| I usually download songs I like from anime op/ed/ost/etc but usually don't bother to go look up other songs by that artist. Sometimes I might. |
| Personally if i liked a song, i'd actually research the artist's other songs and listen to those. And most of the time I end up becoming a fan of them based on their style. :) Unfortunately, as i've noticed from the "majority" my otaku friends and other peers, most people just like a song just because it associates with a particular anime and never really appreciate the artist itself. I ask them if they liked a particular track from the artist's Album and they're like: "Never heard of that" in the most nonchalantly way. It disappointing to know that people don't really appreciate some of the artist's hard work and what they could be missing out on. So in short, a LOT of people like songs because it came from an Anime that they like. If you are one of the rare people who actually appreciates the artist's other songs, then you have my upmost respect! |
| It varies with me. Some artists, I look into right after I hear the song from whatever show i'm watching, Like Round Table ft. nino, Beat Crusaders, Maximum the Hormone, and Lia. Some, though, I just enjoy the song from the show I watched, or just havent devoted the time to look into the other music they have, like Kasarinchu or Natsuko Aso. Through looking up the artists I found by watching anime, i've been able to find a lot more Japanese artists, which is awesome. Bands like One OK Rock, The Hiatus, and MoNoLith I would have never heard of had I not looked into songs from anime. |
| "Prepare for a feeling of satisfaction with a dash of greatness, a side-dish of hope, all smeared in slight disappointment." |
| Most people here are exposed to Japanese music through anime OP/ED's. That's why that's popular in the anime community is not necessarily what's popular in the general population. Top selling artists like MISIA, B'z, ZARD, DCT, or whatever are completely underrepresented, while artist like Nujabes, Maximum the Hormone, Supercell, and Vocaloid stuff comes up again and again. In the past few years, there might have been more FLOW, Orange Range, or AKFG fans due to the number of anime OP/ED's by these groups in popular anime like Naruto or Bleach, but now mentions of these groups are nowhere to be seen, leading me to conclude that the anime fan base is temperamental and appreciates these artists more for their association with anime than the music themselves. I expect the same thing to happen with Supercell, which had music in Magi and Psycho-Pass, that the anime fandom would forget them quickly if they come to distance themselves from anime. I personally keep in mind whenever I run across an artist name anywhere on the internet, like Wikipedia articles or Top 40 lists for example (and anime of course), and look up the artists later on YouTube. I try to listen to the music that's not an anime opening, in order to get a well-rounded feel of the artist as a whole. Many times anime compositions are done a bit differently than other J-pop -- they are brighter and more melodic compared to the non-anime versions. |
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| I certainly listen to music from anime, I would often listen to the soundtracks of anime I haven't even watched. I do discover quite a lot of music independent of anime, such as supercell with Nagi as vocals. I discovered them independently of Bakemonogatari and my favorite song from them isn't even from an anime. Same thing with a band I recently discovered (Ling Tosite Sigure), I quite liked their songs, then I was surprised they actually did an anime OP for Psycho pass because I was expecting that they were actually out of the anime scene. |
| I generally listen to whatever music catches my ear. So I have a fair amount of music from anime that I have watched, but I just have a huge amount of music in general anyway. At the moment I have been really into the Japanese band Flumpool, just sort of stumbled onto them through youtube. |
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| I listen to the openings and endings to anime and sometimes I search their name to see if i can find more, like KOTOKO. But i also listen to Vocaloids which are great. |
| ~If only sorrow could build a staircase, our tears could show the way. I would climb my way to heaven, and bring him back home again.~  |
| i usually listen to non anime jpop thats on the top of the oricon chart thats my main source of music but if i like an opening or ending from an anime i watch i buy it |
| I like anime music more than anime itself. I'm a fan of Megumi Hayashibara since I was a kid while listening the Slayers op's and ed's. And of course I got to know some bands and singers beacuse of anime, then search other non-anime related songs from them. I discoverded bands like Fonogenico, Supercell, Soutaisenriron, ClariS, etc.. I also listen the radio a lot to find new songs and artists. So yes OP, you're not alone. |
| Anime was the gateway to Japanese music for me, I don't think I'd be able to appreciate it as much as I do right now if it weren't for anime. I didn't discover my favorite Japanese artists through anime though but some of their songs have been used in animes. |
| Since I started watching anime I don't listen to anything that isn't japanese. I download discographies whenever I like most of the band/singer music and I'm always on youtube searching for new artists, always avoiding anime sources. I got almost 20GB of J-music on my phone, female vocals only! Well... At least less than 4 or 5 songs with male vocal, I don't even know. |
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| Yea I think the ppl who download Jpop or Anime music usually have some sort of degree of connection to liking anime. |
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