Well, well, well! What it do, Anime Heads?! The crew wanted to leave you all with a nice lil' pop-up episode talking about their favorite anime endings. Each member will drop their top 5 and give a reason why its on their list. Make sure to drop your top 5 in the comments!
Mac's Picks: 5.) "Comedy" - Gen Hoshino (16:42) 4.) "Great Escape" - Cinema Staff (36:52) 3.) "Shunkan Sentimental" - Scandal (56:37) 2.) "Ninelie" - Aimer ft. Chelly (1:17:57) H.) "Just Awake" - Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas (1:44:18) 1.) "Lost In Paradise" - ALI ft. AKLO (2:45:03)
Jacci's Picks: 5.) "Let It All Out" - Miko Fukuhara (4:40) 4.) "More Than Words" - Hitsujibungaku (23:24) 3.) "Nainai" -ReoNa (41:20) 2.) "Every Heart" - BoA (1:00:55) H.) "Akuma no Ko" - Ai Higuchi (1:28:18) 1.) "Raise" - Chili Beans (2:21:41)
Deante's Picks: 5.) "Shiki No Uta" - Minmi & Nujabes (1:54:54) 4.) "Eternal Pose" - Asia Engineer (1:58:02) 3.) "The Real Folk Blues" - The Seatbealts ft. Mai Yamane (2:02:21) 2.) "Heart of Sword" - T.M. Revolution (2:06:37) H.) "Hunting for Your Dream" - GALNERYUS (2:11:16) 1.) "Thank You!!" - HOME MADE KAZOKU (2:18:37)
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Well, well, well! What it do, Anime Heads?! The crew wanted to leave you all with a nice lil' pop-up episode talking about their favorite anime endings. Each member will drop their top 5 and give a reason why its on their list. Make sure to drop your top 5 in the comments!
Mac's Picks: 5.) "Comedy" - Gen Hoshino (16:42) 4.) "Great Escape" - Cinema Staff (36:52) 3.) "Shunkan Sentimental" - Scandal (56:37) 2.) "Ninelie" - Aimer ft. Chelly (1:17:57) H.) "Just Awake" - Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas (1:44:18) 1.) "Lost In Paradise" - ALI ft. AKLO (2:45:03)
Jacci's Picks: 5.) "Let It All Out" - Miko Fukuhara (4:40) 4.) "More Than Words" - Hitsujibungaku (23:24) 3.) "Nainai" -ReoNa (41:20) 2.) "Every Heart" - BoA (1:00:55) H.) "Akuma no Ko" - Ai Higuchi (1:28:18) 1.) "Raise" - Chili Beans (2:21:41)
Deante's Picks: 5.) "Shiki No Uta" - Minmi & Nujabes (1:54:54) 4.) "Eternal Pose" - Asia Engineer (1:58:02) 3.) "The Real Folk Blues" - The Seatbealts ft. Mai Yamane (2:02:21) 2.) "Heart of Sword" - T.M. Revolution (2:06:37) H.) "Hunting for Your Dream" - GALNERYUS (2:11:16) 1.) "Thank You!!" - HOME MADE KAZOKU (2:18:37)
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What is Eat the Cake...Anime!!?
A few anime heads from the Datfeelin Podcast Network figured it was time to get together and put out a show for not only the hardcore anime watchers, but also the casual ones as well. Join Mac aka YaBoy, Jacci, and EJ aka Daimyo as they dedicate each episode to breaking down some of the most beloved anime. From discussing the creator of the story/manga, to exploring the animation studios behind their anime adaptations, we do what we can to grow a community of anime fans! Whether you're a sucker for the classics, or new to the game, this is a spot for everyone!
Mac:
Ladies and gentlemen, what's up anime heads? Once again, we have popped back up on you on a Thursday. Normally, we do every other week, but, holidays are coming A lot of things on people's calendars, and we wanted to get this episode locked in and put out there. I will start off by saying, apologies. The plan was from last episode, last week, create a playlist and all that stuff.
Mac:
Things have been busy, but I promise I'll get that up. So we'll have the openings, and then we'll have the endings playlist ready for you guys to listen to over the holidays. So I think that's a win win for everybody. But, you see the, 3 usual suspects here, myself, Mac, the homie EJ, AKA die Daimio? Daniel.
Mac:
Daniel. Yep. And then, of course, Jackie is in the building. Our man, Deontay, the giant may pop in, a little bit later in the show. Wow.
Mac:
But like I said, top 5 anime endings. I'm a play the intro, and then we can get into this evening.
Jacci:
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Mac:
The following is a presentation for the Bad Filling Podcast Network, reminding you to always question the answers. Yes. Yes, y'all. So, if you saw our episode last week, kinda know how it rolls. We'll, introduce the call.
Mac:
We're going with 5 and a honorable mention just to make it, just make a little bit spicy. And, we'll also talk about why we picked it and also give you some information on the band so you can go check them out, if it's something that you're into. So I always like to start with Jackie because Jackie is the one who really loves the music. So, do we wanna start off honor, or did you like doing the honorable mention right before we got to number 1?
Jacci:
I think I did like the
Jacci:
that we did the honorable mention right before
Daimyo:
Number 1. Yeah. I agree.
Mac:
I like that. That was
Daimyo:
awesome. It's because they're just like, oh,
Mac:
they haven't said that one yet. Right?
Jacci:
Yeah.
Mac:
Okay. So, miss Jackie, would you like to share with the people your number 5?
Jacci:
Okay. So
Mac:
First of all, you said that picking the endings was harder than the openings.
Jacci:
My.
Jacci:
This this was so hard. I thought the openings were hard. I don't think I realized how much I really enjoy endings to shows. Like, I thought I was a more opening type of person, but I think I'm more of an ending type of person. I had so many endings.
Jacci:
It quickly became a list of, like, 50 different endings that I brought down to 20. And then I was down to, like, what I would say is I had 10, but then on that list of where I would put them, I had doubles of things. I I don't know. It was hard. The other thing that was hard is, like, Inuyasha and Fullmetal Alchemist, both brotherhood and 2003, did not miss with their openings or endings.
Jacci:
So it was really hard for me to choose, like, just one. Like, I wouldn't have been surprised if I if I really wanted to, if I would have just done a 1 through 6 of freaking. No. But I didn't wanna do that, so I just picked 1. So that that's really, like, why it was so hard for me is and then you got Bleach and Naruto.
Jacci:
So yeah. I don't know. It was tough. Use so much. With that, what I did choose for my number 5 is gonna be Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, and the song is called Let It All Out by Miho Fukuhara.
Jacci:
This one was also tough for me to choose, but it's just a really great song that you can just belt out in your car, my personal feel, opinion. And it gets you in your feels, a lot because, kinda where it's the second ending but brotherhood really switched from, kinda here's kinda everything that's going on introducing the characters, some traumatic things, and it took, like, a really dark turn and started focusing on, like, the big picture of the story at this part Mhmm. Or at this point in the show. It covers episodes 15 to 26, and it's the 7th single for Miho Fukuhara. It released on September 19, 2009, and it reached number 10 on the Oricon chart.
Jacci:
So for anyone that doesn't remember what those are, there's you have your number billboard 100 in the United States. There's Japan has theirs also, but they also have something called the Oricon charts, which is their other way to look at, like, the hot, music that's happening. But the ending overview so, one thing I really like about this before you press play, Willie
Jacci:
Yeah. For
Jacci:
those that have seen Fullmetal Alchemist, it's been out for a while. If you haven't seen it by now, I'm sorry, but I'm gonna talk about some specific things. The as you watch it, the the ending starts, like, I talked about where it starts, like, where the show starts pretty getting pretty dark and stuff. The the song lyrics are also pretty, powerful because it talks about, like, just bottling all your emotions, just wanting to let it all out and reach, like, the thing that you're trying to reach for, which is a lot of, like, this show. But it it encompasses a lot of the characters as well.
Jacci:
The best part, though, about this song and what the anime did is there's 2 specific scenes that the anime as it was ending, it kinda did like a where it's like a a merge of the the actual episode happening. The song starts playing in the background. The first scene is when Ed, like, went into, like, where the doors are, and he found Alphonse's body. And he punched the door while saying to Alphonse that he was gonna come back for his body, and he, like, put his finger like, it's a really iconic, like, scene in the show where he puts his finger out and says, like, I'm gonna come back for you, but as soon as the door shuts, the song immediately starts playing. So, like, that's a, like, a really cool part of it.
Jacci:
And then the second episode is when, Winry is talking about how she, like, wants to shoot or kill someone, and Ed, like, tells her, like, hey. These your hands aren't meant to kill. They're meant to give life, and then the song immediately starts, starts when Winry starts crying. So it just gives you chills all the time with, like, the song and kind of its meaning, and I'll let, Willie play it a little bit. I love it.
Jacci:
I love the setting. Yeah. So Miho Fukuhara, she, she's a Japanese singer songwriter, actor. She made her debut in 2006. Her may her major first, her first major release, was when she made a did a Celine Dion tribute album singing because you love me.
Jacci:
And this but this is the only anime that she actually made a song for. And then she kinda skyrocketed once this kinda came out. Oh, this is my favorite part, so I just wanna turn it up. That's just
Jacci:
I don't know. How as all of you guys know, like, bones is the animation studio that made Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, and that was my hero academia, soul eater, Bongo Stray Dogs, Mob Psycho, all the things, but I really love this song. It's more of the slower version, but it's also, like, kinda upbeat and just has a really great chorus. So that's why it's my number 5.
Mac:
It's a it's a good tempo for an ending. You know? It it's there there's the meme that's out. Like, the opening is just so adrenaline filled. And then, like, the ending, they're just sitting in a field.
Mac:
The wind's blowing like rose petals across their face, and they're looking at the sky like, bro, the anime just ended. This dude was getting a shit pussy, you know? But, Yeah.
Jacci:
I was reading a lot of, like, Reddit stuff because I needed, like, I needed help from, like, the population because it's really hard to pick. This this was, I would say from a again, this is just from Reddit, so, this is from my own, like, what I've read.
Mac:
Mhmm.
Jacci:
Cha ching. A lot of people mentioned this one. And then just so people can go check it out, the other one is scandal. That one's more fun. So I'd say those were the 2 that I was struggling with when I was looking this up.
Mac:
Okay. Pretty solid. Pretty solid. EJ, what you got for, number 5? Oh, you are muted, sir.
Daimyo:
My number 5 is there we go. That's much better. I'm, like, all praising Jackie's pick, and I'm I'm muted. So, like Oh, were you talking to voice and everything. I'm over here, like,
Mac:
just listen.
Jacci:
Rookie move. I know, man. I'm showing, like, funky
Daimyo:
theater out here over to Hicks, and that wasn't good.
Mac:
I know it's me.
Daimyo:
Okay. So my number 5 is from Elfen lie lead or Elfen light. I don't I'm not really sure. It's Elfen light is the way it's spelled, but I've heard it pronounced both ways.
Jacci:
The
Daimyo:
song's Be Your Girl, and it's by Chiko Kawabe. But, so as we're bringing that up, the reason I I like this this music is because contrary to the entire sir or to the entire series when you're watching it, it's very, I don't know. It's there's very dark moments. There's very, bleak interactions between people that and, it's overall not a not a great feel good portion, but then the song is so upbeat, and you're just like and really when you listen to it, to me, it's it sounds weird, but there it it kinda sounds like some kind of, I'd say pop, like, maybe, early Christina Aguilera or early, Avril Lavigne kind of feel for the to music. And I was like, this so doesn't match anything that I'm watching right
Jacci:
now, especially as this endings or openings don't match, like, the anime.
Daimyo:
Yeah. But, I mean, the wording does. It's just the feel of the music. But, like, when you get into the wording of the actual song, which, she it's Chico or Chico Kawabe. She's a j pop singer, actress.
Daimyo:
Most notable is this is this, actual song, but she also did other songs that have been, you know, in the in different, anime presentations. I can't wait. Sakura's Kiss, and she did she has actually done voice acting for Sailor Moon. Oh. She's she's she's got a lot of experience out there, but the wording itself and the the the meaning behind it or the what she's saying is that, even though it's a happy and upbeat vibe, she's saying how she longs for the love that they can't have, and she knows that.
Daimyo:
But in in, like, when you're watching it, the character, Lucy, doesn't get to express those kind of emotions very well. And it's from the very beginning on through the series, you get you see a lot of the the life that she she's had and then the the the troubles she's seen trying to to break in into to get break away into freedom won't permit her to pursue this love that she feels for the main or, you know, the, character. So, I'll let you play it, but, to me, I I felt like it it it really does feel like a nineties pop song, but, the meaning behind the words is is is beautiful.
