Kenji Kawai
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, born April 23, 1957 in Shinagawa, Tokyo
, is a Japanese music composer
, for motion pictures, anime movies
, video games and televised programs. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other countries in Asia, working in film genres as diverse as anime
, horror
, sci-fi and historical epic
. Among his credits are Tsui Hark
's The Seven Swords and Wilson Yip
's Ip Man
; Mamoru Oshii's
films The Red Spectacles
, StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops, Ghost in the Shell
, Mobile Police Patlabor and Avalon
; the anime adaptations of Rumiko Takahashi's
Ranma ½
and Maison Ikkoku
; the live-action adaptation of Gantz
; and Hideo Nakata's
films Ring
, Ring 2
, Chaos
, Dark Water
and Kaidan
.
program at Tokai University
, Kenji Kawai began studying music at Shobi Music Academy. However, he dropped out after half a year. With a few friends, he created the band Muse, playing fusion rock
and participating in music competitions. Through competing in such contests, the band members became technically competent to enter the music industry and decided to part ways.
After leaving Muse, Kenji Kawai began composing
music for commercials in his home studio. While recording music for radio actor and seiyuu Yūji Mitsuya
he met music director Naoko Asari, who advised him to compose anime soundtracks. Some of his work for anime soundtracks can be found in Ranma ½
, Ghost in the Shell
and in the well-known recent (live action) film Death Note
.
Following his success as an anime movies
music composer, he became involved in live action movies. He contributed music to horror film
s: Ring
, Ring 2
, Dark Water
, Japanese-Polish science-fiction film Avalon
and the Hong Kong film Seven Swords
.
He has worked on several projects with director
Mamoru Oshii
(both Headgear
members) and has written scores for all of the Hideo Nakata
's films. The most recent film featuring his music is 2009's Assault Girls
by director Oshii. Kenji Kawai's music has received the Annie award and Hong Kong Film Award. In 2005, for Innocence: Kôkaku kidôtai (Ghost in The Shell 2: Innocence
) he was nominated for an Annie award.
For the music found in Seven Swords and A Battle of Wits
he was nominated for Best Original Film Score Awards at both the 25th
and 26th Hong Kong Film Awards
in 2006 and 2007.
used Japanese choir singing parts of the Shintō
prayer too kami emi tame and taiko
drums. Other tracks are mostly instrumental, peaceful, with the dominance of drums. The CD also included pop
song "See You Everyday", sung in Cantonese by Fang Ka Wing.
featured songs sung only in Polish, telling the story of the mystical land Avalon
. Works were performed by the Polish National Philharmonic Orkiestre, Choir of Philharmonic Orkiestre, and solo parts by opera singer Elżbieta Towarnicka (Elizabeth Towarnicka). There are a few songs of joyful mood, "Log in" or "Voyage to Avalon" for example, but also traditional instrumental songs with drums and electronic music.
("Follow me", "River of Crystals") also featured.
for TV series – "Shinma no Kodou" uses flutes, a feminine chorus and piano. Solo parts are sung by Kasahara Hiroko ("Aitai"), Nagasawa Miki ("Manmaru Temari Uta" - sings with children) and Suzuki Saeko (ending
Miyu Yachiyo with flute and piano). There are many fight scene themes which use fiddles, piano and sometimes drums.
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|2001. || ガイスタ—ズ (Geisters - Fractions of Earth
) ||TV series
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|2001. || アヴァロン (Avalon
) ||movie: Mamoru Oshii
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2001. || UNLOVED ||movie: Kunitoshi Manda
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2001. || あなたがここにいてほしい (Zaion: I Wish You Were Here
) ||OVA
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|2001. || 新白雪姫伝説プリ—ティア (New Snow White's Legend Pretear) ||movie
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|2001. || 修羅雪姫 (The Princess Blade
) ||movie
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2002. || 仄暗い水の底から (Dark Water
) ||movie: Hideo Nakata
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2002. || パトレイバ— WXIII (Patlabor WXIII, Wasted 13: Patlabor the Movie 3
) ||movie
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2002. || Le Samouraï (Samurai, Samuraj) ||movie: Giordano Gederlini
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2002. || Bloody Mallory ||movie: Julien Magnat
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2003. || 信長の野望Online (Nobunaga's Ambition Online) (Chapter of Hiryu) ||Video Game
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2003. || ガンパレ—ド・マ—チ -新たなる行軍歌 (Gunparade March
) ||TV series
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2004. || 跋扈妖怪传之牙吉 (Kibakichi: Bakko yokaiden
) ||movie: Tomo-O Haraguchi
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2004. || 跋扈妖怪传之牙吉2 (Kibakichi: Bakko yokaiden 2
) ||movie: Tomo-O Haraguchi
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2004. || イノセンス (Ghost in The Shell 2: INNOCENCE
) ||movie
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2004. || ウルトラマンネクサス (Ultraman Nexus
) ||TV series
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2004. || 風人物語 (Windy Tales
, Fūjin Monogatari) ||TV series
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2005. || スタ—シップ・オペレ—タ—ズ (Starship Operators
) ||TV series
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2005. || MAKOTO
||movie: Ryoichi Kimizuka
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2005. || めざめの方舟 (Open Your Mind) ||movie: Mamoru Oshii
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2005. || Namgeuk-ilgi (Antarctic Journal
) ||movie: Yim Pil-sung
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2005. || 七劍(Qī Jian, Seven Swords
) ||movie: Tsui Hark
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2005. || 輪廻 (Rinne
, Reincarnation) ||movie: Takashi Shimizu
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2005. || 奇谈 (Kidan) ||movie: Takashi Komatsu
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2006. || フェイト/ステイナイト (Fate/Stay Night
) ||TV series
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2006. || 立喰師列伝 - Tachiguishi-Retsuden (Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
) - music and actor ||movie: Mamoru Oshii
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2006. || デスノ—ト (Death Note
) ||movie: Shūsuke Kaneko
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2006. || 야수 (Running Wild
) ||movie: Kim Sung-soo
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2006. || 龍虎門 (Dragon Tiger Gate
) ||movie: Wilson Yip
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2006. || Trapped Ashes ||movie: Sean S. Cunningham
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2006. || Death Note: The Last Name ||movie: Shūsuke Kaneko
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2006. || 墨攻(Mo Gōng, A Battle of Wits
) ||movie: Jacob Cheung
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2006. || ひぐらしのなく頃に (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
) ||TV series
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2007. || 怪谈 (Kaidan
) ||movie: Hideo Nakata
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2007. || 精霊の守り人 (Seirei no Moribito) ||TV series
