Post #3673909

2026-06-10 12:37 UTC

The transition from 2005 to 2006 "turns a bit of a corner," as it were, for my otaku timeline as well as #MusicWomenWednesday I had gotten out of the habit for a few years, after leaving convention staff and just being a bit Dr. Manhattan with the world, but a particular title and a specific hyper-whimsical character, and an inflection point for the entire industry brought me back full-force. So today belongs primarily to Aya Hirano (secondarily to Minori Chihara and Yuuko Gotou), and the compelling OP/ED for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya https://animethemes.moe/anime/suzumiya_haruhi_no_yuuutsu/OP2-NCBD1080 https://animethemes.moe/anime/suzumiya_haruhi_no_yuuutsu/ED1-NCBD1080

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@cthellis@urusai.social 2026-06-17 11:41

Thankfully a simpler submission this #MusicWomenWednesday from someone many might remember is playing opposite Rewrite for Fullmetal Alchemist as ED4, and is a bit of a "professional ED-ist" as far as anisong is concerned. But I know her from the bouncy and sweet ED for the first Nodame Cantabile series https://animethemes.moe/anime/nodame_cantabile/ED1-DVD480 Crystal Kay has been active since 1999 (at age 13!), with about a dozen studio albums, all available on streaming. Her third album (in 2002) was certified platinum very quickly, which is what catapulted her into her "used in anisong" phase in predominantly 2003-2007 Child of a South Korean mother and a New Jersey native stationed in Yokohama, where she was born and raised. JP/EN bilingual and has released English-sung albums, and has influences all over the map.

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