#ANISONG

[pochqmqri]

It has just been announced that Sayuri, the Japanese singer and songwriter, whose songs were used as themes in several anime such as Erased, Scum's Wish, My Hero Academia, and Lycoris Recoil, has passed away at the age of 28, following a battle with a chronic illness.

This is incredibly tragic news, as she was taken too young. May she rest in peace.

To commemorate a part of her life, I want to share the ending theme used to Erased, "Sore wa Chiisa na Hikari no yō na" ("That Was Like a Small Light"), one of my favorite series. It has always been one of my favorite ending themes, for both music and visual tone.

[nakamorijuan]

谷沢伶奈 - おっとどっこい日本晴れ Reina Yazawa - Otto Dokkoi Nihonbare Kyatto Ninden Teyandee - Opening Theme

[lostyth]

NANI GA SUKI?!

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i animated this, been a week since i’ve worked on it while working on other things HAHA i love love live, and this song is my current brainrot <3 and i was thinking- what if??? holomyth x aiscream, then boom HAHA

[technoneko-2000]

☆ EXIT TRANCE PRESENTS SPEED アニメトランス BEST 6 ☆

☆ translation: EXIT TRANCE PRESENTS: SPEED ANIME TRANCE BEST 6

☆ released: march 18, 2009

☆ info: collection of edm covers of various anisongs from 2007-2009

||☆ tracklist ☆||

"motto☆派手にね! (rom. motto☆Hade ni ne!)" (opening theme of Kannagi)

"プレパレード (rom. Pre-Parade)" (opening theme of Toradora!)

"resonance" (opening theme of Soul Eater)

"雨が降る (rom. Ame ga Furu)" (ending theme of Kurogane no Linebarrels)

"Beautiful fighter" (opening theme of Shikabane Hime: Aka)

"MY WINGS" (opening theme of Zettai Karen Children)

"PSI-missing" (opening theme of Toaru Majutsu no Index)

"Pray" (insert song from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)

"Lilium" (opening theme of Elfen Lied)

"バニラソルト (rom. Vanilla Salt)" (ending theme of Toradora!)

"Catch You Catch Me" (opening theme of Cardcaptor Sakura)

"約束の場所へ (rom. Yakusoku no Basho e)" (opening theme of Kaleido Star)

"ニンジーン loves you yeah! (rom. Ninjin loves you yeah!)" (insert song from Macross F)

"CANDY☆POP☆SWEET☆HEART" (ending theme of Hime-sama Goyoujin)

"乙女はDO MY BESTでしょ? (rom. Otome wa DO MY BEST desho?)" (ending theme of Mai-Otome)"

"ハヤテのごとく! (rom. Hayate no Gotoku!)" (opening theme of Hayate no Gotoku!)

"WORLD END" (opening theme of Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2)

"焔の扉 (rom. Honoo no Tobira)" (insert song from Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED Destiny)

"宇宙に咲く (rom. Sora ni Saku)" (opening theme of Rental Magica)

"儚くも永久��カナシ (rom. Hakanaku mo Eikyuu no Kanashi)" (opening theme of Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 Second Season)

||☆ album on youtube ☆||☆ album on spotify ☆||

☆~ album booklet under the cut ~☆

[pink4rt25]

Songs about Existence Playlist

Sora to Utsuro — Sasanomaly (Vanitas no Carte Opening 1)

2. NaiNai — Reona (Shadows House Ending)

3. Telecaster B Boy — Surii feat Kagamine Len

4. Not Myself — Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake Season 1 Episode One Fionna Campbell written and composed by Zuzu and Kurran Karbal

5. Part of the Madness — Adventure Time: Season 1 Episode 2 Simon Petrikov written and sung by Rebecca Sugar

6. Sleepwalking Orchestra — Bump of Chicken (Dungeon Meshi Opening 1)

7. Hello World — Bump of Chicken (Kekkai Sensen Opening 1)

8.Sugar Song to Bitter Step — Madison Square Garden ( Kekkai Sensen Ending 1)

[sachikoq]

I've yet to watch Candy Candy like in any real capacity yet

I keep finding myself humming or singing along to myself, 「そばかすなんて、気にしないわ」 and so on. They don't make anime OPs like they used to.

