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Length: 2:06<br>
Length: 2:06<br>
Genre: ESOTERIC SLOWCORE<br>
Genre: ESOTERIC SLOWCORE<br>
VJ: [[Yoshiaki Heshiki|HES]]<br>
Movie: ? (overlays by [[Yoshiaki Heshiki|HES]])<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD]]<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD]]<br>
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
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== Song Connections / Remixes ==
== Song Connections / Remixes ==
* A long version of Ganymede appears on the [[CARDINAL GATE conclusion]] album, included with [[CS DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS]]'s special edition. This long version was arranged by [[Arata Iiyoshi]].
* Ganymede is part of wac's Zodiac song series, representing Aquarius.
* A remix of Ganymede by [[kamome sano]], titled [[Ganymede kamome mix]], appears in [[SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH]].
* A long version of Ganymede appears in the [[CARDINAL GATE conclusion]] album, included with [[CS DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS]]'s special edition. This long version was arranged by [[Arata Iiyoshi]].
* A remix of Ganymede by [[kamome sano]], titled [[Ganymede kamome mix]], appears in [[AC SDVX|SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH]].
* Another remix of Ganymede by [[Yoshihiro Tagawa|二代目朱雀]], titled [[Ganymede -re:born-]], appears in [[CS DDR GRAND PRIX|DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX]].


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
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[[Image:Genbu cardinal gate title card.png|thumb|玄武's CARDINAL GATE title card.]]
[[Image:Genbu cardinal gate title card.png|thumb|玄武's CARDINAL GATE title card.]]
* Ganymede is one of the four ''CARDINAL GATE'' EXTRA STAGE songs, featuring a green colored skin.
* Ganymede is one of the four ''CARDINAL GATE'' EXTRA STAGE songs, featuring a green colored skin.
* In Greek mythology Ganymede was the most beautiful man who ever lived. Zeus kidnaps him with very large birds and he lives out his life in Olympus.
* In Greek mythology Ganymede was the most beautiful man who ever lived. Zeus kidnaps him with very large birds and he lives out his life in Olympus.
** Ganymede is also the name of one of Jupiter's Galileo moons, and the song may refer to its lonely and desolate nature.
** Ganymede is also the name of one of Jupiter's Galileo moons, and the song may refer to its lonely and desolate nature.
** In William Shakespeare's play ''As You Like It'', the character Rosalind disguises herself as a deceitful boy named Ganymede. The song's odd speed (plus its changes) and its deceitful note chart may be an homage to the play.
* Ganymede is the slowest of the CARDINAL GATE songs, and has the lowest maximum BPM of any EXTRA STAGE song in beatmania IIDX.
* Ganymede is the slowest of the CARDINAL GATE songs, and has the lowest maximum BPM of any EXTRA STAGE song in beatmania IIDX.
* Genbu is a Chinese god that is a turtle.
* Genbu is a Chinese god that is a turtle.
* Ganymede's video features a green ''Armored Core''-style robot-like character as the embodiment of Genbu.
* Ganymede's video features a green ''Armored Core''-style robot-like character as the embodiment of Genbu.
* Ganymede was one of the qualifying round songs in the [[KONAMI Arcade Championship|The 6th KONAMI Arcade Championship]] for [[AC SINOBUZ|beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ]].
* Ganymede is unlockable in [[CS INFINITAS|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS]] from December 6th, 2017, after purchasing its charts with [[CS INFINITAS/BIT unlocks|BITs]].
* Ganymede received LEGGENDARIA charts in [[AC BISTROVER|beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER]]. These charts could be unlocked via ARENA MODE from April 1st, 2021 through April 14th, 2021 by collecting 100 ARENA CUBES.
** From February 14th, 2022, these charts could be purchased in [[AC CastHour|beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour]] with [[AC CastHour/Archive Links|Archive Links]] (アーカイブリンク).
** As of [[AC RESIDENT|beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT]], they are available by default.


== Song Production Information ==
== Song Production Information ==
=== Genbu ===
=== Genbu ===
Hello. I'm Kametarou Kameda, who is playing the role of Genbu this time around.<br/>
Hello. I'm Kametaro Kameda, who's portraying Genbu this time.<br>
You can't beat me. There's no openings for you at all. After the match I'll stand in the ring and sing "FANTASY" or something. (Today's meme)<br/>
You can't defeat me. There isn't an opportunity to defeat me. After the match, I'll enthusiastically sing "[[FANTASY]]" in the ring. (Today's joke)<br>
"You are a turtle. A slow, clumsy turtle" was the orders I was given, so I became a turtle in body and soul. Sorry, this body was no good.
When I received the "you're a turtle. A clumsy and slow turtle" request, I became a turtle in my body and heart. I'm sorry, this body's useless.


