Yuki Kajiura 'Homura' - Demon Slayer | The 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards

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[OsunaS]

Yuki Kajiura is one of the GOATs of music production

[lifesokaymhm]

One of my fav composer and songs I remember how heartbroken people in the theater we're when we listen to this song at the end of the movie.

[aizenking]

Yuki Kajiura is one of the GOATs of music production موسیقی کی تیاری کے GOATs میں سے ایک ہے۔

[travis]

Long time since I saw Kaori my favorite. Good to see her performing again with Yuki.

[priest]

I want a full version with proper harmony of the vocals of Fictionjunction 😁

[sitolopez]

Listening to this song made me cry she has such an amazing voice. ❤

[clown-chan]

*Sigh* I was so excited when I found out FJ was doing this song, such a shame that the audio setting was barely even passable. And to think they just announced a music streaming service, too...
Now I just wish they will do this song again, properly.

[Fnfare]

Increíble trabajo de Yuki Kajiura, gran compositora, fan desde sus ost en Madoka Magica.

[erufailon]

KAORI ❤

I'm used to LiSA's take on this song but they did well too, shame about the poor mixing and occasionally awkward camerawork tho

[ade]

Amazing song as always. Set your heart ablaze.

[chrisboyom]

This song reminds me so much emotions 😭

[roycejohnsolquillo]

Just reminding also that this is Yuki Kajiura's song ( the pianist). Fictionjunction will always be the best.
My favorite version but disappointed how the live viewing crew didn't mix audio well. Keiko and Yuriko's microphone weren't turned up properly. *Disappointed
However, the mixing in the venue was really great and Kajiura received so much recognition and applause from the audience. Everyone sounded great in the venue.

I wish they balanced the audio well. Keiko and Yuriko's mic had issues and also the sounds coming from the manipulator.

still, my favorite version so far. They will release the mixed version of this live soon on Crunchyroll. Still, a missed opportunity for the people around the world to see Kajiura's genius in this version. 😆 I am glad Yuki Kajiura is getting recognition she deserves though.

-sorry. Had to rant. I wish the live viewing crew did a better job.

Additional thoughts: I still appreciate Yuriko here. Her harmony still stood out subtly because of that great vocal distinction. Keiko's harmony is what supposed to be what makes this HOMURA version unique. I am happy that Joelle and Kaori fought a good fight here. You can really tell that they're in to the song ( you can also see it in their social media posts ). Kudos also to the FBM. They sounded amazing. I noticed that Hitoshi Konno isn't on stage. 😆

[CherryNah]

Fiction Junction with a song which means a lot for a many people.
Thanks Kajiura san 🥺 for composing it

[akane]

It good to see that Japan has this kind of event like Oscar or Grammy in Hollywood. I hope that the anime industry will continue to flourish and boom! ❤️

[lwyz_ff]

Simplesmente uma música que toca sua alma

[Bella-hmie]

I really hoped that crunchyroll team would release the proper version without the problem with Keiko's and Yuriko Kaida's mic (if exist). 😭

[grapiemon]

Besides the poor audio engineering going on in this performance (poor Keiko and Yuriko...), I really enjoyed Kaori as one of the main vocalists, she honestly slayed her parts!
And as usual I adore Joelle💕, hopefully we can hear them all perform this once again with the proper audio engineering going on...
Overall, I still enjoyed the harmonies going on and can only imagine how amazing they'd sound if the mics were all properly connected!!!
Either way, congrats to YK and her utahimes for appearing on the awards and thanks for another amazing performance!!!
Love joelle so much💖💕💖💕

[evanu]

They all look great! I remember hearing them perform sayonara solitaire from chrono crusade in 2014! Love seeing this!

[johannjeg]

Wow! I love each arrangement of this woman, each soundtrack is amazing, Magic, nostalgic, epic, mistery. I admire SO much her music! ✨

[mamabear_]

My daughter is going to be so excited to see this! Had no idea this was a thing ❤😊