Thread: Music In Anime!

Grumble Grumble Grumble

One of the reasons is that the common use of JPop groups for opening/closing themes and background music is that their inclusion is intended to promote the sales of music CDs in the Japanese market place, a trend that has long been lost in the US Market... (when was the last time you purchased a US TV music soundtract CD???...) This also explains the use of pop singers as voice actors in many a anime series...

its been a while since i have bought a tv music soundtrack but
thats a pretty good idea i had no idea thats why they did it or i never
really took the time to concider that, thanks

They probably have a lot of vocals in anime because they are hoping people will buy the soundtrack to the anime because they liked the songs. Personally I think it's a good idea, I didn't even really like music until I got into anime stuff.

I generally prefer instrumental music in anime; no chance of a crappy singer or bland lyrics ruining a perfectly good scene. But I can get into vocal songs that are interesting and not the standard Jpop fare. For instance, the opening theme song of Elfen Lied is dark and operatic, and the opening theme of Gunslinger Girl is a great indie rock song by The Delgados.

I like the animes with vocals in them a lot, and it does get people to buy the CD. The only problem I have is will these sountracks play in a U.S. CD player? Most likely not, unless it is a domestic release.