I originally wanted to wait until tomorrow’s weekly recap for talking about this, but since there are a huge shitstorm and spread of misinformation, I decided to write this update. Since a couple of weeks, a company called Rightsscale, Inc. has been sending copyright claims to various videos with Touhou music (official and fanmade). They are doing this on behalf… Read more »
One of the most fun things with Touhou songs is that you can do pretty much anything you want with the same theme, and have fun doing different things with each one of ZUN (and Uni Akiyama)’s compositions. And over the years, BUTAOTOME managed to make arrangements of 90% of the Touhou themes. There are some themes the Pig never… Read more »
No seriously. Let’s not talk about them. I have the introduction of a new series ready to be published, but I’m only missing a cool sounding title. Anyway, not a lot of news today… I already wrote most of the stuff in this update, so go read it! Comp was at Reitaisai’s livestream last weekend. He talked about the new… Read more »
This is a small update. I have a couple of news and I don’t want to spam Twitter with them! First of all, as you can see in the picture, the C98 albums arrived at Robin! I’ve updated the two album pages, and lyrics for the Shoujo Rengoku 5 songs will arrive during the evening (European timezone). Then I’ll start… Read more »
So, this week doesn’t have any relevant news from the World of BUTAOTOME, but we have various updates from this website! My C98 albums have been shipped, so I hope I can update the pages for Shoujo Rengoku 5 and Nekokeban 20 next week! Yesterday was Tewi’s lyrics dayIn the morning I got the lyrics for Tensai to Sagishi thanks… Read more »
Violet’s (dis)adventures with doujin albums orderingSo, my original plan for the C98 albums was for them to be shipped to my boyfriend, in the USA. However, Japan’s posts announced that they suspended nearly all the shipments there. And since I prefer to not receive packages until this pandemic is over (I live with people who can greatly risk from the… Read more »
The news of Paprika leaving BUTAOTOME (my comments about it are here) overshadowed pretty much everything else, but we still have some brighter (?) news for this week! Shoujo Rengoku 5 and Touhou Nekokenban 20The new albums are already up to preorder on BOOTH and all the coolest doujin shops! The TC pages have been updated! Shoujo Rengoku 5 |… Read more »
So, my original plan was a plain Shoujo Rengoku 5 commentary in the similar vein of the one I wrote for Ese Souretsu Shinan. But a piece of sad news overshadowed the new albums. Paprika will leave BUTAOTOME this year. You can read her translated message about this here. It’s news that greatly shocked me, and I’m still shocked now…. Read more »
First of all, a very important and sudden announcement: Paprika leaves BUTAOTOME [Translation]. The reason is that, after 10 years of activity non-stop with the group, she wants to move on, continue as a solo pianist, and go abroad. Because of this, Nekokenban 20 will be the last chapter in the series. It’s unknown what BUTAOTOME will do from now… Read more »
The Air Comiket releases are done! This time we’ll get only two albums! The announcement will arrive later this week, but Ranko no Ane posted the cover for the Touhou vocal album already. It’s Shoujo Rengoku 5! Meanwhile, the pandemic doesn’t stop Melonbooks to release a new Touhou compilation full of new songs and related arts! Touhou Tamatebako (東方玉手箱) will… Read more »
