Tag Archives: Kotaro Nakagawa

Announcing a New Upcoming Post Series: Anime Composer Profiles

By zzeroparticle | Published: January 12, 2011

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 [...]

Posted in Editorials, General, Random Thoughts | Also tagged Composer List, Joe Hisaishi, Jun Maeda, Kenji Kawai, Kou Otani, Michiru Ooshima, Shiro Sagisu, Susumu Hirasawa, Taku Iwasaki, Tenmon, Toshihiko Sahashi, Yasuharu Takanashi, Yoko Kanno, Yoshihisa Hirano, Yuki Kajiura | 21 Comments

Previewing the Music for Winter 2011′s Anime Season

By zzeroparticle | Published: January 4, 2011

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 [...]

Posted in Editorials | Also tagged Fractale, Freezing, Gosick, Hikaru Nanase, Hourou Musuko, Infinite Stratos, Keiichi Okabe, Level E, Magical Girl Madoka Magica, Masaru Yokoyama, Masumi Itou, Ryo Kunihiko, Satoru Kousaki, Souhei Kano, Starry Sky, Tomoki Kikuya, Wandering Son, Winter 2011, Yuki Kajiura | 11 Comments

Reminiscing over the Decade’s Anime Music – 2003

By zzeroparticle | Published: February 6, 2010

2003 brings back a lot of fond memories since that was the year that my interest in the medium was rekindled after going on a one-year hiatus. By that time, I had completely settled into my new environment, made quite a few friends, and more importantly, I had a sense of direction. That peace of [...]

Posted in Editorials | Also tagged Chrono Crusade, Decade List, Dolce Triad, Full Metal Alchemist, Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu, Gunslinger Girl, Hitomi Kuroishi, JAM Project, Kino's Journeys, Last Exile, Maaya Sakamoto, Michiru Ooshima, Mikuni Shimokawa, Minami Kuribayashi, Planetes, Rahxephon, Saeko Chiba, Scrapped Princess, Shingetsutan Tsukihime, Steve Conte, the delgados, Toshihiko Sahashi, Wolf's Rain, Yoko Kanno, Yuki Kajiura | 21 Comments

Anime Piece of the Week: #4 – Legendary

By zzeroparticle | Published: June 13, 2009

Voting Thread As of this blog post for this week’s anime music selections, there are less than 4 hours left before I close things up and prepare for week 5′s stuff. Anyhow, this week’s theme focuses on legendary anime pieces and we’ve got a pretty decent set with plenty of variety ranging from the expected [...]

Posted in Song of the Week | Also tagged Berserk, Code Geass, FLCL, Gigantic Formula, Heroic Age, Hiroyuki Sawano, Joe Hisaishi, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, Naoki Sato, Princess Mononoke, Read or Die OVA, Ryo Kunihiko, Sagusa Shigeaki, Song of the Week, Susumu Hirasawa, Taku Iwasaki, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagaan, The Pillows, Twelve Kingdoms | Leave a comment

BGM Music Quiz – Set #1 – Answers

By zzeroparticle | Published: February 16, 2009

As promised, this post will contain a short blurb of all the music posted for Set #1 of the BGM Music Quiz. Although the track identification count is at two, I still hope that you all derived some enjoyment out of the music since that’s the secondary motive for writing that post in the first [...]