Winter Playlist '1516
The month of March is coming to an end and so is the winter
season anime with an exception of a few leftovers joining the season of
spring. There were a number of anime
that I really enjoy watching this season like KonoSuba and Boku Dake ga Inai
Machi (though some might say otherwise), even if it’s different than the manga.
Once again, I select the top ten songs that I enjoy throughout the season, which I have to admit was hard to narrow down to the final 10. A few were confirmed right off the bat but the others took a while and a lie down in order to pass the screening process. So, here it is, my top ten songs this winter…
Once again, I select the top ten songs that I enjoy throughout the season, which I have to admit was hard to narrow down to the final 10. A few were confirmed right off the bat but the others took a while and a lie down in order to pass the screening process. So, here it is, my top ten songs this winter…
Going in alphabetical order, first is from Ajin with its
opening, “Yoru wa Nemureru kai?” by flumpool. This song I really enjoy very much.
It is one of the few that I immediately know was one of my top ten the moment I
heard it from the first part of its movie. The emotions being put in the song
and the alarms blaring in the background makes me so pumped up. I can only
imagine how it would be like in a concert. And the chorus really fits the anime
well. Run away, run away uso mitai da…
Next is, Boku Dake ga Inai Machi with its ending song, “Sore
wa Chiisana Hikari no Youna” by Sayuri. The song starts off slow, captivating
you with its vocals and swaying rhythm and when the chorus hits, it picks up
pace and gets louder.
When accompanied with its colourful visuals, it helps to enhance the mood of struggle in the song. I kept replaying it the first time I heard it and it quickly rose to the top. Oh, and what do you guys think of the ending? It felt kind of rushed though. Similar to the Charlotte in a sense.
When accompanied with its colourful visuals, it helps to enhance the mood of struggle in the song. I kept replaying it the first time I heard it and it quickly rose to the top. Oh, and what do you guys think of the ending? It felt kind of rushed though. Similar to the Charlotte in a sense.
The next two songs are the opening and ending theme for
Bubuki Buranki,
“Beat you Heart” by Konomi Suzuki and “ANGER/ANGER” by MYTH & ROID. I really look forward to them more than the actual episode itself (I do enjoy the episodes though). The opening with its catchy and upbeat rhythm, the chorus that can get stuck in your head. It makes you feel restless, like you just want to move around to the song.
The ending is definitely one of my favourite this season, especially with the ending visuals. I don’t know why but it just makes me like Banryu Reoko more every time I listen to it.
She just exudes style and dominance. And I like
the vocals as well, ever since they were introduced in Overlord’s ending.
“Beat you Heart” by Konomi Suzuki and “ANGER/ANGER” by MYTH & ROID. I really look forward to them more than the actual episode itself (I do enjoy the episodes though). The opening with its catchy and upbeat rhythm, the chorus that can get stuck in your head. It makes you feel restless, like you just want to move around to the song.
The ending is definitely one of my favourite this season, especially with the ending visuals. I don’t know why but it just makes me like Banryu Reoko more every time I listen to it.
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Durarara!!X2 Ketsu follows after with its ending, “Joker ni
Yoroshiku” by PENGUIN RESEARCH. I simply adore the instrumental for this song.
I can’t help but tap my fingers with the vocals especially during the chorus.
This song is just awesome.
Following that is Dimension W’s opening, “Genesis” by STEREO
DIVE FOUNDATION.
This song is very fun to listen to, more especially with its visuals. The music is just so addicting to move to. Tapping your fingers or moving your body just seems like the natural thing to do, just like what I usually do away from the public eye when I’m outside. I really wanted to put its ending in the top ten but I had to choose others that stand out to me more.
This song is very fun to listen to, more especially with its visuals. The music is just so addicting to move to. Tapping your fingers or moving your body just seems like the natural thing to do, just like what I usually do away from the public eye when I’m outside. I really wanted to put its ending in the top ten but I had to choose others that stand out to me more.
Next is from the Fairy Tail ZERO arc, “Ashita wo Orase” by
Kavka Shishido.
The song came out of nowhere for me as I was interested in the Mavis’s backstory so I started watching Fairy Tail back (Though I’ve caught up with the manga). This song, accompanied with its visuals was quite emotional. The music also reminds me of past western music with its beat and rhythm so it kind of stuck out for me as I really like western music back then. So it was a reminder of how I was like in primary and halfway to secondary school before engrossing myself in just Japanese music and a few other languages as well.
The song came out of nowhere for me as I was interested in the Mavis’s backstory so I started watching Fairy Tail back (Though I’ve caught up with the manga). This song, accompanied with its visuals was quite emotional. The music also reminds me of past western music with its beat and rhythm so it kind of stuck out for me as I really like western music back then. So it was a reminder of how I was like in primary and halfway to secondary school before engrossing myself in just Japanese music and a few other languages as well.
Hai to Sensou no Grimgal follows after with its opening,
“Knew day” by (K)NoW_NAME.
I really like the vocals for this song. It reminds me a bit of nano with its boyish tone (I think the singer’s a woman. Not quite sure). This song serves as a breather of sorts to the other songs. It’s not slow or fast but just right with a rhythm that’s easy to get into. The instrumental for it is actually really good. I really love the violins in the song playing in collaboration with the electric guitar and drums. It puts me in a calming mood despite it being slightly upbeat.
