Posted by: sidereeldom on: March 9, 2010
Last weekend, as my friends and I belted out our favorite otaku hits, I read all of the lyrics to current favorite “Only My Railgun” for the first time. While I usually try to ignore the lyrics to anime songs (trust me, you’re better off not knowing the lyrics to 90% [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: March 2, 2010
What happens when you take JAM Project and their old-school anime sensibilities away from the vaunted Super Robot Wars series? A whole lot of fan service rushes in to fill the vacuum. You get Mizuki Nana playing a busty fairy princess, and watch an opening sequence that’s so shamelessly fan service-oriented [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: February 23, 2010
For lovers of anime music, the Animelo concert series led by JAM Project is like watching the Dream Team year after year, as all of the best . But having been there once for the 2008 concert, let me tell you that I have no urge to stand out in the August heat in Tokyo [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: February 9, 2010
Is it anime? Nope. Is it awesome? Hell yeah. The Muppets Studio has always been great at producing amusing musical vignettes, and in this day and age they haven’t let up. Check out some of the other musical endeavors they’ve put on YouTube after the jump, including an amazing rendition of [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: January 28, 2010
Anime song mega-label Lantis has posted the full 344-second “Yasashii Boukyaku” (“Gentle Oblivion”) as its latest promotional video on YouTube, and I’m surprised at the fan reaction to it being so divided. It’s a melancholy and mournful tune, very fitting for the upcoming Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya movie and its sad-girl-in-snow [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: January 19, 2010
The latest Mizuki Nana single from the Nanoha movie, “Phantom Minds,” has hit #1 in the charts – but that really doesn’t mean much. As houkoholic at seiyuu3 points out, her 21st single isn’t even the #1 best-seller among Mizuki Nana singles. It’s just not a market where CDs sell, and the sales rose to [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: December 29, 2009
Mizuki Nana may be the only anime seiyuu on the 60th Kouhaku program this week, but there are plenty of mainstream performers on the program who’ve lent their songs to anime programs and video games. I mean, Final Fantasy X-2 skyrocketed Koda Kumi’s career, and fans of her skimpy outfits and catchy dance tunes are [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: December 23, 2009
It’s been a long time since the heyday of Shiina Hekiru, so it’s entirely possible that you don’t know who she is. Her most famous role came 15 years ago, as Hikaru in Magic Knight Rayearth. After that, she gained a lot of popularity as a singer, especially after a 1997 concert at the legendary [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: December 16, 2009
There’s really no need to explain this one: it’s j-pop/dance idol Amuro Namie’s latest music video, which features legendary Gundam hero Amuro Ray. It’s a super catchy tune, and it definitely features the Gundam series and music a lot better than the other Gundam music video from Gackt:
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Posted by: sidereeldom on: December 8, 2009
What do you get when you mix Super Eurobeat with randomly cute seiyuu pop? You get Tamura Yukari’s new single You & Me, apparently. Tamura Yukari isn’t my favorite performer, but she does well within her range and occasionally one of her songs will be actually catchy instead of just generic bubblegum pop. Meanwhile, motsu [...]
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