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Music Spotlight: Neru – Whatever Whatever Whatever

Here is something a little different that requires me to feature this as a Music Spotlight post, and one that features another VOCALOID song, because there isn’t enough on this blog–and some gems I have yet to discover to share with everyone! This one I came across while I was browsing around on Pixiv in the Pokémon Sword & Shield tags, an entry from what looks like to be an animation featuring the Gym Leaders Raihan (Kibana/キバナ) and Piers (Nezu/ネズ).

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Read more about the article Music Spotlight: L’arc~En~Ciel – Hurry Xmas

Music Spotlight: L’arc~En~Ciel – Hurry Xmas

I know what you’re thinking. Christmas was last week. Yes, it was. However, this draft has been sitting in my archives from 2007! Can I have an award for longest sitting draft under 300 words? Well, it might go over 300 words since I do have something to say about this post. Anyway, moving on! To end out the decade, and to finally give this post the light of day(break’s bell), I am highlighting a beloved Christmas song from one of Japan longest running J-Rock groups, L’arc~En~Ciel.

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Read more about the article K-Pop Rules The World: How South Korea Overtook Japan in Digital Music Choices

K-Pop Rules The World: How South Korea Overtook Japan in Digital Music Choices

If you are into J-Pop, including K-Pop, then you may be wondering why you don’t see enough content outside of Japan of your favorite artists without having to go to great lengths to obtain the latest release. It might be due to a generational issue of complicated, and possibly financial, reasons. I was originally going to just Tweet about this, but this needs more than 280 characters. So I am going to just write about this in a form of a blog post. It’s about the reasons why K-Pop is as global as it is, with even a handful of male J-Pop bands embracing the style of K-Pop. And it all falls back to an interest in music from another country that is right across from South Korea.

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Read more about the article Weekly Stream Notes: Issue #4

Weekly Stream Notes: Issue #4

Here is the fourth edition of the Weekly Stream Notes, where the news briefs are highlighted during the stream. This is a way to catch up on the latest in the world of Anime and Gaming, as well as what’s happening on the Centaku Media community. Since it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve had a traditional stream notes posting, here is a catch-up on the weeks of 7/7 and 7/14.

As of writing, you can catch Centaku Media live on Twitch, Mixer, and YouTube on Sundays at 12 PM, and Tuesdays & Thursdays at 5 PM. All times are US Eastern. You can also watch the streams on the Livestreams page, which has the latest schedule updates!

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Read more about the article Music Spotlight: kemu – イカサマライフゲム (Ikasama Life Game)

Music Spotlight: kemu – イカサマライフゲム (Ikasama Life Game)

The next Vocaloid Song of the Month is from kemu, which different from the previous post about love throughout one’s childhood. Instead, let’s imagine this song as a candidate for a new anime series involving notes and diaries with serious consequences.

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Read more about the article Music Spotlight: Kim Sarang – 무죄 (Innocence)

Music Spotlight: Kim Sarang – 무죄 (Innocence)

This week’s Music Spotlight highlights a song from Korean solo artist Kim Sarang. I discovered one of his songs over a decade ago, thanks to being a regular player of World of Warcraft. However, this song has no direct connection to WoW itself, but it was used in a fan made video of a fellow player of the Horde, an Undead Warlock rocking it out and killing everything in sight.

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Read more about the article Music Spotlight: Last Note – “オサナナブルー (Childhood Blues)”

Music Spotlight: Last Note – “オサナナブルー (Childhood Blues)”

As someone who is new-ish to the Vocaloid fandom, I would like to share my findings with those who are also curious of Vocaloid music, especially in 2019. For the first Vocaloid entry in the Music Spotlight series, here is an original song featuring Vocaloid GUMI by composer Last Note.

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