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30 Sep 2006, 02:24
ATTENTION!
List has been split an moved. Go here:
Part 1 (A-F)
Part 2 (G-M)
Part 2 (N-S)
Part 4 (T-Z)
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Update: This journal entry serves as a link collection of japanese artists that share a name with a western artist. (Why japanese? Because we're using the japanese romaji char-set in unicode to distinguish the japanese bands from the western ones, until last.fm has come up with a way to seperate artists.)
What are the advantages of this?
- gives even small and unknown japanese bands their own pics and charts. Just because they don't have many listeners shouldn't mean that they can't have a profile of their own
- solves capitalization (ex. ＨｅａＲｔ instead of Heart.)
- avoids shoutbox drama
- it's not fair for the listeners of those western bands if a small but vocal group of vk fans try to take over the profile, just because of some new indies band, that will disband in a few months anyway and has been rather unimaginative with their name
How to: to create a new unicode-profile you need to scrobble at least one track. If you don't know how to type unicode romaji you can copy and paste from here:
ＡＢＣＤＥＦＧＨＩＪＫＬＭＮＯＰＱＲＳＴＵＶＷＸＹＺ
ａｂｃｄｅｆｇｈｉｊｋｌｍｎｏｐｑｒｓｔｕｖｗｘｙｚ
Note that the unicode characters are case-sensitive! So make sure you use the correct capitalization.
If you don't how to make you're player display unicode, take a look at my other journal entry "scrobbling japanese".
If you know of any japanese band that needs a unicode profile, leave a comment. I will add it here to connect the 2 profiles. Also take a look at ando_hades' journal about the same topic.
----------------THE LIST--------------------
I will put all artist names and their alternative unicode spelling in here in order to get the artist conncetion show up on the band pages. Kind of a Link-hub to connect the 2 band pages. If you want any artists added here, just leave a comment.
--- # ---
13 --> １３
999 --> ９９９
--- A ---
A --> Ａ
ACID --> ＡＣｉＤ
Admiral --> Ａｄｍｉｒａｌ
Arcadia--> ＡＲｃａＤｉａ
Arcadia--> ＡｒｃＡｄｉＡ
Aika --> ａｉｋａ
AILE --> ＡＩＬＥ
AKI --> ａｋｉ
Alice --> Ａｌｉｃｅ
Alicia-> Ａｌｉｃｉａ
Alucard --> ＡＬＵＣＡＲＤ
Ambivalent --> Ａｍｂｉｖａｌｅｎｔ
Amphibian --> Ａｍｐｈｉｂｉａｎ
angela --> ＡＮＧＥＬＡ
Angelo --> Ａｎｇｅｌｏ
Anubis -->ＡＮＵＢＩＳ
ARTS --> ＡＲＴＳ
Ash --> Ａｓｈ
Asylum --> ＡＳＹＬＵＭ
Attic --> ａｔｔｉｃ
Audrey --> Ａｕｄｒｅｙ
Awake --> ＡＷＡＫＥ
Azure --> ａｚｕｒｅ
--- B ---
BaBe --> ＢａＢｅ
Beat --> ＢＥＡＴ
Beata --> Ｂｅａｔａ
Beau -->ｂｅａＵ (for capitalization)
Berlin --> ＢＥＲＬＩＮ
Birth --> ＢＩＲＴＨ
Bis--> ｂｉｓ
Bishop --> ｂｉｓｈｏｐ
Blast --> Ｂｌａｓｔ
Blood --> ＢＬＯＯＤ
Branch --> ＢＲＡＮＣＨ
--- C ---
Cafe Noir --> Ｃａｆｅ ｎｏｉｒ
Camus --> Ｃａｍｕｓ
Canaan --> Ｃａｎａａｎ
Canary --> ＣＡＮＡＲＹ
Candy --> ＣＡＮＤＹ
Cannabis --> ｃａｎｎａｂｉｓ
Celestia --> ＣＥＬＥＳＴＩＡ
Chaplin --> ＣＨＡＰＬＩＮ
Chariots --> ｃｈａｒｉｏｔｓ
Charlotte --> Ｃｈａｒｌｏｔｔｅ (different from しゃるろっと!!)
