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This is a legitimately fine poem. I say so with my BA in English and Philosophy and my PhD. It’s DAMN HARD to write something like this. Be impressed, yo.
Are you a fan of Yuri!!! on ICE, Assassination Classroom, Osomatsu-san, King of Prism, and more?
Unfortunately, AVEX Pictures, the publisher of these many anime titles are banning exports of only Blu-Rays, DVDs, and CDs. This restriction has been applied to all of the online shops in Japan, and will be placed in less than 24 hours ( Japan Time 6:00pm, February 15). Orders of BDs, DVDs and CDs will not go through after the indicated time.
However, if you are desperate to get something , you have before Japan UTC+9 to get a copy on CDJAPAN. All orders placed before the ban will go through normally.
Products that have this under the description will be banned.
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I am honored to be tagged in this august company, and am extending the club to @lbmisscharlie because I think she will appreciate this person’s frankly astonishing commitment to coordinating their shoes with their edible art projects.
Thoughts on Oh! Suketora!!! Yuri!!! on ICE / Original Skate Song Collection (Part 1)
I've been looping this soundtrack for weeks now in my car, which leaves me able to focus entirely on the songs, without the distraction of the characters' monologues or visuals. It's truly an amazing soundtrack and I'm in awe at the amount of love and effort poured into it.
The music producer is Tominaga Keisuke, who is also the founder of PIANO INC. Umebayashi Tarou (梅林 太郎) and Matsushiba Taku (松司馬 拓) are also part of PIANO (which also lists Yoko Kanno on their website!). They're really young, aged 36 and 25 respectively. Umebayashi Tarou did more of the contemporary songs; he's so versatile! From "Yuri on Ice", to "Welcome to the Madness" - holy shit! Matsushiba Taku composed the more classical pieces and also conducted the orchestra Ensemble FOVE. He's really amazing, and it's hard to believe he's only 25.
So! My thoughts on the songs in the soundtrack:
1. ARIA - STAMMI VICINO. NON TE NE ANDARE - Matsushiba Taku / ENSEMBLE FOVE / Tenor: 工藤和真
This is Victor's beautiful Free Skate song. Much had been said about the significance of this song and programme, so I won't repeat that. I'm really impressed that Kubo-sensei wrote the lyrics and got them translated into Italian and it all just worked. My fangirl buddies Q and S kept telling me that it was an existing opera, not one made for the anime, but they were totally fooled.
2. 愛について～Eros～ IN REGARDS TO LOVE-EROS- by Mastsushiba Taku, featuring OKI JIN
I didn't really fall in love with this song until I was looping it in the car. It's such an exciting song, with the flamenco beat and layers of intertwined melodies. I can't believe it's only around two minutes, when there are so many sections and variations in this piece, rising to a breathtaking climax.
3. YURI ON ICE / UMEBAYASHI TAROU
Beautiful. Just absolutely beautiful. I love the piano arrangement here; and I love it when the strings kick in for the chorus. It's such an emotional song that truly encompasses Yuuri's journey; without it, I doubt I would have been moved to tears like I was every single time Yuuri skated it in competition. I bought the score, but it's really darned hard and I think I'll be able to play it in...perhaps 6 months? *trying hard to reactivate synapses that went dormant 20 years ago...* Right. Not that I don't love them, but I don't really have much to say for the first three songs as they have been META-ed to death on tumblr already :) But I find myself going back to track 1 every time track 3 ends!
4. 愛について～Agape～ / UMEBAYASHI TAROU
It only hit me after the anime ended that it was actually a young choirboy singing this, and not a girl as I'd previously thought. It's very fitting, giving that it's Yuri's short programme for what's likely his last season before he gets that final growth spurt. Again, the lyrics were written in Japanese and translated into Latin by a university professor (found the English translation by a fan here!) Looking at the lyrics, I'm not sure how it embodies the theme of unconditional love...well the persona seems to be spending his entire life diligently working to prove himself deserving of love and mercy...and does it seem to end with the persona's death and finding the ultimate happiness love/happiness? While this is a programme that Yuri Plisetsky eventually skated and it represents him finding love in the people around him (granddad, coaches, new friends etc), this was originally supposed to be a programme that Victor was doing for himself. It's worthwhile thinking about how this applies to Victor; perhaps he does harbour a yearning that all his hard work on the ice will pay off and that he will find his own happiness at the end, even if it may mean ending his skating career...I really don't know. On a nother note, I just noticed this while I was taking the screencap: in episode 11 when Yuri skates this, Coach Yakov gets a momentary flashback of long-haired teenage Victor skating while looking at him. Perhaps Victor does love Coach Yakov so much as a parental figure that it comes through in his choreography.
