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April 14, 2012
I have many a faint and fond memory of Eureka Seven, but wasn't sure how to feel about news of its sequel. It ended with a quite profound sense of finality, after all. Everything that needed to be said, was, an…
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Sexuality in anime: Mine Fujiko and Faye Valentine
April 7, 2012
Like any potentially great anime, the new Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna has given us much to talk about already. It's a beautifully animated, adult series the like of which we haven't seen in TV a…
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Category Archives: Music
Hot Topic Meets Anime in Ergo Proxy
Remember when goth, and by extension Hot Topic, reigned supreme? Ergo Proxy is basically an anime peopled by fans of Hot Topic. The setting is gritty, and the main character wears black outfits, steal tipped boots and heavy mascara. The … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Music, Reviews
Tagged Ergo Proxy, goth, Kino's Journey, Monorol, Radiohead
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My plastic idols
This whole Hatsune Miku thing fascinates me.
Still a Sigure Virgin?
Ling Tosite Sigure (凛として時雨) just seemed to creep up on me in January. Now one of my favourite bands, they are, I’m convinced, Japan’s best rock group since Supercar. Their music is fast-paced and aggressive; songs that may sound like … Continue reading
I was made to hit in America
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad. Talk about a mouthful. The name may be a tribute to the author’s favorite band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, which also has four words in its name. In any case don’t be scared away by the … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Music, Reviews
Tagged Beck, guitar, middle school, Mongolian Chop Squad, Music, rock, Self-confidence
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Walking Away
Something has always bothered me about the ending of Samurai Champloo. It was an ending that haunted me for nearly a year after finishing the series, its memory resurfacing every time I thought about it. Midicronica’s “San Francisco” was in … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Music
Tagged life, loneliness, Midicronica, Music, Nujabes, sad, Samurai Champloo, Shinichiro Watanabe
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Gren’s eternal smile
If I had to condense my love for anime into one single moment, I’d choose the scene when `Space Lion` begins playing in the 13th episode of Cowboy Bebop (Jupiter Jazz.) It is one of the first times I can … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Music
Tagged beautiful, bitter-sweet, cowboy bebop, melancholy, Music, sad, science fiction, Shinichiro Watanabe, Yoko Kanno
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Musical memories of Gurren Lagann, recalling a whimsical dystopia
Not sure how I missed this, but the full soundtrack for Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann was released recently; that’s 51 tracks of epic, exciting, heavenly music, and even better, it contains the one song I’ve be longing to hear since … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Music, Reviews
Tagged gainax, mecha, Music, science fiction, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
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Attention Yoko Kanno & Steve Conte enthusiasts!
A Gabriela Robin Site have posted an awesome acoustic live set by regular Yoko Kanno vocalist/collaborator Steve Conte. Performed songs include “Heaven’s Not Enough” (my favorite), “Living Inside the Shell”, “Words We Couldn’t Say”, “Rain” and “Call Me Call Me” … Continue reading
Polling Yoko Kanno’s best soundtrack?
I’m a big fan of Yoko Kanno’s music; be it the atmospheric electronica of Macross Plus (1994) or the acoustic style contributed to Wolf’s Rain (2003), it’s hard to ignore the core emotional beauty of her work; a quality that, … Continue reading
Standing on the brink of a new era, looking back at Naruto
Standing on the brink of a new era for Naruto, I’ve turned back the clock to look at my favourite moments from the series; fair warning – hyperbolic fanboyisms ahead. I started watching the show in 2003 with a cheap … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Music
Tagged gaara, haku, Naruto, rock lee, sasuke, shippuuden, shonen jump, zabuza
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MP3 Spotlight: Yoko Kanno – Kissing The Christmas Killer
For what seems like forever, I’ve been a hopeless follower of Yoko Kanno’s music. I adore almost every single one her soundtracks, from the jazzy Cowboy Bebop to the sweeping, epic sound of Vision of Escaflowne. With a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Reviews
Tagged killing the christmas killer, lyrics, maaya sakamoto, mp3, Music, song to fly, the man in the desert, the other side of midnight, Yoko Kanno
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MP3 Spotlight: Conquer the world with Death Note
I’m sitting here feeling like I can take on the world, I’m listening to the Death Note soundtrack. This is the music that makes Light scribbling in his notebook"¦, hell, eating a packet of crisps, rock us like it’s an … Continue reading
MP3 Spotlight: Highlights of Welcome to the NHK!
Looking back on 2006 we have seen a handful great series come and go, but even fewer great soundtracks have enlightened our senses. And when I say great, I mean music you can listen to at home, at work and … Continue reading
Can an opening theme resurrect a series?
Is an opening theme enough to reignite interest in a series? I guess it is for me because I’ve just seen the third opening sequence for mediocre vampire slasher Blood+ and suddenly I’ve been persuaded to give this show another … Continue reading