Castle on the Moon

Castle on the Moon

Song Information

Castle on the Moon's jacket.

Artist: 青龍
Composition/Arrangement: Seiryu
BPM: 191
Length: 1:38
Genre: DANCE SPEED
VJ: VJ GYO (Lincle, PENDUAL→Present), F-FLY (tricoro→SPADA)
Jacket design: HES
First Music Game Appearance: REFLEC BEAT limelight
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle
• REFLEC BEAT plus MUSIC PACK 24
• REFLEC BEAT + KONAMI MUSIC PACK 20

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of Castle on the Moon, titled Castle on the Moon (Extended Mix), appears on Ryu☆'s fourth album, Sakura Luminance.
  • This version samples a portion of Ultramarine (from his third album, Rainbow☆Rainbow) in the ending.
• Another long version of Castle on the Moon, titled Castle on the Moon (AO-∞ MIX), can be found on 青龍's second album, AO-∞.

Trivia

Catsle on the Moon's jacket.

• Castle on the Moon marks the first time when Ryu☆ uses his 青龍 alias in the REFLEC BEAT series.
  • It is also the first new 青龍 song in an AC game since 3y3s in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS.
• Castle on the Moon is the third FINAL ROUND song in REFLEC BEAT limelight. The prerequisites to make it available are:
  • Complete Glass Stage 8-1 and 8-2.
  • Unlock 万物快楽理論.
    • Once having played Castle on the Moon several times in its FINAL ROUND status, it will be unlocked indefinitely.
  • In REFLEC BEAT colette, it is unlocked by reaching the Goal of the Pastel Adventure (パステルアドベンチャー) limelight mountain.
    • From REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! to REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, Castle on the Moon was playable by default.
• Castle on the Moon is the third song of Lincle LINK 5 to be unlocked in beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle or beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro. It becomes available once Q-pro Level 50 on beatmania IIDX has been reached.
  • In beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA, it has been automatically unlocked as of May 14th, 2014 by using an eAMUSEMENT PASS.
• Castle on the Moon received a brand new BEGINNER chart in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
• Castle on the Moon is the only BEMANI song under Ryutaro Nakahara's 青龍 alias that does not appear in the album BLUE DRAGON.
• In REFLEC BEAT +, Castle on the Moon's artist was romanized as SEIRYU.
• An alternate, unused jacket for Castle on the Moon which misspells the title as Catsle on the Moon can be found on the REFLEC BEAT limelight data.
• After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, Castle on the Moon was revived on March 23rd, 2017.
• Castle on the Moon is available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS as part of the beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.1.

Song Production Information

None.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	121	328	837	1231	-	329	818	1305	-
beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle	-	4	9	11	-	4	9	11	-
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present	1	4	9	11	-	4	9	11	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	4	9	11	-	4	9	11	-

REFLEC BEAT

Old Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	147	370	519	-
REFLEC BEAT limelight→VOLZZA 2	3	8	10	-
REFLEC BEAT plus	3	8	10	-
REFLEC BEAT +	3	8	10	-

New Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	White Hard
Notecounts	304	412	626	-
REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア	6	10	12	-

Lincle LINK #5
beatmania IIDX songs	ビューティフル レシート - Flip Flap - Castle on the Moon - TITANS RETURN - quaver♪
REFLEC BEAT songs	The Sampling Paradise - waxing and wanding - EXUSIA - 灼熱Beach Side Bunny - 天空の夜明け
Both games	HAERETICUS