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2007. || ひぐらしのなく頃に解 (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai) ||TV series
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2007. || Mobile Suit Gundam 00
||TV series
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2007. || FolksSoul -失われた伝承- (FolksSoul) ||PlayStation 3
video game
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2007~2010. || 三國志Online (Sangokushi Online
) ||PC
video game
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2008. || The Sky Crawlers
||movie, director: Mamoru Oshii
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2008. || 葉問 Ip Man
||movie, director: Wilson Yip
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2009. || Eden of the East
||TV anime Noitamina
original series, director: Kenji Kamiyama
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2009. || アサルトガールズ (Assault Girls
) ||movie: Mamoru Oshii
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2009. || Apocalypse: The Second World War
||Historical documentaries on World War II
by directors Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2009. || Samayou Yaiba
|| movie
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2010. || 劇場版フェイト/ステイナイト Unlimited Blade Works (Fate/Stay Night the movie: Unlimited Blade Works) ||movie, director: Yuji Yamaguchi
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2010. || 葉問2 Ip Man 2
||movie, director: Wilson Yip
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2010. || 劇場版機動戦士ガンダム00（ダブルオー）-A Wakening of the Trailblazer- (Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: A wakening of the Trailblazer) ||movie, director: Seiji Mizushima
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2010. || インシテミル 7日間のデス・ゲーム (The Incite Mill: A Death Game in 7 Days
) ||movie, director: Hideo Nakata
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2011. || GANTZ
(Gantz
) ||Live action movie, director: Shinsuke Sato
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2011. || GANTZ: Perfect Answer
(GANTZ: Perfect Answer
) ||Live action movie, director: Shinsuke Sato
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2011. || ラビット・ホラー３Ｄ (Tormented
) ||Live action movie, director: Takashi Shimizu
|- style="background:#ffefd5;"
|2011. || トワノクオン (Towa no Quon
) ||Anime, director: Umanosuke Iida
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Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, is a Japanese music composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, for motion pictures, anime movies
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
, video games and televised programs. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other countries in Asia, working in film genres as diverse as anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
, horror
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
, sci-fi and historical epic
Epic film
An epic is a genre of film that emphasizes human drama on a grand scale. Epics are more ambitious in scope than other film genres, and their ambitious nature helps to differentiate them from similar genres such as the period piece or adventure film...
. Among his credits are Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark , born Tsui Man-kong, is a Hong Kong New Wave film director and producer. He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema .-Early life:...
's The Seven Swords and Wilson Yip
Wilson Yip
Wilson Yip Wai-Shun is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and screenwriter. His films include Bio Zombie, The White Dragon, SPL: Sha Po Lang, Dragon Tiger Gate, Flash Point, Ip Man, and Ip Man 2.-Early career:...
's Ip Man
Ip Man (film)
Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...
; Mamoru Oshii's
Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2...
films The Red Spectacles
The Red Spectacles
is a 1987 absurdist, surrealist Japanese film directed by Mamoru Oshii, co-written with Kazunori Ito, and starring Shigeru Chiba and Mako Hyodo.This is the first film of the Kerberos saga and last episode in Oshii's Orwellian Watchdog of Hell feature trilogy.-Chronicles:Kerberos saga historical...
, StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops, Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell (film)
"See You Everyday" is different from the rest of the soundtrack, being a pop song sung in Cantonese by Fang Ka Wing. It can be faintly heard playing in the marketplace scene, when Batou is hunting the ghost-hacked puppet....
, Mobile Police Patlabor and Avalon
Avalon (2001 film)
is a 2001 science-fiction film by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii. The name of the film originates from the island Avalon in the legend of King Arthur.-Overview:...
; the anime adaptations of Rumiko Takahashi's
Rumiko Takahashi
is a Japanese manga artist.Takahashi is one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent manga artists in Japan. The manga she creates are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages...
Ranma ½
Ranma ½
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi with an anime adaptation. The story revolves around a 16-year old boy named Ranma Saotome who was trained from early childhood in martial arts...
and Maison Ikkoku
Maison Ikkoku
is a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi and serialized in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1980 through 1987. Maison Ikkoku is a bitter-sweet comedic romance involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo...
; the live-action adaptation of Gantz
Gantz (live action films)
Gantz is a series of two Japanese live action films. The first was titled simply Gantz and the second titled Gantz: Perfect Answer. Both were based on on the original manga series Gantz by Hiroya Oku...
; and Hideo Nakata's
Hideo Nakata
Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.-Life and career:Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring , Ring 2 and Dark Water...
films Ring
Ring (film)
is a 1998 Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata, adapted from the novel Ring by Kōji Suzuki, which in turn draws on the Japanese folk tale Banchō Sarayashiki. The film stars Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Rikiya Ōtaka as members of a divorced family...
, Ring 2
Ring 2
, directed by Hideo Nakata, is the sequel to the Japanese horror film, Ring.Ring was originally a novel written by Koji Suzuki; its sequel, Rasen , was also adapted into a movie as the Ring movie's sequel...
, Chaos
Chaos (2000 film)
is a 2000 Japanese mystery-thriller film, directed by Hideo Nakata. It stars Miki Nakatani and Masato Hagiwara. It is based on Shōgo Utano's novel .-Plot synopsis:...
, Dark Water
Dark Water (2002 film)
Dark Water is a 2002 Japanese drama-horror film directed by Hideo Nakata, the director of Ring and Ring 2. Dark Water is based on Floating Water, a short story by Koji Suzuki. Its Japanese name is Honogurai mizu no soko kara , which is also the name of the horror anthology by Koji Suzuki...
and Kaidan
Kaidan (2007 film)
is a 2007 Japanese horror film directed by Hideo Nakata. The title means 'ghost story'. The screenplay for this film was written by Satoko Okudera, based on the kaidan-banashi "Shinkei Kasanegafuchi" by Enchou Sanyutei....
.
