About Beyond the Sea

INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Beyond the Sea, a J-pop music review blog!
Only music from Japan will be featured in this blog and nothing else. I will do my best to deliver reviews on the latest releases and comments and feedback are very much appreciated. If you’re looking for a certain artist, just check out the artist list to the right and if your looking for a specific review from that artist, the review index will show a complete listing of what I have done. Happy reading!
Current banner: Ami Suzuki
Made by me. ^^

MY REVIEWS
First things first, I only review artists that I like and regularly listen to. This means that I do NOT take requests for reviews. Don’t even think about requesting or recommending anything to me. I am entitled to my own opinion and if you don’t like it, that’s too bad. I will respect your opinion so please respect mine in return.

THE RATING SYSTEM

1 star = Maybe there was one little redeeming quality? It was still shitty though.
 
2 stars = Incredibly below average.

3 stars = It was okay. Could’ve been better though.

4 stars = Getting close! A high quality release.

5 stars = Perfect. If it was a person, you would make sweet love to it. ♥
Robert Pattinson: OMG 5 STARS! I JUST…

Note: Half a star (  ) indicates that the release was close to receiving a full star rating as listed above. Factors such as B-sides, remixes, new album tracks, and other minor details can influence whether a release gets an increase or decrease in its overall rating by half a star.

ABOUT ME
Hey bbz. My name is Lex. I’m 21 years old and currently in the Delayed Entry Program for the US Air Force!

Interests: MUSIC, forums, video games, tennis, watching movies, reading, hanging out with friends, ONTD (XD)
Favorite video games: Final Fantasy, Xenosaga, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Persona 4, Chrono Cross, Tomb Raider, Soul Calibur, etc.
Favorite TV shows: Always changing and such as~

HEY LEX, WTF ARE YOU DOING?
Whoring: FAST CAR by Namie Amuro.
Reading: Oh nothing…XD
Watching: Ghost Adventures. WATCH IT, BRO!
Playing: Dragon Quest VIII

YOU CAN ALSO FIND ME AT:
Twitter
Facebook
Last.fm (The best way to contact me outside of the blog)

IN CONCLUSION…
I hope you enjoy your stay here at Beyond the Sea. According to Tyra, this blog is…

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  1. Why beyondthesea2? What happened to beyondthesea?

    Great site, BTW. Keep it up. =)

    Comment by Rikki — March 25, 2008 #

  2. Haha, Dancing Namie.

    Comment by chocolateislove — March 25, 2008 #

  3. Hey I was just wondering, do you know of any place where I could get scans for music artists? I would really like to know where you’ve been getting all these scans and stuff, since I’d like to make my reviews look more interesting.
    ><

    Comment by blackmager — March 27, 2008 #

  4. Man… i admire your courage and effort to downloading, you rock~! upload more ^^~! Also, could you upload the piano sheets of a few songs? (For ex : Only Human by K (Kei) ; Even If by Ken Hirai) Or is that too much~ well… if you need the Only Human, use this link ^^ http://bao.o.free.fr/OnlyHuman.pdf
    Anywho, TY for uploading once again, YOU ROCK SERIOUSLY!!!!! JPop Forever <3

    Comment by :D — March 29, 2008 #

  5. the amount of work you put into your reviews is truly amazing! I missed your reviews after beyondthesea was sunk under the terms of service. good to see you back up again :-)

    Comment by do 2 infinity — April 10, 2008 #

  6. how come some reviews of singles are no longer present on your blog Lex? are you still working on getting everything back up or are you just leaving the blog as is ?

    Comment by Nao — April 14, 2008 #

  7. @Nao: It’s taking a while, but I’m slowly getting all of the reviews back.

    Comment by Lex — April 14, 2008 #

  8. @Lex – That’s great news. You run a really terrific blog here, and I actually find it more professional without the downloads. =]

    Comment by Nao — April 15, 2008 #

  9. Hahaha dancing namie! I’m glad u changed your banner to BoA’s one

    Comment by boamyjewel — April 18, 2008 #

  10. I recently just started playing Xenosaga I. It’s the sex.

    Comment by radiantdawn — April 27, 2008 #

  11. Wow! Welcome back! I’ve really missed the site. Pity the downloads are down but that’s okay! Like always, your reviews are interesting to read!

    Comment by MidnightRose — May 10, 2008 #

  12. Keep up the great work.

    I had Beyond the Sea bookmarked and I just clicked it for the first time in a while and I was like, “OMG what??” D: D: D: D:

    So I googled “beyond the sea wordpress” and found this. >_>

    Comment by Anonymous — May 22, 2008 #

  13. YAYYY OMG SO GLAD YOUR BACK! ive missed your site!!! :DDD

    Comment by bluwingz — May 27, 2008 #

  14. wonder if you may just reviewed on Miyu’s latest single Akane, its so beautiful!

    Comment by kai — June 4, 2008 #

  15. Yep.. too bad with ‘beyondthesea’ and the download thingy, but yeah.. your review is really interesting to read ^^ I could look up to some album reviews before looking some good songs to be added to my i-tunes :D

    Great job! ^^

    Comment by Yuki — June 8, 2008 #

  16. thanks for adding me!
    I really like your reviews they’re really good quality!

