Airflow
airflow
Song Information
Artist: Mr.T
Composition/Arrangement: Tomoyuki Uchida
BPM: 40-148 (beatmania IIDX), 70-148 (pop'n music)
Length: 1:55
Genre: INSTRUMENTAL (インストゥルメンタル)
pop'n music Character: Poet [3-2P]
pop'n music Background: Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (pop'n music 10)
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 8th style
Other Music Game Appearances:
- pop'n music 10 (ee'MALL 2nd avenue)
- ポップンリズミン beatmaniaIIDXパック1
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- A remastered and extended version of airflow, titled airflow【2020 Re:build】, was uploaded by Tomoyuki Uchida to his YouTube channel.
- A vocal, guitar folk arrangement of airflow by Tomoyuki Uchida and sung by his brother Hiroyuki under their ウッチーズバンド alias, titled airflow -dreaming of the sky-, appears on the beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE exclusive album BEMANI曲をバンドで演奏してみた.
- A short version of airflow -dreaming of the sky-, titled airflow -dreaming of the sky- Game Edition, appears as a playable song in beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE.
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- The girl in airflow's name is Tomo (トモ), according to VJ GYO on this 8th style Q&A (archived).
- airflow was added to pop'n music 10 on February 4th, 2004 via ee'MALL 2nd avenue.
- Before pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE, airflow's songwheel genre was airflow.
- airflow's songwheel genre was typoed as インストゥルメント in pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE's mobile website.
- In pop'n music, airflow is notable for its irregular timing.
- airflow also appears as one of the background music selectable to play during Accel Rave Time (アクセルレイブタイム) in SEVEN'S BEAT (セブンスビート), a KONAMI medal redemption game.
Music Comment
Untranslated.
Song Production Information
Mr.T
When I was working from a high place, I wondered if I could fly while I was looking at the sky.
I tried to create this song with that image in mind. I really loved the feeling of the dramatic development.
I loved VJ GYO's movie even more, If I could fly like that... it's sca, scary, Mr.T is actually scared of heights.
Video Production Information
VJ GYO
This song has a very memorable development, and when I heard it once, it was unforgettable.
This story was created with the song's title as a key, while opening the door of many closed memories.
Doesn't the protagonist's image look like a life-sized character from an animation you liked as a child?
... There's a few more days of summer vacation, and I have many tasks remaining.
When I was watching TV in the morning yesterday, my mother was angry and irritated at me, so I went to my work desk.
I sharpened my pencils for now. I rolled a dice to decide where to start.
At that time, a warm but pleasant wind blew against my window.
When I looked outside the window, the strong wind wouldn't stop blowing.
The large trees were swaying a lot, and a butterfly was clinging onto a branch.
I decided to start this task when the wind stopped and the butterfly safely flew away from the branch...
I could sympathize with such a girl who flies anywhere in the sky.
With this story, (... which I dreamed), I tried to deliver an animation with a slightly nostalgic feeling.
This is the first time I challenged a technique called cell shading, which causes 3DCG animations to resemble cell animations.
Anyways, from the character modeling stage, there was a lot of work at the experimental level, and I spent most of the scheduled deadline date planning it...
That's why I'm happy about the response to this movie, because it was a movie I created with various regrets, despite being a so-called practice work.
Character Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in 8th and 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and Pop'n Music Fever.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | 193 | 295 | 402 | 721 | - | 293 | 402 | 721 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 8th style→11 IIDX RED | - | 3 | 5 | N/A | - | 3 | 5 | N/A | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→14 GOLD | - | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 5 | 7 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS→18 Resort Anthem | - | 3 | ↓4 | 7 | - | 3 | ↑6 | 7 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle→Present | - | 3 | ↑5 | 7 | - | 3 | 6 | 7 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 8th style CS | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | 5 | 5 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS | ※1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | 3 | 5 | 7 | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS | - | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 6 | 7 | - |
| beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE | - | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
※ Denotes chart has been revised from its earlier BEGINNER chart (total notes: 93).
pop'n music
| Game | Normal Mode | Battle Mode | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-Buttons | NORMAL | HYPER | EX | NORMAL | HYPER | |
| Notecounts | 246 | 284 | 402 | 721 | 246 | 308 |
| pop'n music 10→13 カーニバル (via ee'MALL) | 10 | 15 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 15 |
| pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE→20 fantasia | 10 | 15 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 15 |
| pop'n music Sunny Park→Present | - | 21 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 15 |
| pop'n music 12 いろは CS | 10 | 15 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 15 |
ポップンリズミン
| Game | Difficulties | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hyper | EX | |
| Notecounts | 139 | 195 | 262 |
| ポップンリズミン | 2 | 4 | 7 |