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Dōjin Music
, also called in Japan, is a sub-category of ''doujin'' activity. ''Doujin'' are non-official self-published Japanese works which can be based on official products or completely original creations. Such products are sold online on specialized sites, on the authors' own sites, and in conventions such as the popular Comiket. Genres and production ''Doujin'' music isn't a musical genre in itself, but is indicative of a particular means of publication much in the same way as the term " indie" is used. Often, such music will consist of video game music fan arrangements. Much original ''doujin'' music also exists, and has been created both for ''doujin'' games and independently, spanning many musical genres such as pop, rock, techno, trance, hardcore and many more. By nature, ''doujin'' music is self-produced at low cost by independent artists. Home-studio software is typically advantageous to ''doujin'' music composers, as it is cheaper than studio-mastering live instruments. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doujin
In Japan, is a group of people who share an interest, activity, or hobby. The word is sometimes translated into English as " clique", "fandom", "coterie", "society", or "circle" (as in " sewing circle"). Self-published creative works produced by these groups are also called ''doujin'', including manga, magazines, novels, music ( ''doujin'' music), anime, and video games ( ''doujin'' soft). Print ''doujin'' works are collectively called '' doujinshi''. ''Doujin'' works are typically amateur and derivative in nature, though some professional artists participate in ''doujin'' culture as a way to publish material outside the regular publishing industry. Annual research by the research agency Media Create indicated that of the US$1.65 billion of the otaku industry in 2007, ''doujin'' sales made up 48% (US$792 million). Literary societies Literary circles first appeared in the Meiji period when groups of like-minded ''waka'' writers, poets and novelists met and publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chata
is a Japanese singer who has performed theme songs for video games and anime series. She has also participated in various dōjin music circles. Her own private circle is called ''Usagi Kinoko''. History Chata began dabbling in music in 1998. She used to participate in writing lyrics on Niftyserve's forum for Original MIDI music. She has participated in many dojin music circles, mainly lending her vocals while for some she has voice-acted. At the same time she also releases works of her own under ''Usagi Kinoko'', the circle she runs. She is the main vocalist for two dojin music circles, ''Idea'' (formerly known as ''Souleave'') and ''My Sound Life''. In March 2007, she collaborated with composer Yoko Shimomura and released her first major debut album, ''Murmur''. In the same year, she performed the ending theme for the anime television series ''Potemayo'', which first broadcast in July. Chata is known for her sweet, whisper-like voice. She is close friends with dojin musicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denpa Song
A is a type of Japanese music that is intentionally strange and catchy. Common features of ''denpa'' songs include intentionally off-key vocals, nonsensical lyrics and an over-the-top tune. ''Denpa'' music has grown into a subculture within Japan, forming a significant aspect of otaku culture and has large numbers of ''dōjin'' circles and music artists dedicated to ''denpa'' music. ''Denpa'' is not a specific genre in itself, but rather an umbrella term for various kinds of music.電波ソング/ 電波系ソング 同人用語の基礎知識 /ref> Alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doujinshi
, also romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of ''doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of existing works and created by amateurs, though some professional artists participate in order to publish material outside the regular industry. Groups of ''doujinshi'' artists refer to themselves as a . Several such groups actually consist of a single artist: they are sometimes called . Since the 1980s, the main method of distribution has been through regular ''doujinshi'' conventions, the largest of which is called Comiket (short for "Comic Market") held in the summer and winter in Tokyo's Big Sight. At the convention, over of ''doujinshi'' are bought, sold, and traded by attendees. ''Doujinshi'' creators who base their materials on other creators' works normally publish in small numbers to maintain a low profile so as to protect themselves against litigation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dōjin Soft
is software created by Japanese hobbyists or hobbyist groups (referred to as " circles"), more for fun than for profit. The term includes digital , which are essentially the Japanese equivalent of independent video games or fangames (the term "''doujin'' game" also includes things like ''doujin''-made board games and card games, however, which are not covered in this article). ''Doujin'' soft is considered part of ''doujin katsudou'', for which it accounts for 5% of all ''doujin'' works altogether (as of 2015). Doujin soft began with microcomputers in Japan, and spread to platforms such as the MSX and X68000. Since the 1990's, however, they have primarily for Microsoft Windows. Most ''doujin'' soft sales occur at ''doujin'' conventions such as Comiket, with several that deal with doujin soft or doujin games exclusively such as Freedom Game (which further only allows games distributed for free) and Digital Games Expo. There is also a growing number of specialized internet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of 20 countries. It is the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's fourth-most spoken language overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The oldest Latin texts with traces of Spanish come from mid-northern Iberia in the 9th century, and the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo, a prominent c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vocaloid
