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INTEREST: Noitamina Anime Block Holds 'Best Theme Song' Poll

What an annoying site. I'm supposed to remember the OP/ED for a series I watched five or six years ago without any links to the audio for the songs themselves? Do they really expect me to track down all the songs myself before voting?

Space Butler XIII wrote:

$31? Did I read that correctly? That's cheaper than many 4-disc sets I've seen come out over here. Hell, that's less than how much it cost me to buy a sealed copy of the Pillows - Runners High from CD Japan, last year.

It must be the weakened yen, if you keep up with the economic news out of Japan you may have heard about the yen being weakened.

The weakened Yen certainly explain why it's so close to $30 USD. Though I forgot to comment about how close that price in yen is to that Pillows CD I bought last year. I remember that disc costing more than 30,000 Yen at the time, though the prices of their stuff on CD Japan have since gone down below that number.

I seriously don't understand why they list Katanagatari as broadcasting in 2013- That was a rebroadcast... Not the original broadcast...

Space Butler XIII wrote:

The weakened Yen certainly explain why it's so close to $30 USD. Though I forgot to comment about how close that price in yen is to that Pillows CD I bought last year. I remember that disc costing more than 3,000* Yen at the time, though the prices of their stuff on CD Japan have since gone down below that number.

Yes I've been monitoring Japan's economic news. I've also been following Japan's current recession now. From what you describe to me I'm not surprised, the weakened yen is making it easier for people outside of Japan to buy stuff for cheap.

What an annoying site. I'm supposed to remember the OP/ED for a series I watched five or six years ago without any links to the audio for the songs themselves? Do they really expect me to track down all the songs myself before voting? I suspect the results will end up being a poll on the popularity of the series more than the songs.

Just One Life from Samurai Flamenco would have been my vote. Say what you may about the show, but that OP was FANTASTIC. Unfortunately for some reason they only have the second OP as an option (although it is also very good).

What an annoying site. I'm supposed to remember the OP/ED for a series I watched five or six years ago without any links to the audio for the songs themselves? Do they really expect me to track down all the songs myself before voting? I suspect the results will end up being a poll on the popularity of the series more than the songs.

If they are doing this without the cooperation of the music rights holders, then I can understand why there aren't links to the songs. (Go try to listen to the actual version of "Natsu No Hana" that closed Mononoke. Toei doesn't seem to care if you watch the entire anime at YouTube, but Sony won't let you hear "Natsu no Hana.") Still wouldn't you think Fuji might have brought the rights holders on board for this, especially since they are releasing an album? And we're not talking about linking to the complete songs either, just the 1:30 versions that open and close the animes.

Aside from obvious choices like that song, "Mononoke Dance" from Hakaba Kitarou, and "Allegro Cantabile," I'll have to find an hour or so to track down the songs and decide which to vote for.