Chelsea -->ＣＨＥＬＳＥＡ
Chucky -- > ＣＨＵＣＫＹ
Cinnamon --> ｃｉｎｎａｍｏｎ
Claris --> ＣＬＡＲＩＳ (Capitalization only)
Clover --> Ｃｌｏｖｅｒ
Code --> ＣＯＤＥ
Color --> ＣＯＬＯＲ
Crescent --> ＣＲＥＳＣＥＮＴ
Cross --> ＣＲＯＳＳ
Crusade --> ＣｒｕＳａｄｅ
Cure --->ｃｕｒｅ
Cynthia --> Ｃｙｎｔｈｉａ
--- D ---
DALI --> ＤＡＬＩ (the Sailor Moon Singer), Ｄａｌｉ (the Undercode band that appearently uses romaji now)
Datura -> Ｄａｔｕｒａ
Decameron --> ＤＥＣＡＭＥＲＯＮ
Desperado --> ＤＥＳＰＥＲＡＤＯ
Diablo --> Ｄｉａｂｌｏ
Dip --> ｄｉｐ
Dio --> Ｄｉｏ
Dis --> ＤＩＳ
Discolor --> ＤｉｓＣＯＬＯＲ
Delinquent --> ＤＥＬＩＮＱＵＥＮＴ
Desecrate --> ＤＥＳＥＣＲＡＴＥ
DEZART --> ＤＥＺＡＲＴ
Doll --> ＤｏＬＬ
Dolly --> Ｄｏｌｌｙ
Domain--> Ｄｏｍａｉｎ
Duke --> Ｄｕｋｅ
Duke --> ＤＵＫＥ
Dusthead --> ＤＵＳＴＨＥＡＤ
DUTY --> Ｄｕｔｙ
Dystopia --> ｄｙｓｔｏｐｉａ
--- E ---
Eliza --> ＥＬＩＺＡ
Ezra --> ＥＺＲＡ
EX NIHILO --> ＥＸ ＮＩＨＩＬＯ
--- F ---
Fantom --> ＦＡＮＴＯＭ
Fate --> Ｆａｔｅ
Feria --> ＦＥＲＩＡ
Fiction --> ｆｉｃｔｉｏｎ
Flare --> ＦＬＡＲＥ
freesia --> Ｆｒｅｅｓｉａ
Fugue --> ｆｕｇｕｅ
--- G ---
Gaia --> ｇａｉａ
Gallows --> ＧａｌｌｏｗＳ
GARDEN --> ＧＡＲＤＥＮ
GARDEN --> ｇａｒｄｅｎ
Garret --> Ｇａｒｒｅｔ
Garm --> Ｇａｒｍ
gazelle --> Ｇａｚｅｌｌｅ (from BRAINTRASH V.A.)
Gemini --> Ｇｅｍｉｎｉ
Genesis --> ｇｅｎｅｓｉｓ
Genocide --> Ｇｅｎｏｃｉｄｅ
Ghost --> ＧＨＯＳＴ
Girl -> ｇｉｒｌ
The Gossip --> ｇｏｓｓｉｐ
Grass --> ＧＲＡＳＳ
Gray --> ＧＲＡＹ
Greed --> ＧｒｅｅＤ
Grimm -> Ｇｒｉｍｍ
Grind --> ＧＲＩＮＤ
Grist --> ＧＲｉＳＴ
--- H ---
Haku -> ＨＡＫＵ
Hannah --> ｈａｎｎａｈ
Harvest --> ＨＡＲＶＥＳＴ
Hated --> ＨＡＴＥＤ
Heart --> ＨｅａＲｔ
Helen --> ＨＥＬＥＮ
Hide and Seek --> ｈｉｄｅ ａｎｄ ｓｅｅｋ
hiro --> ＨＩＲＯ
--- I ---
Idiot --> ｉｄｉｏｔ
It --> Ｉｔ
--- J ---
The Jam --> ＪＡＭ
Javelin --> Ｊａｖｅｌｉｎ
Jessica --> Ｊｅｓｓｉｃａ
Jewelry --> ｊｅｗｅｌｒｙ
Joker --> Ｊｏｋｅｒ and ＪＯＫＥＲ
Juliette --> ＪＵＬＩＥＴＴＥ
julius --> ｊｕｌｉｕｓ
jun --> ＪＵＮ
Jurassic 5 --> ＪＵＲＡＳＳＩＣ
--- K ---
Kahn --> ＫＡＨＮ
Kaito --> Ｋａｉｔｏ
Katharsis --> ｋａｔｈａｒｓｉｓ
Kaya --> Ｋａｙａ
King --> ＫＩＮＧ
Kyoka --> Ｋｙｏｋａ
--- L ---
L --> Ｌ
Lady --> ＬＡＤＹ
Laid --> ＬＡＩＤ
Lam --> ＬＡＭ
Lavender --> Ｌａｖｅｎｄｅｒ
Link --> Ｌｉｎｋ
Living Dead --> ＬｉＶｉＮＧ ＤＥＡＤ
Liz -->ＬｉＺ
Lorelei --> ＬＯＲＥＬＥＩ
Loser --> ＬＯＳＥＲ
lost name ---> ＬＯＳＴ ＮＡＭＥ
