Interest Stacks

Many popular/debut retro Japanese inserts by Pony Canyon label artists

EP7 ~ Mizuiro no Tegami - Shizue Abe (1973)
EP3 ~ Omoide Makura - Kyouko Kosaka (1975)
EP6 ~ Help Me - Hako Yamasaki (1976)
EP8 ~ Abayo - Naoko Ken (1976)
EP11 ~ Yokohama Eleven - Midori Kinouchi (1978)
EP5 ~ Mayonaka no Door〜Stay with Me - Miki Matsubara (1979)
EP9 ~ Shirube nai - Ryuun Nagai (1979)
EP10 ~ Mou Ichido Yoru o Tomete - Kenjiro Sakiya (1987)
EP1 ~ MUGO・N・・・Iroppoi - Shizuka Kudo (1988); Karaoke cover appears in Sweet Spot
EP2 ~ ZOO - Kaori Kawamura (1988)
EP4 ~ Koyoi no Tsuki no You ni - Elephant Kashimashi (1997); Theme for live action Tsuki no Kagayaku Yoru Dakara
EP12 ~ Aitsumugi - Minami Kizuki (2009)

Insert ~ Yume no Naka e - Yosui Inoue (1973)
> Covered in: Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou, Alice SOS, Youkai Ningen BEM

Insert ~ Rouge no Dengon - Yumi Arai (1975)
> Also in: Majo no Takkyuubin (1989, OP)

Insert ~ SWEET MEMORIES - Seiko Matsuda (1980)
> Also in: Penguin's Memory (1985, IN)

Insert ~ Kenka o Yamete - Naoko Kawai (1982)


Other pre-existing songs by Yumi Arai:
Kaze Tachinu (2013) ED ~ Hikoukigumo - Yumi Arai (1973)
Coo: Tooi Umi kara Kita Coo (1993) ED ~ Zutto Soba ni - Yumi Matsutoya (1983)
Gaikan Chiba (2018) ED ~ DOWNTOWN BOY - Yumi Matsutoya (1983)

Insert ~ When The Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong (1938)

Insert ~ Otoko to Onna no Love Game (1986)

ED ~ The Great Pretender - Freddy Mercury (1987; covering original from 1955)

OP ~ a life - Taeko Ohnuki & Ryuuichi Sakamoto (2010)

Milk House Dreaming (1987) features a music compilation by the duo

ED ~ Kimi wa Tennenshoku – Eiichi Ohtaki (1981)

You are so beautiful - Noriyuki Makihara (2001) https://youtu.be/ZZHlJ7FIR3U

Insert ~ Chanchiki Okesa - Haruo Minami (1968) ; a popular enka song

OP ~ Tessellate - alt-J (2011)
ED ~ In Cold Blood - alt-J (2017)

ED2 ~ Senjou no Merry Christmas (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) - Ryuichi Sakamoto (1983)

Insert ~ Christmas Eve - Tatsuro Yamashita (1983)

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon and Yoko Ono (1971)
> Covered in: Kyou no 5 no 2 (2008, IN)

ED ~ My Generation - The Who (1965)

Many existing jpop songs across the TV & special

OP ~ Re:Re: - ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION (2004)
> Covered in: Bocchi The Rock! Movie (2024, ED1)

ED ~ Hitotsu dake - Ann (2002)

OP ~ Nessun dorma - Luciano Pavarotti (existing version of a popular opera piece)

Various English

ED1 ~ Colorado Bulldog - MR. BIG (1996)

Many existing retro English & Japanese inserts

Many pre-existing retro Japanese songs


ED7 ~ Koi no Vacance - The Peanuts (1963)
> Covered in Snack Basue (ED13)

Insert ~ Rouningyou no Yakata - Seikima-II (1986)

> Covered in: Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin (2010)

Insert ~ You Are My Sunshine - Jimmie Davis (1940)

Tsuiteru ne Notteru ne - Miho Nakayama (1986)
Waku Waku Sasete - Miho Nakayama (1986)
You're My Only Shinin' Star - Miho Nakayama (1988)

My Sharona - The Knack (1979)
Chijou no Hoshi - Miyuki Nakajima (2000)

Other Tatsunoko Production themes

IN ~ Kimi no Ichiban ni... - LINDBERG (1996)

Insert ~ La Donna è Mobile - Naoki Tokorotani (cover of a 1851 opera)

Various

ED ~ Paranoid Android - Radiohead (1997)

OP ~ Dress - BUCK-TICK (1993)

OP ~ Gravure no Bishoujo (Girls on Film) - Duran Duran (1981)

ED2 ~ Dounimo Tomaranai ~Nonstop~ - Linda Yamamoto (1972)

IN ~ Hoero! Dragon (Kung Fu Fighting) - Carl Douglas (1974) https://youtu.be/hq5REevpSP8

ED1 ~ BOY MEETS GIRL - TRF (1994)

The most well known eurobeat compilation

Tokyo Ondo - Shinpei Nakayama (1933)

Yu-Gi-Oh ver https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=j1DkZiS6Llo
Oedo wa Nemurenai ED uses a remixed version

OP ~ Take Me Home Country Roads - Olivia Newton-John (1973) ; an existing cover of an existing song

White Christmas - Bing Crosby
I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

Many existing 50s-80s jpop songs

Many existing Japanese songs 70s onwards

OP ~ San-byaku Roku-juu Go Ho no March - Kiyoko Suizenji (1968)

Many existing English & Japanese songs

Insert ~ Damatte Ore ni Tsuite Koi - Hitoshi Ueki (1964)

> Covered in: Kochikame (1996, OP6)

Suudara Bushi - Hitoshi Ueki
> Also in: Showa Monogatari ED9, Business Fish ED1 (remix)


Ookina Furudokei (JP kids choir cover of Grandfather’s Clock - Henry Clay Work)

OP/ED ~ Against All Odds - Dale & Julie Ember with The Flames (cover of Phil Collins https://youtu.be/FKfuNz6GLpw)

Footloose - Wags (cover of Kenny Loggins)
Let's Hear it for the Boy - Deniece Williams feat. Wags (cover)



Inserts:
Kamikaze - Thompson Twins https://youtu.be/3kAxR8VolBM

Released around the same time:
I Don't Like - Mescaline Drive
Living in the Dark - Army Call Up Test

Various popular English songs

Insert ~ Sailor Fuku to Kikanjuu - Hiroko Yakushimaru (1981) ; From the live action of the same name

> Covered in: Lucky Star

Electric Light Orchestra