/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I slightly revised the description of the thread, and put a fitting image for the OP. You might ask, how that is related to denpa subculture - and well, it is the very essence of insanity, in the form of a doujin circle - "Bukimisha", the Strange Society. Encountered as I was looking up information about an old doujin album, this circle truly befuddled me. To be covered in a future Denpa Pentateuch blog post.

well this isn't denpa but it has enough happy hardcore elements I'm willing to share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9nwV87HOZo

that's the worst eye of providence I've ever seen

>>21839855
Kinda looks like the profile of leashed camel. In this way, I think it could be cute

>>21839666
Did they do a Cho Aniki album?

>>21839980
Unfortunately, no. Their gig seems to be mostly anime theme song covers.

>>21839855
They're not the only ones to like eye symbols.

>>21840026
https://vgmdb.net/album/29588 not the same?

>>21840034
Must have missed that! These are indeed the same people.

So anything good coming out this Comiket?

>>21840135
I think the new Camellia album is going to get some heavy traction (from previous thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmnyj9PfvJw).). There are also new Poyahchio and Toromi as far as I remember.

>>21840135
This >>21840229
is the only denpa album I'm picking up personally. Aside from a couple non-denpa cds, there isn't much from C96 that caught my eye.

New blog post at Denpa Pentateuch: lyrics of "Kikai no Oukoku" by Manikyua-Dan. Video clips of the song are linked in post. I hope you too will feel the spirit of love emanating from the lyrics.
https://denpapentateuch.blogspot.com/2019/08/lyrics-kikai-no-oukoku-by-1993.html

>>21840135
New Saori Sakura (ave;new)
https://twitter.com/Saori_Sakura/status/1158371805192527872

>>21840026
Ahh...
Their website is certainly baffling.

>>21840229
Can't wait to get this.

Thanks to the anon who posted that big Nanahira mega folder last thread. I thought my collection was pretty complete but apparently i was missing several.

Could this be considered something like a "proto-denpa" album?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y_PBcEonbI

>>21845119
In my opinion, the same way doujin music isn't simply Japanese indie music, denpa isn't simply any bizarre experimental music. That said, the definition is set in stone - we use a later term to retrospectively refer to music with a similar aesthetic.
I'll make a note to further look into this album. The fact that these tracks were sent by separate amateur musicians piques my interest.

I thought to also mention "Kimi ni Mune Kyun" - this 1983 song is listed on the Nicovideo definition of denpa music as an early predecessor, despite being the product of one of the most famous Japanese bands at the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNi-GyGxWrw
This song was later adapted into a denpa-style arrangement as the ending theme of Maria Holic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGRSDp__drQ

Maron's got a new EP coming out.
https://twitter.com/ri_cono/status/1160181709700124672

Since people were talking about denpa anime last thread, I would really recommend Machikado Mazoku airing this season. I don't really know how to describe it but it has a bizarre, denpa-ish feel to it. More than anything I've seen in a long time. The strange timing of interactions and sound effects create this tone. Same director as Di Gi Charat which also had that feel. The word 'denpa' is used a few times in the show which made me think to post this.

Just how big is the denpa community?

>>21850530
The ending song is really good.

worst timeline

>>21852467
It was pretty funny how soon that announcement came after ヒラタナナミ vs 未来から来た桃箱. Maybe she just had to go back to the future.

Anyone know where I can get はぐるまチッパ2 and 3?

>>21851627
Outside Japan, and aside from this thread, there are a denpa subreddit and a discord server, but they both seem relatively inactive. I believe every large general-anime community has its own cell of Nanahira fanboys, too.
As for activity within Japan, in the past there were very active 2ch threads. I believe today most Japanese denpa activity is centered around twitter, though not in any organized manner. Maybe there is also a Japanese discord server.
I think that's the gist of it - not much of a community, and very niche outside Japan.

