This thread is for the discussion of anison (anime song), the genre of music made specifically for anime. Whether it be dedicated anime singers, voice actors, idols, as long as the song was made for an anime, it belongs here. Discuss your favorite anison artists and anime songs, and share your events and experiences!Discussion of doujin music, anikura, idols, seiyuu (outside of their music careers), and mainstream Japanese artists go in their respective threads.Previous thread: >>47459351
Starting the thread off with some classics:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNl1ud7KxtIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFVszxIykGIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKw1xewBUgY
But yeah, hard to believe that they're both gone from the industry. They were such good friends and partners too, to the point that one of them was the designated successor. It's not just hard to believe but also uncanny.
https://x.com/taltalasuka/status/1839500307094450552
>>47890976>she was just at AFA Indonesia a few months agoDamn, that was quick. F.
>>47890976She got married recently as well, no? Tragic, rest in peace.
>>47890203One is still providing a few lyrics every year and probably still happily involved in the industry. The other is dead. It’s not quite the same.
>>47891777It's just not the same when neither is singing anymore. At least I got to see both live, but it's still sad.
Anyone else here into Ami Wajima?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwzy6Qt8gq8&:(
I only knew one Sayuri song but I'm still sad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNAwUyjzYsM
Ranma 1/2 2024 OP (ano)https://youtu.be/RFYP-tY6xOg
>>47902042I don't really like it
https://files.catbox.moe/vwdw6k.mp4I couldn't find it on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LjwONPcCNYNo idea why this isn't available for streaming outside Japan
>>47905504What is this? I can't open the link.
>>47908804Junna and Minori from Walkure covering Triangler.
>>47911082The link ain’t working for me either. Why not link to bilibilihttps://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1oat8e6EnW/
Do I really have to give chairmain Xi my phone number to get more than 360p in bilibili?
>>47911868As far as I know. I registered my phone and now I rip it using yt-dlp with cookies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciQWFHhObVk
Interesting channel for anison nostalgia https://www.youtube.com/@AnisonFlag/videosinterviewes and performances with usually old and over the hill performers.There are some absolute classics there:https://youtu.be/CcO7fBY9ft4?feature=sharedhttps://youtu.be/5XpoIWabgl4?feature=sharedhttps://youtu.be/F4AUAsiHDj0?feature=sharedhttps://youtu.be/1TfFGbXGS-k?feature=shared
>>47917466So Mitsuko Horie?
>>47917466Okui hasn't aged well
>>47920306To anison, the only countries that exist (apart from Japan itself) are Singapore, Taiwan, China, the US, and Indonesia. The rest of the world might as well not exist or be nothing but ocean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL_M2MSzYQMThis counts, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSTdqvea_K8
Here's some random stuff that I really like.https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=5epjVow18Xchttps://youtu.be/2VsgkIE-RHghttps://youtu.be/HB4iNVa746Ehttps://youtu.be/cLalr_UNX8Yhttps://youtu.be/Bv1meSYlrqE>>47922240It counts
>鳴呼（ああ）>どんどんどんどん軽くなる>鳴呼（ああ）>どんどんどんどん弱くなる>鳴呼（ああ）>どんどんどんどん萎んでくThese lyrics aged well didn't they?
>>47929213Smewthie is alive?
>>47929641More alive than Sayuri at least
Kalafina Anniversary LIVE 2025https://www.nikkansports.com/m/entertainment/news/202410020001111_m.html
>>47932343https://x.com/Fion0806/status/1841648472442994810Damn, she sounds mad.
>>47932969An attitude like that will get her https://youtu.be/wQtI2kjnZUQ
>The og producer is not involved in Kalafina's return neither was notified about itclose enoughWelcome back Flappy Bird's comeback fiasco
>>47932343https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-02/kalafina-music-trio-reunite-for-january-anniversary-concert/.216285
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaiPQrrzy2E
>>47934176>>47934182Who?
Will be seeing kz, Chiai Fujikawa, BRADIO, sajou no hana, ASCA, and Nami Tamaki this weekend.
>>47920635??? >>47934912
>>47934922Cosmania mostly gets hand-me-downs for AFA and almost never gets big-name seiyuu.
>>47934176>>47934182Great body and great singer
>>47936167But who is she
>>47937794https://youtu.be/0me_7B2rRIEAsaka
I know nothing about Fujikawa since I never watched Shield Hero, is she any good?>>47937965She looks nothing like what I remember, at least not when I saw her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7cp6OVa0Qchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNeKh1YxQio
>>47938576Nice
I know Asaka was a cosplayer but man.
