British Bands In Anime

Why do anime have international bands in them?
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[@Stevem]

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[@TheWeebCrewPodcast]

Thumbnail got that "I AM BALLIN'! I AM FADED!" energy

[@Stevem]

truuuu!

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Let us all love Lain

[@renren47618]

I have lost it all

[@LightningJosue]

I love thom yorke of the Radiohead’s

[@Stevem]

originally i was going to draw an anime-esc thom yorke for the thumbnail

[@immanisaur]

A silent voice is definitely the only one that really caught me off guard, that was nuts when I first watched it

[@Stevem]

it's very outt of left field

[@GabrielSykes]

It slaps me across the face every time I rewatch it cause I always forget it's in there.

[@Pfizenmaier]

Omg yes someone finally covered this topic. So many gems! Ergo proxy, Lain, musishi and the German opening of X1999 (mother Earth; you guys should definitely check it out)

[@EsShinkai02]

Wait, you mean the opening to X1999 wasn't "X gon' give it to ya"? AMV Hell lied to me!

[@Stevem]

Can't believe it ​@@EsShinkai02

[@Keima_Katsuragi.]

Gunslinger girl

[@liamghul8366]

god duvet in lain and sore feet song in mushishi became two of my favorite songs of all time

[@liamghul8366]

shiver too

[@Stevem]

Well ain't this video just for you huh

[@theblan1k0ne]

Did you listen to Boa’s album Twilight? It’s so good

[@networknomad5600]

@@theblan1k0neIt’s alright. I was listening to it as a kid when it came out and even then it was clear that Duvet was leagues above the rest of the track list.

[@theblan1k0ne]

@@networknomad5600@networknomad5600 but the title track is amazing since it stands out from the rest, being the most simple yet loud track from that album. Personally, I think that Twilight does go toe-to-toe with Duvet. And the drum work with the rest of the songs, especially Elephant, is amazing.

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

I started watching this thinking, "come now, there can't be that many British bands in Anime. Can't be that frequent of a reference pojnt", and boy was I proven wrong 😆

[@Stevem]

This isn't even all of them

[@breadalyzer]

do the sence in beck when he sings Ive Got A Felling by the beatles @@Stevem

[@antonikudlicki1100]

Man, usage of foreign language in anime is quite a rabbit hole to get into. I love to watch anime in the tongue that fits the settings. Shingeki no Kyojin in German, Porco Rosso in Italian, Berserk in French, etc. There's a certain immersion to it, even if you do it at the cost of dubbing stealing a bit of space you'd originally have for interpretation. Then again, I don't know Japanese anyway

[@zainmudassir2964]

Most of fantasy anime have a European setting but their pronunciation of Western names is horrendous. I prefer English dub of anime because how they butcher most the names in Japanese

[@ToastTheThird]

Oh man, I try doing this whenever I can too. Watched JoJo's like that but unfortunately couldn't watch Part 5 in Italian like I wanted

[@renren47618]

JoJo would be one hell of a ride in language switching

[@Trixiethegoldenwitch]

A ton of my faves covered here, bless

[@Kalamoren]

My first thought as I pressed play on this video was Ergo Proxy outro - Paranoid Android by Radiohead.

[@Stevem]

You'd be right

[@swisslord2478]

I remember Yokoelf made a video about openings/endings/OST sung by Western artists. I love seeing a fresh version in your channel with more explanation. I even made a Spotify playlist about it just in case someone is interested.

[@Stevem]

I'm sure someone would like the link hopefully KZbin doesn't eat it as spam

[@Stevem]

i forgot about ELO! (though it was a bootleg use in DAicon)

[@jamesrockin7950]

And the densha otaku anime intro to the dorama that flips it.

[@Stevem]

Densha isn't anime ​@@jamesrockin7950

[@eonera9282]

Great video! It's neat seeing some of the behind-the-scenes stuff regarding music choices in anime. I'm not sure if you were trying to find all the British songs used in anime but Black Heaven had a John Sykes song for the OP. Funnily enough, Juno Reactor also did the music for Koji Morimoto's short in Genius Party Beyond, which fits the whole cyberpunk theme he had going on.

