My Jpop/Anisong Guitar Chords

Hi everyone! This topic will solely focuses on my own guitar arrangements for my favorite Jpop and Anisong artists. And as you see, I mostly transcribe Yuki Kajiura’s works, particularly Kalafina.

I tried posting the chords here, but unfortunately, WordPress keeps on formatting the text even if you edit the code, resulting to wrong timing in each post.

I’m just an amateur musician so please take these transcripts with a little grain of salt. And again, I only transcribe guitar CHORDS, so please don’t ask for finger tabs, musical scores, midi files and such, cause I don’t have enough time to work for it it lol. I also add chords from fellow musicians and I always credit them accordingly, so don’t worry. Lastly, there were unnoticeable mistakes sometimes so please bear with me and always feel free to correct me!

Btw, some links were submitted to Ultimate-guitar site for better variations and transpose functions, and to my tumblr as well, so here ya go:

Kalafina guitar/piano chords:

• adore
• blaze (Arslan Senki Season 2 ED theme)
• Consolation
• far on the water (NHK Rekishi Historia ED)
• Haru wo Matsu (春を待つ)
• heavenly blue (Aldnoah.Zero OP theme)
• Hikari no Senritsu (Sora no Woto OP theme)
• Hyakka Ryouran (百火撩乱) (Katsugeki Touken Ranbu ED theme)
• into the world (NHK Rekishi Hiwa Historia Ending theme)
• Kagayaku Sora no Shijima ni wa (輝く空の静寂には) (Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) Season 2 Insert song)
• Kantan Katan (カンタンカタン)
• Koibito no Mukashigatari no Yuugure no (こいびとの昔語りの夕暮れの)
• Kyrie
• Lacrimosa (Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) Second ED theme)
• Lirica
• Magia (Puella Magi Madoka Magica ED theme; PMMM Movie I ED [quattro])
• Märchen (メルヒェン) (Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro to Savant Zaregototsukai Ending theme)
• Natsu no Asa (夏の朝) 
• Neverending
• Red Moon
• ring your bell  (Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] S2 ED theme)
• ring your bell (in the silence) (Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] S2 Insert song)
• sandpiper
• to the beginning (Fate Zero Second Season OP theme)
• Tombo (とんぼ)
• Yasashii Uta (やさしいうた)

FictionJunction:

• Distance (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED HD Remaster 2^nd ED theme)
• Parallel Hearts (Pandora Hearts OP theme)

FictionJunction YUUKA:

• Akatsuki no Kuruma(暁の車) (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and HD Remaster (ReTracks) ep. 28 Insert Song)
• Honoo no Tobira (焔の扉) (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Insert Song, GSD HD Remaster ep.40 Insert Song [Retracks])

See-Saw

• Anna ni Issho Datta No Ni (あんなに一緒だったのに) (Gundam SEED ED1 and GS HD Remaster ED1 [Retracks -2011-])
• Kimi wa Boku ni Niteiru (君は僕に似ている) (Gundam SEED Destiny ED4, GSD -Final Plus- OVA ED, GSD Special Edition IV ED, GSD HD Remaster ED4 [Retracks -2013-])

Anime/TV/Movie OST (mostly by Yuki Kajiura):

• canta per me (Noir OST: Yuriko Kaida | Fiction: Deb Lyons)
• the world is tumbling down (Fate/Zero OST II; Fate/Zero OST –Standard Edition-)
• Fake Wings (.hack//SIGN OST)
• Manazashi (Hanako to Anne OST 2)
• Numquam Vincar (Puella Magi Madoka Magica OST III)
• Pandora Hearts (Expanded) from Pandora Hearts OST 2
• Point Zero (Fate/Zero OST I; Fate/Zero OST –Standard Edition-)
• Preparation  (Pandora Hearts OST 1)
• she’s just in time (Fate/Zero OST II; Fate/Zero OST –Standard Edition-)
• She has to overcome her fear  (Sword Art Online OST 2 Vol.1)
• Sis Puella Magica!  (Puella Magi Madoka Magica OST I)
• the legend (Fate/Zero OST I; Fate/Zero OST –Standard Edition-)
• Yume no Tsubasa (ユメのツバサ / 夢の翼) (Tsubasa Chronicle insert theme)

I will update the links on this post whenever I submitted an old or new song, so don’t worry 🙂
Please enjoy these for awhile and stay tuned!

Pop Duo ClariS Unmask at Pacifico Yokohama Concert For First Time!