Hello /denpa/, it's been awhile. Haven't been back since I uploaded Miracleluminal. As you can guess I'm in Japan again for comiket. I've been a bit out of the loop, but I know to get some Mosaic.wav when I see it. If there's any suggestions on what I should pick up tomorrow it will be much appreciated. You can bet it'll be uploaded if I pick it up.

Pic related.

>>21852868
There isn't really that much denpa coming out this comiket, is there? Aside from https://rish-0013.tumblr.com/ and mosaic.wav and the camellia album, which is probably going to be uploaded anyway because of his popularity.
https://twitter.com/_harunoooooooo/status/1156906638957133824 exists but it's not really denpa-ish.

>>21846249
It is a sweet song with a cute kyun appeal, and a cheesy video, but I don't understand why the Japanese have likened it to denpa. Is it because their affinity to the song is also marked by a kind of embarrassment?

>>21853568
There are several cues which may have lead the Japanese writer of the entry to liken this song to denpa music.
The first cue is that the song uses onomatopoeia in the form of "kyun kyun", an element common in modern denpa music.
The second cue is the bizarre nature of the majority of Yellow Magic Orchestra's work - a modest representation of the Western "Japan is weird" notion.
The third cue is the techno-pop (synth-pop) genre of YMO, which has had major influence on the doujin side of denpa music.

Are these enough to justify its appearance there? There are many more albums and clips of "Japan Weird" theming which haven't made their way into the definition, including the very "Bikkkuri Suizokukan" sent above. The definition doesn't mention the influence YMO had on doujin denpa, so the inclusion of the song in this case is redundant, in my opinion.

>>21855280
Thank you. I was listening to the song again until I realized I was probably looking for a deeper reason where none existed. It seemed only to sound like a very sweet pop song made especially cute by the usage of "kyun kyun", and that's it. But the melody did get stuck in my head. And while I haven't listened to very much YMO music because it never quite stuck before, it seemed the song does have a special quality I thought maybe I wasn't aware of, to be included on such a list. In the end, I realized my attraction to melodious moe pop easily compares to why I like the song. Your explanations are very helpful.

>>21855881
I had a pretty intricate passage about the origins of onomatopoeia and cute sounds in denpa brewing, but my browser crashed so I'll simply have to put it into writing in an orderly manner in a future blog post. Either way, a lot of it can be summed to the exceedingly popular and flashy "Miko Miko Nurse": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCxvwcEiZ5E

While you're at it, enjoy this Oriental Magnetic Yellow parody version of "Kimi ni Mune Kyun" as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr4OoxtPD_Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwhU9MRAa0c

>>21856345
Cheers. Does Shinji Hosoe have other contributions to moe-denpa besides the TECHUNORIDER TAMMY series? Anything else with female vocals?

I've been enjoying a bit of GREAT WALL also, so thanks for the tip on that.

>>21863948
...of the more modern ilk of moe-denpa, like TAMMY, I should say.
The TROUBADOUR stuff is plentiful, I've yet to listen through it all. Do you know if he'd gone on to work with Ebata on any of her more recent works?

>>21839666
Have you managed to find audio from them that isn't basically all a capella like what I'm only finding? The Gymnopedie rendition at the beginning here https://youtu.be/giugkZRPTow is quite captivating, and nice. I wonder what other kinds of music can we hear from this indeed bizarre appearing circle.

>>21863948
As far as I know, Shinji Hosoe has not had any involvement with denpa music since the mid-2000s. The most recent possible contribution is one track within Ikuko Ebata's 20 year anniversary album "いきものフレンズがかり" (http://amnicola.net/?pid=120983224)), released under the ZIZZ STUDIO label. Ebata has mainly provided song lyrics in recent years, aside from this album.

I wouldn't anticipate Hosoe to stray from his line of techno music for denpa at this point, but who knows. Maybe we can convince him to give it a try again.
>>21865551
Judging from the YouTube channel that uploaded these videos, it seems like a capella is a recurring theme in Bukimisha's works. Their original M-3 entries from the late 1990s describes them as a circle covering anime theme songs in male voice. I mail ordered a 1994 CD by them and likely more in the future - when they arrive I'll be able to better tell what sort of music the made. For the time being, "K-On!" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GmL7JxlTNc

>>21840911
I never thought to try this before, but viewing mojibaked websites like this can be resolved by sending the url through google translate.

