Forum - View topicAnime Musicals?
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Jean Of mArc
Posts: 3 Location: Canada |
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I put this in the anime fourms, but I think it would be appropriate to put here as well, for the musical audience:
Does anyone know of any Anime Musicals or Rock Operas in existance? I don't mean anime about bands that play music, but you know, shows in which the characters break out into a song about the situation or context? I was very disappointed by the Parappa The Rapper show, because it didn't even have any songs within the show! (Though the intro is pretty good none-the-less). Any suggestions? |
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abunai
Old Regular
 Posts: 5463 Location: 露命 |
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You ask an intersting question. I've always been very fond of the musical/operetta as a theatrical and filmic form, but it never occurred to me that it was (so far as I can tell) completely absent from anime.
We all know that Disney seems incapable of making an animated film that isn't in the musical form - but it seems equally narrow-minded that the form isn't used at all by anime filmmakers. I certainly can't think of any examples. BTW, don't post your remarks to all the boards in the forums. This question belongs either in the anime forum, or in the music forum - not in both. - abunai |
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Flipnofunk
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how about interstella 5555 i remeber that being a musical by the legendary Leiji Matsumoto and music by the old techno artist daft punk. i would have said beck ( not the singer the anime) but you said no anime about bands. i know of a few musicals that use anime characters (ie prince of tennis, bleach, sailor moon) but thats all i could of think of
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Michi
Encyclopedia Editor
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Can't think of any anime with characters that break out in song...
But there are actual stage musicals with actors as characters from anime in Japan.  They've existed for Sailormoon, Utena, Prince of Tennis, Sakura Taisen, and more. :X
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xuebaochai
 Posts: 85 Location: An unstable world |
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Wow. This is one of those extremely obvious things that you don't notice unless someone points it out. I cannot for the life of me think of a SINGLE one! Given the importance of anime music to the business, this hole is truly a mystery. It has probably spared us from seeing a chorus line of giant mecha singing J-pop ditties (*shudder*), but am I the only one who salivates at the idea of Kanno Yoko scoring a GITS: SAC musical episode? Imagine the Tachikoma dance number…
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Godaistudios
Posts: 2075 Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment) |
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Having been a lover of musical theatre and film myself, I too am surprised I never even considered this. Leave it to another to ask the question to get me to notice.
The only thing that comes to mind is situations involving songs in anime. Macross 7 anybody? (though I've not seen it.) Perhaps it would be too awkward and certainly those involved in production wouldn't expect it to have a mass appeal. Sadly, at least when it comes to film, the musical is dead. While it does come up occasionally, its an era that ended long ago. |
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Cloe
Moderator
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I've seen the live-action Revolutionary Girl Utena musical; does that count? Also, the animated Chinese Ghost Story (I know this isn't an anime but it sort of counts) has many musical numbers in it. And this is a loooong stretch, but there's a pretty long Sharon Apple concert in Macross Plus, and it places heavy emphasis on music in general.
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jfrog
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Jack and the Beanstalk is one, it's supposedly for children but by the guy who directed Night on the Galactic Railroad, so I'm fairly interested in seeing it. Being released stateside sometime this summer I believe. I'm also interested in seeing this thing, though sadly I doubt I'll ever get the chance.
I also remember hearing that Adventures of Horus, Prince of the Sun (Takahata's first movie) had some musical numbers about the joys of working or something like that...maybe the closest we'll get to an anime version of one of the musicals featured here?  I think a couple of the other old 60's Toei movies are musicals too, but I haven't seen any of 'em.
And if you count the claymation sequences from Happiness of the Katakuris as anime, then you've got another one. Sure, it's all crappy casio garbage (and mind, I've proudly played casio with this guy), but Miike is still enough of a genius to make it work...somehow. |
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Jean Of mArc
Posts: 3 Location: Canada |
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Thanks for all the responces; I forgot I posted that here until tonight.
It is rather surprising at the lack of them, considering that I think the Japanese culture would love it. Even serious anime can be musical... I mean look at Les Miserables: it's very serious and saddening, but still a musical/opera. It's all about the style of music and singing. I've read that Bleach is currently working on a rock opera, but it probabley is another live show. I think it would be great to see a series (or at least a movie) of anime in which being a musical is one of the main features of it. Could be fun and crazy, or serious, but I think if the story and music were good, it would be a hit. |
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Ghost_22
Posts: 2 Location: Australia |
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I agree...i think it would be great as long as it had a good sotry and it was done well... I havnt seen much anime butt im a fan...may go out and borrow al lteh NeonGenesis Evangelion episodes on my holidays...music I've seen in a nanime is in BGC KS when Priss is in her band
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jfrog
Posts: 925 Location: Seattle |
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Just watched the old Toei movie Puss in Boots, and it's a musical too. Songs aren't particularly memorable, they don't add anything to the picture, but they don't take anything away either. And it's a rather fun movie regardless, as well as one with lots of historical value - it's considered to be one of the very best 60's anime movies (I haven't seen enough to compare), and Miyazaki did a lot of his early key animation work here.
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