Jacci:
Oh, I do remember the sundae.
Daimyo:
It's really got that, like,
Jacci:
I don't know. Like, to me, it was, like, or Avril yeah.
Mac:
Avril Lavigne is the one I was
Jacci:
looking for.
Mac:
Yeah. I get it. I mean complicated. Yeah.
Daimyo:
It's all yeah. It's all Fabulous. It's like, you know, it's like, oh, these 2 are star crossed lovers are gonna be together, and then you're like, you didn't watch this series, did you? You didn't watch this at all because No. None of that is going on.
Jacci:
Yeah. This show is, I think, super underrated.
Daimyo:
Yeah. It's a it's a really good it's a short series, but it's very, well done. And I feel like the, emotions and everything that it conveys, it it it it's a great it's a great series, short series.
Mac:
Yeah. It's totally, like, early 2000, late nineties type.
Jacci:
Yeah. Like, you could just hear it on radio driving.
Jacci:
Face. Not, Paris Hilton, but her her freaking friend.
Mac:
Nicole Richie?
Jacci:
Did she do oh, I'm thinking of Ashley Simpson. I'm thinking of Jessica Simpson and Ashley.
Jacci:
That's the last thing. I think of
Jacci:
Jessica Simpson.
Daimyo:
Vibe, though. They're all that kinda, you know, nineties.
Jacci:
Of Ashley Simpson and Jessica Simpson.
Daimyo:
She wrote she sing when she sang it, she sang it in a way that it really does feel like some nineties pop girl, but she does have other songs, like like I said, that are, famous as ghosts as far as, other animes, but, and her roles with, Sailor Moon and stuff. So that was my number 5.
Mac:
Nice nice burn for the, the Ashley Simpson, lip syncing.
Jacci:
Do you
Jacci:
know where it's, there was a question I saw that someone asked where it's streaming.
Mac:
At. Yeah.
Jacci:
Yeah.
Mac:
Well, Mark asked, do you know where it's streaming at?
Daimyo:
I think it's on Crunchyroll. It
Jacci:
I don't know if it's on Crunchyroll because it's older. This on Crunchyroll.
Mac:
Or the show. Oh, Elfinlein.
Jacci:
Lied. I think because it's older. I've noticed a lot of the nineties animes. Unfortunately, you're gonna have to pirate it or you're gonna have to go on, like, some of those websites.
Mac:
Yeah. It says it's on Crunchyroll.
Jacci:
Oh.
Mac:
Crunchyroll and, Amazon Prime.
Daimyo:
Oh, wow. Prime had it? I'm kinda shocked at that. But, yeah, I I could've swore the first I've ever seen it was on Crunchyroll. So
Jacci:
wonder if they got it when they did the Funimation.
Daimyo:
I think so. When they yeah. Because I used to have Funimation, and then I think that's when I was watching part of it, and then I finished it when I'm on Crunchyroll. So
Jacci:
I am actually not seeing it on Crunchyroll. Do you think it's on Crunchyroll if you're like you're in a different country? You know how, like, Netflix does that?
Daimyo:
Because Europe has a different one. But if Prime has it, then you should be able to find it.
Jacci:
I would go on Prime.
Daimyo:
Yeah. Just you know, I'd hate you have to pay for it
Jacci:
to watch it. Crunchyroll? Who? Why didn't it pop up on mine? What the heck?
Jacci:
I don't know. They gave you
Mac:
the show betraying you, Jack. They gave you those sunglasses, but not all the shows.
Jacci:
I'm I am a super fan. Why is it not popping up? Wow. It's just Why
Jacci:
do they not popping up?
Mac:
And not the rest of the show. She won't even notice.
Jacci:
Am I spelling it
Jacci:
wrong? Ugh.
Mac:
You're a fan. I want to talk to Crunchyroll manager.
Jacci:
Dude. I pay you a 100 something dollars every year. Where's
Jacci:
why don't I have the show?
Mac:
Thanks. Thanks. Okay. So it has come to me. My number 5 Yes, sir.
Mac:
For this one. And they don't even know it because I I kinda they think I played them, but I didn't.
Jacci:
He tricked us. He tricked us.
Mac:
Super busy, and I didn't have time to do anything. So I this is the last minute. I just do this together last minute. But, number 5 comes from a a very good anime. It's the first ending of a anime called spy family.
Jacci:
Yes. I'm glad you picked that.
Mac:
You're you're expected me to pick that, were you?
Jacci:
I was hoping you would.
Daimyo:
I saw her saw her reaction. It was like a happy, but also like a
Mac:
It's such a good dog.
Jacci:
It is. The song
Mac:
is called comedy, and it is by, g or let me get it right. Gen Hoshimo. And, so the anime itself, kinda came on the scene late 2023, I believe, and, caught the world by storm. Kinda it wasn't like a demon slayer blow up, but it's one of these, kind of like a slice of life slash there is some kind of espionage spy stuff going on slash some comedy. So it's it's a great show.
Mac:
Don't wanna get too into it, but, it is it's a it's a fun time all around. I don't think anybody has anything too negative to say about it, but I'm trying to get this thing to show up full screen, and it's giving me problemos. I'm gonna break the shirts full screen before I bring it up. But, it is not your standard, like Jackie was saying, with with these endings. The beat's kind of a little bit slower.
Mac:
I'm getting a very heavy R and B vibe from it.
Jacci:
Jazzy.
Mac:
Jazzy, chill, laid back, all that good stuff with it. In the ending, animation by Wits Studio. Watching the show, you kinda see this. The daughter has been, kind of adopted by a spy who was the dad
Jacci:
and an assassin who's the mom.
Mac:
They're trying to like, they're a happy family while they undercover do the missions that they both commit. But throughout the charade, of course, they start to bond and and become what's real fam. They they they
Daimyo:
they they
Mac:
feel family. So, I just wanna let this ride till it kinda gets to the course. It's just it's so smooth. It's so smooth. I love it.
Daimyo:
Alright. Yeah. I like it a lot.
Jacci:
I love that animes lately have been, like, doing this more chill vibe with their yeah. Right here.
Mac:
Yep. But, apparently, Jin was also part of a band that was just instrumental only, so he wasn't even using the voice that you're hearing right now. But, the band broke up in 2015. He did a couple of solo albums on his own. This song actually won, the crunchy roll award for best ending sequence.
Mac:
So it's probably a combination of song and the animation. But, he has 1, 2, 3, 5 studio albums, that have all dropped. The latest one dropping in 2018. But peak position, number 4 on the Japan hot 100 and number 127 on Billboard Global 200. Certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, and then also platinum for crossing 100,000,000 streams, for just this one song.
Mac:
So hopefully, this puts him on the map. Love to hear him do a few more endings.
Daimyo:
Yeah.
Mac:
Does he have a opening type vibe to him? I don't think he does. I I love him doing endings, just chill stuff like this. I, you know, I I wanna listen to some of his albums. I can't understand any other words, but the vibe is there.
Mac:
So, number 59 is a comic little
Daimyo:
picture with that. That was like a great animated ending, and the music fit perfectly. You know? Builds that, I don't know, like, enjoyment of the characters.
Mac:
Yeah. It's like we said, it it just hits different when the song and the animation just vibe, and you're just like, bro, this this is a this could have been if they could have just animated the full video of this song,
Jacci:
I would have been in on it.
Mac:
But number 5, 3, comedy ending 1 of spy family. Alright, Jackie. Do 8. Do we have shots? Do we do we wanna get the shots out?
Daimyo:
We didn't do shots. That's right.
Jacci:
I know. Oh, I was prepared.
Mac:
Me too.
Jacci:
Oh, man. Eric was not. Why not?
Mac:
I'm so close. I'm I'm good because
Jacci:
Out here already.
Jacci:
I'm being nosy right now looking at your kitchen. I like those lights back there.
Daimyo:
Yeah. It's my dungeon. This is where I, where I lead the the art t the TTRPG from. So
Jacci:
Oh, nice.
Daimyo:
Fallen Stars, seen those dungeon lights back there a lot. Yes.
Mac:
Okay.
Daimyo:
This is what is it?
Jacci:
Oh, I don't know. I
Jacci:
don't know. I'm kinda being lame. I just poured my Truly in here because I forgot to grab the whole thing.
Jacci:
I'll help you.
Jacci:
Run downstairs really quick? Because I can.
Mac:
Nope. You'll be out
Jacci:
of the hole.
Mac:
No. It's all good. Okay. Alright. Cheers.
Jacci:
Cheers.
Mac:
Yay. That's what you're doing.
Jacci:
I don't
Daimyo:
know what flavor that is, but it's good.
Jacci:
Truly changed the way that they're making their stuff now. It's, like, less I think it said it's less
Mac:
Less alcohol.
Jacci:
Flavorful or something like that. No. Oh, whatever. I stopped buying Truly's because they tasted too, Sweet. So I don't know if this makes me sound like a snob, but I can tell the difference between concentrate and something that's, like, naturally squeezed or, like, better.
Jacci:
So when you put a lot of, like, concentrated juice and stuff, it just tastes like, you know, like that's the only way I could describe it. You're just like,
Mac:
I don't like that.
Jacci:
Oh, I get it.
Jacci:
I don't like that. Man, now they did stop through that, so this is okay. Alright. Number 4.
Jacci:
Number 4.
Jacci:
So we're gonna go down the, same, not genre, but music genre line that kinda Willie started now with, like, the chill
Jacci:
Yeah. Well, we
Jacci:
kind of. So my number 4, I'm gonna say, is jujutsu kaizen's number 4th ending, the second one in season 2. Alright? This covered episodes 15, till basically the end of season 2. And just if no one's ever watched Jujutsu Kaizen, please do.
Jacci:
There's 47 episodes, 2 seasons, 1 movie. Season 3 is coming out. You really gotta watch it. It's gonna break your heart. But the song is called more than words, by Hitsuji Bongaku, I think is how you say that.
Jacci:
Good. I love this song. This is so for Hitsuji Bongaku, this is their 6th single that they've put out. There wasn't a lot of information about this specific, band. I I really couldn't find a lot, but it came out September 27, 2023.
Jacci:
It didn't meet make any charts. I couldn't find a lot of information on the on the song.
Mac:
Oh, this is gonna
Jacci:
play out. This is it. But a cool thing about this ending is the art, the song, just how chill it is compared to the actual season to itself was just known as a Shibuya arc.
Mac:
Oh my god.
Jacci:
This is, like, completely different. You can turn up a little bit and turn down. I'll I'll talk a little bit more.
Mac:
Yes, ma'am. I always try to find the ones with, like, the English lyrics at the bottom so I could, like, oh, man. Lyric.
Jacci:
Oh, now you can see this. K. So this is the next part that I like a lot.
Mac:
Oh, Mark said he's watching, JJK now.
Jacci:
Oh, nice. Yeah. So it it's really great. So I really like this artist. I like this whole ending.
Jacci:
It it doesn't match, like I said, the the arc that it it's in during this part. But one thing that's interesting about this is, I I love it because it's showing them just walking around Shibuya, and they're just, like, taking pictures with a disposable camera. Some trivia about that though is the specific oh, yeah.
Mac:
I
Jacci:
love that part. But they're actually the specific camera they're using is called a Fujifilm quick snap simple ace disposable camera. And in the actual ending itself, there's 27 exposures just like the Fujifilm can only take 27 photos. So I thought that was cool that they did that. Oh.
Jacci:
The areas that they walk around are real places in Shibuya, Tokyo, but they just changed some of the names. I think that's just, like, copyright whatever. I guess that, in episode 43, there's very similar things to the ending, but they changed some of the scenes and had them doing different poses with the characters. I didn't really write everything down, because then I'd have to go to the episode and and I didn't do that. But, I like the ending a lot.
Jacci:
It's really like, the artist, I think, sings it really well and and the vibe and how chill it is. It's got that, like, more chill kind of vibe that a lot of animes have been doing lately with their endings. I listen to the song all the time, like, at least twice or 3 times a week. It's it's one of my favorites. Hitsu what I did find though about Hitsuji Bunkaku is it's a Japanese alternative rock band formed by 3 people.
Jacci:
Moeka, Shiotsuka, Yurika Kasai, and then Hero of Fukuda are their names. They're formed in 2011. They've released 43 albums,
Jacci:
and
Jacci:
a part of that with Jujutsu Kaisen was that one ending I talked to you about. That specific song is what raised their popularity the most. And then the only other anime that they've made an ending for was Oshinoko season 2. I think they're more of, like, an ending band as you can hear, like, what their sound is, which I really like. I've listened to, like, a lot of their other stuff.
