Nujabes was a sick producer RIP
The samurai champloo outro is also nujabes, sooo sick.
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Not all, but most, thereâs actually a list comparing all these anime songs to the songs theyâre based on, so with that said, is there a western song it reminds you of? [/quote]
Not really, actually. For some reason it vaguely reminds me of some Lords of Acid a friend used to listen to, but I wasnât like a huge fan of theirs. If I had to pick a similar song, itâd be Word Up by Cameo 
I think it was in Japanese, but I know sometimes anime themes mix Japanese and English. I want to say there was some pretty thumpinâ bass. It was the kind of thing you might hear like an orchestral stab in. The vocals were the memorable part, there was one syllable sustained like this ascending slide up over the course of about a bar and it was, like, kind of annoying but also super catchy (obviously).
Oh yeah, big dumb stompinâ beat. Snares on the 2 and 4.
Like 90-95% sure. If not an anime, something adjacent. Somehow.
Nah, not the Evangelion theme. I know this one well and itâs like 20x more melodic than what Iâm thinking of. Thatâs kind of poppy, but the one Iâm thinking of almost sounds sarcastic or satirical. I think it was like a comedy show.
Iâm pretty sure the main vocal was female, but it could have been like a chorus of 2-3 voices. Definitely not harmonized, though.
Thanks for your interest 
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Not this one, nice beat though. Buttery smooth. Definitely not whiny, just that kind of 00s Dragon Ash style thing.
Another good beat. (Not the one I was thinking of though 
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I love a mystery! word up by cameo, thatâs super funky and may help narrow it down. And youâre pretty sure itâs 20ish years old?
And itâs not very melodic but is dancy? or like LOA style?
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Letâs say 15-30 years old.
Hmm, I donât think I know what LOA is. Not very melodic but dancy, exactly. Like⌠a little too corny to play in a club (at least any club Iâve ever been in), but just about the right density, EQ, etc.
FOUND IT! Nice lead!
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lords of acid
Sorry, my memory is apparently really shit at times and crystal clear at others 
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nice shootin tex!! someone had this in their car? ballin! lemme give it a listen
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wow this is hella âword upâ
hhahahaha excellent.
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Dang it really does sound like it was influenced by Cameoâs Word Up!!!
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Did it say âword upâ on the suspiciously similar list?
Doesnât look like it, you must have just had a moment of clarity when you saw the title. Thatâs awesome!
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- For whatever reason, Gojou Shioji from ExcelâĄSaga appears to have âAnother One Bites the Dustâ as his theme song, with a few courtesy notes thrown in.
- The second episode uses a parody of Metallicaâs âSad but True.â
- The track âIkamino Gekibanâ sounds like the theme song from The Simpsons for some reason.
It was actually the name Excel Saga that caught my eye. I couldnât remember that name until then, but I remembered it was something like that. For some reason, I kept thinking Full Metal Panic.
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full metal panic uses a reworking of the A team theme song as their main music fwiw, I do love FMP
full metal panic: fumoffu is hilarious too
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That one rules!!!
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Have you seen amagi brilliant park?
another production by kyoto animation and they borrowed the mascot/mouse character from fumoffu (with the authors permission), itâs a pretty funny weird series.
the characterâs name is actually moffle.
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Quite a few 90s shoujo had some driving dance-y tracks:
No doubt this influenced the Vision of Escaflowne ED - a show which wasnât technically shoujo but they tried to appeal to a female audience.
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Have not, will check it! I keep trying to find some good anime. Iâm a super casual anime watcher. Last one I saw that I liked was Steins:Gate a few months back. Before that was GTO which was probably 2-3 years ago. Much longer than that I really liked Welcome to the NHK and Psycho Pass. I really liked Kill La Killâs animation too but I dropped off after 1-2 episodes for some reason.
Oh yeah I had a little OG Dragonball phase a few years ago. It mostly aged like milk but those synth sound effects were SO sick.
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Initial D totally popularized eurobeat with car culture people in the early 2000âs. So many civics and miatas bumping euro dance haha.
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thatâs a pretty diverse grouping, sounds like if the story is entertaining and the animation is good youâll give it a shot. Youâd probably like the tatami galaxy but the pacing is really fast,
the first time I watched it I had to pause a lot to read subtitles and Iâm really experienced with reading subtitles, it just moves so fast. There are also a couple of good follow ups to it with the same universe or same characters. You may also like kemonozume which is weird but has an interesting story, the director is excellent. He also did ping pong the animation which is way more interesting than youâd think.
Iâd also suggest dorohedoro which is something we discussed in here before, itâs great.
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