toshiyuki Toyonaga and I'm almost sure there was a video of him singing it live once)

Let me know if I missed anything <3

[pricechecktranslations]

Mothy RealSound interviews for Miku Symphony (2023)

A summary of the key points of two interviews for the 2023 Miku Symphony linked here and here

(September 22nd)

-Mothy is pretty chuffed (positively) that the series has lasted as long as it has. He began making songs in the early days of VOCALOID, well before it was profitable (people hadn't even done CD releases yet), so it was really just a hobby he did for fun. He cites this as the reason he's been able to go on for this long (as it was low-pressure for a while).

-He didn't have this huge story in mind at the very start, but he did come up with the characters' stories over time--part of this is because he noticed back in the day that songs with good illustrations tended to be more popular, so he also wanted something that could have good illustrations (talking about Servant of Evil specifically). VOCALOIDS were easy to use for his (and other people's) stories because they didn't have concrete stories of their own (he even cites how Rin and Len are weren't even strictly twins, but a lot of people think of them as such because of his series).

-He doesn't think Servant of Evil would have been as popular if he'd released it today, citing his success to it being the early days of NicoNico (and shortly after Rin and Len were released, when their popularity was high), as well as a lot of luck.

-Early on, mothy would come up with the songs first and make the story for it later, but around the time of Judgment of Corruption he began to make songs with the whole story in mind first.

-Mothy was in a metal band in college, and was also very influenced by the metal bands he was listening to the at time, a lot of them having fairy-tale and fantasy themes in their work (Scandinavian and melodic speed metal). He again also references Makihara Noriyuki, who he liked in highschool.

-For his stories and plot twists, mothy mentions inspiration from novelist Tsutsui Yasutaka, especially his short stories, saying that he's always liked the way they'll have a twist at the end. He also thinks it's more impactful for the songs as well, that they leave more of an impression on viewers of his videos on NicoNico. He's walked back on this a tiny bit though to keep it from becoming too overdone, so sometimes he will have things end the way people expect them to. He intends to make his new series a bit less dramatic along those lines, although it'll still be with the same tastes as his other work.

-mothy feels there's benefit both to mechanical sounding VOCALOIDS and ones that sound human--that each have their own uses in making music. He essentially views voice software as a type of musical instrument.

-He's gotten the impression that games like Prosekai have increased his audience, and that while most of his fans have been women, he's seeing more men getting into the series from it too. He's also seeing a lot more diversity in the age-range of his fans, seeing some people who were kids when they started and are getting closer to middle-aged now. This is a little complicated for him because he wants to appeal to both new and old fans alike. He's been thinking about re-releasing some of his old music, but it's tricky for him to do alone.

-While he doesn't currently let his fanbase influence him much, in the past he would usually take into consideration the fact that a lot of his fans were female when working on the story. As he's a man, though, this had its limits, and ultimately he decided to focus on what he wanted to do instead. He can do things as requested, but ultimately prefers his work to be free of limitations.

-He's excited for the Miku Symphony, thinking it's perfect for the tone of his work and that it'll get a large audience for the songs. It's also important because it's just about the music itself, rather than visuals or story.

-He considers the orchestral remakes a learning experience, since they sound nothing like the original music used to make the song. They also sound different depending on each performance, as well. Classical music is also considered a much more respected medium, so he was also happy to get that recognition as a songmaker. Essentially, he enjoys them a lot and it's a fresh take on the series.

-He also talks about the other symphony performances that have actual VOCALOID singing in them--he uses a lot of technical language I'm not familiar with here but essentially he was skeptical it would work and was pleasantly surprised by how it sounded.

-mothy feels that while those who like his work are often very devoted to them, he does not view himself as being or able to become popular. He's fine with that. It's not a matter of him disliking popular stuff, he's happy VOCALOID has become mainstream, but he doesn't desire popularity for himself. He just wants his work to be remembered after he's gone.

-More of him being humble--essentially he seems to view himself as filling a niche rather than being a great player in the VOCALOID landscape, and he encourages the interviewer (and reader) to see some of the other work out there that's been getting popular as well. There's so much content out there that someone's bound to like some of it.

2 (December 6th) (note, this interview was done alongside MitchieM, who was also involved in the symphony--I am not summarizing anything in here's strictly about MitchieM, focusing only on things that are relevant to mothy)

-MitchieM talks about how inspiring mothy's work is in the creative story genre, which is something they've been interested in doing more of lately. mothy talks about realy impressed with MitchieM's work as well, such as their tuning of Miku and the wide variety of musical styles they do.

-There's a bit of contrast between them, as mothy works on one story while MitchieM does multiple, but MitchieM points out that mothy also likes to experiment with genre a lot (which mothy insists is to keep himself from getting bored doing just one thing all the time)

-mothy talks a little about the making of his two new songs, how he wanted them to feel a little orchestral since it's on the symphony album, but since it's a digitally made song and not a live performance he gave it more of a rock-like feel. "Thousand Year Vow" is intended more as a series synopsis to capture its tone overall, while Grim the End is more of a nod to long-time fans who know more of the story. They're both intended to stand on their own without feeling like a continuation of the series, necessarily.

-They talk a little about the Miku symphony performances they like, their impressions of it, etc. Mothy mentions that it's not really something you listen to while dancing, but more something you listen to while relaxing. Also the importance of it being a performance with live instruments rather than being purely digital like a lot of music out there now (furthermore being a performance in a proper auditorium with all the acoustic benefits that provides).

