Anime Music Video
Anime Music FAQ for R.A.A.MUSIC 2/3
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Posting-Frequency: every 4 weeks Last-modified: 20 May, 2003 Copyright: (c) 2001-2003 Ru Igarashi Disclaimer: Approval for *.answers is based on form, not content. Maintainer: Ru Igarashi <email-address-deleted> Anime Music FAQ for REC.ARTS.ANIME.MUSIC Part 2 Edited by Ru Igarashi Based on the work of Steve Pearl This article can be freely distributed for non-commercial use, as long as all credits and notices remain intact. If this is to be used in any publication, including CD-ROM collections, please contact the maintainer for permission at e-mail:email-address-deleted. Please e-mail all additions/corrections/comments to: email-address-deleted Changes since last posting: FAQ Entries needed (submissions welcome): - if there are enough recommendable auction sites, I wouldn't mind adding an entry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This FAQ is posted in three parts. Contents: Part 1 1. General Questions 2. Legality Issues with Anime Music 3. Artists A. About ths FAQ Part 2 1. Online Anime Music Resources o WHERE CAN I FIND INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC CDS? o WHERE CAN I FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VOICE ACTORS? o DO THE ANIME CD COMPANIES HAVE WEB SITES? o WHERE CAN I FIND LYRICS FOR ANIME SONGS? o ARE THERE ANY ANIME INTERNET RADIO STATIONS? o WHERE CAN I FIND SHEET MUSIC FOR ANIME? o ARE THERE ONLINE JAPANESE DICTIONARIES? o MAILING LISTS o ARE THERE ANY ANIME MUSIC VIDEO SITES? 2. Anime Mail Order Businesses A. Contributors B. Disclaimer Part 3 1. GLOSSARY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Online Anime Music Resources There are two sites that maintain a database of general anime-related web sites and electronic resources: Anime Web Turnpike http://www.anipike.com/ Anime and Manga Resources List http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/mlvanbie/anime-list/ [defunct?] If you can't find the information you want at the specific sites mentioned throughout this FAQ, try those two sites. If you are after anime theme songs, "Anison Generation" lists songs used as themes at http://anison.pobox.ne.jp/ o WHERE CAN I FIND INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC CDS? Yet Another Anime CD Cyclopedia http://yaacc.cjas.org Maintained by Jerry Hsu, based on Steve Pearl's AnimeCD Cyclopedia from the 1990s. This is an HTML version containing: - catalog numbers, - front cover scans, - track titles, - track times, - title translations, - singer/artist, - comments Contributions are welcome, as are corrections, preferably in his tagged format but also in the old Cyclopedia format. Ratings are optional. Colette CD Connection http://www.fanfic.net/~colette/ Contains: - catalog numbers, - front cover scans, - track titles, - track times, - comments Moon Prince's Anime and Seiyuu CD Reviews http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~hueyt/cd.html Contains: - catalog numbers, - front cover scans, - track titles, - reviews, - ratings Studio Neko-Han-Ten Anime/Manga CD Guide http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bay/7427/ Contains: - catalog numbers, - track titles, - track times, - title translations, - singer/artist, - comments Anidisc.com http://www.anidisc.com/ Contains: - catalog numbers, - track titles, - track times, - singer/artist - searchable in addition to browsable Has user interface for entering or changing entries. Chris Sypal's Domestic Anime CD Guide http://www.radiks.net/~csypal/cds A site for CDs licensed for re-release in the West. Contains: - catalog numbers, - track titles, - track times, - singer Correlates to original Japanese release when applicable. Gracenote www.gracenote.com A site for general audio CD track listings for use by playback software/hardware. Some anime CDs are listed here, but other production information is very limited. Gracenote now charges royalties to software makers, so it's not clear what will happen to it. Used to be called cddb.com. See freedb.org for its free alternative. FreeDB.org www.freedb.org An alternative to gracenote.com (was cddb.com), which is used for general audio CD track listings for use by playback software/hardware. Like Gracenote, production information tends to be limited. It's newer so its database is currently smaller, so anime CD information is even more sparse. For J-pop: Shoji Iwata's J-pop reviews, and audio and video samples http://www.shudaika.com/ CD information for specific shows can sometimes be found at fan web sites. Check the Anime Web Turnpike, http://www.anipike.com for lists of sites for specific shows. o WHERE CAN I FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VOICE ACTORS? You can try these seiyuu databases or link pages. Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Searchable Database http://www.tcp.com/doi/seiyuu/seiyuu.html Has J-pop CD info as well as seiyuu info. Voice Actor(ess) links http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~AE5T-KSN/anime/voice-e.html Anime-Seiyuu Info Page http://www.anime.usacomputers.net/~hideaway/seiyuu.htm [defunct] CD information seems limited to OSTs. Anime Web Turnpike Seiyuu/Voice Actors links http://www.anipike.com/index.php?cat=7 o DO THE ANIME CD COMPANIES HAVE WEB SITES? Some do. The sites for the original anime CD companies tend to be in, well, Japanese, and as such I can't vouch for their usefulness: King Records http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/ Lantis http://www.lantis.co.jp/ Pioneer LDC http://www.pldc.co.jp/ Pony Canyon http://www.ponycanyon.co.jp/ Starchild (division of King Records) http://www.starchild.co.jp/ Toshiba-EMI http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/ VAP http://www.vap.co.jp/ Victor (JVC) http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/m-serve/index.html In North America there is: Animetrax (ADVision and Right Stuf International) http://www.animetrax.com Soundtrax (TokyoPop) http://www.tokyopop.com/soundtrax o WHERE CAN I FIND LYRICS FOR ANIME SONGS? You can find a good list of web sites that have anime lyrics at the Anime Web Turnpike at http://www.anipike.com/index.php?cat=94 You can also find official translations of songs from anime that AnimEigo has released at their web site: http://www.animeigo.com/Liner/ Some recommended fan lyric sites that don't seem to be listed on AniPike are: AnimeLyrics.com http://www.animelyrics.com/ Searchable site. Also has J-Pop and game lyrics. o ARE THERE ANY ANIME INTERNET RADIO STATIONS? [editor's note: I'm open to recommendations] Anime in the Limelight http://www.limepub.com/radio.html Licensed anime music radio site, about 1 hour content. Anime Hardcore Radio http://www.animehardcoreradio.net/ Live365.com station, but also broadcasts on other streaming formats like mp3 and realaudio. Interactive Anime OST http://ftp.jav.net/ A Shoutcast station with an online request system. Uses streaming mp3 at 128kbps so you need a reasonably fast network connection. Japan-A-Radio http://www.japanaradio.com/ You might try some of the streaming media vendors, like Real.com and live365.com, shoutcast.com or check the site database at the Anime Web Turnpike (http://www.anipike.com/index.php?cat=92). o WHERE CAN I FIND SHEET MUSIC FOR ANIME? It isn't clear there is much around to begin with. Also if there is something published in book form, you might be able to get it from Japanese stores, like www.amazon.co.jp. A general sheet music site like the following might have something. Doremi Music Publishing Co., Ltd. 3-36-4 Takada Toshima-ku Tokyo 171-0033 Japan phone: 03-5950-8220 fax : 03-5950-8246 http://www.doremi.co.jp Site is in Japanese. Some fan transcriptions can be found at: Neko's guide to Anime Sheet Music http://home.talkcity.com/InfiniteLoop/nekosenshi/ [defunct] Cowboy Bebop This was posted 9 Nov, 2001: While looking for an "impish" picture of YK, I found this at James McCawley's site: Cowboy Bebop Sheet Music At last, sheet music for a Kanno score has been officially published. The "Cowboy Bebop Bandscore", containing Kanno's band arrangements for the tracks Tank, Rush, Space Lion, Cats on Mars, Memory, and Real Folk Blues, is available from Movic, ISBN #4896014138, retailing for 2000 yen. http://kanno.simplenet.com/news.html [out of date] o ARE THERE ONLINE JAPANESE DICTIONARIES? Some of us are brave enough to attempt to transliterate (convert one kind of characters to another) and translate the track listings and other information from our anime CDs. However, it is not as simple as grabbing a dictionary and plugging in the English equivalents. You need to know some grammar, to know what the form changes are, what is a name and what isn't, where one word ends and another begins, for example. This subject is beyond the scope of this FAQ, but once you have learned some Japanese, it's possible to get quite far. But you need to deal with 3 different character sets: the simplified katakana and hiragana, and the pictographic (and extremely numerous) Kanji. That makes sifting through dictionaries more of a job in cryptography than straight translation. Online dictionaries can be a lot of help, both to get you started and to get words that aren't in those J<->E and Kanji dictionaries spread over your desk. Jeffrey's Japanese<->English Dictionary Server http://www.solon.org/cgi-bin/j-e/dict/ mirrored at http://rut.org/cgi-bin/j-e/dict/ Highly configurable, has multiple search strategies. Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Server http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdicinf.html Large body of resources. Just between those two, you get a potent coverage of all sorts of tranliteration and translation problems. For translating Japanese web pages, try Babelfish http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Be aware that names get mangled with this as it doesn't distinguish names from ordinary words. o MAILING LISTS Before joining a ML or participating in one, it is highly recommended that you read the Mailing List Etiquette FAQ written by Brian Edmonds. The latest edition of which can be found on the web at: http://www.gweep.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html - Seiyuu Mailing List http://www.win.ne.jp/doi-bin/ml-admin.pl?ML_NAME=seiyuu - Megumi Hayashibara: a mailing list for and about Megumi Hayashibara. The list has been developed to discuss and debate anime, TV Shows, Radio programs, CD's, and video games that feature the Seiyuu Hayashibara Megumi in it. Megumi-san is one of the most popular Seiyuu not only in Japan, but in North America as well. Her roles include Lina Inverse in Slayers, Nuku Nuku in Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, Ayanami Rei in Evangelion, and Saotome Ranma(Girl) in Ranma 1/2. She also has had many great supporting roles too, including Christina MacKenzie in Gundam 0080 and Sakurayama Momoko in Patlabor. If you are interested in discussing these series and Megumi's work in them, or any of her CD and TV appearances please send e-mail to: email-address-deleted With subscribe <your e-mail address here> in the body of the message. [SP] o ARE THERE ANY ANIME MUSIC VIDEO SITES? http://www.animemusicvideos.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Anime Mail Order Businesses [editor's note: I'd like more information regarding "overseas" versions.] The following companies sell imported anime music through mail order, either by phone, fax, e-mail, web, or snail-mail. Be sure to do your homework beforehand if you are concerned about things like bootlegs. Keep in mind that special orders, or out-of-stock items, from stores outside of Japan may take a month or more to ship because their ordering frequency is limited. Amazon.co.jp http://www.amazon.co.jp/ [In Japanese. The Japanese branch of amazon.com. You might find music books here, if you can read or translate Japanese, or Babelfish (http:babelfish.altavista.com/) works well enough. Viable alternative to CD Japan (see below), carries some items CD Japan does not, and shipping charges can be lower. For CDs, try finding the catalog number elsewhere and then using that in Amazon.co.jp's keyword search.] AnimeNation contact: 13929 Lynmar Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33626 USA Phone: (813) 925-1116 Toll-Free: 1-888-MY-ANIME Fax : 1-813-925-1247 retail store: 1530 N McMullen Booth Rd D-4 Clearwater, FL 33759-2547 USA Phone: 1-727-669-8553 Fax : 1-727-669-7372 email: email-address-deleted http://www.animenation.com/ [General anime and manga.] Anime Jungle contact: 5-12-4 Nipponbashi, Naniwa-ku Osaka, 556-0005 Japan Phone: (country code 81) 6-6636-7444 Fax : (country code 81) 6-6636-7449 e-mail: email-address-deleted (Japanese) email-address-deleted (English) http://www.jungle-scs.co.jp/ (Japanese site) http://www.jungle-scs.jp/en/ (English site) [Anime video and music store. Recommended by some for used out-of-print CDs. Ships internationally, but be aware of shipping costs (Y1500 + ~Y300/item + 10% surcharge).] Asahiya Bookstores U.S.A., Inc Yaohan Plaza 333 S. Alameda St. Suite 108 Los Angeles, CA 90013 Phone: (213) 626-5650 Fax : (213) 626-1746 [Manga and various anime magazines, books, posters, calendars, and