is a singing voice synthesizer software product. Its signal processing part was developed through a joint research project led by Kenmochi Hideki at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain, in 2000 and was not originally intended to be a full commercial project. Backed by the Yamaha Corporation, it developed the software into the commercial product "Vocaloid" that was released in 2004. The software enables users to synthesize "singing" by typing in lyrics and melody and also "speech" by typing in the script of the required words. It uses synthesizing technology with specially recorded vocals of voice actors or singers. To create a song, the user must input the melody and lyrics. A piano roll type interface is used to input the melody and the lyrics can be entered on each note. The software can change the stress of the pronunciations, add effects such as vibrato, or change the dynamics and tone of the voice. Various voice banks have been released for use with the Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACG (subculture)
ACG ("Animation, Comics, and Games") is a term used in some subcultures of Greater China and Southeast Asia. Because a strong economic and cultural connection exists between anime, manga and games in the Japanese market, ACG is used to describe this phenomenon in relative fields. The term refers in particular to Japanese anime, manga and video games, with the video games usually referring to galgames. The term is not normally translated into Chinese; if the meaning needs to be translated, it is usually "動漫遊戲" (''dòngmànyóuxì'', animation, comics and games), "two-dimensional space" (二次元, ''Èr cìyuán''; ja, 2次元, translit=nijigen) or "動漫遊" (''dòngmànyóu'', animation, comics and games). Etymology In 1995, a Taiwanese fan of animation and comics using the name "AIplus" established a board at National Sun Yat-sen University's BBS; the board was named the "ACG_Review Board", referring to animation, comics and games. It is considered the first ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubbing (filmmaking)
Dubbing (re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production, often in concert with sound design, in which additional or supplementary recordings are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production sound to create the finished soundtrack. The process usually takes place on a dub stage. After sound editors edit and prepare all the necessary tracks—dialogue, automated dialogue replacement (ADR), effects, Foley, and music—the dubbing mixers proceed to balance all of the elements and record the finished soundtrack. Dubbing is sometimes confused with ADR, also known as "additional dialogue replacement", "automated dialogue recording" and "looping", in which the original actors re-record and synchronize audio segments. Outside the film industry, the term "dubbing" commonly refers to the replacement of the actor's voices with those of different performers speaking another language, which is called "revoicing" in the film industry. The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Shanghai Alice
, formerly known as ZUN Soft, is a Japanese ''dōjin'' game developer. Since 1995, the sole member of the group, Jun'ya "ZUN" Ōta, has independently developed and self-published the '' Touhou Project'', a bullet hell shoot 'em up series, as well as collaborated with other circles to produce related print works and music albums. Name "ZUN Soft" was originally created as a generic developer name for each Touhou Project game. After Touhou's PC-98 era, ZUN changed the name of the team to "Shanghai Alice". According to ZUN, this name was chosen to fit the overall theme of the ''Touhou Project''. "Shanghai", to him, is a multicultural city where Western and Oriental styles meet, and "Alice" evokes a feminine or gothic lolita feeling. "Fantasy Ensemble" (幻樂団 ''Gengakudan'') stems from ZUN's unsuccessful attempt to register the group as a music circle for Comiket 61 in December 2001; he decided to keep the name while applying as a game circle for Comiket 62, where he would r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sound Horizon
Sound Horizon is a Japanese symphonic rock musical group with composer () as the leader and only permanent member. They describe themselves as a "fantasy band" and have released works that closely resemble classical suites. Their songs often revolve around historical events and classic fairytales. When creating music based on other people's stories, the band uses the name Linked Horizon.''Sound Horizon Official Site''Profile/ref> History Sound Horizon began with Revo releasing his music creations on the internet on his website in the late 1990s. In 2001, Sound Horizon participated in Comic Market as part of a dōjin music circle and released their first story CD, ''Chronicle'', an all-instrumental track CD, with occasional narration, background chorus and sound effects. The inclusion of actual singing began from their second release (''Thanatos'') onwards. Their subsequent works were released at Comic Market and M3. Sound Horizon's first major release was in 2004, with the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rekka Katakiri
is a female Japanese singer under the self-published Self-publishing is the publication of media by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher. The term usually refers to written media, such as books and magazines, either as an ebook or as a physical copy using POD (pri ... label Closed/Underground. She has released several songs that have served as theme songs for anime shows, including '' Higurashi When They Cry'', '' My Wife is the Student Council President'', '' Shin Koihime Muso'', and '' Kokoro Connect''. Discography Albums Singles Filmography References External links * *Rekka Katakairi profileat Team Entertainment * Rekka Katakiri profileat Oricon Rekka Katakiri albumsat CD Japan Rekka Katakiriat Visual Novel Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Katakiri, Rekka Doujin music Japanese women singers Living people Anime musicians Video game musicians Singers from Tokyo Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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