Category Archives: Editorials

My opinionated rants and other matters.

Reminiscing over the Decade’s Anime Music – 2000

By zzeroparticle | Published: December 25, 2009

Artist: up-uat I guess the previous post in this series was more of a prologue. So bear with the lengthy introduction as I clear out some of the cobwebs. Also, because the year 2000 was when I got into anime, I’ll go a lot more in-depth in this one than I will in later posts [...]

Posted in Editorials | Tagged 2000s, Decade List, FLCL, Inu Yasha, Kaoru Wada, Koichi Korenaga, Love Hina, Random Thoughts, The Pillows | 14 Comments

Summer 2009's Soundtracks -Revisited-

By zzeroparticle | Published: October 2, 2009

Although Eminence Online is where I submit my anime music previews for upcoming seasons these days, I’ll still be reserving this blog space for the opportunity to look back on the music that’s been presented just to see how my guesses (if I made any) managed to pan out. As far as my summer preview [...]

Posted in Editorials | Tagged Aoi Hana, Bakemonogatari, Editorial, Elements Hunters, Ken Muramatsu, Otani Kou, Satoru Kousaki, Spice and Wolf II, Summer 2009, Taisho Baseball Girls, Takayuki Hattori, Takefumi Haketa, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, Toshihiko Sahashi, Umi Monogatari, Umineko no Naku Koro ni | Leave a comment

2009 Spring Season's Potential Soundtrack Offerings

By zzeroparticle | Published: April 21, 2009

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that the Winter season was disappointing, both in the quality of the shows as well as the music end of things. We got maybe one good soundtrack out of it and the OP/ED themes are mostly a bunch of misses save for a few decent ones (and [...]

Posted in Editorials | Tagged Eden of the East, Editorials, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Guin Saga, Hayate the Combat Butler!!, K-ON!, Ristorante Paradiso, Saki, Sengoku Basara, Soundtracks, Spring 2009, Valkyria Chronicles | 10 Comments

Top 5 Favorite Soundtracks – 2008

By zzeroparticle | Published: January 11, 2009

As a followup to the list of my 5 Favorite OP/EDs for Fall 2008, here’s my list of the favorite soundtracks that I’ve had an opportunity to listen to last year. Granted, all of the albums listed are based on when the soundtrack was released, which is why a certain album makes the cut this [...]

Posted in Editorials | Tagged Aria, kurenai, Macross Frontier, Natsume Yuujinchou, Romeo x Juliet, Shion no Ou, Soundtrack, Spice and Wolf, Top 5 list, True Tears | Leave a comment

Top 5 Favorite OP/ED Themes – Fall 2008

By zzeroparticle | Published: January 1, 2009

As the year draws to a close, now’s a good time to bring out my list of OP/EDs that I found to be remarkable for the Fall Season. Yes, I’m aware that it’s probably more fitting to generate a list for the entire year, but if I’d done that, my list would be about as [...]