Career
After dropping out of a nuclear engineeringNuclear engineering
Nuclear engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of the breakdown as well as the fusion of atomic nuclei and/or the application of other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear physics...
program at Tokai University
Tokai University
is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. It was established in 1943 by Shigeyoshi Matsumae, who had formerly been the engineering president of the Ministry of Communications...
, Kenji Kawai began studying music at Shobi Music Academy. However, he dropped out after half a year. With a few friends, he created the band Muse, playing fusion rock
Fusion (music)
A fusion genre is music that combines two or more styles. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, gospel and country music. The main characteristics of fusion genres are variations in tempo, rhythm, i a sometimes the use of long musical "journeys" that can be divided...
and participating in music competitions. Through competing in such contests, the band members became technically competent to enter the music industry and decided to part ways.
After leaving Muse, Kenji Kawai began composing
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
music for commercials in his home studio. While recording music for radio actor and seiyuu Yūji Mitsuya
Yuji Mitsuya
is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and sound supervisor from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture who is affiliated with Bring Up. He graduated from Meiji University....
he met music director Naoko Asari, who advised him to compose anime soundtracks. Some of his work for anime soundtracks can be found in Ranma ½
Ranma ½
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi with an anime adaptation. The story revolves around a 16-year old boy named Ranma Saotome who was trained from early childhood in martial arts...
, Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell (film)
"See You Everyday" is different from the rest of the soundtrack, being a pop song sung in Cantonese by Fang Ka Wing. It can be faintly heard playing in the marketplace scene, when Batou is hunting the ghost-hacked puppet....
and in the well-known recent (live action) film Death Note
Death Note
is a manga created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and manga artist Takeshi Obata. The main character is Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the "Death Note", dropped on Earth by a god of death, or a shinigami, named Ryuk...
.
Following his success as an anime movies
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
music composer, he became involved in live action movies. He contributed music to horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
s: Ring
Ring (film)
is a 1998 Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata, adapted from the novel Ring by Kōji Suzuki, which in turn draws on the Japanese folk tale Banchō Sarayashiki. The film stars Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Rikiya Ōtaka as members of a divorced family...
, Ring 2
Ring 2
, directed by Hideo Nakata, is the sequel to the Japanese horror film, Ring.Ring was originally a novel written by Koji Suzuki; its sequel, Rasen , was also adapted into a movie as the Ring movie's sequel...
, Dark Water
Dark Water (2002 film)
Dark Water is a 2002 Japanese drama-horror film directed by Hideo Nakata, the director of Ring and Ring 2. Dark Water is based on Floating Water, a short story by Koji Suzuki. Its Japanese name is Honogurai mizu no soko kara , which is also the name of the horror anthology by Koji Suzuki...
, Japanese-Polish science-fiction film Avalon
Avalon (2001 film)
is a 2001 science-fiction film by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii. The name of the film originates from the island Avalon in the legend of King Arthur.-Overview:...
and the Hong Kong film Seven Swords
Seven Swords
Seven Swords is a 2005 Hong Kong wuxia film adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel Qijian Xia Tianshan. It was produced and directed by Tsui Hark, and starred Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Sun Honglei, Lu Yi and Kim So-yeon...
.
He has worked on several projects with director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2...
(both Headgear
Headgear (artist group)
Headgear is a group consisting of 5 writers and artists who work in the Japanese anime/manga field. The group was set up so that all the creators could retain full copyright to their work, achieve greater publicity for their work and sell their manga to anime sponsors for film production. The...
members) and has written scores for all of the Hideo Nakata
Hideo Nakata
Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.-Life and career:Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring , Ring 2 and Dark Water...
's films. The most recent film featuring his music is 2009's Assault Girls
Assault Girls
is a Japanese live-action feature written and directed by Mamoru Oshii.-Synopsis:In the aftermath of global thermonuclear war, three battle tested women wage war in a virtual reality videogame against giant mutant sandwhales...
by director Oshii. Kenji Kawai's music has received the Annie award and Hong Kong Film Award. In 2005, for Innocence: Kôkaku kidôtai (Ghost in The Shell 2: Innocence
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, known simply as in japan, is a 2004 science fiction film and sequel to the anime film, Ghost in the Shell. Released in Japan on March 6, 2004, with an U.S. release on September 17, 2004, Innocence had a production budget of approximately $20 million...
) he was nominated for an Annie award.
For the music found in Seven Swords and A Battle of Wits
A Battle of Wits (2006 film)
A Battle of Wits is a 2006 Hong Kong film based on a Japanese historical novel, written by Ken'ichi Sakemi. A manga series was written by Hideki Mori, also based on the novel. Directed by Jacob Cheung, the film starred Andy Lau, Ahn Sung-ki, Wang Zhiwen, Fan Bingbing, Nicky Wu and Choi Siwon...
he was nominated for Best Original Film Score Awards at both the 25th
25th Hong Kong Film Awards
Ceremony for the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 8 April 2006 in the Hong Kong Coliseum and hosted by Eric Tsang, Teresa Mo and Chapman To...
and 26th Hong Kong Film Awards
26th Hong Kong Film Awards
Ceremony for the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 15 April 2007 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Bowie Tsang, Nick Cheung and Lam Chi-chung. Twenty-six winners in nineteen categories were unveiled, with film After This Our Exile being the year's biggest winner...
in 2006 and 2007.
Ghost in The Shell (1995)
The original soundtrack for Ghost in the ShellGhost in the Shell (film)
"See You Everyday" is different from the rest of the soundtrack, being a pop song sung in Cantonese by Fang Ka Wing. It can be faintly heard playing in the marketplace scene, when Batou is hunting the ghost-hacked puppet....
used Japanese choir singing parts of the Shintō
Shinto
or Shintoism, also kami-no-michi, is the indigenous spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. It is a set of practices, to be carried out diligently, to establish a connection between present day Japan and its ancient past. Shinto practices were first recorded and codified in the written...
prayer too kami emi tame and taiko
Taiko
means "drum" in Japanese . Outside Japan, the word is often used to refer to any of the various Japanese drums and to the relatively recent art-form of ensemble taiko drumming...
drums. Other tracks are mostly instrumental, peaceful, with the dominance of drums. The CD also included pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
song "See You Everyday", sung in Cantonese by Fang Ka Wing.