Jacci:
Same as Willie. I don't know what they're saying. I have to, like, look at translation next to it, but they're really chill. They're, like, a whole vibe that you can just, like, really listen to. And the chorus does get a little bit more upbeat, but it's still it it's like an upbeat type of chill, if that makes sense.
Jacci:
Yeah. And then A positive
Mac:
chill vibe. Yeah.
Jacci:
You gotta love MAPPA. Shout out to those guys. They're the ones that animated this. This is also where, the animation's a little bit different too with this ending compared to the show because the show's more how do I explain? Like, a a very stark, colors and, like, HD quality, if you will.
Jacci:
Whereas, like, with this one, they make it more retro, a little bit washed out with the pastel colors. I like animation like that. I really I think it looks really nice and pretty visually appealing and appeasing appealing. And then when you put, like, a really nice song on the background with it, but just like you talked about Elfin Lied, this it did not match what was going on in the season 2 at all. So it's almost like a
Mac:
is crazy.
Jacci:
It's a nice break for people that were watching that that arc. They're like, oh, man. But you're, like, really upset because you're just like, this is sad because I really wish they could walk around Shibuya and have fun right now, but they can't.
Daimyo:
Yeah.
Jacci:
So I it's my number 4. I really like this band. Totally recommend checking them out, and I I really like the song. I've listened to the actual song. Their second chorus to the song, gives it a little bit more of a twist.
Jacci:
I like when Japanese, like, rock bands or or bands in general do that. Like, you'll see hear the opening, but then when you actually listen to the full song, the chorus or this not the chorus. The second, I don't know what you call that, rift or something in a song?
Mac:
A rift or something or or whatever. Yes.
Jacci:
Yeah. It it's different They had the first part. I think most anime openings, they do, like, the first part. They don't do always the second part. They'll do the first part, the first part of the chorus, that, like, bridge or ending that goes before the next chorus again.
Jacci:
They don't they skip, like, that second part all the time. But that one's it's cool. Like, the whole
Jacci:
song is, like, really good. I I don't know. I saw number 4.
Daimyo:
Good. Good pick.
Jacci:
And for who said something about watching j j k. I can't wait till you get into it. You're in for a ride.
Daimyo:
I, like, I think I sent you guys a a a just a video clip recently where they're showing all the places that are so popular in different animes, intros, and outros, like but they're showing the real one right next to it, or they'll, like, overlay the 2 so you could see. I thought I sent it to you guys, but I was impressed. Like like you're saying with that, they're showing real life locations, and I think they only have to remove things if it's like an ad or something that might be, you know, copyright or contracted. But a lot of times, they're showing very famous places that people go. And I think in a way, that's kinda neat compared to some of the older animes because it really it makes it relatable, you know, to to see if you're walking the street that one of your heroes, your favorite characters are on.
Daimyo:
You know? And that, you know, you could be even listening to that music when you're walking there, so it's kinda cool.
Jacci:
Yeah. Another another ending that does that it's not on my on my list at all, but, like, just for people to go watch it. It's fl cl's ending. It's, like, cartoon, like, for the first 10 seconds or 20 seconds, and then it actually goes to someone, like, in real life, like, riding a scooter around, like, the back streets in Japan, and it shows, like, notable, like, street signs and stuff like that. That it's a really cool ending.
Jacci:
I recommend watching that one too.
Mac:
Yeah. See it.
Daimyo:
Yeah. Check it out. Alright. Alright.
Mac:
What you got, EJ?
Daimyo:
Open a a little bottle here for myself, but I keep running this thing.
Mac:
It's the same one as
Jacci:
Yeah. It's like
Jacci:
Oh, yeah. I was wondering.
Jacci:
I was like, what's he chewing on?
Daimyo:
Okay. Alright. So my number 4 is from Claymore, Danza no Hana, which means guilty sky. Awesome. It's by Ryu Kosaka.
Daimyo:
It's their 3rd sing solo single. It's their 3rd solo single. It's a very powerful song. I picked it because I feel like it'd be, the vocals kind the vocals flow, but also the the symphonic, instruments in the back mixed with the rock rock and roll instruments or the metal instruments. It just kinda, like, ramps it up, and it it really brings that feel of, like, the, the motivation and the and, and the pursuit and the desperation to to to see it through.
Daimyo:
And I mean, that matches it matches the story so well. I mean, this is such a great female lead character that just, like, on every level, on every level. She's interesting.
Jacci:
God,
Jacci:
I love you. Great female.
Jacci:
She's an
Daimyo:
amazing warrior. And, yeah, I I love seeing, like, you know, like Willie mentioned, getting to see the lyrics because the when you listen to the song, it it fits the it fits the the whole vibe of the the show, but also to actually get to see what they're they're trying to say. It it it really this one this one had had feels for me. So I picked it just for one, the art in the whole series is beautiful. I mean, the story's great.
Daimyo:
Great hero, like I said. But also the the music and her her voice with this whole song was great.
Mac:
The bro, this I know, CJ is in the comments, like, you know, looking for he just finished, Agamem got killed. So first of all, congrats on that, and my condolences that you endured that pain.
Jacci:
Yeah.
Mac:
And and whatnot. If you need a moment before watching it
Jacci:
Welcome to
Jacci:
the club. Welcome to the club. Yeah.
Mac:
It's it's a rite of passage. You know, you gotta see it, like, goddamn it. But if you're looking for another anime to get into, Claymore is is is an amazing watch. I know that is on
Jacci:
Crunch and Roll.
Daimyo:
For I bought the box set. It's it was it's great.
Mac:
But, yeah, it's it's one of those things you were talking about the lyrics, Eric. Like, even without seeing it, you kinda get the vibe of what the song is about. So then when you start seeing the lyrics, you're just like, oh, this makes sense. This is kinda not word for word, the feeling. You know, like, the the aura, the feeling that the lyrics are displaying.
Mac:
You're just like it seems like a song where it's like, you know, trying to encourage and embolden somebody to push through a a hard battle or a hard time or something. And then you Yeah. Keep going. Keep striving. I do it.
Mac:
I fucking knew it. So, again, Claymore, an amazing amazing show, animation by Madhouse, of course. So, very, very well done. Great show. Great pick.
Mac:
Great pick.
Daimyo:
Thank you.
Jacci:
That
Daimyo:
The artist is actually a a a lyricist and and is known for a lot of techno and trance music as well. I tried to find more. There's she has so many tracks with different groups that go from I mean, in Europe, they're they're top ranking records as well, or albums. But, she's also she's also had experience with the platinum smile, which was featured on Kamen Rider, and, the next the next, which was a original soundtrack. And, she did do some, other one other or 2 other animes that but nothing that was, like, out there as much as the, Claymore.
Daimyo:
Claymore was really I mean, it's something that probably most anime fans know and would know her from. So
Mac:
The NordVPN. Oh, is is it not on is it not on, Crunchyroll?
Jacci:
Are you guys checking?
Jacci:
Do you
Mac:
not say it's on Crunchyroll, and you guys are just like, oh, he's fucking lying.
Jacci:
Elfin Lide or Claymore?
Mac:
Claymore.
Jacci:
Oh, I don't know.
Mac:
It's on my watch list.
Daimyo:
On Crunchyroll, but it's a script
Jacci:
I think you can add it
Jacci:
to your watch list. That doesn't mean it's necessarily, like, the video.
Mac:
I mean, like, I
Jacci:
Oh, it's on there. I I just searched it. It's there. The first thing
Daimyo:
that says there if you have a a paid subscription. So if you're just watching the the library, the free library, you're you're not gonna get it.
Mac:
There we have it. I don't wanna call nobody broke, but if you if no. If if there's a show we're talking about and it's on Crunchyroll Behind the Paywall, let me know. It's for solid people that that I know when we go back, I will let you have the the username and password. Feel free to, to fall in love with anime like I did.
Mac:
If you're new to this group and I've never met you in my life, you're not getting my username and password.
Daimyo:
Good luck. Good luck.
Jacci:
Try and
Mac:
get some pirate in
Jacci:
the lobby. It's sorry. Not sorry, but find someone else.
Mac:
I don't know. You could be like Jackie and be a super fan and get a person some shades and not have all the shows. So it's one of those.
Jacci:
I I
Jacci:
don't know. You got robbed.
Jacci:
And messed up. I don't know why it's not showing up. It's so much a bold
Jacci:
I don't know.
Daimyo:
Always. It's, Chris says that Elfenlight's not on there.
Jacci:
So
Mac:
I just showed you on the phone.
Jacci:
I know. It's it's it's
Jacci:
there, dude.
Daimyo:
It's just it's behind the paywall, like Willie said. Maybe I'm a super fan. So
Mac:
Extra super fan.
Daimyo:
Yeah. Dig deep. Dig deep.
Mac:
Super fan. A super big fan. Anyway, my number 4 is, the second ending of Attack on Titan called Great Escape by a group called Cinema Staff.
Jacci:
Ding ding ding.
Daimyo:
This is a
Mac:
removal from our chill laid back kinda thing. We, Eric kinda picked it back up with his, number 4. And, this is a straight hyped up ending. This probably could have been a opening for some anime, but, if you know attack on titan and you're looking at it and what is going on during the show, it rolls right into this ending and you're you're just as hype. Like, I gotta watch the next episode now.
Mac:
I gotta get back into the action.
Daimyo:
Yeah.
Mac:
So, I'll play
Jacci:
it, and,
Mac:
you could just see,
Jacci:
I think Mapper was doing it at the time because it's still early on in the show. You can see the animation.
Mac:
But, cinema staff, apparently, you're hearing it, and you're like, I can see them probably doing a few more anime. Right? I can see them doing a couple more anime theme songs. Apparently, they just done one more, and it was, like, the 4th opening to a Yu Gi Oh, opening one, like, Yu Gi Oh, r c, whatever breakaway or spin off that was. But I was like, they've done nothing else?
Jacci:
Absolutely nothing else. So
Jacci:
That's crazy.
Mac:
Right. Like, I'm here in the band, and I'm
Jacci:
just like, oh, they they totally must have done something else, but they didn't. But,
Mac:
great escape was the 4th single created by cinema staff and their 3rd major song. It was released in 2013 and reached the number one spot on the billboard to fan hot animation chart. Right? And then number 11 on that hot 100 chart. It's best remembered obviously for the ending of,
Jacci:
the second half of season 1 on attack
Mac:
of Titan. They performed the 5th ending for attack of Titan as
Jacci:
well, name of love as well. Like I said, the, opening for that UGO, show.
Mac:
But, it has they have 7 studio albums, and they have all charted, as high as 19, and the lowest that had been charted on there is 39. So pretty consistent band, when it comes to Japan. Obviously, they kinda got the not punk rock.
Daimyo:
Definitely like a a all star.
Mac:
Yeah. Yeah. Along those vibes. So, I would say the biggest thing for me is I'm I'm watching it. And if you watch attack on Titan, which is now complete, so you can feel free to binge and not have to wait years like everybody was doing for this thing to end.
Mac:
The ending kinda totally fits what's going on. The first few endings for attack on Titan are very upbeat, very high tempo and stuff because it's all about action killing titans and stuff. And then all of a sudden, you start seeing difference. Like, we talked about the openings last week. The endings kinda start reflecting that as well.
Mac:
So, number 4 for me, great escape, by cinema sins.
Jacci:
I'd say if boys like girls, the great escape.
Mac:
That's when you Google it, like, Google's just like, oh, you must mean no. No. You know why I'm here, Google. It's a Thursday. You know
Jacci:
Give me the Japanese Google.
Daimyo:
You hit the nail on the head, though, Willie, when you said how, you know, like, this one's up or the pace of this one makes you wanna watch more. I think it was like that hook in you because you're already watch you know, so much has developed, and you're getting attached to so much parts of the story line. And then to watch that ending and to hear the music, you're like, alright. One more. I could do one more.
Daimyo:
Yeah. Like, you
Mac:
just hold into the second opening of a tackle type, which is is epic, which is like, if we extended our top 5 to top 10 with a a honorable mention, may may have been mentioned. I don't know. But like I said, the first 3, 4 openings of attack on Titan goaded to me. They just can't they just all can't be in my top 5.
Jacci:
True.
Mac:
Can't do it.
Daimyo:
If that was only your top 5 then, if that it's like that's it.
Mac:
No. Because then people come at me. Oh, you're just a noob. You do like, bro, I have I have to show the palette. You know, I have to show the palette to people out here.
Daimyo:
You're a little creative.
Mac:
Alright. Jackie. Numero tres. What you got?
