If you consider yourself an otaku and haven’t watched AOT, I think you should stop reading right now and go educate yourself before coming back. Funny thing about this final season is that the protagonist gets virtually no screen time. But that is probably the only thing funny about this mega-dark series. While the past seasons have focused on the dynamics between humans v.s. titans, the final season touches upon the themes of human cruelty as Isayama closes his renown series by unveiling the war between humans.
If five films were not enough to help explain the most intellectually challenging series down anime avenue, here is the sixth and final film to the Evangelion franchise. 155 minutes is allocated to concluding the futures of psychologically terrorized teens after 26 years since the first release of this monumental mecha series. Be reminded for the last time that christianity, schopenhauerian philosophy and cyborgs DO cross paths.
After their dissolution in 2012, Tokyo Incidents made a comeback in 2020 with a reunion EP News. That perhaps set the engine running because they’ve been dropping song after song to the delight of fans since. Their recovery into the rock scene of Japan caught the attention of the Conan film producers, who gave them the spot for the theme song “Eien no Fuzai-shoumei” which translates as “Eternal Alibi.”
J-Pop artist Skirt and rapper PUNPEE chill in the backseat of a taxi as they bob their head to their own song playing on the radio. Skirt’s smooth vocals and PUNPEE’s bars melange into a vibey tune that I would totally play on a night drive in the city. Apart from the honor of opening for Odd Taxi, PUNPEE has established himself by featuring on “Sarashi-mono,” a track by Gen Hoshino, one the most recognized names in the industry.
In case one sports anime was not enough to get your blood pumping, here is another one. While it often gets thrown in the shadow of Ace of Diamond or Major in terms of baseball anime, we decided to give Big Windup! some screen time. As far as baseball anime go, it gives the audience what they are looking for: the pitcher catcher bromance, heated team rivalries and the cliché message that practice makes perfect.
SUPER BEAVER is no stranger to the world of anime music. The rock band has even contributed a soundtrack for Naruto, the king of shonen anime. This time round, SUPER BEAVER has stepped onto the court of a sports anime. Music is the cherry on the top for any sports anime as it sets the whole dramatic atmosphere. Without it, it’s just a clip of sweaty high school boys playing ball. For the second opening to the series, SUPER BEAVER gives us a strong e-guitar presence, a fast beat and ultimately a shout towards youth and well, sweaty high school boys playing ball.
Summer ‘21 opened with an amphitheater where Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S and HameFura X battled to their death for the top spot for: “the best comfort anime sequel with a random alphabet at the end.” Yet the battle has been outshined by the appearance of a new sci-fi series, Sonny Boy which has enchanted the otaku community simply for how confusing it is.
In 2013, Attack On Titan made one of the biggest debuts ever seen in pop culture, and its opening song "Guren No Yumiya" (performed by Linked Horizon) played a part in sealing its popularity. The song has been read as mankind's defiant declaration of war against the Titans, and countless fan edits borrowed this powerful emotion for their own ends.
While Bakemonogatari continues to be recommended within the anime community the same way one would suggest a cult movie, its fourth opening song - "Renai Circulation," sang by Kana Hanazawa - transcended its anime and got immortalized online with the remix "Everybody's Circulation," created by TMABird.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is known for a lot of things, including its soundtrack. The one song that sticks out the most is the opening "A Cruel Angel's Thesis," performed by Yoko Takahashi. Not only has this unique blend of choir and J-Pop come to represent all of Evangelion, but it became one of the most popular anime songs of all time.
Blood+ is one of those gory horror anime from the 2000s that's sadly been forgotten to time. Outside of anime veterans, the only way anyone is even vaguely aware of Saya's fight against the Chiropterans is thanks to, of all things, a Spongebob Squarepants parody. Specifically, it's a parody that reimagined the hit Nickelodeon show as a generic anime.
Joshiraku was destined to be a niche hit. Not only did it focus on the oratory art of rakugo, but it's difficult to localize due to its use of Japanese colloquialisms and wordplay. Most anime fans are only aware of Joshiraku thanks to Momoiro Clover Z's ending song, which was made memorable by the chibified characters dancing to its tune.
All puns aside, the Dragon Ball series boasts some of the most beloved theme songs, like Dragon Ball Z’s “Cha-La Head-Cha-La.”. When you listen to Chozetsu Dynamic, I think you’ll agree that it joins the high ranks of its predecessors.
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Funimation. If you don’t sing along to this song every time it plays, then you’re a liar. Maybe you don’t know all the words to the song, but at the very least, you’ve probably bobbed your head and chimed in with “Battlecry” during the chorus. Whoever thought to combine hip hop with samurais should have genius status.
The students happily sing: “Young people’s discourse on bloodthirst,” as the first line in the song. I guess when you have to assassinate a teacher that’s planning on destroying the Earth, you have to be upbeat about it, right?
If you’re not familiar with Hetalia, keep in mind that all of the characters represent an exaggerated persona of the countries involved in WWII. This song, sung by “Italy,” embraces many Italian stereotypes, and includes lyrics about wine, bolognese, and pasta.
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Amazon. Although Nana is a lesser-known anime, it still has a rocking soundtrack and an intro sung with passion. The main character, Nana Osaki, has dreams of becoming a famous musician. This song, along with many other headbangers, are featured throughout the show.
Anime music is music which has been written specifically to soundtrack a japanese anime movie, tv series or video game.
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