Loveless --> ＬＯＶＥＬＥＳＳ
Lovers --> ＬＯＶＥＲＳ
Lovin' --> Ｌｏｖｉｎ'
Lulu --> ＬｕＬｕ
Lumiere --> Ｌｕｍｉｅｒｅ
Luminous --> Ｌｕｍｉｎｏｕｓ
lychee --> ＬＹＣＨＥＥ
--- M ---
M --> Ｍ
Make Up --> ＭＡＫＥ－ＵＰ
Mars --> Ｍａｒｓ
Masquerade --> ＭＡＳＱＵＥＲＡＤＥ
Masturbation --> ＭＡＳＴＵＲＢＡＴＩＯＮ
masumi --> ＭＡＳＵＭＩ
Maverick --> ＭａｖｅＲｉｃｋ
Mil - ＭＩＬ
Mirage --> ＭＩＲＡＧＥ
Misery -->Ｍｉｓｅｒｙ
Misty --> ＭＩＳＴＹ
Minerva --> Ｍｉｎｅｒｖａ
Monolith --> ＭｏＮｏＬｉｔｈ
Mother Earth --> ＭＯＴＨＥＲ ＥＡＲＴＨ
Mr.Unknown -> Ｍｒ.ｕｎｋｎｏｗｎ
Mysterium --> Ｍｙｓｔｅｒｉｕｍ
Myu --> ＭＹＵ
--- N ---
Nadir --> Ｎａｄｉｒ
Naked Eyes --> ＮＡＫＥＤ ＥＹＥＳ
Nami --> ｎＡＭＩ
Necromance --> Ｎｅｃｒｏｍａｎｃｅ
Nero --> Ｎｅｒｏ
Neu! --> Ｎｅｕ
Nerve --> ＮＥＲＶＥ
Nine --> ｎｉｎｅ
Noah -->Ｎｏａｈ
Noel --> ＮｏｅＬ
Nord --> ｎｏｒｄ
Nosferatu --> Ｎｏｓｆｅｒａｔｕ
Nude --> ＮＵＤＥ
--- P ---
Parade --> ＰＡＲＡＤＥ
Parasite --> Ｐａｒａｓｉｔｅ
pawn --> Ｐａｗｎ
People --> -people- (not unicode)
Phantom --> ＰＨＡＮＴＯＭ
Phobia --> Ｐｈｏｂｉａ
Presto -->ＰＲＥＳＴＯ
Prototype -->Ｐｒｏｔｏｔｙｐｅ
Psyche --> ＰＳＹＣＨＥ
--- Q ---
Quasar --> ＱＵＡＳＡＲ
--- R ---
R --> Ｒ
Rabbit --> ＲＡＢＢＩＴ
Raphael --> Ｒａｐｈａｅｌ
Rapture -> Ｒａｐｔｕｒｅ
Ray --> Ｒａｙ
Ray --> ｒａｙ
Red --> ＲＥＤ
Red Carpet --> Ｒｅｄ Ｃａｒｐｅｔ
Red Fan --> ＲＥＤ ＦＡＮ
Reincarnation -> ＲｅｉｎｃａＲｎａｔｉｏＮ
Renaissance --> Ｒｅｎａｉｓｓａｎｃｅ
Retina -> Ｒｅｔｉｎａ
Ribbon --> ＲＩＢＢＯＮ
Ring --> Ｒｉｎｇ
Rosario --> Ｒｏｓａｒｉｏ
Rubber Sole --> ＲｕＢＢＥＲ ＳＯＬＥ
Rush --> ＲｕｓＨ
--- S ---
S --> Ｓ
Saga --> Ｓａｇａ
Sana --> ＳＡＮＡ
SCARE CROW --> Ｓｃａｒｅ Ｃｒｏｗ
ScareCrow --> ＳＣＡＲＥＣＲＯＷ
Scarlet --> ｓｃａｒｌｅｔ
Seele --> Ｓｅｅｌｅ
Selene --> ＳＥＬＥＮＥ
Sephiroth --> Ｓｅｐｈｉｒｏｔｈ
Seraph --> ＳＥＲＡＰＨ
Shiver --> Ｓｈｉｖｅｒ
Silhouette --> Ｓｉｌｈｏｕｅｔｔｅ
Silk--> ＳｉＬＫ
SIN --> ＳＩＮ
Skull-->ＳＫＵＬＬ
Slave--> ＳＬＡＶＥ
Smile --> ＳＭＩＬＥ
Snow --> Ｓｎｏｗ
Sound of Silence --> ＳＯＵＮＤ ＯＦ ＳＩＬＥＮＣＥ
Spiral --> ＳＰＩＲＡＬ
(*Note*: the unicode ＳＰＩＲＡＬ refers to a japanese rockband by that name. But if you're listening to the OST of the Anime "Spiral", you you might want to consider tagging it by the author Strawberry Jam or Spiral OST to keep the songs out of the profile of the other band Spiral.)