[@Stevem]

there's more for sure but I didnt want to just wiki post the whole time i tried to keep it on task to the topic and how the songs related to it

[@matthewtaylor2002]

This technically doesnt count as its not a needledrop, but in Evangelion, Shinji is wearing a t-shirt with the logo of the british band XTC in one scene

[@Stevem]

Never took shinji for a fan lol

[@samtrue1]

Technically not an Anime, but the video game Xenogears featured singer Joanne Hogg of the Irish band IONA singing the end them "Two Small Pieces". It was released as a fully animated music video on MTV Japan using FMV from the game. It's available on youtube and was a wonderful prize for finishing the game.

[@Stevem]

Also just want to clarify Irish bands are not British

[@renren47618]

And she returned to sing "Future Awaits" as the credits song of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC Future Redeemed

[@GabrielSykes]

I literally just watched a video two days ago that was explaining that one clip of the Serial Experiments Lain opening that aired after 9/11, had never heard of this anime before that point, and now here it is again. Gonna have to watch it.

[@EsShinkai02]

It took me way longer than 22 minutes to watch this video because I kept having to pause and go listen to the mentioned songs. So many memories with them.

[@Stevem]

Unfortunately I couldn't quite show them without getting 20 copyright claims I still managed to get one

[@minespatch]

Love Speed Grapher, thanks for shouting the series out. I was curious what your thoughts on Gankutsuo. The opening sticks in my head.

[@Stevem]

I'm a fan of novel and the fan of maedas anime too

[@joeyang5226]

speed grapher is such a trip

[@Stevem]

i cant really check now after i threw the discc at the wall

[@vintagevin2620]

I absolutely love David Sylvian's music from both his solo work and with Japan. His stuff needs to be heard more.

[@Stevem]

absolutely!

[@roachie5]

Indie Japanese band Uchōten actually covered Gilbert O’Sullivan’s “Alone Again” in 1990

[@Stevem]

thats cool

[@Tomorrowomari]

Much respect for having a speed grapher dvd. EDIT. I said that before you threw the DVD lol

[@Stevem]

LOL TOO LATE

[@creekandseminole]

Cracks me up how Zebrahead became huge in Japan. I still love that band.

[@Stevem]

You never really know who will get big

[@dr_ubo]

This is such an interesting topic and a creative take for content creation. You always come out with interesting stuff. You’ve also replied to almost everybody commenting here, fantastic job. Nice drip as well.

[@Stevem]

thanks hahha

[@MarcNeilson1]

One of my lecturers in college worked with the drummer of the Delgados in a recording studio and I wish I had realised the gunslinger girl used one of their songs because I would’ve got him to ask about it. Since I watched gunslinger girl when I was like 14/15? But 20 year old me never realised that’s who did that song haha

[@Stevem]

oh that's cool he might not have much to say since the song was made without any knowledge of the anime

[@sebbychou]

What happened to the glasses?

[@Stevem]

I think I sat on them but they got worse in transit

[@sebbychou]

@@Stevem After getting used to it, I kinda like the "Coraline's Dad" disheveled energy it gives your character lol

[@franckmelendez6751]

Now I feel the urge to watch all of these. Even the ones I've already did

[@Stevem]

Theres a ton of great shows

[@2chickenbone]

Hearing "DIstant Dreamer" by Duffy was a pleasant surprise. Used in the outro for Stone Ocean (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

[@MoonAnime]

It's less common than I thought. But then again Japan's music industry is huge and diverse so it's probably easier to settle with local music, and reserve English songs for special needs. If you're planning to do more OP/ED stuffs in the future, it'd be fun to know about when did anime started using more songs directly from the music industry. I remember hearing it started from a show but I forgot what was it. I've always found the cross-promotion of popular music with anime interesting. Nowadays you have groups that primarily aim to produce singles for anime as well, like the group who made Dorohedoro's OP and ED. Who approach who first. Which side gains more. How they budget it. What's the relationship between labels and studios and that one time Pop Team Epic smoke on King Record. Oh and the idea of elusive Insert songs too. I assume it's most likely case-by-case but it'd be fun to know some common specifics across these processes.

