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Shirō Hamaguchi
is a Japanese anime composer, arranger and orchestrator. He is best known for composing music to the anime franchises ''Girls und Panzer'', ''One Piece'', and ''Oh My Goddess!'' and arranging/orchestrating music in the ''Final Fantasy'' series. He frequently collaborates with fellow composers Kohei Tanaka and Akifumi Tada on anime scores. Biography Early life and career Born in Fukuoka, Japan, Shiro Hamaguchi graduated with a music degree from Tokyo University of the Arts, where he befriended fellow video game musician Masashi Hamauzu. After graduation, he was hired as a department project manager at Victor Entertainment from 1994 to 1996. In 1996, he joined the anime and video game music production company Imagine, where he worked alongside famed composers Hayato Matsuo, Kohei Tanaka, and Kow Otani. His debut role was the anime series ''Violinist of Hameln'' (1996), where he arranged Tanaka's works. His music impressed ''Final Fantasy'' composer Nobuo Uematsu, who chose Hamag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphonic Games Edition
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work usually consisting of multiple distinct sections or movements, often four, with the first movement in sonata form. Symphonies are almost always scored for an orchestra consisting of a string section ( violin, viola, cello, and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments which altogether number about 30 to 100 musicians. Symphonies are notated in a musical score, which contains all the instrument parts. Orchestral musicians play from parts which contain just the notated music for their own instrument. Some symphonies also contain vocal parts (e.g., Beethoven's Ninth Symphony). Etymology and origins The word ''symphony'' is derived from the Greek word (), meaning "agreement or concord of sound" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kow Otani
is a Japanese composer. He is best known for creating the soundtracks for the Heisei ''Gamera'' trilogy, '' Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', and ''Shadow of the Colossus''. Biography Kow Otani was born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from university, he became a founding member of Yuji Saito's music production company Imagine in November 1986. The company has grown to feature musicians like Kohei Tanaka, Shiro Hamaguchi, Hayato Matsuo, and Shinji Miyazaki, who have become well known for cinematic scoring and orchestration through Otani. In 1987, he made his debut as an anime composer with the popular manga adaptation ''City Hunter'', which earned him recognition in the industry. He later went on to work on titles such as ''Spy Games'' (1988), ''The Ultimate Teacher'' (1988), ''The Yadamura Waltz'' (1988), and '' You're Under Arrest'' (1994). The anime ''Future GPX Cyber Formula'' (1991) and ''Mobile Suit Gundam W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Fantasy IX
is a 2000 role-playing video game developed and published by Square (video game company), Square for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation video game console. It is the ninth game in the main ''Final Fantasy'' series. The plot focuses on a war between nations in a medieval fantasy world called Gaia. Players follow a thief named Zidane Tribal who kidnaps princess Garnet Til Alexandros XVII as part of a ploy by the neighboring nation of Lindblum. He joins Garnet and a growing cast of characters on a quest to take down her mother, Queen Brahne of Alexandria, who started the war. Game development occurred in parallel with ''Final Fantasy VIII''. Envisioned by developers as a retrospective for the series, it departed from the futuristic settings of ''Final Fantasy VI'', ''Final Fantasy VII'', and ''Final Fantasy VIII'' by returning to the medieval style of the earlier games. Consequently, it draws heavy influence from the original ''Final Fantasy (game), Final Fantasy'' and feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinozaurs
(also known as ) is a Japanese toyline created by toy company Bandai in 1998. Alongside the toys, two media adaptations were created by Sunrise: a 5-episode 3D CGI OVA series that ran from November 27, 1998 to January 2000 and a 26-episode animated television series that aired on Fox Kids from July 28, 2000 to November 30, 2000. Production Dinozone was created by Bandai in cooperation with anime studio Sunrise. The toys were presented as clear dinosaurlike robots that can change form into a robot mode called Progress Mode, with the main gimmick of the toys having clear colored plastic alongside die cast metal parts, to represent a reconstructed fossilized dinosaur. Each toy has an individual weapon as its accessory, though certain toys in the toyline can act as weapons to be equipped such as Dino Pachy or Dino Arch. The OVA series was released by Sunrise as a pack-in to the toys. Four episodes were released as the fifth and final episode was an exclusive for Televi Magazine a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firefighter! Daigo Of Fire Company M
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masahito Soda. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from September 1995 to June 1999. The manga has been licensed in North America by Viz Media. An anime film produced by Sunrise was released in July 1999. A Japanese television drama was broadcast on Fuji Television in 2004. A manga sequel, titled ''Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange'', began in Kodansha's ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'' in October 2020. An anime television series adaptation of ''Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange'', produced by Brain's Base, is set to premiere in 2023. As of August 2022, the manga had over 14 million in circulation. In 1996, ''Daigo of Fire Company M'' won the 42nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the '' shōnen'' category. Plot As a child, Daigo Asahina's life was saved by a fireman. He grew up and never forgot the brave, nameless man who rescued and inspired him to become a firefighter himself. Now as a firefighte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
