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ROOTS26 is a webpage project to serve as a kind of encyclopedia for the English-speaking IIDX community. To that end, you'll see a lot of random IIDX-related information here.
Right now, the site is broken up into two main sections: character descriptions and IIDX style information. The character descriptions ... well, that's pretty self explanatory. The IIDX style information pages have translations of the production info for each new song in each style. Each song usually has commentary on the music (usually by the person who wrote the song, though in earlier styles this is less true), and commentary on the production of the video for the song (or just commentary by one of the visual arts people if it's a generic video). Over time I'll add the introductions for all songs in all releases of IIDX, as well as the staff notes from each style. This is a lot of information, though, so it will take some time.
By the way, ROOTS26 is the name of the designer clothing store Shem runs in Harajuku. Harajuku is the part of Tokyo where all the visual kei cosplayers and gothic lolita kids hang out in costume to look cool.
When you click on a link for a certain style on the main page (for example, 4th style, you'll go to the page for that release of IIDX. Clicking on a song on the left will take you to the production info and commentary for that song. There are (will be) also links to various other information, such as song difficulties and staff notes.
I update as often as I can, so check back every few days; there will probably be something new. (Hopefully there will be a lot new!)
This page uses Japanese where appropriate, and probably other languages where appropriate, too. (Don't worry, there are "subtitles".) Everything is encoded in UTF-8, so if it shows up as nonsense or as ???s, then you need to do one (or both) of the following:
So I've put some time into this site ...
All FROM STAFFS, Q&A, and NEW SONGS INTRODUCTION text is a translation of text from Konami's Beatmania IIDX webpage. The character information is based on various things I've found in Konami's webpages and across the Internet in general. You're free to use any of the informational text on the website provided you give a small mention of the source (e.g. "from ROOTS26") and a link (so ideally "from ROOTS26"). Speaking of links, you're free to link to me. The url I'd prefer you use is "http://sacredchao.net/~arashi/iidx/".
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