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Just a quick reminder that there are no weekly events occurring for the next 2 weeks!

Music Monday – Saint Seiya… Omega?

Hmmm, that’s interesting.
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Music Monday

A little while ago, I happened to stumble across this lovely all-girl jazz band  on youtube. Called ‘Tokyo Brass Style’, their soft jazz covers of famous anime songs are delightfully fluffy and fun to listen to! On the other hand, for some songs, I felt that their musical arrangement seemed to slip dangerously close to elevator-quality muzak, but that’s probably because of my unfamiliarity with jazz music in general.

Here’s their cover of Gurren Lagann’s Sorairo Days. As one commenter noted, the imagery of a “1970′s Gurren Lagann!!! Kamina and Simon with DEM SIDEBURNS!’ is extra awesome.

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Picture It – Something simple, and complicated!

The one thing I love more than anime is a cross-over! Well that and cross-dressers, though that’s for another blog post series. For this Picture It I decided to take a break from screenshot discussion and instead do something a little more esoteric!

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Music Monday – Customisations

Opening sequences and closing sequences are standard formulas for any sort of anime (although sometimes openings are optional), recently we have seen a number of series with what I like to call ‘custom music’ (boring name, I know).

If you’re one to follow recent anime, you’ll know that there have been a few musical or music themed anime of late, among which are such as Guilty Crown and Senki Zesshou Symphogear, both of which feature tracks written and/or performed especially for the anime by the seiyuus (voice actors) of the series.

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