Thread 50250692

This thread is for the discussion of anison (anime song), the genre of music made specifically for anime. Whether it be dedicated anime singers, voice actors, idols, as long as the song was made for an anime, it belongs here. Discuss your favorite anison artists and anime songs, and share your events and experiences!

Discussion of doujin music, anikura, idols, seiyuu (outside of their music careers), and mainstream Japanese artists go in their respective threads.

>Useful links:
Aniplaylist: https://aniplaylist.com/
Anison Charts: https://anisonpreviews.com/

Previous thread: >>49993972

Fuck off MKL

How the fuck do we stop her and her clones?

>>50250722
We don't.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6HYHdkEYdQE
https://youtube.com/watch?v=YjrYKwxZNbY

>>50252503
>http
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>>50252503
>even the Japanese are getting tired of the VTuber songs since they tend to suck

>>50254938
Some people getting tired but they are still more popular

>>50255903
My guess is that it's older otaku who are pissed, but newer anime fans are the ones who like it.

>>50256086
Or they don't care. Like some of the comments they can't tell the difference.

The office attire fits her.

Happy birthday /ourgirl/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ04dMmimn8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9i8nVS2NCA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaiPQrrzy2E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVkgXt4l9k4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=chOTy1FTtDM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcWlYngU24g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ESe709goM

Something I noticed: why are anison artist PVs compared to PVs by mainstream artists? The production values tend to be so low. Just compare, for example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceu0ZhUuw_A and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHxwO3mGpLU.

>>50270336
>mainstream artist
You answered yourself

>>50271296
Pretty sure anison labels like Lantis and Sacra have plenty of money

Actually, from what I've seen, Geneon/NBCUni was the one with bad or cheap PVs in general. PVs by other studios are noticeably better but still often cheap looking.

>>50275307
>almost entirely mainstream artists or utaite
When fucking AiScream is that low, and almost none of the traditional anison names showing up apart from LiSA...

>>50275307
grim

>>50276614
Aiscream is not a anison tho but it could win something like a trending award.

>>50277923
The point is that Japan already didn't care much about pure anison artists apart from rare cases like LiSA, and now they care about even less. Nowadays pure anison artists are getting rarer, and the few who debut flame out quickly.

Chicken or egg problem: did anison artists decline because of the rise of mainstream artists/utaite, or did mainstream artists/utaite rise because anison was in decline?

>>50279443
I think it's a bit of both, largely the latter but still anison artists declined not only because of the regular artists/utaites rising in popularity among anime fans worldwide but because of the industry's overall poor management and uneven marketing (among other things) of anison artists due to the stigma of them singing for anime with strong niche appeal among the general public. Not to mention, anison artists tend to sing for anime that airs in UHF channels like Tokyo MX, while regular artists and many utaites mainly sing for anime that airs in major channels like TV Tokyo and TBS (especially if said anime gets simulcasted nationwide across affiliates).

>>50279564
>Tokyo MX
Pretty sure most anime air there anyway, and many of their shows also have utaite-sung theme songs. The poor management/uneven marketing thing might be true though. Even in Japan, back when CDs were still king it was very common for CD stores to not stock even recent anime releases. The average Japanese person off the street also doesn't recognize most anison singers or seiyuu by name.

>>50279564
I wonder if it's a generational thing. Maybe younger Millennials, Zillenials, Gen Zs, and especially Gen Alphas, are the ones mostly into utaite and mainstream artists. Or maybe not either?

At this rate, traditional anison is doomed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RexyoaXaQ1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69yB_m0feog

The question is why labels did not do more to promote anison artists, especially beyond otaku. Yes, the stigma existed, but even before recent times it wasn't unheard of for anison to cross over to the mainstream, so it could be done.

I will never stop hating Ado

>>50286213
They need a popular anime.

Didn't realize the birthday girl was actually sexy.

>>50289535
They just needed better promos

What went wrong with Mashiro Ayano?

I have a bad feeling about Rei Nakashima