Sunday, 02 November 2008

• Minorin PVs

  For those who do not know, PV stands for "promotional video"="videoclip"="music video"
  Have you ever noticed that all PVs of Minorin have something in common? No, I don't mean that all of them are performed by the same person, there's something not so obvious. There is some kind of duality, more or less, in all her videos since Message 01. Let's try to find it.
  
  The first from the Message 01 DVD is
  
  Kimi Ga Kureta Ano Hi (That Day You Gave)
  The least obvious example to demonstrate this duality though...
  

  Shijin no Tabi (Travels of the Poet)

  Oh such a piercing glance..

  
  By the way, this PV is considered to be the most Minorin-style PV ever. You will see what I mean below.
  

  Junpaku Sankuchuarii (Pure White Sanctuary)
  The most obvious duality could be seen in this PV. Pure white and black. Be sure to check out its preview version, and try to find anything similar with the PV.
  

  
  

  Melty Tale Storage
  This is my favorite song and the first Minorin's PV I saw. I can listen to all the four versions (Melty Tale Storage, Echo of Melty Tale Storage, Melty Tale Storage (off vocal) and Melty Tale Storage Live (Contact)) endlessly, especially I love Echo and Off-vocal version (Daisuke Kikuta is sure a great composer). The idea of the duality in this PV is in the fact that there are actually "two" Minorins: one is the narrator of the "Tale" and the other is its main character. In order to understand ideas of this song better you should read information provided by Lantis (if you understand Japanese) and the English translation. It is pure awesome. Moreover, the idea of duality presents not only in video but also in the song itself: we can hear the chorus and the main theme vocals in the same time. The "remix" called Echo of Melty Tale Storage contains this chorus as a main theme and vocals as a background (it seems to me even more harmonical than the original song).
  But the more I love this song, the more it is painful for me - to see that most of the fans dislikes it. Very often I see them discussing about the strange title (which doesn't seems too strange for me, maybe because English is not my native language.. but in Russian almost any way of word creating is right), the English language used for title (what would you say about another awesome song called "Contact"?) and about the fact that such style of the PV doesn't fit Minorin's personality. I can't and don't want to understand such unfairness. How could you call yourself a fan of Minorin if you dare to doubt that all what she does is awesome? Fortunately, there are people who know that this song is the most unique song.
  You can download the preview version of this PV (the one Lantis embedded in its page) here.
  
  Ameagari no Hana yo Sake(Let the flowers bloom after the rain)

  	Seeing Minorin similing at me so close makes me the happiest man in the world

  
  Amasake (short for the "Ameagari no Hana yo Sake". This short version was introduced by Minorin in the 66th issue of her radio "Minorhythm". You can download this release (and a lot of others) here: www.mediafire.com/Minorhythm) is my favorite PV. It is so summer-like, bright and warm, just like Minorin's personality. In one word, kawaii. This is why we all love her, right? The style of the PV fits pretty well the season when in was released (Aug, 06). The song is very nice too, especially at 04:00. Surely I love the Close-Up PV versions, even though in this clip were used pretty simple CG backgrounds and effects (in comparison to Junpaku Sanctuary). But who cares about the backgrounds when you have chance to see your beloved idol smiling at you so close?
  You can download the preview version of this PV (the one Lantis embedded in its page) here.

  Voyager Train

  The duality itself

  
  The main theme of the new Minorin's album called "Parade". Combined a lot of features from the previous PVs. Here are them: Minorin staying on the field, wearing dress with her hands waving (just like in Shijin no Tabi, it's the main feature), very obvious duality like in Junpaku Sanctuary, the "dark side" reminds of Kimi Ga Kureta Ano Hi and Melty Tale (esp. at 00:39). In my opinion it is very interesting PV, maybe I like it the most (after Amasake, of course). It is mystic: some kind of blue crystal, mysterous transparent plate and colourful bands flying around Minorin. If only I could translate the song.. Moreover, I like the color combinations and gamma pretty much - so warm yellow sky, red dress and sparkling blue crystal. Very nice and colourful.
  You can download the preview version of this PV (the one Lantis embedded in its page) here.
  

  Paradise Lost
  The opening theme from ongoing anime "Ga-Rei Zero". Very nice music, can't wait official release to listen to off-vocal version. As for the PV itself - I really can't understand, why this PV is 6 times more popular than Voyager Train (according to the amount of views on YouTube; as for MP3s extracted by me from these PVs and uploaded to Mediafire, the difference is even more drastic - 50 downloads for Paradise Lost and 4 downloads for Voyager Train. Oh my.). Maybe because people say that it reminds of Nana-chan's clip called Massive Wonders. But rather than copying somebody's style, I prefer "traditional" colourful Minorin's PVs. Though I have to admit that Minorin is pretty hot in this clip.
  You can download the preview version of this PV (the one Lantis embedded in its page) here.
  [edit, after reading smbd's blog ./^]
  And.
  The only reasons people watch this PV more than Voyager Train are:
  1. It's just too similar to Massive Wonders, performed by so-loved-by-everybody-Mizuki
  2. There was an aura of secrecy made by Lantis over this single, so everybody's interest was pretty much stimulated. Especially now when we know that it is anime op.

  Something about similarity of PVs performed by Minorin and Nana:
  

  Currently Listening Ameagari No Hana Yo Sake see related

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