[@Stevem]

There's more example than just here of course, I know someone asked me if i planned to do more on OPs & EDs which maybe but i need to find an angle i like i guess, something that could go for a full video. I imagine the idea of using more JP music industry stuff could be traced back to at least Macross. Although if you have a production committee that happens to have a music label on it, it's not hard to see the connection.

[@monsterartist231]

alright!!!! im in for another treat!! thank you for the video!!!

[@Stevem]

Hope you enjoy!

[@CJtheOMEGA]

I ended up listening to all of the Delgados’ music through that theme for gunslinger girl and I have to say they have a ton of incredibly underrated music, they were pretty ahead of their time. The level of praise OK Computer gets is the way I feel about their album Hate

[@Stevem]

Yeah they're back touring now I think but that's how the game is unfortunately for many maybe they'd have had a better chance if they kept going

[@LeDarnold]

An Oasis track was used for Eden of the East too, can’t remember if it was the opening or the ending but remember being surprised hearing it

[@Stevem]

What do you mean too? It's in the video

[@LeDarnold]

Must’ve missed it 😅 great vid though

[@Stevem]

it's about 14 mins in or so

[@tabris95]

It was always so weird for an episode of Paradise Kiss to end, only to be followed by Franz Ferdinand's Do You Want To lol

[@Stevem]

Even more surreal in 2005 I guess when it was everywhere in England

[@jackstoneeeeeee]

Good video, but I want to add one thing, I always am intrigued and interested on international artists in anime, specifically in the Anime OPs and EDs, and I still am not sure how the hell did Hanada Shounen-shi got the fucking BACKSTREET BOYS on their ending and opening.

[@Stevem]

Likely whoever was on the production committee made it so, usually there's a music label

[@qtip4881]

Im sure you would like BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad.

[@Duzz1412]

Ergo Proxy Heroine kinda looks a lil bit like Amy Lee (Evanescence) on the _Fallen_ Album Cover..

[@Stevem]

people have asked the director about that I think he mentioned that there was some influence but other stuff were a factor also

[@BlackHole4242]

What about Sea Power in Disco Elysium?

[@Stevem]

I was unaware of disco elysiums anime adaptation

[@quest630]

No mention of Lucy Rose "Shiver" from Mushishi?

[@Stevem]

It didn't fit in the script, I was not aware of any situation where she talked about the experience neither

[@andrej177]

One of my personal favorites is the opening for the legend of black heaven "Cautionary Warning" by John Sykes, also that anime was a fever dream.

[@Stevem]

Some people have brought this one up it sounds pretty whacky

[@Engie17]

Can any anime soundtrack even reach the peak level of having Paranoid Android as ending theme

[@Duzz1412]

_Great Pretender_ Anime Ending Song

[@lokanantaarkieamsal_23_XIA]

Great Pretender ending use "Great Pretender" by Queen. Japanese broadcast of Eden of The East opening used "Falling Down" by Oasis

[@cenard9475]

@@lokanantaarkieamsal_23_XIAIt's not by Queen, it is a Freddie Mercury solo song

[@lokanantaarkieamsal_23_XIA]

@@cenard9475 Oh Yeah, my bad

[@Nkanyiso_K]

Damn, I never hear about Speed Grapher anymore 😅we had a TV channel called *AniMax* in the last decade until they stopped playing new shows & flooded the channel with reality shows

[@Stevem]

Yeah gonzo died and revived so I don't know if anyone is pushing they're old titles nowadays

[@R3TR0J4N]

even underground scene of japan were inspired by British bands (obviously). British indie/garage contemporaries really strikes the social norms of japan its gotta be that and distribution 🤔

[@HippieCzar]

Also all the music references in panty and stocking

[@Barnacl3_Boi]

Great video, only missing ELO’s Twilight from Daicon IV!

