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heavenly_pearlYesterday I finished watching the anime of Say "I love you" to determine if I wanted to take advantage of the current sale Right Stuf has on the DVD set. My final decision was that it was good, but pretty faithful to the manga which I'm already collecting, so there wasn't much point in buying the anime as well. That's not the point of this post, though. The thing I really want to mention is the opening theme. The first time I heard it, I thought it sounded like the singer/songwriter behind some of the songs in two of my favorite anime Fruits Basket and Princess Tutu, Ritsuko Okazaki, but I kinda brushed that idea to the side, since I knew that Ms. Okazaki had died about ten years ago and most anime OPs nowadays are intended to sell new songs. Well, curiosity finally got the best of me, so I looked up who sang the Say "I Love You" OP and it turns out it was a Ritsuko Okazaki song!
Even better, that's not even the only Japanese singer I recognized yesterday. Every year, I try to watch all the anime Christmas episodes I own (don't think I'll accomplish that this year, though), so last night I watched the Kobato. Christmas episode, followed by the two Card Captor Sakura episodes. It struck me that the singer of the Kobato. OP and the third CCS OP sounded similar, and, yes, it turns out they're both Maaya Sakamoto songs.
It's weird, since I usually don't pay that much attention to OPs/EDs, yet I was able to randomly identify two different singers on the same day. Granted, Ritsuko Okazaki had a very distinct style and voice, so it wasn't that had to tell it was her, but, still, I'm pretty proud of myself.
Even better, that's not even the only Japanese singer I recognized yesterday. Every year, I try to watch all the anime Christmas episodes I own (don't think I'll accomplish that this year, though), so last night I watched the Kobato. Christmas episode, followed by the two Card Captor Sakura episodes. It struck me that the singer of the Kobato. OP and the third CCS OP sounded similar, and, yes, it turns out they're both Maaya Sakamoto songs.
It's weird, since I usually don't pay that much attention to OPs/EDs, yet I was able to randomly identify two different singers on the same day. Granted, Ritsuko Okazaki had a very distinct style and voice, so it wasn't that had to tell it was her, but, still, I'm pretty proud of myself.