>>21844818
It's a pleasure anon, there are plenty more discography folders in the gist links in the OP, hopefully they can be of use too!
>>21852868
Late response of course, but I hope you enjoyed comiket and were able to pick up some denpa!
>>21850530
I'll have to watch this, I do still enjoy a bit of anime. Asobi Asobase last year was very good.

Does anyone have some recommendations for anything like MilliRobo.beta?

This had been saved in my bookmarks from a while ago, since seeing it listed before on the Denpa no Sekai blog. I've been meditating on the empty Tumblr's now for a while. There are a couple of small releases from this apparently very short-lived circle, entitled "pommier" and "pommier２～たからばこ～" ... I don't suppose any of you ever got them, or know of any downloads?

>>21865812
Firefox has the option to change text encoding which fixes it, but running the URL through google translate is also an option, especially considering the convenience of the machine translation. Unfortunately, I could not recover text from a links page the circle had, at https://web.archive.org/web/20001207033800/http://www.bukimi.com/shashu/link.html

If you know of any way to read this page properly, it'll greatly help understanding what the circle was in comparison to other circles. Bukimisha lists pretty much all big circles in their links page - Troubour, Myu, Whoopee! and mplayers, but only mplayers list them on their own links page. Must had been a smaller player, perhaps even only a one-person circle, with occasional help from Hirotada Kodake of Kodake Rokuon, as they worked together on albums before and shared Comiket booths in the past few years. It'll take some more research before we get a better understanding of the people behind each circle.

>>21870279
I just ran the link through the translator. Doesn't it work for you?

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=en&tl=ja&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20001207033800%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bukimi.com%2Fshashu%2Flink.html

Some of the links won't open unless you open in a new tab, however. I never tried setting the option in Firefox, have just been using Universal online Cyrillic decoder. (And even now I forget the settings I'm supposed to use for that.)

>>21839666
I believe you're the guy who heard a complaint a while ago due to a bad OP pic, right?

now the OP image could turn into a suitable tattoo, I like it.

>>21840703
I am very grateful for the translation!!!!!!!!!!

>>21852868
Are you the same guy who went to Japan last year and reported the hirote event? The description of this event is still alive in me to this day! If you're this guy, thank you for that

>>21856345
I really appreciate your prolificity and commitment. You really must love the denpa universe!

>>21852981
toromi, nanahira and mosaic are the artists who keep denpa alive nowadays. I hope nanahira doesn't do like momobako, but I believe she will have such longevity in this genre as toromi. I must also thank camellia, he is turning nanahira into a modern toromi and being just as important to nanahira as ARM and iosys guys were to toromi.

>>21870725
It didn't work before, now everything appears well. Almost. When I view "original" some of the text is still translated. From a quick run through, it seems that the founder of Bukimisha was a fan of both Comiket and the Japanese Sci-fi Convention, and active as early as 1985 in ASCIInet BBS. I noticed several familiar names on his list of people he communicated with on ASCIInet, and then realized that BBS is the origin of circle mplayers RECORD, and indeed, they all went on to participate in the junk.test line of albums: composers Masao Asakawa (m-a) and Masaki Sahara (Saparak), and of course, Ikuko Ebata.
In a similar manner to how Masaki Sahara adapted an older Manikyua-Dan song into a vocaloid cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjcuMJVg42g)), Masao Asakawa adapted an mplayers song he composed himself in 1995 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1a_biqweXo)) into a vocaloid cover (https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16968378).). I wonder how many more like these I can find. Saparak also has an extensive list on his own website (http://www.yo.rim.or.jp/~sapara/link/link.html)) and lists Bukimisha there, though the description completely plays along with Bukimisha's founder "divine status". Although Bukimisha's founder remains unnamed, he was a rather connected figure and probably a bit older than the others (considering how early he was in) and should be in his late fifties to early sixties today.
I attached a photo of him with a bunny girl cosplayer in Comiket, probably around the late 90s. Some of his photos have the date stamped on them, with several photos having crudely censored dates for some reason. As awkward as otaku can get, he strikes a mighty pose with his apron and communication gear. Beautiful.


