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Saturday 14 February 2015

Aya Hirano - Bouken desho desho - [The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya - Movie Opening] - [April 26, 2006]








"Bōken Desho Desho?" (冒険でしょでしょ? Bōken Desho Desho?, lit. "It's an adventure, right? Right?") is the opening theme to the Japanese anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, as well as the movie, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. It ranked #10 in CD sales on amazon.co.jp when the single was released.[1]
  • Oricon Weekly Rank Peak: #10
  • Weeks in Chart: 28 weeks
  • Sales: 63,371
  • 2006 End of Year Chart Rank: #141

Track listing

  1. "Bōken Desho Desho?" (冒険でしょでしょ?) – 4:18
  2. "Kaze Yomi Ribbon" (風読みリボン lit.The Ribbon For Reading Wind ) – 3:47
  3. "Bōken Desho Desho?" (off vocal) (冒険でしょでしょ?) – 4:18
  4. "Kaze Yomi Ribbon" (off vocal) (風読みリボン ) – 3:47


Aya Hirano (平野 綾 Hirano Aya, born October 8, 1987) from NagoyaAichi Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer who has had roles in several animevisual novels, and TV commercials in Japan.[1][2] She was contracted to Space Craft Produce, a branch of the Space Craft Group, for her voice acting career,[3] and for her singing career, she was signed underLantis.[4] She left both Space Craft and Lantis in 2011. Hirano moved to the voice acting agency Grick in August 2011, and into Universal Sigma in 2012.[5]

Hirano spent a few of her very early years of life in America before returning to Japan.[6] In 1998, she joined the Tokyo Child Theatrical Group division of the Space Craft Group company. Eventually, she began to appear in commercials and got her first role as a voice actress in Angel Tales.[7] From 2002 to 2003, she was a member of the band SpringS.[8]
After graduating from high school, she began seriously pursuing her voice acting and solo singing career. Her big break came in 2006, when she was cast as the voice of Haruhi Suzumiya, the title character of the anime series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. The series' public success has greatly enhanced her popularity and career in Japan. Her CD singleBōken Desho Desho? containing the opening song of the show sold out in Japan the very day it was released. This success was followed by her voicing two lead characters in anime based on popular manga; Reira in Nana and Misa Amane inDeath Note. Her popularity was confirmed at the first Seiyu Awards, where she won "Best Newcomer (female)", for her role as Haruhi Suzumiya;[9] the same role also won her a nomination as "Best Main Character (female)". At the same awards, she was also nominated for "Best Supporting Character (female)", and earned two nominations for "Best Single" (One of which is a solo, Bōken Desho Desho?; the other was a group nomination for the single Hare Hare Yukai).[9] In 2008, she won the "Best Main Character (female)" award at the second Seiyu Awards.[10]
She performed at the "Animelo Summer Live" concerts between 2006 and 2008, as well as the Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisōconcert on March 18, 2007. Hirano was a guest at Anime Expo 2007, along with other cast members from The Melancholy of Haruhi SuzumiyaMinori Chihara and Yūko Gotō.[11] In 2007, she continued to enjoy great success in her career, landing the role of Konata Izumi in the anime version of Lucky Star and launching three separate singles back-to-back monthly at year's end.
In November 2010, Hirano posted a message on her Twitter account that she has had a pituitary gland tumor since junior high school. While not malignant, the tumor exerts pressure on certain motor functions, resulting in temporary memory loss, loss of vision and slurring of speech. She decided against elective surgery because the surgery would alter her nasal cavity and permanently modify her voice.[12] To facilitate her care, she announced in April 2011 that she had been prohibited from taking on new voice acting roles in anime since some time the previous year. She still continued voicing characters for anime that received additional seasons or extended runs.[13] In May 2011, Hirano announced via Twitter that she was no longer performing music for Lantis and has discontinued her music career until further notice.[14] On August 2, 2011, Japanese magazine Bubka confirmed that Hirano was dismissed by Lantis due to a sex scandal involving her sleeping with several band members.[15] Citing a need for a new agency that was more ideal with her career wishes, Hirano announced on August 12, 2011 that she left Space Craft Entertainment.[16] On August 21, Hirano moved to the voice acting agency Grick.[17] Days later, on August 27, Hirano posted a message on her Twitter account, confirming that she has resumed new voice acting roles in anime.[18]
Hirano returned to music in 2012 and was signed to the record label Universal Sigma. Her first release on the label was the mini album Fragments on May 23, 2012.[19]

