I just had a sudden GUNGHO 4 ANIME MUSIC feeling so I wrote this post on the recently released OPs.
So far I’ve put the following songs on my playlist:
Ashita no Kioku (Takahashi Naozumi) - Black Blood Brothers OP: I like how the song starts out but most of it becomes rather standard.
the WORLD (Nightmare) - Death Note OP: Just like Ashita no Kioku, there is just one phrase I like and a lot that are simply so-so.
Uchuu de Koi wa Rurun Ruuuun (Inamura Yuna & Hanamura Satomi & Hirano Aya & Akesaka Satomi & Nakayama Erina) - Galaxy Angel Rune OP: I confess! I watched the first episode! Which, by the way, is quite entertaining though it doesn’t have the same effect as the original Angel-tai. The song is cute and lively and advertises for the anime extensively.
Ai (Atsumi Saori) - Kujibiki Unbalance OP: Yes I haven’t watched Genshiken but this song is GOOD! The rhythm is just SUPERB! Probably second most liked of these songs.
MA MO RU! (Tomita Maho) - Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! OP: Average. Really nothing to say about this.
Love Power (Aice5) - Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru OP: Somewhat of a dreamy feel to it which fits the anime. But nothing spectacular.
Aoki Flamme (Takahashi Youko) - Pumpkin Scissors OP: Note the artist; she sang Yoake Umarekuru Shoujo for Shakugan no Shana. This is the best of the new songs so far! The way it starts with the sound of a shell being loaded and the quick tempo with the monotonous chant leading to the rise at “Gespanst Jager” brings to mind the OP sequence with numerous 901-ATT soldiers advancing like zombies. You can really feel the emotion in the song, especially at the points with multiple lines starting with “No!”. At one point this portion was sung clearly; a marked difference from the usual where the voice sounds strained or run through a filter. The latter does give a rather cold feeling to those phrases, a fitting effect for the cold steel tanks and the cold soldiers of 901-ATT trained to kill them in slow, ponderous and rather suicidal advances.
Saikyou OX Keikaku (MOSAIC.WAV) - Sumomomo Momomo OP: EXCEPTIONALLY cute! Very catchy. My feel-good song to brighten up the day. The extreme machine-gun-like tempo serves as a rather accurate acoustic picture of the anime. I especially like the end with the “Sumomomo Momomo *OSU!*”.
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