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TheGotank's Anime

Favorite Ending Songs Rating Comment
ef: a tale of memories (TV) Masterpiece "I'm Here"; Amazing harmonica stuff. Awesome melody. The best stuff is at the end. "Kizamu Kisetsu"; Epic melody that can be bent in all moods (look at True Feelings in the OST for example). While I'm not crazy over electric guitar in general, it's undeniably used well in this song. "Eternal Feather"; Really similar structure to "Euphoric Field", except I think it has an even superior batch of solos in the interlude. Main melody is simple yet epic. "Sora no Yume"; Probably the 'runt' of the bunch, because I feel the melody is kind of stagnant. Still, the violin duet at the beginning is great.
Fafner (TV) "Proof"; Nice horn in F usage! Great singing by Angela. "Separation"; Good intro, the chorus is repetitive yet beautiful. The symphonic stuff that comes afterwards is awesome.
H2O ~Footprints in the Sand~ (TV) Excellent "Kazehane"; ahh, more flute. So awesome... Melody great too. And the full song features a time signature change (into waltz for about 8 bars, then back), pulled off quite well, which makes this the first anime song I've heard to do that (there have been entire songs written in non-standard time signatures, but never one that changed in the middle). "Footprints in the Sand"; a great song paired with the one of the best scenes in the series makes it all the more memorable. Nice variations in the chorus =)
Kanon (TV 2/2006) Masterpiece "Kaze no Tadori Tsuku Basho"; upbeat and fun. Great in most regards. The English rap bit towards the end of one version is a little disturbing and out of place though... I'm not sure if the Japanese guys that incorporated it into the song even knew what the rap part said...
Kurokami The Animation (TV) Very good "Irodori no Nai Sekai"; Interesting that I would pick this song while Kurokami has a pretty good OP as well. Anyways, the ED invokes intriguing feeling loneliness for me. It's not so much any one facet that causes this, but rather a combination of the instrumentation, melody, and overall expressive style that achieves the mood. A great song for introspection purposes!
Pandora Hearts (TV) "Maze"; The chorus stands out immediately with polyphony in the voices. Very nice melody overall.
Steel Angel Kurumi (TV) Good "Eternal Steel Angel"; great melody. Excellent use of the trumpet IMO. Full song comes with a pretty good solo towards the end.
Steel Angel Kurumi Zero (OAV) So-so "Hajimari no Kiseki"; wonderfully soothing and sad. Great intro!
Utawarerumono (TV) Very good "Kimi ga Tame"; used only in episode 26. Amazingly fitting, and the melody is one of the saddest I've heard yet in anime.
When They Cry - Higurashi (TV) Very good "Why or Why Not"; memorable and somewhat unique piano intro. The song in general proceeds in a very unique fashion. The new added bit of melody and the chord progression accompanying it at the end is very good!