VJ ARMY

VJ ARMY

Song Information

VJ Army's banner.

Artist: good-cool
Composition/Arrangement: Tatsuya Furukawa
BPM: 135-160
Length: 1:54
Genre: ALL-MIX
Movie: shiro / HES / GOLI / VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 6th style
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• Extended versions of all four parts of VJ ARMY can be found on the EP of the same name, titled Brainwaves, G System Control, Human Enemy Attack and Girl In The Rain respectively.

Trivia

• VJ ARMY lost its unique title card - which featured ARMY in bigger, bolder letters - in beatmania IIDX 9th style.
• The girl in VJ GYO's segment of VJ ARMY is a younger Mika Tsukuba, a recurring beatmania IIDX character of his.
• During the GOLI / drum'n'bass portion of VJ ARMY, the kanji 良 and 冷 flash by, each meaning "good" and "cool" respectively.
• In the DanceDanceRevolution series, VJ ARMY's title is capitalized as VJ Army.
• VJ ARMY received a proper Single BEGINNER chart and a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE, which is based on INFINITE PRAYER's unique video from DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2.
• VJ ARMY is an unlockable revival song in beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage's ARENA MODE. It can be unlocked from August 22nd, 2019 by collecting fifty ARENA CUBES.
  • It received new Single and Double charts upon its revival.
  • From February 6th, 2020, its charts can be purchased in beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE via トーンディスチャージャー.
  • As of beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER, it is available by default.
• VJ ARMY is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) from December 2nd, 2020 after purchasing its charts with BITs.
  • Despite receiving new charts in Rootage, it still uses its older charts in INFINITAS, but with the ratings of its new charts. This was corrected on April 20th, 2022.

Song Production Information

good-cool

When I decided to make a song for 6th style, there was something I just had to try - a collaboration with all the VJs. When I made the suggestion at a staff meeting, everyone was enthusiastic about it, and so we were able to realize this idea.

"It doesn't matter how, create your material any way you like!"

And with that, I began to write a song ... The images the VJs came up with had no preconceptions to them, it was very stimulating. I composed a song that divided itself into several genres, in order to allow a sort of recital contest among shiro, HES, GOLI, and VJ GYO.

shiro was Techno, HES was Trance, GOLI had Drum'n'bass, and VJ GYO got 2Step. Again, I wanted to do something without seeing the movie, so I scattered sound effects everywhere that suited the theme of different parts coming together. Get it? The title of this song is a tribute to our beloved four-person "VJ army". This song becomes quite heated during the course of game play, as well, so I hope you all enjoy it.

Video Production Information

shiro

The others seem to have drawn up their materials while listening to some sort of background music, but mine were all drawn during periods of long silence. good-cool, your music fit my vision perfectly. Thank you.

HES

Since we were allowed to do whatever we want, I was able to finish without ever really worrying about what I was doing, but when it came time to put the four pieces together, everyone seemed to worry ... "Is this okay?" *g*

However, there was no need to worry. The completed version flows together as one piece. Just what I'd expect from good-cool! You're the man!

To good-cool and the rest of the VJs, great work!

*shwiiiish, clang!*

GOLI

I was really worried about this for a while. Who makes a movie without hearing the song? But when the song was finished and we could listen to it, everyone kept saying "Man, that's really cool!" How can he make a single work that way, out of all these different pieces? But when you see the result, that worry crumbles away, and a new, wondrous feeling is born from your gasps of awe. When I had sound put to my own scene, it felt ... like something altogether new. Like levelling up. I couldn't help but think, "The power of sound is really something," with all of my being. good-cool, thank you very much.

VJ GYO

This time, I was in charge of the denoument. (If your gauge dropped 'cause you were watching the girl in the movie ... sorry.)

VJ GYO: "Shouldn't we start working on the video now if we want it to flow together right?"
good-cool: "Nah, it'd be neat if the four of you just worked it out on your own."

good-cool was always confident as he played mediator to my worries. And so, we were selected (or was it volunteered?) to fight the battle for the Beatmania IIDX specialty "What the hell's this?" style of movie making.

A lot of the staff were thinking the same thing. Even dj TAKA, who is familiar with good-cool's ability, would say things like, "I think this could make three really good songs, but ... " With that comment, our work was cut out for us. According to the rumors on the grapevine, it seems even good-cool was bewildered by this unorthodox approach at first. Still, in the end, I have to say it turned out really well. I think I could have made a movie better suited to lots of sound effects if I'd tried, though. *g*

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in 6th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2 rated from 1 to 10.

beatmania IIDX

Old Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	347	663	893	972	-	658	839	1138	-
beatmania IIDX 6th style→11 IIDX RED	-	6	7	N/A	-	4	7	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→13 DistorteD	-	6	7	8	-	↑5	7	9	-
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD→20 tricoro	-	6	7	8	-	5	7	↑10	-
beatmania IIDX 6th style CS	2	6	7	7	-	4	7	7	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS	3	6	7	8	-	5	7	10	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) (12/2/2020-4/19/2022)	-	6	9	10	-	6	8	10	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) (4/20/22-preset)	-	6	7	8	-	5	7	10	-

New Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	660	901	1149	-	654	872	1182	-
beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage→Present	-	6	9	10	-	6	8	10	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	96 / 0	107 / 16	363 / 10	381 / 21	- / - / -	107 / 16	265 / 0	478 / 11	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2	⁂N/A	2	7	9	-	2	6	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE	1	2	7	9	-	2	6	9	-

⁂ Denotes that no proper chart data actually exists.