Anime Music Addiction!

By Leca
@lecanis (16647)
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
January 24, 2008 10:11am CST
I find that I sometimes get really addicted to the music of a particular anime, to the point where I'm listening to it years after watching the anime itself. For example, at the moment I'm listening to music from Gravitation. I love the show, but I haven't actually watched it in years... though I might do so again soon just because I've been on such a kick for the music. But I have the vocal collection and the soundtracks on my computer, and I keep finding myself going back to them when I'm looking for music to listen to. My son is even starting to sing along in Japanese, which is the funniest thing in the world, since he's not yet 2 and still trying to grasp English. :P Do you listen to a lot of music from anime? Which anime? And do you find you're still into the music long after watching the show or movie itself?
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@scammerwear (1433)
• Singapore
24 Jan 08
http://downloads.khinsider.com enough said :E The one that is ringing in my head all day at the moment is 'Kirameku namida wa hoshi ni' from Fate ~ Stay Night. Before that was 'Kuso Rumbo' from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, and the one before was... I'm a dork, can you tell? Ok, now that you got me fired up, I have to look for more anime songs... more.... more... my precious...
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
24 Jan 08
Ooo that page looks very useful! Thank you, thank you! :P I'll have to find the songs you mentioned now! Woohoo fun! :) Hey now, if you're a dork, then I must be one too!
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• Singapore
24 Jan 08
Now there is this software named "free download manager" that downloads some very special files from places like you*cough* and even has a function call convert to mp.. bad scammerwear bad! I'm such a bad influence tsk tsk.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
24 Jan 08
OOO... you just know all the good stuff! I've been using torrents most of the time, but those sort of take forever. I don't think you can corrupt me, I do a pretty good job of that all by myself!
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@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
25 Jan 08
"Do you listen to a lot of music from anime?" Lecan, look at WHO just showed up and who's talking now!! Yes, MULTI-YES! "Which Anime?" Oh now you make it harder! Animes in question and songs in particular And this will have you listening for a bit, and from the sound of it, mess up your child in learning the "right" language! XD. There's text too, and even some dialect in a couple of them. Ah! My Goddess! (2nd Season opening) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTwuJC_402U NEW!! Ah! My Goddess! (3rd Season opening) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z34M_rfjk4 Chrono Crusade - Sayonara Solitaire (ending) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYs0VWd60cE Da Capo (2nd Season op) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glgPITca8cY Girls Bravo - Going My Way (1st season op) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds2jvUm4ebs Grenadier - Kohaku http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grtEGSf3WFc Gundam Seed Destiny - Bokutachi wa (3rd Opening) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-p8SJIUNYQ Gundam Seed Destiny - Reason (1st Ending) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6_3k7UUIbk&feature=related Higurashi no Naku koro ni Kai (Kai = 2nd Season) - Naraku no Hana http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jFjUbE2cbk Ichigo 100% - Shine of Voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHmi4Sm_yEk Iczer-3 - Runaway Heart (2nd Episode Ending) Iczer-3 - Sweet Communication (3rd Episode Ending) Iczer-3 - Loneliness (4th Episode Ending) Lucky Star - Motteke Serafuku http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zJXi-FU7sA Karin (Chibi-Vampire Karin) - Scarlet... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xnfcGOd8KE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCLtFJEh3Kk (full) Kamichama Karin (Chibi Goddess Karin) - Anenome (ending) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO659vZwtbQ Macross (Original) - Macross! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK6dHCWdVyI (original) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxTsZr6cNv0 (cooler version) Mahou Sensei Negima - Happy Material http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_R3i0lmJuA The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Bouken Desho Desho http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXT0HutkHOY The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Hare Hare (ending) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5G5bD2Do-k Negima!? - 1000%/Sparkling! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C1DIwZgsDo (TV Size) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mEC_D3otF4 (Full Size) Neon Genesis Evangelion - A Cruel Angel's Thesis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSn-4gN9mq0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtlPwfEgIiI (alternate) Onegai Twins - Asu he no Namida http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H92IqPoYsr8 Pani Poni Dash - Kiiroi Vacances http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8oc5tRCVKY Pretear - White Destiny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz_Nq12SAeU Ranma 1/2 Season 2 opening - Little Date http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zk3wyZPAOE Ranma 1/2 Season 6 opening - Mou Nakanaide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2IcjF_cEwA Romeo x Juliet - You Raise Me Up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lwvGEhn1Tk School Days - Innocent Blue Angel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4es6P2CeKY S-cry-ed - Reckless Fire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-DWgvv8gfw Shuffle! - You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F45S2rNBPUg Shakugan No Shana (1st Season) - Hishoku no Sora http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBvpBCgiZ7M Shakugan No Shana (1st Season 2nd opening) - Being http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCB4GKcKbK0 Shakugan No Shana II(Second) - Triangle (ending) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJYFTWqZ1lU Strawberry Panic - Shoujo Meiro de Tsukamaete (1st opening) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMWIKpLbieM Strawberry Panic - Kuchibiru Daydream (2nd opening) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meZDZYGDf-M W-Wish - Kizuna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHRtRw_cX0w ******************************** Now Lecan, you think thats it? Nope! I've got other entries. I mean I think its unfair to discount game openings and visual novels! Shuffle! (1st Visual Novel) - Mirage Lullaby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDc3E1lWB9k Baldr Force Opening - Face of Fact http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reYtZ7Npu8k (PC opening) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3DOWVxAZ4M (OAV's opening) Disgaea 2 - Opening http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50ioT1VEQ24 Imitation Lover - Opening http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb_zdsWn9Hc Namco x Capcom Opening - Subarashiki Shin Sekai http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDFfBX85pKQ Onegai/Please! - (PC Game) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j-g9KE_3aA Parasite Eve - Somnia Memorias Parasite Eve - Someone Looks for me... Really? Really! (Shuffle 3rd Visual Novel) - Remember Memories http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLWV9P2NYYA Note - It should look familiar... =P School Days (Game) - Still I Love You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8IGW-FiuAM (first variation) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8IGW-FiuAM (second variation) Summer Days - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UeJlBySqR4 Snow Sakura http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PhNGR34tKA&feature=related **************************************** How about some bonus footage along with this, since first I was trying to get the songs on the list, but now it looks like a video-a-thon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZQSgpqRsVA&feature=related - surprise and full of win
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
25 Jan 08
Once again, you are the most awesome of awesomes and I bow to you! :P How unfair of me to forget games and visual novels! Thank you for correcting my mistake. Thanks for all the linkies. Very good for keeping me busy when I woke up in the middle of the night! :)
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
26 Jan 08
I wound up not going back to bed actually. I went through this list, and then did some reading, and a bit of writing. :P
@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
25 Jan 08
If you did get through all of these then you must have been up for quite a bit. If not, then I hope you do get through them soon enough. I also missed a few most definitely, but this list did take awhile to make up. And I think I'll add a few more.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
24 Jan 08
I have to admit that I am total ignorant about Anime music. I probably watched one Anime movie total in my life. Maybe, because I don't watch TV. I have to check out Anime music...do you have any link to Gravitation?
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
24 Jan 08
Hehe, not a big anime person like me then, eh? You know, I don't have a link offhand to Gravitation. I downloaded it years ago and have it somewhere in my collection of burned discs, but I don't know where you would find it right now. I noticed the music for it was on that site that the first poster mentioned, though. :)
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
25 Jan 08
That's a fan-made anime music video based on Gravitation. So while the artwork is from the series, the music is just a song whoever made the video thought would fit with it, and not actually music from the series. If you search for it episode by episode on youtube, you can find them all I think, but you have to put it in like "gravitation episode #" and then you get them split in half. I don't usually watch things online like that... I typically download using bittorrent and sites like torrentpond to find what I'm looking for. I'm sure there are better ways of finding anime online, but I'm not an expert. :P
@vehaileairu (2286)
• Philippines
24 Jan 08
jpop, news - waaaaahh,, jpop freak, anime freak..