Jacci:
So since we're amping it up a bit, this next one I have is a little bit more fun. It's called by. In the way it's it's just one word. She is up there. So this is from this show called Shadow's House.
Jacci:
If you haven't seen it, I recommend seeing it. It's real it's a real it's like a gothic type century, anime. The, animation's really cool, and there's a lot of mystery behind it as well. You don't really know, like, what's going on in this anime, but it's the first ending, for it I actually this is one of those animes where I thought the opening was, like, booty and really slow, but then the ending was more upbeat and, like, more interesting, which is interesting.
Jacci:
Yeah.
Jacci:
It's different. But, there's 25 total episodes. Right? Oh, there's 2 seasons right now. 25 total episodes that came out in 2021, and it's ongoing right now.
Jacci:
Yeah. I like this the part.
Mac:
Billie Eilish. I'm getting Billie Eilish
Jacci:
Yeah.
Mac:
Off script.
Daimyo:
A very ASMR or whatever it is, that whisper feel, like
Jacci:
Kind of. Yeah. So she, this is her 6th single. It came out May 12, 2021 to reach number 9 on the Oricon charts, and it was also nominated for the best ending sequence at the 6th Crunchyroll anime awards. Visually and musically, this ending is just a masterpiece.
Jacci:
Like, it fits the anime, like, completely. It just has a really cool, like, haunting, eerie sound to it a little bit, but then it's also really great. I love the chorus. Yeah. It's just a bop.
Jacci:
Okay? Like, this song is just really great. The show itself is really, it's kinda like a slice of life in this mansion with shadows, and these shadows have dolls. That's all I'll kinda say and, like, let people, like, go into it if they want to. But, it's there's not, like, a lot of it's not scary.
Jacci:
There's not a lot of action or gore or anything like that. It's more like mystery gothic type kind of thing, and it's a really interesting show. I really like the ending too because it's it captures the essence of it in, like, a non spoiler manner. I'm all about that. I one thing I think attack on titan does a really bad job at is keep putting their openings and endings in a way that's not a spoiler.
Jacci:
Like, you if you wanna see an opening that's like opening 4, you, like, see things that, like you're like, wait. What? And you're, like, connecting the dots. So that's the only thing I think attack on titan like, you just have to be careful with watching their openings and endings. But for Rio now, she was born October in the nineties.
Jacci:
She's a Japanese singer. She actually started off as a act like, a huge cosplayer, and then she's an independent musician, made her debut in 2018. She started off, in Sword Art Online universe, really. She was the singing voice of the character Elsa Kanzaki in Sword Art Online, Gun Gale. Not everyone's favorite season, but that's where she started.
Jacci:
She but she initially became known in 2017 from a singing competition held by the music label SACRA Music. Again, she primarily stayed in Sword Art Online. She was doing a lot of music for the video games, then she did the opening for the, I haven't seen a lot of Sword Art Online anymore after the first season because Gun Gale was really boring, and I kinda dropped it. So I have to get back into it. But I think it's called Alacization War of Underworld part 2.
Jacci:
So she had the opening theme for that, and then, she ended up doing this ending for Shadows House, and she did such a good job. They wanted her to come back and do the opening for Shadows House 2. It's a very similar theme and sound. It it sounds amazing. I love it.
Jacci:
I like her sound specifically, but not really anything much on the awards piece. Just reached the Oricon charts, stayed there for a while, and then it was, nominated for one of the best ending sequences. A lot of people talk about this ending, and what I've done research wise is being one of the best endings of at least that time. Some people when I watch, like like, YouTube videos of top anime endings, this one's always in, like, the top 20 in a lot of people's videos. So I I love this ending.
Jacci:
It's fun. It it got that eerie type of tone. And and it's interesting that it's in the top 20, but a lot of people don't talk about Shadows House.
Daimyo:
How many how many sees or seasons or or whatever have they had so far?
Jacci:
Only 2. And season 2 just came out, like, it within the past year. So it's not it hasn't been out for, like, a while or anything. I don't know when season 3 will come out, but I heard the manga is, like, really good. But it it's slow.
Jacci:
The 1st season's interesting. I heard 2nd season's a little bit slower. Kinda is more of a slice of life type of thing with some things brought in. Someone said as you get longer or sorry. The more you read, it kinda picks up, but it's more of a slower paced mystery drama goth type of show.
Daimyo:
Okay.
Jacci:
That's on number 3.
Daimyo:
Yep. Sometimes it that coming off the norm is is a cool thing. Just like I mean, look at death note coming off the norm and the action packed portion and stuff when you sit back and you get that, you know, mental games going or that that intrigue pulling you in. Sometimes it's, you know, it's a good diversion from the, you know, fighting or the gore or you know?
Jacci:
Yeah. I I like slice of life. I I'm a,
Mac:
This is anime for everybody. If you like sports, there's sports anime. Exactly.
Jacci:
Life of
Mac:
life, romantic comedy, drama. Like, just because it's animated, people are just like, oh, it's Naruto. It's what, like, bro, there's
Daimyo:
so much.
Mac:
Like, legit, if you like k drama, I'm pretty sure there's an anime that relates to a k drama.
Daimyo:
It's almost exactly like that.
Jacci:
So Well, they're they just animated one called, it's from Webtoons. I I read a lot of it first before it became an anime. Oh my gosh. I'm blanking. But it's a Korean well, it's it's animated, I think, by Japanese.
Jacci:
Whatever. But it's based off of a k Korean, like, Webtoon is basically
Daimyo:
the story.
Jacci:
I mean, that's how solo leveling is. Solo leveling was based off of a manhwa, which is a Korean, like, book.
Jacci:
And then yeah. Their book is manga. Yeah.
Jacci:
And then it was, animated, but it's a Japanese animation studio and Japanese, voices, but the names are Korean.
Daimyo:
Yes. I've noticed that, though. Is is there not a huge, Korean animation movement? Because I know they do have their own or their own books and stuff. But, I mean, as far as the animated, like, movies and series and stuff, I I see, like, ideas or themes, but not like, not a lot of their own stuff being put out.
Daimyo:
Because I know China's been recently trying to I'd say not recently, but in the last 10
Mac:
years, it is
Daimyo:
yeah. They're throwing out a
Jacci:
bunch of stuff. China's story lines
Daimyo:
Yeah.
Jacci:
It depends on what they put out. A lot of it's very visual. Yeah. They're all about that. It's also very much like there's some type of love story involved that it's about maybe the woman is, like, the lead character, which usually it's about that and, like, men being in power.
Jacci:
It's just that dynamic is very consistent in a lot of their animations, which there's some that I like when you have a female character who's like like that that comes really strong and, like, whatever. Like, I like that, but there's only so many animes of that that I can watch until I need to watch something else. I think for Korea, they I don't think they're as involved in the animation industry. They're starting to be I think they're man there's a lot of manwas of theirs. Mhmm.
Jacci:
Yeah. But, again, like, a lot of their manwas, I think solo leveling is really the only big notable one that has come out that's not romance focused or drama focused. A lot of
Daimyo:
I see.
Jacci:
A lot
Jacci:
of people talk about k dramas because there's always some type of romance female male dynamic, like Mhmm. Overdramatized. The the dude's popular. Whatever the hell. The chick's not popular.
Jacci:
She's ugly or something like that. Seemed ugly by other people. I don't know. It's that dynamic there is, like, very consistent in that country. So when
Jacci:
they 50 different trying to make of
Jacci:
They they excel in k dramas. If you ever watched a live action k drama, it's actually very, like I like them. They're very over dramatic, though. I like them, but, again, there's only so many I I I think there's specialties that and man was more so than, like, making animes. I don't even know if they would call it anime if they made it in their country.
Jacci:
I don't know if they would call it something different.
Mac:
Mhmm. Mhmm.
Jacci:
I don't know.
Jacci:
Alright. That was a lot. But curious.
Daimyo:
Yeah. I was just curious because well, no, I appreciate the information because I've I've I've been, you know, looking at some of the Chinese stuff, and I'm just like it's like you said, a lot of action. I don't really follow the story. So it's kinda like a
Jacci:
The browns are on right now?
Mac:
So that's not heights.
Jacci:
I didn't know that.
Jacci:
Uh-oh. Oh my god.
Jacci:
Completely forgot to check my team.
Jacci:
I didn't check anything.
Mac:
They're playing the Steelers.
Daimyo:
You guys
Jacci:
I know. This is a big game.
Mac:
Stop it, Jackie. Big game for me. You play off of playoff hold hold the line.
Jacci:
I didn't check my
Jacci:
I
Jacci:
didn't check my team. Keep talking. I gotta I gotta
Mac:
talk to him. About fantasy. You have brown players on your fantasy team?
Jacci:
I put Tillman on there because Tillman would rack up a lot of points. He's the big best wide receiver on our team right now.
Mac:
He's the best wide receiver available, though? Well, I digress.
Daimyo:
Don't make me cry.
Mac:
Eric, number 3.
Daimyo:
Alright. My number 3. Well, Jackie's trying to, fix that. Okay. This number 3, I have to say, it's just for music purposes.
Daimyo:
Okay? And I I I mean that with all due respect. Okay? My number 3 is from Ghost in the Shell stand alone complex 2045. Alright.
Daimyo:
Before any bullets are fired or shots are fired here, I know it's one of the CGI cel shaded kinda deals, and it popped up on Netflix. I was not feeling that, but the music came on, and I was actually impressed. And I've been a Ghost in the Shell fan since the original Ghost in the Shell. So stand alone complex is hit or miss with me. It really is.
Daimyo:
I feel like it tried to carry it on and then kind of tried to carry the feel on, but then they kinda went backwards a little bit in in the characters. I feel like trying to bring in a or make it seem a little bit younger or new. But as we discussed a few minutes ago, the whole ASMR kinda, like, whisper soft song, This has that feel, and it really caught my attention. And it could be because it's newer, you know, but, it's, by Millie, and the song is Sustain Plus Plus. It's by Millie.
Daimyo:
It's a Japanese indie group. They were found in 2012. It's got a bunch of individuals in it. I'm not gonna butcher all their names, but they cover a lot of electronic classical kind of music or contemporary classical. But when you listen to this, I feel like it's it's got the kind of like, I don't know, if the whisper makes you pay attention more or if it just makes a feel for it.
Daimyo:
It's the
Mac:
it's the whispering and, like, the build up The
Jacci:
high pitched kind of too.
Mac:
It's the build up to the the crescendo, the chorus. You know? It's just Yeah. You're like, you're leading me somewhere, and then when the chorus and the crescendo hits, you're like, there it is.
Daimyo:
Yeah. Yeah. It kinda feels like, you know, they're drawing you in, and then they then they then they pitch it, which, like I said, some of the art is beautiful, but when you actually watch the series, it's very it's that feel I'm not a huge fan of. Like, with Berserk, they did it too where it's that that cell shaded almost CGI. And some of the action just kinda falls to where it feels too choppy.
Daimyo:
But, the music, I enjoyed. I thought that they did a good job kinda conveying modern music that pulls you to to be interested. It's just I felt the the series fell a little short, but their music, in general for Millie, there's not a whole lot describing each individual or what they do, but they they do a lot of music for in Japanese, English, Chinese, and French, so they've they've diverse through musical production. Notable works, if you've ever played the game Portal, they did the the music's still alive for that.
Mac:
Oh, they did them? Yes. Still alive? Okay.
Jacci:
Interesting.
Daimyo:
And sweet death, which is on the end of Evangelion, Evangelion, was also their music and rightfully, which is a opening for Goblin Slayer. So they've done a lot that you've probably heard, but they're not they're not forefront as as, you know, getting the awards or recognition probably because they are so diverse as far as playing in other countries and other languages. They their their genres are very spread out, but I felt like they they hit the mark with this one, bringing a a feeling of, mystery, but also that drawing that that want to pull you in. So I I picked that because and and it's kinda like along the lines like, like you mentioned earlier, that whole, Billie Eilish kind of whisper and build and then, you know, actual lyrically lyrically builds. So that was my number 3.
What'd they say? I don't I can't see the comments.
Jacci:
Oh god.
Mac:
This one here? Oh, this one. Obviously. Damn. Did you see that
Jacci:
how important it was? Will as long as the fans
Daimyo:
can't figure now like that.
Jacci:
For some
Jacci:
reason, it's important.
Mac:
But Goblin Slayer is is pretty solid. I know the second season, I think it just wrapped up, but it is a very, very dark, very gruesome, gory. Yeah. So it it's yeah, Chris. You'll you'll Yeah.
Yeah. Jackson doing hey, bro. I'm a Panthers fan, bro. We're we're all in the we're all struggling together, guys. It's fine.