>>21871231
I think it was the "Denpa Special" OP picture that received complaints. Are they too much of a change from the "moe-denpa album cover cute girl" OP picture formula? Also, thanks for giving my posts a read!

>>21872103
Asakawa's song is beautiful. First, I just think it is amazing we get to discover music like this legitimately in Denpa thread. So I would like to extend my thanks to you for learning Japanese and for being able to bring us these wonderful discoveries.
Both arrangements of that song are sublime and I especially love the carnival swirling feeling with that bright melody shining over. I'm continuing to listen to songs from that channel's junktest playlist now and there is so much about this circle's music that appeals to me. Songwriting and instrumentation are pretty fantastic in my ears, especially loving it in songs like "SOMEDAY" and "Miss". Now I'm going to be counting off the days/hours until you upload a rip of the cd you ordered...

>>21866686
The second one can still be bought here:
https://rrrrako0x0.booth.pm/

>>21866623
You can check out more works by 盛るP (also known as mol-p, MOL., MOL.P), the brain behind MilliRobo.beta. However, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, aside from Millietc., his other works are all Vocaloid related and not so denpaish. Still, if you are into that, I'm sure you'll like them as they give off the same feeling as ミリロボベータ.

Also, and since I'm really into MilliRobo.beta myself, here you have some links you may find interesting:

盛るP's Twitter account:
https://www.twitter.com/soundbook

盛るP's pixiv account:
https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=64151

盛るP's niconico account:
https://www.nicovideo.jp/user/667101

マリネ's Twitter account (she's the singer):
https://www.twitter.com/marimariroll

is harohapi dempa?
https://youtu.be/_fstPGXuJuQ

Here's the new Camellia x Nanahira album https://mega.nz/#F!8WZkkACL!9y-7yhS1-tdams-lPRXVZQ ,remember to support your favourite artists.

god I hate nanahira so much
>>21876355
thank you

>>21873963
I'd like to correct myself - the composer of the song is not Masao Asakawa but Takashi Isoyama. Asakawa did arrange the song, however. The channel behind the playlist belongs to Kunihiko Yoshiwara (or "bukkon"), another mplayers member and possibly their founder. I think he's also behind the vocals of the song.

You'll be able to hear more of these sounds in a few weeks time, when junk.test SUN arrives. For the time being I'll update mplayers RECORD's information in my blog. I wonder where "SOMEDAY" comes from, it's peculiar that it's dated 1988. "DECO light music club" - from high school or university, perhaps?

>>21876355
This is excellent. Thanks for the upload, anon.

>>21879362
Bruce Sprintsteen's album "The River" came out in 1980 in the US. I wonder if "Hungry Heart" had a direct influence on his writing of that song. It bears such a striking resemblance I would be shocked if it did not in any way. I hear other influences of 70s & 80s adult contemporary music that I can recognize on across other songs from that playlist, like maybe some Todd Rundgren in that song as well. Enough elements of more progressive stuff gets mixed in too, but in an understated way which doesn't try to kill the authentic feel of the 'retro' sound. That's what I like about "Miss".

>>21879570
It's true that no musician lives in a bubble, without outside influence. It wasn't uncommon for Japanese doujin musicians to write about their favorite bands and influences in their personal websites. In mplayers RECORD's case, it's written in their member page.
https://web.archive.org/web/http://www.mplayers-net.com/members.html
Note that the information is slightly different between the two first and two last captures of the page. The information here also tells us that Masao Asakawa was a vocalist, whereas Kunihiko Yoshiwara was a guitarist and bassist, so the vocalist for the aforementioned song must be Asakawa himself. From Cerbe's page, I found out that mplayers stands for "music players" (slightly less impressive).

