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In need of some anime music on your playlist, but looking for something a little different? There are tons of anison cover channels on YouTube, bringing a twist to your favorite theme songs. With so much talent out there, it can be hard to know …Read more »
Popular music and anime go hand-in-hand these days, at least in Japan — theme songs aren’t just the purview of anison singers. But even if you’re not up-to-date on idol groups or pop stars in Japan, you’ll still occasionally hear familiar favorites in anime… well, sometimes. …Read more »
Ayasa — rock violinist and self-styled “wotalist” (wotaku violinist) — has been wowing YouTube and live crowds with her music stylings for years. Whether you tune in for her concert music or her anison covers, you’ll know within minutes that she’s absolutely amazing. And best of …Read more »
It’s safe to say that Masayuki Suzuki’s OP theme song for KAGUYA-SAMA season 2—”DADDY! DADDY! DO! feat. Airi Suzuki”–is a bonafide hit. The music video for the singer’s 40th single hit YouTube on the same day as the TV anime’s premiere, was viewed a million …Read more »
If you’ve heard it, you know why the opening theme for the How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? anime is one of the best of the season. It appears many are in agreement, because “Onegai Muscle” is now sitting at the top of the iTunes Anisong …Read more »
One of the big events planned during this year’s Anime NYC convention is New York City’s first ever Lantis Matsuri anime music concert. This special concert aims to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Japanese music label Lantis, and will feature the likes of anisong legends …Read more »
This December 31, Japanese broadcaster NHK will be airing a special featuring hours of anime songs (or anison, if you will) from 2018 performed by their respective artists. The broadcaster has just released the full setlist for the show, which also serves as a kind …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Hot on the heels of incredible concerts at Anime Expo, Anisong World Matsuri is back with two nights of top-tier music at this year's Otakon! for two concerts, starting with JAM Project and T.M.Revolution on Friday, August 11 before opening the doors for …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Anime Expo The vaunted Anisong World Matsuri is getting ready to make its triumphant return to Anime Expo 2017, and this year's lineup is the most exciting to date. Concerts will be held on June 30 and July 1, 2017, with acts that …Read more »
In their junior year of university, Japanese students go through a special kind of hell called job hunting season. Unlike in the States, where finding a post-college job is a pretty flexible process, Japan’s job hunting takes place in a fixed time period, and is, …Read more »
Following up on the recent reveal of the dub voice for Hestia, Sentai Filmworks shared the full cast list for the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? anime. The complete collection is coming to home video on March 28, …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks' Blu-ray and DVD release of Gatchaman Crowds Insight is right around the corner on October 22, so the time is right for them to reveal the English dub cast . Check out a sample of the dub in the video below, followed by …Read more »
One of the Japanese guests at this year’s Sac-Anime convention in Sacramento was not a director or voice actor, but one DJ Hitomi, a anime song (anison) DJ who spun tracks at the con’s late night raves. After a few failed attempts to cross paths …Read more »
Is Hypersonic Music Club the comic-drawing debut of fashion/music/pop illustrator Hiroyuki Takahashi? Is Hypersonic Music Club the manga-writing debut of pop culture critic and Otaku USA Editor-in-Chief Patrick Macias ( Tokyoscope: The Japanese Film Companion , Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno , Cruising the Anime City: An …Read more »
Sunday, July 27th, 2014, Tokyo: I get off the train at Akihabara station, exiting not at Electronic Town, the usual otaku departure point, but Showa Street, a downright normal-looking road lined with offices and convenience stores. I double-check Google maps and head down a nondescript …Read more »
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