English language theme songs are rare in anime, but it recently occurred to me that some of them rank among the best I’ve heard used in the medium. If there’s a tendency in the use of songs sung by native English speakers, especially those that appear on this list, it’s that they’re more somber and [...]
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English Lyric Anime Songs – Serious Songs for Serious Anime
Posted in Editorials Also tagged Ally Kerr, Boa, Cowboy Bebop, David Sylvian, Editorial, Gunslinger Girl, Jean-Jacques Burnel, monster, Mushishi, Serial Experiments Lain, the delgados, The Seatbelts 17 Comments
My Thoughts on OPs and EDs
This really should have been written up sooner, especially since Shinmaru over at Unmei Kaihen has put up a good post outlining the purpose behind those OPs and EDs and I’ll just expand on it a bit further. I think that for most of us, the idea behind those sequences are fairly obvious, but it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Jean-Jacques Burnel, OP/ED, Renkin 3-kyu Magical? Pokaan, Welcome to the N.H.K., Wolf's Rain 19 Comments