wahahah^_^ before sleeping, working, eating, taking a bath, first thing when i woke up... i listen to jpop... which anime? ohh.... long list.. almost a thousand sound track, opening and closing theme.. even instrumentals.. almost anime music in my ipod. i plan to put more and fill the 80 gig with anime, hehhe^_* artist ... lots to mention, megumi hayashibara namie amuro tommy February Youko ishida orega shinta the STRiPES BoA Sweet Velvet siam shade bonnie pink mamiko noto hitomi takahashi ohmori reiko SNoW Utada hikaru kona yukari kat-tun yui ...and so many more.... im a freak of anime soundtrack and fortunately, they are found in jpop^_^ music station awarding is this February 8 and 9! just wanna share that.. take care lecanis, i miss you^_^
• Philippines
26 Jan 08
weeee... i finally heard from lecanis^_^ and dont get mad about that nurse, heheh^_^
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
28 Jan 08
I'll listen to some nice angry music and get it out of my system by beating up my punching bag... so then I can behave myself! :P
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
24 Jan 08
Wow, sounds like you're really into this! Almost a thousand soundtracks??? I really have to look into more of it... I only have music from a few of my favorite anime, but I'm inspired now so I'm going to go on a huge music spree! :P I miss you too! Sorry I've been kind of not around lately!
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
30 Jan 08
that happens to me a lot of times. ^__^ just like recently, i was listening again to soundtracks of Sailormoon and other animes like Rurouni Kenshin, Cardcaptor Sakura, Rayearth, etc. which i have also watched a long time ago. i loved the music before and i'm still loving it now and i listen to it every now and then when i get bored of the local music and the usual stuff (English songs). i also listen to Japanese pop/rock songs and some Korean pop songs. ^__^ there's a lot of old soundtracks that i still love and i don't get tired of them. i still listen to them once in a while. kawaii!!! i can imagine how cute your son is while singing an anime song! actually, i want my little nephew to learn something different too, like a Japanese song. i think it would be way too cool! but i just can't expose him and teach him because i'm not always with him and even if he's just 3, he has already some interests. ^__^;;
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
31 Jan 08
It seems I don't get tired of Japanese music as quickly as English music, perhaps because I've only been listening to it about 10 years as opposed to since I was a little kid. Or perhaps because I'm always working on trying to pick out the lyrics and understand them! :) Hehe, yup it is awfully cute, him trying to sing in Japanese. I can't wait to see if he actually picks up more of the language as he gets older.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
1 Feb 08
LOL that's the same thing for me too. i've been hearing a lot of English music and hearing something different like a Japanese song is really something new. i also work hard in getting the translation, understanding it and then learning Japanese language too. ^__^;;
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@bellaofchaos (11538)
• United States
28 Jan 08
Yes I find myself listening to music from anime all the time when I have the chance I have listened to music from Inuyasha, because some of there song are just unbelievable, Trinity Blood, Samurai Champloo, Last Exile, Trigun, and many many more. Me and my friends have actually traveled over an hour from our home to visit joy's japanamation to get cds that you can't normally find anywhere. LOL!! And most definitely it's being listened after I have stopped watching the show and movies. LOL!! I just love both animee and their music.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
28 Jan 08
Oh wow, that's dedication, driving that far out of your way to get the cds! I've just been listening mostly online, because there's nowhere to buy it here and I don't have the money anyway, but I have a few I'm definitely going to order online when I have the money. Gotta support the companies so they'll keep the good stuff coming! :) I love anime and anime music as well! It's so funny to me because before I met my husband I thought I didn't like anime... I had only seen one anime movie, and I didn't like it, so I just assumed I didn't like the whole genre. How stupid of me to have wasted so many years I could have been enjoying it! Now I'm a bigger fan that my husband and most of his friends put together! :P
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
28 Jan 08
I'm sure my son will wind up being like that! He already pretty much only pays attention if whatever is on the TV is animated, whether it's American cartoons or anime. And he tries to sing along with the Japanese music I listen to, even though he's still working on talking in English. :P
• United States
28 Jan 08
LOL!!! I know what you mean I have always like watching certain things on the cartoon network, but when I meet my other half and my bestfriend they showed me a whole world of new things with anime. It was awesome. I have enjoyed listening to the music and watching it ever since. I also do tend to listen to it online when I have the chance, but with my five kids I hardly have the chance to hear anything but mommy can you please get me a drink of water. LOL!! I have to be on late at night to play on mylot sometimes and I try and sneak it in when they're at school LOL!! But my kids through me and my other half and bestfriend have started watching anime, I have a daughter who wouldn't let me watch inuyasha without her being present and when I went to work she would go throught the seasons I owned and the movies that I own. LOL!! i think all my kids are somewhat addicted to anime.