Avalon
The OST for AvalonAvalon (2001 film)
is a 2001 science-fiction film by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii. The name of the film originates from the island Avalon in the legend of King Arthur.-Overview:...
featured songs sung only in Polish, telling the story of the mystical land Avalon
Avalon
Avalon is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend. It first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 pseudohistorical account Historia Regum Britanniae as the place where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was forged and later where Arthur was...
. Works were performed by the Polish National Philharmonic Orkiestre, Choir of Philharmonic Orkiestre, and solo parts by opera singer Elżbieta Towarnicka (Elizabeth Towarnicka). There are a few songs of joyful mood, "Log in" or "Voyage to Avalon" for example, but also traditional instrumental songs with drums and electronic music.
Ghost in the Shell - Innocence
Following on from Ghost in the Shell, the score again makes use of female vocals and percussion, though featuring a different melody. Two songs performed by jazz singer Kimiko ItohKimiko Itoh
is a Japanese jazz singer. She was born on the island of Shōdoshima in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.After graduating from Musashino Art University with a degree in oil painting, she studied under Yasushi Sawada....
("Follow me", "River of Crystals") also featured.
Vampire Princess Miyu - TV OST
This CD include 34 works. The openingOpening credits
In a motion picture, television program, or video game, the opening credits are shown at the very beginning and list the most important members of the production. They are now usually shown as text superimposed on a blank screen or static pictures, or sometimes on top of action in the show. There...
for TV series – "Shinma no Kodou" uses flutes, a feminine chorus and piano. Solo parts are sung by Kasahara Hiroko ("Aitai"), Nagasawa Miki ("Manmaru Temari Uta" - sings with children) and Suzuki Saeko (ending
Closing credits
Closing credits or end credits are added at the end of a motion picture, television program, or video game to list the cast and crew involved in the production. They usually appear as a list of names in small type, which either flip very quickly from page to page, or move smoothly across the...
Miyu Yachiyo with flute and piano). There are many fight scene themes which use fiddles, piano and sometimes drums.
Years 1985–1990
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1986. | めぞん一刻 (Maison ikkoku Maison Ikkoku is a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi and serialized in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1980 through 1987. Maison Ikkoku is a bitter-sweet comedic romance involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo... , Ikkoku House) |
|
| 1987. | 地獄の番犬：赤い目がね (Akai Megane, The Red Spectacles) | Mamoru Oshii Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2... |
| 1987. | デビルマン (Devilman - The Birth Devilman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai which originally started as an anime adaptation of the concept of Nagai's previous manga series, Demon Lord Dante. A 39 episode anime series was developed by Toei in 1972 and Nagai began Devilman as a manga in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen... ) |
Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... |
| 1988. | 機動警察パトレイバ— (Mobile Police Patlabor) | Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... |
| 1988. | 吸血姫美夕 (Vampire Princess Miyu Vampire Princess Miyu is a Japanese horror manga series by Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshiki Hirano, as well as an anime adaptation by the same creators. The anime was originally presented in a 4-episode OVA licenced by AnimEigo in 1988, and was later adapted into a 26-episode television series licensed by Tokyopop and... ) |
Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... |
| 1989. | 機動警察パトレイバ— (Mobile Police Patlabor) | |
| 1989. | らんま１／２ (Ranma 1/2 Ranma ½ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi with an anime adaptation. The story revolves around a 16-year old boy named Ranma Saotome who was trained from early childhood in martial arts... ) |
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| 1989. | 機動警察パトレイバ— 劇場版 (Mobile Police Patlabor: The Movie Patlabor Patlabor also known as , is an anime and manga franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of director Mamoru Oshii, writer Kazunori Itō, mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi, character designer Akemi Takada, and manga artist Masami Yūki.The popular franchise included a manga, a TV series, two OVA... ) |
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| 1989. | らんま１／２ 熱闘編 (Ranma 1/2: Hard Battle Ranma ½ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi with an anime adaptation. The story revolves around a 16-year old boy named Ranma Saotome who was trained from early childhood in martial arts... ) |
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| 1990. | デビルマン (Devilman - The Demon Bird Devilman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai which originally started as an anime adaptation of the concept of Nagai's previous manga series, Demon Lord Dante. A 39 episode anime series was developed by Toei in 1972 and Nagai began Devilman as a manga in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen... ) |
Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... |
| 1990. | プロジェケトA子 (Project A-ko Project A-ko is an animated movie that led to later releases set in the same series, and spinoff release as well. This parody series references a number of other works of anime from the 1970s and 1980s... ) |
Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... |
| 1990. | からくり剣豪伝ムサシロード (Karakuri Kengō Den Musashi Lord, Musashi, the Samurai Lord) | |
| 1990. | サンサーラ・ナーガ (Sansara Naga Sansara Naga (series) is a series of video games that was released for an exclusively Japanese audience. It was released in 1990 for the Family Computer, 1994 for the Super Famicom, and finally in 2001 Sansara Naga 1x2 was released for the Game Boy Advance.-General summary:... ) |
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Years 1991–2000
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| 1991. | バ—ンナップ (Burn up! Burn Up! is a 1991 Japanese anime original video animation release. It concerns a special group of police officers called Team Warrior who are often given special assignments in the police department.... ) |
Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... |
| 1991. | ミカドロイド (Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Discoclub Layla Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Discoclub Layla, known in Japan as , is a violent science fiction film by Tomo-O Haraguchi. It was produced by Toho Studios via its direct-to-video distribution line.... ) |
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| 1991. | らんま 1/2 中国寝崑崙大決戦! 掟やぶりの激闘編!! (Ranma 1/2: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China Ranma ½ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi with an anime adaptation. The story revolves around a 16-year old boy named Ranma Saotome who was trained from early childhood in martial arts... ) |
Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... |
| 1991. | 人魚の森 (Mermaid Forest) | Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... |
| 1991. | 地獄の番犬: ケルベロス (Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops, lit. , a 1991 Japanese film directed by Mamoru Oshii and starring Shigeru Chiba and Yoshikatsu Fujiki. It is the first theatrical film related to the Kerberos saga manga Kerberos Panzer Cop, the second one being Jin-Roh .-Overview:This film is the second episode of... ) |
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| 1991. | 魔獣戦士ルナ・ヴァルガ— (Demon Warrior Luna Varga) | Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... |
| 1992. | ソーサリアン (Sorcerian Sorcerian is an action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom, and the fifth in the Dragon Slayer line of games. It was originally released for the NEC PC-8801 in 1987, and was later ported to other PC platforms such as the NEC PC-9801, the NEC PC-88VA, the Sharp X1 Turbo, and the MSX 2, for which it... ) |
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| 1992. | 絶愛 －１９８９－ (Zetsuai 1989 Zetsuai 1989 is a Japanese yaoi manga known for its melo-dramatic, almost operatic plot, its "semi-insane characters", and for the controversial style of its artwork. The word "Zetsu-ai" is a compound created by Minami Ozaki which has been translated as "desperate love". Ozaki's preferred English translation is... ) |
Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... |
| 1992. | ト—キング・ヘッド (Talking Head Talking Head (film) is a 1992 live action film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. Its a surreal meta-film mystery involving the production of an anime called Talking Head.... ) |
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| 1992. | 姫ちゃんのリボン (Hime-chan's Ribbon Hime-chan's Ribbon is a magical girl manga series created by Megumi Mizusawa that was serialized in Ribon Magazine from August 1990 to January 1994. It was later developed into a 61 episode anime series, produced by Studio Gallop, that aired from October 2, 1992 to December 3, 1993. Hajime Watanabe's first project as... ) |
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| 1993. | らんま1/2 OVA (Ranma OVA Ranma ½ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi with an anime adaptation. The story revolves around a 16-year old boy named Ranma Saotome who was trained from early childhood in martial arts... ) |
Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... |
| 1993. | 無責任艦長タイラ— (Irresponsible Captain Tylor) | Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... , TV Series |
| 1993. | 機動警察パトレイバ—2 the Movie (Mobile Police Patlabor 2: The Movie Patlabor Patlabor also known as , is an anime and manga franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of director Mamoru Oshii, writer Kazunori Itō, mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi, character designer Akemi Takada, and manga artist Masami Yūki.The popular franchise included a manga, a TV series, two OVA... ) |
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| 1994. | チーム・イノセント (Team Innocent: The Point of No Return) | PC-FX The is a video game console released in Japan on December 23, 1994 by NEC Corporation. It is the 32-bit successor to NEC's PC Engine .... video game |
| 1994. | サンサーラ・ナーガ２ (Sansara Naga 2 Sansara Naga (series) is a series of video games that was released for an exclusively Japanese audience. It was released in 1990 for the Family Computer, 1994 for the Super Famicom, and finally in 2001 Sansara Naga 1x2 was released for the Game Boy Advance.-General summary:... ) |
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| 1994. | ブル—シ—ド (Blue Seed Blue Seed is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. The plot is based on the Izumo cycle of Japanese mythology and the tale of the god Susanoo and the eight-headed monster Yamata no Orochi. The main character, Momiji Fujimiya, is a descendant of the mythical . When Japan is menaced... ) |
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| 1994. | 戦え!! イクサ—1 (Fight!! Iczer-1 Fight! Iczer One , is a dark sci-fi anime with a predominantly female cast. Based upon a manga comic of the same name published in Lemon People magazine in 1983, it was created by Toshihiro Hirano, and has a small but devoted fan-following among otaku... ) |
Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... |
| 1995. | プリンセス ミネルバ (Princess Minerva Princess Minerva is a Role-playing video game developed and published by Riverhillsoft for the NEC PC-9801, PC Engine, Super Nintendo. And OVA was released in May 1995.- Character :Princess MinervaBlue MorrisWislerChiloriaTuaDunasterPyrocessionLachola... ) |
Original video animation , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation... |
| 1995. | 攻殻機動隊 (GITS, Ghost in The Shell Ghost in the Shell (film) "See You Everyday" is different from the rest of the soundtrack, being a pop song sung in Cantonese by Fang Ka Wing. It can be faintly heard playing in the marketplace scene, when Batou is hunting the ghost-hacked puppet.... ) |
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| 1996. | 爆れつハンタ— (Sorcerer Hunters Sorcerer Hunters is a 13-volume manga series, written by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Rei Omishi. Akahori and Omishi also published Sorcerer Hunters Special, a one-volume story set sometime after the series' conclusion.... ) |
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| 1996. | 赤ちゃんと僕 (Baby and Me Baby and Me is a shōjo manga by Marimo Ragawa. It was originally published in Japan by Hakusensha, and was published in English by VIZ Media, serialized in the magazine Shojo Beat. It received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo in 1995. The series was adapted as an anime television series in 1996... ) |
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| 1997. | はいぱ—ぽりす (Hyper Police Hyper Police is the name of a manga and anime series created by Minoru Tachikawa under the pseudonym MEE. It is a comic science fiction, set in a period in the far future, in which humanity is almost extinct and most of the population are monsters... ) |
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| 1997. | 吸血姫美夕 (Vampire Princess Miyu Vampire Princess Miyu is a Japanese horror manga series by Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshiki Hirano, as well as an anime adaptation by the same creators. The anime was originally presented in a 4-episode OVA licenced by AnimEigo in 1988, and was later adapted into a 26-episode television series licensed by Tokyopop and... ) |
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| 1998. | リング (Ring Ring (film) is a 1998 Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata, adapted from the novel Ring by Kōji Suzuki, which in turn draws on the Japanese folk tale Banchō Sarayashiki. The film stars Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Rikiya Ōtaka as members of a divorced family... , The Ring) |
Hideo Nakata Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.-Life and career:Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring , Ring 2 and Dark Water... |
| 1998. | ディープフィアー (Deep Fear Deep Fear Deep Fear is a 1998 survival horror video game for the Sega Saturn. It is notable for being the last Saturn game released in Europe.It borrows many aspects from Capcom's Resident Evil such as the use of first-aid sprays as the player's sole healing item and a significant dependency on firearms... ) |
Sega Saturn The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe... video game |
| 1999. | 逮捕しちゃうぞ the MOVIE (You're Under Arrest! The Movie) | |
| 1999. | リング2 (Ring 2 Ring 2 , directed by Hideo Nakata, is the sequel to the Japanese horror film, Ring.Ring was originally a novel written by Koji Suzuki; its sequel, Rasen , was also adapted into a movie as the Ring movie's sequel... , The Ring 2) |
Hideo Nakata Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.-Life and career:Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring , Ring 2 and Dark Water... |
| 1999. | 地球防衛企業ダイ・ガ—ド (Dai-Guard Dai-Guard , lit. "Terrestrial Defense Corp. Dai-Guard" is an anime television series, produced and animated by XEBEC, and directed by Seiji Mizushima. It aired from October 5, 1999 to March 28, 2000 on TV Tokyo, ran for 26 episodes. 6 volumes of videos were released on VHS and DVD... ) |
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| 2000. | サディスティック＆マゾヒスティック (Sadistic and Masochistic) | Hideo Nakata Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.-Life and career:Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring , Ring 2 and Dark Water... |
| 2000. | ガラスの脳 (Sleeping Bride Sleeping Bride is a Japanese 2000 tragic-romance film directed by Hideo Nakata, based on a comic by Osamu Tezuka. It is probably best known to Western audiences for its inclusion in a Tartan Asia Extreme DVD release of the Ring trilogy, which included it as a fourth Nakata feature unrelated to the Ring... ) |
Hideo Nakata Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.-Life and career:Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring , Ring 2 and Dark Water... |
| 2000. | カオス (Chaos Chaos (2000 film) is a 2000 Japanese mystery-thriller film, directed by Hideo Nakata. It stars Miki Nakatani and Masato Hagiwara. It is based on Shōgo Utano's novel .-Plot synopsis:... ) |
Hideo Nakata Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.-Life and career:Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring , Ring 2 and Dark Water... |
Years 2001 – current
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|2001. || ガイスタ—ズ (Geisters - Fractions of Earth
Geisters
is a 26-episode anime series from directors Jang Jong-Geun, Koji Itoh and Sumio Watanabe. The series aired on TV Tokyo from October 6, 2001 to March 30, 2002.-Storyline:Earth AD 2057...