ClariS, one of the popular anison acts under Sacra Music label, were known for performing anime songs under their avatar as shown below (also former member Alice):

 

At the encore  of their “ClariS 2nd HALL CONCERT in Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall ~ Sayonara no Saki e …Hajimaru no Melody” concert, ClariS (Clara and Karen) – who are known for performing live while wearing masks – unexpectedly removed their masks and greeted their audience for the first time with their faces revealed. The concert was held on at the Pacifico Yokohama venue in Nishi Ward, Yokohama last September 16, 2017.

After singing the 19th song of the set, “Sayonara wa Iwanai” (“Don’t Say Good-bye”), Clara and Karen fired up the stage. They returned later to perform the song “Prism” without their masks on. The audience screamed in excitement after witnessing the reveal. Shortly after, the group became a trending topic worldwide on Twitter.

During the encore, Clara stated that she was happy to finally truly meet her fans after performing masked for more than seven years. Karen observed that she was a little nervous and embarrassed about removing the mask, but also very happy to have done it. It was also revealed that the entirety of the concert program, including the unmasking, was planned by Clara and Karen. Sweet indeed!

Official photographs of the two from the concert showing their faces were not available, unfortunately.

To be honest, I don’t mind them revealing their faces since I became a fan of them for more than five years because of their music, not looks. But as I watched their first Nippon Budokan concert BD/DVD with their masks on, I find them very cute and pretty hardworking young artists. At the same time, I also wanted to see them with revealed faces for I would like to see them singing with emotions, for an artists’s face expression while performing live is kind of important to engage with the audience imo. For now, let’s wait for another live photobook to release soon, (PLS RELEASE THE UNMASKED PICS LOL) and it would be better if they also included Alice cause I really miss her. T_T

Source: Ota-suke 

 

Aimer to Release Two Best of Collection Albums and First Nippon Budokan Concert Announced!

After celebrating five years in the music industry, anisong songstress Aimer is set to release her Best of Collection albums in May this year!

The Best of collection will be released as two different CDs, titled BEST SELECTION ‘blanc’ and BEST SELECTION ‘noir’ – a reflection of the name of her official fanclub, Blanc et Noir. Each CD will be released in three different editions as well: Limited Edition A will come with the music CD and Blu-ray disc, while Limited Edition B will come with the music CD and DVD. The regular edition will come with just the music CD. The coverarts for her best collection albums has been unveiled as shown below:

From left to right: The covers for BEST COLLECTION ‘blanc’ Limited Edition A, Limited Edition B and Regular Edition. 

The tracklists of two CDs has also been revealed on her official site.  The songs are organised and arranged in such a way that there will be a theme to both blanc and noir. ‘blanc’ will mostly contain heartfelt ballads and hits such as Akane Sasu and bouncier songs like Kataomoi while ‘noir’ will have upbeat and powerful songs such as LAST STARDUST and insane dream.

From left to right: noir’s Limited Edition A, Limited Edition B, Regular Edition

Video content for the DVD and Bluray would be composed of music clips and selected performances from Aimer’s performances of Aimer Hall Tour 2016 at Tokyo International Forum Hall A last November 6, 2016.

In addition with this release, each part of the collection will come with a newly recorded songs which will be announced at a later date.

Aimer’s first best collection albums are scheduled to release on May 3, 2017.

And finally! What excites me most is the announcement of her very first concert at prestigious Nippon Budokan!! AAAAAH! Well, I noticed that most Sony artists who releases their BEST albums usually decided to hold notable concerts like this, Kalafina or ClariS for example. But I’m hoping for a BD/DVD release since I can’t attend in August due to school huhu T_T. It sucks right? Can’t wait for this! Here’s some details, btw:

Aimer Live in Budokan ( 武道館)”blanc et noir”

Date：2017.08.09
Venue: Nippon Budokan
Open: Start:18:00/19:00
Ticket: ¥6,500 (tax-in)

Official site: http://www.aimer-web.jp/

Sony Music Entertainment Japan to Launch a New Label『SACRA MUSIC』

SMEJ (Sony Music Entertainment Japan) is launching a new music label starting in April 2017, and it’s called “SACRA MUSIC”. It will focus on ‘anisong’ artists who are widely expanding their activities not only in Japan but also overseas.

This direct quote from one of the many news articles surfaced online stated:
“They are gathering artists with a wide range of activities overseas aiming for worldwide deployment.”

And also, this new label picked up the anisong industry’s best artists, with 14 groups/solo performers listed below (order arranged according to the announcement):

1. Kalafina
2. ClariS
3. LiSA
4. EGOIST
5. Sako Tomohisa
6. Kana Hanazawa
7. Haruna Luna
8. ELISA
9. GARNiDELiA
10. SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]
11. Ayano Mashiro
12. TrySail
13. PENGUIN RESEARCH
14. TSUKICRO

The official site of “SACRA MUSIC” also stated the following:
“Please look forward to overseas events, live holdings, song releases on a global scale.”