>>47943606she claimed to be an f cup when she was 15
>>47944609>when she was 15her classmates were really lucky
>>47944709>you will never be her female classmate seeing her panties and pubes
Bradio was fun
https://youtu.be/Q658SxZRATQ>when she was 15
The dude in the middle is so dedicated to the ojamajo carnival wota. I've seen him in like dozens of videos too.https://youtu.be/2u-1FgW8HbI
>>47948002She has a cosplay book
I miss Maon so much
Why isn't the thread bumping?
https://youtu.be/TOO12a4GAosDid some janny autosaged us?
Nami kept showing off her waki earlier
https://youtu.be/wsKw_Astidg
>>47952093I know, but I was thinking about how she was already a good live singer at 15. Meanwhile, some of the newish anison singers like nasuo sound very bad live.
https://youtu.be/YPQZZMl8ZGA
So was Nami the Konomi of her time, or would that be Hitomi Takahashi?
>>47957004>some of the newish anison singers like nasuo sound very bad live.ASCA was really fun live but unfortunately she seemed to have problems maintaining notes. It was like she was running out of breath a lot.Also disappointed she didn't sing Prime Number, but I expected that. Though I did feel crushed when she called Koe her debut single rather than Prime Number. When we had our autograph session though she seemed really happened when I told her my favorite of hers was Prime Number.
>>47958713*seemed really happy
Kimi wa Meido-sama OP from tricothttps://youtu.be/fMLKOSJtDYc
>>47959969Tricot hasn't done many other anime stuff have they? I keep forgetting they're still around.
>>47963108I don't think they've done any actually
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2qP4MQzvWRkgVVNpxRVdm6>only 6,145 monthly listenersWhat went wrong?
>>47963149I could have sworn they did
>>47966106Feel free to post it if you think I'm wrong, but I just checked Wiki and they say the same as me. Maybe you are just thinking of a different band.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricot_(band)
https://youtu.be/mxFvmxalAvEHmmm....
>>47966483Weird
I wasn't even a fan of Sayuri and I'm still upset
>>47973135Do we have any information? Did she an hero or did her condition drastically worsen in only a few weeks?
>>47973408I've seen people suggest the former but I still believe it was the latter. I don't think her husband was lying especially when it's clear he loved her.
It hurts so much that Sayuri went to Indonesia instead of here, and not even five months after her visit she was gone forever and the dream of her coming here (and by extension me seeing her) is also dashed forever. I really want to cry.
>>47966106Not sure this is what you're thinking of, but their lead/vocalist Ikkyu Nakajima composed and wrote the second ending of Bocchi the Rock! and also recently had another anime ending for some random isekai under her project SUSU.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwHwv-lcxi4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlkDbaQpBcU
>>47981110Maybe it's a Mandela effect but I was thinking tricot itself, not whatever their vocalist did. It was before Bocchi so it's not that.
When and why did LiSA become so unbearable? I really liked her songs in the early 2010s when she was just Sony's go-to anison singer but today she has taken on this weird sexy image that feels completely out of place and all of her live shows are overproduced and filled with tons of distracting nonsense.
>>47981511One word: Gurenge.Though I wonder how much of a factor Tatsuhisa and the baby are.> today she has taken on this weird sexy image Are you suggesting that's a bad thing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwy3f3GZ_UADoes this count here even if the artist is a K-Pop group?
Do you like Miku Itou's music?
>>47988573Absolutely not and I refuse to call it music
>>47988628Why?
Imagine all the koebuta making their tributes to Miku today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfL77tpX8AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdxa0T6wOwgUnderrated song by an underrated singer
Seriously: more people need to appreciate SennaRin
>>47981511But LiSA is good
>>48002538Everything since Launcher is shit
>>47988573From watching animax and other concerts, I feel that she's a terrible singer.
>>48003294Also a terrible voice actress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ0QAbWZCKY
>>47999036Sawano songs sounds the same.
>>48005623They could just find her a new composer right? She can't be pigeonholed.
https://x.com/ASCA_and_staff/status/1235920419351232512Is this recorded or archived anywhere? I really wanted to see it and see her sing Prime Number.
>ClariS and Sayuri both went to Indonesia this year>neither even made it to the end of the yearWhat went so wrong?
Get a new composer for SennaRin, please
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xGh8bmz0pIThe franchise deserved so much better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8udpF4ZFJs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo1g5HWgaRA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5stXyCYssb8
>>48002595Heavy disagree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3blJbjEp30UWonder why this still isn't on Spotify (at least internationally).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8KIJCrr0_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUGaLWd_R8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajjN7eAnyZE
>>48038162Truly my favourite seiyuu
>>48038162Does this sight have a similar pic for Konomi?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo_4XqKwrSM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBuznsRj7M4Even if the song isn't actually that good, I can't help but find it catchy
>>48038162LiSA 2.0 with a less gratting voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFdOCaivjKQThe birthday girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2dBykuDJgA
>>48046026But LiSA's good
>>48051393Maybe 10 years ago
>>48051474She still does bangers
I still miss Maon so much
How can anyone dislike LiSA?