[@Stevem]

I did leave a comment remarking yeah i cmpletely forgot to mention that one but i guess its more a pirate track use

[@Barnacl3_Boi]

@@Stevem ah yeah so you did, my bad!

[@thisdeath]

bro i remember when i heard paranoid android in ergo proxy.. omogsh.. i need to finish that anime

[@cldpt]

you're kind of an asshole, but I love you and love the fact this is out the day after I listened to both Duran Duran's Spotify playlist on a 2h drive (I got fed View to a Kill on a daily mix during a flight 2 days ago and just had to continue), and on the same drive I decided to go and listen to Scott Pilgrim Takes Off's playlist (which oddly enough does NOT include the Japanese OP for some reason, WTF DUDES, I had to stop my car and search KZbin on Mobile Data FFS!). I guess we must have a connection going dude.

[@Stevem]

wheres the asshole coming from lol

[@cldpt]

@@Stevem I was just joking to get your attention. It worked!

[@yuukoyuukoi476]

Having radiohead in ergo proxy ending caught me off guard

[@Stevem]

In retrospect it seems out there now I guess haha

[@karl6525]

Paradise Kiss

[@computer_toucher]

Imagine my surprise at the Paranoid Android music video with Jerry from Magnus Carlsson's awesomely effed up "The three friends and Jerry" that was popular among us young teens just before O.K. Computer came out. Best video to best song. e: Had to fire it up now and cued Duran Duran for later. I like your tastes my dude.

[@Stevem]

i guess they've always like that kinda parody animation thing

[@Aioba3846]

While it's not exactly linked with the subject of British bands in anime, I think my favourite usage of english music (specifically of a canadian band) was in the Catman series.

[@Stevem]

is this the anime catman?

[@Aioba3846]

@@Stevem Yep.

[@maazwaseem8313]

I could have sworn one season of JoJo was centered around Kikg Crimson and its music.

[@Stevem]

The enemy stand is called king crimson they don't use any of its music as far i know

[@black1blade74]

I actually didn't know roundabout came back at the end of part 6. Kinda sad to be spoiled on it but I guess I probably was unlikely to watch it anyway. Jojo really got me into yes then more generally prog rock and classic rock... Then I started getting into metal then progressive metal and now I'm into modern djent, prog metal and metalcore and see loads of bands. Before getting into yes, I mostly listened to anime and game music, maybe the odd japanese band so thank you jojo for getting me into western music proper lmao.

[@Stevem]

I didn't know telling someone about a license track in a show would be considered a spoiler, it is a neat little detail

[@black1blade74]

@@Stevem very minor but if I had watched it by now I would have been like oh dayum iygm

[@Stevem]

I mean I had no clue about it until making this video because I read part 6 ​@@black1blade74

[@FerdinandZebua]

When one considers the hoops & obstacle courses that Western music studios had Japanese anime studios go through just to have _some_ Western songs on anime sound-tracks, it's little wonder that most Japanese anime productions prefer local Japanese musicians as the first (and often only) option for their music soundtrack needs.

[@Stevem]

Depends on the tracks but since the Japanese music industry is huge and production committee often have musical labels on them the issue is usually money over access, depending on the band

[@SerifSansSerif]

Armitage polymatrix came before dual matrix Also missed was hellsing's end theme. The big tie in, if you ask me, is that the companies in anime distro and in music overlapped, and the artists were probably under the same companies just different divisions. (Sony, pioneer, virgin, etc). You still see these monopolies in releases of japanese anime soundtracks today. Also missed is that just generally a lot of japanese writers love old american and british rock. Jojo's wears it on its sleeve but reading boogiepop phantom, the author gushes over international bands as well. The us was also well into its love of franz ferdinand and oasis around the time of their use in anime and as discordant as it feels, it's not really surprising when you consider this was THE defade for globlization and a global anime market

[@SerifSansSerif]

Also armitage polymatrix/dual matrix were a pioneer project and twice they tried doing weird stuff with American actors and it's... Weird...

