Congratulations fricken-chicken for finding the answer to the Anime Music Blind Test 8. It was indeed the track Fearful Dream from the Now and Then, Here and there OST (Ima, Sokoni iru boku) by brilliant anime composer Taku Iwasaki. Now and Then is one of my favorite animes, it has one of the darkest and saddest story I've ever seen in anime, so it's definitely not for the faint of heart.
Mad Revy (Black Lagoon) is urging you to play the new edition of the Anime Music Blind Test!! I haven't done those for a while, and I kind of miss them... So here we go!! Can you guess the mystery anime song? From which anime is it and who is the composer?? Please write your answers in the comments below!
Yay! A new game for us all to play. Senakunes, our God on Techie Stuff on the Ongaku Forums, just did a new Anime Music Shuffle Game. Check it out:
Yay! We have a new Anime Music Game! Even Naruto is dumbstruck! Thanks to Senakun from the Ongaku Forums, we are proud to present the Official Ongaku Anime Music Shuffle!
My readers really are the best! Another round of Anime Music Blind Test that flew by so quickly! Congratulations to thariinye who guessed the mystery anime song. This one was a really tough one. It's an instrumental track from the Infinite Ryvius OST. The song is called Faint Hope and the composer is Hattori Katsuhisa. Infinite Ryvius is one of my favorite animes, and that's where my name comes from in case some of you were wondering! I've rarely seen an anime as intense as this one, and with such realistic and deep characters. I really recommend this series to everyone!
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That was quick! The answer to the latest edition of the Anime Music Blind Test is indeed the guitar version of Sadame from the X TV anime. It's actually track 15 of the second OST and it's title is sometimes Destiny - Guitar Version or Unmei - Guitar Version. Oh and I forgot, the composer is of course the brilliant Sato Naoki (Eureka Seven soundtracks). Thank you Kiriska for finding out the answer so quickly!
It's been quite a while since we've last played this game. Are you ready for another round of the nerve-racking guessing game? Will you find the new mystery anime song (which is a hauntingly beautiful song by the way!) before it drives you crazy like Nina from Code Geass?
Are you a fan of Guitar Hero and despair that no anime songs are available on that game?? Well despair no longer! I may have found a solution: http://somoe.org/typing/ Ok, it's not really as funky as playing on a little plastic guitar with buttons that look like they were for made toddlers by Playskool! This game is basically a flash game were you type the lyrics of an anime song as they appear on the screen. It sounds really dumb, but it's actually a lot of fun! You should definitely try it out. It has a lot of different levels, with some really hard songs to type... If you want to improve your keyboard-typing skills while listening to cool anime songs, this is the way! The interface is really well done, and it is regularly updated with new songs... It even has a level 99, which is the Lucky Star OP song! (It's really impossible, unless you're an alien with 20 fingers, and even then it's hard!). So go on http://somoe.org/typing/ and see how you score. And then report back of course!
The mystery anime song was indeed Ai wa hana, kimi wa sono shushi from the Ghibli movie Only Yesterday (Omohide Poro Poro) and it is sung by the very popular japanese singer Harumi Miyako. Only Yesterday is the sixth film by critically acclaimed director Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies) and was produced by Studio Ghibli (the same studio that produces Miyazaki films). Ai wa hana, kimi wa sono shushi is the ending theme song of the movie, and it is a Japanese translation of Amanda McBroom's composition The Rose, which is a pop song made famous by Bette Midler in the 1979 movie The Rose.
Do you want to play a game? What about guessing the new mystery anime song?
The mystery was quickly solved this time! The answer to the Anime Blind Test 4 was After All by Donna Burke. Well done Shawnz!
58% of you voted for Mamiko Noto's version of Aizome. That was a real hard one for me. And I'm still undecided as ever, so I guess that means I like both songs equally.
, whereas the best voice of these two versions is without a doubt Mamiko's! She has the sweetest voice ever, and like I said before, I find her voice to be also quite soothing and magical. I would have loved hearing a version of Aizome with Mamiko Noto singing on the Savage Genius version. The orchestral arrangements of that version are so good!
Finally! AGM Hunter solved the mystery!! The mystery anime song was indeed the Blue Gender ED, Ai ga Osietekureta sung by Houko Kuwashima. Houko is also a famous seiyu and has played a wide variety of roles in anime (including Clare in Claymore, Kaiba in Kaiba, Isako in Denno Coil, Flay Allster in Gundam SEED...).I wasn't planning on doing another Anime Music Blind Test so soon, but since the first one worked out so well, I thought I might give it another round! I even changed my mind, and didn't choose a difficult song. This should be an easy guess... or not!
Can you guess from which anime this song comes from? And who's singing it??
You can also download the song here for those who have trouble with the player!
So give me your answers in the comments!!
Let's play a game! This is my first edition of my Anime Music Blind Test. Can you guess from which anime this song is? And even better, the composer and title of the track...
Write down your answer in the comments!!
