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== Song Connections / Remixes ==
== Song Connections / Remixes ==
* A long version of Beyond the Ocean appears on Seiya Murai's [[plug+program]] album.  
* A long version of Beyond the Ocean appears in Seiya Murai's [[plug+program]] album.  
** pop'n music uses a cut of this version of Beyond the Ocean.
** pop'n music uses a cut of this version of Beyond the Ocean.
*** ノスタルジア uses a slightly different version of the pop'n music cut of Beyond the Ocean, featuring additional piano arrangement by [[Akhuta]].
*** ノスタルジア uses a slightly different version of the pop'n music cut of Beyond the Ocean, featuring additional piano arrangement by [[Akhuta]].


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* Beyond the Ocean is Seiya Murai's first song under his WORLD SEQUENCE alias on any BEMANI game.
* Beyond the Ocean is Seiya Murai's first song under his WORLD SEQUENCE alias in any BEMANI game.
* Beyond the Ocean is the first KEYBOARDMANIA crossover in pop'n music since [[AC pnm 16|pop'n music 16 PARTY♪]].
* Beyond the Ocean is the first KEYBOARDMANIA crossover in pop'n music since [[Mighty Guy]] in [[AC pnm 16|pop'n music 16 PARTY♪]].
* According to Seiya Murai, the plug+program version of Beyond the Ocean is used instead of the original KEYBOARDMANIA version in pop'n music due to not being able to recreate the sound of the original song.
* According to Seiya Murai, pop'n music uses the plug+program version of Beyond the Ocean instead of the original KEYBOARDMANIA version, because he could not include the original song's sound source.
** He also notes the frustration on how Beyond the Ocean was removed from [[AC KBM 3rd|KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX]] due to "misfortune" at the time of the game's development.
* Beyond the Ocean is one of the TOWN1 unlocks in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET's TOWN MODE.
* Beyond the Ocean is one of the TOWN1 unlocks in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET's TOWN MODE.
** Once unlocked in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET, Beyond the Ocean can be purchased in the TOWN MODE CD shop for 900 TP.
** Once unlocked in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET, Beyond the Ocean can be purchased in the TOWN MODE CD shop for 900 TP.
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== Music Comment ==
== Music Comment ==
Untranslated.
A grand revival from KEYBOARDMANIA! An oriental summer breeze carries the melody of an endlessly expanding ocean.


== Song Production Information ==
== Song Production Information ==
Untranslated.
=== KEYBOARDMANIA ===
The song of people crossing the ocean is placed on Asian-styled rhythms from other countries.
 
==== Seiya Murai ====
This song incorporates a bit of stateless Asian-styled rhythms. Personally, I like making songs that subtly intertwines these kinds of multiple rhythms, and this time, I'd like to excuse myself and reveal my original musical style. It has nothing to do with recent music trends at all, but I'm sure there are people who'll love it. That's why this kind is also addicting to play in KEYBOARDMANIA, right? The artist "WORLD SEQUENCE" is just a fictional name created by me. In the future, I'm sure it'll appear when I create instrumental songs with stateless Asian-styled rhythms. It's also planned to [[Ryuubu~DRAGON DANCE|appear]] in [[AC pnm 5|pop'n 5]], so by all means, please check it out there!
 
=== pop'n music ===
==== Seiya Murai ====
As some of you might know, this song was released in KEYBOARD MANIA (KEYMANI) 2nd. MIX, and had the misfortune of being deleted when it was shortly updated to [[AC KBM 3rd|3rdMIX]], so it was a song that was less known and inactive for a long time.
 
I personally liked this song, so after remaking and reviving it in my CD album "plug+program", released in 2008, people were able to know about it little by little, and I was told to "please cross it over, following this theme", so I turned it into a game again.
 
However, as I've previously written, since KEYMANI's sound production method is fundamentally different to pop'n, it can't be crossed over as is, and there's no longer any way to recreate sound sources back then without changes... so the new version included in "plug+program" was reorganized and recreated as a game-sized version.
 