Jacci:
Yeah. I need a running back.
Mac:
We'll look forward to the, we'll look forward to the draft.
Jacci:
Yeah. He's on my bench. I messed up. I messed up. I've been so busy with work.
Jacci:
I completely forgot to check my team.
Mac:
You gotta put the notifications on the phone.
Jacci:
You're right.
Jacci:
Yep. It's so cool. Alright. Done.
Mac:
Number 3 for me is, a little song called, Shoe Can Sentimental, and it is by the band Scandal. And Jackie kinda mentioned it as one of her her one in one a, one b when it comes to Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood endings. This is her one b, I would assume. But, pretty solid. Again, very upbeat ending.
Mac:
I I like that because I love it if the opening is lit and then the episode is lit and then there's some action going on that goes to the credit and it's lit. I'm just like, keep this fucking party going. You know? I don't want no I don't want no no downer. No.
Mac:
Don't give me no violins playing and they're just walking, thinking about what they did, contemplating. Get right back to it is is what I'm about. So, this is the video. The best part is when they get to the chorus, and that's cool. Anyway
Jacci:
Yeah. It's good.
Mac:
She's like, yeah. It's good. It's totally good. Trust him. He's not lying to you.
Mac:
But, this song is the 5th major single, the 8th row raw by the Japanese pop pop band scandal. I don't
Jacci:
track the using the 4th ending game, the criminal aspect of the Brotherhood, which is what
Mac:
you're able to do right now.
Jacci:
Reached number 7 on the Oricon weekly chart. It's charted for 13 week, selling 32,000 copies. Certified platinum by the RIA of the record,
Mac:
the December, with the band.
Jacci:
There was over 250,000 digital copies
Mac:
in January. The band is
Jacci:
a all female Japanese rock band formed in o six by 4 high school girls. They played live stream performances until they were noticed and signed to the indie rock label, Kenny Records.
Mac:
They also performed opening themes for Bleach, Shoho s, and, Awakazi. The band released 11 albums
Jacci:
but the most current one, Luminess, being released this year.
Mac:
Oh. Still out there. Still doing it
Jacci:
from 2,006 up to my 18 years
Mac:
of rocking out, making these amazing songs. And, by far my favorite, ending in Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. That's Energy going.
Jacci:
Fun one.
Mac:
Like like, you were you were on par, Jackie. Like, 1 a, 1 b. This was my one a. So when I saw when you picked what you picked, I was like, oh, man. It's pieces to the puzzle here Yes.
Jacci:
Over on
Mac:
eat the cake anime. Pieces to the puzzle.
Jacci:
How it just
Mac:
fits together. I like
Jacci:
For 1, for the people, buy 1, all for 1, one for all.
Mac:
Where's that from?
Jacci:
An alchemist.
Mac:
I'm playing, Jackie. Calm down. Jeez. What? The judge gets to stare.
Mac:
Oh my god. You just played the fucking song, Willie Brown.
Jacci:
I was like, what are you going right here? Are you serious?
Jacci:
Whoever CJ loves horror is needs to, like, get put a time out and sit there for 10 minutes.
Mac:
At least he knows this part of, Fullmetal Alchemist. By the way, before you talk, Eric, you've been muted. Or you are muted. So I don't know if you knew that. Because I know last time you were trying to talk and add stuff
Jacci:
to it.
Daimyo:
So My comments were like
Mac:
I'm just like, is Erica okay? He's just practicing for his turn. Look at us. We're a hour in, and we're at number 2. Look at us.
Mac:
We're we're way better than we were first. Professionals.
Jacci:
Yeah. We we know what to do now.
Mac:
We do this. We do this for a living.
Daimyo:
This is what we do.
Jacci:
Our job.
Jacci:
This is
Daimyo:
what heroes do.
Mac:
This is our job.
Jacci:
We're here for the
Daimyo:
job. People. If only it was a real job.
Mac:
Like, one day.
Jacci:
Oh, that'd
Jacci:
be easy. I wish this is my job.
Mac:
Jackie, are we at number 2 already?
Jacci:
Alright. Number 2.
Jacci:
Oh. Oh,
Mac:
okay. What you got for
Jacci:
us? Alright. Number 2 comes from an anime known as. Is probably one of the most famously known animes that have one of the best freaking endings. And for anyone that, like, watched this when they were a child or even a teenager or, like, a young adult, This is what they fell asleep to or woke up to randomly at 3 o'clock in the morning.
Jacci:
Not this specific song, which is in general, any of these openings. This is what they saw. This was very hard for me because I like so many of the endings. I will say Inuyasha final acts did not even, like, compare. They kinda screwed up on all the endings for this.
Jacci:
Yep. So Willie's got it.
Mac:
But that's it.
Jacci:
It's called, this is opening 4 out of 8. This covers episodes 61 to 85 in season 3. If Anyone hasn't seen Inuyasha yet, it's it's an oldie but goodie. 167 episodes that, aired from 2000 to 2004, and this specific song is called Every Heart by Boa. Boa is one of the best
Mac:
female artists. Isn't she?
Jacci:
She is k pop.
Mac:
Oh, she was the OG.
Jacci:
She's considered the queen of k pop, and I didn't give her that title. That is what I found
Jacci:
on the Internet.
Mac:
The way you said it, like, you believe me.
Jacci:
I 100% believe it. So she's up there with, like, Ayumi Hamasaki, who is a Japanese, pop singer who's she's considered, like, the queen of j pop. And, also, you have Utada Hikaru who's also at that top. I'd say the 3 of them kinda, like, reigned the charts as artists. So this is her 5th single.
Jacci:
It was also released the same day as her album called Listen to My Heart. She sold over 84,000 of her albums in general in Japan, and she reached number 10 on Oricon Singles Chart. I'm just gonna take a minute for this course.
Mac:
Just imagine that making up my bullshit. I left the TV on. This is blasting, bro.
Jacci:
So I I picked this there I mean, there's another one. Right? Everyone talks about the second ending the most. And that's with Soshomaru and his hair blowing in the wind and, like, all this stuff. There's a lot of reasons why I did not pick the first two endings.
Jacci:
And the first reason why is when I watched the first ending, there's a Sango and that she's the chick with the her eye coats that's on her back right there. That's just her weapon for demons. And the guys, people I don't know. I had no idea who this bitch was, and she was in the first ending in season 1. And I'm like, I was just getting her confused with the main character who's Kagome.
Jacci:
And I'm like, they don't look alike, though. So does she change? And so when it came to the visual stuff that I will say the first ending song is that is it's a bop. Alright? You gotta listen to it.
Jacci:
It's my dream. I was trying to stay focused on this ending, though. But I didn't pick the second one, which is with Soshomaru's hair blowing in the wind because I didn't know that was his brother. The first time I saw the ending, I thought it was a woman. So I also had picked the second ending because when I was younger and I first watched it and experienced it, I was very confused who these characters were and, like, the visual aspect of it.
Jacci:
So I picked this one because this is also the part in the show where it gets more involved with the character's relationship, and there's a little bit more romance elements into it, and then you see a lot of them. I like the scene too because at nighttime when that would play, that's, like, at night, they're on the bike, and just the song in general just has, like, nighttime vibes. A lot of their endings are like that, which is why I think a lot of people have a lot of nostalgia. When they talk about Inuyasha, because it'd be 3 o'clock in the morning, this would be the vibe that they're listening to or the soundtrack that they would go to bed to. Boa, specifically, though, with this ending oh, sorry.
Jacci:
Wait. I think I already said everything that I wanted to say with the ending overview. Oh, yeah. I did. Okay.
Jacci:
Now let's talk about Boa. So, yes, as Willie said, she is a k pop singer. She is known or was often called the queen of k pop at the time. Her real name is Kwon BoA, and then she decided to go with BoA as her, stage name, if you will. She made her debut in 2000, and since then, she's released 20 studio albums, 10 of them being in Korean, 9 in Japanese, and one specifically in English.
Jacci:
When she released her one in English, she was the 1st k pop star to actually breakthrough. Oh, sorry. I'm getting ahead of myself. Before she released the one in English and when she was going doing all this music, she actually became the 1st k pop star to break through in Japan, following the fall of the barriers that had restricted the import and export of entertainment between the countries since the end of World War 2. So there's a lot of, like there's no trading and, like, there wasn't a lot of, like, what we see now with, like, all the k pop and j pop and even, like, with the animation and all that.
Jacci:
That that wasn't a thing at the time in in 2000. There was still, like, no. We're separate. There's a lot of, conflict between the two countries. So she became the 1st k pop female star to actually now start breaking those barriers down and then, like, gaining populating in Japan and and the most notably because of Inuyasha, she was making those endings for that.
Jacci:
She she also her self titled English album
Mac:
Nice.
Jacci:
Do they even have music up there?
Mac:
They don't. It's all it's all, like, military fucking Okay. It's just propaganda stuff. Horn. It's horns.
Mac:
Yeah.
Jacci:
It it's just the the the wake up and the go
Jacci:
to sleep.
Daimyo:
Like that.
Mac:
Okay. Kim Jong Un's face just everywhere in the city. Just, can't get away from this guy.
Jacci:
What did you know the house?
Jacci:
Have to
Jacci:
have it in
Daimyo:
their house, in their living room. I'm like
Jacci:
Yeah. They mandatory like, they have to watch that. Isn't that wild? That that's wild to me. Communism.
Jacci:
Anyways,
Jacci:
so,
Jacci:
her self titled English album was the first record by a k pop artist to appear on the Billboard 200, the worldwide one or the global. Sorry. And it debuted at a 127. She is only one of only 3 other female artists with 6 consecutive number 1 studio albums on the Oricon albums. Can you guess who the other 2 are?
Mac:
No. Yes.
Jacci:
Hayao Hamazaki and Utada Hikaru Hikaru Utada. Sorry. If you don't know who she is, for people in the room, she made a lot of the she made the music for Kingdom Hearts, if you ever, played that video game. One of my most favorites. She also did, one of the openings for, shit.
Jacci:
What is that anime where the kid gets he's initially a sphere, his soul is, and he gets put in the wolf, and then he becomes the kid, and then he starts absorbing all these other people that are dying in his life. My to your eternity. I got it. Sorry. They are my 3 favorites, though.
Jacci:
When I was a kid and I started watching Inuyasha, I started searching their names on YouTube and that I started listening to all of their songs. Right. So not just the anime openings or endings. Like, I was, like, going in their albums. I listened to her English album.
Jacci:
Like, they were my top three favorite of like, that I listened to constantly, and they, I would say, paved the way for me to start listening to just regular artists and not just I'm sorry. I say regular artists. Not anime focused artists for anime openings or shows. I started listening to actual albums and the artist itself and the music they're making that had nothing to do with the anime. Other anime is an opening she's done.
Jacci:
It's just not a lot. Fairy tale was the only notable one. There's, like, some shows that I haven't really heard of, but fairy tale is the only other one. So really she's just really known for this one song on Inuyasha. She's got a lot of other great songs, so she's a really great, singer.
Jacci:
And then Studio Sunrise is the animation studio that made this. So you got Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw, Star, Gundam, Cyborg, Double 9, all of those old time, like, animes that if you haven't watched any, I should recommend it. It is frustrating sometimes because when they animated it compared to the manga, they definitely wanted to dramatize and do the love triangle thing. I heard in the manga, it's not focused on that so much. It's actually a lot better, and and you you like the main character a lot more.
Jacci:
She's not as whiny, but there's still elements to it because she's a freaking teenager. Anyway, Inuyasha has 8 total. The right the first season has 8 total endings. I picked this one as my number 2 because I just I really liked it. I liked the visuals of it and what it gave me, but they I had 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 of them that I just couldn't decide between.
Jacci:
So, like, if you have a chance to go watch their endings, it's just
Jacci:
they're all, like, so really good.
Jacci:
There's only one that I really didn't like, but all of them I just
Jacci:
hey, Jen.
Mac:
What's up, Jen?
Jacci:
Yeah. The one that everyone likes and is obsessed with all the time is called Fuki or Fukai Mori by Dua's Infinity. Dua's Infinity is an amazing band. They do an acoustic version of it, so I'd like, please watch that acoustic version. I actually like that one better than the actual ending version that they show on any y'all show that everyone's obsessed with.
Jacci:
Or everyone always says, like, it's 3 o'clock in the morning. What are you doing? And then they show that video.
Daimyo:
Well, I mean, it's such an impactful series. It's been I
Mac:
mean, that's probably a lot
Daimyo:
of people's gateway into anime, especially
Jacci:
for anime. I read it a thing on Reddit. I and I saved I saved this because I wanted to tell you guys this because I I actually really relate to this. This guy commented this, so so I do not take credit for it, but I thought I felt like I'm the one that put this here. He said, Dragon Ball z got me into anime.
