Category: Music

Voices that potentially sell more than their names

When I stop pretending to love a single genre of anything, the entertainment industry seems to be eternally border-less. The things it has to offer throughout its lifetime can never be appreciated enough. Some will tell you that you cannot find good music if you don't listen enough. The thing is in 2018, cross platform … Continue reading Voices that potentially sell more than their names

Adding energy into Pop music

Adding energy into Pop music

If music was a game, the pop genre would have forever been known as a cheater. Originally existed to be of anything that rock genre couldn't do, now pop practically means anything that is popular. Pop music takes greatest advantage by absorbing everything around it and amalgamate them into the things that already exist within … Continue reading Adding energy into Pop music

The most popular instrument in ‘popular’ Anisong is a guitar?!

The most popular instrument in ‘popular’ Anisong is a guitar?!

On the other hand, not so much in J-Pop outside of anime....   Note that I used the term popular twice in the title. There are anisongs, and then there are anisongs in which you just happen to know... ...or maybe because they are actually good, hence being popular? Maybe it is just my preference … Continue reading The most popular instrument in ‘popular’ Anisong is a guitar?!

Songs by Seiyuu: What is the deal now? (Part 4)

Songs by Seiyuu: What is the deal now? (Part 4)

The deal is what is being represented by the picture above; these four voice actresses, each well known for their roles in anime, have formed an idol unit. They are not the first to do so and they will not be the last. So I had set myself a criteria for writing this part a long … Continue reading Songs by Seiyuu: What is the deal now? (Part 4)

Songs by Seiyuu: Seiyuu = Idol(s) (Part 3)

Songs by Seiyuu: Seiyuu = Idol(s) (Part 3)

THE iDOLM@STER may have brought the idol vibes into anime but there were still gaps left to fill, some aspects to master (what a pun!). Anime fans were starting to accept that their voice actors (VA) do pretty much everything a non anime related idol could. Though they were only starting to, not entirely. What THE … Continue reading Songs by Seiyuu: Seiyuu = Idol(s) (Part 3)