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Somehow, I’ve taken it upon myself to post more PVs here. There’s a reason behind this madness though (and insanity isn’t it!). While I used to listen to a fairly diverse selection of music (Japanese, Korean, Chinese, English), I slowly drifted away from that over the years. This is primarily due to 1.) the amount of anime I’ve been watching and 2.) the drastic change in what constitutes “anime music”. Unlike the music used in western cartoons, anisongs were pretty unique to begin with since they’re usually “normal” songs borrowed for anime use. However, even songs written specifically for a series these days tend to sound like music anyone would listen to. As such, I no longer look for new music to listen to; I can just let it come to me via anime opening/ending themes. The natural extension of that are the PVs to those songs, hence why I’ll post about entire concerts these days. At least, that’s what my music collection of 950+ singles/albums/soundtracks labeled with an “Anime” genre tell me.
So with that, I have the PV of fripSide‘s “only my railgun” here. Surprisingly, it’s “available” ahead of its scheduled November 4th release. As a pop group that started in 2002, flipSide’s music sounds anything but anime-only to me, even though they became a part of the visual novel publishing/distributing company Visual Art’s in 2006. They’re comprised of two main members, Nanjou Yoshino (vocals/lyrics) and Yaginuma Satoshi (composition/arrangement/lyrics/guitar), the former of which replaced the originally vocalist Nao earlier this year. Some of you may be familiar with Yoshino’s work as a seiyuu, having voiced Oosawa Maria in CANAAN and Tsukishima Koko in Da Capo II.
Given the title of the song, I assume that it was written specifically for To Aru Kagaku no Railgun, but you probably could’ve fooled me if you told me it wasn’t. The song has a surprisingly good beat and could probably pass as a dance song if remixed a bit. Because of that, I originally thought it was something by I’ve Sound, especially since they had done the music for Index. I tend to like I’ve Sound’s KOTOKO and Kawada Mami‘s songs almost immediately, so fripSide’s similar sound was easy for me to get hooked on. As for the PV itself, it’s anime-themed with a girl in a Tokiwadai uniform and espers showcasing their abilities. Befitting of the song, you also get to see a Misaka Mikoto style railgun at the end. Pretty cool.
I have more PVs in store, so stay tuned. (Feel free to comment though. :P)
Show To Aru Kagaku no Railgun OP1 「only my railgun」 by fripSide ▼
Whoo <3 this song. Makes you move to the beat!
<3 First =)
I really do like this song. Sometimes you just like a song that is upbeat and has a quick tempo. Just makes me more excited to watch an episode of railgun when this starts it off.
I do have to mention that the masks caught my eye and made me tilt my head abit XD
it’s definitely a fun and energetic OP song. Glad the music video’s just as good, though for some reason it reminds me of the movie the Ring.
Song is awesome but boy….that girl is not cute/pretty.
and they should make this videos into more like music videos. These videos are like wtf? Some are just w/e like with shojo 5’s latest and Stereopony but what’s with this one?
I found the sound and vocal style somewhat similar to Savage Genius. See “Forever” from Erementar Gerad.
I really like this song and I think the PV is also kinda interesting as well, I wonder why they’re wearing masks. 🙂
OOSAWA MARIA!!
Dual or quadruple keyboard wielding? I love the fire person :] and I’m crying at the what her English in the song really was T_T
Nice song but as usual weird PV…
I like OP song a lot, but English, acoustic version of the ED song which is in the ED song CD, kick some serious butt. So beautiful.
This song rockssss, but the PV way too way weird 4 me…..
That was fun to watch, especially when the PV made so many references to the actual series. 🙂
i love this song…n the pv looks cool (yeah, the railgun scene at the end) but that magician guy kinda spoils the pv for me..
I enjoy this song and when I first heard it, I thought it was I’ve’s as well and surprised to find that it is not.
Keep posting the PVs, it makes for a nice addition to the site.
What’s with the masked Kuroko? 😆
I agree with you completely, I often cant classify what genre most of my Japanese music goes under especially if they’re from an anime, most of the music can be considered mainstream Jpop and Jrock
btw any chance I can steal your 950+ singles/albums
I heard Nanjou Yoshino voiced “sugoi” Maria from Canaan. Sugoi, indeed.
why that person who uses the rail gun, looks like a guy?
Reminds of 90’s era anime op’s. Very catchy and is fun to listen to.
funny i to no longer look for new music to listen to just wait till it comes out as an anime opening/ending themes.
Reminds me of the mask worn in the live video for Higurashi’s OP song. O_O
wow, 950 singles/albums anime songs, i have like 400, but i havent downloaded many as i did before any more since in listening online most the time.
and you think you can to share those songs you have? it could be made in to a radio with those here in on the web, that would be cool.
Trejon:
I’d love to do that, but my personal connection can’t sustain the bandwidth. I do have a personal web radio type app set up, but it can only handle a few users max.
I’ve watched this video several times (Don’t judge me!) and I gotta say it grows on you the more you watch it. The weird magician guy’s pretty entertaining to watch for some inexplicable reason. Even though the song’s Jpop it definitely benefits from an electronica vibe, the genre matches the anime’s sci fi theme well.
Oh btw anyone else think the magician’s a reference to Index? Since that involved a world with both Magic and Psychic abilities.
However, even songs written specifically for a series these days tend to sound like music anyone would listen to.
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I note that that’s almost exactly the same as the line from Kampfer 04. 😛
Shh, don’t tell people!
like the song but the PV is a bit too creepy guy wierd.
Am I the only one finding the band name hilarious?