    Comment by ironicclown — June 11, 2008 #

  17. Wow, I love your banner! What program do you use to make it? Because I only have paint, as you could tell from my low quality banner.

    Comment by Die — June 16, 2008 #

  18. Wow, great banner!

    Comment by ironicclown — June 16, 2008 #

  19. Oh, okay thanks for the information.

    Comment by Die — June 17, 2008 #

  20. You didn’t tell them Lex? ;D

    Comment by Sanosuke — June 17, 2008 #

  21. Cool the site is back i really missed the original one, thxs for all the songs and reviews. ^.^

    Comment by Anonymous — June 18, 2008 #

  22. Ha! Love the dancing Namie! :D

    Comment by KEONI — June 21, 2008 #

  23. Hohoho, my favorite j-pop website is back! I knew it wouldn’t sink so easily! Keep up your good work!

    Comment by KiT — June 27, 2008 #

  24. I am very grateful towards you allowing me to use your pics though I didn’t ask. I am removing the pics and putting them to my server. It will be fully removed by tomorrow. Thank you for being tremendously kind.

    Comment by lynethia — September 1, 2008 #

  25. It still says this is a download blog. x:

    Like I said, I really love the banner.

    Comment by radiantdawn — September 9, 2008 #

  26. ^ Fixed! XDD

    Comment by Lex — September 9, 2008 #

  27. omg, wow, I can not believe this whole time there was a beyondthesea2. I was so depressed when the other page wasn’t up, and two months later I find THIS! lol, now I have to go through all the pages to see all of the exciting reviews I have missed!

    Comment by Durrock — September 11, 2008 #

  28. Hi!
    Could we please exchange links? I love your blog and added it to my blogroll.
    sunsetcoloredpromise.wordpress.com
    Thanks!

    Comment by sushibabyx — September 17, 2008 #

  29. haha a drunk tyra!
    n i think one day, lex will end up as an important critic for jpop music (as a career!!!)
    since ur doin absolutly gr8 rite now!
    keep it up XD

    Comment by dal — October 16, 2008 #

  30. Haha, FIERCE!

    I really love your blog, you’re doing a great job!

    Comment by Rebecca — November 24, 2008 #

  31. FIERCE.

    Comment by trisha =D — November 26, 2008 #

  32. This blog is as FIERCE as they come. ;D

    Comment by radiantdawn — November 29, 2008 #

  33. Mwahahahahahahahah it cracks me up!!

    FIERCE LMFAO

    Comment by boamyjewel — December 13, 2008 #

  34. Happy Holidays Lex!

    Comment by blackmager — December 25, 2008 #

  35. Love the BoA banner. The Best & USA covers are AWESOME

    Comment by a_chan — January 28, 2009 #

  36. Hey, just checked out your LiveJournal page (yes I know I’m so behind) but it was very entertaining… I especially like the random bits XD!

    Comment by Ironic Clown — February 5, 2009 #

  37. Hey. I was just wondering if you are having problems uploading photos and media on WordPress at the moment? I insert the photo, but then the screen goes blank and I have to close it… it’s really frustrating!

    Comment by Ironic Clown — February 9, 2009 #

  38. I love the Tyra thing!

    Comment by Lizzie — February 11, 2009 #

  39. Hey Lex~
    I moved my site a while ago to stylejapan.unchained.nu so if you could please put that on your blogroll it would be appreciated :)
    I can’t wait for your review of ANSWER~ perhaps your next review?

    Comment by noahfurlani — March 13, 2009 #

  40. Love the Mai Kuraki banner (and the song) xD

    Comment by aikorin — May 21, 2009 #

  41. Oh my… I’m loving the new banner!

    Comment by Ironic Clown — May 22, 2009 #

  42. Are you really still playing SUIKODEN III? When was the last time this page was updated? and how often?
    Yeah! Tyra gif is uber FIERCE! hahaha

    Comment by Ty_Sylicus — May 27, 2009 #

  43. HII, I hope you review Yuna Ito’s DREAM soon
    cuz I just got it and its AMAZING
    the non-singles on the album are amazing
    and after “Body” (the last track) she included a secret song is you wait for about a minute.
    the secret track is the english version of Koi wa Groovy that was used for Yuna’s english segment/show koi wa GUBI GUBI.
    THanX

    Comment by Telos — May 29, 2009 #

  44. I really love your blog! I’m a big fan of japanese music and that’s a real pleasure to come here to read some reviews. Good Job guy! Keep writin’!

    Comment by Tom — July 14, 2009 #

  45. Hi. I actually just started a japanese music review blog and I was wondering if we could exchange links. Mine is ashentwilight.wordpress.com….. so thanks!

    Comment by Ashen Twilight — July 26, 2009 #

  46. What’s Kana Nishino doing up there on the banner? Are you gonna start reviewing her too? :D

    Comment by Ren — September 28, 2009 #

  47. Yep! Her new single is out next month.

    Comment by Lex — September 28, 2009 #

  48. Ooh that banner is pretty. I’ll definitely check Kana Nishino out.

    Comment by aikorin — September 29, 2009 #

  49. hahaha trashy vh1 shows… they’re the best xD

    Comment by Aoliwa and Kowezhi — October 5, 2009 #


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