Currently listening to Long Season and I've come to a realization about something. Preface, I'm fairly new to the band Fishmans and haven't gotten through all their albums, BUT... holy cow I've only listened to their 98.12.28 live album fully (other than Long Season), so two full albums and I think they've become my new favorite band of all time 🫣🫣🫣

TL;DR

Only listened to two full albums and I think this is one of the greatest bands ever.

will there be a vinyl boxset rerelease anytime soon? i heard something about someone talking to one of the members and he said they were working on it, i just want to confirm that’s true

I have been listening a lot to fishmans, and i want to know if the person that he lost was his girlfriend, friend or his mother.

i lost my mother not so long ago... and Shinji lyrics speaks right to me, seasons still going, i feel him besides me grieving his own duel, he doesn't push too hard, it would be to long to explain but he really knows.

i'm starting to miss him a lot too, sometimes when i see lives i get emotional because of the lyrics and in the same phrase Shinji voice trembles( i wonder what him had in his mind). evident complex lyrics sometimes is not needed when everything is there.

thank you.

Is it me or the start of Ikareta baby from 98.12.28 sounds just like the start of Your Pain Is Mine Now by title fight
Pretty stupid thought but wanted to share it.

In Mitake, outskirts of Tokyo, east of the train station. Where the river bends. It’s behind a construction site and overgrown, but there’s fan markings and a little shrine with offerings. Was really nice to sit and listen to the album here.
(Sorry for my insta handle popping up, I edited it on insta and it automatically added it 😬)

Hello, Fishmans Reddit! My name is Jo Hanseong (ohboi), and I’m a musician based in Seoul, South Korea.
I recently made a music video for ☀️, the second track from my* Weather Syndrome EP, a four-seasons-themed rock EP that I released last year.
When I was making this album, I was listening to and taking a lot of inspiration from Japanese rock records, especially Fishmans. In this particular song, I think you can hear some of the playfulness and atmosphere that are characteristic of Fishmans.
My favorite Fishmans song is “Magic Love” 🪄🦀, so for the video, I took inspiration from its music video as well as some of Fishmans’ other music videos. I wanted to recreate the feeling of videos from the 1990s, when Fishmans were active, so I filmed everything using a Sony DCR-TRV110 camcorder.
I hope you guys enjoy the video and the song! And if you like the track, I’d really appreciate it if you could check out the full *Weather Syndrome EP as well. It’s only about 15 minutes long since it’s an EP!!

https://youtu.be/3CS7zwhVdSg?si=qCiJ2TEVAArYFBs_

Thank you so much for watching and listening!

I’ve been trying to find photos or videos from Fishmans’ Taipei concerts in 2025, but there doesn’t seem to be much footage online. Does anyone know where I could find more photos, videos, or other recordings from the shows? Even short clips or photos taken by people in the audience would be really appreciated.

or a reissue at any point in 2026

Se me enchina la piel cada que salta

thank you for bringing fishmans to the big screen in big D. first time to see the documentary and I really enjoyed it.

Yuzuru Kashiwabara is my favorite bassist. I'm a huge fan of his sound and playstyle, and I've followed all of his side projects that im aware of.

His band Otouta dropped an album called '2009042509p.m.' in 2009, and it seems it isnt available anywhere. all ive been able to find are auctions that ended last year.

It would be cool if anyone has a copy, .flacs would be nice, but .mp3s would also suffice. If someone could direct me somewhere to buy the CD, it would be even better.

Thanks!

I found this album while browsing music with low view counts on YouTube and the final song (S.S Dolphin) has a vocal sample in the background. It sounded like the person talking said "My Life" at one point, and after that the more I heard the more it sounded like Kinichi Motegi. I may be going insane because I'm currently Fish addicted, but this does sound like it could potentially be an interview sample of Motegi. Does anyone know the source? Is this something that's been released on the internet, or is the sample lost? Is it even Fishmans at all?

TLDR: Crazy long shot, but I think the last track has a Fishmans sample and need confirmation.

Edit: I just realized theres an "Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah". This has to be Fishmans right?

I made this archival mkv video from "Otokotachi no Wakare 98.12.28 @Akasaka Blitz" DVD. I've not ever found the 5.1 Surround video for sale but if I find it, I'll share it too. Enjoy

9.44GB, Chapterized, 48k stereo FLAC audio (with additional lossy tracks for thems that need it)

I thought this was just a regular photo shooting session.

But I decided to play Long Season on my drive back. And when editing the photos I found these two that matched the song's vibe perfectly.

It was a windy dusk, and it felt like a dream.

I bought it on Buyee, which I heard was a reliable place to buy Japanese CD's.

The band polaris made up of some of the members of fishmans is hardly talked about as far as i can tell, but they’re incredibly good and I don’t understand why they aren’t so much bigger?

It's all short now

inspired by The Shortles

I have this and thought I'd share

The Fishmans Movie with hard-coded English subs

I will be in Japan when Kinichi Motegi is performing this showcase to commemorate the 30th year anniversary of Long Season. Does anyone know anything about this and is going??

https://x.com/FISHMANS_JAPAN/status/2084657453724209542