Jacci:
Sailor Moon got me interested in anime. Yu Yu Hakusho made me love anime. Case Closed kept my interest in anime. Inuyasha made me love anime endings, and Naruto and Bleach made me love anime openings. And I I really agree with a lot of what this dude said besides the case well, actually, no.
Jacci:
That's not a I I actually agree with case closed because when I was a kid, I was really watching that a lot. I thought it was super super interesting. I just don't know why there's 2,000 freaking episodes. Like, I I what are you gonna find out who fucking made you small? Like, figure it out.
Jacci:
Why why is it taking us 2,000 episodes?
Daimyo:
2,000.
Jacci:
That one, I don't understand. One piece is the only one that makes sense to me for a 1,000, but, like, why are we there's only so many detective fucking stories and shit that you can do until you figure out
Jacci:
who we can do.
Daimyo:
Mind seeing how many shows have so many episodes. Like, Pokemon just, took the top marks, I think, recently because they have, like, their recent release. It's like they're in, like, 5000 or something. That's never
Mac:
It's a cash god.
Daimyo:
Always a new Pokemon. But, yeah. No. I I agree.
Mac:
People trying to create new Pokemon. They're probably just in a fucking closet somewhere. Like, until you create another 150, you're not eating. And they're just fucking, I don't fucking know anymore. We need another game.
Mac:
Make a 150 more. I don't fucking know. I don't know.
Daimyo:
We run out of animals, man. We can't just keep chopping this shit up.
Jacci:
Oh, yeah.
Jacci:
It's crazy.
Jacci:
That was my number 2. It was probably was making me take the longest because I couldn't decide, but I had to pick Boa only because, Ayumi Hamasaki did also do an ending for called dearest. That one's just a lot slower. Every heart to me was more fun. It had a little bit more beat to it while also had sad, but then the chorus is just great.
Jacci:
Nice.
Daimyo:
Cool. Cool. Cool. Cool.
Mac:
Alright, Eric. Number 2
Jacci:
for you.
Daimyo:
My number 2 is death note.
Jacci:
Nice. Illumina. This.
Daimyo:
Illumina by nightmare. I feel like it's it's, like, the perfect fitting to the to for the ending music, and, it really left, like and and you're when you're watching the series, I feel like, one, you're already wrapped up in so much, but this is the point where I remember everyone turning around and looking at each other, everyone who's ever watched it, like, you know, throwing out your theories or, oh, man, light messed up or, oh, Elle's got this or whatever, and you're just but the music triggers that for me, that whole, I don't know, like a debrief or or, campfire related kinda like, oh, let's theorize and talk about because I mean and I feel like the music supported that. It it actually made when I hear it now, it even makes me think of, like, you know, like, start contemplating things. It's like a thinkers, but it it just fit. I I like the energy and everything about it.
Daimyo:
And the, outro the animation of the outro is isn't it is, like, pulling together so many aspects of it of the show that you love that flow with the music. And I like the the drawback of color and the focus. Like, we're seeing it right now, how the they draw your eye with the color, and I felt like it was amazingly done. So once again, Death Note making my my lists. It it just always has been, always will be one of my top favorites.
Daimyo:
So
Mac:
I think the thing with Death Note is, like, when you watch the show, it's a lot of like we said, it's a lot of mental, you know, jujitsu that that people are doing. Right? You got Mhmm. Light against l and and all that. Then you see the the outro.
Mac:
People are like, why is the outro and the intro so energetic and the show is so Yeah. Mental. Right? And I think it's more because they're trying to capture how drastic and how impactful these decisions are. Like, this dude is about like, he has the power to kill anybody in the world and the decisions that he's making and the morality.
Mac:
Like, his eyes are red, so you can kinda tell, like, there's some devious no matter what he's saying in the show, like, I'm here to just clean the world, get rid of bad guys. Like, you could tell it's starting to take him over.
Daimyo:
Yeah. The god complex is coming. Yeah.
Mac:
So he's just walking around like nobody can touch me. This like you said, the god complex. That's why the intros and the outros are so, like, ramped up because
Daimyo:
Yeah.
Mac:
It's like, man. It's it's like a game of chess, but l is trying to save the world, and Mike is trying to take l out so he can control the world. So that's that's the epic battle that's going on. So you ramp it up with the music and stuff. So, I I I real death note is is it's up there for me.
Mac:
Like you said, one of the the better, anime adaptations of a story that's out there.
Jacci:
Yeah. I love I think Nightmare is a really good band in general. Exactly. They're always a good listen. They just, like they don't overdo it on the I don't wanna say overdo it, but, like, they don't over that's the only word I can think of.
Jacci:
Like, they don't overdo it on, like, the the rock or the screamo or, like, the overly, like, metal tones. It's just a very, like if you could call it it's not like because there's a difference between chill rock, and then there's just, like, this is that like you bang your head, but you're just, like, sitting there, like, just closing your eyes, just listening to the song and just, like, feeling like that like you said, the energy and, like, what they're trying to say. I nightmare is awesome. I love nightmare.
Daimyo:
They I didn't know they were around for so long. I mean, they've been around since 2000, and I, it's just it they're like you said, they're just your your very well rounded 5 person rock group that just puts out music that has has good feels to it. But like you said, it's not over the top one way or the other. It's not too bland, and it's not too, like, screaming vocals. It's enough of both or enough to keep you drawn in and getting getting that feel that they want you to have, and they're good at they're good at conveying that.
Jacci:
Yeah.
Mac:
They're real good with understanding the the assignment. Like, I don't know if they come to them like, hey. Here's what we're kinda looking for. And they're like, alright. Let's dial this part down.
Mac:
Let's dial the the drugs back our leaders or whatever. But, it's never like the instruments are are are overpowering the lead the lead vocalist voice at any time.
Okay. Number 2 for me is, not sure if I'm saying it right, but or however you say it. It is the ending for the anime. Chris, if you're listening and still looking for recommendations, Kabinari and the Iron Fortress. Oh.
Mac:
It is Sunbite. None other than probably probably number 2 for me when it comes to solo female vocalists out here, none other than, Amir, who has sung countless other openings and endings for some of your favorite anime.
Jacci:
Yes.
Mac:
But it is Amir featuring Shelley from the band, Egoist. And I want to bring this up and play it. The reason why I like it, you know, we've we've talked about this show, we've talked about this anime on the show before. It's beautiful. But it is a the animation by by none other than Wit Studios.
Mac:
Right? The anime is very dark, very dreary, very depressing, and then you get the mood switch right out. I'm not the biggest fan of mood punches, but it is the the words or I don't know what she's singing, but it's the vibe. You see the, you see the the flashbacks of the main characters of a of a better time where they're just enjoying life out and about before everything became so gery. And the thing with the mayor is he has that, bro.
Mac:
You you know the fucking chorus is about to come in, and it's it's euphoric.
Daimyo:
It feels hopeful. It really does. It brings that
Mac:
And and like you said, it's the the animation, I love it because it it's a it feels. Right? It's not like motion. The artist are taking their time presenting these these skills, and, you know, the music is just moving you. But it is just a total opposite from the the opening and the the content you just watch in each episode, then the ending comes, and it kinda gives you that time to just breathe and kinda just get yourself together.
Mac:
And then, like I said, it just shows you because in the show, they don't show you life prior to the zombies or the, the the the, or whatever they call them. Right? So you see this little glimpse of, like, man, shit was cool back then. And you see these kids go from doing kids stuff to now having to be soldiers and warriors to try to protect people. So it's always good to get that that contrast.
Mac:
Like, when the show just starts and it's just like, war is here. Like, you're fighting for your life, and you see, like, this is why they're fighting so hard to get back to this life. You know? Yeah. But, I mean, I could talk about Amir, I just wanna give something.
Mac:
So, the song 9 I'm gonna just call it 9 line because that's how it's spelled. It's the 9th single by Amir was released in May of 2016. Peaking on the, Oracon singles charts at number 9, obviously used as the ending for, the Kabanari and Iron Fortress. Her name, she gets it from who the she debuted in 2011. She gets it from the French verb, which means to love.
Mac:
And when she writes for other artists because she she's a I don't wanna say a ghostwriter, but a lot of people come to her to help with lyrics for their songs. She goes by the name, Amir Rhythm, for lyrics credits. Release 9 studio albums that have all peaked between number 2 and number 11. The lowest album peaked at 11. The highest is at 2 on Japan's billboard charts.
Mac:
Sung openings, like I said, openings, endings for multiple anime, including demon slayer. She sang the opening for me and Jackie talked about it for the entertainment district art lit. Right? She sung openings and endings for fate. She had the one ending for chainsaw man when we were talking about chainsaw man.
Mac:
We we went through all their closings and openings. I think opening number 2 or maybe 3 for fire force, spark again, and then she has several openings for bleach. So it's just she's one of the mainstays out there when it comes like, there's a website. I'll post the link. It's just, like, you type what anime songs has Amir sing, and then there's a link, like, go here, and it's a list.
Mac:
Like, 40 songs. I'm just like, Jesus.
Daimyo:
So many popular ones too. It's like, damn.
Jacci:
She's really up there.
Mac:
Do work, queen. But, yeah, I I I love her voice like like we talked about in openings and stuff. So, anytime, like, I was telling Jackie in the chat, like, bro, this could have been a list of 5 Amir songs, a list of 5 of these songs. You know, like, I coulda easily done it.
Jacci:
I might could have been a list of, like, 5 Ayumi Hamasaki, 5 fucking Talk about it. Like, Asian kung fu generation. Like, I it could've been real easy for me.
Mac:
And I I could've put them on there and not bat it at eye and not care good.
Daimyo:
It still would've been a great list. Yeah.
Mac:
That's what I'm saying. But I'm trying like I said, the palette. I'm trying to Yeah.
Daimyo:
The palette. The diversity. We're trying to share different avenues.
Mac:
I'm doing this for the people.
Daimyo:
Yeah. More than one way to get there.
Mac:
Let's go listen to Lisa. Although you should. Oh. There's other bands and other artists out there you should give it
Jacci:
to me. For 1 for the people.
Mac:
Yeah.
Jacci:
That is not from anywhere. I made that up.
Jacci:
Oh, we're
Daimyo:
gonna quote you. We're gonna put that in a
Mac:
We're gonna put it on a shirt.
Jacci:
All for 1 and one for all. That New merch
Mac:
new merch is on the way.
Jacci:
New merch
Daimyo:
is on the way.
Jacci:
Together for 1, for the people, by the people simultaneously at the same time.
I was looking, and you just sent me did you send me 6 songs? You didn't give me a honorable mention, my boy.
Daimyo:
I got my honorable mention. I didn't put it on
Jacci:
my matter. It's a secret. It's a secret.
Mac:
Oh, if his honorable villain is one of my last two songs, oh, I'm a be so sick.
Jacci:
Now I'm
Mac:
a have to go off the top, which I'm a just I'm a default to a Lisa song off rip.
Jacci:
So That's fun.
Jacci:
Alright. I'm back with my Yeah.
Daimyo:
A different bottle that I don't have
Mac:
I'm hoping
Daimyo:
I can open this one.
Mac:
So there we go. A rump shotter?
Jacci:
With all the little, like, roadies.
Daimyo:
It is. How'd you know that? Dang.
Jacci:
I'm probably an alcoholic.
Daimyo:
Yeah. That that is the sign Willie needs vacation.
Jacci:
Willie needs a
Daimyo:
vacation, bro.
Mac:
It's like Just like Viz ID, like, aircraft and stuff where you look at the tails, you're like, oh, but then I see Shooter Puddles, but like it's
Daimyo:
a vis recky right there. Some vis recky on my rumchata up in here.
Mac:
Is that a gold and white colored scheme?
Jacci:
Yes. Yeah. I I was 25 once.
Mac:
Yeah. Like, yesterday, Jackie. Shut up.
Jacci:
I thought you won. It was at least 6 years now. Oh. That was 6 years ago. Oh.
Jacci:
Alright.
Mac:
I'll just take a swig of this Jack Daniel's punch.
Jacci:
Oh, is that good? I thought it was a fit aid when I saw you drink it the first time.
Mac:
So my wife, she'll have, like, her friends come over, and they bring so much alcohol, and they never drink it.
Jacci:
Yeah.
Mac:
That's where it's Patron came from. Like, they show with Patron and mixers and rum, and I'm just like, y'all are about to turn up, and they drink, like, fucking Sprite and Coke and watch fucking k pop and, you know, why you all bring so much liquor?
