#it's such a nice song

[myndless88]

[03/31] Happy birthday to my favorite Japanese songstress, Maaya Sakamoto! She's also a really prominent voice actress!

As it is her birthday, I wanted to share with you all some of my favorite songs from her (ones I've heard at least). It's gonna be difficult, but I'll keep it to ten of them. ^_^;;

This is gonna be a long post (and full of music), but I hope you enjoy anyway!

birds

Found on her album 'Easy Listening' (one of the first albums I bought of hers). It's such an amazing song! The last leg of it does make you feel like you're flying (at least to me). Definitely one of the songs I had on repeat alot in my younger years.

Hemisphere

This song is used for the opening of the anime called RahXephon. I like how the song picks up during the chorus. It just makes me so hype! Here's the opening if you're curious about the anime.

tune the rainbow

This one is the ending song played for RahXephon the Movie: Pluralitas Concentio--which is pretty much a compilation of the anime. I originally heard the unplugged version first (which is also really good). Here is an (official?) amv for the movie. Watching it again...I'm rather melancholic because of what happens in the anime/movie. I should rewatch it.

Waiting for the Rain

This song is used as the first ending for the anime The Asterisk War. I've never watched it, so I know nothing about it. But this song is really soothing, and one of few songs Maaya has sung fully in English. Here is the ending if you're curious about the anime.

Kazemachi Jet

This one is used as the second ending for the anime Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles. It's got such a playful kind of feel to it. I really like the first few notes from the violin (?) and guitar. I never did finish this anime. Maybe it's time I should. Here is the ending if you're curious about the anime.

KINGFISHER GIRL - The Song of "Wish You Were Here"

This is yet another song that Maaya has sung fully in English. It comes from her album 'Shounen Alice'. It has kind of that folkish (and a little melancholic) feel to it.

Kiseki no Umi (Sea of Miracles)

Used as the second opening for the anime The Record of Lodoss War. This song is pretty dope. When it first comes on, it just gets me really hyped up! And then when the chorus comes I'll sometimes try to belt it out as well. ^^;; Here is the ending for the anime if you're interested.

Tell Me What the Rain Knows

This song is used as a special ending for the anime Wolf's Rain. It's got a sense of sadness to it. Once again, it's a song sung fully in English. Every time I hear it, I'm reminded of the last few episodes of the anime... I should rewatch it. Here's the special ending if you're interested.

Triangler

This song is used as the first opening to the anime Macross Frontier. It's an upbeat song with an opening line that has you asking: "Who are you going to kiss? Me or her?" The anime (like most Macross, if I'm not mistaken) contains a love triangle of sorts, so the title fits. Here is the opening (which was really tough to find) if you're interested.

Yakusoku wa Iranai (No Need for Promises)

The opening for the anime The Vision of Escaflowne. This is pretty much the first song I heard from Maaya. This one also has a kind of folkish sound to it. It's also one that I'll try to belt out the chorus to. And the bagpipe breakdown in the middle slaps! Here is the opening to the anime if you're interested.

(Quite a few) honorable mentions (that I also wanted to put on my list):

Himitsu (an actual mv!) NO FEAR/Aisurukoto Yubiwa Ame ga furu Hikari a-re cloud 9 Mameshiba (an actual mv!) Million Clouds afternoon repose another grey day in the big blue world Koe Kaze ga fuku hi Light of love Active Heart CALL TO ME (so romantic! now I'm dedicating this to some of my ships) Here 03 Remedy universe koucha watashi wa oka no uekara kabin wo ageru peace DIVE gravity SAVED. THE GARDEN OF EVERYTHING (feat. Steve Conte) inori

[sasdavvero]

Sometimes I put on this song

and think of Nanase being completely smitten and I feel content

[scarefox]

Sano ibuki - 久遠 (Official Audio Movie)

[lesbian-disaster-academic]

i used to be so good at writing strong, thoroughly-researched, thoroughly-edited essays.

as a kid in hs, my teacher literally came up to me, holding my 40 page essay on the intersection of the European witch hunts and capitalism/exploitation/gender roles (it was supposed to be 7 pages...whoops) and went like "this is literally a master's-degree level thesis. what are you doing?? you could literally use this as your final dissertation in a master's program, what the fuck."

NOW??? NOW?? you'd think I'd be oh so skilled. but alas. i can barely piece together two ideas. adhd skill-regression is so so real. im SOBBING

[dazzelmethat]

Some crickets and grasshoppers and my thoughts about them.

I've always been interested in bugs since I was real small.. I should draw them more often.

[slavhew]

hm

[heynhay]

mercy, are you still with me?

[from where the apple falls by europa_report]

[heartorbit]

figure skating set right now please. thanks

[beyondborderlands]

Breathe In

CLEO APPRECIATION TIME!! Flowers + undead makes for a delicious aesthetic.

I feel like I remember this old text post about Cleo weaving flowers in between her ribs and adorning themselves, only to have the flowers wilt by morning (does anyone else remember that post?). The prose was lovely and this piece is loosely based on that.

[lastchristmas]

the eras tour + new surprise song dresses (x)

[sunny-sainz]

everytime i hear this story i turn into a blubbering mess…now hearing it from him ive become a basket case

credit: @borderanakin on twitter/x

[milky-shea]

🎶 ~I can fit two people, under my skin~ 🎶

[Song inspo: Under My Skin by Jukebox the Ghost]

[soupdwelling]

a memory

[st-hedge]

Cheers nier replicant for rearranging my brain chemistry. For the second fucking time

[bloodybellycomb]

I genuinely mean it when I say that life becomes at least 30% more manageable whenever you allow yourself to become obsessed with something that is a little bit silly

[fleabagdiaz]

doctor odyssey is like what if a tv show was so incomprehensible it somehow wrapped back around to being technically perfect. and what if that tv show had a minimum of three insane guest star pulls per week. and what if the main characters were a will-they-won’t-they throuple and they had a threesome SIX EPISODES into the network television program and then spent the entire next episode gently explaining polyamory to middle america. and what if don johnson was also there.