Yamato Takeru Music FAQ
| Aka Tombo Yamato Takeru Music FAQ |
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Q: Where can I listen to the Yamato Takeru theme songs
on the web?
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A: Here! I have MP3 clips of the Naoko
Hamasaki songs. Sadly, Glayhouse, which had Real Audio
and Video of the GLAY songs Rain and Manatsu no Tobira
is closed. Someday, I'll get around to making MP3s for them and the Yamato Takeru
album bonus songs, FLY HIGH and Far away -Kimi to-.
Q: Why don't you have MP3s of the complete Hamasaki
songs?
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A: Because it is illegal to reproduce what little I have. Now
that I have the room and I'm fully aware of just how hard it is to buy this
music, I may upload complete versions, if I can make them and enough people
want them.
Q: I'm having trouble listening to the MP3 clips and
Real Audio and Video of the songs.
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A: You may have to download WINAMP.EXE
and/or Real Player
from the web.
Q: What's on the Yamato Takeru BGM CD? Are all four complete songs
on it?
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A: The CD I have information for is a combination BGM and Drama. It only has
an instrumental version of Manatsu no Tobira and two extra songs:
FLY HIGH and Far away -Kimi to-. There may be other
Yamato Takeru CDs I don't have information about.
| For more details, see the Discography section below. |
Q: Where can I buy the music of Yamato Takeru?
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A: Yamato Takeru aired in 1994. Sadly, the music has been out
of print for many years. A shopper's best hope is to find a used copy for sale
somewhere (especially in Japan). Apparently, new GLAY
CDs can be ordered fairly easily from Japanese music stores. I don't know about
the Yamato Takeru and Naoko Hamasaki
CDs, but please try ordering the real thing before turning to bootleg CDs. Naoko
Hamasaki's themes are also available on a Star Child Selection TV
anime theme collection.
To look for anime and J-pop CD dealers on the web, try surfing the Anime
Turnpike's shopping sites. Anime
Nation and CDJapan
recently had the Star Child Selection 2-CD set, which includes a lot
of other great anime theme songs. JpopHelp
recently had Glay's Speed Pop.
Though I dislike mentioning it, there are unlicenced (read: bootleg, unauthorized,
unofficially released, illegal) CDs of Yamato Takeru and GLAY which have been
released by SonMay, a Taiwanese manufacturer. You can occasionally find dealers
who carry SonMay products on the web and elsewhere. I do not support SonMay
products because the people who made the music don't get any money from the
sale of these CDs.
CD SINGLES:
GLAY - second single
Manatsu No Tobira (first opening), Life~Touii Sora No Shita De~, and
Manatsuno No Tobira original karaoke
Platinum Records, PODH-7001, released 6/15/94
GLAY - Debut single
RAIN (first ending), + original karaoke version
Platinum Records, PODH-7002, released 5/25/94
Naoko Hamasaki (from the group Replica)
Flower of Desert, (second opening), Twilight Songs (second ending)
King Records, KIDS 205, released 9/21/94
ALBUMS:
Yamato Takeru Makusenshin(?) Ibun
1. FLY HIGH (sung by Megumi Ogata and Yoshiko Kamei, the voices of
Roka and Takeru) 2. Shintenchi e... 3. Kaze no Shonen [Boy of the Wind] 4. Shin
Izumo Yuyuki -Roka no Tabi Nikki-[Roka's Travel Diary Part 1] 5. Kyojin Kotan
[The Giant's Birth] 6. Wakusei Izumo no Tosogare (?) [Planet Izumo's Twilight]
7. Shin Izumo Yuyuki -Roka no Tabi Nikki-[Roka's Travel Diary Part 2] 8. Oto
Tachibana to Takeru 9. Makusenshin(?) Ibun 10. Shin Izumo Yuyuki -Roka no Tabi
Nikki- [Roka's Travel Diary Part 3] 11. Susano Daiichi ni Tatsu 12. Kyojin no
Ikari [The Giant's Anger] 13. Shin Izumo Yuyuki -Roka no Tabi Nikki- [Roka's
Travel Diary Part 4] 14. Takeru no Te-ma [Takeru's theme] 15. Manatsu no
Tobira (instrumental version) 16. Far away -Kimi to- (sung by Mika
Kanai, the voice of Oto)
King Records, KICA 205, released 7/21/94
Special thanks to Ken Wong for the image which provided me with this information!
