Pink Crows (lost music video animation; 1985): Difference between revisions

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G-Jo of the cartoon band Pink Crows, playing piano.

Status: Partially Found

Pink Crows was a both real and cartoon band produced as a side project of the artist NOBODY. They released three different single albums in 1985, and later ended that same year.

The Music Video

According to the Japanese Wikipedia article for the band, animation company Sunrise was involved in the animation production, and an article about them in My Anime magazine's April 1985 issue shows many images that are believed to be taken from a promotional video of the band.

Currently, information on the Pink Crows video as a whole seems to be unavailable online without knowing/being able to translate from Japanese, thus leaving most info about the show a mystery. After asking both subreddits r/anime and r/translator, we have a loose translation of the magazine article.

"The magazine says it's a promotional video for the Pink Crows. It says something about their debut concert. Also, apparently they're aliens, which I guess explains the whole talking bird thing they've got going on ("An alien band's invasion!? The Pink Crows's shocking debut!")."

Meaning that this video does (or did) in fact exist, but what station it aired on, what day, and a large sum of information is still missing.

The Music

The records are still available on Japanese bidding sites, even one being available on YouTube. Unfortunately only this their last track, and the only reason it may be on youtube is because it was recorded to be the theme for television-only anime "Showa Ao Kousaku Akira Akira Ichiban!". Scans of all four of their record releases are available online, being scanned by Twitter user Ravenworks. As for the video itself, that still remains a mystery.

List of singles:

(1985/02/25) A: Here Come Pink Crows B: I Need You

(1985/04/25) A: 彼女はPinkish B: Pink Crows Show

(1985/10/25) A: いきなりWant You! B: P. O. Box '87

Gallery

A still from the Pink Crows video.
Image of Pink Crows from mail-in pamphlet included with their debut record
Guitarist, Jo-Jo
Keyboardist, G-Jo
Bassist, Rupo
Drummer, Lindon

External Links

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-'''''Pink Crows''''' was a cartoon band, created as a side project of the artist NOBODY. They released three singles in 1985, and later ended that same year.
+'''''Pink Crows''''' was a both real and cartoon band produced as a side project of the artist NOBODY. They released three different single albums in 1985, and later ended that same year.
 ==The Music Video==
-According to the Japanese Wikipedia article for the band, animation company Sunrise was involved in the animation production, and an article about them in My Anime magazine's April 1985 issue shows many images that are believed to be taken from '''''a music video of the band''''', though without any hard evidence that this is the case.
+According to the Japanese Wikipedia article for the band, animation company Sunrise was involved in the animation production, and an article about them in My Anime magazine's April 1985 issue shows many images that are believed to be taken from a promotional video of the band.
+Currently, information on the Pink Crows video as a whole seems to be unavailable online without knowing/being able to translate from Japanese, thus leaving most info about the show a mystery. After asking both subreddits r/anime and r/translator, we have a loose translation of the magazine article.
+"The magazine says it's a promotional video for the Pink Crows. It says something about their debut concert. Also, apparently they're aliens, which I guess explains the whole talking bird thing they've got going on ("An alien band's invasion!? The Pink Crows's shocking debut!")."
+Meaning that this video does (or did) in fact exist, but what station it aired on, what day, and a large sum of information is still missing.
+==The Music==
+The records are still available on Japanese bidding sites, even one being available on YouTube. Unfortunately only this their last track, and the only reason it may be on youtube is because it was recorded to be the theme for television-only anime "Showa Ao Kousaku Akira Akira Ichiban!". Scans of all four of their record releases are available online, being scanned by Twitter user Ravenworks. As for the video itself, that still remains a mystery.
+List of singles:
+(1985/02/25)
+A: Here Come Pink Crows
+B: I Need You
+(1985/04/25)
+A: 彼女はPinkish
+B: Pink Crows Show
+(1985/10/25)
+A: いきなりWant You!
+B: P. O. Box '87
-Currently, information on the Pink Crows as a whole seems to be unavailable online without knowing/being able to translate from Japanese, thus leaving most info about the show a mystery.
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
-File:Pink-Crows.jpeg|What's supposedly from ''Pink Crows''.
+File:Pink-Crows.jpeg|A still from the ''Pink Crows'' video.
 File:Pinkcrows.jpeg
 File:Cubby_Pink_Crows.jpeg
 File:Pink_Crows_Members.jpeg
 File:Pink_Crows.jpeg
+File:Crows.jpg| Image of Pink Crows from mail-in pamphlet included with their debut record
+File:Jo-Jo.jpg| Guitarist, Jo-Jo
+File:G-Jo.jpg| Keyboardist, G-Jo
+File:Rupo.jpg| Bassist, Rupo
+File:Lindon.jpg| Drummer, Lindon
 </gallery>
 ==External Links==
 *[https://twitter.com/RavenWorks/status/1068969760703037440 RavenWorks's Twitter page.]
 *[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOBODY_(%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89) The Japanese Wikipedia page on "NOBODY".]
+*[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A6%E3%82%BA Japanese Wikipedia page on Pink Crows]
+*[https://musicbrainz.org/artist/33ce06fa-9b42-4548-bf52-5bf2144cb26d Page for Pink Crows on MusicBrainz, including each jacket scan.]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gMfou8AWiY&list=LLXR6IKwUOnNnbCOyBusV0wg&t=78s&index=2 YouTube video for いきなりWant You!]
 [[Category: Lost animation]]
 [[Category: Partially found media]]