Anime culture is always welcome, be it on music or whatever else.
The music, tho... Kinda sounds like Demetori. Perhaps a bit better but just a bit. Nothing too groundbreaking

SSUS about to be right miffed at this.

I've not heard much by c2 aye apart from Set Course For Andromeda, but that's up with the best instru-prog I've heard, so I will make sure to give this a try, even though I'm guessing the tone will be a bit different if it's so anime-inspired

Oh god listening to a bit of this transported me back ~12 years to myself playing too much BlazBlue and listening to the soundtrack on youtube. It kind of has the same problems as a lot of this anime rock music stuff, in that it's probably really talented and competent, but god it just sounds so stale and lifeless to me. But then again if I ever dreamt about playing any of these songs, I would wake up cause I'd find that too unrealistic.

As for Berserk, read it and don't watch. The manga is beautiful and more so the later in the series, while the shows are ok to really bad. Also reading is just faster tbh and a lot of the best moments are unadapted. JoJo is fun but you really don't need to if you're not an anime fan in general. Lain can put you to sleep but it's worth it just cause how crazy it is and to suck up the mood. Also a cyberpunk story that's not just bladerunner.

Written by Desha on 18.01.2021 at 14:12

As for Berserk, read it and don't watch. The manga is beautiful and more so the later in the series, while the shows are ok to really bad. Also reading is just faster tbh and a lot of the best moments are unadapted. JoJo is fun but you really don't need to if you're not an anime fan in general. Lain can put you to sleep but it's worth it just cause how crazy it is and to suck up the mood. Also a cyberpunk story that's not just bladerunner.

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Awww. I thought this was quite endearing. It's a charming sound that reminds me of some rocking old anime intros but this can definitely be enjoyed by people who don't know/like anime at all.
It's uplifting prog that doesn't try too hard with its complex sound. It sounds very natural.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 18.01.2021 at 07:28

SSUS about to be right miffed at this.

I am right miffed

Radu actually proposed that I review this, but my past experiences with Sithu Aye place him just on the unremarkable side of this djenty instrumental guitar prog thing, so I figured I'd stick to MSA prep. Maybe this album will change my mind when I finally get around to listening to it in November. Besides that, I don't want to be known as nothing more than "the MS reviewer who watches anime"; I'll just stick to Babymetal and Houkago Grind Time and Maximum The Hormone and my Liz and the Blue Bird avatar and the Urusei Yatsura quote in my signature and taking every available opportunity to point out that K-On! is a better show than Metalocalypse.

And on that subject, why is it that I must tell Radu how necessary it is to watch Serial Experiments Lain? It's Weird enough that I feel our roles have been reversed.

Obligatory Death To Weebs comment.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 18.01.2021 at 07:28

SSUS about to be right miffed at this.

The first time I read think I thought you said "milked"

Written by X-Ray Rod on 19.01.2021 at 00:09

Awww. I thought this was quite endearing. It's a charming sound that reminds me of some rocking old anime intros but this can definitely be enjoyed by people who don't know/like anime at all.
It's uplifting prog that doesn't try too hard with its complex sound. It sounds very natural.

After listening several times, I would agree. Though it's no "Set Course for Andromeda" in terms of heaviness, it's still very well written. With the explosion of streaming services it's become extremely easy to track similar artists and compare them in the hundreds.

Minus a few of the tracks (specifically # 4 Hanako's), I found it overall very endearing. This coupled with the fact that he made a novella that ties into the album conceptually is pretty awesome.

Honestly, the anime aspects aren't as in your face as I expected, I wouldn't even think of it too much of the time outside of the album name, although there are clearly songs/segments where it comes through. This is just more beautiful instrumental prog by probably the best person doing it atm (yes, I know Plini exists, it's a tough one but I do prefer Sithu Aye when he's at his best, like on "Reina: A Rival's Reprise")

Written by Desha on 18.01.2021 at 14:12

As for Berserk, read it and don't watch. The manga is beautiful and more so the later in the series, while the shows are ok to really bad. Also reading is just faster tbh and a lot of the best moments are unadapted.

the older 23 episode anime was pretty good IMO, but they omitted a bunch of stuff. haven't fully read the manga yet
and of course , you can't be a Dark Souls fan and not like Berserk

Written by Mehrad on 01.06.2021 at 21:21

the older 23 episode anime was pretty good IMO, but they omitted a bunch of stuff. haven't fully read the manga yet
and of course , you can't be a Dark Souls fan and not like Berserk

The 23 episodes and the movies were both ok, but both are just worse than the source material because key things are left out.
I really think the similarities between Berserk and Dark Souls are very overstated most of the time. It's really just Souls visuals being inspired by Berserk, not much else. They're fundamentally very different experiences. But there's very few great dark fantasy stuff out there, so I guess the overlap between both fanbases would be very big just for that reason alone.

Written by Desha on 01.06.2021 at 21:39

The 23 episodes and the movies were both ok, but both are just worse than the source material because key things are left out.
I really think the similarities between Berserk and Dark Souls are very overstated most of the time. It's really just Souls visuals being inspired by Berserk, not much else. They're fundamentally very different experiences. But there's very few great dark fantasy stuff out there, so I guess the overlap between both fanbases would be very big just for that reason alone.

Dark Souls ( the original ) is heavily inspired by Berserk , from atmosphere and armors/weapons to bosses and enemies. but yeah , overlaping fanbases is pretty fun. I'm more in the Soulsborne fanbase

I haven't read much anime, not a fan of instrumental metal genre and I really liked this album. It's very very well written and like someone mentioned, flows really naturally.