[wiiildrose-mixtapes]

Mixtape: Hyper Yocomix

01. Otome wa DO MY BEST Desho? 02. SUPER LOVE 03. Towa no Hana 04. Be My Angel 05. Tenbatsu! Angel Rabbie 06. Zessei Bijin 07. An'na ni Issho Datta no ni 08. JOINT 09. Honoo no Tobira 10. Coppelia no Hitsugi 11. Silly-Go-Round 12. SECRET AMBITION 13. Cross*Heart 14. Nageki no Rosario 15. Sei Shoujo Ryouiki 16. Kirameku Namida wa Hoshi ni 17. King Gainer Over! 18. Genkai Battle 19. Roulette☆Roulette 20. Kujibiki Unbalance 21. Musouka 22. Beautiful Story 23. ALL MY LOVE 24. Sousei no Aquarion 25. Happy☆Material 26. Kasabuta 27. Dramatic

[flustered-earl]

Japanese VTuber Kanon Hanayura covered Black Butler's OP, check it out on his YouTube!

[cutiegrumpycerym]

My latest cover, a Jojo one again, please check it out ! 🌸

Next cover will be Kick Back from Chainsaw Man !

[pochqmqri]

In celebration of the premiere of the 26th Detective Conan movie, “Black Iron Submarine,” the official YouTube channel posted a cover of the 60th TV ending theme, “Sissy Sky" by Ai Haibara’s voice actress, Megumi Hayashibara, sung as her character. The ending theme of course, is themed around Haibara, as is the most recent movie.

The original video on YouTube is region-locked and appears to be only available for a limited time only until May 7, so here’s a mirror.

The official Twitter announcement included a message from Haibara herself:

Congratulations on the release of the anime-based movie, “Detective Conan: The Black Iron Submarine,” as well as File 1111 of the original manga.

This is the one year where I can’t be in hiding too, so I’m even doing my best to move around as much as I can.

While making an effort, I was able to experience recording a cover for the first time.

I was very nervous, but the entire staff was kind, and moreover, the original artist of the song, Airi Miyakawa, even came to support me, which made me very happy.

You might say, that I did this to prevent Edogawa-kun from singing, right...? Haha.

Please listen to the song, “Sissy Sky,” covered by me, Ai Haibara.

[nakamorijuan]

山野さと子 - とんがり帽子のメモル Satoko Yamano - Tongari Boushi No MEMOLE Tongari Boushi No MEMOLE - Opening Theme

[coffee-delusion]

Kenshi Yonezu

is a Japanese singer, lyricist, record producer and illustrator. He started his work as early as junior high school together with his friend with whom he performed at a school festival. Between 2008 and 2009, under the pseudonym Hachi, he published his work on Nico Nico Douga. While attending art school, he created music using Vocaloid. In 2012, he debuted under his real name, releasing music with his own voice. After the age of 20, he was diagnosed with high-functioning autism. Many of his songs have been used in anime, commercials and TV series.

Playlist YT

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[technoneko-2000]

☆ Don't say "lazy" from K-On!, circa 2009 ☆

[tardigrade-translations]

“Can-do Dreamer” — Tokyo Mew Mew New S2-ED, fansubbed with ENG/JPN lyrics

Performed by Smewthie

It's been more than halfway into the second season of Tokyo Mew Mew New, and it doesn't seem like any of the songs have been subbed for the simulcast yet, such as the OP, ED, and insert songs (of which there are quite a number of this time). Usually, translating songs for an official sub involve licensing deals, which is why they can take a while, if they ever get subbed at all.

So, in the meantime, we've decided to sub the songs of this second season. Here is the ending theme, color coded to indicate which character/seiyuu/idol is singing during certain parts.

Listen to other subbed songs from this series here.

[corndogninja]

Space Dandy's musical homage to John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13

Space Dandy is one of my all-time favorite anime series, and a huge part of that is the soundtrack. A collaboration from many artists in a variety of funky, retro styles that bring together a ton of influences – I often find myself listening to it apart from the show, and still follow several artists that I discovered from their Dandy contributions.

I recently watched Assault on Precinct 13 (directed, written, and scored by John Carpenter) and had a moment of recognition at one of the music pieces - a slow, moody track (typically called "Julie" on later soundtrack releases):

I had heard this before... in Space Dandy! The track "Napoleon & Bishop" is an extremely similar take on this piece!

Furthering the connection, the track name refers to two of the starring characters: convicted murderer Napoleon Wilson and police Lieutenant Ethan Bishop, who become unlikely allies during the titular assault.

Although some quick Googling found I wasn't the first person to notice this, I didn't immediately see any insight about why this pretty specific homage was made. I was really curious as to what was going on behind the scenes, so I did some research...

First, I looked to see if series director Shinichiro Watanabe had mentioned anything about it. During an appearance at Otakon 2013, Watanabe explained his approach to the soundtrack. He selected a variety of musicians whose work he personally enjoyed. They were given an open-ended direction of what sort of music to make, and there was a general request to avoid using any instruments invented after 1984 to give an old-school/retro feeling.