CDs.] [SP] CD Japan Neo Wing Co. 601 Kyodo Bldg. (Shin-hoidome), 1-10-12 Horidome, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0012, Japan http://www.cdjapan.co.jp [General CD store in Japan. Good stock and special order response. Good service. Fast delivery (3-5 days from Japan to North America). Shipping charges are high (EMS to North America: Y1200 + Y320/item + 5% international shipping charge) but MAY balance out for those who would pay higher charges from stores outside of Japan anyways. It is also worth it if availability and delivery time are an issue, too. Probably most often recommended.] Fujisan.com 1942 University Avenue #105 Berkeley, CA 94704 USA phone: 1-877-fujisan or 1-510-548-9689 (not for orders) fax: 1-510-653-2670 http://www.fujisan.com (Japanese) http://www.fujisan.com/online/superstore/index.html (English) e-mail: email-address-deleted, email-address-deleted [General Japanese goods import store in US. No specific anime section. Online availability of anime CDs so-so, but they take special orders. Shipping cost in US reasonable, to Canada quite steep. Shipping discounts available for US (48 states) orders. International orders limited to only a handful of countries.] Japan Internet Goods Shop (JIGS) http://www.jigsco.com/ email: email-address-deleted [General anime store in Japan. Does not accept credit cards.] JPQueen http://www.jpqueen.com [Online used anime/manga goods store. Shipments by EMS are expensive as usual, but there is an Airmail option which is cheaper though uninsured and untrackable.] Nikaku Animart 615 N. 6th St. San Jose, CA 95112 Phone: (408) 971-2822 Fax : (408) 971-0856 email: email-address-deleted http://www.nikaku.com/ Closed Mondays [General anime and manga. Minimum purchase (e.g $100 for international orders shipped by post).] Planet Anime 2435 Times Blvd. Houston, Texas 77005 Phone: (713) 523-7122 Fax : (713) 523-3574 email: email-address-deleted http://www.planetanime.com/ [General anime. Does mail order & special orders.] The Right Stuf International P.O. Box 71309 Des Moines, IA 50325 Phone: 1-800 338-6827 http: //www.rightstuf.com/ [General anime and manga store, but CDs may be limited to domestic if at all. Does mail order.] Yesasia.com (US) 28 Second Street, Suite 328 San Francisco, Ca 94105 United States Phone: 1-888 716-5753 http://us.yesasia.com/ [General Asian media store, but it does occasionally stock anime CDs.] [There have been confirmed reports of bootlegs coming from this store, labelled as "Overseas Version".] You can also find used CDs at online auctions sites like E-Bay, but, since many are bootlegs, be sure to do your homework. One recommended auction site is Yahoo! Japan's auctions (http://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/), particularly through an intermediary service like Rinkya.com (http://rinkya.com/) or perhaps a translation site like Babelfish (http://babelfish.altavista.com/ - be aware that names get mangled with this as it doesn't distinguish names from ordinary words). If there is a store that you have found to be reliable for mail-orders, please let me know so I can add them to this list. However, given the tone of this FAQ regarding bootlegs, it is probably best to recommend only stores that do not sell bootleg CDs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A. Contributors As with most FAQs, the information documented in the rec.arts.anime.music FAQ comes from many people (yes, anime fans are people, too). Our thanks should go to these people. Steve Pearl (who started this FAQ) Avatar Chika Clinton Moulds Daniel (a.k.a. vanfanel) Joshua Kaufman K.E. Bosco Mike Quin Nikkou Nobutoshi Ito Pipian Rob Kelk Rob Maxwell Ru Igarashi Simon Palko Thomas Chan Tom Norrill Wayne C. Morris Terrence Huey Michael Hayden Joe Curzon Glenn Shaw Nunya Biznes Kaijyuu Miyuki-chan Josh Berry Eric VanHeest Zoe (of zoemi.com) James Mccawley Phil Lee Dave Watson Sean O'Connor John Lee Baird HimuraLain Skeleton Man Mark Weiss Ralph W. Phillips ---------------------------------------------------------------------- B. Disclaimer This document is provided without any warrantees, implied or expressed. The editor assumes no responsibility for damages resulting from the use of the information the document contains or the lack thereof. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited by Ru Igarashi. E-mail submissions and questions about the newsgroup to email-address-deleted.
