Ended March and went into April listening to two anime soundtracks before more electronic albums. TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND is awesome and I continued Carl Craig's discography after Landcruising and having watched the Desire documentary. Then saw Octave One and Craig play sets live in-person.

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Final Chapter Part 2 is a beautiful movie and it's the best Love Live! movie with only Part 1 a bit behind it. Watching it was a great way to start celebrating the 10th anniversary of me beginning to watch this franchise.

I beg to differ.

It's time to start using the Switch 2!

Sorry I can't talk right now. I'm too busy breathing (watching Love Live!).

Saw artists Octave One and Carl Craig (with Jon Dixon) perform sets live. It was a good night. There was another artist Ash Lauryn before them who was also good. Didn't recognise most of the tracks but I did know "Black Water" by Octave One and "Desire" by Carl Craig.

Going to bed at a reasonable time is great. House and techno music sound best at 1 AM though. Life presents you with many hard choices...

Got a new batch of music CDs plus a blu-ray today. There's Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas; shmup original and arranged music; the Love Live! x Idolmaster collab CDs; the theme song for Blaze in the Deepblue; the new Michiru Yamane album; and the JP blu-ray for Alice Dive in Wonderland.

I'm listening to full music albums and EPs more often. Out of all the ones I've included in my charts though, there are many that I've only listened to once but still liked to some extent. It's probably worth going back to some of those. Also just revisited a good track by Ron Trent today.

Good shoot 'em up doujin music albums never get old and one that I like is Battle Garegga Anthology (based on Battle Garegga). The arrangements can be relatively straightforward, but they still contain blood-pumping and groovy energy like the original music has. Favourite tracks are 02, 07 and 0D.

Been thinking about what to put less attention on in my life and I've just about had it with scrolling through Twitter reading random things. Too many distractions. Looking at what specific people post elsewhere and having higher-quality and more direct interactions sounds much more appealing!

Started 2026 by getting more into jazz with Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck; catching up on classics by Chopin and Dvořák; listening to more electronic music particularly from artists I already like such as Kerri Chandler; and even indulging in a little metal.

Here are 30 albums that show my musical interests! It's not a direct list of favourites, but there's a lot of overlap. Ordered alphabetically by album artist name.

Happy Console Gamer doesn't give much in-depth analysis on particular aspects of games. But his enthusiasm is unmatched, and most importantly, he always has an interesting story to tell. That's what makes him fun to watch. He had a varied upbringing with different experiences.

I really like this scene in Mayonaka Heart Tune episode 6. Yamabuki implies that he's truly had a lot of fun helping the girls out, and it makes him more likeable by giving him higher aspirations. The music is great at conveying his happy and anticipatory emotions towards the present and future too.

Just remembered again that “Tadpole Dance” from Black Lagoon is a very iconic track. It transports you to the setting instantly. I like that it sounds a bit mysterious, like there's something more going on beneath the world's surface. It's also pretty relaxing in general. Composed by EDISON

This isn't directly related to the tweet attached, but it reminded me that even when I watched Love Live! for the first time as a teenage boy, I felt that there was some small internal conversation happening between the importance I was putting on behaving masculine and the series itself. [1/4]

Michiru Yamane (most famous composer on Castlevania) announced a new album! It will have 9 band arrangements of Castlevania tracks plus four original pieces. She also reveals the cover art at the end of the video and it looks cool. Looking forward to it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN1X...

Started playing the original Resident Evil a while ago via an emulator and this happened when I first tried to save. It really says a lot about society.

Carlos Alcaraz won the Aus Open and is the youngest tennis player to have won all 4 major tournaments during his career. I wish Djokovic had gotten his 25th Grand Slam today, but Carlos deserved it. Him, Sinner or someone else can definitely win the most singles Grand Slams in history eventually.

Novak Djokovic just won the Australian Open semi-final against Jannik Sinner who he had not beaten since 2023. No one expected him to win like this. It was an incredible performance and a tense match. Looking forward to the final against Carlos Alcaraz.

I like Sentenced to Be a Hero so far with how sharp it looks; the animation; the world and characters; and the music. E.g. the soft and mystical vocal music used in episode 2 is quite majestic, also with how it enhances the scenery and conveys mystery behind what's happening and what seals are.

Music composers sometimes re-interpret similar ideas they've previously had when making new tracks. In anime, my current favourite example of this is in Love Live! Superstar!! when Yoshiaki Fujisawa remembers an earlier series he composed for. Have you discovered any of these yourself?

It's strange to realise that a piece of music featured in an anime soundtrack you like isn't actually used in the anime at all. Arpeggio of Blue Steel and Kaiji have a track each that are examples of this. I'm sure the sound or music directors didn't use them for certain reasons.