I pulled out my ol' Space Dandy Official Fan Book, which covers the first season of the show and features brief interviews with many artists, to see if Mito's profile section had any specific insights:

(Note: I can't read Japanese myself, so this information is paraphrasing a mix of machine and manual translations.)

The musician Mito (of the band Clammbon) is responsible for the piece in question. He mentions meeting Watanabe at a James Blake show, where the topic of John Carpenter's music came up. Discovering they had a mutual appreciation of Carpenter, Watanabe expressed a desire to work with Mito on a future anime production.

Watanabe's Dandy direction for Mito was to make something to express his love for John Carpenter's horror music.

In keeping with the pre-1984 limitation on music, Mito took advantage of Carpenter fans' work identifying the synthesizers the director had used and strove to use that original analog equipment as much as possible. Adding that this manual audio mixing process meant that he couldn't provide stems, he jokingly acknowledges his approach may have caused trouble for the post-production staff.

His remarks seem to indicate that "Napoleon & Bishop" was written for episode 4 ("Sometimes You Can't Live With Dying, Baby", it plays during the finale as the galaxy becomes zombified), although it can be heard in several other episodes.

Now, "Sometimes You Can't Live With Dying, Baby" is obviously primarily referencing George A. Romero's Dead movies: the zombie's desire to go to the mall references the setting of Dawn of the Dead, and Romero himself is name-dropped in the movie the characters watch as the episode closes. But there's a bit of Carpenterian connection there, too, if you're willing to look at it that way...

John Carpenter never made a true "zombie" movie, despite his frequent forays into horror. However, Assault on Precinct 13 has been noted for its resemblance to the zombie subgenre: the relentlessly murderous gang members are presented nearly without dialogue and act in an eerily deliberate manner, with a single-minded focus on attacking the protagonists regardless of how many losses they take, so despite their use of firearms they come across almost like mindless zombies. The plots are also loosely similar, with both movies featuring several individuals brought together by chance barricaded against the waves of enemies. Many reviewers have compared Assault on Precinct 13 to Night of the Living Dead; Carpenter himself acknowledged that, as his primary influence was Rio Bravo, the production of the movie was "cross[ing] the western genre with a Night of the Living Dead horror movie" on the DVD commentary.

So there you have it!

Both director and musician had a fondness for John Carpenter's music, leading to the specific request to homage Carpenter's scores

A horror-inspired episode Space Dandy episode served as a good place to exercise that fondness for Carpenter

Mito combined the request to evoke Carpenter with the guideline to use vintage instruments, and recreated Carpenter's 70s sound with analog equipment in a way that very closely mirrored the original musical cue

This was a fun connection to discover, and I enjoyed digging deeper to figure out what motivated Watanabe and Mito to make the homage.

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Additional footnotes:

1. Carpenter's remarks on his Precinct 13 score:

From the liner notes of the 2003 soundtrack release:

It is interesting (but not surprising) that the soundtrack for Assault on Precinct 13 is only 26 minutes long. In my own defense, it was all the time I could afford in the recording studio. I had to compose and perform a few mood pieces that I could use again and again through the movie.

He also recalls "having great difficulty" composing the "quiet piano sequence" that would become "Julie" (and would inspire "Napoleon & Bishop").

I find it interesting that the process of using mood pieces "again and again" also serves to describe Space Dandy, with many tracks (including "Napoleon & Bishop") used multiple times to evoke emotion.

2. Watanabe's remarks on John Carpenter

At Otakon 2013, when asked about 1970s movies that inspired Space Dandy, Watanabe mentioned Carpenter (in general, not Assault on Precinct 13 in particular):

I like John Carpenter movies. Space Dandy is greatly influenced by John Carpenter. Do you guys know the movie Dark Star? It’s heavily influenced by that.

He also remarked that all Dandy crew members had to watch a few movies, including Dark Star, prior to starting. During a Q&A, he told a fan that Dark Star "is a very dumb movie, so please check it out."

3. Mito Goes To Hollywood

Mito also brings up the song he wrote for episode 13 ("Even Vacuum Cleaners Fall in Love, Baby"):

For this song, he was requested to make "something like Frankie Goes to Hollywood," which he describes as a niche request. I'm not particularly knowledgeable about the work of Messrs. Frankie, but "I should be..." might be a pastiche of "The Power of Love":

[sadandpoutyandfrench]

Yu Serizawa JUNGLE FIRE feat. MOTSU opening for MF Ghost profile