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Recently aired animations《Girls Band Cry》And《A love song as soft as whispers》They all revolve around the laughter and tears experienced by the girls during the process of forming a band. Even if it’s like《Jellyfish at night cannot swim》Or《Monster’s Salad Bowl》This type of work, although not centered around the band, still depicts the life of a girl band in the plot. It can be seen that the theme of girl bands has become a quite mainstream part of anime culture.
Recently, a Japanese variety show delved into the history of teenage girl bands emerging in the animation industry. Let’s take a look at how Japanese musicians view the evolution of girl band animations.
Recently, Asahi Television’s variety show “EIGHT-JAMWe invited several experts in the anime industry and artists who love anime to discuss the trends in Japanese anime music in recent years.
The program specifically explores why girl band animations have rapidly risen and evolved into their current popular form.
Animation song critic Akihiro Tomita and producer Shinji Yamauchi introduced four works that they believe can represent the development history of shoujo band animation. Firstly, starting from 2006《God Knows 》Start.
Although many people believe that this work has nothing to do with the girl band, Shinji Yamauchi stated that the delicate depiction of the band’s performance scenes laid the foundation for modern girl band animation.
In “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya,” cultural sacrifices are offeredLive AliveFor example, in one episode, there is a scene where Haruhi and Yuki Nagato participate in a band performance.
Due to its meticulous portrayal of musical instruments, it has shaken the entire Japanese animation industry.
There has never been an animation so vividly depicting instrument performance before.
Afterwards, in 2009, Kyoto Animation Company《K-ON！ Lightness section》In the middle, this vivid depiction was continued at a higher level, and the theme of the girl band sparked a craze.
In 2017, cross media planning《BanG Dream！》Launched, by having voice actors and characters perform on the same instrument and hold concerts, it has opened up a new direction for girl band animation.
The route of having voice actors play the same instruments as the characters in the drama has enabled the anime of the girl band to break through the barrier of dimensions
After experiencing these three innovative works, in 2022, the girl band animation reached a new peak&# 8230;
《Lonely rock!》Becoming the center of attention in the industry.
Akihiro Tomita pointed out that the success of this work is due to its extensive and in-depth portrayal of current music culture, campus culture, and popular culture in the play, which allows young audiences to easily resonate and stimulate their interest in music.
《Lonely rock!》Not only in depicting the gloomy personality of the protagonist Yili, but also through her self-learning guitar to become famous and uploading performance videos to YouTube, it reflects the current music culture very realistically.
In addition, the authentic presentation of the culture and music exhibition space of the underground orchestra in Xiabeize, as well as invitations such as《Demon Slayer Blade》Theme Song Author Huayuko Kusano, BandKANA-BOONThe Taniguchi Tuna andtricotIt is a work of a person such as “Teshima ikkuu”, and it is the work of the magnetic attraction.
It is the close integration of this animation with modern elements that enables it to firmly capture the hearts of current audiences.
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