| According to the official website, the OP theme song of Sukitte Ii na yo. was announced to be the late singer and song writer Okazaki Ritsuko's song "Friendship", which was originally composed for Love Hina. Okazaki passed away in 2004 at the age of 44 due to scirrhus stomach cancer. Friendship by Okazaki Ritsuko The first episode of Sukitte Ii na yo. will be aired on October 6th following a theatrical preview on September 29th. Source: Sukitte Ii na yo. official website |
NaruleachOct 7, 2012 11:28 AM
| "For Fruits Basket", Ritsuko-san's one of the masterpieces and "Agape" from UFO Princess Valkyrie (not in her relation list. what a shame). |
dtshykAug 24, 2012 9:57 AM
| I love her voice, opening songs for Fruits Basket and Princess Tutu were just amazing... |
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| It's really sad she passed away, which I didn't know at the time... Better be late then never, R.I.P. An opening theme for a 2012 anime done by a singer who's passed away years ago is brilliant and respectful. Side Note: Her voice is so soft and beautiful, she's amazing. |
morshuwarriorAug 24, 2012 10:07 AM
morshuwarrior said: An opening theme for a 2012 anime done by a singer who's passed away years ago is brilliant and respectful. Agreed! This is a beautiful way of honoring her :) |
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| It could be count as second time. Two of her songs were used for 2007 series Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight. But that time they used different singer for vocal part |
Nachtwandler_21Aug 24, 2012 10:15 AM
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| Very nice. |
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| Wow, interesting. |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| hope that it's a good song |
| I love that song, it's beautiful~ |
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| I would like to add the (supposedly) last works that she had written in her life. It comes from Symphonic Rain, a (SFW) Visual Novel which revolves around music and depressing-yet-beautiful rainy atmosphere. The opening of the game, "Sora no Mukou ni", sung by Okazaki Ritsuko herself (there's another version with another singer, though) "I'm always close to you.", one of the song from the secret (and final) route. Many people consider this song as her farewell words for her fans. The singer for the ending is Hiroko Kasahara, a J-Pop artist that also voiced a musical fairy named Phorni. Okazaki Ritsuko also composes all of the song that used in this VN, and sung by various people (including Nakahara Mai, the seiyuu for the twin main heroines). If I'm not mistaken, she also made a cover album for all of the song from Symphonic Rain, including "For Fruits Basket" as a bonus track, but (again, CMIIW) she never saw it released by herself. Ritsuko-san produced so many atmospheric songs, that for some reason are very distinguished-able and have a certain melancholic atmosphere. I like her songs very much. Her song in Symphonic Rain also contributes a great deal of atmosphere for the game, and I would recommend people to play the game just to hear her songs alone (not counting that the game itself are very good and has a very brilliant twists and a very desirable ending, too bad it's not popular and tend to be underrated at the first sight) |
zeroyuki92Aug 24, 2012 1:03 PM
| @zeroyuki92 VN's are just not so popular overall. As for me I finished Liselsia's route and hope to finish other ones sometime soon. |
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| That's really nice. |
| Great Song ^_^ |
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Nachtwandler_21 said: @zeroyuki92 VN's are just not so popular overall. As for me I finished Liselsia's route and hope to finish other ones sometime soon. This is kind of OOT so I'll spoiler this. Nothing spoilerish here. Edit : I just realized that the Friendship link is clickable o____o It's a very beautiful song, and also strong in Ritsuko-san staple atmosphere. May watch the series for the OP alone. |
zeroyuki92Aug 24, 2012 2:01 PM
| That's a lovely song, can't wait to hear it again when the anime airs! :) R.I.P Ritsuko-san |
| @zeroyuki92 It's translated so it's popular enough. And I saw it in a couple of VN recommendation lists |
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| beautiful song, and really shoujo-ish x) and it's really nice how they choose her song for the anime :) |
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| I never thought I'd see her name on the news section ever again. But I'm glad I was wrong. |
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| Her voice is beautiful.Glad someone decided to use her song in anime once again. |
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| Very nice to hear news :-)! |
| I really like the feeling I get from listenning to princess tutu OP: |
dtshyk said: "For Fruits Basket", Ritsuko-san's one of the masterpieces i agree, this is such a beautiful song |
| Agreed, a great way to honour her. Sad that she passed away, but her music and voice is beautiful! |
As it turns out, living was a punishment...  |
| Oh my gosh, I love Okazaki Ritsuko so much. When she passed away in 2004, I was literally crying. Her music was absolutely beautiful, especially For Fruits Basket and Chiisana Inori. I am really glad that one of her songs will be used for Sukitte Ii na Yo. I hope she's happy. R.I.P. Okazaki Ritsuko-san |
| Not only is the song beautiful and I think it'll fit the anime adaption nicely, but it's just such a wonderful thing to do I smiled before even listening to the song. <3 |
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| omg before my birthday. this is such a really beautiful present e u e) <3 |
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| Her Princess Tutu's songs were absolutely haunting. |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| Nice song |
| The song is great. Hopefully this show will be the new Kimi no todoke. |
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| I love the sound of the song and her voice is so sweet :3 I feel glad that they are using one of her songs for this anime. |
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