We haven't forgotten...
Its time to continue with Lost.


Lost was released on December 30, 2002. It was the 1st CD to include a male singer (Jimang). It also had the participation of Haruka Shimotsuki.

The album came with a booklet, a HTML appendix containing the song lyrics, production testimonials, additional songs, system sound effects, and a questionnaire.


Just like the two previous releases it was self-production and was sold on the Comic Market 63th edition.

Benefits:

  • A postcard of the cover art by Yokoyan.

Extras:
  • Bonus track not listed on the booklet: 忘レモノハ在リマセンカ "wasuremono arimasen ka?" (Have you forgotten anything?)

  • And if you open the CD on a computer the next "bonus tracks" files could be find:

    LOSTCM.WAV: "Lost" promotional soundtrack 
    ぴこまり☆ジャンケン (PICOJ.WAV) "Picomari☆Janken" (Picomari ☆ Rock-Paper-Scissors)

          And ぴこまり☆ヴォイス集 (Pikomari ☆ Voice Collection):
    • 情熱のフラメンコ (Framenco.WAV) "Jounetsu no Flamenco" (Flamenco of passion): "Windows is loading as a passionate red rose, feeling the wind of Andalucia, Olé!"
    • 極祕任務スパイ (Spy.WAV) "Gokuhi Ninmu Spy" (Top Secret Mission Spy): "Windows will destroys itself after completing the task, Adéu!"
    • 電脳少女サイバー (Cyber.WAV) "Dennou Shoujo Cyber" (Cyber Computer Girl): "Hey~ It looks like Someone's sent you an Email~"
    • 危機一髪ピンチ (Pinch.WAV) "Kiki Ippatsu Pinch" (A crisis at a critical moment): "PicoMari ☆ Crisis Error!"
    • それはパクリです (Pakuri.WAV) "Sore wa Pakuri desu" (That is a Rip-off): "The trash buried in the snowy field..... that's already been done before..... I know, right? ..... Tehehe ☆"

        And『Lost』ピコメロ集 (Lost Pico Melody Collection):
    • ピコイリュージョン (PicoI.WAV) (Pico Illusion): it's an 8-bit version of "White Illusion".
    • ピコフラワー (PicoF.WAV) (Pico flower):  it's an 8-bit version of "The Crimson Flower".

        And 『Lost』高速再生集 "Lost Kousoku Saisei Collection" (Lost High Speed Playback Collection):

    • 高速の魔法使い (HSM.wav) "Kousoku no Mahoutsukai" (High speed Magician): It's a high-speed version of "Magician Sarabant"
    • 檻の中の高速 (HSC.wav) "Ori no Naka no Kousoku" (High speed Within the Cage): It's a high-speed version of "The Game Within the Cage"
    • 忘レ高速モノ (HSW.wav) "Wasure Kousoku Mono" (Forgotten High Speed Things): It's a high-speed version of "Forgotten Things"


HTML Extras:
As said before it included the lyrics of all tracks (except the bonus track), as well as additional descriptions, production testimonials, and a questionnaire.

The HTML brings you to this screen.


When you click the enter it automatically download the LOSTCM.WAV file and brings you to this menu:


  • Additional instructions:

    • ぴこまり☆ジャンケン(PicoJ.wav): 



    • ぴこまり☆ヴォイス集 (Pikomari ☆ Voice Collection): "This is a collection of voices featuring "Picomari☆"." A collection of Windows sound system. This text was under them: "It's compatible with the above system sounds. Your PC will be hijacked by "Pikomari☆"!"

    • 『Lost』ピコメロ集 (Lost Pico Melody Collection): "This is a collection of 8-bit arrangements of songs from "Lost". There's something nostalgic about it. The arrangement is hard because it's quite limited, but the way the inner voice moves like a puzzle becomes addictive."

    • 『Lost』高速再生集 (Lost High Speed Playback Collection): "This is a high speed playing mode of the songs from "Lost". It's interesting, so I'll add it as a bonus. It reminds me of the days when I used to dub at double speed on my cassette deck. The voice is kind like of "First Kiss"* (laughs)."

      *"First Kiss" 「はじめてのチュウ」is one of the openings of the anime "Kiteretsu Daihyakka" were the voice was recorded on the same way as this tracks. You can heard it here.

  • Staff Comments:
    It had some words from each member of the staff.