Oh man, I’m definitely looking forward to this! Good thing they included some seiyuus such as Sako Tomohisa and Kana Hanazawa. And Kalafina and ClariS on the top of this list makes me happy lol XD. I just wonder why Aimer, fripSide and others didn’t involved with this. I just hope they’ll perform together here in PH, or else release something new together. Ahhhh! I can’t wait to see how this will turn out! 🙂

SACRA Music Official site: http://sacramusic.jp/

Artist Lineup for Anisong Fantasy Vol.1 in Singapore and Hong Kong Announced!

Last Friday night on AFA Singapore, big names in Anison industry have been revealed to participate on an all-new event, gathering artists under SME Records “Anisong Fantasy Live” which will be held in 2 cities, Hong Kong and Singapore in March 2017! The details are as follows:

「Anisong Fantasy Live 2017」

[Hong Kong]

Date: March 10, 2017 (Fri.)

Venue: Queen Elizabeth Stadium Arena

Doors Open / Show Start: To be announced

[Singapore]

Date: March 18, 2017 (Sat.)

Venue: Big Box

Doors Open / Show Start: 18:00/19:00 (local time)

[Artist Lineup] (both shows)

Aimer, Alisa Takigawa, ELISA, GARNiDELiA, Kalafina, Luna Haruna (in alphabetical order)

[Ticketing Details]

-Hong Kong-

* To be announced soon

-Singapore-

●VIP Early Bird

From 26 November 2016, tickets will be available at the Anisong Fantasy Live booth within the grounds of Anime Festival Asia (AFA) Singapore 2016. (Early Bird privileges included)

●Normal sales VIP&GA Tickets

From 28 November 2016, via APACTix (APACTix website：http://www.apactix.com/）

VIP（Numbered Seating）：SGD188*

GA（Free Standing）：SGD118*

* APACTix ticket handling fee not included.

AAAHHH!..How come all of my fave artists will perform on the same event! I wish they included Philippines in this special event. If I have enough money and time, I would like fly to Singapore and Hong Kong to watch all of them haha! Specially if there’s Aimer and Kalafina together~Lucky fans indeed! 😀

You may check the official website for further details!
Event Official Website–> http://anisongfantasy.com

Kalafina to Release their First Acoustic Album 「Winter Acoustic “Kalafina with Strings”」 in Fall!

Kalafina’s Christmas LIVE “Kalafina with Strings” has been held for four years in a row now (starting back in 2012). For the first time this year, Kalafina will hold a nationwide Christmas Live Tour. The details are as follows:

Eir Aoi Announces Indefinite Hiatus

It has been announced yesterday that Eir Aoi goes indefinite hiatus due to poor health condition. We know she cancelled her activities since last year due to Aspiration Pneumonia but I didn’t expect her to announce an hiatus so soon. In addition, Eir’s 5th anniversary concert in Nippon Budokan this November is confirmed to be her last performance this year. This saddens me a lot. I’ve been following her for almost 5 years and I hope she’ll have a comeback in few years just like Utada Hikaru. I’m willing to wait Ruru, so please get well soon! 😀

The staff as well as Eir Aoi herself leave a thank you message for all the fans who supported her for five years in anime and music industry.

Which Artist/Group Will Most Likely to Perform in Opening/Closing Ceremony of 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Olympics?

The hype is real for the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Japan will surely make it great and most memorable as well. And recently, people gets more excited as usual and they seemed to promote their favorite personalities to be part of that prestigious event. So several unofficial polls started to float around the internet like this and this and the fans will just go with the flow lol.

But does that poll results will affect the official lineup for the Olympics? The answer is probably no. The official poll (if there is) should be featured on the Tokyo Olympic’s official site or at least the organizers will nominate the most deserving artists that should represent Japan and then publish a poll on its official site, not on any other blog sites.

All I can say is that the Olympics organizers, Japanese government, specially Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will most likely to choose which artist/group shall perform for the pride of Japan.

These perhaps were the best option or possibility on how Japan will choose which artists will going to perform in such a great world event:

Haruna Luna and INKT to perform in the Philippines for the first time

Yay! BOA2016 official facebook page just announced their set of guests performers this September. Who did you guess will take the stage this year at The Best of Anime 2016?

They are no other than INKT led by Koki Tanaka, former member of KAT-TUN managed by Johnny’s Entertainment and one of my personal favorite AniSong singer Haruna Luna! I dunno what to do haha! Maybe I’ll go for Haruna Luna this time haha.