I really like the vocals for this song. It reminds me a bit of nano with its boyish tone (I think the singer’s a woman. Not quite sure). This song serves as a breather of sorts to the other songs. It’s not slow or fast but just right with a rhythm that’s easy to get into. The instrumental for it is actually really good. I really love the violins in the song playing in collaboration with the electric guitar and drums. It puts me in a calming mood despite it being slightly upbeat.
After that is Haruchika: Haruta to Chika wa Seishun Suru
with its ending, “Kuusou Triangle” by ChouCho. I absolutely love her voice.
Ever since I heard it from Mashiro-Iro Symphony’s opening, I fell in love with
her voice. It’s just so sweet and mesmerizing. I actually place Haruchika on
hold as I couldn’t really get into it at that time but I couldn’t help myself from
playing this song on repeat. It’s just so calming with its light tone.
Sidetracking a bit, the opening that she sang for Glasslip was the only good thing
about the anime. Well, other than the quality of the animations that is…
And finally, from Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Or
KonoSuba!, the ending that immediately had me swaying my head with its rhythm,
“Chiisana Boukensha” by Aqua, Megumin and Darkness.
This slow song is very calming to listen to. It tells about an adventurer not really doing well having being injured and being treated like a fool. The song is very hopeful in a way as the adventurers have dreams of exploring the world but it’s brought back to reality, as they have to bring in the laundry. It took me quite a while to actually understand the song a bit as I could grasp some words from the vocals like “today again I’ve been treated like a fool” which was sung by Megumin, words like “fune”, “umi” and “nanatsu no umi” tells me about sailing the seven seas on a ship and finally the last verse of the song sung by Aqua tells about bringing in the laundry. The song is really nice to listen to and fun to decipher what it meant. It really is true to its title of A little Adventurer. And there’s also a second season for it so something to look forward to.
This slow song is very calming to listen to. It tells about an adventurer not really doing well having being injured and being treated like a fool. The song is very hopeful in a way as the adventurers have dreams of exploring the world but it’s brought back to reality, as they have to bring in the laundry. It took me quite a while to actually understand the song a bit as I could grasp some words from the vocals like “today again I’ve been treated like a fool” which was sung by Megumin, words like “fune”, “umi” and “nanatsu no umi” tells me about sailing the seven seas on a ship and finally the last verse of the song sung by Aqua tells about bringing in the laundry. The song is really nice to listen to and fun to decipher what it meant. It really is true to its title of A little Adventurer. And there’s also a second season for it so something to look forward to.
So that was my top ten songs of the season. And now, onto
the recommendations…
Ao
no Kanata no Four Rhythm ED “a-gain” by Ray
Osomatsu-san
OP 2 “Zenryoku Batankyuu!” by AOP
Boku
Dake ga Inai Machi OP “Re:Re:” by Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Dagashi
Kashi OP “Checkmate!?” by MICHI
Dimension
W ED “Contrast” by Fo’xTails
Fairy
Tail ZERO ED “Landscape” by SOLIDEMO
GATE:
Jietai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri 2 OP “ GATE II: Sekai wo Koete” by Kishida
Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets
Glass
no Hana to Kowasu Sekai ED "Yume no Tsubomi” by THREE
Hai
to Gensou no Grimgal ED “Harvest” by (K)NoW_NAME and ver.2 by Shihoru (Haruka
Terui)
Haruchika:
Haruta to Chika wa Seishun Suru OP “ Niji wo Ametara” by fhána
Kidou
Senshi: Gundam Tekketsu no Orphans OP 2 “Survivor” by BLUE ENCOUNT
Koukaku
no Pandora OP “hopeness” by ZAQ
Koukaku
no Pandora ED “LoSe±CoNtRoL”
by Nene Nanakorobi & Clarion
Luck
& Logic OP “STORY” by Kensho Ono
Musaigen
no Phantom OP “Naked Drive” by SCREEN mode
Norn9
Norn + Nornette OP “Kazakiri” by Nagi Yanagi
Ooya-san
wa Shishunki! OP “Ooyasan wa Shishunki!” by every♥ing!
Prince
of Stride: Alternative OP “Strider’s High” by OxT
Reikenzan:
Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage OP “Fast End” by Soraru and Mafumafu
Saijaku
no Bahamut ED “Lime Tree” by nano.RIPE
Utawarerumono:
Itsuwari no Kamen OP 2 “Ame Kakeru Hoshi” by Suara
And something extra, the opening theme of NekoPara Vol. 2,
“Doki Doki kokoro Flavor” by Yui Sakakibara, whom I assume voices Azuki.
Can’t get enough of them nekos…
Can’t get enough of them nekos…
It was incredibly hard to pick out my top ten songs of the winter,
so you could say most of my recommendations above are top ten worthy to me.
Silence once again dawns on me as I have reached the end of my Winter
2015/2016 playlist. Most of the anime are ending in the following week so
Spring is right around the corner. Let it begin once again…
Mata ne~
Written by Zwei
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