    Revo (Lyrics/Composing/Arranging/Other general)
    Aramary (Singer/Lines/Narrations)
    Jimang (Singer/Lines/Narration)
    Haruka Shimotsuki (Singer)
    Yukari Shinozaki (Violin)
    Yokoyan (Cover/Book design)

    (Needs translation)

  •  The questionnaire was:

    • How was the music? (Very bad, Not good, Normal, It's good, Very good)
    • How was the song? (Very bad, Not good, Normal, It's good, Very good)
    • How was the lyrics? (Very bad, Not good, Normal, It's good, Very good)
    • How was the design of the jacket, etc.? (Very bad, Not good, Normal, It's good, Very good)
    • What if the next work comes out?  (Will not buy, May not buy, I don't know, May buy, Will buy)

    • How would you price this CD? (This will not be directly reflected in future prices)

    • Please rank each song in the collection according to your preference (multiple rankings are possible).

    • It's rock-paper-scissors with Pikomari☆! (Rock (Fist) / Scissors (Crab) / Paper (Hand power) )

    • Other comments...   (Text box to complete)

      The send button said: "Send while feeling the wind of Andalusia!"


Extra notes:

  • According to Revo's interview with 'Anikan R Music' Vol. 2 released in 2007 translated by Moko-chan. Revo challenged himself to write a longer song, and understood the concept of using songs to portray stories.

    Revo's interview with 'Anikan R Music' Vol. 2 released in 2007

  • Revo felt the flaw in Thanatos was that the songs were too short so he worked hard to make longer songs as "Saranbande, the Magician" that is 05:30 mins.

    Revo's interview with 'Quick Japan' No.93 in 2010.


  • There is a mistake/misspelling in the booklet. On the credits it reads "Haruka Shimotuki" instead of "Haruka Shimotsuki".

  • Picomari ☆ Rock-Paper-Scissors:
    In the bonus track ぴこまり☆ジャンケン (Picomari ☆ Rock-Paper-Scissors) Picomari invites you to a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors, and tell you that if you win she will try to send you a prize.

    Translation from The Revo Wiki

    Even in the description of the file on the HTML as we show before they tell you the same thing. And ask you to fill the questionnaire (on the HTML) where there will be an option to play the game against PicoMari.


    According to reports Aramary (PicoMari) it's a master in this game, and it's really hard to beat her, and she is know for leaving long trails of her victims after beating them.
    A CD (not for sale) got send to the winners of the game in the questionnaire, there isn't much information about it. And it's actually not even know in the overseas fandom as far as I know.

    The CD was called ぴこまり☆の夏(仮) (Pikomari ☆ Summer (provisional)).
    It contained 5 tracks:
    • 01: ぴこまり☆ジャンケン２００３ (Pikomari ☆ Rock-Paper-Scissors 2003)
    • 02: ぴこまり☆ジャンケン (Pikomari ☆ Rock-Paper-Scissors)
    • 03: お願い！ぴこ魔人☆ (Please! Pico Genie☆)
    • 04: ぴこまりんご飴☆ (PicomApple Candy☆)
    • 05: (ダブルマジック)？？？ ((Double Magic) ??? (Title unknown))

    It seems that the production and shipping dates were delayed considerably for this CD.

    [Details Unknown] - ぴこまり☆ジャンケン・リベンジ (Pikomari ☆ Rock-Paper-Scissors Revenge): At the Comic Market in August 2003, for each purchase of the CD "Pico Magic Reloaded" you could battle against Aramary dressed as PicoMari. The winners would receive a special sound source. All indicates that this was the same CD as the one promised for the winners of the questionnaire.
    My memory is foggy but I believe only 10 people manage to beat her on the Comic Market.

    UPDATE: A physical evidence of the existence of this CD show up on twitter when the user @Jun_A_sakamoto showed a picture of a personally addressed CD to a fan, signed by Picomari herself.

    Picture from @Jun_A_sakamoto 

  • Later in March of 2004, during the Comic Market 66th edition (When Chronicle 2nd was being released) a Music Box of "The Day I Shot Down my Lover" was sold. Only 200 copies of it were made.

    You can heard it in this video.
    At the top of the box the first lyrics of the song are written.

    Translation from Defade
    The note inside, it's from MBC, the people who made the music boxes. They thank you for your purchase and tell you that the music boxes were hand made one by one with the motto of making a better sound.

  • Later in 2006 a manga adaptation of "The Day I Shot Down my Lover"  was made under the name "Silver Arrow" 白銀の矢 (Shirogane no ya) by Kenjirou Takeshita (竹下けんじろう). 


    Published on magazine "Abracadabra" (    アブラカダブラ) October edition 2006.


    After Kenjiro Takeshita romantic comedy interpretation there is an interview of Revo and Kenjiro Takeshita.


    This manga never got published officially as a book but the artist put it on sale as a fanzine in 2013, you can see a preview of it on their Pixiv here.