Castle on the Moon
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Castle on the Moon
Song Information
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, but there are several soundbites in the song.
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
- 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.
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 from 悠久のリフレシア onwards. (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 | {{{8}}} | {{{9}}} |
| beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle | - | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 11 | {{{9}}} | {{{10}}} |
| beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 11 | {{{9}}} | {{{10}}} |
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→Present | 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 |