Code Geass R2 OST 1 Is Awesome

Wow Even The Cover Is Awesome

Yeah so remember when I said that the music in R2 had been mediocore.  Well I take it back.  Perhaps it had something to do with me focusing to much on blogging the scenes and not paying enough attention to the music, or perhaps it was just that the show has never let me hear more then a few songs in their entirety before, but the music is actually damn good.  From whimsical to ominous to epic and grandiose, it’s one of those OST’s that has it all.  I’m going to go over each of the songs in brief like I usually do just to give a general idea of what we’re getting with this one.

I Did This On A Self Dare

Last night I was rather annoyed at the internet for being to predictable in it’s humour again, so I decided to make my own joke.  Well that’s what I claimed I would do if given a couple of days, but instead it looks like I ended up with an experimental video.  I’ll be damned if anyone tries to call it an AMV (and if they do I’ll swallow their soul *glares at Deathasaurus*), but what I really aimed for was simple.   I’m not going to tell anybody what that was though unless they specifically ask because explaining it will kill it outright like a Tim Buckley comic.  Actually I’m not even sure if people will find it funny anyway because it’s not a meme or anything.  Whatever, I made this is a stress reliever and had fun doing it so it doesn’t matter.  Here it is then….

Just Communication With Gundam 00 Shots

Well I need to publish a light article in order to test my RSS feed to see what’s going on with it and animeblogger antenna and while I was browsing youtube at random today I turned up this little gem.

Code Geass R2 Episode 17 (Musical Edition)

When Two Tribes Go To War A Point Is All You Can Score

I said I had something different planned in one of my comments the other day, and here it is.  I assure people this is purely experimental and also purely for fun and there’s no real meaning or symbolism behind the songs I chose, though I tried to match words and situations.  I’m just looking to try something new so here it is.  Code Geass R2 Episode 17: The Musical

Macross Frontier Experiments In Better Opening Themes

Seikan Hikou By Megumi Nakajima

You know, why am I not surprised that I like this song way better then Triangular which I of course loathe and won’t even listen to anymore.  I mean I’ve liked every Megumi Nakajima song so far and this one is no exception.  On top of being extremely relaxing and catchy as opposed to screechy and stress inducing as I groove instead of scramble for the time bar on my Media Play Classic GUI, it features some very funny visuals of a chibi Ranka just dancing along with NyanNyan imagery.  Can the Macross Frontier Staff in charge of openings please just scrub Triangler forever and use Megumi Nakajima songs now…..pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase?  That way I’m not leaping across the room for my keyboard every time the teasers finish abruptly and the opening comes on as a shrill “KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII” comes into play……sigh…..

The Worlds Longest Eyecatch

Tomino You So Craaaaaaaaaazy!

Yeah they kind of got carried away with this one, but Overman King Gainer isn’t the only show stealing eyecatch, Brain Powerd’s clocks in at around the same length.  Man now I want Tomino to come back and give us a minute long one.

Toshihiko Sahashi (The Copyright Infringer?)

While I do enjoy Toshihiko Sahashi’s work as a composer in series like the Big O and Full Metal Panic, I have to laugh at how he draws his influences sometimes.  The guy comes pretty close to getting himself in hot water with the Big O’s opening themes and even his Full Metal Panic battle theme “Shisshou” sounds similar in structure to the battle theme from Overman King Gainer entitled “Tundra shelling of the Kingdom”.  Below are some of the respective songs where I think he pushes the limits.  Everybody is free to be their own judge and I don’t do this to acuse Sahashi of any wrong doing, but mostly just for the fun of comparing.

Kaioshin’s Top 10 Super Mario Galaxy Songs

There was one game that was released last year that I think without a doubt deserved the title of Game OST of The Year for 2007 (Even if Skyfall claims it’s generic action game music) and that was Super Mario Galaxy.  That’s why in keeping with my recent Top 10 lists I wanted to talk about my favourite tunes from this wonderful OST.  Let’s get started shall we:

Kaioshin’s Top 10 Anime OST’s

So people have responded quite nicely to my two OST Reviews that I’ve done, and this is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while so I thought, why not now.  The way I intend for this to work is to countdown the OST’s (all in article) that I’ve found to be my top 10 favourites and provide a sample via video of one of my favourite songs.  On top of that I’ll give a little detail as to what I like about the OST in particular as well as who composed it and any other details I feel are relevant.  So here goes…

Macross Frontier OST Review

I Never Thought I’d Say It, But I Actually Miss Macross Plus’ Goofy Ass Logo

Okay, look, since everybody has said their peace about the Macross Frontier OST, and how it’s Yoko Kanno, blablabla, I thought I’d give my own take on it.  Not being a fanboy or affected by trends, name dropping etc. I took this OST as if it were any other OST done by any other person regardless of reputation other than that which I perceive and judge by myself as an individual.  Yoko Kanno’s name doesn’t mean anything to me by itself if she doesn’t deliver excellent music, and did she………sort of.  Is it the best OST of the year?  Probably not, after all the year is young.  Is it an amazing OST?  Not by my standards.  Is it okay to listen to?  Mostly yes.  Let’s look at this in a little more detail shall we.