Recently, I have interviewed Keiichi, and Lord Jinnai
[lord katsuhiko jinnai] of keiichi.net radio. Keiichi
is an ultimate otaku, who plays live one in a while,
wether it be online, at at conventions. While lord
katsuhiko jinnai is the youngest D.J ever to go to
fanime. He mixes songs, and is apart of Team
AnimExcalibur. He made a record breaking - 60 min
remix! These guys are fun to talk to, you can talk to
them on the Internet, in chat rooms, and now even a
message board.
I refer to myself as Q: and ani. O: is a question Ani:
is a comment. . Funny things in [ ]
\Interview with Keiichi:
Ani: I ask questions, u answer
Ani: k?
Keiichi 000: Sounds good ^_^
Ani: k
Q: What first got you interested in anime?"
Keiichi 000: Well, not counting when I was watching
Voltron and the such when I was a kid, I happened to
come across a copy of Ah Megami-sama VHS on sale at a
local comic shop, and I remembered watching a lot of
stuff like that when I was a kid. So I picked it up
(It was like.. $5/tape) and instantly I was hooked
back into Anime ^_^
Q: over the years, what do you think your greatest
experience in your ultimate otaku life was?
Keiichi 000: Definitely opening up the radio station.
At the time I had over 100 Anime CDs in my stock, and
so it was the next progression of my love of both
Internet technology and Anime ^_^
Q: how do you think the station will progress in the
coming years?
Keiichi 000: Well, we've still got nowhere to go but
up. I think we'll definitely keep getting bigger and
bigger ^_^ And with enough support we might actually
get the station to the quality to out perform even
terrestrial radio ^_^
Q: "Do u think you will go on the real radio waves?"
Keiichi 000: Probably not. Unfortunately Terrestrial
Radio is VERY Expensive to get into... besides. Why
would I want to restrict my audience to just one city,
when I can reach the whole world with our current
broadcast style ^_^
Q: But have u ever thought about digital cable's music
choice? They don’t have j-pop yet, and many people can
be introduced to it that way
Keiichi 000: Unfortunately Music Choice is run by a
corporation that's not out there to expose people to
music... it's there to sell CDs. And J-Pop / Anime
music still isn't big enough to show up on their
corporate radar's yet. We'd have a better chance of
showing up on something like Satellite Radio.. but I
don't see that happening any time soon... but you
never know.. ^_^
Q: What do you think about online anime community's
and the increase of them since the last century?
Keiichi 000: I think it rocks! It's great seeing
Anime finally emerging from a small-localized thing,
to a nationwide phenomenon! Hey, there's room in this
community for everyone, so the more the merrier ^_^
Q: do you think conventions, Toonami and A.S [Adult
Swim] has helped it?
Keiichi 000: Most definitely! Getting exposure to the
masses is ALWAYS a good thing, especially when it's
some of the better anime, like Cowboy Bebop and Outlaw
Star, stuff that will draw people into the genre!
And conventions just add to the enthusiasm and the
Community that is Anime ^_^ I personally enjoy
conventions a lot ^_^
Q: an important question, what’s your favorite anime?
Song? remix? And D.J?
Keiichi 000: Favorite Anime Series : Definitely Ah
Megami-sama! It's where I got my namesake from.. ^_^
Plus a lot of other reasons... since Ah Megami-sama
has sort of always followed my life to some degree..
sort of odd ^_^
Keiichi 000: Favorite Anime Song: That's a REALLY
tough one... But probably Datenshi Blue from Kaikan
Phrase by the band /\ucifer. I've performed that one
during CosPlay before and I LOVED doing it.
Keiichi 000: Favorite Anime Remix: Jinnai's Noir
Remix... hehehe... I think a lot of people thing that
though ^_^
Keiichi 000: Favorite Anime DJ: Well, the FIRST Anime
DJ I met was DJ Socket at Ushicon, and he was REALLY
good... and then I happened across DJ Jinnai and well,
they're probably my top two.... ^_^
Q: what is usually your day?
Keiichi 000: * laughs * Oh Geez, my Day... well, drag
myself out of bed at 6AM, normally leave for either
work or school by 7AM... mixture of school and work
till about 6PM. Once I'm home, I normally work on the
radio station for a couple of hours.. and then after
that I relax till about Midnight / 1 AM ^_^
Keiichi 000: But, in about 4 weeks. That could all
change.. ^_^
Q: how?
Keiichi 000: Well, I'm going to be transferring to a
Major University.. And if that happens I'll be
settling down with a new job and the such... ^_^ But
don't worry.. The station will stay on the air the
entire time.. And in fact.. Could get BETTER because
of it ^_^ But how is a secret ^_^
Ani: oh, well i think we'll just have to wait,
Q: hmm... what’s your favorite j-pop artist?