[@Stevem]

I'm aware the order of armitage, Mr Big is American, and i didnt miss it im pretty sure i said they were one of the biggest music markets in the world they have international tastes, its very common in Japan and not a big deal. Hence why i was bringing up irish artists from the 70s who were charting number 1 in the country.

[@newshrimp]

great vid. great topic

[@Stevem]

Glad you think so!

[@plaguecarrier]

someone get bmbmbm into an anime asap

[@Stevem]

bmbmbm as in black midi?

[@plaguecarrier]

@@Stevem yes

[@sarakajira]

You talked about Witch Hunter Robin but then used screenshots from Ergo Proxy? 😁 This is also why Piracy is so important. One Minute Warning by Brian Eno was removed as the ending theme on the 25th anniversary blu-ray re-release of Ghost in the Shell (just one of many problems with that atrocious release) And yeah just pirate your anime. It solves all these problems and ensures accessibility.

[@Stevem]

I talked about Ergo and used witch hunter robin, because it was the first show from the director, also has a unique opening from a Portuguese musician. Which is what i was alluding to when I said the director likes to do that. If I understand the One Minute Warning track was strictly for the dub vhs release back in the day so I understand why it isnt there no more

[@sarakajira]

Nope it's not strictly for the Dub. It's the original ending theme: at least it was on the US release, (I can't speak for the UK release). If you get a DVD from US Manga Corps from the late 90s/2000's that's the ending theme. If you torrent the best copy of the film you can get, the "Judgement" HDTV broadcast rip (nyaa torrents, it'll be the top seeded copy) it's on there as well. They probably removed it for licensing reasons in later releases but on the original releases it was there, even in subs.

[@Stevem]

let me rephrase this, Andy Frain, the founder of Manga Entertainment who published the English releases for GITS used to work in the music publishing world and was able to license that for the English release. On the nyaa version youre talking about they have multiple audio sources including one that remarks "Japanese audio: The original Japanese ending theme was re-inserted (U2’s “One Minute Warning” replaced with “Reincarnation”)". EDIT: I'll add to my recollection when i saw the Japanese version of the movie in theatres around the time of the live action release of GITS they used Reincarnation in the ending credits

[@sarakajira]

@@Stevem Yeah the live action was years after the original release of the film. My first DVD copy of GITS was sometime around 2000? Something like that? And my copy had the Brian Eno track on it. That was the first DVD release of it. US Manga Corps was the distributer of the film at the time. I'm not sure when later releases changed that, but removing that track was definitely a later change, just like with the changes in Speed Grapher. I'm 40 years old. I've been watching anime since before Toonami was a thing. I grew up on cell-shaded anime in the 90's. I recently saw GitS in theaters and was super disappointed to find out they were using the 25'th Anniversary BluRay which has terrible subs (broken subs even), and really poor quality picture. Honestly, a lot of older releases of anime were much better than modern re-releases. This is one of the nice things about piracy. I really, really feel sad for younger anime fans these days who don't necessarily realize that a lot of what they see on streaming sites is often lower quality, sometimes poorer subs, sometimes censored, edited to remove original soundtracks, etc. In general, people are way better off pirating anime. Same with manga. The English manga industry has basically given up on some major series. They often just publish a dozen or so volumes and then drop a series, even when that series goes on for many more volumes. Fan translations become the way to go.

[@sarakajira]

@@Stevem Also I think you downloaded the wrong copy. There's a newer version. Download the [Trix] Ghost in the Shell (1995) [Multi Audio] [Dual Subs] (BD 1080p AV1) - Koukaku Kidoutai VF-VOSTFR version. It's built on the judgement copy. It should have 22 seeders. And all Japanese audio tracks use the Brian Eno ending theme.

[@bigbone_99]

More Steve excellence. Also i camt even blame you, Girls on Film is literally the perfect choice for Speed Grapher. Can't watch it amy other way

[@Stevem]

Truuuuu

[@LitzKaizen]

Love the vid Steve, sent you an email btw.