5. PIANO CONCERTO IN B-MINOR:ALLEGRO APPASIONATO / Ensemble FOVE / conducted by Matsushiba Taku
This is Yurio's free programme piece. It's another wonder! It starts with a furious, impatient piano section - so very like Yurio himself. In the middle, the song transitions to a calmer, warmer strings section - very representative of his personal growth. In the anime, both times Yurio skates the free programme he's having his angry internal monologue here so I've never really listened to it before playing the CD. In episode 9, this section is even cut short as we don't get to see Yuri's full skate. Finally, the song wraps up with a culmination of both the prior themes and ends on a very triumphant note. Again, given the story that it tells, I'm really surprised that this piece is just over three minutes in duration.
6. MINAMI'S BOOGIE / UMEBAYASHI TAROU
This is a fun song. I've no real attachment to it, though, because I've no real attachment to Minami's story, adorable though he may be!
7. SHALL WE SKATE? / MATSUSHIBA TAKU feat.The Soulmatics
Phichit's Short Programme song! This is sheer exuberance. It's from the fictional "Shall We Skate" movie, that probably references "The King and I". The synopsis is here. Anyway, I love how this is like a lush Disney musical number. Phichit is such a Disney prince!
8. TERRA INCOGNITA / MATSUSHIBA TAKU feat.U-zhaan
I really love this song which was used in Phichit's Free Skate. Somehow the word that best comes to mind when describing Phichit and his programmes is "exuberant". This song is a delicious, addictive mix of Indian influences, a cacophony of instruments (flute, sitar, bagpipes and more!), lovely melodies and counter melodies, and exuberant vocals. It strikes me as a song of celebration, to be performed at a grand royal event. I couldn't quite figure out what language was used, but someone blogged that it was just made-up words according to this interview. It's pretty long, and I only understand around 50% of it...but the song is meant to be sung in an ancient language, and the vocalist herself participated in coming up with the words. Also, this song is meant to embody hybrid world music; they wanted to convey a sense of chaos, but with balance within the chaos. When I have the time I'll sit down and properly translate it and edit this post if needed...
More later! I've at least gotten through the songs of my favourite characters.
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It’s been years since I sat down to watch anime...I think the last one was Barakamon a few years back. I wouldn’t have watched Yuri!!! On Ice, save for:
- This meta on my regular Tumblr feed that really surprised me because it was literally an essay. I guess I did spoil the kiss?hug? detail for myself, but I didn't remember which episode it happened in when I was actually watching from scratch.
- Sue telling me that it has surpassed all her expectations and surprised her at every turn. (Sue is so seasoned that she spends a large part of her holidays in Japan holed up in the doujinshi section of whichever bookstore haven she finds.) A month ago she was telling me "the trailer is so gay", so I thought it was going to be something like Free!
- CaptainQirk telling me to watch. If this woman tells me to watch anime instead of it being the other way round, I listen.
- Lynn telling me to watch for the second time. The first time she mentioned it, it was in the vein of "I just watched episode 1 and the routines are simply inhuman no one ever lands so many quads in competitions!" and she showed me this link. I paid no heed, thinking it was going to be some unrealistic magical-skills sort of sports anime. Two days later Lynn messaged, "I just binged watched till episode 8 so save me now."
- And then later the skaters started to watch and Johnny Weir got all excited (and I love Johnny Weir!). Well, I was already at episode 5 at that time.
I had to watch till episode 7 till I got onto schedule and was waiting for every Thursday for a new episode. Thursdays meant a battle to concentrate during the work day, gym session while ACTIVELY avoiding Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. It was especially bad after Episode 9 which left me a wreck, somehow.
The Tumblr fandom has been so very amazing! Meta has been written in the form of so many essays - I think the last time I read essays on an anime was for Neon Genesis Evangelion, though the tone was more wtf-did-we-just-watch-I-give-up. Amazing fanart has come out of this; so many generous people have shared translations. The whole community has been watching together and counting down together and it's just been so awesome.
Thank you Studio MAPPA, Kubo-sensei, director Sayo-sensei for this lovingly-created gem. The plot and characters have been real and beautiful and the soundtrack (more on that another time) and choreography nothing short of amazing. See you next level!
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“But for me, what I focus on is the work, because that’s what I love to do and that’s the only thing that will always be there. I do what I do because I love to do it, and I love to do it because it’s a neverending quest. It’s an artform that you can do for your whole life and try to get better and better, and never be as good as you want to be. The fact that the world has embraced me in the way that they have makes my life so awesome and so cool. I never look at it thinking, ‘It’s going to take away my privacy or make me really famous.’ I just look at it as an opportunity to continue to try to master this artform.”
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