At that time, I vaguely created this song in the image of an adventurer embarking towards the ocean on a sailing boat, but it was pointed out that it fits~ the image of the oriental warrior "INARI", who appeared in "[[THE MAN FROM FAR EAST|The Man from Far East]]", the true ending theme of "Mitsumete Knight", which was crossed over to [[AC pnm 15|pop'n 15]], and I saw this song in a new light as an opening theme that's paired with the ending.
 
To those who'd like to listen to this song's long version, by all means, check out my CD album "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120128183138/http://www.konamistyle.jp/sp/seiya_1st/index.html plug+program]" and BUY NOW!


== Video Production Information ==
== Video Production Information ==
None.
=== MORO ===
It's a currently trendy (?) healing song. It was difficult to plan this movie, but I personally like this song. When I started creating it, I was addicted to Osa○○ Tezuka's "Phoe○○○", and when I wondered whether to make something like this, the sound was like a chirping bird, so I thought it was just right and created it.<br>
I had trouble when I started using 3D tools, but I wanted the pictures to move little by little, so I created and edited the movie with 3D tools to show off its atmosphere from various angles.<br>
I wanted to make it a story, so I added English letters with my middle school level English knowledge.<br>
To simply explain this, doesn't it feel like a bird loving old man who goes to see a birds-of-paradise that's never been seen before?


== Character Information ==
== Character Information ==
None.
None.
== Staff Comments ==
=== [[Masaru Nakamura|masaru]] ===
It's been a while since a crossover from KEYBOARDMANIA appeared here.<br>
There are many more masterpieces, so I wonder what song will come this time?<br>
Is [[morning music]] coming?
=== [[tokky]] ===
This song makes me want to go on a relaxing trip~.<br>
I'd like INARI to join me.
=== [[Chihiro Inoue|Chihi]] ===
This convincing illustration makes me wonder~ if his face is like that. It's sharp.<br>
INARI crosses the ocean towards a distant continent... and the journey continues... a slightly ethnic style is perfect!<br>
I hope he encounters something more delicious than fried tofu.
=== [[Shinjiro Otsu|Otsu]] ===
There should be some people who read [[Miserarete~Aegean umi no theme|AEGEAN]] as "Asian".
=== [[Tomoko Shiono|shio]] ===
I consciously looked up ↑. Was the woman from umi~?! During [[AC pnm 14|14]], even though I commented that "I misheard it as wind from asia~", I already forgot about it. Asian is アジアン. Asia is エイジア. English is difficult.
I drew INARI as a neat character. I was motivated to draw a fluttering coat with the image of a sea breeze when setting sail. By all means, please try to play "[https://web.archive.org/web/20171002194701/http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/music15/mc/01/01_02.html WARRIOR]" together and check out the story's ending.
=== [[Daichi Watanabe|PON]] ===
This song's drifting oriental atmosphere was crossed over from KEYBAORDMANIA, and this is a game-version cut of my senior Murai's album "plug+program".<br>
Although the pads and synths have a grand atmosphere, this is a newly arranged version with slap bass accents.<br>
Listeners never get tired of listening to the anxious re-harmonized chords, and the sense of relief when they're freed from it.
=== [[Jun Wakita|wac]] ===
There are many masterpieces in KEYBOARDMANIA, but even when I currently remember KEYBOARDMANIA, that melody from this song comes to my mind.<br>
I wonder if it played from the KEYBOARDMANIA cabinet at dawn while people were working throughout the night, back when daily routines were more carefree than now.<br>
This song was fully packaged with those memories from back then.<br>
I want to work on KEYMANI. Or rather, I want to simply make loud noises on the KEYMANI cabinet.
=== [[Yuki Shibata|Mameshiba]] ===
It's nostalgic to those who fondly remember it, but to those who don't know it, nice to meet you.<br>
It's a crossover from KEYBOARDMANIA.<br>
This song somehow feels like an RPG field map.<br>
The sorrowful scent of a lone wolf. Although it's a fox.
INARI will bring you this song when you turn a land plot or highway into earth terrain at a hardware store.<br>
Since it's KEYBOARDMANIA, please ask [[USAO-kun]] for a hint!


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