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2010′s Anime Music in Review – Soundtrack Edition

June 1, 2011 By 14 Comments

In June? Yes, it is a bit overdue, but as we hinted at in the 2010 Anime Music Awards post, the blame is laid squarely at the feet of The World God Only Knows soundtrack, which wasn’t released until April of this year. The irony? It’s not going to be featured since our fearless leader had issues with its musical presentation and those gripes will be revealed if/when zzeroparticle actually gets around to reviewing the sucker.

Anyways, in the spirit of the Anime Music Decades post series, these remembrance posts will be a yearly thing. We’ve decided to break the soundtrack portion and the OP/EDs stuff into two separate posts for ease of reading and (on our end) organization and what we’ll be presenting here are just the soundtrack/BGM stuff that we think people should give a shot if they’re so inclined. So, here’s a list of what we thought were recognizable and remarkable. Clips present will be played in their entirety and we hope you discover something new or get to reminisce over some tune that impressed you during the course of last year.

Master List

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Without further ado, let’s begin! [Read more...]

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1st Annual Anime Music Awards – The Best of 2010

May 29, 2011 By 20 Comments

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 notable works to come out during a given year. Seeing that we’re probably not in a position to wait another ten years before attempting a similar feat, we’ll just move in the sanest of manners and cover each year as it goes by.

Now, the answer to the obvious question regarding why we’re doing this now when five months have passed instead of January or February has to do with erratic soundtrack release schedules. In short, some OSTs from 2010 didn’t get a release until April, and so, we feel that despite that late release, they merit a listen all the same and we wish to make sure that all of our bases are covered before rendering final judgment. Anyhow, it’s time to take a look at the best of 2010, right after the jump. [Read more...]

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Previewing the Music for Spring 2011′s Anime Season

March 27, 2011 By 8 Comments

Well, that was quick.

This winter, for better or for worse seemed to just fly by. It feels like yesterday that many of us dipped our toes into Madoka, Hourou Musuko, and Yumekui Merry, but many of those shows are coming to an end and many new ones take their place. Like before, we’ll be doing a preview with more of a focus on the musical side of things; people looking for plot summaries can look elsewhere since we choose our shows based on the composers than things like plot and seiyuu (OK, not really). So check out the composer rolls after the jump! [Read more...]

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Announcing a New Upcoming Post Series: Anime Composer Profiles

January 12, 2011 By 21 Comments

About a month ago, I had asked you all to come up with a list rank-ordering your favorite anime composers for a few reasons. First of all, I was curious as to how well people know the composers behind some of their favorite anime series and I was delighted to see that we got a wide range of musicians, including a few I’ve never heard of. The second, but more important reason was because I had in mind a plan to do a writeup on anime composers and simply needed a list to put together so I can decide who to start with first.

The responses I got were pretty overwhelming and encompassed over 90 (!!!!!!!) composers (if you can believe that). Speaking as someone who can name maybe half that number, this was a pretty staggering amount and suggests that there may be more anime music fans amongst the fanbase than I’ve seen so far and that most are just kind of dormant. Anyhow, you’ll want to know how things will look over the next 15 months (yes, we do intend to cover 15 anime composers), so check out the list after the jump! [Read more...]

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Previewing the Music for Winter 2011′s Anime Season

January 4, 2011 By 11 Comments

Other people toss up preview posts with the aim of highlighting plot, characters, seiyuu, and art design. Our idiom here is music all the way, so once again, we’ll highlight the soundtrack offerings for this Winter anime season. Naturally, there’s a high chance I’ll only get around to watching three or four shows (one of which will have noitaminA as its timeslot) since that’s all the time I can make these days, but if you wind up taking a look at all of these, you’ll know who to keep an ear out for.

Synopses will join the music commentary this time around for your pleasure. I’ll wind up paraphrasing from the Chart Driver’s hard work and if you want to eschew the music entirely and focus on some of the more traditional factors to choose your shows, you could just hit up the link above. For the rest of you who are curious about the music, see what I’ve got to say after the jump! [Read more...]

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