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'''The Esoteric Retina''' is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_CD Video CD] released by [[Osamu Sato]] and [[OutSide Director's Company]], published by Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 1994. It contains several animated music videos, accompanied by alternative mixes of Sato's music not heard anywhere else.
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'''Tong-Nou''' is the island on which the game [[Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou]] takes place.
  
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==Release==
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The island is located "far to the east" of Earth, and exists as a giant green head (specifically [[Osamu Sato]]'s head).
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There are five distinct music videos; one for each distinct track. After the intro, tracks 2-9 will play in a randomized order on the original Video CD. In between each video, a short segue plays. Only after watching all of these will the final track, Frozen Frogs, reveal itself.
 
  
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==Tracklist==
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==The Four Lands==
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* 1. Intro
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Tong-Nou has five lands based on the Chinese "wuxing" (or "five elements"), namely:
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* 2. The Earth is Round (VCD Edit)
 
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* 3. The Earth is Round (Chrome Dome Mix)
 
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* 4. Transmigration
 
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* 5. Transmigration (7th Heaven Mix)
 
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* 6. Face the Music
 
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* 7. Face the Music (Glue-Glue Mix)
 
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* 8. Xia-Che [ʃia-tʃe]
 
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* 9. Xia-Che (Motormouse Mix)
 
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* 10. Frozen Frogs
 
  
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==Former Lost Media Status==
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*[[Tong-Nou (Central Mountain)]]|Tong-Nou, the Central Mountain
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Its rarity was proven to be high, and for years the disc's contents had not surfaced online. Aside from the fact that it contained several music videos by Sato, little to no info about its contents was known, with the only evidence of its existence is a mention on the official Outside Directors Company website, a small, low-quality scan of the cover that looks to have been found in a catalog, and its price at the time (which would be around $45 in 2016, not adjusting for inflation).
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*[[Yui-wang]], the Land of Desire
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*[[Mon-chien]], the Land of Dreaming
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In January 2018 a copy of The Esoteric Retina was auctioned on eBay, originating from an estate sale in New York. It was sold with a winning bid of $717.00 to Swazaaa. The disc's contents were ripped and made available online in late June 2018.
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*[[Ming-ken]], the Land of Life
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*[[Shi-chieng]], the Land of Time
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[[Category: Music]] [[Category: Art]]
 

Revision as of 07:57, 14 October 2019

Tong-Nou is the island on which the game Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou takes place.

The island is located "far to the east" of Earth, and exists as a giant green head (specifically Osamu Sato's head).

The Four Lands

Tong-Nou has five lands based on the Chinese "wuxing" (or "five elements"), namely:

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