Shikata Akiko
The opening song of animu Umineko no Naku Koro Ni was sung by her. I believe some might wonder what kind of song is that. Sounds like some song being inserted with Latin words which makes it sound cool, literally. Shikata Akiko, her name itself makes me thinking something else. Well, “shikata ga nai” brings a meaning of “it can’t be helped” (the phrase has a quite heavy meaning if you look here). I am not sure about her age. Might have been enclosed from the public. Apart from being a singer, she’s also a composer and as well as writing the lyrics plus other arrangements. According to Wikipedia, her ethnic, classical tunes actually gains some popularity after she started her career. It was through a doujin circle, VAGRANCY, which she formed in 2001. During the old days, I did have some sort of listening and downloading to a few songs from Comiket (apart from obvious reason for downloading stuffs from CM) though later on, I preferred something mainstream.
I think her appearances are quite 'ethnicity' as well
If you know Ar Tonelico game series on PS2, she did the vocal of the opening songs for both the first and second game. Apparently, I haven’t played the games yet since I don’t have a PS2. I only got to know about the games since Sora likes it so much. Not only singing, she also composing several songs for the games as well. Since Umineko no Naku Koro Ni was being made as a visual novel previously which she had her songs being used there, Studio Deen uses her song for the animu too. She reminds me of Shimotsuki Haruka. Especially the classical tunes and some nice songs she made for Rozen Maiden series (Haruka was in kukui band). Haruka was quite similar with Akiko since both of them started as doujin level at Comiket. Interestingly, both of them were related in the making of songs for Ar Tonelico series. Quite a news for me since I just recently knew her.
Beatrice :3
I started to watch Umineko no Naku Koro Ni since I kind of like guro (guro is taken from English word, grotesque, and also has a meaning of gore). Later on, I like Beatrice because of her twisted character. Well, I gradually like the opening song after listening to it several times. Since the single was released a few days ago, I got to listen the full song.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_vGeHAM4gM
Sore ja.
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