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, Gankutsuou, Gunslinger Girl, Jean-Jacques Burnel, monster, Mushishi, the delgados, The Seatbelts 17 Comments
Part 1 on Anime OP/EDs: My Responses to Alex Leavitt's Panel at Anime Expo
As I wrote in my Anime Expo itinerary, one of the events that I had been looking forwards to seeing was Alex Leavitt’s panel covering anime OPs and EDs since I was interested in listening what he had to say about the music and the animation behind that. Alex started things off by giving a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Alex Leavitt, Anime Expo 2009, Astro Boy, Cutey Honey, Cutey Honey Flash, Mazinger Z, Random Thoughts, Re: Cutey Honey, Space Battleship Yamato, The Big O 7 Comments
Anime Piece of the Week: #3 – Lost
Voting Thread Two back to back Piece of the Week posts due to a fairly busy week. At least that’s my excuse anyhow. The pieces this week give off a different vibe that isn’t quite in-your-face or emotionally charged, making it really hard to evaluate them properly and dispense with the points. Most of the [...]
Posted in Song of the Week Also tagged Bleach, Casshern SINS, Hidamari Sketch x365, Hikaru Nanase, Jun Maeda, Kanon, Maaya Sakamoto, Mike Wyzgowski, Nakaido Reichi, Naoki Sato, Paprika, Pokemon Heroes, Saito Tuneyoshi, Shinji Miyazaki, Shinji Orito, Song of the Week, Soukyuu no Fafner, Susumu Hirasawa, Tomoki Kikuya, Wolf's Rain, Yoko Kanno, Zettai Shounen Leave a comment