>>47902042Should I watch Urusai Yatsura
>>48057989No
>>48059972Is it bad?
>>48060138I haven't watched it, but people who grew up with the original don't seem to like it all that well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MDcz5Z0YwU
>>48063795>I'll never get to see Karen in person everIt's not fucking fair...
Karen replacement when
The Kalafina situation is so weird
https://youtu.be/UqDH4QSoIAU
https://youtube.com/watch?v=73O7tATQ8og
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAGp6ZwbhtM
Getting worried for SennaRin
>already a year since SennaRin's last tie-up>they didn't even get her for the new Bleach seasonPlease don't tell me they already abandoned her.
MKL fuck off
>>48085376But this is the MKL thread.
>>48085376Is it wrong to be worried about SennaRin?
I need to ask this (although I think it is related to the topic of the thread)How long does it normally take for a song that was released in an opening to be released in its full version on digital media?I would like to be able to hear Jaka Jaan by C&K & Zeed in full as soon as possible but it is strange that it has been 3 weeks and it is still not available.
>>48091485It depends. It's faster now, but sometimes it can take up to a month or two.
>>48091485That's actually the exception now. Most full versions for an OP or ED are now out between the day of the first episode, to at most a week after. I'm not sure when or why the change happened but it started a few years ago, I guess around the time anime music became more available on places like Spotify and Apple Music. Something like the Love Live Superstar OP and ED still not being out is actually very unusual by today's standards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7cp6OVa0Qc
I'm rewatching Sacred Seven and the OST is pretty good. Too bad it flopped.
>>48099075It did?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRM9pTiiHnY
>>48108563Good lineup
Is it true they're retiring trysail?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTRE5uaRRgQ
>>48108563>fripside>No SatWhat’s going on here?
https://youtu.be/ConWH4bgHxc
>>48115252One of the best covers I've heard of it. Harutya is so good.
>>48115252Who is she?
>>48117841NTA but she's an utaite for over ten years. So she is posted on the utaite thread quite regularly. Doesn't show her face.Here's her most famous cover:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clU8c2fpk2s&list=PLZJVnJLlibSvQYv3HR2nVFMFJgJNp1roQutaite channel:https://www.youtube.com/@harutyaoriginal music channel:https://www.youtube.com/@syumagi_
Man i love Moisac.wav
>>48119598Give some recommendations
>>48118593What is it with utaite and hiding their faces
>>48124619It's a typical Japanese thing to do, and when you consider that it comes from old NND culture, it makes sense on why the face is just not important. Many Japanese people would separate their personal life from their internet life.
>>48124679>old NND culture?
>>48125114Whats confusing you?Utaite culture basically started on NND but is now more of a Youtube thing.
sekkusu with ZAQ
https://youtu.be/Bp7J4u7MGpUWait, Perfume did a beyblade ending?
>>48125352I mean what is it about NND that encouraged not showing faces
>>48125357It's not as surprising as L'arc~en~Ciel doing the OP.
>>48127736How is that surprising?
>>48125353So underrated
>>48136335It's still a thing?
https://soundorion.com/news/news1104/F
>>48142025I didn't realize they were already around for eight years, the first time I heard of them was during the nakadashi scandal.
Did SoundOrion ever go overseas?
The set list for the railgun anniversary concert turned into a raildex concert and I thought MLK would have been crying about this already.
>>48143600Well it is a Railgun concert, I was always more of an Index guy.Maybe I should post the pic I took of the Sana poster I got...
>>48143750I thought you’d have been checking it because of the franchise and noticed the set list. It turns out they’d rather include index song covers than anything to do with Elisa
>>48143904It's either due to label issues (she moved to Sacra), or she got blacklisted due to her revelations. A shame really, she was a really talented singer. She didn't deserve what happened to her.
Happy birthday my beloved.
>>48038469
>>48144857Nice. Completely forgot she was Inari though. Seems she's reprising the role in the anime too.
Is Konomi the Nami Tamaki of our generation?
Konomin's voice is so angelic
Is it me or are new anison singers rare these days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_yY9BfcmDk
I mean, it seems like newbie anison singers debuting has become less and less common. More often than not they seem to get mainstream artists or utaite instead of dedicated anison singers.
Was it really the controversy with Natsumi Okamoto that killed the Animax Anison Grand Prix?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzaoekOE4-4
Bring back contests
What is it with anime using mainstream artists instead of anison singers?
>>48177678Hello newfag
>>48178686On the contrary, I asked it because I'm not a newfag.
>>48177678Mainstream anime gets mainstream artists.