I worried about lots of things, like if this is fitting for one of the four heavenly kings, so I tried to express a turtle-like strength.
Since somehow becoming one of the Four Heavenly Kings is difficult, I tried to express a turtle's strengths.


After all, it's a turtle.<br/>
After all, I'm a turtle.<br>
It's slow. It's veeery slow.  So, you see, it's slow.
I'm slow. Very slow. That's why it's slow.


After all, it's a turtle.<br/>
After all, I'm a turtle.<br>
It's hard. It's got very high defense. It will reflect all the players' attacks.
I'm sturdy. I have high defensive strength. It brushes off players' attacks.


After all, it's a turtle.<br/>
After all, I'm a turtle.<br>
It lives in the water. It sways to and fro. The patterns represent the flow of water.
I'm in the water. Swaying. The notecharts express the flowing water.


After all, it's a turtle.<br/>
After all, I'm a turtle.<br>
The second half isn't quite a victory. The rabbit is catching up. This must be what you call "deretsun". (Today's meme)
The second half is a decisive battle. The rabbit overtakes it. That's called "slowly becoming hostile". (Today's joke)


In other words.<br/>
In other words.<br>
It doesn't matter whether it's a long song or not. Just make a turtle-like song.<br/>
It doesn't matter if it's a good song or not. Anyways, it's a turtle-like song.<br>
It doesn't matter if the note chart is fun or not. Just make it an obstacle between the player and the OMES.<br/>
It doesn't matter if the charts are enjoyable or not. Anyways, they're charts which can decently prevent [[Nageki no ki|ONE MORE]] from appearing.<br>
That was the theme, so I'm satisfied with my own sense of achievement.<br/>
Since that was my task, I'm satisfied with my own sense of achievement.<br>
I did it Kametarou did it he really did it I'm so sorry.
I did it, Kametaro did it, he ended up doing it, I'm sorry.


I thought about things like BPM or density or come on give me a break already but nowadays there's mods like SUDDEN+ and HS5 that go easy on all the "I love fast songs! I hate slow songs!" kids so I figured I'd make something to rage against that sort of world.<br/>
I could've been a bit more lenient with the BPM and density, but with the appearance of SUDDEN+ and HI-SPEED 5.0, I finally dared to rage against kids in this kind of world who "love fast songs and hate slow songs".<br>
If you have any confidence in your skills, please play this song with no mods.<br/>
To those skilled enough, by all means, please try to play it without using modifiers.<br>
It's nice to play HS0, no mods every once in a while.<br/>
No HI-SPEED and no modifiers are sometimes good.<br>
I don't know if it's a good idea to do that with this song though.
I don't know if it's a good idea to do that in this song.


The song title came from<br/>
The song title came from<br>
Turtle → green turtle → elephant turtle → sea turtle → soup → scary → ghost → something's mixed up in this → water turtle → water jug → Ganymede and the lonely magical banana.<br/>
Turtle → green turtle → giant turtle → sea turtle → soup → scary → ghost → something damp → water turtle → water jug → the result of Ganymede and a lonely, magical banana.<br>
It's the so-called solitary wit.<br/>
He's a so-called idiot.<br>
I hope to see you again next time.
I'm looking forward to your support in the future.


== Video Production Information ==
== Video Production Information ==
=== HES ===
=== HES ===
For this song, the composer of Ganymede gave me a few keywords to focus on when designing the movie images.<br>
The composer of Ganymede gave me keywords for his song concept, and I created this video by adding mechanical parts.
So I decided to design the turtle as a mechanical being.<br>


A Holy Beast once protected the land...<br>
A sacred beast who once protected the land...<br>
Archaeological digs suggested that the being was composed of technology that was not possible for that time.<br>
Its image is like ancient ruins created with technology which hasn't been discovered yet.<br>
The scene where the mecha was submerged in water was my visualization of the keywords, a scene representing the infinite universe.<br>
There's a scene where the keyword shows something sinking to the seafloor, and a scene representing the infinite universe.


== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
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