1 hour ago, amylance1215 said:

SEIMEI fireworks~ If someone can roughly translate what's being said it'd be greatly appreciated~

Also the music arrangement is pretty close to what Yuzu used, even the bam at the end, no? 

 

On July 24, many Hanabi factories in Japan set off fireworks somewhere near their home, without gathering many people to maintain social distancing, some even without notifying exactly when and where in advance. This year, they are doing this instead of taking part in big Hanabi festivals and competitions that attract many people to encourage everyone struggling in this situation under COVID-19, and also to show the fruits of their hard work since last summer. This Hanabi is a work of Kita Nihon Hanabi based in Daisen, Akita, where Hanabi factories from the whole country gather to compete for the technique and artistry once a year. In this contest, you will find at least one or two Hanabi inspired by figure skating every year. I believe some of them like figure skating a lot because, in this competition, they are judged by how they effectively set off their Hanabi in tune with the music. This is one of such Hanabi inspired by SEIMEI.

 

Before SEIMEI, the MC introduced the Hanabi roughly like this:

The sound of Japanese drum that hits the sky
The dragon flute that responds to each beat of the drum calms the raging spirits
The stomp on the earth opens a new era
Like a blast of wind run through gruesome darkness.
"SEIMEI, a blast of wind run through the darkness" (T/n: the title of the Hanabi)

 

After SEIMEI, the MC introduced the Hanabi factory and thanked the person who privately sponsored this Hanabi. The factory set off the thank-you Hanabi from the sponsor's friends, and then the MC closed the Hanabi display wishing they would be able to see each other again under the sky full of Hanabi.

 

ETA: Oh, @Yukok has already translated the introduction. Sorry for double post!

46 minutes ago, sweetwater said:

On July 24, many Hanabi factories in Japan set off fireworks somewhere near their home, without gathering many people to maintain social distancing, some even without notifying exactly when and where in advance. This year, they are doing this instead of taking part in big Hanabi festivals and competitions that attract many people to encourage everyone struggling in this situation under COVID-19, and also to show the fruits of their hard work since last summer. This Hanabi is a work of Kita Nihon Hanabi based in Daisen, Akita, where Hanabi factories from the whole country gather to compete for the technique and artistry once a year. In this contest, you will find at least one or two Hanabi inspired by figure skating every year. I believe some of them like figure skating a lot because, in this competition, they are judged by how they effectively set off their Hanabi in tune with the music. This is one of such Hanabi inspired by SEIMEI.

 

Before SEIMEI, the MC introduced the Hanabi roughly like this:

The sound of Japanese drum that hits the sky
The dragon flute that responds to each beat of the drum calms the raging spirits
The stomp on the earth opens a new era
Like a blast of wind run through gruesome darkness.
"SEIMEI, a blast of wind run through the darkness" (T/n: the title of the Hanabi)

 

After SEIMEI, the MC introduced the Hanabi factory and thanked the person who privately sponsored this Hanabi. The factory set off the thank-you Hanabi from the sponsor's friends, and then the MC closed the Hanabi display wishing they would be able to see each other again under the sky full of Hanabi.

 

ETA: Oh, @Yukok has already translated the introduction. Sorry for double post!

Thank you for the background info! It's nice that they are at least able to show off their hardwork and even spread it internationally, for which I am grateful! 

And it's always nice to have multiple translations since there may be different interpretations sometimes. Thank you again! 

@Hydroblade, is this new appearance of the forum entirely your work, or were you a team?

 

And I don't really understand what you are speaking of, with @IULIANA and @Lunna, sorry.

59 минут назад, SitTwizzle сказал:

@Hydroblade, is this new appearance of the forum entirely your work, or were you a team?

 

And I don't really understand what you are speaking of, with @IULIANA and @Lunna, sorry.

You can change forum them/colours at the bottom of the page. I prefer Winter Olympics 2018 theme colours. New one is great but I think too bright for me

7 minutes ago, Lunna said:

You can change forum them/colours at the bottom of the page. I prefer Winter Olympics 2018 theme colours. New one is great but I think too bright for me

I never knew this!! Thanks for telling me haha imma experiment with all the themes now!

15 minutes ago, FlyingCamel said:

I never knew this!! Thanks for telling me haha imma experiment with all the themes now!

Me too! They all look wonderful Thank you to the people who made them!

It's nice to be able to revisit the old themes anytime, and it's so fun to reload and see which banner I get.
Thank you again for the beautiful new theme! (and thank you so much for taking time to rearrange the default avatar!)  

I'm happy to say that thanks to fantastic Nymphea my article is now available in Japanese, too  
http://pianetahanyu.altervista.org/genetykaより「氷、寒さ、喘息」/

 

Also, thank you for the new theme. These feathers are beautiful 

Love the new features guys. I'm into Semei's theme 

Give me some time for the Taiwanese Aoi Honoo photos. I need to figure out how to post photos

6 hours ago, SitTwizzle said:

@Hydroblade, is this new appearance of the forum entirely your work, or were you a team?

 

And I don't really understand what you are speaking of, with @IULIANA and @Lunna, sorry.

It was a team effort with the rest of the admins

1 hour ago, Kestrelz said:

Give me some time for the Taiwanese Aoi Honoo photos. I need to figure out how to post photos

You can uplooad them on a third party site like Imgur, and then page the image links (for example, the links ending in .jpg) here and it'll automatically embed

1 hour ago, Kestrelz said:

Give me some time for the Taiwanese Aoi Honoo photos. I need to figure out how to post photos

If you're stuck try creating an album for them in the PH Gallery and uploading there, then post the link here

2 hours ago, Hydroblade said:

It was a team effort with the rest of the admins

It is maybe even more difficult (distance team work)?

Anyway the result is superb and inspiring.

Thank you @Hydroblade and the rest of the administrators for maintaining and constantly improving our little planet!

 

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