Monthly Archives: May 2011

1st Annual Anime Music Awards – The Best of 2010

In the course of reflecting upon the music of last year’s anime, an idea as obvious as recognizing some of the best of the best soundtracks and OP/ED songs has to be done. In years past, that idea materialized in the form of a Decades post series where we looked at some of the more [...]

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Ano Hana ED Single – secret base ~Kimi Ga Kureta Mono~ – Review

Album Title: secret base ~Kimi Ga Kureta Mono~ Anime Title: Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai Artist: Ai Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu, Saori Hayami, Norihiko Machida Catalog Number: SVWC-7764 Release Type: OP/ED Single Release Date: April 27, 2011 Purchase at: CDJapan

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Aftershok Composes: Hare Hare Yukai for Four Saxophones

Yuki, Haruhi, Mikuru, and shadowy Unit-01 are back for a second helping of OP/ED rearranging shenanigans, and this time it’s the sequel to last week’s “Bouken Desho Desho?”: “Hare Hare Yukai.” Willed into existance by Haruhi herself, this sax quartet arrangement had a bit of a rocky inception.

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Gosick ED Single – Resuscitated Hope / Unity – Review

Album Title: Resuscitate Hope / unity Anime Title: Gosick Artist: Lisa Komine, Takeshi Sakabe, Asu Catalog Number: COCC-16467 Release Type: OP/ED Single Release Date: April 27, 2011 Purchase at: CDJapan

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Aftershok Composes: Bouken Desho Desho for Four Saxophones

It’s been almost an entire two days in the making, but, at last, I am proud to present to you all the culmination of nearly 48 hours’ worth of work, sweat, and instant noodles. Written/arranged by me and performed by my four other identical quintuplet brothers (pictured), this arrangement of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya‘s [...]

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