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Anime Instrumentality Blog | Anime Music of Christmases (Long) Past — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:36:38 +0000

[...] Dickens novel, I do mean long-past. I won’t be talking about special vocal albums like the Marimite Christmas album either, as hilarious as it is. No, for the purposes of this entry, I’m going to focus more on [...]

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:07:07 +0000

@depthcharge101
Christmas comes once a year. This album shouldn’t be played any more often than that :p

By: depthcharge101

depthcharge101 — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:12:29 +0000

Man can’t stop grinning (on the verge of laughing) listening to the Engrish. It’s amusingly enjoyable. Not something I’d keep but it’s worth a listen.

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:30:33 +0000

@Jen
I figure that anyone getting this album will be doing it for the novelty factor since the big names on there aren’t a major selling point since most of them aren’t highly regarded as singers.

Also, the phrase is: “In excelsis deo” if you were curious.

@Fuu
Unless you want to torture relatives or friends during Christmastime. Then it becomes fun for the whole family.

@Yi
And even that’s debatable as to whether it’s worth sitting through. I’d just treat it as a comedy album if I were you :p

By: Yi

Yi — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:09:47 +0000

Hearing Engrish always makes me cringe a bit. I wouldn’t even be able to sit through the samples if it wasn’t for Yumi’s cute voice.

By: Fuu

Fuu — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:30:38 +0000

Hahahaha, this is rather cute, in a trite, cheesy sorta way. One time ristening onry.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:22:55 +0000

Ah, I’ve been all too familiar with the Jap’s massacre of English. I’m actually more fond of Noto’s, since it feels more mystical and Christmas-y. Ueda did relatively well on ‘Angels We Have Heard on High’ though. (No idea what the heck she’s singing, so I’ll just judge on voice)

Still, they’ve got some big names there and I expect will draw some fans at least.

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:03:23 +0000

@Sorrow-kun
Well, it’s only 20 minutes of silliness thankfully, so listening to it isn’t that bad of a chore. :p

@Reltair
Agreed, it’s more or less a one-shot type of album. Amusing while it lasts, but I wouldn’t declare it to be much more than that.

By: Reltair

Reltair — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:12:50 +0000

Engrish isn’t really my thing, pass.

It is a bit amusing though, I’ll give it that.

By: Sorrow-kun

Sorrow-kun — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:13:08 +0000

I wouldn’t be so quick to call this a joke album, I have this crazy inkling it might have been serious… (well, about as serious as any Christmas album can be, seeing as how they’re all pretty much seasonal, well-timed cash-ins). The reason why it sounds so tacky to us is the same as why most Engrish sounds tacky… it’s Engrish.

Listening to it, I wasn’t sure what to think of it at first… then I laughed… by the end, I couldn’t believe I lasted through the whole thing.