[@thebunsenburner]

Speed Grapher! Heck yes!!

[@Silenthero66]

That mushishi op is weird. Listen to the whole song the lyrics get insanely creepy

[@Stevem]

I think they don't use those ones in the actual op haha but yeah it's a song of two halves

[@ComradeHammy]

i assumed it was just british imperialism.

[@Stevem]

british imperialism never took japan unless we're talking about cultural imperialism

[@joelnordlander8858]

I rember oasis was in one anime idk the name of it tho

[@joelnordlander8858]

My bad you where talking about it lol

[@Stevem]

yep lol@@joelnordlander8858

[@KaosNoKamisama]

YOU'VE GOT A COPY OF TWILIGHT? Respect... also, would you be interested un selling it? (wink wink)

[@Stevem]

No

[@KaosNoKamisama]

@@Stevem 😄😉

[@NaomiViridae]

LAIN MENTIONED LAIN MENTIONED

[@Stevem]

Lainpilled

[@avengerboxer]

another banger

[@Stevem]

Thank you

[@Deniki666]

It's not the PS1s fault 😭 it can't play DVD

[@Stevem]

The PS1 is going just fine it's the disc at fault

[@behindtheanimatorsdesk]

Ah this is gonna be a good one for eh brit’sh weebesh fellow like meh. Lemme just quickly get a cuppa of tea okeh mate.. dis es gonna be a good one ☕️🧐

[@pnr2736]

Yooo

[@Stevem]

yo

[@mii9010]

You talk about Edgerunners and not talk about the Polish music in it?

[@Stevem]

i dont recall poland being in britian

[@buttholeweeb621]

You got some video in your ads there buddy. Good job... couldnt make it through it all. Sorry lol

[@Stevem]

im not in control much since its in copyright dispute

[@buttholeweeb621]

@@Stevem fair enough bud

[@JUSTxK1LL1NGxT1M3]

7:37 "someone in the band" is most likely their lead guitarist/instrumentalist, jonny greenwood!! hes a ceritfied nerd and is a known fan of anime/videogames (having posted on radiohead's old 2000s/2010s blog, dead air space, and his personal twitter about them) so its likely he wouldve backed this from the start. the others (thom yorke, colin greenwood, ed o'brien and phil selway) were most likely brought on board by way of the studio giving them a copy of the script, which mustve piqued their interest enough to also agree!!!

[@Stevem]

Yes I literally say this

[@JUSTxK1LL1NGxT1M3]

@@Stevem i just wanted to infodump abt radiohead sorry,, i commented this when i got to that timestamp

[@Stevem]

Favourite non Japanese Band featured in an anime?

[@HaydenTheHistorian]

lukas graham 7 years anime music video

[@keion_arknights]

Delgados maybe

[@unkono]

Oasis band is in Eden of the East anime

[@aqualucasYT]

Radiohead duuuuuuh

[@NotSoFinalProductions]

Either of Franz Ferdinand's unexpected OPs.

[@A_J-]

I always love it when artists (like Boa, or Ally Kerr) embrace the fans that their inclusion in anime bring them. Especially when their track was selected personally by a series creator. Besides the practical aspect (record labels being on the production committee - "here, we've got these artists you can use") if there was no 'thematic' reason for a particular song to be used for an anime, I typically saw it as a way for producers to make their series stand out (especially in the early days of anime).

[@Stevem]

well it seems in a lot of the successful cases at least it was a creative staff decision

[@03e-210a]

they/their? Just say their

[@deathdoor]

Now still remains the question of why german words are so popular in anime.

[@Stevem]

Cus they sound cool is basically the answer you'll get when you ask artists

[@kekbin1697]

because they are axis powers buddy?

[@deathdoor]

@@kekbin1697 I really wanted to repeat the bad answers but... German influence comes from the early years of the Meiji State. When the government was reforming the military the Franco-Prussian war happened so they decided to copy Germany in a lot of ways.

[@deathdoor]

@@Stevem But it doesn't ...

