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Seasonreaper
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Hello there people. Been stalking these forums as a lurker for, say, half a year now and finally decided I probably should actually participate a little.
I don't generally do introductions as I never know what to say, but someone told me to so why not. Anyway, managed to get into Kajiura's works a few years back via anime (don't think I've ever played any of the games she scored for) although, at the time, I didn't actually know who she was. First thing I recall was watching Le Portrait de Petit Cossette and thinking 'damn, this soundtrack is awesome, I want it', although I still haven't actually got hold of that, should probably do so. Anyway, back when I was at University we had an anime society to chill and watch series a couple of times a week, one of which ended up being Kuroshitsuji. Now, the series itself was decidedly average, but the ending song was fantastic and introduced me to Kalafina.
At the time I didn't even know that Kalafina would become something I enjoyed so much. Shortly after that I ended up watching some of the Kara no Kyoukai movies (still haven't seen them all, for some reason) and hearing more Kalafina and Kajiura works and, once again, enjoying them. Back then I also had no qualms whatsoever with downloading anything interesting regardless of legality, so I picked up a few OST's and Kalafina's Red Moon and Seventh Heaven and got really into it.
After Puella Magi Madoka Magica came out, however, everything changed. Unfortunately I live in the UK and it's safe to say that our anime industry is abysmal. When we finally got our Madoka release, it was a single box set with no bonus features and, due to region coding, I can't play American or Japanese blu-rays, so purchasing the special editions including the soundtracks was pointless and I'd essentially be paying £200+ for a soundtrack, which is something I doubt I'll ever do. To this day I'm still sitting here with an illegal copy of the PMMM OST, despite the fact I'd be willing to purchase it immediately if it had a proper retail release.
Still, there had to be some way in which I could support Kajiura and that was by getting hold of Kalafina's albums. I still don't have a copy of Seventh Heaven, but I do now own the 2-disc special editions for Red Moon, After Eden, Consolation and the 5th Anniversary Live and, despite the prices being over double what a CD usually is here, I don't have any regrets at all. Right now I'm just hyped for the new Consolation Live announcement and hoping that it'll be region-free like I believe their other releases are so I can buy it when it comes out.
In other news, I'm also a huge nerd in pretty much every way. Anime, roleplaying games, video games, tabletop games, comic books, horror and sci-fi films, everything. Pretty much the only thing in that category I can think of that I haven't done is LARPing. Whilst being on this site pretty much guarantees that I'd be a fan of Kajiura's soundtrack works, I'm more a fan of soundtracks in general; probably around half of my current 15,000 song library is OST's, whilst a good chunk of it that isn't is arrangements of soundtracks, predominantly Touhou. Oh, and I like various forms of heavy metal a lot, too. As for other J-pop, I mostly enjoy the artists from I've Sound, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Akiko Shikata and Kanako Ito.
Can't really think of anything else to say other than the fact I'm sad that I probably won't ever see Kalafina live unless I travel abroad, which is something I must do. We've had Kyary and Kokia once over here in the UK and that's about it.
Hopefully I'll remain active despite not having internet at my house
. Other than that, I should be around to comment on various threads and try and prove my point that Utsukushisa is the best thing ever.
I don't generally do introductions as I never know what to say, but someone told me to so why not. Anyway, managed to get into Kajiura's works a few years back via anime (don't think I've ever played any of the games she scored for) although, at the time, I didn't actually know who she was. First thing I recall was watching Le Portrait de Petit Cossette and thinking 'damn, this soundtrack is awesome, I want it', although I still haven't actually got hold of that, should probably do so. Anyway, back when I was at University we had an anime society to chill and watch series a couple of times a week, one of which ended up being Kuroshitsuji. Now, the series itself was decidedly average, but the ending song was fantastic and introduced me to Kalafina.
At the time I didn't even know that Kalafina would become something I enjoyed so much. Shortly after that I ended up watching some of the Kara no Kyoukai movies (still haven't seen them all, for some reason) and hearing more Kalafina and Kajiura works and, once again, enjoying them. Back then I also had no qualms whatsoever with downloading anything interesting regardless of legality, so I picked up a few OST's and Kalafina's Red Moon and Seventh Heaven and got really into it.
After Puella Magi Madoka Magica came out, however, everything changed. Unfortunately I live in the UK and it's safe to say that our anime industry is abysmal. When we finally got our Madoka release, it was a single box set with no bonus features and, due to region coding, I can't play American or Japanese blu-rays, so purchasing the special editions including the soundtracks was pointless and I'd essentially be paying £200+ for a soundtrack, which is something I doubt I'll ever do. To this day I'm still sitting here with an illegal copy of the PMMM OST, despite the fact I'd be willing to purchase it immediately if it had a proper retail release.
Still, there had to be some way in which I could support Kajiura and that was by getting hold of Kalafina's albums. I still don't have a copy of Seventh Heaven, but I do now own the 2-disc special editions for Red Moon, After Eden, Consolation and the 5th Anniversary Live and, despite the prices being over double what a CD usually is here, I don't have any regrets at all. Right now I'm just hyped for the new Consolation Live announcement and hoping that it'll be region-free like I believe their other releases are so I can buy it when it comes out.
In other news, I'm also a huge nerd in pretty much every way. Anime, roleplaying games, video games, tabletop games, comic books, horror and sci-fi films, everything. Pretty much the only thing in that category I can think of that I haven't done is LARPing. Whilst being on this site pretty much guarantees that I'd be a fan of Kajiura's soundtrack works, I'm more a fan of soundtracks in general; probably around half of my current 15,000 song library is OST's, whilst a good chunk of it that isn't is arrangements of soundtracks, predominantly Touhou. Oh, and I like various forms of heavy metal a lot, too. As for other J-pop, I mostly enjoy the artists from I've Sound, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Akiko Shikata and Kanako Ito.
Can't really think of anything else to say other than the fact I'm sad that I probably won't ever see Kalafina live unless I travel abroad, which is something I must do. We've had Kyary and Kokia once over here in the UK and that's about it.
Hopefully I'll remain active despite not having internet at my house
. Other than that, I should be around to comment on various threads and try and prove my point that Utsukushisa is the best thing ever.
i was about to ask your top 5 YK songs, but then i saw your signature 
i myself have the DVD for Petite Cossette, but i don't have the soundtrack...
. I hope to enjoy my time here and post productive comments wherever I may be. Regardless of what happens from now on though, I know I'll at least still enjoy Kajiura's works and the more people out there that do, the better.
