Anime

Angel Beats music composer Kamachi Ai passes away

Jun 13, 2020

We're sad to share that the composer and pianist of the duo ANANT-GARDE EYES, Kamachi Ai, passed away on May 30 at the age of 48. As reported by Crunchyroll, the announcement was made on June 8 through the mana...

GYROAXIA introduces violent riffs in 1st single “SCATTER”

Mazohyst_Kyo

Jun 10, 2020

Anime, New Band, Releases

The currently airing music anime "ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream!" is receiving a tasty new opening track SCATTER from the band GYROAXIA, the second band to be introduced in the ARGONAVIS anime series. This is the f...

Leo Ieiri captivates us with a bright smile in “ANSWER” music video

NoMusicNoReason

Apr 28, 2020

Anime, Music Video

Leo Ieiri unveils a music video for her new song ANSWER, presenting the vocalist singing bright tunes under a cloudless blue sky in a white dress. In contrast, other scenes in the video show the singer in dark ...

Sawano Hiroyuki makes us emotional with anime piano medley

NBT

Apr 15, 2020

Anime, Entertainment, Music Video

Another treasure that popped up from the almost worldwide quarantine—due to COVID-19—is the beautiful medley played on the piano by composer Sawano Hiroyuki, responsible for soundtracks in hit anime like Gundam...

Leo Ieiri’s 1st EP includes theme song “ANSWER”, featured in anime “Major 2nd”

NoMusicNoReason

Mar 27, 2020

Anime, New Look, Releases

Vocalist Leo Ieiri will drop her first-ever EP titled ANSWER on May 13, featuring seven songs. The title-track ANSWER is set to open for the second season of the baseball anime series, MAJOR 2nd, which is where...

RON (STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION) in charge of music for “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” spin-off

NBT

Mar 22, 2020

Anime, Releases, Videos

As revealed in the brief announcement, RON—the mastermind behind STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION—is in charge of the upcoming music for the spin-off anime series "The Slime Diaries", based on the popular anime "That Tim...

Hello Kitty brings peace to Gundam universe through power of friendship

NBT

Jan 31, 2020

Anime, Entertainment

The trailer of the Gundam vs Hello Kitty crossover which many people first assumed was an early April fool's joke back in 2019, has slowly become a much bigger deal than initially anticipated. The collaboration...

Report: The cozy anime and Jrock oasis at Animé LA 2020

G Andrew White

Jan 28, 2020

Anime, Entertainment

In this series, we will be reporting our experience at Animé Los Angeles.Running between January 9–12, 2020 at the Ontario Convention Center in California, we flew out to the west coast for the 16th fan-ope...

Interview: ZAQ’s heartfelt story on how anisong changed her life

Zephyr

Jan 27, 2020

Anime, Interview

Among the various anisong artists that performed at Anime NYC 2019 convention at the Javits Center, we were lucky enough to be graced by the presence of ZAQ, a singer with a prolific body of work in not only an...

Interview with JAM Project: What sets opening and ending theme songs apart?

Zephyr

Jan 8, 2020

Anime, Interview

JAM Project, an anisong unit that has been a force to be reckoned with for 20 years now, held a powerful performance at this AnimeNYC 2019 in Manhattan. The unit consists of five members in Japan and a special ...

Top 25 anime opening and ending songs 2019

NBT

Dec 23, 2019

Anime, Entertainment, Music Video

Considering how hard it is to narrow down the greatest anime songs (anison) every year, we decided to expand this year's list from 20 to 25 instead! It's been an amazing year of anime so to our best of abilitie...

sumika “Higher Ground” featured as “My Hero Academia” movie theme

edoh+

Dec 20, 2019

Anime, Music Video, New Band

sumika⁠—a four-man band from Kawasaki, Kanagawa⁠—is an indie rock band that started in 2013. Their new song, Higher Ground will be used for the animated film My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising that debuts in theat...

Lie and a Chameleon now signed to British label JPU Records

edoh+

Dec 9, 2019

Anime, Music Video, New Band

Lie and a Chameleon (嘘とカメレオン), a five-piece band from Tokyo formed in 2014 has been signed by JPU Records ahead of their first major single Mononoke in the Fiction, out on January 15, 2020. To tease their new o...

SCANDAL breaks into full sprint for “GeGeGe no Kitaro” anime with “A.M.D.K.J.”

G Andrew White

Dec 3, 2019

Anime, Music Video, Releases

Toei Animation selects SCANDAL's A.M.D.K.J. for the ending theme to spirit-monster themed anime GeGeGe no Kitaro (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎). The upbeat tune will be in the manga series starting January 2020. Yet little is known...