You can find some of the songs in the playlist in the mplayers RECORD discography page.
https://web.archive.org/web/2001/http://www.mplayers-net.com/products.html

I'll see if I can share anything else today or tomorrow, I got a bunch more CDs that could be interesting.

>>21880701
I noticed their first release is currently available online. A copy was just listed today for auction, and one other place has a copy going for much cheaper. Is this one you plan on picking up soon as well?

>>21882596
If you're talking about "junk.test 通", it's not their first but their second. It's already available in the OP github. The catalog number "MPLY-0001" is probably because the first junk.test album "junk.test" was a tape and not a CD. The one I picked up was the third in the series, "junk.test SUN". In case it's indeed the tape, I'd like to have one look at it before you decide whether to purchase it for yourself or not - but if it's "junk.test 通" like I thought, feel free to order it however you like. It's a good album.

>>21882954
It's not a tape that I was talking about, indeed it's the cd you mentioned. I missed this from before, or was thinking one had been uploaded before but missed it again through searching in the links by the circle name only. Thanks.

ときめちゃう　ファンタスティック
ばきゅうん　いくよScramble!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar8bMPylh5g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt0vkTsGWVk

Hello /denpa/ I've been back from Japan for a few days now, but I've been a bit busy. I haven't picked up as many denpa related albums this time around, but I do have a few. I'll have it up in a few days. For now here's a bonus song that was given to me for buying Sakura Saori's album and the new Mosaic.wav single.

オタカラアドベンチャー(features both みーこ　and Sakura Saori)
https://mega.nz/#!Io9RwAzb!6NGVI9bOjo1K1SQPYa5xBn2ZTjXxFYv4b2zeBYwU5xo

https://youtu.be/nam1JiApzts
I recently saw a video of Iiniku Ushijima but ignoring the girl the first song is good it can be considered a denpa song? who is the singer?

Cute...
https://ec.toranoana.jp/tora_r/ec/item/040030769847/
I'm happy to see new Toromi made suddenly available outside of the event, wish this would happen with more of her new releases.

I've recently been exposed to Fumie Hosokawa. As it turns, this gravure idol turned singer of the 1990s had a hand of her own in quirky and cute music, though separate from commercial galge theme songs or doujin music. She's definitely worth a deeper look.

This is her first single, from late 1992.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR0NMR9F3Bo

>>21913629
Very cute song and video! The little dance she does with her legs timed with the suki suki's kills me. Also I noticed her talking on the "p骨" seems to be a kind of cross-lingual pun I'm not sure whether the Japanese who made the scene were aware of, but I thought that was pretty cute too.

>>21902274
Jesus christ what an amazing body

>>21902274
Dear God I wish I looked exactly like that

>>21898488
Thank you for this.

poka poka

>>21902274
Flat chests are cute!

>>21929857
Being flat-chested is a status symbol!

I miss nanahira.xyz

>>21898488
Thank you for this.

Something I found the other day, an enka version of "Kimi wa Hoehoe Musume" from Idol Hakkenden. What a strange tribute to the song this 2006(!) video is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgqqc65a2_w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDedwWyXC7A

Got the new Nanahira single https://mega.nz/#F!5OhnnKYB!39Z_6IhjmlQABgzIYWA71Q ,remember to support your favourite artists.

>>21950640
>>21898488
Thanks for these!

>>21950640
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU7S_yTVLpE mv for the song is out

>>21898488
How do you decide which albums to buy? How do you check if they're not already online?

>>21839628
>Bizarre and eerie themes
So can we talk about horror and folklore here?

>>21957349
As with the music, normally there has to be a link to otaku in one way or another, so discussing "denpa-esque" VNs (Shizuku, Chaos;HEAd, etc.) would be fine, but non-otaku horror literature would not. However, as we've seen with other things, there are ways for people to grasp the denpa mentality outside of otaku (like Kinniku Shoujo Tai, Fumie Hosokawa). I think the OP needs to be slightly revised so that this is clearer, but to be frank, I can't recall a time in which the thread had discussions about anything outside the music, so I wonder how much that is needed.

