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Postby Trepe » Fri Aug 09, 2002 2:31 am

There are so many contributing factors as to what makes a good anime great, and the music has a lot to do with that. Which ones do you think have the best music?

The top of the list for me is the soundtrack for Gravitation. It's extremely upbeat, very catchy, and does a good job enhancing the story.

2nd is Inuyasha and Hunter x Hunter. They have great intros and endings, and the background music fades in well and doesn't get repetitive.

3rd up is Kenshin, which has good music all around.
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Postby kthulhu » Fri Aug 09, 2002 3:20 am

I don't listen to anime music that much,but some of the songs that I thought were cool enough to download (mostly opening and closing themes):

Jubei Chan The Ninja Girl opener and closer
X TV opener
Kodomo No Omocha season 1 and 2 openers
The "Noir" soundtrack. Although the series is utter crap in my eyes, the soundtrack is pretty sweet.
"Azumanga Daioh" has simple, but still pleasant, music.
And "Cruel Angel's Thesis", despite having strange lyrics when translated, is still one of the most tragic sounding songs in my opinion.

And that's that for now.
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Postby RyanGlazner » Fri Aug 09, 2002 7:40 am

I absolutely love the Outlaw Star soundtrack. I play it in my car pretty much all the time. The Noir OST is quite good as well but I haven't seen the anime, so I don't really know if it "fits". The Kenshin soundtrack was pretty good, as was Macross Plus'. I liked most of the Gundam Wing music, but there were a couple songs I didn't like. Bebop music was very good, just not my "style". I like the Urusei Yatsura intro song, but none of the rest of the music really stood out.

I haven't watched much anime that I can remember the music to, so this is an incomplete list...
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Postby Trepe » Fri Aug 09, 2002 9:21 am

X does have a great opening. The longer version is just great.

I forgot to mention hack SIGN. If anyone has ever played UO, EverQuest, or FF they do the same type of thing in that every new town and location you go to has it's own music. Very nice, although a little on the loud side.
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Postby Yosho » Fri Aug 09, 2002 10:25 am

Just about anything by Yoko Kanno is excellent. She did Macross Plus, Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop and I'm sure there are more that I can't think of at the moment...
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Postby Anime Jedi » Fri Aug 09, 2002 11:17 am

Well, I never really bothered with the soundtrack, but I totally agree that the music is one of the most important elements of an anime. I haven't had too much experience with the japanese soundtracks, so the most I know would be the dubbed music.

Saying that, I really like the music for Escaflone, especially Dance of Curse. The music for Gundam Wing was also pretty good. And back in the day, I never really minded the soundtracks for the dubbed versions of Pokémon & Digimon.

And if we're even going to mantion video games, I definitely loved the music for The Legend of Zelda.
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Postby thewhacker » Fri Aug 09, 2002 12:24 pm

My favorite is the trigun opening theme . It has a nice rock sound to it. and the knives theme i think thats the name of it but im not sure because i got it from kazaa.
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Postby milfeulle_nyo » Fri Aug 09, 2002 1:31 pm

digi charat
love hina
galaxy angel

they have way too many vocal songs for the series, but it's all good

gotta love in the first ep in chobits they just break out in the opening song when chii comes to life XD
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Postby fellowhoodlum » Fri Aug 09, 2002 1:39 pm

Anything with Yoko Kanno music does the job for me. She rules o.o v
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Postby Gatsthedarksword » Fri Aug 09, 2002 4:18 pm

i liked alot of the music from gundam wing. my favorite anime opening theme is berserk just casue i like the song. oh yeah and the music from goemons great adventure beats all other songs i've ever heard :D
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Postby LionHeart_ZerO » Fri Aug 09, 2002 5:29 pm

The BEST music in an anime is Gundam and its other series, especially Wing Gundam. F91's Eternal Wind is my favorite out of all the Gundam animes, G Gundam and Gundam X got good music too.

Rurouni Kenshin got some great music, but not as much as the Gundams.

EVA, Getter Robot, Macross, Mazinkaiser, SRW, Psyblaster,Reideen, and MANY MORE! Argh, i could go on forever, but I don't have the time to list em all...

I can't stand anime which have cute music like Love Hina's opening... Its anime is great, but if you listen to the music often, Its gonna make you go crazy... None the less, anime music are really good. It applies to the anime.
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Postby Alfirin Sereg Anuir » Wed Aug 21, 2002 11:46 pm

I like anime music from lots of different ones heah are a few.

Weib Kreuz
Gravitation
Fishigi Yugi
Gondom Wing
Vamp. Miyu
EscaFlowne
Ceres
Kenshin
Outlaw Star
Cowboy Bebop
ect.

I like it just as much as English music! :wink:
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Postby kthulhu » Wed Aug 21, 2002 11:51 pm

That's nice, but these topics are dead and off the main forum page for a reason.
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Postby Elegiar Dilseachd » Wed Aug 21, 2002 11:54 pm

I love the music from Vampire Princess Miyu, Weib Kreuz, Ceres, and NightWalker.
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