japanese music fans?

[walkingxshadow]

i like Asian Kung Fu Generation, L'arc en ciel, The Pillows, Yui, FLow, Abingdon Boys School, The Polysics and a few others. anyone else on here like japanese music?

 

[Qyöt27]

(all names in Western name order for consistency, not necessarily because I file them as such)

X-Japan
ZI:KILL*
D'espairs Ray
Dir en Grey
Megumi Hayashibara
Kalafina
Hikaru Utada
Ayumi Hamasaki
Every Little Thing
Nanase Aikawa
Alstroemeria Records
SOUND+HOLIC
EastNewSound
Kishida Kyoudan & the Akeboshi Rockets

Various isolated singles and OP/ED themes also included

*technically one of those isolated cases, but "Calling" and "Bad Man" are exceptional enough to warrant it.

 

[walkingxshadow]

ive only really heard utadas kingdom hearts stuff. is everything by her good as well?

 

[Fenny the Fox]

On my play list [in no particular order]:
Dir en grey
Yoko kanno
Iceman
Hysteric Blue

And various things from anime and such

Though I am quite fond of:
Abingdon Boys School
TMRevolution (overall, ABS and before)
B'z
anything that involves Daisuke Asakura
Kinya Kotani
Maximum the Hormone

And I am sure I am forgetting some...

 

[Qyöt27]

ive only really heard utadas kingdom hearts stuff. is everything by her good as well?

Everything of what I've heard, yeah.

B'z

Ah, how could I have forgotten B'z?



Since it probably will keep coming up, though, may as well list the relevant OP/ED themes or OST tracks I was referring to (may contain overlap). In no particular order:

KOTOKO - "Shooting Star" (from Please Teacher!)
Eiko Shimamiya - "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" (from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni/When They Cry)
Omori Toshiyuki - "The Sacred Moon" (from Shingetsutan Tsukihime/Lunar Legend Tsukihime/That which doesn't exist)
Rie Kugimiya, Eri Kitamura, and Yui Horie - "Pre-Parade" (from Toradora!)
ClariS - "Irony" (from Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai)
Yoko Kanno/Melodie Sexton - "Information High" (from Macross Plus)
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - "Kaneda" (from Akira)
High and Mighty Color - "Ichirin no Hana" (from Bleach)
YUI - "Rolling Star" (from Bleach)
miwa - "Change" (from Bleach)
Megumi Hayashibara - "Midnight Blue" (from Slayers The Motion Picture)
Kalafina - "Oblivious" (from Kara no Kyoukai Movie 1)
Aika Kobayashi - "Kimi wo Mamoritai" (from Freezing)
Lia - "Kizunairo" (from Fortune Arterial)
Chieko Kawabe - "Be Your Girl" (from Elfen Lied)
Minami Kuribayashi - "Rumbling Hearts" (from Kimi ga Nozomu Eien)
Mayumi Gojou - "Mou Ichido Energy" (from Usagi-chan de Cue!)
ELISA - "Euphoric Field" (from ef: A Tale of Memories)
Asami Sanada, Yuu Kobayashi, and Marina Inoue - "Kimi ni, Mune Kyun" (from Maria+Holic)
Yuu Kobayashi - "HANAJI" (from Maria+Holic)
Kyosuke Himuro - "Calling" (released in 1989, later used in FFVII: Advent Children)
Kyosuke Himuro feat. Gerard Way - "Safe and Sound" (used in Japanese edition of FFVII: Advent Children Complete in place of "Calling")
Ami Koshimizu and Mamiko Noto - "Futari ha Wasurechau" (from School Rumble)
Yui Horie and UNSCANDAL - "Scramble" (from School Rumble)
Goddess Family Club - "My Heart, Your Heart" (from Oh My Goddess! OVA)
Goddess Family Club - "Congratulations!" (from Oh My Goddess! OVA)
Aya Hirano - "God Knows..." (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Hinoi Team - "Ike Ike" (from Ichigo 100%)
Arisa Nakayama - "Heart To Heart" (from ToHeart2)
Access - "Hitomi no Tsubasa" (from Code Geass)
Jinn - "Kaidoku Funou" (from Code Geass)
Cool Joke - "Undo" (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
Asian Kung Fu Generation - "Rewrite" (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
Utada Hikaru - "Beautiful World" (from Rebuild of Evangelion)
ZI:KILL - "Calling" (used in Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle)
ribbon - "Little Date" (from Ranma ½)

 

[walkingxshadow]

lol you all win! i just like bands ive heard a song of theirs off an anime or something. then i go look up the rest of their stuff. like AKFG!!!! i have all but their newest CD and its all awesome!!! they are my favorite band ever! but close seconds are Flow and Abingdon Boys School.