Stella --> Ｓｔｅｌｌａ
Stir --> Ｓｔｉｒ
Straight --> ＳＴＲＡＩＧＨＴ
Sugar --> Ｓｕｇａｒ
--- T ---
Tear --> ＴＥＡＲ
The Pistol --> Ｔｈｅ ｐｉｓｔｏｌ
The Otherside --> ＴＨＥ ＯＴＨＥＲＳＩＤＥ
TINC --> ＴＩＮＣ (or it will scrobble as TINC)
Tresor --> ＴＲＥＳＯＲ
Trick --> ＴＲｉＣＫ
--- U ---
Uma -> Ｕｍａ
Under --> Ｕｎｄｅｒ
United --> ＵＮＩＴＥＤ
--- V ---
Vanilla -> Ｖａｎｉｌｌａ
Varia --> ＶａｒｉＡ
Veronica --> Ｖｅｒｏｎｉｃａ
VeXation --> Ｖｅｘａｔｉｏｎ
Villain --> Ｖｉｌｌａｉｎ
Visage--> Ｖｉｓａｇｅ
Visnu --> Ｖｉｓｎｕ
vivid --> Ｖｉｖｉｄ
Vogue --> ｖｏｇｕｅ
Voyage --> Ｖｏｙａｇｅ
VulgaRize --> ＶｕｌｇａＲｉｚｅ
--- W ---
Walpurgis --> ＷＡＬＰＵＲＧＩＳ
Wish in the Darkness --> ＷＩＳＨ ＩＮ ＴＨＥ ＤＡＲＫＮＥＳＳ
Wizard --> Ｗｉｚａｒｄ
--- X ---
Xenophobia --> Ｘｅｎｏｐｈｏｂｉａ
--- Y ---
Yura --> ｙｕｒａ
--- Z ---
zacro --> ＺＡＣＲＯ
Zealot --> ＺＥＡＬＯＴ
Zeed --> ＺｅｅＤ
Zelda --> ＺＥＬＤＡ
Zest ---> ＺＥＳＴ (there are 2 vk bands by that name, read comment)
Zephyr -> Ｚｅｐｈｙｒ
List has been split an moved. Go here:
Part 1 (A-F)
Part 2 (G-M)
Part 2 (N-S)
Part 4 (T-Z)
-----
Update: This journal entry serves as a link collection of japanese artists that share a name with a western artist. (Why japanese? Because we're using the japanese romaji char-set in unicode to distinguish the japanese bands from the western ones, until last.fm has come up with a way to seperate artists.)
What are the advantages of this?
- gives even small and unknown japanese bands their own pics and charts. Just because they don't have many listeners shouldn't mean that they can't have a profile of their own
- solves capitalization (ex. ＨｅａＲｔ instead of Heart.)
- avoids shoutbox drama
- it's not fair for the listeners of those western bands if a small but vocal group of vk fans try to take over the profile, just because of some new indies band, that will disband in a few months anyway and has been rather unimaginative with their name
How to: to create a new unicode-profile you need to scrobble at least one track. If you don't know how to type unicode romaji you can copy and paste from here:
ＡＢＣＤＥＦＧＨＩＪＫＬＭＮＯＰＱＲＳＴＵＶＷＸＹＺ
ａｂｃｄｅｆｇｈｉｊｋｌｍｎｏｐｑｒｓｔｕｖｗｘｙｚ
Note that the unicode characters are case-sensitive! So make sure you use the correct capitalization.
If you don't how to make you're player display unicode, take a look at my other journal entry "scrobbling japanese".
If you know of any japanese band that needs a unicode profile, leave a comment. I will add it here to connect the 2 profiles. Also take a look at ando_hades' journal about the same topic.
----------------THE LIST--------------------
I will put all artist names and their alternative unicode spelling in here in order to get the artist conncetion show up on the band pages. Kind of a Link-hub to connect the 2 band pages. If you want any artists added here, just leave a comment.
