Monday, June 22, 2009,
Artist of the week!
Today I'm gonna present my fav band ever: Asian Kung Fu Generation (aka Ajikan)! The consisted of 4 members: vocalist Masafumi Gotoh, guitarist Kensuke Kita, bassist Takahiro Yamada, and drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi. They were formed in Yokohama in 1996 as a college band, then they were joined by the drummer Kiyoshi later to form the actual band. They started as an indie group and first released English songs, then they decided they should release Japanese songs instead. They started to break out with their album Houkai Amplifier in 2003 which got good reviews and scored in the top 40 indie charts. Some of their songs were chosen as opening songs for the popular anime series Naruto and Fullmetal Alchemist.
With their popularity increasing in the Japanese rock industry music, they've started their own music festival: the Nano Mugen festival and invite Japanese and Foreign bands to participate in their festival. Ajikan's music lost their dynamic rhythm from their debut, but instead they started to mature in their own way. I still prefer their debut songs from Houkai Amplifier and Sol fa albums. I've got the chance the see their live concerts three times during my exchange year in Japan and really enjoy each concert!
Labels: artist of the week, music
10:16 PM
Sunday, June 21, 2009,
I recently realised that the English server of albatross 18 aka Pangya has been bought back by another company since goa dropped it! I need to find out if it's possible to get my previous account back. I still have cookies on it >_<;; My bad for not playing over a year I guess and not reading the newsletters. Anyway I came accros this AD on youtube and found out there was a PSP version of the game. I have the wii version but it's so boring to play alone. I still prefer to play it online. Best golf game I've ever played so far. A bit unrealistic, but if it was it wouldn't be fun, right? :)
Labels: games
8:25 PM
Tuesday, June 16, 2009,
Artist of the week!
I'm one day late! But I didn't forget! This week's featured artist is Udata Hikaru, probably one of the best selling artist in Japan. If you've heard about Ayumi Hamasaki, you've certainly heard about Utada too. Born in New York city from Japanese parents, she debuted her Japanese career at the age of 16. Before that, she tried to debut in US without any much success. However her first Japanese album First Love became a big Hit in Japan which made her really popular in Japan. Until now, she has released 12 number one singles on the Oricon Singles Chart, with 5 of them selling for more than one million copies. She compose and write all her songs. She's also famous for her contribution to the Kingdom Heart video games and also, lately, for some Japanese dramas such as Hana Yori Dango or Last Friends.
Labels: artist of the week, music
10:52 PM
Saturday, June 13, 2009,
I want to watch this movie! Too bad it'll be out in France when I won't be there :(
12:46 PM
Tuesday, June 9, 2009,
I'm still busy with exams, but after-tomorrow, most of my important exams will be done so I can make some graphics again. Today, I'll just post a sample of my portofolio. Some of the sigs have won graphics contest, but again I still think the results depend of the host own tastes too. In few weeks, as some of you may know, I will go to Japan, so I will probably stop posting graphics for few months and post photos of japan instead :)
Labels: graphics
12:48 AM