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Durarara!! Music: OKAMOTO’S

By Anthony Thomas Durarara!! series one followed the crazy misadventures that can be found in the back streets of Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district (from kidnapping gangs to headless bikers!). Series two, entitled Durarara!! x 2 Shou, takes place six months after all that madness, and sees things return to relative normality. But things can only remain […]

5 years ago https://blog.alltheanime.com/durarara-music-okamotos/
Cowboy Bebop and Leiji Matsumoto

By Raz Greenberg Back in the beginning of the 21st century, there was a short period when people believed anime was on the verge of breaking to the mainstream audience in the west. People beyond the limited circles of anime fans started talking about anime productions, and science fiction and fantasy fandom in particular began […]

5 years ago https://blog.alltheanime.com/cowboy-bebop-and-leiji-matsumoto/
Eir Aoi and the music of Kill la Kill

By Anthony Thomas Eir Aoi is an odd one. She exploded onto the anime scene in 2012 by unleashing a full tribute album to Fate / Zero. Two full studio albums later (both making the top ten), and her career’s burning brighter than ever, and not just in Japan. If her English language Facebook account […]

5 years ago https://blog.alltheanime.com/eir-aoi-and-the-music-of-kill-la-kill/
Will Isao Takahata Get an Oscar…?

By Eija Niskanen Mention Studio Ghibli, and everybody starts raving about Hayao Miyazaki. But Ghibli was established by two talented animation professionals with a long, and often shared career already behind them. And now, with Takahata’s last film, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, nominated for an Academy Award there is a chance for him to […]

5 years ago https://blog.alltheanime.com/will-isao-takahata-get-an-oscar/