>>48187603Either that or utaite and I'm tired of it.
Seriously, stop it with the utaite already.
SEEEEEEEEXOOOOOOOOOOO
https://youtu.be/C0KkiqOzbLsSoon
>>48203929That "smile" is the stuff of nightmares.
>>48191788https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/One_Piece_MusicMainstream anime always used mainstream artists but you're right about utaite and vtubers taking over anison singers.
>>48206979"Anison" singers flopped in the terms of dollars it wasn't worth the studios to spend money producing them since "anison" singers don't sell albums. Using utaites and mainstream musicians is the right direction. Look at how popular Otonoke and Taidada are this season.
>>48208475Utaite might as well be anison singers since they don't have anything bigger for now.
>>48208475>"anison" singers don't sell albumsBut why?captcha: HASHP
>>48211330Isn't it common sense?Among other things, anisong singers typically cater to anime fans. While the anime community is large, it still represents a relatively small portion of the global music market. This niche focus can limit broader commercial success. Anime fans tend to prioritize the anime or character over the individual singer. Anison music is often more associated with the shows themselves rather than the artist, making it harder for singers to break away from the "anime song" category. Additionally, while anime songs are popular, they don't always get airplay on general radio stations or TV programs, which are crucial for broader recognition.Someone having a LiSA or Aimer situation is one in a million. And honestly, I don't even think they are doing as well as they were some years back.
>>48177678Because anison singers have no value anymore even if they're talented. They just pop up without really making a name for themselves. The only one that's still worth a damn is JAM Project at this point. Maybe Ooishi Masayoshi.
>>48211726>they don't always get airplay on general radio stations or TV programsThat's something I never got why either. Only the mainstream ones like Gurenge or Idol do. I know Renai Nou went viral on TikTok but even that is an exception and I don't know if it got airplay outside of Akiba. I doubt a mainstream station would play Shikairo Days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChdbDRdHl2E
>>48211726Is there a stigma in Japan against anison artists? Like if you mainly sing for anime then unless you are LiSA, Aimer, or whoever, you are largely not taken seriously outside of otaku circles? I've been to Japan multiple times and it seems like the regular Japanese off the street doesn't recognize most anison singer names. The worst example of this is when I went to Sapporo, Mami's hometown, some years ago, and almost no one I asked even knew who she was. To think she was obscure even in her own hometown.
>>48216727I feel like that's why today's anisong singers are primarily from three categories. Mainstream artists who did not get popular from anisong (Zutomayo, Yonezu, Creepy Nuts, Yoasobi etc)Seiyuu singing songs from their own anime (Typically used as ED)Otaku circle artists, whether utaite/vtuber, etc (mafumafu, KAF, Shiyui, 96neko, etc)
>>48216888Yeah, the days of newbie pure anison artists debuting on a regular basis seem to be long gone now. Even someone like Rei Nakashima is an exception rather than the rule. It seems that many of today's newbie anison singers actually started out as utaite like Asmi, "pure" anison singers like Konomi are a dying breed.
At the rate things are going I have doubts if we will even have that many "pure" anison artists in 10 years or so, when most of the ones active today are already retired. Feels like it's going to be mainstream, semi-mainstream, or utaite artists from here on out. Even Pokemon is using utaite or K-Pop acts now rather than anison singers.
>>48215930Great cover
Am I getting this right? Most Japanese of a certain generation will recognise CHE.R.R.Y by Yui, most of them not only would not know that Sumire Uesaka covered it, they might not even know who Sumipe is?
The love for mainstream artists is not fair.
>>48216888>Mainstream artists who did not get popular from anisong (Zutomayo, Yonezu, Creepy Nuts, Yoasobi etc)This isn't new though. This was Ikimonogakari when they were the biggest thing in the country.
>>48229580Didn't Ikimonogakari only do very mainstream stuff like Pokemon or some shonen stuff? Not otakucore anime.
As sad as Mami retiring was, she at least got a proper send-off. Most anison artists just disappear quietly.Come to think about it, next year will be nine years since she retired. I find it so hard to believe that she's been gone that long.
Will be going on a trip so might not be able to post for a week or so.
Happy birthday Minorin
any good songs this season?
>>48249079for me it's taidadahttps://youtu.be/Tf8LO2ZTfLohttps://youtu.be/aEBp66VU3Ic
Why do normies like Creepy Nuts so much
>>48249079I know it's a casual show but I'm partial to Ao no Hako's OP.
>>48249079Mecha-Ude EDhttps://youtu.be/5WchBqPR8yE
>>48251507I see
https://youtu.be/SkguMFl5wgk
https://youtu.be/cucmRB4vmlc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pXAJkfRAUA
>>47890169https://youtu.be/bq3Vg2_iydc
