If he wasn't such a huge piece of shit, I would feel bad for being selfish in thinking about a bright future for DQ music now that he's gone.
It's a shame he had to spend so much of his energy tarnishing his legacy by being a hateful bigot. I hope queer people in Japan feel marginally safer without him amplifying hate against them anymore.
Diarrhea takeCelebrating the death of a person who exhibited disguting behavior makes you a person who exhibits disgusting behavior. You are not better.
Celebrating the death of a person who exhibited disguting behavior makes you a person who exhibits disgusting behavior. You are not better.
Never said i was lol, NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARECelebrating the death of a person who exhibited disguting behavior makes you a person who exhibits disgusting behavior. You are not better.
No, being happy someone can no longer spread their message of hate makes us better.Celebrating the death of a person who exhibited disguting behavior makes you a person who exhibits disgusting behavior. You are not better.
This is me respecting the art, but not respecting the artist. Hopefully this means Square Enix can now infuse Dragon Quest with a different kind of music direction from someone who isn't...that.
I feel dumb for not getting this. All I know is that he was a homophobe, transphobe, and denied the Nanjing massacre. Did he celebrate someone's death? I don't know the intricate details of his views.
He laughed at teen LGBT+ suicide ratesI feel dumb for not getting this. All I know is that he was a homophobe, transphobe, and denied the Nanjing massacre. Did he celebrate someone's death? I don't know the intricate details of his views.
I was just pondering thisI wonder if this guy set up an estate structure for his work that will continue the shenanigans, like using MIDI versions on mainline releases.
He was an asshole so I wouldn't doubt it.I wonder if this guy set up an estate structure for his work that will continue the shenanigans, like using MIDI versions on mainline releases.
Celebrating the death of a person who exhibited disguting behavior makes you a person who exhibits disgusting behavior. You are not better.
Ah, got it. Thanks! 😬
Celebrating the death of a person who exhibited disguting behavior makes you a person who exhibits disgusting behavior. You are not better.
Please.Celebrating the death of a person who exhibited disguting behavior makes you a person who exhibits disgusting behavior. You are not better.
Celebrating the death of a person who exhibited disguting behavior makes you a person who exhibits disgusting behavior. You are not better.
Oh good, well now that you've put me in my place, I'll just not be happy that a man who would laugh his ass off if I committed suicide is now in the ground.Celebrating the death of a person who exhibited disguting behavior makes you a person who exhibits disgusting behavior. You are not better.
Celebrating the death of a person who exhibited disguting behavior makes you a person who exhibits disgusting behavior. You are not better.
If people hate DQ music and are expecting it to suddenly change completely in style because Sugiyama won't be composing it, they've got another thing coming.
There are probably one or two generations of composers that were influenced by Sugiyama and I'll eat my hat if SE won't try to find someone who can emulate his style. And I also fully expect the games to still have tons of his old music in them.
The only meaningful change I expect from this is that we probably won't have any issues getting the orchestral soundtrack right off the bat anymore, and that the new composer will most likely put a lot more effort on the new songs than Sugiyama had been putting.
I know you've already been quoted a lot, but I'm doing it still lol. It's a good post.
Celebrating the death of a person who exhibited disguting behavior makes you a person who exhibits disgusting behavior. You are not better.
Counterpoint: This guy lived a long, full, rich life that included shitting on and straight up denying the suffering of other, much more vulnerable people. The world is a better place with fewer people exposing these views. Tut-tutting people (particularly people of this board that have and continue to deal with this kind of bigotry firsthand) does not make your view either wise or above it all.Celebrating the death of a person who exhibited disguting behavior makes you a person who exhibits disgusting behavior. You are not better.
I've seen people mention that he used his money to cause suffering to the LGBTQ community. Could I get some details on this? In regard to his stance on the LGBTQ community, I only know of his laughing at the suicide of people from that community.
You know they're gonna get Shimomura and she's gonna do an amazing job.Seems like XII will now be an even bigger shift for the series than expected, music included.
Whoever replaces him has really big shoes to fill.
Also, fuck homophobes/war-crimes apologists.