Cowboy Bebop or Samurai Champloo
Both are yoko kanno iirc.
Ed I’m wrong. Champloo was of Shakkazombie, Fat Jon, Nujabes and Force of Nature.
Easy, Samurai Champloo. The sheer amount of talented hip hop artists in the soundtrack is insane.
Champloo is a great answer. I have been skimming through older shows I have watched to find clips to post to the community and when I was going through Champloo, I found myself just letting it run sometimes to just listen to it. I did eventually pick out a Champloo clip, so look forward to that sometime in the next week or so (it was hard to pick just one).
FLCL - the pillows are amazing and it fits the anime so very well.
- .//HackSIGN
- Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
- Steins;Gate
- Angel Beats
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Spice and Wolf
- Time of Eve
- Un-Go
- Beautiful Bones: Sakurako’s Investigation
- Metropolis 2001
- Summer Wars
- Studio Ghibli films (everything cept for Earwig and the Witch which I won’t watch)
It’s so hard to choose just one…
I think I’d have to nominate the Monogatari series. Each arc centers around a character, and that character’s VA sings the op, not to mention most of them are incredibly catchy.
Macross Plus also has a phenomenal sound track, with some of Yoko Kanno’s best work, IMO. It also ties in heavily with plot involving an AI pop superstar. It’s really still pretty prescient today.
Some of the Yuki Kaijura soundtracks have been pretty outstanding as well. Both .hack//sign and Noir, for example.
As a Monogatari fan (🤮), I really adore the soundtrack. Not just the OP’s and ED’s but the background music too.
Sutekimeppou Kenka and Jinchiku playfully help carry long dialogue and deliver their “punchlines” (there’s a lot more, I just can’t find them on YouTube). Nisemono adds to Kaiki’s mysterious and deceptive aura.
I also like the leitmotifs like Senjougahara Tore, Shideno Tori, Youkoso Koyomioniichan Kawaigatteagerune (really love this one) and a lot more I’ve forgotten the titles of.
And of course, Kairaku. If you know, you know.
There’s so much variety.
