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: 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 16, 2010
K-On!!, the innovatively titled second season of the popular K-On! anime, has now been saddled with an April 6th air date. In case you had inflated notions of just how popular it was, it’ll still air in the Otaku Hour, holding down the 1:30 AM time slot that so many anime have inhabited before it and [...]
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: February 8, 2010
The first, brief hints of Studio Ghibli’s next movie, Karigurashi no Arrietty, based on the classic children’s book “The Borrowers,” have started showing up in the form of teaser trailers. The teaser shows very little other than some of the forest and house backgrounds, though Cecile Corbel’s “Arrietty’s Song” sounds wonderful. [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: January 26, 2010
If you’ve hung around the otaku Internet at all, you know the song “Omoide ha Okkusenman” (“Memories are Priceless”), a fan-made remix of a classic Mega Man 2 theme. You have a slightly lower chance of knowing about BlazBlue fan favorite character song “Omae no Tettsui ni Kugi wo Ute” (“Bang [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: January 21, 2010
Thanks to AnimeNation, I’ve been introduced to the latest ear worm video, a hideously reptitive video from Hanamaru Kindergarten that is ninety seconds of rough footage from the upcoming dance craze, “Panda Neko Taisou” (AKA “Panda Cat Exercise”). You’re welcome.
And if this really does become a dance craze, please shoot me.
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 30, 2009
Today’s “that was inevitable” moment came when the official site for Kyoto Animation’s musical hit K-On! was updated with the above image, which confirmed a second season for the slice of life show about a high school all-girl band. Given the stellar sales of the DVDs and the show’s massive fan base (the show’s representation [...]
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 [...]
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