Comments on: The Orchestra Of Haruhi Suzumiya

By: akuyume

akuyume — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:54:04 +0000

I've got to agree with ithekro on the matter of Koi no Mikuru Densetsu. And Yuki, Muon, Madobe Nite, to my ears at least, is beautiful, both the orchestral version and the original. While this might not be very helpful to you Val, one can always try doing research on the intended demographic of an anime. Some key terms would be kodomo, this is an anime type meant for fairly young children. The two most widely known shows in this genre I can think of are Doraemon and Pokemon.

By: ithekro

ithekro — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:48:10 +0000

"Koi no Mikuru Densetsu" sounds like an old American Western piece when done as an orchestral. It would fit in some of the classical big Hollywood picture scores of the 1950s and 1960s. Or any suitable Western with a good symphonic score.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:21:39 +0000

I'm listening to what I think must be the piece in question on Youtube as I type. I'm a bit of a closet classical fan anyway, but maybe it's partly from hearing a lot of orchestral stuff on soundtracks (anime and otherwise) that I've maintained that interest in it. Orchestral arrangements shouldn't be associated with music that isn't contemporary, but I guess that's what musicians and listeners have always expected from it so the convention has kinda stuck. The fact that I'm chuckling away at it is because I've heard the original version - I'm sure a classical music fan would just think it was just another piece of orchestral music!

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:07:39 +0000

Got a chuckle out of your reference to Ace Combat 5 which has some pretty epic music. As for this one, I'm taking the side that lies in favor of Koi no Mikuru being played to orchestra as being downright EPIC. I really do wish they had used the Tchaikovsky piece rather than Shostakovich though.

By: Val

Val — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:51:47 +0000

Hi, I stumbled on yr blog while searching for a site that will help list what age range a Japanese anime is suitable for. I was hoping that you will be able to tell me if there is such a site, as I am sure u are an expert on anime.

I have four kids age 6 to 13. We have just finished watching the whole Bleach series (at least, only up what is available), which we enjoyed v much, and I'm looking for another series to start on. Sometimes, some anime have sexual content that i am not comfortable exposing my young children to. D-Grayman was fine. But Basilisk was not really suitable because of some sex scenes. I find Gintama iffy too… as it is suggestive, though not as graphic as Basilisk.

If there is no such site where I can find anime listed with age range it is suitable for, would you be able to recommend a few anime series I can watch with my kids, without sexual content?

Thank you very much!
Val

By: Balorn

Balorn — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:58:48 +0000

I've always liked arrangements of music into different styles. I have CDs of orchestral arrangements of Beatles music, and a CD of various Christmas songs arranged in the style of classical composers (mostly Mozart). Not to mention all the various video game music concerts. In the other direction, one example I've liked for as long as I can remember is Emerson, Lake & Palmer's version of Pictures at an Exhibition. I also like music with instruments and arrangements that cross over genres; for example, the violin parts of Yuki, Muon, Madobe Nite and Drops of Jupiter, and That One Song that Yuki Kajiura has at least once in every soundtrack (Canta Per Me, Key of the Twilight, A Song of Storm and Fire, Fatal Fight - Jin and Margulis, etc.). The orchestral version of Koi no Mikuru Densetsu though, I found wonderfully hilarious by its very existence.