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[2008.05.28] Midicronica – #209

CD, RefRain Records – SMLR-0001

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🆕 「 Butterfly RL」 by MIDICRONICA, Ryofu Karuma, GORO KUMAI Now available for streaming overseas! ➡ Added to our weekly playlist: https://spoti.fi/3lgjH73

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Anime of the day: Samurai Champloo

Released: 2004

Literature has this thing called the literary canon. I believe anime has the same thing, and that Samurai Champloo is a required member of the anime canon.

Set during an Edo-like period our three main characters, Fuu a tea waitress looking for a guy who smells of sunflowers, Jin a morally picky samurai, and Mugen who basically does whatever he feels like.  This anime is a real treat. The plot moves forward at a nice pace. The side tracks are secretly tied into the whole story. Plus the humor is timeless. It’s anime craftsmanship at its finest and the easiest example is the music.

This anime features the styling of the legendary Nujabes. He’s often accredited as one of the founders of low-fi music. "Battlecry" by Nujabes feat. Shing02 is the opening. It’s one of the most iconic songs in anime. I’ll add a side track story down below about this song. “四季ノ唄" by MINMI is the ending for most episodes. Some episodes have their own endings like 12 with "Who's Theme" by MINMI, 17 with "YOU" by kazami, 23 with  "FLY [SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS]" by Tsutchie & fat jon, and 26 with "San Francisco" by MIDICRONICA. I would love a second season of this anime, but at the same time I don’t. I want a second season that’s as good as the first. However, that can be difficult for anime to do, see One Punchman and Promised Neverland for example of what not to do. So, I understand why this anime won’t be continued.

Ok the promised side story. I was playing this song at work and some, uncultured swine, said “isn't this from SAO.” Boy did I blow up. I mean I said something along the lines of how dare they compare that SAO trash to this eternal anime classic. The musical stylings of Nujabes should never be mentioned with that flaming dumpster trash called SAO. I was fuming. Everyone around me turned to mice. The few other anime people in the room were like “why are you spitting truths about SAO being trash?” It was a conflicting day.

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[2008.05.28] Midicronica – .co.lab

CD, RefRain Records – SMLR-0002

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[2005.04.27] Midicronica – #501

CD, Sonimage-Lab,Inc – SLI-004

Design and Illustration by Steroid

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