Comments on: Otsuka Ai Interview – Rocket Sneaker / OnexTime

By: boylikesmusic » [blm Revisits...] Otsuka Ai

boylikesmusic » [blm Revisits...] Otsuka Ai — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:21:06 +0000

[...] Her latest single, Rocket Sneaker, has to be one of the most artistic PVs she’s done and it always trips me out. The song itself is even more interesting after reading the translations and this interview [...]

By: mafee

mafee — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:25:13 +0000

Thanks for the translation.
It’s always interesting to find out more about the thoughts behind Ai’s work.
I still put ‘Rocket Sneaker’ at the first place. ^^
The piano arrangement and the HAAAAAA part are so cool.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:17:50 +0000

Sora to Kujira is an excellent song xD
I love it and I can’t wait to see the PV for it if they make one :D

By: hiro

hiro — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:02:02 +0000

Thank you so much for translating this interview! Her responses are so cute! This is actually one of my favorite singles. My favorite is the “The Sky and the Whale”, but I like “Rocket Sneaker” a lot too: it has a “hit the ground running” feel. :)

By: oroitsme

oroitsme — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:12:49 +0000

Thanks for the translation! It’s great to hear the creative process she uses for her songs. It’s interesting to hear that all three songs are pretty much new material and reflect the type of thoughts and music that she embodies at the moment. I hope that one day her pictoral ideal of Sora to Kujira can be made into a video. (:

By: remblue

remblue — Mon, 26 May 2008 03:58:32 +0000

Thanks sljinu for a great translation <3 I love reading about how Ai comes up with these songs and about how much work went into everything. Ai continues to surprise me. As I didn’t expect these songs to be new but rather than songs shes composed earlier in her career. But it’s nice to know she wanted to make these ones new. I would of loved a PV for Sora to Kujira & I picture it too to be animated one like Yumekui <3 I’ll continue to dream that one day she will have a B-side album with PVs and that Sora to Kujira will be on there :)

By: eyn

eyn — Mon, 26 May 2008 02:37:14 +0000

Thanks sljinu, once again interview like this give us valuable insight about the whole composing process. I find her answer for the piano question pretty funny, she didn’t even bother packaging herself as an all rounded artist and blatantly admit she’s not as good in piano as she would like to be.

Also I wasn’t expecting the songs on this single to be brand new materials, I always find the newer her composition the better they are, like she composed “Amai Kimochi Maru Kajiri” just to couple with “Frienger” single and it turns out to be a rather nice B-side. In this case, “Sora to Kujira” shines the most in this single IMO.

I also love the way how she describe the setting for “Sora to Kujira”, they certainly could have made an animated PV like “Yumekui” for this wonderful B-side based on what Ai-chin pictured in her mind.

By: DJAeon

DJAeon — Sun, 25 May 2008 23:46:27 +0000

Love to read Ai’s interviews! It’s great to know some of the thoughs and proceses that go into Ai fun and meaninful releases

By: zey

zey — Sun, 25 May 2008 22:15:47 +0000

thank so much for the translation sljinu^^ ai-chin’s super cute when she said she’s not very good at playing piano, haha, awful honest but yet humble^^

By: Rinoa

Rinoa — Sun, 25 May 2008 21:50:02 +0000

I’m glad to see yet another interview translated. It’s always nice to know Ai’s thoughts and the creative process she went through to release this particular single. I really like how “Rocket Sneaker” was produced with the thought reflecting the way of life she desired to follow.