--- # ---
13 --> １３
999 --> ９９９
--- A ---
A --> Ａ
ACID --> ＡＣｉＤ
Admiral --> Ａｄｍｉｒａｌ
Arcadia--> ＡＲｃａＤｉａ
Arcadia--> ＡｒｃＡｄｉＡ
Aika --> ａｉｋａ
AILE --> ＡＩＬＥ
AKI --> ａｋｉ
Alice --> Ａｌｉｃｅ
Alicia-> Ａｌｉｃｉａ
Alucard --> ＡＬＵＣＡＲＤ
Ambivalent --> Ａｍｂｉｖａｌｅｎｔ
Amphibian --> Ａｍｐｈｉｂｉａｎ
angela --> ＡＮＧＥＬＡ
Angelo --> Ａｎｇｅｌｏ
Anubis -->ＡＮＵＢＩＳ
ARTS --> ＡＲＴＳ
Ash --> Ａｓｈ
Asylum --> ＡＳＹＬＵＭ
Attic --> ａｔｔｉｃ
Audrey --> Ａｕｄｒｅｙ
Awake --> ＡＷＡＫＥ
Azure --> ａｚｕｒｅ
--- B ---
BaBe --> ＢａＢｅ
Beat --> ＢＥＡＴ
Beata --> Ｂｅａｔａ
Beau -->ｂｅａＵ (for capitalization)
Berlin --> ＢＥＲＬＩＮ
Birth --> ＢＩＲＴＨ
Bis--> ｂｉｓ
Bishop --> ｂｉｓｈｏｐ
Blast --> Ｂｌａｓｔ
Blood --> ＢＬＯＯＤ
Branch --> ＢＲＡＮＣＨ
--- C ---
Cafe Noir --> Ｃａｆｅ ｎｏｉｒ
Camus --> Ｃａｍｕｓ
Canaan --> Ｃａｎａａｎ
Canary --> ＣＡＮＡＲＹ
Candy --> ＣＡＮＤＹ
Cannabis --> ｃａｎｎａｂｉｓ
Celestia --> ＣＥＬＥＳＴＩＡ
Chaplin --> ＣＨＡＰＬＩＮ
Chariots --> ｃｈａｒｉｏｔｓ
Charlotte --> Ｃｈａｒｌｏｔｔｅ (different from しゃるろっと!!)
Chelsea -->ＣＨＥＬＳＥＡ
Chucky -- > ＣＨＵＣＫＹ
Cinnamon --> ｃｉｎｎａｍｏｎ
Claris --> ＣＬＡＲＩＳ (Capitalization only)
Clover --> Ｃｌｏｖｅｒ
Code --> ＣＯＤＥ
Color --> ＣＯＬＯＲ
Crescent --> ＣＲＥＳＣＥＮＴ
Cross --> ＣＲＯＳＳ
Crusade --> ＣｒｕＳａｄｅ
Cure --->ｃｕｒｅ
Cynthia --> Ｃｙｎｔｈｉａ
--- D ---
DALI --> ＤＡＬＩ (the Sailor Moon Singer), Ｄａｌｉ (the Undercode band that appearently uses romaji now)
Datura -> Ｄａｔｕｒａ
Decameron --> ＤＥＣＡＭＥＲＯＮ
Desperado --> ＤＥＳＰＥＲＡＤＯ
Diablo --> Ｄｉａｂｌｏ
Dip --> ｄｉｐ
Dio --> Ｄｉｏ
Dis --> ＤＩＳ
Discolor --> ＤｉｓＣＯＬＯＲ
Delinquent --> ＤＥＬＩＮＱＵＥＮＴ
Desecrate --> ＤＥＳＥＣＲＡＴＥ
DEZART --> ＤＥＺＡＲＴ
Doll --> ＤｏＬＬ
Dolly --> Ｄｏｌｌｙ
Domain--> Ｄｏｍａｉｎ
Duke --> Ｄｕｋｅ
Duke --> ＤＵＫＥ
Dusthead --> ＤＵＳＴＨＥＡＤ
DUTY --> Ｄｕｔｙ
Dystopia --> ｄｙｓｔｏｐｉａ
--- E ---
Eliza --> ＥＬＩＺＡ
Ezra --> ＥＺＲＡ
EX NIHILO --> ＥＸ ＮＩＨＩＬＯ
--- F ---
Fantom --> ＦＡＮＴＯＭ
Fate --> Ｆａｔｅ
Feria --> ＦＥＲＩＡ
Fiction --> ｆｉｃｔｉｏｎ
Flare --> ＦＬＡＲＥ
freesia --> Ｆｒｅｅｓｉａ
Fugue --> ｆｕｇｕｅ
--- G ---
Gaia --> ｇａｉａ
Gallows --> ＧａｌｌｏｗＳ
GARDEN --> ＧＡＲＤＥＮ
GARDEN --> ｇａｒｄｅｎ
Garret --> Ｇａｒｒｅｔ
Garm --> Ｇａｒｍ
gazelle --> Ｇａｚｅｌｌｅ (from BRAINTRASH V.A.)