There may be other Yamato Takeru CDs.
RELATED ALBUMS:
GLAY - Hai to Daiyamondo
1. Manatsu No Tobira (GLAY VERSION) 2. Kanojo no "Modern..." 3. KISSIN'
NOISE 4. Hidoku Arifureta Howaito Noizu Wo Kure 5. RAIN (GLAY VERSION)
6. LADY CLOSE 7. TWO BELL SILENCE 8. Senno Naifu Ga Mune Wo Sasu 9. BURST 10.
if~Hai to Daiyamondo~
independent album with Extasy Records, EXC-015, released 5/25/94
GLAY - SPEED POP
1. SPEED POP (introduction) 2. HAPPY SWING 3. Kanojo no "Modern..." 4. Zutto
Futari De... 5. LOVE SLAVE 6. REGRET 7. INNOCENCE 8. Freeze My Love 9. Manatsu
No Tobira 10. Life~Touii Sora No Shita De~ 11. JUNK ART 12. RAIN
first album with Platinum Records, POCH-7002, released 3/1/95
Star Child Selection Hit Songs on TV
DISC 1: 1. Carnival-Babel (Blue Seed opening) 2. Touch and Go! (Blue Seed ending)
3. What's Up Guys? (Bakuretsu Hunter opening) 4. Mask (Bakuretsu Hunter ending)
5. Zankoku no Tenshi no Thesis (Evangelion opening) 6. Fly Me to the Moon (Evangelion
ending) 7. Mirai Katachi Idol (VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire opening) 8. Yuuki
no Inryoku (VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire ending) 9. Give a Reason (Slayers Next
opening) 10. Jama wa Sasenai (Slayers Next ending) 11. You Get to Burning (Nadesico
opening) 12. Watashi Rashiku (Nadesico ending) 13. Rinbu-Revolution (Utena opening)
14. Truth (1st Utena ending) 15. Virtual Star Hasseigaku (2nd Utena ending)
15. Breeze (Slayers Try opening) 16. Don't be Discouraged (Slayers Try ending)
DISC 2: 1. Tight-Break (Hareluya II Boy opening) 2. Words of Free (1st Hareluya
II Boy ending) 3. Closet Freak (2nd Hareluya II Boy ending) 4. Fine Colorday
(Nuku-Nuku TV series opening) 5. Oyasuminasai Ashita wa Ohayou (Nuku-Nuku TV
series ending) 6. Infinity (Lost Universe opening) 7. Extrication (Lost Universe
ending) 8. Birth (Akihabara Cyber Team opening) 9. Taiyou no Hana (Akihabara
Cyber Team ending) 10. Tenshi no Yubikiri (Kare Kano opening) 11. Yume no Naka
E (Kare Kano ending) 12. Kimi, Hohoenda Yoru (Steam Detectives opening) 13.
Okubyou Emotion (1st Steam Detectives ending) 14. Oasis (2nd Steam Detectives
ending) 15. Flower of Desert (Yamato Takeru opening) 16. Twilight
Songs (Yamato Takeru ending)
King Records, KICA-497/8, released 1/28/00
(REPLICA - Magnolia
may or may not have Flower of Desert and/or Twilight Songs
on it
King Records, KICS-353, released 11/3/94)
SonMay (SM):
I don't think I'll ever stoop to buying anything from this company, but I recognize
that most people will take what they can get. Since it's extremely difficult
to get this music, I thought I should mention their products. Besides illegal
reproductions of most of the above CDs, SonMay has also created a GLAY 'Singles
Box' and 'Album Box.'
Special thanks to Glad to be Glay, where most of this discogrophy information and the lyrics to the two GLAY songs come from and to Anime Nation for the Star Child doscography information.