Thursday 5 February 2015

City of Lights - [Teun van der Zalm & Daan Verbiest] - [2007]





Sources: teunvanderzalm (Youtube ch.)filmfestivals.com

A city is growing from abstract to stylistic. The city is growing towards the future.

Music by Alexander Reumers
Additional design by Andres G Lazaro
Animation, design and direction by Teun van der Zalm & Daan Verbiest

Film still from the 2007 short animation film "City of Lights".
Directors: Teun van der zalm, Daan Verbiest
Animation Directors: Teun van der Zalm, Daan Verbiest
Writer (Original Story): Teun van der Zalm
Editor: Daan Verbiest
Designer: Andres Lazaro
Composer: Alexander Reumers
Copyright © 2007 Teun van der Zalm, Daan Verbiest

van der Zalm Teun
(Salmonick Productions) 

After secondary school and MBO Fotonica in s Hertogenbosch I did an entrance examination for the Utrecht School of the Arts Animation. I passed and in August 2008 I have got my diploma. During my education I have made several projects. "Over" and "City of Lights" were selected for several film festivals. "Tears" my latest film is about a little boy who is suffering from the upcoming divorse of his parents. My meanly tasks were writing, producing, animating and directing. 

Official selections:

• Nederlands Film Festival 2007
• Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2008
• De Parade 2008
• Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation 2008
• Holland Animation Festival 2008
• Brest European Short Film Festival 2008
• HDfest 2008
• Cinerail: International Festival Train and Metro on film 2009
• Festival NEMO 2009
• Nederlands Online Film Festival 2009
• Atlanta Philosophy Film Festival 2009
• Invideo: International Exhibition of Video Art and Cinema Beyond 2009
• HAFFTUBE 2009
• Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films 2010



Wednesday 4 February 2015

Doamaiger D - [2015]


Alternative title:
ドアマイガーD (Japanese)
Genres: science fiction
Themes: mecha
Vintage: 2015-01-05
Official website:

The Doamaiger D anime will center around Daijirō Kyōgoku, the 15th generation owner of the Kyoto sweets shop Amashōdō. One day, Daijirō discovers a giant robot named Doamaiger D in his store's basement. At the same time, enemies called "Mekaijū" (a combination of the words mechaand kaijū or monster) appear in Kyoto and begin wreaking havoc.
Actor Ryota Murai (Fūma no KojirōKamen Rider Decade) will play the role of Daijirō. The official website also lists that production studio ILCA (Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories) is also involved in the series.





Italian:

Questo Inverno le emittenti televisive nipponiche tvk (TV Kanagawa) e KBS Kyoto manderanno in onda una serie anime che cercherà di conciliare i wagashi (doci tadizionali) e giganti mecha vecchio stile, sullo sfondo della città di Kyoto.  Il tutto verrà mixato in: Doamaiger D al debutto il 5 gennaio.

Daijiro Kyogoku è l’erede, di 15esima generazione, della pasticceria tradizionale Amashodo, ubicata a Kyoto. Un giorno Daijiro scopre che nel suo scantinato è nascosto un robot gigante, il Doamaiger D. Nel frattempo a Kyoto appaiono dei Mekaiju (mecha + kaiju ossia mostri mecha), i temibili nemici portano distruzione e caos. Il mondo verrà salvato dall'impavido pilota pasticcere?

