Japan Earthquake

[Xenofan 29A]

Yesterday, as I'm sure many of you are aware, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake shook Japan. The northwest coast of Honshu was the area hardest hit, with more minor damage in Tokyo. My concerns and condolences go out to everyone affected by this disaster.

The Miyagi prefecture suffered the most damage, so I am wondering if anyone knows of any artists who are living in that area. It is currently impossible to search artists by location on this database, as far as I know.

[jdkluv]

Best I could come up with: http://www.google.co.uk/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=%22miyagi+prefecture%22+site:vgmdb.net&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=889b1624b986748d

But yeah, I'm simply amazed by how well Japan has coped with the 5th strongest earthquake in recorded history so far.

[Gigablah]

A quick and dirty search:
(Note that this list is for artists born in those areas, they may be living somewhere else currently)

select concat('', name, ' (http://vgmdb.net/artist/', artistid, ')') from vgmdb_artists where citystate like '%Sendai%' or citystate like '%Miyagi%' or citystate like '%Fukushima%' order by name asc


CMJK (http://vgmdb.net/artist/6333)
Daisuke Kato (http://vgmdb.net/artist/9705)
Eijun Suganami (http://vgmdb.net/artist/9767)
Haruka (http://vgmdb.net/artist/10272)
Haruka Shimotsuki (http://vgmdb.net/artist/149)
Isshin Chiba (http://vgmdb.net/artist/6569)
Jun Senoue (http://vgmdb.net/artist/375)
Junichi Sugawara (http://vgmdb.net/artist/6132)
Kanako Tateno (http://vgmdb.net/artist/4970)
Kei Kusama (http://vgmdb.net/artist/8665)
Kenichi Sudo (http://vgmdb.net/artist/4233)
Koichi Yamadera (http://vgmdb.net/artist/6282)
Koji Igarashi (http://vgmdb.net/artist/6303)
Koko Komine (http://vgmdb.net/artist/1841)
koseki (http://vgmdb.net/artist/6825)
Kumiko Mori (http://vgmdb.net/artist/8460)
Masaaki Endoh (http://vgmdb.net/artist/48)
Masahiro Yamauchi (http://vgmdb.net/artist/4023)
Masakazu Nemoto (http://vgmdb.net/artist/6522)
Masaki Suzuki (http://vgmdb.net/artist/3960)
Masaya Matsukaze (http://vgmdb.net/artist/7359)
Mayu (http://vgmdb.net/artist/2323)
Moyu Arishima (http://vgmdb.net/artist/4029)
Norihiro Furukawa (http://vgmdb.net/artist/715)
sasakure.UK (http://vgmdb.net/artist/2654)
Satomi Sato (http://vgmdb.net/artist/8874)
Seiji Wada (http://vgmdb.net/artist/4097)
Shozo Iizuka (http://vgmdb.net/artist/8118)
Tom-H@ck (http://vgmdb.net/artist/8869)
Tomoka Hattori (http://vgmdb.net/artist/7124)
Tomoko Kojima (http://vgmdb.net/artist/5757)
Tomoko Kusakari (http://vgmdb.net/artist/7058)
Yoko Kanno (http://vgmdb.net/artist/319)
Yuki Otake (http://vgmdb.net/artist/9898)
Yurica Nagasawa (http://vgmdb.net/artist/542)

[Xenofan 29A]

Thank you. We should keep all of them in mind, as they will all be affected by the disaster. Even if they have not been injured, they probably have family/friends who have been lost.

[Zhane Masaki]

I will indeed keep them in my heart and mind. I am also actively donating to relief organizations in an effort to help.

[LiquidAcid]

I'm especially worried about a possible (or already in-process) meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Tchernobyl should have shown us that the long-term consequences of such an accident are just not predictable.

I really hope they can get the situation under control at Fukushima.

EDIT:
I just found this compilation of comments. I felt like throwing up...
http://i.imgur.com/wbiJh.jpg

[Gigablah]

I made a page listing the twitter accounts that have updated statuses since the earthquake:

http://vgmdb.net/twitter

[Xenofan 29A]

EDIT:
I just found this compilation of comments. I felt like throwing up...
http://i.imgur.com/wbiJh.jpg

That is truly sickening. I am glad that they don't speak for all or a majority of Americans.

[seanne]

I just found this compilation of comments. I felt like throwing up...
http://i.imgur.com/wbiJh.jpg

Wow, shocking levels of retardation on display there :O

[dancey]

Here's a good link as well:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-11/anime/manga/game-industry-members-check-in-after-quake

Verifies that Yoko Kanno is well

[Phonograph]

heh, I was about to post the same link :)

glad to see some people I appreciate are safe (not I mean I wish other people to be unsafe)

[Kaleb.G]

Thanks for compiling this, guys. I know it might be a bit shallow, but the composers were the first people I thought of when the Japanese people came to mind. Then again, they are influencing my current career path, so I think it's worth making sure they're all safe.

[Kewing]

I just found this compilation of comments. I felt like throwing up...
http://i.imgur.com/wbiJh.jpg
Wow... Talk about a new definition of retardedness.

I'm still quite stunned at the events. It's like, the worst combination possible, with even bad consequences in the very long run. I really hope it turns out for the better.

[Jormungand]

Confirmed via email that Tetsuya Shibata and Yoshino Aoki are alright. However, Mr. Shibata said they could feel tremors from the quake at their studio.

[jdkluv]

Thanks for compiling this, guys. I know it might be a bit shallow, but the composers were the first people I thought of when the Japanese people came to mind. Then again, they are influencing my current career path, so I think it's worth making sure they're all safe.

And I'm the most shallow of them all, wondering if all this melancholy will affect the quality of their work.

[Jormungand]

Confirmed via email that Saori Kobayashi and Yumiko Takahashi are alright.

[Cedille]

The list of charity songs I know at this moment. There should be more.

Yoko Kanno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8x6_JHDkhI

Norihiro Furukawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOplLK99GAM

Hiroto Sasaki
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13931289

Minako Seki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odJUq8lH0n4

Basiscape (Hitoshi Sakimoto, Azusa Chiba, Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Kimihiro Abe, Manabu Namiki, Yoshimi Kudo)
http://www.basiscape.com/special_otogift.html

[CHz]

Grasshopper Manufacture posted three tracks: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grasshopper-Manufacture-Inc/108889785816901?v=app_178091127385. "as you wake" and "before you sleep" are by Akira Yamaoka, and "in the afternoon" is by Tak Hiraoka.

[CHz]

Yasuhisa Watanabe posted a music box arrangement of the tune "Carpe Diem" from the Senko no Ronde vol. 2 OST: http://home.att.ne.jp/theta/dualmoon/demo.html.

[Datschge]

Motoi Sakuraba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2Ga2sGegII

[Aindreas]

Well The earth quake in Japan was devastating which effected all the things in Japan . Check the Eye Witness footage of Earth Quake in Japan as below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqmm91nmE7M