Posts Tagged ‘Joe Hisaishi’
June 19, 2011
This is a third installment of Kitsune’s Thoughts special look back at the decades of anime music (70s, 80s). This time, Kitsune teamed up with Ayu to select anime themes of the 90s. The post is organized chronologically again, but spans many pages, so take your time.
Bring on the 90’s!
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Posted in Anime, Anime OP and ED, Best Anime OP Ed | Tagged Anime, Anime 90s, Anime ED, Anime OP, Best Anime ED, Best Anime OP, Best Anime Themes, Cowboy Bebop, Ghibli, Gundam, Gundam Wing, Joe Hisaishi, Maaya Sakamoto, Macross, Megumi Hayashibara, Michiru Oshima, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Old Anime, Oldschool Anime, Only Yesterday, Pokemon, Sailor Moon, Slayers Anime, Tenchi Muyo, Top Anime Opening Endings, Top Anime Themes, Yoko Kanno | 15 Comments »
June 7, 2011
After covering best anime themes of the 70s, let us look at the golden age of anime 
The time it took me to put together this post is measured in days rather than hours, but pleasant memories and wonderful voices certainly compensated the effort. This post contains more than 50 clips and 15 pages, so take your time – I hope you’ll enjoy at least some of these songs as much as I did
Studio Ghibli was founded in 1984 and released its first film, Laputa: Castle in the Sky (天空の城ラピュタ), in 1986. The illustration above depicts a scene from that movie
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Posted in Anime, Anime OP and ED, Best Anime OP Ed | Tagged Ai Senshi, Akira Anime, Anime, Anime 80s, Anime ED, Anime OP, ダンバインとぶ, マクロス, Best Anime ED, Best Anime OP, Best Anime Themes, Bubblegum Crisis, 雪解け, 風のノー・リプライ, 風の谷のナウシカ, Ghibli, Gunbuster, Gundam, Joe Hisaishi, Kimagure Orange Road, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Macross, Nausicaa, Old Anime, Oldschool Anime, Patlabor Anime, Ranma Anime, Ranma ½, Shimonari Satoko, Tonari no Totoro, Top Anime Opening Endings, Unico, Urusei Yatsura, 刻をこえて, 君をのせて, 天空の城ラピュタ, 愛・おぼえていますか, 星空のBelieve, 機動戦士Zガンダム, 水の星へ愛をこめて | 22 Comments »
January 18, 2011
Posted in Anime, Japan, Music | Tagged Anime, Bach Collegium Japan, Countertenor, 米良 美一, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Japanese Classical Music, Japanese Music, Japanese Songs, Joe Hisaishi, Mononoke Hime, Music, Opera, Princess Mononoke, Song, Yoshikazu Mera | 4 Comments »
March 29, 2009
Joe Hisaishi’s music was often featured in Ghibli films, but he also composed music for many live-action movies. This is a selection of some of his best soundtracks.
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Posted in Anime, Japan, Music | Tagged Anime, Anime Music, 藤澤 守, Fujisawa Mamoru, Japan, Joe Hisaishi, Joe Hisaishi: Greatest Hits, Music, Studio Ghibli, 久石 譲 | 9 Comments »
January 2, 2009
Kōhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦, Kōhaku Uta Gassen), more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on the New Year’s Eve. Literally “Red and White Song Battle,” the program divides the most popular music artists of the year into competing teams of red and white. The “red” team or akagumi (赤組, 紅組, akagumi?) is composed of all female artists (or groups with female vocals), while the “white” team or shirogumi (白組, shirogumi?) is all male (or groups with male vocals). Read the rest of this entry ?
Posted in Japan, Music | Tagged Anime, Ghibli Music, Japan, Jero, Joe Hisaishi, Kiyoshi Hikawa, Kōhaku Uta Gassen 2008, Music, Studio Ghibli | 4 Comments »
December 16, 2008
Joe Hisaishi composed many wonderful music scores for Ghibli films. This is an excerpt from his concert featuring music for some of my favorite anime: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke, and Kiki’s Delivery Service Read the rest of this entry ?
Posted in Anime | Tagged Anime, Anime Music, 風の谷のナウシカ, 魔女の宅急便, Ghibli, Japan, Joe Hisaishi, Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä, Kiki, Kiki's Delivery Service, Majo no Takkyuubin, Mononoke Hime, Nausicaa, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke, Studio Ghibli | 5 Comments »
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