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@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
29 Jan 08
ha ha ha ha ha... that is really rare for me. I cannot really remember most of the anime cartoon theme songs till I hear them again. Most of the time, the story of the anime captures me more than the music. I tend to remember scenes in an anime more than the music. Guess your son is in the process of loving everything Japanese eh?
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
29 Jan 08
*laughs* The story of the anime captures me too, but I can't walk around watching anime as easily as I can walk around listening to the music. :P Yup, my son is already in the process of loving everything Japanese. Silly boy will probably wind up thinking he's Japanese or something... which he is definitely NOT.
• Philippines
29 Jan 08
yeah, i still cant let go of it. my all time favorite is forever love of x/1999 movie ending song. its so sad and tragic, and i love this anime dunno why but everytime i listen to this sad song it gives me a different feeling that i cannot explain. its sad but i love the song.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
31 Jan 08
I'll have to check out the X/1999 movie and listen to the song. I have read some of the X/1999 manga, so I'd probably like the anime anyway.
• Philippines
31 Jan 08
the song is titled "forever love" by X-JAPAN, well most of their songs were kinda sound like sad and tragic but i like this jrock band ^.^
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@calakarak (137)
• Australia
25 Jan 08
jpop is one of my favourite genres. i love so many songs ffrom naruto and bleach coz those are the main ones i watch
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
26 Jan 08
It's becoming one of my favorite genres now too it seems. :P I haven't really seen much Bleach, but I love Naruto. I'd have to say if I have a single favorite show, it's Fruits Basket, and I love some of the music for that too.
@megumiart (3771)
• United States
29 Jan 08
Yes! I love anime music, especially the music from NANA by Anna Tsuchiya, and Olivia Lufkin. I also discover lots of j-pop/rock bands from anime, even from shows I don;t like. For example, I'm Not into "action" fantasy-type anime like Eureka 7 & Naruto, but I fell in love with the Naruto songs by Asian Kung Fu Generation.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
31 Jan 08
*nods* Sometimes I like music from anime I don't like that much too, so I can understand that one. I can't believe you don't like Naruto! *giggles* :P
• Philippines
25 Jan 08
I love listening to the theme musics from Naruto. Especially, the opening songs. Makes my blood pump a little faster because of the fast beats and hard bass! Plus, I love listening to Gundam Victory theme music! It's one of my favorite anime music because of its upbeat music! I also sometimes sing-along with the Japanese songs even though I don't understand what I'm saying! Lol! I always get carried away with those songs.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
25 Jan 08
Naruto has some awesome opening songs! Every time I think I know which one I like best, I find another that's even cooler! :) Thanks for your input! :)
26 Jan 08
I listen to a lot of Japanese music, and in Japan, a lot of the anime has some of the more serious bands in them. So I listen to a lot of music from bands that gave a song to an anime. HOWEVER, I listened to those bands long before ever knowing they'd written music for a show. That's why it bugs me when people talk about P0rn0 Graffitti and L`Arc~en~Ciel songs because they each contributed to FullMetal Alchemist as "those FMA songs," when I loved both bands long before watching that series. I guess it's nice that they gain popularity that way, though.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
27 Jan 08
You have a good point about the bands themselves having merit besides what they've done in anime. I started listening to L'arc~en~Ciel after a friend recommended, so I knew them before FMA as well. They were pretty much the first Japanese band I was into beyond a relation to anime. I'm starting to branch out a little now, based mostly off suggestions from friends, but it is still easiest for me to get involved with Japanese music through anime. I've been an anime fan for years, before I was really interested in anything else Japanese at all. I suppose it's much the same thing as me getting annoyed at people who call themselves anime fans but have only see one or two series, usually Dragonball Z. :P
@YamiKiba (937)
• United States
24 Jan 08
Yes I do haha. My iPod is full of them. ;) Hikaru no Go, Inuyasha, Gravitation, Naruto, Aishiteruze Baby and the list goes on. .Yes I find myself obsessing after the music long after I've finished watching the anime. =)
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
24 Jan 08
Hehe, those are some good examples! :) I really have to get all the Naruto music! I'm so into that anime right now still, and I love some of the music from it.
