Post #3673907

2026-06-24 12:58 UTC

Good morning and Good #MusicWomenWednesday Today we enter 2008 in style and iconic glory, as we seek to answer the question "What the heck is a Rocky Chack?" (Technically also "who is Natsumi Kiyoura?" because the Spice & Wolf OP and ED are both on my lists.) Let us start with Natsumi. https://animethemes.moe/anime/ookami_to_koushinryou/OP1-NCBD1080 Active since 2003, her soft and soulful voice brings us into the adventures of Wisest Wolf and her pet human with absolute perfection. She's performed a handful of anisong mostly around that time, with Sasameki Koto's being my other favorites, and perfect touches of their own. It is... kinda hard to find info. A single studio album, some singles, a long delay, and then... recent associations with the Sally Kubota Group? Wish there were more to go on.

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@cthellis@urusai.social 2026-07-01 15:17

Who graces us this #MusicWomenWednesday ? Not gettin' out of 2008 yet! Fall has both an OP and an ED, so let's start with the OP. Haruka Tomatsu enters via "one of those things where the OP is kind of a banger, and definitely weirdly cute, but I don't care about the show at all" in this case, for Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens https://animethemes.moe/anime/kannagi/OP1-NCBD1080 Haruka is in the titular role, and snagged a number of "fandom roles" like Lala Satalin Deviluke and Zero Two. Also one Asuna, of SAO. And she in a BOATLOAD of anisong. Singles from 2008, a handful of studio albums from 2010 on, and involved in a number of groups, primarily Sphere which has 20 of those listed anisong alone. Frankly, I thought she was going to be the WAY easier Fall 2008 pick, but... nope!

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