L’anime viene co-prodotto dalla due emittenti televisive, nelle persone dei produttori Fukuhara Naoki e Iwasaki Takuya, con le animazioni dello studio ICLA (Yami no Shibai); mentre la colonna sonora è affidata a Yasuhiko Fukuda.

L’attore Ryota Murai (Fūma no Kojirō, Kamen Rider Decade) doppia Daijiro; mentre la coprotagonista femminile, Anna Hatto, è doppiata dalla idol Eimi Naruse (Aikatsu! Idol Katsudou!)


Broadcaster:
KBS Kyoto
TV Kanagawa



Envious Heart - [Carolyn Chrisman] - [2006]






"[...] This film took about 3 years (from early 2003 to late 2006), mostly because I was working on another project I eventually dropped. Then I came back to this one, and I'm glad I did [...]". 
(Carolyn Chrisman)

Hand drawn, scanned into Photoshop, and painted in Photoshop. 
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Music: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff 
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Circa mea pectora(Down inside the soul of me)
(CB180, 5,6,7 of 7)

Circa mea pectora
multa sunt suspiria
de tua pulchritudine,
que me ledunt misere.
     Manda liet, manda liet,
     min geselle chumet niet.
Tui lucent oculi
sicut solis radii,
sicut splendor fulguris,
qui lucem donat tenebris.
     Manda liet, manda liet,
     min geselle chumet niet.
Vellet deus, vellent dii,
quod mente proposui:
ut eius virginea
reserassem vincula.
     Manda liet, manda liet,
     min geselle chumet niet.

Down inside the soul of me
sighs consume the whole of me
oh, for all your loveliness,
cause of all my heart's distress:
     Lackaday, tackaday,
     will she never come my way?
How the sparkling of your eyes
dims the sun that scours the skies!
like a lightning streak it flings
brightness down on shadowed things.
     Lackaday, tackaday,
     will she never come my way?
May the gods of love be kind
to the plan I have in mind -
shatter to nihility
her chains of virginity.
     Lackaday, tackaday,
     will she never come my way?


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Special Jury Awards for Best Art Direction of the Festival and Swarovski
Designer Award, International Jugendfilmfestival, Kundl, Austria
Best of Festival, Digital Days Student Film Festival Santa Barbara
Best Animation, Youth Division, Newport Beach Film Festival
First Place High School Animation, Best Fest America, La Jolla
First Place Animation, Santa Monica Teen Film Festival
Best Animation, The International Student Film Festival
Best High School Animation, After Hours Film Society Student Shorts, Illinois
Selection, Chicago International Childrens Film Festival
Selection, Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
Selection, Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Selection, Mill Valley Film Festival
Selection, Longbaugh Film Festival, Portland
Selection, Redstick International Animation Festival, LSU Baton Rouge


Carolyn Chrisman has been animating since she was 11 years old, taking a night class at a junior high school where she discovered her love of telling stories through this moving art form. After a successful stint through numerous children's film festivals, Carolyn decided, then and there, that animation would be her "thing," so to speak.
More recently, Carolyn graduated from the USC School of Animation. She's dabbled in all sorts of freelance work, a studio job, and multiple collaborations. These days, however, she's gotten back to what she loves doing most, which is producing animated shorts. Her newest animation venture is FiddleGriff Films, her self-run, 1-woman (so far!) animation studio, and the production of numerous animated shorts and a feature length animated film called Canary 751.      
Carolyn also has an on-again/off-again flirtatious relationship with writing, which came about the same time as her love for animation, and she hopes to publish a book series one day. That is, if she can ever get over her crippling perfectionism and finish a proper draft of the darn thing...  
The gist of it is, Carolyn is always busy doing something, and always looking for the next project to tackle.
In her free time, Carolyn gardens, volunteers for her local foster kitten program, and aspires, as always, to be a Pokemon Master.