Ended the year musically going hard on electronic music again. The influence of Kraftwerk is becoming even clearer. I'm pretty happy with what I listened to throughout the course of 2025. In 2026 I would like to focus more on specific artists and soundtracks of diverse media.

The limited edition of a new shoot 'em up Bounty Sisters arrived. The game is fun and the music is obviously good with Junya Nakano composing, alongside Takako Yumishima and MIKI-CHANG who have nice tracks as well. TECHNOuchi composed a bit too and is the overall sound director.

I'm almost done with watching Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror and the soundtrack is good. Tatsuya Katou did well yet again.

I'm going on an adventure.

Relistened to a hard electronic and ambient album titled "Dark Rain" that's based on the shoot 'em up DoDonPachi DaiOuJou. I really enjoy the harsh noise that washes you away, but there are also some calm, whimsical and generally energising parts. It's really both intense and calming.

One of the best Castlevania arrangements I've heard is based on “Mad Forest” from Castlevania III. It's incredibly funky and I really like the piano and the record scratches which are a great touch. It makes me excited. Thank Joshua Morse for creating it. Link to the full version is in the replies.

In October, my musical mission was all about Castlevania via both official and unofficial arrangements of its music. I looked back on many of the ones I like and most importantly discovered a lot of them that I hadn't heard before!

Listened to more albums and EPs for the first time in July, August and September! Overall I listened to more nano and electronic music; tried atmospheric musique concrète e.g. tracks by Hildegard Westerkamp; and delved into more soundtracks which came from Panty & Stocking, Necronomico and Turkey!

Rave 'til the grave. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jor...

Algorithms only show you what you'll already like, which is not good necessarily. But YouTube's algorithm is good in showing me new music in genres I enjoy. With electronic music it's then good to read comments as people can share what the track sampled. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv5c...

The stars aligned and I both met and got signatures from two of my favourite artists this year: TECHNOuchi and nano. I also liked them for many years prior. Though it'd be good to see who I want to see in countries that are further away, rather than only going to places close by.

Completed Turkey! — An unhinged emotional roller coaster that successfully combines drama; tension; good character development; and goofiness. The music by Yuuki Hayashi is also incredible. It was a blast watching it mostly weekly while waiting for the next episode. #turkey_anime

Continuing my quest to rebuild America in Death Stranding. This will be a slow burn. The story is already promising with themes of hope and the need for connecting with wider society. Traversal across the map is somewhat entrancing. I also enjoy giving as many likes as possible to player signs.

Listened to the Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show soundtrack by Evan Call. I like the dance club-like music that's featured and I'll listen to those tracks more. The one that plays at the end of episode 1 is the most iconic one in my opinion. The music definitely makes me like the series more!

Finished BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! It's a consistently well-written drama with a good emotional core about expressing yourself and continuing to live despite failing to connect with people sometimes. It was interesting to watch the characters lose their minds too. Anime is good.

Watching BanG Dream! It's MyGO? Nah, I think I'll play Ridge Racer. Now this is gaming.

When it comes to rating anime out of 10, it seems inevitable that your average rating goes down the more you watch. However, my average on MyAnimeList has increased recently and I feel like I'm giving 8/10 more nowadays. I think it's a combination of feeling happier and watching good works.

Completed Gundam 0079 as my first Gundam. It was always interesting and it was great to follow the White Base crew as they became stronger people. I definitely want to watch more of the franchise. The next long mecha series I'm watching is Ideon however, whenever that happens!

Listened to the first Panty & Stocking soundtrack album. Besides the obvious "Fly Away", the ending theme "Fallen Angel" and "CHOCOLAT" are my favourite songs. Shoutouts to the cool instrumental tracks like “See-Through”. The album is good for dancing too. #PantyAndStocking

Hey there, here's me presenting my top 10 underrated anime opening songs! I hope you enjoy the list and watching the ducks too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE_v...

New video coming tomorrow.

City has also released its soundtrack today despite it only having a few episodes of it released so far. Is this the start or mere continuation of another trend? #アニメCITY #CITYtheAnimation

Currently 10 episodes into Panty & Stocking and the in-series music video for "D City Rock" is really nice. It's rewarding because the song is used in previous episodes, but I could now hear it all in full. I also like the song's message and the tributes to different artists. #PantyAndStocking

Turkey! episode 2 continues the good character drama. I like the humour and how Rina's pettiness generates tension. I also like how the OP gives hints of the characters' traumas and future plot points with a decent song. They're not spoilers, but hooks to keep you intrigued. #turkey_anime

Necronomico episode 3 makes the series' social commentary clearer. The real cosmic horror show is people going mad over an unfavourable society, leading to detachment and apathy. Let's see if the story does something unique with that. We also got more dark club music bangers. #necronomico

Turkey! only just released its second episode and the soundtrack was already released. That's crazy. You can go to a cat website to get it. I won't listen to it until the series has finished though. #turkey #turkey_anime