Gemini --> Ｇｅｍｉｎｉ
Genesis --> ｇｅｎｅｓｉｓ
Genocide --> Ｇｅｎｏｃｉｄｅ
Ghost --> ＧＨＯＳＴ
Girl -> ｇｉｒｌ
The Gossip --> ｇｏｓｓｉｐ
Grass --> ＧＲＡＳＳ
Gray --> ＧＲＡＹ
Greed --> ＧｒｅｅＤ
Grimm -> Ｇｒｉｍｍ
Grind --> ＧＲＩＮＤ
Grist --> ＧＲｉＳＴ
--- H ---
Haku -> ＨＡＫＵ
Hannah --> ｈａｎｎａｈ
Harvest --> ＨＡＲＶＥＳＴ
Hated --> ＨＡＴＥＤ
Heart --> ＨｅａＲｔ
Helen --> ＨＥＬＥＮ
Hide and Seek --> ｈｉｄｅ ａｎｄ ｓｅｅｋ
hiro --> ＨＩＲＯ
--- I ---
Idiot --> ｉｄｉｏｔ
It --> Ｉｔ
--- J ---
The Jam --> ＪＡＭ
Javelin --> Ｊａｖｅｌｉｎ
Jessica --> Ｊｅｓｓｉｃａ
Jewelry --> ｊｅｗｅｌｒｙ
Joker --> Ｊｏｋｅｒ and ＪＯＫＥＲ
Juliette --> ＪＵＬＩＥＴＴＥ
julius --> ｊｕｌｉｕｓ
jun --> ＪＵＮ
Jurassic 5 --> ＪＵＲＡＳＳＩＣ
--- K ---
Kahn --> ＫＡＨＮ
Kaito --> Ｋａｉｔｏ
Katharsis --> ｋａｔｈａｒｓｉｓ
Kaya --> Ｋａｙａ
King --> ＫＩＮＧ
Kyoka --> Ｋｙｏｋａ
--- L ---
L --> Ｌ
Lady --> ＬＡＤＹ
Laid --> ＬＡＩＤ
Lam --> ＬＡＭ
Lavender --> Ｌａｖｅｎｄｅｒ
Link --> Ｌｉｎｋ
Living Dead --> ＬｉＶｉＮＧ ＤＥＡＤ
Liz -->ＬｉＺ
Lorelei --> ＬＯＲＥＬＥＩ
Loser --> ＬＯＳＥＲ
lost name ---> ＬＯＳＴ ＮＡＭＥ
Loveless --> ＬＯＶＥＬＥＳＳ
Lovers --> ＬＯＶＥＲＳ
Lovin' --> Ｌｏｖｉｎ'
Lulu --> ＬｕＬｕ
Lumiere --> Ｌｕｍｉｅｒｅ
Luminous --> Ｌｕｍｉｎｏｕｓ
lychee --> ＬＹＣＨＥＥ
--- M ---
M --> Ｍ
Make Up --> ＭＡＫＥ－ＵＰ
Mars --> Ｍａｒｓ
Masquerade --> ＭＡＳＱＵＥＲＡＤＥ
Masturbation --> ＭＡＳＴＵＲＢＡＴＩＯＮ
masumi --> ＭＡＳＵＭＩ
Maverick --> ＭａｖｅＲｉｃｋ
Mil - ＭＩＬ
Mirage --> ＭＩＲＡＧＥ
Misery -->Ｍｉｓｅｒｙ
Misty --> ＭＩＳＴＹ
Minerva --> Ｍｉｎｅｒｖａ
Monolith --> ＭｏＮｏＬｉｔｈ
Mother Earth --> ＭＯＴＨＥＲ ＥＡＲＴＨ
Mr.Unknown -> Ｍｒ.ｕｎｋｎｏｗｎ
Mysterium --> Ｍｙｓｔｅｒｉｕｍ
Myu --> ＭＹＵ
--- N ---
Nadir --> Ｎａｄｉｒ
Naked Eyes --> ＮＡＫＥＤ ＥＹＥＳ
Nami --> ｎＡＭＩ
Necromance --> Ｎｅｃｒｏｍａｎｃｅ
Nero --> Ｎｅｒｏ
Neu! --> Ｎｅｕ
Nerve --> ＮＥＲＶＥ
Nine --> ｎｉｎｅ
Noah -->Ｎｏａｈ
Noel --> ＮｏｅＬ
Nord --> ｎｏｒｄ
Nosferatu --> Ｎｏｓｆｅｒａｔｕ
Nude --> ＮＵＤＥ
--- P ---
Parade --> ＰＡＲＡＤＥ
Parasite --> Ｐａｒａｓｉｔｅ
pawn --> Ｐａｗｎ
People --> -people- (not unicode)
Phantom --> ＰＨＡＮＴＯＭ
Phobia --> Ｐｈｏｂｉａ
Presto -->ＰＲＥＳＴＯ
Prototype -->Ｐｒｏｔｏｔｙｐｅ
Psyche --> ＰＳＹＣＨＥ
--- Q ---
Quasar --> ＱＵＡＳＡＲ
--- R ---
R --> Ｒ
Rabbit --> ＲＡＢＢＩＴ
Raphael --> Ｒａｐｈａｅｌ
Rapture -> Ｒａｐｔｕｒｅ
Ray --> Ｒａｙ
Ray --> ｒａｙ
Red --> ＲＥＤ
Red Carpet --> Ｒｅｄ Ｃａｒｐｅｔ
Red Fan --> ＲＥＤ ＦＡＮ
Reincarnation -> ＲｅｉｎｃａＲｎａｔｉｏＮ
Renaissance --> Ｒｅｎａｉｓｓａｎｃｅ
Retina -> Ｒｅｔｉｎａ
Ribbon --> ＲＩＢＢＯＮ
Ring --> Ｒｉｎｇ
Rosario --> Ｒｏｓａｒｉｏ
Rubber Sole --> ＲｕＢＢＥＲ ＳＯＬＥ
Rush --> ＲｕｓＨ
--- S ---
S --> Ｓ
Saga --> Ｓａｇａ
Sana --> ＳＡＮＡ
SCARE CROW --> Ｓｃａｒｅ Ｃｒｏｗ
ScareCrow --> ＳＣＡＲＥＣＲＯＷ
Scarlet --> ｓｃａｒｌｅｔ
Seele --> Ｓｅｅｌｅ
Selene --> ＳＥＬＥＮＥ
Sephiroth --> Ｓｅｐｈｉｒｏｔｈ
Seraph --> ＳＥＲＡＰＨ
Shiver --> Ｓｈｉｖｅｒ
Silhouette --> Ｓｉｌｈｏｕｅｔｔｅ
Silk--> ＳｉＬＫ
SIN --> ＳＩＮ
Skull-->ＳＫＵＬＬ
Slave--> ＳＬＡＶＥ
Smile --> ＳＭＩＬＥ