@VampAmber (308)
• United States
24 Jan 08
Gravitation! Some of the best music ever, in my opinion. And yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I get addicted to anime music constantly. Look into the stuff from Full Moon wo Sagashite; it's awesomeness incarnate. I also love the stuff from Samurai Champloo (even just the background instrumental stuff), and Cowboy Bebop, and even Bleach and Inuyasha. Lots of great artists do music for anime, I swear.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
24 Jan 08
Yay! I totally agree, it's some of the best music ever! I love so many of the songs! I have to say my favorite is probably Shining Collection, from the OAV... it's just too awesome. Oh, I'll have to look into the ones you recommended! I have watched Cowboy Bebop, and there is some awesome music in that, and what I saw of Bleach had some good stuff... I'll have to check out the rest. I'm always looking for anime to watch as well as music to listen too... I need something now that I've caught up on Naruto and am waiting for the newest episodes to come out!
@naka75 (795)
• Singapore
19 Jan 09
I love the music from the Gundam series and listen to them over and over again, though I don't watch the anime again. Some of the music are soothing and some get you to rock and roll, so it's really good to inject some fresh energy and drive the boredom away. Besides Gundam, I love music from Joe Hisaishi, which were featured in several well-known anime movies like Laputa and Princess Mononoke.
@dianagnes (1088)
• Singapore
19 Jan 09
Im not an anime freak..i dont have any specific anime that i like to watch..Easy say,I dont watch but i do listen to the theme songs they had..be it opening or closing because my brothers love watching animes and my ears would always caught the theme song while they watch their anime online..its repeated quite a lot of times and so the songs will always like by me.Im very familiar with anime songs even i dont watch them..haha!
@Arkadus (895)
• Canada
11 Apr 08
Yeah I do that as well much to the annoyance of a few people I know. The OP song from the Fate Stay Night game, which is what the OP to the anime was based off of... game versions just a little more... electronic I suppose. (Not to mention CrowsClaw also does a version using a lot of guitarwork) Uh, A lot of the Cowboy Bebop music, the Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 OST... Various OP and ED songs like Read or Die, Ookami to.. I mean Wolf and Spice, Shakugan no Shana Both of the Zetsubou sensei Op's a bunch of stuff from Noir, that song from Angel Sanctuary (I think it's called Sanctus) and then we hit the full on OST's which I don't remember what all I have since they're on the other computer. I know I have a Code Geass one, two Gunslinger Girl OST's Innocent Venus, Higurashi... I could go on but let's skip to game OST's I've got that complete collection of IdolM@ster songs... I only mention it because it's a game with anime style graphics and well I'm not sure if it's ever had an north american release. I can wish, and hope we do and that if we don't that we do.
@rhane7315 (5649)
• Philippines
20 Apr 08
i would give a yes to all of your questions. even though i'm not that addicted in watching animes anymore but when i hear their theme songs it usually reminds me and sometimes i feel the urge that i wanna watch this/that anime again
@SHIFTY13 (97)
• Philippines
24 Oct 08
Here is my fave. 1. Gantz ending theme 2. Uverworld- technolife 3. Uverworld- Colors of the heart 4.deathnote op1 5. deathnote ed2