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|2001. || アヴァロン (Avalon
Avalon (2001 film)
is a 2001 science-fiction film by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii. The name of the film originates from the island Avalon in the legend of King Arthur.-Overview:...
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Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2...
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|2001. || UNLOVED ||
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|2001. || あなたがここにいてほしい (Zaion: I Wish You Were Here
Zaion: I Wish You Were Here
is a four-episode Japanese science fiction original video animation released by Gonzo in 2001. The story is set in the near future, when a spaceborne virus threatens Earth by turning humans into violent creatures. Enhanced soldiers fight a losing war against these creatures to ensure the survival...
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|2001. || 新白雪姫伝説プリ—ティア (New Snow White's Legend Pretear) ||
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|2001. || 修羅雪姫 (The Princess Blade
The Princess Blade
The Princess Blade is a 2001 Japanese action film directed by Shinsuke Sato. It is a reimagining of the manga Lady Snowblood by Kazuo Koike.- Cast :*Yumiko Shaku as Yuki*Hideaki Ito as Takashi*Shiro Sano as Kidokoro...
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|2002. || 仄暗い水の底から (Dark Water
Dark Water (2002 film)
Dark Water is a 2002 Japanese drama-horror film directed by Hideo Nakata, the director of Ring and Ring 2. Dark Water is based on Floating Water, a short story by Koji Suzuki. Its Japanese name is Honogurai mizu no soko kara , which is also the name of the horror anthology by Koji Suzuki...
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Hideo Nakata
Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.-Life and career:Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring , Ring 2 and Dark Water...
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|2002. || パトレイバ— WXIII (Patlabor WXIII, Wasted 13: Patlabor the Movie 3
Patlabor
Patlabor also known as , is an anime and manga franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of director Mamoru Oshii, writer Kazunori Itō, mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi, character designer Akemi Takada, and manga artist Masami Yūki.The popular franchise included a manga, a TV series, two OVA...
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|2002. || Le Samouraï (Samurai, Samuraj) ||
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|2002. || Bloody Mallory ||
Julien Magnat
Julien Magnat is a film and television screenwriter and director. He is best known for Bloody Mallory and Faces In The Crowd .- Life and career :Magnat was born in Ardèche, France...
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|2003. || 信長の野望Online (Nobunaga's Ambition Online) (Chapter of Hiryu) ||
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|2003. || ガンパレ—ド・マ—チ -新たなる行軍歌 (Gunparade March
Gunparade March
is a Japanese video game that was later turned into a 3 volume manga and a 12 episode anime.The video game, , was released on 28 September 2000, for the PlayStation. It was developed by Alfa System and published by Sony Computer Entertainment...
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|2004. || 跋扈妖怪传之牙吉 (Kibakichi: Bakko yokaiden
Kibakichi
Kibakichi is the eponymous hero of a couple of Japanese Samurai horror films directed by Tomo-O Haraguchi, whose previous directing credits are Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Discoclub Layla and Sakuya: yôkaiden AKA Sakuya: Slayer of Demons .-Kibakichi:The first film, full title Bakko Yokaiden...
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|2004. || 跋扈妖怪传之牙吉2 (Kibakichi: Bakko yokaiden 2
Kibakichi
Kibakichi is the eponymous hero of a couple of Japanese Samurai horror films directed by Tomo-O Haraguchi, whose previous directing credits are Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Discoclub Layla and Sakuya: yôkaiden AKA Sakuya: Slayer of Demons .-Kibakichi:The first film, full title Bakko Yokaiden...
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|2004. || イノセンス (Ghost in The Shell 2: INNOCENCE
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, known simply as in japan, is a 2004 science fiction film and sequel to the anime film, Ghost in the Shell. Released in Japan on March 6, 2004, with an U.S. release on September 17, 2004, Innocence had a production budget of approximately $20 million...
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|2004. || ウルトラマンネクサス (Ultraman Nexus
Ultraman Nexus
was produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting. It was the 20th entry in the Ultra Series. The series aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System, including TBS, CBC, MBS, etc. The show ran from October 2, 2004 until June 25, 2005, with a total of 37 broadcast episodes...
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|2004. || 風人物語 (Windy Tales
Windy Tales
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G, about a group of people who can control the wind. The series premiered from September 11, 2004 to February 26, 2005 across Japan on the anime television network, Animax, who also later aired the series across its respective networks...
