{"id":19830,"date":"2011-06-08T02:17:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T06:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=19830"},"modified":"2012-07-20T16:13:39","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T20:13:39","slug":"hibari-sensei-seikima-ii-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/08\/hibari-sensei-seikima-ii-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Hibari-sensei: Seikima II Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong><\/em>Jen Wang (Miyagi, 2008-09)<\/strong> is a lab tech in Dallas and a staff writer for the Japanese music website <\/em>Purple SKY<\/a>.\u00a0 Her love of cosplay and her junior high school students inspired the name for her own Japanese pop culture blog, <\/em>Hibari-sensei\u2019s Classroom<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

A-kon<\/a> , Dallas, Texas’ longest-running anime convention, always bring interesting musical acts from Japan.\u00a0 This weekend, rock bands Blood Stain Child and D will be performing.\u00a0 At last year’s convention, I had the opportunity to attend a press conference with Seikima II<\/strong>.\u00a0 To celebrate their 25th anniversary, the heavy metal band reunited and embarked on the world tour, with Dallas as their first stop.\u00a0\u00a0 The day after their high energy concert, or “black mass” as it is called among Seikima II fans, they sat down with reporters to answer questions about their music, goals, and efforts to spread both Japanese and akuma<\/em> culture.<\/p>\n

Your site says that you have returned with a new mission.\u00a0 What is your new mission?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Demon Kakka:\u00a0 To propagate ourselves throughout the world.\u00a0 We decided to have a reunion to see how the seeds of world domination have grown.<\/p>\n

What made you decide to reunite and spread music to the <\/strong>U.S.<\/strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Demon:\u00a0 There have been many offers, including collaboration with anime.\u00a0 We decided to use the popularity of anime to check out the scene in America.<\/p>\n

Even though you claim to be devils, you seem like saints to me.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Demon: [in English]<\/em> Devils, angels, saints, and Buddhas\u2026I wonder what the difference really is between them.\u00a0 It all depends on what you think which is which.<\/p>\n

Why did you choose to propagate Japanese culture?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Demon:\u00a0 The Japanese have a fascinating culture, but the people are not able to go out to spread it.\u00a0 If more Japanese could go out to spread their culture, there would be better communication.<\/p>\n

Your songs have very vivid images and ideas.\u00a0 When you are writing lyrics, do you begin with an image, feeling, or story in mind?
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Luke Takamura:\u00a0 A keyword is important.\u00a0 From there, the story comes.\u00a0 Sometimes, the melody comes first.<\/p>\n

Jail O\u2019Hashi: [in English]<\/em> Recently I have been writing with Demon as a team.\u00a0 We think about what are things that can be expressed as Seikima II\u2026 pinpoint social and economic problems.\u00a0 Those things are important to be expressed in rock music.<\/p>\n

Demon: Sometimes the melody is made and the lyrics come.\u00a0 Other times, I start with a story or notes.\u00a0 The ideas can from anywhere even people on the bus or train.\u00a0 When I\u2019m riding the train, I\u2019m in my human disguise so I can write lyrics without anyone knowing.<\/p>\n

To read the rest of the interview, click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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