>>21958802
I'm unclear as to what denpa really means then, as I always thought it was fast paced strange erratic music like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EUYBWhVkKg
But the OP says bizarre and eerie stuff, which conjures much different media

>>21958806
Then the OP clearly needs some working to make it more apparent. There are both a denpa subculture and denpa song scene, which are similar in nature but not inherently related.

Am I the only one who occasionally cuts out short 10-20s clips of denpa songs and listens to them on loop for hours?

Here's another single for now. I've ripped all my buys from comiket already, I've just been busy blah blah. I'm uploading other stuff including the Miracleluminal Live Album and プチリズムEXtreme. Twinkle even had a new single that released, and a ねこみりん best of compilation if people are interested in that.

シタギスキマ～スキマジック～
https://mega.nz/#!8kcgGAzZ!tGKsDFA1C33LfrzYxS3xv_8Ek_jNKd__eYtCe6UJ8oY



>>21955640
The albums/singles I buy are posted by circles on Twitter that I have followed for music in the past. Albums/singles I buy at comic market typically have not released yet until literally the day I buy them at the event. It is unlikely they are released in any other form at that time. Even if they did, I was already set on owning a physical copy. I even opt to buy older singles/albums that circles sell from previous events if I really liked them, but don't physically own. I also like to get some of my stuff signed by them from time to time. It is a little irritating that I have no idea what a circle is selling until the week of, or mere days before the event since I do plan my walking buy route at the event per day to be as efficient as possible. Believe me summer comiket is a hell hole you want to leave immediately after procuring your stuff.

>>21960196
My friend visited this past Comiket and got himself the new MOSAIC and Poyahchio as well (and brought back Picolony Nauts 6 for me). He told me that it was impossible to stop in place for even a second to have a short conversation with the circle members. He did shortly converse in basic English with Camellia and Kayamori, however. Do you know who exactly it was to run Poyahchio's booth this time? I assume Katahotori was there as well, but I'm told it was run by two very friendly women. Hope you managed to get through everything you wanted and get out in time before being locked again in queue.

プチリズムEXtreme

https://mega.nz/#!Uwc00SZJ!TKBkD6T6kruWX0biMQilnn2b9dmM4LyRNT7d_BerMCQ

>>21962019
I am going to assume you meant to refer to my post. Anyway I do remember 2 women running the booth where I bought the プチリズムEXtreme album, but i vaguely remember there was a male there with them as well. I have no idea what Katahotori looks like. I cant believe Picolony Nauts 6 is an album I don't have. I'll probably pick it up next event or order off of Toranoana.
On a side note I think when I bought the Twinkle single I think it was ちょこand みるく that actually sold me the single since they were signing some of their stuff. Though I kinda hoped ひろて　would be there.
I probably spent more time trying to get into that particular hall (South 1 & 2) then I actually spent buying CDs. My route was flawless, and lines were minimal to none for the circles I visited (I did buy a bunch of non denpa music) . Even a famous wall circle like Camellia I probably spent at the most a couple minutes waiting. This was day 4, which wasn't anywhere near as busy as Day 3, but not as slow as Day 2. Day 1 was to test the waters of the new Comiket format since Industry and Doujin have split between Big sight and Aomi exhibition (where I bought the Miracleluminal Live album).

>>21962161
I love the すずしろ song, thanks!

>>21961855
>>21962161
Thanks for these! Yes I am definitely interested in the Twinkle and Nekomirin releases too, whenever you get a chance.

>>21962161
Thanks for this.

>>21961855
Did you buy me toromi? If not it's on toronoana so at least it's more accessible than usual.

>>21963768
My brain imploded and managed to say buy me instead of buy the new toromi, uh

>>21961855
>>21962019
Summer comiket wasn't that bad when I was there last, at least if you're not going after a super popular artist. Lots of empty booths to check out without feeling pressured. Denpa booths typically aren't that busy. Then again, I'm not the type to try and have conversations with people I'm buying from.

