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May 20, 2020 11:59 AM

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As far I know I don't think they're in an anime at least none I've seen:
KruszerMay 20, 2020 12:38 PM
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May 20, 2020 12:04 PM

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oh boy, i'm actually have plenty metal, rock and pop
some metal/rock :
Galneryus - angel of salvation, and destiny
Mary's Blood - Marrionette
Wagakki Band - Homura
Maximum the hormon - VAP
Aldious - Dominator, sweet temptation
ICDD - Uta
Babymetal - megitsune
Foreground Eclipse - when innocent just a mask
BandMaid - dont let me down

pop:
Aimer - Kataomoi
Kenshi Yonezu - lemon, paprika
Greeen - Kiseki
mongol800 : chiisana koi no uta

FleeyaMay 20, 2020 12:08 PM
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Apparently most japanese music related to anime nowadays suck. 80s jpop was cool though and some of them are related to anime
May 20, 2020 12:15 PM

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as far as i know, "resolution" by girugamesh isn't from an anime
lyrics are a little dark (if u care abt that haha) but it goes hard imo

May 20, 2020 12:43 PM

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Things that come to mind are Mafumafu, REOL, Glutamine... basically Utaite in general.
And Wagakki Band and Kenshi Yonezu.



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May 20, 2020 12:50 PM

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AquaMailman said:
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Rydeen


Legendary...

For me I have many, I will nominate these two... 60s music from the 90s!
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May 20, 2020 1:08 PM

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My favorite is Red Moon by Kalafina.
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May 20, 2020 1:12 PM

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Thread moved from Anime Discussion.
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Aimer ILOVU
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MALoween✟Mansion (2024) Candy Basket 🎃:
May 20, 2020 8:51 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhircuOpJoM

cant figure out BBCode because I'm small brain
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May 20, 2020 11:09 PM

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The OG japanese hiphop scene man, it's something else and I live for it haha. Shing02, Uyama Hiroto, Nujabes, Meiso, kenichiro nishihara, nomak, Home Made Kazoku you get the idea lol.

Can't chose a song cus theres too many I love but i'll try.



Really been trying to expand my horizons and have been listening to rock in particular. Really like Sabomaster, Going Steady, gagagaSP, NakamuraEmi (not really rock but I love her lol).

Recently just found this song, and it's been stuck in my head for the longest time, idk if its anime related, but its damn good.

youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
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May 20, 2020 11:11 PM

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ryuichimonji_ said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhircuOpJoM

cant figure out BBCode because I'm small brain


https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1526161
youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
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May 20, 2020 11:23 PM
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J Soul Brothers - Raise the Flag
Dean Fujiioka - Searching for the Ghost
SixTones - RAM-PAM-PAM
Arashi - Turning Up
Hey Say JUMP - Over the Top
The Rampage - Fandango
May 20, 2020 11:37 PM

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any song related to spitz. no hate for other j-singer/band (since im listening others j-singer/band song too). but this band really underrated in western or outside japan audience.



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May 21, 2020 1:11 AM
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so many.. but here are a few favorites



























May 21, 2020 1:24 AM

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Does music from games count? If yes then this Nier Automata song.
It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.
May 21, 2020 1:53 AM

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小さな恋のうた ーMONGOL800
New Order ーMASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS
May 21, 2020 2:35 AM

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kokoronashi, is vocaloid tho
May 21, 2020 3:15 AM

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mmmm'mm
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One of my many favorites from my favorite vocalist


Great album closer


Track 2 off one of the best Japanese emo albums I've come across

May 21, 2020 7:48 AM
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Kuso Breakin’ no Breakin’ Lily by Maximum the Hormone
May 21, 2020 10:29 AM
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this one too
May 21, 2020 12:51 PM

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Mizerable by Gackt its a pretty cool Jrock song from the 2000's.







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May 21, 2020 12:52 PM
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fuckgendo said:

also all those city pop songs that always get recommended on youtube. plastic love, fragile, my baby queen, telephone number, flyday chinatown, stay with me etc

Finally, some city pop in this thread. I'd like to give a personal shoutout to Tatsuro Yamashita. Everything that man puts out is gold.
May 21, 2020 1:39 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_TIdWRuixo

city pop is the coolest shit
May 21, 2020 2:14 PM

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May I suggest this amazing playlist (give the creator some love):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRiruE1FaIQ
May 21, 2020 2:20 PM

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None anime related ?

Probably plastic love if i'm being lazy but

since i have time

i would recommend

Hana wa saku by Kaori Muraji & Yoko Kanno or Next one by Glim Spanky
May 21, 2020 3:40 PM

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Stuff by wagakki band. I listen to a lot of european folk/pagan metal and rock and they are the japanese version of that.
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May 21, 2020 7:17 PM

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A few I can think of right now.