Snow --> Ｓｎｏｗ
Sound of Silence --> ＳＯＵＮＤ ＯＦ ＳＩＬＥＮＣＥ
Spiral --> ＳＰＩＲＡＬ
(*Note*: the unicode ＳＰＩＲＡＬ refers to a japanese rockband by that name. But if you're listening to the OST of the Anime "Spiral", you you might want to consider tagging it by the author Strawberry Jam or Spiral OST to keep the songs out of the profile of the other band Spiral.)
Stella --> Ｓｔｅｌｌａ
Stir --> Ｓｔｉｒ
Straight --> ＳＴＲＡＩＧＨＴ
Sugar --> Ｓｕｇａｒ
--- T ---
Tear --> ＴＥＡＲ
The Pistol --> Ｔｈｅ ｐｉｓｔｏｌ
The Otherside --> ＴＨＥ ＯＴＨＥＲＳＩＤＥ
TINC --> ＴＩＮＣ (or it will scrobble as TINC)
Tresor --> ＴＲＥＳＯＲ
Trick --> ＴＲｉＣＫ
--- U ---
Uma -> Ｕｍａ
Under --> Ｕｎｄｅｒ
United --> ＵＮＩＴＥＤ
--- V ---
Vanilla -> Ｖａｎｉｌｌａ
Varia --> ＶａｒｉＡ
Veronica --> Ｖｅｒｏｎｉｃａ
VeXation --> Ｖｅｘａｔｉｏｎ
Villain --> Ｖｉｌｌａｉｎ
Visage--> Ｖｉｓａｇｅ
Visnu --> Ｖｉｓｎｕ
vivid --> Ｖｉｖｉｄ
Vogue --> ｖｏｇｕｅ
Voyage --> Ｖｏｙａｇｅ
VulgaRize --> ＶｕｌｇａＲｉｚｅ
--- W ---
Walpurgis --> ＷＡＬＰＵＲＧＩＳ
Wish in the Darkness --> ＷＩＳＨ ＩＮ ＴＨＥ ＤＡＲＫＮＥＳＳ
Wizard --> Ｗｉｚａｒｄ
--- X ---
Xenophobia --> Ｘｅｎｏｐｈｏｂｉａ
--- Y ---
Yura --> ｙｕｒａ
--- Z ---
zacro --> ＺＡＣＲＯ
Zealot --> ＺＥＡＬＯＴ
Zeed --> ＺｅｅＤ
Zelda --> ＺＥＬＤＡ
Zest ---> ＺＥＳＴ (there are 2 vk bands by that name, read comment)
Zephyr -> Ｚｅｐｈｙｒ
Comments
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nezumi2 wrote:
Hi dear, how's life? :)
Personally I think it's not such a bad idea after all. Until last.fm sorts out this problem... and god knows when that will be. And, if I'm not mistaken, they want to distinguish artists based on Musicbrainz discographies. But will have obscure bands a discography there at all? Until I see how that system works, I remain sceptical.
Oh yeah, and this method also solves the problem of capitalization. Heart / ＨｅａＲｔ , Maverick / ＭａｖｅＲｉｃｋ...
But I agree that probably few people will do it. Some because they don't think it's tr00 enough, and some because they can't even be bothered to tag japanese names in japanese. -
Champ213 wrote:
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xSakito wrote:
I love you~~ <33
I'll vote for the piccu's. ^^ -
Champ213 wrote:
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Champ213 wrote:
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ando_hades wrote:
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Champ213 wrote:
I use LuLu (or ＬｕＬｕ) because that's how it's written on the band's official HP:
http://m-space.jp/a/?lulululu
It's also written LuLu on Amazon, Neowing (CD Japan) AND the singles covers.
