Category Archives: Music

OP / ED Highlights of Winter Season 2011

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Just dropping by to name some of my favorite OP/EDs of the 2011 Winter season. I also have to say that the season has been surprisingly strong for a transition season between Fall and Spring, with several shows that I … Continue reading →

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The Rise of Video Game Theme Music

Posted on May 15, 2010 by

One of the best things about Japanese games is the effort they put in to create a musical “theme” for the game. Usually this involves licensing or contracting a popular Jpop song to play during the opening movie or closing … Continue reading →

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Angel Beats OP First Impressions

Posted on April 10, 2010 by

Title: “My Soul, Your Beats!” Artist: Lia Lia comes through again! Her OP for Clannad After Story remains one of my favorites, as well as her work on Air’s OP. As for Angel Beats’ OP,  the piano opening immediately caught … Continue reading →

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Meisa Kuroki – “Are ya Ready” PV Impressions

Posted on January 3, 2010 by

Ever since her first release “Like This,” I’ve been keeping tabs for Kuroki’s next release. Although I didn’t particularly like “Like This,” I thought the video showed some potential, and Kuroki sure looked gorgeous. Kuroki is three-quarters Japanese and a … Continue reading →

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Real Flying Pantsu?

Posted on October 20, 2009 by

So Sora no Otoshimono’s flying pantsu ED (ED 2 to be exact) seems to be quite the anime blogosphere sensation.  Now I don’t see what is so great about it, but maybe someone can enlighten me. However I did came … Continue reading →

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SCANDAL – Yumemiru Tsubasa

Posted on October 8, 2009 by

I’ve been a big fan of girl bands since ZONE, and SCANDAL is one of the newest girl groups that has caught my attention.  You may know of SCANDAL because they performed the 10th OP for Bleach, but just a … Continue reading →

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BoA – BUMP BUMP! feat.VERBAL (m-flo)

Posted on October 4, 2009 by

The Korean and Japanese pop superstar BoA has released the video for her newest song, a collaboration with VERBAL from the R&B group m-flo.  For those who are unfamiliar with her, BoA did the OP1 theme for Asobotto Senki Goku, … Continue reading →

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Updates at The Deathseeker

Posted on October 4, 2009 by

I’ve completed a lot of work over at Panther’s blog that I’ve yet to link to from here.  So I’ve taken this chance to catch up: Umineko OP Review Bakemonogatari ED Review Valkyria Chronicles OP 2 Review Fall 2009 Anime … Continue reading →

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SWEET BLACK feat. Maki Goto – Queen Bee with BIGGA RAIJI

Posted on September 14, 2009 by

I just discovered Maki Goto’s new song and decided to give it a chance.  It isn’t bad, even though the background beat got repetitive at times.  Usually I don’t like Hello Project and all of its offspring (including solo artists), … Continue reading →

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New posts are coming.

Posted on September 6, 2009 by

I’ve been lacking motivation to get posts done, but I have some incomplete posts that I’m working on finishing and posting up soon. In the meantime, I have completed two more OP/ED reviews, this time from Spice and Wolf II … Continue reading →

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