, Fūjin Monogatari) ||
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|2005. || スタ—シップ・オペレ—タ—ズ (Starship Operators
Starship Operators
is an anime series based upon science fiction novels written by Ryo Mizuno. The series, animated by J.C.Staff, was aired on TV Tokyo in Japan. Starship Operators is licensed in English in the United States by Geneon....
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|2005. || MAKOTO
Makoto
-Given name:*Niwano Makoto , a Manga artist*Saito Makoto , Viscount*Tomioka Makoto , Terrorist*Makoto , drummer of Sharan Q*Makoto , a drum and bass artist*Makoto Hagiwara , a landscape designer...
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|2005. || めざめの方舟 (Open Your Mind) ||
Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2...
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|2005. || Namgeuk-ilgi (Antarctic Journal
Antarctic Journal
Antarctic Journal is the feature film debut by South Korean director Yim Pil-sung. The movie mixes elements of psychological thriller and classical horror films while showing the hardships met by a modern antarctic expedition trying to reach the pole of inaccessibility...
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|2005. || 七劍(Qī Jian, Seven Swords
Seven Swords
Seven Swords is a 2005 Hong Kong wuxia film adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel Qijian Xia Tianshan. It was produced and directed by Tsui Hark, and starred Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Sun Honglei, Lu Yi and Kim So-yeon...
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Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark , born Tsui Man-kong, is a Hong Kong New Wave film director and producer. He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema .-Early life:...
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|2005. || 輪廻 (Rinne
Reincarnation (film)
is a 2005 Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu and written by Takashi Shimizu and Masaki Adachi. Preceded by Infection and Premonition , Reincarnation is the third film in producer, Takashige Ichise's, as part of J-Horror Theater....
, Reincarnation) ||
Takashi Shimizu
Takashi Shimizu is a Japanese film director, best known for the Ju-on series of horror films.-Filmography:...
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|2005. || 奇谈 (Kidan) ||
Takashi Komatsu
is a male triple jumper from Japan. His personal best jump is 16.65 metres, achieved in October 2003 in Hyderabad.-Achievements:-References:...
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|2006. || フェイト/ステイナイト (Fate/Stay Night
Fate/stay night
is a Japanese visual novel developed by Type-Moon, which was originally released as an adult game for the PC. An all-ages version of Fate/stay night, titled Fate/stay night Réalta Nua, was released for the PlayStation 2 on April 19, 2007, and features the Japanese voice actors from the anime series...
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|2006. || 立喰師列伝 - Tachiguishi-Retsuden (Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
Tachiguishi-Retsuden
is a 2006 animation movie directed by Japanese filmmaker Mamoru Oshii, who also wrote the eponymous novel on which the film was based. Both works are part of the "Kerberos saga"...
) - music and actor ||
Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2...
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|2006. || デスノ—ト (Death Note
Death Note (film)
is a series of two live-action Japanese films released in 2006 and based on the Death Note manga and anime series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The films primarily center on a university student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook that kills anyone...
) ||
Shusuke Kaneko
is a Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter.-Career:Shūsuke Kaneko began his career in film with Nikkatsu's Roman Porno film series, in which he served as assistant director to Kōyū Ohara. The series also gave Kaneko his directorial debut with writer Kōichirō Uno's, Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging ,...
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|2006. || 야수 (Running Wild
Running Wild (2006 film)
- Plot :Jang Do-young is a homicide detective who likes to use violence when dealing with criminals, while Oh Jin-woo is a prosecutor who believes in the importance of data and evidence. After the murder of his younger half-brother Do-young and Jin-woo meet when Do-young interrupts a stakeout in an...
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Kim Sung-soo
Kim Sung-soo is a South Korean model and actor. He first made his debut in a feature film, Delicious Love and Sex, 2003...
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|2006. || 龍虎門 (Dragon Tiger Gate
Dragon Tiger Gate
Dragon Tiger Gate is a 2006 Hong Kong martial arts action film directed by Wilson Yip and featuring fight choreography by Donnie Yen, who also stars in the film. The film is based on the manhua Oriental Heroes, which bears the same Chinese title as the film...
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Wilson Yip
Wilson Yip Wai-Shun is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and screenwriter. His films include Bio Zombie, The White Dragon, SPL: Sha Po Lang, Dragon Tiger Gate, Flash Point, Ip Man, and Ip Man 2.-Early career:...
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|2006. || Trapped Ashes ||
Sean S. Cunningham
Sean Sexton Cunningham is an American film director, producer, and writer. He is best known for creating the Friday the 13th series of horror films, which introduced the fictional killer Jason Voorhees...
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|2006. || Death Note: The Last Name ||
Shusuke Kaneko
is a Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter.-Career:Shūsuke Kaneko began his career in film with Nikkatsu's Roman Porno film series, in which he served as assistant director to Kōyū Ohara. The series also gave Kaneko his directorial debut with writer Kōichirō Uno's, Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging ,...
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|2006. || 墨攻(Mo Gōng, A Battle of Wits
A Battle of Wits (2006 film)
A Battle of Wits is a 2006 Hong Kong film based on a Japanese historical novel, written by Ken'ichi Sakemi. A manga series was written by Hideki Mori, also based on the novel. Directed by Jacob Cheung, the film starred Andy Lau, Ahn Sung-ki, Wang Zhiwen, Fan Bingbing, Nicky Wu and Choi Siwon...
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Jacob Cheung
Jacob Cheung Chi-Leung is a Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His credits include A Battle Of Wits , which was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Golden Bauhinia Awards, and Beyond the Sunset , which was nomimated for two awards at the 9th Hong Kong...
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|2006. || ひぐらしのなく頃に (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
, known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation, is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft sound novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and are playable on Microsoft Windows PCs...
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|2007. || 怪谈 (Kaidan
Kaidan
Kaidan is a Japanese word consisting of two kanji: 怪 meaning “strange, mysterious, rare or bewitching apparition" and 談 meaning “talk” or “recited narrative.”-Overall meaning and usage:...
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Hideo Nakata
Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.-Life and career:Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring , Ring 2 and Dark Water...
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|2007. || 精霊の守り人 (Seirei no Moribito) ||
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|2007. || ひぐらしのなく頃に解 (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai) ||
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|2007. || Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
is an anime TV series, the eleventh incarnation of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise consisting of two seasons. It is directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and features character designs by Yun Kōga. The twenty-five episode season was officially announced by Sunrise...