I have seen the profile for ルル before, but I honestly don't know where this comes from. The only place where I saw ルル refering to this band is Visunavi, and Visunavi gives katakana pronounciation for *every* band, regardless if their name is originally written in Romaji, kanji or kana. That doesn't make the katakana the official band name.
So, like you said, if people are able to use tags in unicode anyway, why use ルル instead of ＬｕＬｕ, which is closer to the original name? -
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vordul wrote:
I definitely agree on the ルル/LuLu subject; people retagging band names to katakana when it is not the way the band themselves write the name is overdoing it. I can understand if a Japanese site does it to aid with pronunciation or something, but that doesn't make it the band's actual name.
Last.fm has a lot of problems with their database (especially with merged profiles, bad tag moderation, etc.), and while this is a good solution, it'd take way too long to start retagging my MP3s in this manner (and I still have so much to retag in the first place). If only Last.fm would fix tag moderation and properly implement a good source (MusicBrainz tends to be just as bad). -
Champ213 wrote:
I use Mp3Tag for retagging large quantities of files. It has full unicode support except for some minor glitches, that can be worked around. Only for Windows though.
However I still haven't retagged all of my file either. I usually only do it when I actually want to listen to them.
I kinda lost hope on Last.fm fixing the problem in the near future. And I'm suspicious of that Musicbrainz solution. -
vordul wrote:
I also use MP3Tag, but it would still take a really, really long time to do this, haha. I try to retag files all the time, but it's kind of depressing when you retag 10gb of MP3s only to notice that it hasn't made a dent. I've done well over 200gb so far, and it still seems like there's an infinite amount left. =[
But yeah, I mostly try to tag stuff I want to listen to most, but even then it takes so long. Had I been smart, I would have started retagging everything properly when I started, and retagged everything I've downloaded in short order. Unfortunately this never seems to happen, haha.
I also lost hope on Last.fm fixing anything that needs fixing, since they seem to be more worried about adding more broken/useless social features, and prettying/uglying up the layout. I don't think they can actually solve these problems without a lot of work, so they've decided to just let them be and claim that MusicBrainz integration will solve everything (when it's fully implemented).
Unfortunately, MusicBrainz is as bad as Last.fm (you have good reason to be suspicious) with bad moderation, petty squabbles, etc. that get in the way of proper tagging, and the database is full of improper tags. Not only that, but they promote a lot of practices that don't really make any sense, and, if you've attempted to use their retagging applications, you'd quickly see how useless they are for retagging Japanese music. =[ -
vordul wrote:
Theoretically they could solve it by creating a better database solution where you can have disambiguation for artists, but I think this would require a pretty big rewrite.
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Champ213 wrote:
I remember downloading the Musicbrainz tagging application ('Picard' or something). I imagined it would help me tagging my files, at least for more common artists, but eventually it just screwed up some of my tags. I still haven't really figured out what it's supposed to do, so I gave up on it.
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akuma2636 wrote:
Brilliant, I think I love this idea :P -
KMFCM wrote:
I started using iTunes again, so I can just copy and paste whatever you guys tag them as in my tags. -
Champ213 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/ＮＵＤＥ
ＮＵＤＥ
I don't have a pic at hand (and it would be quite useles to google for it..), so if you happen to have one, please upload :) -
vordul wrote:
Haha, that'd be an interesting google image search.
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Champ213 wrote:
My thoughts exactly :D
Turns out however that their profile is still lingering around Visunavi, which solves the problem. -
devil_naoo wrote:
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Champ213 wrote:
Hm, may I ask, who are the folks in the picture? Certainly not the japanese band Prototype?
Is there yet another band called Prototype? In that case we have a problem here... ^^; -
devil_naoo wrote:
wth...
I uploaded the visunavi pic. I swear..
I think the pics are all messed up.
When I click on the pic even another pic shows up. o-o -
Champ213 wrote:
Now I see a guy with funny glasses^^;
I will try to UL the pic as well, but maybe it's a problem with the last.fm database. Just recently they switched all pics back to the oldest one for no good reason. Oh well... -
Champ213 wrote:
Alright, the problem is described in this thread:
http://www.last.fm/forum/21713/_/223193
Changes are in place on the backend in how images are handled. These changes are now working on the beta site.
Non-subscribers: Just a waiting game. Either the beta site will go live soon, or staff will implement the image changes to the main site before the beta goes live. Either way, only thing to do at the moment is wait.
SUBSCRIBERS: You can upload images. Simply use the beta site to do it.
I can see the correct pic at the beta site, so it's just a matter of time until it shows up for you as well^^