Jacci:
Great time.
Mac:
And then so
Daimyo:
now to get a license, man. You're gonna have to be coming up your own ABC store, bro.
Mac:
It's a it's they bring all these all these, and I'm just like, I guess I'll drink them until the next get together. You know? Thanks, guys. Come over whenever.
Jacci:
A housewarming gift for me.
Mac:
I've been here 3 years. Keep warming my house with alcohol.
Jacci:
That sounds
Mac:
I drink water too, guys. That is
Daimyo:
I hope they don't mind. Seen it. I
Jacci:
have I have seen
Mac:
it. Alright, Jackie. We're here.
Daimyo:
Known Willie now for 20 yeah. 22 years. I haven't seen water except for when we didn't have anything but water in Baghdad.
Jacci:
Oh, weird.
Jacci:
I was
Mac:
like, in Baghdad? That's all we had? I had to live. Water and and Yeah. Drink out there.
Mac:
Gatorade mix.
Daimyo:
That was it.
Jacci:
Unless you get the, what are those, beers called that had, like, point
Mac:
Oh, duels? The the the near beers?
Jacci:
Near beers. Yeah.
Daimyo:
I thought you meant when you Near beers.
Jacci:
Forgot you had an IUD.
Daimyo:
Forever. IUD had that, you could go for 2 days or something, like r and r or something. Oh, yeah. And they had those, German beers that were, like, 12% borg.
Jacci:
Oh, dude. When I was an IUD, I we it was 3 drink limit. You could drink that every do that every day.
Mac:
2 borgs. Yep. And when
Jacci:
I was at AldoFA
Daimyo:
2 borg.
Jacci:
I Not when
Jacci:
I was at AldoFA, they actually had 4 drink days, and it was on holidays. You were allowed to have a 4th drink. And then let me tell you, when I had that 4th drink, I went to the, the chow hall to get some food to take back to my room. I barely remember going to the chow hall and getting food. All I had was 4 beers.
Jacci:
I don't understand.
Mac:
We're strong, man.
Jacci:
Me over, man.
Jacci:
It's the HPs.
Jacci:
That's what they were. The HPs, off browses, man. They were good.
Daimyo:
I still remember it. We had that 5 punch punch card. It was on the way home. And, man, Tuborg. I'll never forget.
Daimyo:
That that company messed me up good, which was it was welcomed because
Jacci:
it was
Mac:
They knew they were good. Wilson, the 5% alcohol beers out there. They know what it is. I'll take 4 of them, please. Alright, Jack.
Mac:
Number oh, not number. Honorable mention. What do you have?
Jacci:
Honorable mention. So my honorable mention is from attack on Titan. It's specifically gonna be so what I didn't realize is that there was actually ending 7 and an ending 8. But ending 8 is, like, I think the last, like, very, very, very last episode type of ending specifically for that, but I chose 7. It's on the final season part 2.
Jacci:
It's called Akuma no Ko, which stands for a child of evil by I Higuchi. Dude, when I tried to look up anything about I Higuchi, I could barely find anything on this person. So this is all I got on her. She's a Japanese singer songwriter born in 1989, so millennial. She made her major debut in November 2016, and she primarily made a lot of the lyrics and songs for Voci the Rock.
Jacci:
And then did this ending,
Jacci:
which
Jacci:
is
Mac:
deep.
Jacci:
Just beautifully made.
Mac:
I will say this. Like, if you're watching it, you're just like, why is she I'm like, if you followed it up till now and you see the lyrics and you see this the visual, you're just like, bro, this shit
Jacci:
I
Jacci:
don't even have to explain. I thankfully, I don't have to talk about the lyrics. You could see them at the bottom. Yeah. But the biggest thing with this ending is it just you get to the very end of the show, and it this whole ending is now centered around Aaron and this his character and where he is now and what he's thinking and these decisions he's making.
Jacci:
And it just shows this beautiful representation of this tragedy that the entire show is surrounded about, and then it gets to the second part in this in a minute to show that there's a lot of beauty and tragedy, though. Sometimes there has to be a lot of necessary loss in order for something beautiful to come out of it. It just
Jacci:
It's hard.
Jacci:
Comes here, dude. Can you wait. Can you can you go right back before it? I was talking because I
Mac:
was really into it.
Jacci:
Like, when
Jacci:
Like, right before it switches. Yeah. Just turn up a little bit.
Mac:
We'll let it ride. It's
Daimyo:
It's beautiful, Jean.
Jacci:
Yeah. And, like, he it's and even in this is, like, even if look. Even if I sacrifice everything, like, I will still protect you. This dude, it's sad. It's a very sad ending.
Jacci:
It's one of my favorites, and then it shows him grown up, and he's just going through it. And he's just basically saying, like, yeah. I've been known everything. Like, I'm just I'm here for it all. I'm gonna do what I gotta do.
Mac:
Jackie, this is a solid ass pick. I Solid.
Jacci:
I attention?
Mac:
This is solid.
Jacci:
Reason why is because, like, I'm not gonna constantly listen to this in my rotation when I listen to, like, some endings. This is my like, if I wanna if I'm depressed and I just wanna listen to a depressed list or watch depressing things, like, this is what I'm gonna watch, and I'm gonna be in my, like, specific feels for this specific moment.
Daimyo:
Oh, it definitely reflects that. Yeah.
Jacci:
What what's also interesting is the song is called the Kumano Koa, which is a child of evil. If you've ever seen attack on titan, it makes sense, and that makes it even more sad. This is her 9th single, and it came out on her 4th album called Sayaku Sayai, I believe, and that was it's also known in English as worst beloved. Mhmm. Originally, this song was released in January 2022, and then it later became used as the ending, and then that's when they added it to their album in March.
Jacci:
It received the best ending sequence at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards. I I was supposed to look this up. I forgot
Jacci:
to look it up, but
Jacci:
I got the Daruma for best ending at the Japan Expo Awards and best anime song at the anime Grand Prix. Then it was ranked number 1 on Japan Heatseeker song, 60 on Japan Hot 112 on Japan Hot animation. So when this song came out and this ending came out, people went freaking wild because it really was, like, great. And and this, singer songwriter, like, all she did is she did this ending, and then she also did the ending song for this one's really sad, and I didn't choose it purposely because it's just very depressing. It's called see you later.
Jacci:
And, it's with Aaron and Mikasa and Bryce. But like I said, as you saw the ending, it it's so intense. It just shows everything coming together even against a relentless fate. There's some hopeless beauty and tragedy. A lot of people are convinced this ending has the most thought put behind it in all of the endings mostly in term of lyrics, really, because it it's same as rumbling.
Jacci:
If you listen to lyrics for rumbling, it's like Oh,
Daimyo:
yeah.
Jacci:
Just crazy. Spot on for the tone and theme of Aaron's character arc, like that season, animation studio map of again, of course. But I when it comes to and we talked about this last episode when we were talking about the openings. Attack on Titan with all of their artists and everything that they chose to do for not only their openings but even their endings, it's just they purposely display it in the storytelling way that it's just, like from the creator all the way down to, like, the producers of the anime. It just just they knew what they were freaking doing, man.
Jacci:
Like and it just I wish I could watch it again for the first time.
Mac:
You see those memes where they're just like, your best friend's in trouble, you can either choose to save them or choose the option to rewatch attack on Titan for the first time ever.
Jacci:
I know. I haven't seen There's,
Jacci:
like, there's,
Mac:
like, a dude, like, fucking drinking wine and eating a steak, and, like, the attack on Titan theme is playing behind them, but
Jacci:
they're just like You said something on Titan theme is playing behind them,
Mac:
but they're just like
Jacci:
something on here
Mac:
for your friend.
Daimyo:
Like It's okay.
Jacci:
So funny. I'm like, I've
Jacci:
never seen that. I'm here about boy, but
Daimyo:
I miss you a lot.
Mac:
Sorry about boy, but that that that revelation where you find out, you know,
Jacci:
which people are
Mac:
actually tight, and you're just like, oh, Yeah. Yeah, bro. That every week, Brad, we just go to work.
Jacci:
Oh, yeah.
Mac:
Did you see? Like, bro, it was a whole discussion.
Jacci:
And, again, like, when I made my top and and the honorable mention, when I made my top, I'm thinking about things that not only when I watched it for the first time was I in my feels, but how often do I listen to this song afterwards also. Does it make me think about that? Yeah. I the song's good, but is it heavy in my rotation? It's not.
Jacci:
No. Only because, like, it's sad, and I could it's very specific to the show. But if we're gonna rate, like, endings of animes like that
Mac:
I hear you. That is I would equate that to, like, Kendrick Lamar, like, his second album, the Pimp A Butterfly. Like, it is it is widely known across people who who listen to hip hop. Like, this is one of lyrically and and, like, substance, one of the greatest albums out there, but there is no, like, radio singles. There's no Yeah.
Mac:
You're not hearing it in the club. You're not doing that. So it's like, you know, you're like When
Jacci:
you're in, you're feeling it, you wanna listen to a good song, like, you will put that shit on.
Mac:
Like, your homies get in the car. I'm not putting on fucking to pimp a butterfly, and people just like, goddamn, bro. Like, No. The words and the substance of this is really good. You know, it's it's one of those, like, when you're in the mood, and it just it just
Jacci:
It hits.
Mac:
And taste for it. Right. But, again, I'm to cry. I'm stuck for any any ending or opening that towards the end of a a long series that was so emotional where you'd it, like, they do a good job of showing Aaron when he was a child, the innocence of him. And then people say he changed me to the villain.
Mac:
I'm still team Aaron to this day. Like, bro, you see the journey. Like, you ate my mom in front of me. Y'all motherfuckers gotta go. But you're killing the rest of the world, Aaron.
Mac:
I don't give a fuck.
Jacci:
My mom died.
Jacci:
And, also, like, what what's sad what's sad about the everybody.
Mac:
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that.
Jacci:
Watch it. Like, the the it's not even spoiled. It's been pushed over everything. The sad I think the saddest part about it, it and when you watch the actual anime itself, that can get a whole philosophical debate about this show.
Mac:
You motherfucker.
Jacci:
Who is this fucking person?
Mac:
That's the homies. That's that's Chris.
Jacci:
No. He's just this this
Jacci:
shitty thing. It's really it's so funny.
Mac:
Fucking stan Taylor Lautner, so he's trying to trigger
Jacci:
me. Wait. Sorry. This is completely separate.
Daimyo:
Did you hear me? Really doomed Taylor Lautner.
Jacci:
Have you seen the video of it's, like, it's a a video where people it's a new trend where people are, like, they have a video showing, like, a scene or something that's happening, and they're like, hi. And they're like, this should have happened, but then they, like it's like they try to, like, exit out of it, but it turns around on their face. And they're like, oh, shit. It's me that says it. Like, I'm directly related.
Jacci:
Well, it's a video of Twilight, and it's with Bella marrying Edward. And it's like Bella, doesn't or Edward doesn't deserve him. Bella should have been with Jacob this whole time. And then it switches, and it's Taylor Lautner's face, and he's, like, freaking out. He's
Mac:
How to turn the camera back. Right?
Jacci:
It's so stupid, but it's so funny. Whatever.
Daimyo:
Eric, he's doing now. So
Mac:
Eric, you're doing something crazy. You're you're doing your honorable mention off the top of the head.
Daimyo:
I am.
Mac:
Me ahead of time.
Daimyo:
Send it, and, I wasn't sure that's why if we were gonna get to him, but I, and the the craziest thing is that you you I'm going back to what you mentioned earlier, Amir. Okay? It's from chainsaw man, the ending for episode number 9, and I don't wanna throw any spoilers out or anything. Song's called deep down, but if you've watched it, you watched the the, chainsaw man. We did go over chainsaw man.
Daimyo:
This this specific episode is like a a a sudden shift for if you if you're watching it to you suddenly get the realization that, loss is possible and how quickly that can happen. And it just it's it's over the course of, like you go from getting to see them, you know, struggling as a team coming together, then them building bonds between each other. And then episode 9, it just the the music fits perfectly. It's it's a it's it really pulls at you. When you watch it, you get caught off guard, and this song is perfect for it.
Daimyo:
It really is. And Amir, like you said, it's amazing. You could get a whole list of songs. But it really pulls a lot of feels up for I mean, if you watch the watch the series, you'll know what I'm talking about. But, it marks a a a moment that that really opens the eyes of the characters in it, and, it I I I loved it.
Daimyo:
I loved the episode. I loved the song afterwards. It was reflective. It was profound, carried a lot of meaning, and, one of the reasons why I enjoyed the series so much was music as well was just spot on. All you know, the whole thing.
