#ive had this on hand for A WHILE i was gonna upload it to yt but it got copystriked

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"Vacation", a film by Bruce McCulloch, "Eraserhead" song from his album Shame-Based Man

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Part VI of my 20th anniversary series and happy 1 year anniversary to this blog ! 🎉

Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V

As usual : Song titles link to individual mp3 file download

All 5 songs can also be downloaded together, in a zip file, from the link at the bottom

This month's rotation focuses on bands that were brand new, in 2004, but were already on the way to become the staples of visual kei they are today :)

アンティック-珈琲店- (AN CAFE) - 踊るメルヘン時計 (odoru meruhen tokei)

This is how i discovered an café ! And it's their only song i'll really go out of my way to listen to, not gonna lie lol. Back in high school, it became my best friend's favourite band for a while, after discovering them through me, so an café will always have a special spot in my heart despite not being my style at all !

Odoru meruhen tokei was found on the √69 single, released in 2004

彩冷える-ayabie- - マゾチ(三月に見た夢の再構成) (mazochi (sangatsu ni mita yume no saikousei))

Now that i think about it, it's funny that i always put ayabie in the same basket as soroban (for me being slightly disappointed that their usual sound is more kawaii than this) cause yumehito did go from soroban to ayabie (and it made everything sorse but that's another story and shall be told another time :))

mazochi was the second track of the GOTHIC PARTY single, released in 2004

D - 空中庭園 (kuuchuu teien)

I got really deep in D before realizing that I wished I liked more than I actually did lmao. This being said, they still have a handful of songs I should probably put in a regular playlist and kuuchuu teien is one of them.

Kuuchuu teien was released in 2004 as the opening track of the 夢なりし空中庭園 (yume narishi kuuchuu teien) single.

ドレミ團 (doremidan) - 傘月 (sangatsu)

I hope we can all agree that this has gained its classic status since then because that song is really fucking good.

sangatsu was on the 素晴らしきかな過多想募 (subarashiki ka na kata sou tsuno) single which released in 2004.

Here's me uploading the song here cause i can only find another version on yt

(this is how i learn there are several version of a song like 90% of the time lmao)

ナイトメア (NIGHTMARE) - be buried

It's nightmare's fault i got into Death Note, but it's another unfortunate case of it all went downhill from there, oops. I always had a good time listening to one of their songs, but finding something to say about this song in particular made me realize that I always used nightmare's songs to plug holes in my 43247874 burned discs compilations, especially this early in my getting into vk... In the end, I think I went with this song cause it captures well their sound from the era :)

The 8th track of the LIVID album was be buried and was released in, you guessed it, 2004.

Get the .zip file

-> HERE <-

ngl that rotation was out of my comfort zone LOL

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ok this got a few likes so i guess there’s interest so here it is. This definitely reflects my interest and bias so do ur own research! get lost in anilist’s really thorough filters! Get weird with it!

in no particular order:

- Lensman (1984) is the second ever anime to use CGI in a bit at the end where the protagonist gets lost in some kind of demonic cyberspace. The entire movie is on youtube and the bit im talking about (which is all ive watched lol) starts at 1:25:45

- Pop Team Epic (2018) if you havent seen it already uses a variety of mediums including different types of stop motion (with paper, fabric dolls, clay etc) to animate its shitpost sketches and its truly a delight

- Heike Monogatari (2021) looks like a traditional Japanese painting come to life. No surprises that its amazing since it comes from science saru, the studio savant director yuasa masaki (who will appear again on this list) established to experiment with bleeding edge technology.

- FLCL (2001) Look, you knew this was coming, i knew this was coming, we all knew this was coming. But come ON. this shit was made with 2d digital animation in the YEAR TWO THOUSAND and it STILL looks better than most stuff from today. do you even remember what computers were like in the year two thousand??? this is an anime KNOWN for being insanely creative with animation, famously letting all its animators do whatever they wanted in their scenes. some of the scenes weren’t even story boarded by the director. They animated MANGA PANELS for chrissake. they did a SOUTH PARK bit. i will not rest until all of my followers have seen this anime idc. just pick any moment from this video and its guaranteed to blow your socks off.

- the tatami galaxy (2011) if you haven’t seen this show WHAT are you doing. im not even gonna say anything ill just drop the trailer here and let it speak for itself.

- Pingpong the animation (2014) i know, i KNOW. an anime about ping-pong? but seriously, just LOOK at it. after tatami galaxy this is our third and final yuasa joint of the night. The man is a genius.

- akira (1988) you know this had to be on the list. im not even gonna drop the trailer because if you follow me theres no way you havent seen at least a gif of this movie. You’re welcome.

- sonny boy (2021) hey so do you guys remember this little anime, it was sort of popular a while ago, kind of niche, it was called “one punch man”? yeah so the guy who directed that basically did such a banger job that studio madhouse handed him a bunch of money and resources to write and produce his own original anime (NOT adapted from anything) and he made one of the great philosphical treatises of our times, no lie

- Keep your hands off eizouken (2020) i was really trying to keep this list free of links to cr*nchyroll yt but there are no other uploads of this scene and I really need you all to see it. Not only is this anime GORGEOUS, its story is really good, the humor is funny and the characters are SO endearing. Very much an “anime for people who dont like anime”, the girls have realistic (and therefore unusual) designs, theres not a bit of fanservice in sight, just a feel good story about three friends making anime for passion and fun.

- angel’s egg (1985) okay so theres not a lot of cel animation in this list and you may be thinking, hey m.a., dont you always say cel animation is your favorite kind (you insufferable hipster)? but theres a reason for that. Because of how time consuming cel ani is, most cel anime that I would consider visually appealing (eva, rgu, kite, etc) do so by using their resources very smartly and creating evocative, striking, atmospheric imagery through a mixture if photography and direction. some of the most memorable images in evangelion are barely if at all animated (the holding cell shinji misato and ritsuko alternatively end up in, the escalators down into the bowels of NERV hq, the infamous elevator scene, and of course the still of shinji in unit 01 holding kaworu). Tldr cel animation is VERY pleasing to the eyes when its actually animated (see akira) and its unique limitations push directors to be especially creative and talented (the opposite of whats true for digital but that’s another rant) but most cel animated stuff is… well its pretty and its nostalgic but its not technically impressive from a pure animation perspective. but there are some exceptions. lo and behold: the entire angel’s egg movie by visionary director oshii mamoru, on youtube dot com.

- mononoke (2007) this is another one where i dont even need to say much. Just LOOK at it. the fact that this exists is a marvel.

- samurai champloo (2004) HA! you thought i was gonna put bebop on this list didnt you? well jokes on you. one day maybe i will write my “champloo is better than bebop, YES really, NO im not just being a hipster” rant but that day is not today. the trademark watanabe swagger and swashbuckling and the inventive and brilliantly animated fight choreography that characterizes his stuff are in their full glory here. this truly feels like looking at a real life fight between swordmasters - youre legit gonna have to watch at .5x or go back a bunch of times to catch everything they do. its glorious. also i want mugen and jin to sandwich me who said that.

ok im kind of tired of typing and i think I managed to cover at least my favorites so heres some honorable mentions: panty and stocking, kill la kill regrettably plus trigger needs at least a little shoutout, devilman crybaby yes its good yes i stand by it you can fight me on this but it wont go well for you, mars red, bocchi the rock but you’ve probably already seen it, mob psycho if you havent seen this yet what are you even doing, sayonara zetsubou sensei but im warning you its very anime, urotsukidoji if you’ve got the stomach for it lol.

Maybe I should make a list of anime with good and interesting animation so more ppl can get taste lol