-Also apparently the symphony this year is being recorded on an SACD, which is a super fancy CD that can record more nuanced and delicate sound than traditional CDs?

[strangemonochromes]

Nanase: The Telepathic Wanderers // Sayaka Yamazaki & Yasutaka Tsutsui

[speakingparts]

Paprika パプリカ 2006 Satoshi Kon

[youroriginalsublimecupcakestuff]

( i have the headcanon that hirotsu is the alfred pennyworth of the port mafia don't fuck with him as they're will be hell to pay.)

An organisation made the ill-fated mistake of kidnapping hirotsu ryuurou .

Due to his age, they though that he will be an easy target , so they captured him thanks to one of their members haruki murakami and his ability sleep.

In hindsight they should have known that it been too easy to kidnapp someone who had managed to both survive and thrive in the port mafia even while it was at it's most volatile but they though nothing of it and underestimated him.

They though that the port mafia would easily replace the commander as it's assault squad after if they valued him he would been one of the executive or even the boss, instead of being passed over each time by peoples younger than him , poor old fool they though mockingly all those years of good and faithful service and his boss choose a mere doctor to lead his organisation instead of him.

So like sheep blishfully unaware that they would soon be sent to the slaugher they rejoiced at the though that his age have finally caught up to him and that they could use his grievance at being repaid his loyalty by being relegated to a glorified baby sister and manipulate him in spilling the port mafia's secrets.

Thanks to Yasutaka Tsutsui and his ability paprika, they make him hallucinate the family that he lost his dear fumiko and his children kazuo, jun and ayako.

It was well calculated they planned everything but two things escaped them : firstly that hirotsu ryuurou was even more faithful that they expected and how strong and far-reaching is the bond that the old mafioso formed with others.

Not only within the underworld, but also with the light and It's grey area, not only was the mafia out for blood with tachihara asking help to his contact in the hunting dog which was accepted thanks to hirotsu secret connections in the government, even dazai went to work hard which surprised kunikida, helped by kyouka who remembered hirotsu act of kindness they took the case immediately.

Which made known much the old gentleman of the port mafia was liked, it also surprised everyone to learn that not only does he have friends in the government but also in others country.

They also learned that you shouldn't piss off the port mafia, hirotsu ryuurou was off limit, this message was marked in blood.

Which is why this organisation ended up annihilated by an alliance that was only made possible thanks to all the bond that he made in his long life.

[kaipanzero]

Time Traveller, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

時をかける少女 (2010)

[kpwx]

Literatura japonesa.

Audición, de Ryū Murakami

El pabellón de oro, de Yukio Mishima

Vida de una geisha, de Mineko Iwasaki

Retrato de Shunkin, de Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Diario de un viejo loco, de Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

La vida enmascarada del señor de Musashi, de Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Arenas movedizas, de Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Historia de la mujer convertida en mono, de Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

La llave, de Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Cuentos de amor, de Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Hombre lascivo y sin linaje, de Ihara Saikaku

El gran espejo del amor entre hombres, de Ihara Saikaku

Indigno de ser humano, de Osamu Dazai

La felicidad de la familia, de Osamu Dazai

Ocho escenas de Tokio, de Osamu Dazai

El mapa calcinado, de Kōbō Abe

El lagarto negro, de Rampo Edogawa

El extra��o caso de la isla panorama, de Rampo Edogawa

La mirada perversa, de Rampo Edogawa

Por qué rechinó la polea del pozo, de Seishi Yokomizo

Gokumon-Tō, de Seishi Yokomizo

Yatsuhaka-Mura, de Seishi Yokomizo

Asesinato en el honjin y otros relatos, de Seishi Yokomizo

El clan Inugami, de Seishi Yokomizo

El diablo toca la flauta, de Seishi Yokomizo

Los misterios de la gata Holmes, de Jirō Akagawa

El libro de los cinco anillos, de Musashi Miyamoto

Los cuarenta y siete rōnin, de Shunsui Tamenaga

El infierno de las chicas, de Kyūsaku Yumeno

El gato que amaba los libros, de Sōsuke Natsukawa

Diarios de damas de la corte Heian, de AA. VV

Kaiki: cuentos de terror y locura, de AA. VV

Vita sexualis, de Ōgai Mori

El libro de la almohada, de Sei Shōnagon

Diez noches de sueños, de Natsume Sōseki

Una extraña historia al este del río, de Kaf�� Nagai

Estoy desnudo, de Yasutaka Tsutsui

La devoción del sospechoso X, de Keigo Higashino

Hanshichi. Un detective en el Japón feudal, de Kidō Okamoto 

Los cuentos siniestros, de Kōbō Abe

Ensayos y libros de viajes sobre Japón.

Japón: un intento de interpretación, de Lafcadio Hearn

El ética del samurái en el Japón moderno, de Yukio Mishima

Eso no estaba en mi libro de Japón, de Beatriz Lizana López

El alma japonesa, de Enrique Gómez Carillo

El elogio de la sombra, de Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Gracias, Japón, de Javier Landeras

Los placeres de la literatura japonesa, de Donald Keene

Crónica japonesa, de Nicolas Bouvier

Viaje al Japón, de Rudyard Kipling

En el país de los dioses, de Lafcadio Hearn

Japón inexplorado, de Isabella Bird

Círculos infinitos. Viajes a Japón, de Cees Nooteboom