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Years active. 1987–present. Kow Otani (大谷 幸, Ōtani Kō, born May 1, 1957) is a Japanese composer. He is best known for creating the soundtracks for the Heisei Gamera trilogy, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, and Shadow of the Colossus .
- May 1, 1957 (age 66), Tokyo, Japan
- 1987–present
- Piano
- Composer, arranger, keyboardist
Kow Otani (大谷 幸, Ōtani Kō?, parfois écrit Kō Ōtani, Kou Otani ou Kou Ootani), né le 1 er mai 1957, est un compositeur japonais. Il a surtout composé pour des films , des séries animées et quelques jeux vidéo , parmi lesquels les musiques pour Shadow of the Colossus .
Kow Otani is a prolific Japanese composer, arranger and pianist from Tokyo. He has composed the soundtracks to several Gamera films as well as many anime series. He has also composed music for a few video games, the most notable of which is Shadow of the Colossus.
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In the distant future, Mankind has colonized space, with clusters of space colonies at each of the five Earth-Moon Lagrange points. Down on the Earth, the nations have come together to form the United Earth Sphere Alliance. This Alliance oppresses the colonies with its vast military might. The colonies wishing to be free, joined together in a movem...
The making of Gundam Wing was influenced by Mobile Fighter G Gundam with the idea of having five main characters. Originally, the series was meant to be titled Gundam Meteor after "Operation Meteor." Bandai suggested having a Gundam with the ability of transforming into a plane-like form (which led to the creation of the Wing Gundam and its "Bird M...
Anime
Gundam Wing was not the first series in the Gundam franchise to be dubbed and distributed in the U.S. (the compilation film version of the original Mobile Suit Gundam, as well as the OVAs War in the Pocket and Stardust Memory, preceded it by about two years), but it is well known as the first Gundam series to be aired on American television. This dub was licensed by Sunrise and the voice work was done by Ocean Productions. The series aired on Cartoon Network's weekday afternoon after-school p...
OVAs
After the series ended, four original video animation (OVA) episodes, compiling various scenes from the series along with a few minutes of new footage, were released in 1996 as Gundam Wing: Operation MeteorI and II. A three-part OVA titled Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz was produced in 1997 as a sequel to the TV series; plot-wise, it brought the "After Colony" timeline to a close. The OVA was also notable for its massive redesigns of all the Gundams by Hajime Katoki, such as the Wing Gundam Zero'...
Manga
In addition to manga adaptations of the series and Endless Waltz, several manga sidestories have also been produced. Episode Zero is a prequel, detailing the events leading up to series; the stories have been collected in a volume that also contains one brief open-ended interlude, Preventer 5, that details an operation that occurs after Endless Waltz. A coincident storyline to the series is presented in Last Outpost (G-Unit). Several sequel manga, occurring between Gundam Wing and Endless Wal...
Gundam Wing was only a modest success in Japan during its initial run; it, along with G Gundam, was the only Gundam series of the 1990s that managed an average television rating over four percent. It was ranked number two in Animage magazine's Anime Grand Prix in 1996 and was also ranked number 76 in the publication's list of the 100 most important...
Official Website: AnimeKodansha USA publishing page: Mobile Suit Gundam WING (Mobile Suit GUNDAM WING Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers)Archive index at the Wayback MachineMobile Suit Gundam Wing (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia- Katsuyuki Sumizawa
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Director Shusuke Kaneko 's composer of choice, Kow Otani started his career as a composer in the late 1980's. Otani primarly composed for animated films up until the 1990's when he made his jump toward live action productions. Although active primarly in film, he has also done several video game soundtracks, such as Shadow of the Colossus.
DatetitleType1991Produced1991Distributed1993Produced1994DistributedAll music is composed by Kow Otani except where noted. All music performed by the King Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Hiroshi Kumagai) except "White Reflection" by Two-Mix
17. Mai 2024 · Kow Otani (大谷 幸, Ōtani Kō) is a Japanese composer who has composed for both the Godzilla and Gamera franchises, although he is particularly known for composing the music for the 2005 PlayStation 2 game, Shadow of the Colossus.
