Kalafina 19th single "Blaze" ED for Arslan Senki Fuujin Ranbu

Covers for the LE's aren't great, RE is alright I guess. Black borders at the top/bottom are shit.

And only one B-side? I thought we were getting two?

Girls look good but nothing particularly special photograph-wise.

I'll probably just order it secondhand later on for half the price, I don't really care enough about anything here to actually pay for it on release.
 
Wow, THAT regular edition! It looks amazing. Limited are a little neuter I think. How can I watch PV? I can't watch it from my country...

Edited: Ok, I found PV on vk. It's a nice PV, I like it. And I like the song more now - it's catchy. I like the dresses - laces were a good idea. And... after refrain Keiko has her lines! Yay!
 
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@grunty LOL, then i'll change it. maybe. lol. no no, seriously, i will change it to a little smaller size

@giffy kinda looks like they lose their signature, eh?
 
^ Τhe shouting place looks like a half finished building (doesn even have paint or windows) near a forest. Who the hell thinks of these places ? They are so boring just by passing close to one by foot, never a choice for PV (unless its some rap/punk (fits the mood) artist talking about being poor and abandoned in the lyrivs)
 
I like the PV, personally, but that's probably because I have a fascination with abandoned buildings.
 
I reeeeally like the RE cover, but not so much the black border. It looks less professional in a way imho. Also, looking at Alice00's signature and then at the covers made me realize how kinda similar the color scheme is to one light. lol

As for the post cards, holy yes to the Sofmap version. Reminds me of the Magia postcards. :hearts:
 
I know, that's why I made the assumption that 4 tracks might mean 2 bsides. It was more probable. ;) This is the first Kalafina single where both songs have instrumentals on all editions. (HIkari furu only had all the instrumentals on anime edition, I believe?)
 
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george1234 said:
btw: their new stupid flash loading on the Kalafina website takes hours to load all disco entries and even announcements, so i couldnt see what all versions have.
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Use sonymusic's Kalafina page that I linked above. It should have the exact same stuff as kalafina.jp since the official site uses sonymusic's resources for their stupid layout.
 
I hear Keiko at the end of the short MV :love:

Hopefully it's not just a few lines, but the entire part.

The RE edition looks awesome, but the others are meh.
 
I love their hair!!! Dresses are simple but pretty. Very similar to OL - but I don't care too much about clothes. It's the music I look at.
 
Ohh the girls look amazing like always! Not fan of the dresses but that's because I'll always miss the gothic lolita look they used to have
Seems like Keiko has lines after all at the end of PV......Thank god..
 
OMG THE REGULAR EDITION IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
The others are ok, I guess... :leaf:
 
I agree that Kalafina has been settling into Anison blandness more and more every time, probably due to their increase in mainstream popularity. What makes an anison sound like one is a bit of an ethereal discussion, I think the fundamental feature is the general feeling conveyed by the song, but that's subjective as hell. I haven't liked a Kalafina A-side properly since Alleluia and Kimi no gin no niwa so I'm happy that I'm finally getting to listen to something that is different from the super generic anison trinity of HB-OL-Believe.

Also YASSSSS to Hikaru lead, rise my Queen! I love this already. The PV is terrible but Kala's PVs usually are, at least in the past couple of years.

I don't know if the switch to typical anisongs is a Kajiura thing because I didn't like many FJ A-sides either since they sounded too formulaic to me anyway and at least Kalafina used to have more diversity in their sound when it came to A-sides (they still maintain some of that diversity in B-sides and album tracks though, which is great and I don't really see it with FJ), I mean, I'm inclined to believe that Kajiura tends to write some remarkably formulaic anisons with a few glowing exceptions here and there, which used to be given to solo singers before and then to Kalafina, but now that Kala is popular and people ADORE HB and its multiple incarnations she's kind of forced to take that route with the group. Don't forget that Sony Music posibly has a hand in this whole thing and they're not in the business to allow for Kajiura's musical expression but because it makes money. Of course they would also push for stuff that sells more and gives the group better recognition rather than releasing beautiful songs that are kind of difficult for the general public like say, Utsukushisa.

I hope Kajiura revamps FJ and gives them the good songs if Kala is going to become the Anison powerhouse. I still think Kajiura has a great talent and wonderful ideas, not too often lately, but I wouldn't say she's completely out of them yet.
 
Whoever thought thin bright red text on a dark background was a good idea should not be designing album covers :uh..: The girls look amazingly gorgeous but the word 'blaze' in that colour on that background is so hard to read it's making my eyes ache
 
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