Moderately surprised nobody's posted this one yet-
[[Parasyte-The Maxim OP]]
I am still SUPERBUTTHURT over their choice to generify some of the characters... like the yankee Kana especially so.
What's worse about Kana is that she *** has yankee hair in the OP... but superblack hair in the anime... I doubt people who haven't read the manga would even recognize her in the OP...
Falling fast asleep
May this little boy find blissful dreams
Among the ash
And the flames that light up the night sky
One by one
Falling softly
With your silhouette
Casting shadows of your lovely face
I watch the sky as a million dreams are shining
Little dreams, little dreamer
Within the tender night, your silver eyes were trembling
That moment you shined pure, born anew into this world
Across a million years, time has brought us here
Our prayers burn into the earth
Back where they shall return to time
I will never stop this prayer leaving my lips
Someone please show this child what love is
Take those tiny hands and leave a kiss
Falling fast asleep
May this little boy find blissful dreams
Among the ash
And the flames that light up the night sky
One by one…
Kinda funny (yet expected) that most of the YouTube links on the first page entries no longer work.
Fan cover, TV size. EXTREMELY good. The lyrics and performance are just on point. Apparently I just stumbled upon his channel, he has collaborations as early as 2009. I like how the English lyrics try to match the original JP ones syllables.
Watched Lain a couple weeks ago and fell in love with the opening.
I figured that since there's a regular music thread and a videogame music thread, I should make one for anime/visual novels! So, FFXIAH, what are your favorite anime/VN songs? I'll start with a few popular ones:
If any of you have seen Clannad, you will know why this song is so powerful. Never before have I been emotionally gripped by a single song, I tear up while listening to it sometimes ;_;
But they're manly tears!
No thread on anime music would be complete without mentioning "Lilium" from Elfen Lied. This is definitely my favorite OP of any show I've seen and probably one of the most famous, but sadly I couldn't upload the actual opening (I'm sure you know why).
There is no Umineko anime.
Now that that's out of the way, I introduce Umineko no Naku Koro ni (When the Seagulls Cry), a murder mystery visual novel series. Whether or not you like crime stories, one of the things that is almost universally respected by its readers is the music. Oh god.
I would go as far as to say it surpasses Final Fantasy music at some points. It has multiple composers, and a wide range of music from just plain kickass (Dread of the Grave) to downright horrifying (Mirage Coordinator, ridicule, system0). Definitely one of the high points of the series.