>>21961855
>>21962161
Thank you for this

>>21960196
That's actually a good idea, I usually just manually skip back over and over again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmMwtk3s0Hs Anyone know of more denpa like this? I prefer this to the really hyper-energetic stuff

>>21964216
But of course.

とろざんまい
https://mega.nz/#!Ult0SS7I!0e4i4cahw0LmIKdzrD1WwpUgd51W15x-f3BIQh9w-Uc

>>21964238
The addition of the 4th day and the doujin/industry split made the event tolerable in my opinion in terms of crowd distribution. In the past I'd be part of the 1st train crowd and arriving before 6 a.m. This event I could sleep in, catch an 8 a.m train, get there around 9, event opens at 10, and i'd be in by 1030. I didn't miss out on any of my buys neither. I live in a humid tropical area, but Japan's summer weather I am not a fan of. Looking forward to going to a spring comiket.

>>21839628
what's this

>>21968458
Thanks for this! can I ask for a picture of the lyrics to Track 9?

>>21962161
I previously heard that the three days of Comiket were split generally for male-oriented doujinshi, female-oriented doujinshi and mixed. My Comiket catalogs from 1997-2002 tell me that in that period doujin music was mostly sold on the third day. Was it also on the third day in past years? What need is there for fourth day with the new model? From what you wrote, I understand that industry and doujin booths are in separate venues with separate queues.

>>21964238
I've been told there are circles with little to no audience which you can visit pretty leisurely. Were there any denpa booths that were surprisingly crowded?

>>21961855
Totally interested in anything Twinkle. Still hoping someone uploaded Lolinkle final but couldn't find it anywhere.

ANALOG FACTORY - お兄ちゃんロックンロール (Oniichan Rock'n'Roll) (2002)
https://mega.nz/#!VR9FVA6B!cdnW3PI1O5QU5s0ERJxaQFsnIP17NpvIb8160MLIirI

Two image songs of a doujin eroge by the same circle. There are several voice "drama" tracks, in the spirit of the eroge.

>>21977616
Very good! Thank you

"Miraikei Idol", the opening theme of 1996 anime "VS Knight Ramune & 40 Fire". Still in line with the J-pop style themes of the period, but definitely containing elements that would later surface in denpa music.
https://mega.nz/#!pElnGCoZ!AdEJd2LpB2N30r0vU3m_FMotziIC7b7jvkP639VPtPU

OP as seen in the anime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI-nHps5lXU

Momoi Haruko cover of the song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbx9sSpdp8c

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>>21984254
I've been looking for a clean rip of this for years.

Since people are posting all this rare stuff I thought I may as well upload my rip of Torozukushi.

https://mega.nz/#!pMJFTA4R!bzvBPyCnJcTaxE7iHaPKaapCKkKbzKatX2Q0pNXUM-4

This is one of my favourite Toromi albums and AFAIK this is now the best available rip of it, every other version I've found (including the one on RTL) is the same lossy rip done years ago in iTunes.

>>21989946
One of my favorites too! Thanks for sharing.

>>21989946
Thanks! Where did you pick it up? I've looked around for it online before but haven't been able to find a copy.

>>21991032
I happened to get lucky on Yahoo Japan Auctions one day.

>>21984254
>definitely containing elements that would later surface in denpa music.

This probably qualifies as denpa IMO, it has the requisite repetitive droning four-on-the-floor beat, and the catchy chant-like lyrics.

I would also say it has the typical chord progressions but I don't know enough about music theory to really get into that stuff properly.

>>21991223
I wonder if non-4/4 denpa would be more denpa or less.

Anyone have any sad or dark denpa recommendations? New to it all.

>>21996129
Many Mosaic.wav and Toromi songs have melancholic or otherwise dark/creepy undertones.

