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Can you solve the mystery of the youtube pianist that is only know by the username zohar002?

He has 5,749 subscribers, 2,141,370 views and joined in 4 Aug 2007.

After uploading 11 videos showing exceptional composition, arrangements and ability on piano he vanished and hasn't uploaded a video for 7 years.

A stream of fans comment and ask for his return but no replies.

There is a rumour he is actually the composer of the pieces in the videos the legendary Yasunori Mitsuda.  But others dispute this and say the room looks like a students accommodation.

Could zohar002 have died?  If so why hasn't any of his friend commented after all this time?

The kangaroo toy on his piano could be connected to the sightings of kangaroo sightings in Miyagi prefecture.  That would put his location as north Japan.  Within travelling distance to a university as I guess he is studying. 

Than there is some model making glue also. 

I would age him as early 20's. The room has no natural lighting so it was probably recorded at night.  The light colour is white and at times you can see a long light panel like an office strobe light reflecting onto the keys. 

All of his videos are uploaded on either a Sunday or a Friday with one exception being on a Thursday.  So he must have a busy schedule and only finds time at weekends to upload videos. 

Released in 2005 Final Fantasy VII Advent Children humbly appeared in a few shops and briefly in cinemas picked up an Honorary award at the Sitges Film Festival than quickly vanished.

                                                - Production -

The visuals are amazing. They perfectly capture the essence of the game and bring them right up to date using some of the most impressive CG animation available. By some stroke of genius known as Tetsuya Nomura the film manges to take 18 year old blocky graphics from a playstaion 1 and build it into a fully three dimensional world. This is a massive gamble but through sheer talent they pull it off surprising well.

Every frame is immaculate. Every second could be paused and framed to be hung in a gallery. If you play the movie and slow it down by 6 times (using youtube speed feature) in one scene you can actually see bullets flying through the air, light being altered, individual strands of hair interacting with the environment and even see one superhuman character overtaking the bullets as they are fired. All of this in a second. The movie runs for just over 2 hours.

There are some interesting dual time scenes for example showing a character speaking and also travelling to a destination with the audio only brought up on the speaking scene. Also some nice modern theatre for example like when the camera swings around Denzel and reveals the next scene replacing the old one instead of a simple cut.

The use of light is inspiring. I like the way Loz shields his eyes with his hand while speaking to Tifa. A subtle subtext showing evil and good.

Colours are also used a lot. Green meaning lifestream, blue meaning pain, black disease, grey hopelessness, yellow hope, white spirit world. The movie starts off somewhat grey and washed at times than warms towards the end with a wider and more vivid use colours. Another bold move by Tetsuya Nomura to expect people to actually get this when watching the film.

                                                    - Story -

The story is an interesting mix. It follows on from the where the game left off. Which is quite a difficult feet because the games story thoroughly concluded and had no intention of a sequel. However Advent Children manages to draw you into a compelling story that is detailed when it needs to be, bold and confident interspliced with metaphysical art-story elements that ask and answer enough questions. It is subtle, charming and surprisingly fresh given the clash of genres. There are times when the visuals, music and story come together to produce some awesome moments. Very interesting use of technology; at times you can see traditional camera work with cg, and than the freedom of animation in the brutal style of anime.

There is romance but it is deeply wrapped in subtext and immersed within the story allowing you to understand and experience it rather than being force fed it.

                                                 - Soundtrack -

The soundtrack is composed by music genius Nobuo Uematsu. Some of the most memorable themes from the game are lavishly produced with painstaking care and attention. Some of the most beautiful piano pieces ever composed and lush glorious orchestra. The energy becomes more punchy with rock and metal pieces just as confidently. Fascinating use of dynamics when the attention goes from action to dialogue the music reduces to something else and than is crafted back delicately.

Some bold choices made again including finding a moment to use the victory theme and using a non narrative piano piece during a fight scene. It is during this film that music history is made with One Winged Angel.