Do you listen to a lot of Japanese because of the anime OPs and EDs?
Yes! Now, I can't get enough of it!
24.3%
55
No, just the ones from anime.
18.6%
42
J-Pop? Can't stand it, at all!
6.6%
15
Which came first?: The J-Pop for me.
3.5%
8
Sort of! I'm really 50/50.
21.2%
48
I listen to Japanese music that has no relation to anime
25.7%
58
226 votes
| yes j-pop is awsomeeee ! |
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| oh yes i listen to them now i can't get enough of the dangoness =3 |
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| I was into music before I was into anime so ofc I was also interested in japanese music (at first I wasn't) but when I watched anime I wanted to hear more. I don't think I would listen japanese music if I wouldn't be interested in japan/anime. |
| Well... I already listened to some J-pop before I learned of anime, but never really paid much attention to it. Watching anime introduced me to a wider variety of songs and singers |
| can't stand it. it's derivative of western music and usually terrible. origa is an exception, but she's russian and about as japanese as i am. |
| in your nostromo. eating your crew. |
| I listen to music from most places, so yeah. |
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Rippou said: I don't listen to Japanese music. |
| I don't really listen to Japanese music all that much, but the Japanese bands I listen to most aren't related to anime at all. I do easily get addicted to OP and ED music though, and sometimes listen to anime soundtracks. |
tentacle_raep said: origa is an exception, but she's russian and about as japanese as i am. lol :D |
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tentacle_raep said: origa is an exception, but she's russian and about as japanese as i am. You've spent as much time in Japan as Origa? Also, derivative of Western music? Would you prefer they all use shamisen's? Not everything has to be original to be good. And they don't have an obligation to be Asian culturally anymore than Origa has the obligation to stop making Japanese music. Most Third Wave Black Metal is derivative of the sparking Norwegian scene. That doesn't mean other bands are bad from being derivative of them, however. Including Japanese bands like Sigh. |
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| Nope. Wouldn't listen to it. It's pure fandom that makes me wanna listen to the music. But if it's translated into English (like 1000 Words) I can stand it. I like knowing what I'm listening to. Although, I do listen to Rammstein, and they're not in English. ^^; I'll stick to my English worded songs. But I don't mind where they come from at all. |
| Well yeah it's because of animes that I started listening to Japanese music, and at the beginning it was only because of animes that i was listening to them, but now it's completely different, I really love Japanese music, and it's the only music I listen to right now. |
| Well i'm into Metal and rock, so I don't really like pop, Rap really annoys me for some reason, can't stand it. so when i heard J-Pop i was surprised I could tolerate it, as I'm close minded when it comes to music, and normaly switch off if a pop song comes on, but J-pop didn't get me into Japanese music, It was when I heard Maxmimum The Hormone while watching Death Note, since then I haven't really found another Jband that I like, a few songs from Dir En Grey, but the rest of there stuff isn't all what the fans say it is. but yeah J-punk is also quite good. voted 50-50. |
| Yea, if the beats were still catchy and good. |
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Yea, if the beats were still catchy and good. But the problem is I don't hear a lot of it on the radio so I guess I wouldn't even notice it. |
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| I love JRock/Jpop even without anime so yes I would still listen to it, and I was downloading it before I really got into anime |
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Uss said: But the problem is I don't hear a lot of it on the radio so I guess I wouldn't even notice it. ...People still listen to the Radio? |
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| 50/50 for me, (yay the majority) I also watch some old asian drama, tokusatsu, and super sentai. Some Jpop also from video games too.. But really, if the music is not from a show of some sort, I wouldnt know. |
| Right now as it stands, I really only download j-pop/j-rock if it's been in an anime because I don't really hear it anywhere else [mainly cause I'm too lazy to look for other music of bands I already like the song of]. So yeah, just anime! I don't even think I'd be interested in japanese music if I didn't watch anime unless someone made me listen frequently because before, I had little interest. My mate linked me to a few and I did like the music just didn't really do anything about it. |
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| Yeah, kinda :D |
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| For me I was introduced to Japanese music through anime and branched out some. It falls into a few categories. There are the songs that are from opening and endings that I love. There are songs that are from anime but because I never seen the show it's like I treat it as it's own entity. There are artists that had done something anime related that I ended up branching off and getting their non-anime related songs. Then there are songs used in AMVs that had nothing initially to do with anime but became associated because of the AMV. Then there are songs that people I talk to, who are into anime, recommend that I end up liking. Then there are just the random searches for stuff that makes me stumble upon a song. The funny thing is that because of anime, I ended up exposing myself to more than just Japanese music. So I have liked not only Chinese and Korean songs but also Spanish, Dutch, German, Indian, and who knows what else. If I had to put in another poll option it would be: Anime was a gateway to not just Japanese music but several. |
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| I've been listening to Shugo Tokumaru for years with no relation to anime at all. I knew of The Pillows before I knew of FLCL. Takeshi Terauchi was one of my favorite musicians when I was younger. |
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| I listen to stuff like Coaltar of the Deepers, Melt-Bananna, Merzbow, The Mad Capsule Markets, Pine*am, Capsule, FLOPPY, etc.. etc... but OSTs are good too. I love the Lucky Star and Lain OSTs I have. Probably my favs out of everything I own. |
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| If it hadn't been for anime, now i would still be swimming in US/UK music. Almost the things i'm listening now are anime-related. |
| Well i do now, i enjoy J-pop a lot actually, however if it had not been for anime i would probably never had listened to it. |
| No. The only songs I listen to are the ones that I enjoyed from anime. I can't really get into Japanese songs that I haven't encountered in an anime. |
| I can recommend this one: Very happy :D |
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| i probably wouldn't have gotten into it as early, but i probably would still listen to it. |
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| Nope, all I listen to from Japan is from Anime. |
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| There are nice japanese pop singers not related to anime, and japanese music isn't only about J-Pop, I also like some New Age singers and Enka (ok... kill me guys). |
| No, probably not before anime I was totally in love with traditional Japan. I was actually very anti-japanese/chinese language before it though, like most brits I had a 'I don't understand it , it does't matter' attitude. |
| probabally, although a friend gave me some korean and chinese music to listen to before I downloaded some japanese stuff. It still sounds great even if I don't know what it means, Idk they could be singing about something really horrible. |
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| I originally was introduced into abit of jpop, through anime. But really, if the song is decent, ill like it regardless. |
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| I started listening to Japanese music after Kingdom Hearts. So yes, I would still listen to Japanese music. |
| Zetsubou Shi- I'm in despair~ Me being such a horrible fan in a world filled with so many anime and cool japanese internet meme-things, not to mention games, ect. has left me in despair!~ |
| i still listen to it, doesnt matter but japanese music is great |
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Hackrouge said: I started listening to Japanese music after Kingdom Hearts. So yes, I would still listen to Japanese music. Me too! :O Personally, some songs that just try-to-be-cute (like those fantasy/shoujo anime ops) can be quite annoying, but other than that, Japanese music rocks! Btw, does vocaloid count? ^^  |
| I don't remember when exactly i started listening to japanese music, but i'm sure it was influenced by anime. (sailormoon music). But my friend gave me songs around the same time that werent anime-related at all (black biscuits-timing, and a few others) and i just started listening to jpop/jrock on my own without anime (I had a huge dir en grey and gackt phase~). Now most of the jpop i listen to comes from Drama themes/insert songs/actors i like. Most of which are on the top 30 monthly oricon charts i always download. |
| Most likely. But that's because I listen to other languages, too, other than English and Japanese. |
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