Keiichi 000: Favorite J-Pop artist.. Well sing
performer is definitely Ayumi Hamazaki ^_^ As for
Group.. It’s not really J-Pop.. But X Japan will
ALWAYS be one of my favorites ^_^
Q: what made you decide to make the station and did u
decide to get oricon here?
Keiichi 000: Well, I've always been into Radio to some
degree ^_^ So this was just a great way to combine
all my favorite things ^_^ As for adding the Oricon
stuff... I had known Usako of Oricon Radio just before
the big Live365 Shutdown. Instead of just letting her
shut down her station, I desided to ask her to join
the Keiichi.net Radio team, since I felt she would add
an aspect to the J-Music scene that we didn't have at
the time ^_^
Q: one last question "what is yatta?"
Keiichi 000: Yatta? It's an expression of happiness..
a general "I did it!" Expression.. At least if my
Otakuese [language of the Otaku] is correct ^_^
Ani: well thanks for the interview
Ani: we give keiichi radio ex2 at live 365 good luck
Ani: If you are a true otaku u'll check it out., lol
Keiichi 000: Thanks again! ^_^ Yatta!! ^_^
Ani: yatta !
Interview With lord katsuhiko jinnai
Ani : I ask question you answer, or else ^_^
Q: how did u get into anime?
VivaJinnai: no comment on this question...next
question^_^ [procrastinator ^_^]
Q:: how did u get into anime
VivaJinnai: started in 1992, i was 10 years old,
looking in a videogame mag. I saw an article about a
new game for the turografix 16. It was Ys book 1+2.
There I saw an art form I've never seen before. It
sucked me in like a vacuum! I was hooked!
Q: what? in english
VivaJinnai: yup
Ani: k
VivaJinnai: the mag was: videogames and computer
entertainment
Ani: when did u start remixing, and why?
VivaJinnai: The start of messing with audio was in
1993, on a tape player, making loops and instrumentals
of hip hop songs. Then I started doing it on the
computer in 1994. It took me awhile to learn the
basics. I basically taught myself how to remix and
compose. I started remixing in 1999. I followed the
style of DJ Socket for awhile, to learn the basics of
remixing. Then in 2000, I found the program that
changed my life forever. I started making remixes left
and right ever since.
Q: what would you say is your favorite remix
VivaJinnai: hmmmm.....that’s a toughie. I guess the
Sakura Wars remix. So far the most popular remix that
caught a lot of people's attention would be the
Noir-Canta Per me remix.
VivaJinnai: it was well done...and i made that remix
in one hour
VivaJinnai: oh yeah...this is another favorite of
mine.
VivaJinnai: the baka song
Q: What's your favorite anime?
VivaJinnai: el-hazard, there is nobody like jinnai in
ANY anime.
Q: what were the biggest things to happen to you
during your career?
VivaJinnai: ummm, teaming up with keiichi and Djing at
fanime LIVE.
Q: do u like cheese?
VivaJinnai: yes. cheese of any kind. even cheesy music
Ani: lol
Q: do you think eva is confusing?
VivaJinnai: yes, but keep watching it over and over,
and you'll understand more. Just like the movie "the
sixth sense". you got to watch it one more time ^_^.
Q: have you ever set an appliance on fire by
clumsiness?
Ani: lol
VivaJinnai: yes.... my mini oven caught on fire.
stupid fish stick ROFL......
Ani: lol
Q: what do you think about the increase of otaku from
the last century?
VivaJinnai: its great that more people are becoming
anime fans. That’s how this industry developed such a
strong foundation. Fans brought anime to the American
mainstream market. Yes, united we are STRONG!
Q: are there any negative parts to being an taku [mess
up #1]?
Ani: oyaku* [mess-up #] 2
Ani: otaku* [ there ya go!]
VivaJinnai: otaku need to shower, and learn how to
balance both an anime and social life. [all apart of a
balanced breakfast ^_^]
VivaJinnai: <---was like that before
Q: what is "yatta?"
Ani: lol
Ani: i asked k1 too
VivaJinnai: "ALRIGHT!!!!!!!"
VivaJinnai: wooohoooo!!!
VivaJinnai: basically
Ani: lol
VivaJinnai: almost naked men saying woohoo!
Ani: lol
Ani: with leaves
VivaJinnai: hmmm what a society Japan is
Ani: and giant billboards
VivaJinnai: oh well...it’s still funny to me
VivaJinnai: Asian humor...got to love it!
Ani: lol
VivaJinnai: mooo!
Ani: well I think its time to call it a rap
VivaJinnai: hehe
VivaJinnai: I thought there were more questions
VivaJinnai: ^_^
Ani: check out lord katsuhiko jinnai at Keiichi,
Extreme anime radio ex2 on live, live, live, live365.
Helpful Links:
Keiichi Radio: http://radio.keiichi.net/index2.php
Live 365:
http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?genre=search&searchdesc=keiichi
Team AnimExcalibur Webpage: http://jinnai1.tripod.com/
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