TK (from Ling Tosite Sigure) - invalid phrase



Hyde - Season's Call



Blood Stain Child - Freedom



Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas - Shine



And this masterpiece. I don't think there's ever been a better song than this that has come out of Japan.

X Japan - Art of Life




May 22, 2020 1:40 AM

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There is some i can think of right now:

Band Maid - Dice (thick bassline more hard rock)


Glim Spanky - Fools (that godly voice)


Hello Sleepwalkers - Where the Monkey Falls From the Trees


Silent Siren - Fujiwara Disco (thick bassline but more pop)


Aimyon - Ai wo Tsutaetaidatoka (my favorite pop singer)


DAOKO - Daisuki (more edm and techno)


May 22, 2020 1:53 AM

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Hachigatsu no Yoru sang by SILENT SIREN. Really amazing song.

May 22, 2020 3:50 AM

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Definitely Plastic Love by Mariya Takeuchi.
May 22, 2020 5:24 AM
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Wonder Drive
simply a masterpiece
May 22, 2020 5:53 AM

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flyday chinatown is my favourite.
May 22, 2020 8:05 AM
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What is anime-affiliated? If an artist created the opening/ending music for one show, is every song of theirs now "anime-affiliated" by virtue of the artist themself being involved with the creation of anime at one point? To go even further, is an artist who made collabs with another artist who made anime music too anime-affiliated, as they were affiliated with someone affiliated with anime, which would make all the artist acquaintences of the second-hand affiliated person affiliated as well and so on? And lastly, is the magnitude of affiliation always intense enough that any given nth-hand affiliated person render their acquaintences (n+1)th-hand affiliated?

Ergo, there does not exist a song such that it has no connection to anime. I rest my case, ladies and gentlemen.
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May 22, 2020 9:26 AM

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Maybe Summertime Cinnamons have been hearing that song on social media websites. but overall all favorite jap songs I listen are probably connected to an anime series



May 22, 2020 12:02 PM

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Way too many to list. Most of my favourite music is filled with diverse Japanese artists, even if there's no singing and I didn't realise that they were Japanese until years later.
I'm a fan of many people from tano*c.
May 22, 2020 5:21 PM

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Harunohi ~ Aimyon
May 22, 2020 5:29 PM

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brand new world - fripSide. I think I have become a little too addicted to fripSide.
May 22, 2020 6:31 PM
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imma just throw a few songs here + one album:
May 22, 2020 10:02 PM

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King gnu is solid I found their music super fun to listen too. I think any Utaite can be great to listen too, they helped me find other artists because they cover them frequently; that's how I found ミテイノハナシ / Aru. I just can't seem to pin down my favorite song, but I was just listening to Drown Into the Night by Aru.
May 24, 2020 6:34 AM

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Well...
hmmmm
I like all of king gnu's songs. They are so damned good bruh
and also the GazettE, my favorite is "Nakigahara"
Dir en grey is amazing too. lol i know i have a weird taste XD
May 25, 2020 4:52 AM

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i like songs from a japanese band called mutant monster. i discovered their music last year in october.
May 25, 2020 6:02 AM

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I like some Japanese artists, so I guess Envy, Mono, Sigh, Nujabes, Boris, Church of Misery, Melt Banana, Heaven in Her Arms, Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, Boredoms. Can't really choose particular songs.
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I have way too many thanks to the Jpop podcast and website Ongaku to You. Here are a couple favs:
TABOO - Koda Kumi
come again - m-flo
Distance - Nishino Kana
Never Grow Up - CHANMINA
Shy demo ii - AISHA
Banana - CREAM
Pretender - Official Hige Dandism
Marigold - AIMYON
Weekend High - JASMINE
Spotlight - eill
Yozora - Katou Miliyah
Lemonade - I Don't Like Mondays
First Love - Utada Hikaru
U - Miura Daichi

I have many more but these are just several that come to my mind.
May 26, 2020 12:25 PM

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Ah, thank goodness. You wrote Anime LOL because there are enough songs also related to live-action shows and movies from Aime and BUMP OF CHICKEN for example ;-)

Japanese music that is NOT to related to any show or movie:

Music by DJ Okawari e.g. Flower Dance


泉まくら and her album "As Usual" especially "This Night"

Not sure if this counts since the original is after all by Jóhann Jóhannsson but Ryuichi Sakamoto reworked it and I love it:

Jói & Karen (Ryuichi Sakamoto Rework)


Yosi Horikawa's Bubbles is sooo cool when you have good high-def head phones. So much fun.



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That one love drama based on a shoujo manga, about the maid who married her employer so that she could stay in the city, and they end up developing a relationship
The one with that song with the cutesy dance that everyone started to make videos of.
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