This is a book by the doujin group chromatic-noise (色雑音研究室) published in August 2016. It features reviews of several Touhou albums (focusing on the design part) and interviews with the artists. Here I bring you a translation of the Kouseki Radio review and Ane’s interview! You can still buy this book on BOOTH. About BUTAOTOME is a four members circle:… Read more »
First of all, HAPPY ELDEN RING RELEASE DAY! I won’t play it (my boyfriend is the From Software fan here, but I’ve been watching him play and I sang Yokoshima na Honoo every time he died, I will listen to the OST and explore the lore), but it’s amazing to see that a long-awaited game is finally here, and that… Read more »
Happy birthday to the wonderful voice of BUTAOTOME! It was around this day, 10 years ago, that I became a BUTAOTOME fan. Or rather, I started as a Ranko fan. I think a lot of people got into BUTAOTOME because they heard Ranko’s voice in some other groups like Sally, Diao ye zong or UNDEAD CORPORATION. However, over time I… Read more »
It’s been a long time! A new one man live has been just announced! It will be the first big live after the 10th anniversary lives in 2019, as well as the first one without Paprika. This live will be held on April 9 at Shibuya’s TAKE OFF 7 (oh no…). It won’t be livestreamed. Tickets will be sold on… Read more »
Original post In this month’s Bibibi post, Ranko talks about Kazuo Umezu’s Scary Book Series! Violet’s note: this post comes later than usual because I was reading horror manga, and I wanted to include some buy links for the featured books. Kazuo Umezu is the grandmaster of the horror manga genre, and his works influenced the universally-acclaimed Junji Ito. Not… Read more »
““Tears and smiles are amplified.”I long stopped hearing this aphorism someone made up.” Welcome back to our usual review corner! This time my copy of the new album is stuck in America because wooo, shipments from Japan to Italy are blocked again. However, for the usual CD pic, I decided to ask people in TC’s Discord server to take their… Read more »
Happy birthday to the artist behind all the cool BUTAOTOME cover arts and design, and the best dancing bunny! For this year, other than your usual pic (no showcase of random Italian food), I’m planning to do something new. This year is my 10th anniversary as a BUTAOTOME fan, so I want to dedicate each member’s birthday post to talk… Read more »
Oemgad, we reached 200! Congratulations to me! I was supposed to get my copy of Pokémon Legends Arceus today, but it still didn’t arrive… so here is the OG duo in The Ruins, ready for new adventures! It’s been a while since the last proper post, what happened? Well, let’s start with… Website updates First of all, Hyakumannin no Heikou… Read more »
Original post In this month’s Bibibi article, Ranko talks about how she writes lyrics and records vocals, with some behind-the-scenes tidbits about Hyakumannin no Heikou Hifuu! I’m Ranko, the BUTAOTOME vocalist.This is a series of articles where I introduce my favorite manga and anime in whatever way I like, and sometimes I write a production diary. Happy New Year, everyone.I… Read more »
Welcome to 2022! Website updates Lyrics translations have been added to the following albums and songs: Bowling Chess Heisei Kaisei Dottenshan Loftiness Dream and Sousei Kango Sign (😱) With this update, every original song has been translated*! Now, where is the 3rd major album… *yeah, yeah I know, Tanjou is still untranslated, and there are also some rhythm game songs… Read more »