[@Stevem]

maybe not to you but that's the general answer ive seen from people in those areas i dont think it's very deep. Okomoto of elfen lied especially made this point that he didnt know much about germany but like to use words from the language etc

[@xyanide1986]

DUDE thank you for bringing up Bôa's renewed interest and minor success. They are playing a few shows in London that I'm def considering traveling to from The Netherlands. I was unaware that this was happening.

[@Stevem]

I'm not sure how far they plan to tour but I hope you enjoy if you do see them

[@dvd722]

im lucky enough to go to their gig in july ToT

[@popogeejo]

Cool video. Love that this has come up, blah blah blah. I LOVE THE YUNO SHIRT. (But seriously, I have always thought about this kind of thing since I first saw Ergo Proxy with Radiohead and just seeing the thumbnail unlocked a bunch of memories of Lain and Mushishi.)

[@Stevem]

its been in the back of my mind for a while

[@joshuatelem8796]

Thank you for introducing me to Boa, awesome band

[@Stevem]

Oh shit well yeah enjoy

[@BlueDragonArt]

This video is a perfect blend of things I love: Brit Bands (seen Franz twice, Radio Head once, would love to see Pulp and Blur) and anime. While Brit bands I knew from living in the 90s and seeking bands that liked The Beatles (looking at Oasis & Blur specifically, later Gorillaz), the pleasant surprise of finding bands in a completely different medium helped endear me to many anime series. But I've also sought out Japanese musicians who did music for anime. Legit, Asian Kung Fu Generation's album Sol-Fa is one of my absolute favorite albums cover to cover and I ordered a hard copy CD of it so I could listen to it in my car. I also love just about every song on folk artists Yuzu's album Sumire, which I didn't realize my Japanese professor heard them from Doremon until years later (I ordered the CD from Japan when I lost my burnt copy. I still listen to it on long trips). I've also bought copies of the Cowboy Bebop sound track and it's still one of my favorites to this day (as well as songs by Do As Infinity: like I've found other songs not tied to anime I've watched that I absolutely love thanks to shows I enjoyed. I love how anime openings and closing sequences introduce new people to songs I love. So much of JoJo's is stuff I've been listening to either because of my parents or my own interests, and hearing them tied to a show I love...it's like when you're traveling in a new city you're unfamiliar with, but coincidentally run into someone you know from somewhere completely different. It's...an anchor point in an otherwise completely strange place that you're still learning about. I think that's how I'd liken the feeling. But certainly, this might not translate to others experience. I just really love music, and I really love anime, and I love the marriage of the two!

[@Stevem]

there's a lot of cool examples all over, I'm reminded of easy breazy by chelmico for example

[@BlueDragonArt]

@@StevemOh yeah, that's another good one.

[@AnimeOb]

About Texhnolyze and non-Japanese artists, I remember that two Italian artists worked on the anime soundtrack: one is the musician Adriano Martino and the other one is Francesco "Franco" Sansalone who composed the song "Spleen", appeared in the episode 19 (although the CD includes only a remixed version of the track)

[@Stevem]

yeah you certainly see session musicians from all over in anime

[@bernadetteobaglietto5923]

David Silvian mentioned aghhhhhhh. Fucking LOVE Secret of the Beehive

[@Stevem]

David is king

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

Was waiting for the point when Jojo's got brought up. Also, you teased it with that tiny clip from Initial D, but I wonder if you could even make a whole video just on the confluence between anime and Eurobeat alone?

[@Stevem]

I've already talked about this years ago

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

@@Stevem Holy crap! you did! I didn't see that you had a video about this exact thing. Wow!

[@Stevem]

well enjoy

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

@@Stevem I did. Thank you.

[@youngwt1]

I saw the delgados as a support band singing the light before we land, bought the album right away what a choooon!

[@Stevem]

verycool

[@xyanide1986]

Goddamn that's good, when was that?