>>21996129
MilliRobo.beta

>>21996129
TOROSICKS album

>>21996129
Not sure what you're looking for but musically speaking something like these?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPDOXOjU4yU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwHn_2JLMkA

There are also songs that combine upbeat music with dark lyrics though. If that's acceptable, then this one is about a girl that notices more and more people are going mentally ill in Shibuya so she decides to give everyone anti-depressants, but halfway throughout the song she notices everyone is starting
to disappear (suicide?) so she gives up and decides to "say goodbye" as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGQnl34n-1k

>>21993922
I don't like Camellia myself but just recently there's this, lots of time signature changes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdnOym-kbh4

And this one got posted some time ago, it's in 7/8.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuA9ZwIW7Mg

>>21997359
re:darker lyrics トテモトモタチ is a classic.

>>21997359
>E-CLINIC 「BeHappy! ＬＯＮＧ」
Is there anywhere I can grab all of the denpa in Pop'n? Or at least some of it?

>>21996129
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Ntap-DB7s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwNaHjOM1Qw

>>21935721
What was there?

>>21839628
I've become an admirer of MYU RECORDINGS's previous albums that were posted, now I'm listening to the "or" sample again thinking it sounds really good too, would love to hear all of that TOMONARI track... Have you gotten a chance to listen to this cd yet?

タピオカミルクシティ is good.

>>22015248
You opulent be more wrong.

>>22015248
>>22020980
I just got to it on the album. It's good.

>>22015248
what album is this

>>22027939
Track 6 on プチリズムEXtreme.
This song has awakened me to Suzushiro's voice. It's fucking cute as fick.

>>22028061
thanks anon. it is cute

denpa collection for sale!!

http://denpanosekai.blogspot.com/2019/09/denpa-collection-for-sale.html

>>22028282
the few bucks you get from selling those makes no difference man, keep those. One day you'll look at them and think of the good old times.

I'd personally thought of giving away my collection to someone, though I've yet to meet anyone who would really want them. It is either that, or all of my collection will likely end up priced-to-move at my estate sale someday, with a slim chance of any buyer from around here instantly being able to appreciate the music. In which case I see the discs getting donated and possibly divided out from thereon, if not trashed entirely.
I wish that they don't all go to waste, as I prefer they get into the hands of an already admirer of such music. I, too, don't want to get into selling them individually over the internet, nor try to make any of my money back from what would seem to be a tough bulk sale, so I think about these things nearing the end of my desire for collecting as well.

>>22028743
My wife said something similar, but it's been 5 years since my last denpa purchase and I don't feel the desire to keep the collection. Also my house is cluttered -- so I have to make a few choices.

>>22030220
I'm not really looking to turn a profit. I figure most of my CDs could go between 2-5 bucks each, I think that could be reasonable. Shipping around the world would probably be 100$ or more, I'm not sure.

>>22028282
It's a very impressive collection - of note is Mandichan's denpa musician artbook. While many items in the collection tempt me to purchase it, I've spent too much on the music in the past several months and I simply cannot allow myself to purchase it in full. The shipping and customs make even a meager offer cutthroat in price.

>>22030220
>>22030621
I find it hard to believe any non-collector would take upon themselves a collection of more than several dozen CDs. All of them really take up a lot of space. I can't imagine how cumbersome it must be to move them around.

>>22028743
It's inevitable that for some people, the good times have already passed. It's a shame, but it's better to let go of the CDs before they become a reason for argument and spoiling the pleasant memories you had of them.

I wish there was a legal way of making some of these music CDs publicly accessible (data+scans), at the very least those out of circulation. The more hands they move, the greater the risk of them being harmed or thrown away. There will come a day in which one of these CDs won't be found anywhere again. I hope that whoever takes these upon themselves is willing to cooperate with us to put as many as possible on record.

>>22028282
>I will not sell anything individually
Good luck. It'd be more enticing for people to buy if they could just pick what they want compared to buying more than 200 CDs all at once.

>>22028282
Beautiful collection! I would be very tempted if you were based in Europe, but as the other anon says, shipping and customs would probably double the cost. Good luck!

>>22028282
>at most a few thousand dollars to "put his kids through college"
It always makes me sad when people give up on their dear hobbies.