New ED?

[wilco488]

Has there been any word on a new ED? With the airing of the Spring Special, "Come" will be reaching its 20th episode, which is usually when ED's get replaced, so I imagine that ED8 isn't too far away.

[Patches]

I haven't heard any news on ending 8 yet. But, you're right, it's getting to be that time again. If I recall correctly, we heard that Namie Amuro was doing ending 7 about a month before it aired, the name of the song about two weeks before it aired, and the actual episode it was starting on about a week before it aired.

So... following that pattern, the artist for ending 8 should be announced any time now. However, endings seem to average about 22 episodes, so I'd expect the eigth ending to begin anytime between episodes 148 and 152.

[Argh]

InuYasha Information from Japan (inuyasha-info.virtue.nu/) has April 29th as the date for a new ending theme, but it also has a question mark next to it so it may be a little before or after that.

I hope that helps narrow it down a bit.

[JessieBanana]

Guest-Argh said:

InuYasha Information from Japan (inuyasha-info.virtue.nu/) has April 29th as the date for a new ending theme, but it also has a question mark next to it so it may be a little before or after that.

I hope that helps narrow it down a bit.

Sorry that was me! I forgot to log in..... I guess it doesn't really matter though ne? Gomen.

[Kikyou]

i finally got to listen to the full version of the 8th ending, its ok, but not my favorite, lol

[inuyasha1223]

new ending new ending new ending

[concoidialfracture]

Sorry for the thread revival, if this doesn't necessarily go here, but I've got issues with the ending sequences with this show. I was confused by the second ending theme w/ Fukai Mori (Is Sesshoumaru telepathically tapping into what his brother is doing, or are we just pimping the guy like we always do?) and now I'm unsure about what to think of the sequence in Kanketsu Hen. Why is Inuyasha surrounded by pinwheels in the beginning? I'm sure there's a symbolic reason for this, but I don't know what. And is Sesshoumaru in the meidou? If those are souls flying around him, they're represented a little bit differently than they were way back when.

[milareppa]

Sesshoumaru's appearance in the end credits could be one of three things - related to Kagura's wind, Rin's second death, or Inuyasha's descent into the meidou during their final battle over Tessaiga. I don't think those white shapes are souls. My immediate thought was that it was Kagura's wind, and thus petals. However, having seen screenshots of the scene, it does look like he's looking into a very large meidou, or inside one. I'm more inclined to associate it with his fight with his brother in the meidou than with Rin.

I don't think they're souls.

I'm not sure what you mean by "pinwheel" so I'm going to assume you mean the windmills that surround Inuyasha. I think windmills have associations with fate or destiny, or happiness, but I could be thinking of Chinese belief instead.

[hanyounomiko]

Oct 7, 2009 14:41:55 GMT -5 milareppa said:

I'm not sure what you mean by "pinwheel" so I'm going to assume you mean the windmills that surround Inuyasha. I think windmills have associations with fate or destiny, or happiness, but I could be thinking of Chinese belief instead.

Milareppa, I think you've said in the past you're not a native English speaker? If that's the case, those things in the ending are called "Pinwheels" in English, because the center axle of the paper wheel is secured with a pin. I think they do relate to fate, though, specifically fate that can't be escaped.

[milareppa]

I'm a native English speaker - British English, that is.

If I understand your description correctly, what you're calling a "pinwheel" is what a British person calls a "windmill" (certainly those things surrounding Inuyasha in the end credits are windmills, so I assume that's what we're talking about *s*).

Is "pinwheel" the American word? I suspect it's another difference between American English and British English, anyway. There seem to be a lot of those.

[ladyjanegrey]

Oct 7, 2009 18:19:15 GMT -5 milareppa said:

I'm a native English speaker - British English, that is.

If I understand your description correctly, what you're calling a "pinwheel" is what a British person calls a "windmill" (certainly those things surrounding Inuyasha in the end credits are windmills, so I assume that's what we're talking about *s*).

Is "pinwheel" the American word? I suspect it's another difference between American English and British English, anyway. There seem to be a lot of those.

In American English, a pinwheel is "a small wheel with variously colored vanes of paper, plastic, etc., pinned to a stick so as to revolve in the wind." The ones I see are usually about four to six inches wide. They are toys for children, but allot of people (like moi) stick them in the ground, on fences, and other places, just to watch them spin, they are so pretty, and sparkly.

A windmill is 1) a tall building with rotating sails, like the ones in the Netherlands; and 2) the utilities with propellers used to generate electricity.

Does that make everything more clear?

As for the symbolism, I can't find anything specific, but the spinning wheel as the spinning of fate is a good analogy, especially since the pinwheel depends on the wind (or how long a kid can keep blowing on it!) to move. Same with the windmill. That could mean it is possible to escape your destiny.

Makes me think of that song from the movie "The Thomas Crown Affair," "The Windmills of your Mind." (I know, that really dates me.) ;D

[hanyounomiko]

Oct 7, 2009 18:19:15 GMT -5 milareppa said:

I'm a native English speaker - British English, that is.

If I understand your description correctly, what you're calling a "pinwheel" is what a British person calls a "windmill" (certainly those things surrounding Inuyasha in the end credits are windmills, so I assume that's what we're talking about *s*).

Is "pinwheel" the American word? I suspect it's another difference between American English and British English, anyway. There seem to be a lot of those.

Ah, my mistake. Sorry about that. D:

What Ladyjanegrey said is what I was getting at (poorly). It's American English. I apologize for my ignorance of British slang there.

[milareppa]

Makes me think of that song from the movie "The Thomas Crown Affair," "The Windmills of your Mind." (I know, that really dates me.)

No, no, it's not just you. I've had that song buzzing around my head ever since this discussion began as well. I'm relieved to find I'm not the only one.

[ladyjanegrey]

Oct 8, 2009 17:51:55 GMT -5 milareppa said:

Makes me think of that song from the movie "The Thomas Crown Affair," "The Windmills of your Mind." (I know, that really dates me.)

No, no, it's not just you. I've had that song buzzing around my head ever since this discussion began as well. I'm relieved to find I'm not the only one.

So am I. But does that date You?? Hah hah. ;D

[milareppa]

Possibly. I'm neither young nor old, however.