[@NANA-SHI-NO-GO-NBEI]

GUNSLINGER GIRL

[@PallasPat]

My favorite example of this is Black Heaven's OP, which features Cautionary Warning by John Sykes, and is one of the least anime looking anime OP of all time. The show's soundtrack also features Into the Arena by Michael Schenker Group. Michael Schenker is most famous for playing lead guitar in the British band UFO and he is mentioned alot by the show's main character.

[@Stevem]

Huh that's an interesting choice of musicians

[@JD98ns]

Honestly, I am heavily biased to FF's "This FFire" as it fits narratively so well, especially when it skips the chorus of the song (Night City always wins). That said, Roundabout and Duvet are also other of my favorites.

[@Stevem]

theyre all solid choices

[@fishsayhelo9872]

very very gud video 👍

[@GlacierGalaxy]

Great video, butI'm surprised you didn't mention Blood Blockade Battlefront- the ost is the most varied soundtrack I've ever heard. Have you heard it before?

[@Stevem]

I don't see any British bands in here maybe some of their session musicians are British idk didn't really talk about session musicians in the video, which is an interesting area

[@Blaza303]

Got another one for you Basement Jaxx - Good Luck, used in Appleseeds Opening

[@Stevem]

Ironically another cyberpunk work huh

[@pantoffelheld1424]

Where did you get that red and white jacket? It looks soo good

[@Stevem]

a gift from a friend think its from insert coin

[@titor8072]

Mushishi continued the trend by featuring another song by an English musician in it's second season opening. "Shiver" by Lucy Rose is just perfect for that show!

[@Stevem]

Yeah I think that song also has a cult following now

[@greenhowie]

Hated that Family Guy joke. Not because they referenced the meme, but because they did it wrong. If it had freeze-framed just before Brian got hit, THAT would be correct meme use. Also Jojo was better when it was about vampire-destroying kung fu sorry not sorry.

[@Stevem]

expected as much from the people making family guy

[@Lurker27819]

Good day for british/English weebs like myself (::: I’m surprised I never noticed this, tbh

[@kaeltkottmir]

You're all are interesting breed lol

[@amanwithaperm5142]

I still remember when I first watched Eden of the east and being giddily excited when I heard falling down as the OP

[@Stevem]

It fits pretty well

[@toongamer2810]

I only found your videos yesterday, but I'm enjoying this stuff. Keep up the good work man i am balling i am faded

[@Stevem]

Enjoy bowling

[@crazyBloodmonkey]

i recently finished watching monster. i never there were supposed to be lyrics for the ED.

[@godot1785]

yooo thats exactly what i was thinking about lol i mean look at lain opening or mushi-shi opening both by british singers wich were great

[@Stevem]

And many more

[@4071816]

I know is not Anime... Way to Fall by Starsailor used in Metal Gear Solid 3 is a great example and hope this song will feature on the remake MGS Delta

[@Stevem]

Games dont tend to have a problem with licensing as much unless it's an entire soundtrack of songs

[@yyZiggurat]

I've been watching Ergo Proxy for the first time on streaming services. I had no idea Paranoid Alien played in the ED. I guess this is a sign to find the show somewhere else with the original ending song.

[@Stevem]

Physical release or pirated yeah

[@TK-tt1og]

something that caught me off guard was the soundtrack for the Dragonball Z Cooler movie's english dub, it was just full disturbed, drowning pool, poison and even deftones

[@Never_Know_Best]

>Lain skateboarding I love you man

[@retroanimemike]

A show that really got me thinking how all this licensing stuff even works is Heart Cocktail. Both with its music and visually, it is packed full of licensed properties: Beatles, Bach, whatever the episode calls for, mostly 60s rock; a Coke bottle, a brand of liquor or three, a page in a Moebius comic, all pre-existing intellectual properties. The show is aimed at salarymen, made in the late 80s, financed by a tobacco company, so it kind of makes sense, but its still a LOT of licensing. They even namedrop stuff like clothes manufacturers like in frigging American Psycho!

[@Stevem]

well it might have been more of a production committee with a music label partner as well, generally though if you have an ad agency on your side you can just get it, like bach is public domain so no issue there