It was the Shop Preliminary for the Tenkaichi Otogesai tourney just yesterday, and today we are already going onto info about the Block Finals!
The jackets about are for the newly-composed songs exclusively for the tournament: Ignis Danse by Yuuji Masubuchi, FUJIN Rumble by COSIO, VERTeX by Hiro and Scars of FAUNA by Naoyuki 'Nekomata Master (猫叉Master)' Sato. The songs are to be added November 26, or just this Wednesday, to registered AOU stores. Hey now isn't the person on Ignis Danse jacket familiar?
Thematically, this phase of the collaboration/tournament has the four games assigned with one of the classical elements:
- Taiko is Fire which is featured majorly in some Japanese festivals (matsuri)
- Groove Coaster is Wind because you fly a jet coaster
- maimai is Water as the "washing machine" deserves (lol)
- jubeat is Earth... just because
While the Taiko Team are busy attending the Autumn Reitaisai, there is no news from them just yet. For now check the AOU Games Day/Tenkaichi Otogesai site for the artist bio and comments.
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Ignis Danse / FUJIN Rumble / VERTeX / Scars of FAUNA