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|2007. || FolksSoul -失われた伝承- (FolksSoul) ||
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
video game
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|2007~2010. || 三國志Online (Sangokushi Online
Sangokushi Online
Sangokushi Online is Koei's third online Romance of the Three Kingdoms game developed for Microsoft Windows platform. Koei announced the development of its latest MMORPG in mid-2006. Koei planned on releasing Sangokushi Online in Japan in the first quarter of 2007 followed by the rest of Asia . ...
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
video game
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|2008. || The Sky Crawlers
The Sky Crawlers
is a Japanese novel series by Hiroshi Mori. First published by Chuōkōron-shinsha in June 2001 and spanning five books, it follows the journeys and tribulations of a group of young fighter pilots involved in dogfight warfare, and is set during an alternate historical period. The series is unlike...
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Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2...
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|2008. || 葉問 Ip Man
Ip Man (film)
Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong semi biographical martial arts film very loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and master of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Second Sino-Japanese War...
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Wilson Yip
Wilson Yip Wai-Shun is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and screenwriter. His films include Bio Zombie, The White Dragon, SPL: Sha Po Lang, Dragon Tiger Gate, Flash Point, Ip Man, and Ip Man 2.-Early career:...
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|2009. || Eden of the East
Eden of the East
is a Japanese anime television series, which premiered on Fuji TV's noitaminA timeslot on April 9, 2009. Created, directed and written by Kenji Kamiyama, it features character designs by Chika Umino and animation production by Production I.G...
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Noitamina
– "Animation" written backwards – is a Fuji Television programming block, devoted to anime, originally broadcast each Thursday night from 24:45 to 25:15 . It was launched with the intention of expanding the target audience beyond the typical young male demographic...
original series, director: Kenji Kamiyama
Kenji Kamiyama
, born on March 20, 1966 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese anime director. He has worked regularly with the anime studio and production enterprise, Production I.G, such as his work on Jin-Roh, Patlabor, Blood: The Last Vampire, and for whom he has directed the Ghost in the Shell: Stand...
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|2009. || アサルトガールズ (Assault Girls
Assault Girls
is a Japanese live-action feature written and directed by Mamoru Oshii.-Synopsis:In the aftermath of global thermonuclear war, three battle tested women wage war in a virtual reality videogame against giant mutant sandwhales...
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Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2...
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|2009. || Apocalypse: The Second World War
Apocalypse: The Second World War
Apocalypse: The Second World War is a six-part French documentary by Daniel Costelle and Isabelle Clarke about the Second World War...
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World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
by directors Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle
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|2009. || Samayou Yaiba
Samayou Yaiba
is a Japanese novel written by Keigo Higashino in 2003. In 2009 a Japanese film by Shouichi Mashiko was produced by Toei based on the original novel.- Plot :...
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|2010. || 劇場版フェイト/ステイナイト Unlimited Blade Works (Fate/Stay Night the movie: Unlimited Blade Works) ||
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|2010. || 葉問2 Ip Man 2
Ip Man 2
Ip Man 2 is a 2010 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun. A sequel to the 2008 film Ip Man, the film was directed by Wilson Yip, and stars Donnie Yen, who reprises the leading role...
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Wilson Yip
Wilson Yip Wai-Shun is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and screenwriter. His films include Bio Zombie, The White Dragon, SPL: Sha Po Lang, Dragon Tiger Gate, Flash Point, Ip Man, and Ip Man 2.-Early career:...
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|2010. || 劇場版機動戦士ガンダム00（ダブルオー）-A Wakening of the Trailblazer- (Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: A wakening of the Trailblazer) ||
Seiji Mizushima
is a Japanese anime director. He has directed such series as Slayers Next, Shaman King, Fullmetal Alchemist, and more recently, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and Un-Go...
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|2010. || インシテミル 7日間のデス・ゲーム (The Incite Mill: A Death Game in 7 Days
The Incite Mill
is a 2010 Japanese psychological thriller directed by Hideo Nakata. The movie is based on Yonezawa Honobu's novel "The Incite Mill".-Plot:Ten people are promised a dream job that pays 112,000 Yen per hour, no experience or qualifications necessary...
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Hideo Nakata
Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.-Life and career:Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as Ring , Ring 2 and Dark Water...
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|2011. || GANTZ
Gantz (live action films)
Gantz is a series of two Japanese live action films. The first was titled simply Gantz and the second titled Gantz: Perfect Answer. Both were based on on the original manga series Gantz by Hiroya Oku...
(Gantz
Gantz
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. Gantz tells the story of Kei Kurono and his friend Masaru Kato who die in a train accident and become part of a semi-posthumous "game" in which they and several other recently deceased people are forced to hunt down and kill aliens...
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Shinsuke Sato
is a Japanese film director, screenplay writer and video game designer.- Filmography :- Video game developer:-External links:...
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|2011. || GANTZ: Perfect Answer
Gantz (live action films)
Gantz is a series of two Japanese live action films. The first was titled simply Gantz and the second titled Gantz: Perfect Answer. Both were based on on the original manga series Gantz by Hiroya Oku...
(GANTZ: Perfect Answer
Gantz
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. Gantz tells the story of Kei Kurono and his friend Masaru Kato who die in a train accident and become part of a semi-posthumous "game" in which they and several other recently deceased people are forced to hunt down and kill aliens...
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Shinsuke Sato
is a Japanese film director, screenplay writer and video game designer.- Filmography :- Video game developer:-External links:...
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|2011. || ラビット・ホラー３Ｄ (Tormented
Tormented (2011 film)
is a 2011 Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu. The film involves Kiriko and her younger half-brother Daigo who are haunted by a large rabbit-doll...
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Takashi Shimizu
Takashi Shimizu is a Japanese film director, best known for the Ju-on series of horror films.-Filmography:...
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|2011. || トワノクオン (Towa no Quon
Towa no Quon
is a 2011 Japanese animated supernatural film series directed by Umanosuke Iida. The first film in the series was released in theaters on June 18, 2011.-Plot:...
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Umanosuke Iida
was a Japanese anime creator, director, screenwriter. Iida died due to lung cancer.- Director :* Mighty Space Miners* Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team * Vandread * Vandread Taidouhen * Hellsing...
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