KUZU NO HONKAI HEIKOUSEN SERIES

For me, the stand-out previous work is for STEINS GATE SYMPHONIC REUNION, a rare treat (how many Visual Novels get an orchestral arrangement album?). Is that name unfamiliar to you? Maybe youвЂ™ll recognize him from one of his many, many works credited on vgmdb. The BGM composer for ScumвЂ™s Wish is Masaru Yokoyama. Purchase via CDJapan: Vol.5 DVD LE | Vol.5 Blu-ray LE (contains Mini-OST Vol.2, ANZX/ZB-12430) Purchase via CDJapan: Vol.4 DVD LE | Vol.4 Blu-ray LE (contains Mini-OST Vol.1, ANZX/ZB-12428) And we will get to that, I promise! But first: the mini-OSTs! Now, I have to say, the first thing about ScumвЂ™s Wish in terms of audio was the op/ed material.

KUZU NO HONKAI HEIKOUSEN SERIES

I also disapprove based on the capacity of the medium alone вЂ¦ the OST could be combined to a single CD, and the whole TV series could probably fit on one or two Blu-ray discs, depending on the number of extra features included. Much as I love this show, I can hardly approve of the unscrupulous profiteering, though I know itвЂ™s nothing new. Oh yes, Aniplex releases these shows to own at a premium: 5000 or 6000 yen each (Blu-ray costs 1000 yen more), with two episodes per volume, for a total of six volumes. And, to acquire these albums, you have to purchase either the DVD or Blu-ray Limited Edition for Vol.4 and Vol.5, respectively. Instead, they released two вЂњMini OSTsвЂќ whose combined run-time is 43 minutes (about 21 minutes per disc). Sadly, Aniplex chose note to publish a single, retail OST with all of the animeвЂ™s BGM.

There are four music releases associated with ScumвЂ™s Wish. Something to consider when watching the show, when listening to the OSTs and the singles: who is doing the judging of a human (self or other) as вЂњkuzuвЂќ and why? And what are the вЂњhonkaiвЂќs that rest deep within each character, and within everyday people? Okay, enough existential thought. вЂњHonkaiвЂќ translates to a long-cherished desire, a very deeply-held wish. It is both painfully specific, and surprisingly universal, in scope.ДЄ final note, before the jump: Kuzu no Honkai more accurately translates as follows: вЂњKuzuвЂќ is a term for trash, waste, something used up and discarded. The tl dr - this is a show that is honest about sex, romance, unrequited love, and more. I would encourage readers, alongside watching the show, to brush up on the general concept and background of the show by browsing the associated Wikipedia page. But this is not a review of the show itself. Recently, after (painstakingly) tracking down all the music for ScumвЂ™s Wish, IвЂ™ve had all the more reason to think on it. ItвЂ™s been almost a year, and generally, a week doesnвЂ™t go by that I donвЂ™t have some memory of the anime or some other reason to recall it. While I will be referencing concepts from the TV show, before continuing on to the music reviews, I cannot state enough how much this anime impacted me. I would implore you to do so, perhaps before reading the following reviews. Amazon added the English-subtitled localization of the show to their premium channel вЂњAnime Strike,вЂќ which is now-defunct, meaning anyone with an Amazon Prime account can now access the show without incurring any additional charge. Last year, Fuji TV aired the 12-episode anime adaptation of Mengo YokoyariвЂ™s manga Kuzu no Honkai, which had the unfortunate translated title ScumвЂ™s Wish (note: this was not a decision on the part of localization the title existed from the start in the Japanese manga). I found something I didnвЂ™t even know I wanted in ScumвЂ™s Wish. Which is to say, I finally found a piece of Japanese pop culture that took on the topics of sex and romantic relationships with some nuance and maturity. While I very much doubt that this is the first TV anime to break the mold, it is the first one to which IвЂ™ve been exposed. This is not a judgment to any of you who are fans. (And I wonвЂ™t even begin to get into concepts like вЂњfan serviceвЂќ or bouncing breasts вЂњchichi yuri.вЂќ ItвЂ™s all quite childish to me. That not only made me uncomfortable, it left me with a moral dilemma time after time more often than not, I sided with team chaste over time libertine. They may have had better plots and production value than a cheesy American porno, but their express purpose was to titillate and turn on. For decades, those were the words that I associated with virtually all вЂњhentaiвЂќ Japanese animation and erotic games (eroge).

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