Jacci:
I love chainsaw man, man. I I love that they just change different endings for different for every, like, every episode. That was sick.
Daimyo:
Willie was right. Amir just really just knocks it out the park. I mean, brings it. And the long list that you could have just from those songs, but the feels for this episode had me, and I was just like, damn. That music just just just was even more it's like the nail in the coffin, man.
Daimyo:
I was like, I was done. I was unstoppable.
Mac:
Biggest And and go back to Jackie part, like, where it's just one of them, like, I picked this because of the impact. You only get that once in the season. That's not like a the returning theme at the end of every episode. Like, you just get it that one time, and then it's gone. And then the next episode comes, it's a different ending.
Mac:
You know? So you're just like Yeah. The fuck, man? Like so the the the impact and and, bro, I I think we gave enough praise to chainsaw man for how they handled their endings, but I'm just like
Daimyo:
They did amazing.
Mac:
The fact that that that song, how they paired that ending, that song with that episode, chef's kiss. You know what I'm saying?
Daimyo:
It is. Perfect. Yeah. Exactly.
Jacci:
Like, crushes the head.
Mac:
And then all the the flesh and everything just turns into the the smoke
Jacci:
Usually just
Mac:
that just and it was simple. They just used the only color they used was, like, red.
Jacci:
Yeah.
Mac:
And then it was, like, black and white, just pencil drawings, ink
Daimyo:
Just shaded shaded edges of black and white. And it and it the tone the tone is just perfect. I mean, it really is, and it carries right into the next episode, and you're just like because the impact is felt in the entire next episode. You're just like, woah. But, yeah, I loved it.
Daimyo:
Great. So that's my honorable mention. Okay.
Jacci:
That one. That I like that. That was great.
Mac:
So these Debbie Downers are out here with this, all of these fucking slow songs and stuff and, oh, I'm slow. Oh, my god.
Jacci:
I love the slow endings. I love it.
Mac:
I'm a
Jacci:
huge sucker for them.
Mac:
I cry. You know, I got emotions and shit too. I like them. I like them. But I
Jacci:
just I like when endings are powerful. They're, like, slow, but, like, there's, like, powerful, like, when everyone wants to sing, their songs, they have, like, these powerful voices and everything. Just really get into it.
Mac:
There are certain like, I know there's a a short list when they do that. They're just like, man, the emotions we need to pull out in this song. There can only be like 4 people we kick off. You know, it's not like we're holding open auditions. Like, bro, get out of here.
Mac:
Get out.
Jacci:
Get out. Maybe 4 people who can do this.
Mac:
There's 4 people we may bring in on this.
Daimyo:
If this is not your name, you can go.
Mac:
Does your name start with an l?
Jacci:
Yeah. Does it end in an eesa?
Mac:
Yeah. Get out of here.
Jacci:
Do you have reddish pink hair? No? No. Goodbye.
Mac:
Bye. Bye. Many openings and closings have you done? None? Get out of here.
Mac:
Yep. Experience. Yep. It's like when you play a certain video games and there's, like, a raid or something and you jump in, they're just like, hey. We're building a building a party for the raid requirements.
Mac:
Must have cleared this raid 20 times. I'm just like, what are you talking about? That shit just came out today. That's when they do these endings. So we're looking for a singer.
Mac:
You have to have saying on at least, 22 other endings for some of the top anime of all times. And, like, what do you I'm just trying to get my foot in the door. Sorry.
Jacci:
You
Daimyo:
must have the skill that drives people to drink right after listening to your song. Like, what I thought
Mac:
you said these were open auditions. These are open auditions.
Jacci:
Americans aren't willingly listening to your music and not knowing what you're saying, then you don't belong here.
Daimyo:
Yeah. If they're not just following up
Mac:
with the to it in January. But ladies and gentlemen, I bring to you a picker upper. This is ending 1 of Hunter x Hunter, sung by one of my favorite bands, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. First of all, I love the name. They got it from the movie, obviously.
Mac:
And, they are an they call it an electro core band. Okay. I've never heard of it. I'm just like but when you listen to the song, you're just like, electronic core. Okay.
Mac:
I get it. But, I'm a just oh my god. This song is on my like, if I'm running and I'm just like, man, I'm almost done. I just need that last fucking that power song to get me through. This shit right here is is I wanna say the bee's knees, but I feel like I'm doing it an injustice.
Jacci:
Oh, it's so good.
Mac:
Like, sweet clean. Look at this.
Jacci:
And you can kinda hear
Mac:
the electronic A lot of their songs are more like this kinda instrument. There's a kinda rhythm and the the sound. Yeah. Almost like a video game and stuff.
Daimyo:
Like, almost a let yeah. Like a synth or
Mac:
But it's a very you hear the double, bass sticks, the drums, the guitar. Lead singer, amazing. Like, I don't know how
Jacci:
he does this with his voice. Listen to this part.
Jacci:
Did I love it? I also listen to this song if I'm running
Jacci:
or if I'm
Jacci:
in a plank.
Jacci:
Oh my god.
Mac:
We're loading. We do not miss me. They do not miss. And I love, like, you see all the characters
Jacci:
Yeah. You
Mac:
know, always just being cool with his hands. Yeah.
Jacci:
Look at him with his hands. It's fucking
Mac:
You know, it's just oh my god.
Jacci:
It's great. God, this show in general is so good.
Mac:
Oh my god. I love it. I love it. I love it.
Jacci:
Making me wanna rewatch it.
Mac:
And it's a stark contrast from the opening. Like, the opening one of Hunter x Hunter is so, like, it took like, I'm just, like, yo, what the fuck do y'all have me watching?
Jacci:
Yeah.
Mac:
I'm like, this should be reversed. You know what I'm saying? Like, this should have been the opening and the but yeah. I mean, it just works. It works now because this is probably one of the better stories, not just anime, but, like, the manga and all that stuff.
Mac:
Oh, yeah. Which word on the street is, it's coming back.
Jacci:
Yeah, bro. I'll I'll wait. I'm a wait until because this guy's health is
Mac:
Is yeah. Man. Goodness.
Jacci:
Feel bad for him. You know? And I get nervous because there's other people who, like, push out, like, manga and and stuff like that, and their health is not as bad as his, but, like, there was, like, a thing that came through with, Oda
Jacci:
Yeah.
Jacci:
For, like, 1 piece, and, like, his health was, like, not great. And that dude is kinda old, so I'm like, oh my god. These guys.
Mac:
Yeah. I mean, this oh, man. Fear and Loathing. If if you need gym music, if you need to get pumped, they I don't think there's one song. I mean, there's probably slower tempo songs, but there's no ballads in their in their discography.
Mac:
They got 7 studio albums. And between the 7, the lowest that any of them has peaked is 13. The highest is 4. They have sung openings, Parasite the Maxim. They sung that one.
Mac:
Let me hear. They saw openings for, I'm like, I think it's either, King and Ashura or, bro, they they're they're out there. Like, if you Google Fear and Loathing Las Vegas, anime, They have been out there. They've been around for a while, formed in 2008. And, like, the vibe, I love it.
Mac:
They're like I'm not when it comes to English music, I don't listen to a lot of, I don't wanna call it screamo, but, like, a lot of the the the heavy metal, the the upbeat stuff. But for whatever reason, like, you you singing in Japanese, I'm there. I'm here for it. But amazing song. Amazing ending.
Mac:
Go ahead.
Daimyo:
Oda or, Amanda put up a a a little note about Oda's taking a break to do research for the arc. So it's not something health related as far as his break. So that's a good thing to know. I mean, a good good thing to hear that it's not health related because I
Jacci:
know No.
Jacci:
No. No. The break that they're doing yes. There but there was something that came out where, Oda was feeling sick for 2 weeks. It was something that came out, like, I think it was a few weeks ago.
Jacci:
It's on
Jacci:
me. Yeah. As I saw that, like, even if I I'm like, okay. Maybe he just has a cold. Like, that's all it is, but people just made it a bigger deal than it needed to be.
Jacci:
And even then, I was like, boom.
Mac:
I'm always overreacting. I'm like, please, come on, man. Don't don't not This
Jacci:
has been going on for 20 years. Like, come on.
Mac:
Dog. Not too big dog. Come on, man. Come on, Odin. Not too dog.
Mac:
Hold on. Hold on, buddy. Hold away. I got some fuel. You can pull away.
Mac:
I'll nurse you back to hell.
Jacci:
The the break the break I'm tracking, he's doing it mainly because he wants to focus on the 2nd season of the live action, and that's why he's taking a break. And then and and then on top of, like, just other stuff to get ready for the ending of the manga itself, which is crazy that the show and the manga's ending for 1 But,
Mac:
put him in a bubble.
Jacci:
Yeah. But, like, they did. They there's something that came out that said he was, like, not feeling well or something, and I was like, what? Please. This vehicle.
Mac:
Alright. So we're at the number 1. I need to take a break real quick. Come right back. Do we?
Mac:
Because shout out to Deontay. I know he he the the timing was kinda confused to him in the in the chat. He thought we were starting at 10. We started at 8. He did send us his do we run down his all the way up to the number 1?
Mac:
And then we
Jacci:
I mean, we should do that for him. Like, just really quick. Like, hey. Here's his his top, and then we'll save his number 1 to match and align with ours.
Mac:
Number 1.
Jacci:
Yeah.
Mac:
Okay. Alright. We'll take a quick intermention, and, we'll be right back. I is back. Amanda, if you're still in the chat, I know you've read, the Dandadan, manga.
Mac:
So you are probably, like me, knew what this this past episode was, how emotional it was gonna be. If you're still in the chat, if you're still around, I would like to know your thoughts on this last season or this last episode of Dan to Dan. Because even those who haven't seen the, or read the manga, they were in their fields. And I was in my fields when I read that part of the manga. And when the seeing it animated, it just made it worse.
Mac:
So, if you're still here, man, we we probably gotta I would love to chop it up with you about that or with the end of the end as a whole. So anyway, I don't know if you've seen it yet or not. As you're on mute. You're just like, what? Jen says she's watching horror, awful horror movies.
Mac:
Are you watching wolf cop? Look. We're glad to have you here. Amanda, we're glad you're here. Oh, so well done.
Mac:
So well done. I'm glad, I'm glad that they are taking the care to present what was in the manga not quite one for 1 but so so true to the source material. I love it. I love it. She did not say horrible.
Mac:
Yeah. CJ CJ, I mean, I'm I'm it's one of those things where like you I'm jealous of somebody because you get to watch all of these things for like the first time, you know. I don't know if you've seen Death Note, but being able to see Death Note for the first time, like amazing. Jamis Khan. We already did our
Daimyo:
Is it gonna be one of those for the left for number ones? Is it gonna be one of those?
Jacci:
What do you mean?
Daimyo:
Are we gonna be are we gonna be heartbroken at the end of these number ones?
Mac:
So, CJ, I'll let you know, man. Like, don't waste episode 1 of Dan to Dan, a bra.
Jacci:
Dude, whoever that person is, watch Dan to Dan. Just keep going. I promise you. I know it was that scene that probably turned you off. It was the alien scene.
Jacci:
Wow. The bananas.
Daimyo:
Yeah. Just get let's keep going.
Jacci:
Steven and I, we also were like, well, let's, let's
Jacci:
see where it takes us.
Mac:
Well, we're already discarded. We
Jacci:
pressed pause. We looked at each of our live dates. Do you wanna continue?
Mac:
Is this a, high school D and B type thing, or
Jacci:
what's happening? About to
Jacci:
be some hentai shit, like redo healer.
Daimyo:
Oh, brother. Machine and the banana talk was when it was like, uh-oh.
Mac:
We'll use our powers to make you ready for us. Okay. Yeah.
Jacci:
It's like when you when you, like, see that, you're like, I've seen this somewhere before.
Mac:
I haven't. I don't know what you're talking about, Jackie.
Jacci:
You never seen those memes?
Mac:
Mm-mm.
Jacci:
Never.
Jacci:
The only one.
Mac:
Yeah. You wild out here, Jackie.
Jacci:
Yeah.
Jacci:
Well, and maybe it's my friends. My friends are pretty, gross.
Mac:
What? Yeah.
Jacci:
They have dark humor.
Jacci:
I'm a different gross.
Jacci:
You say you have dark humor and you're gross?
Mac:
No. I said I'm your friend. I'm not gross. So, Deontay's I'm assuming he sent it to me in the order that he was looking at. But his first His choice for numeral 5 was, from the the ending for, samurai.
Jacci:
I'm so glad he
Mac:
picked that up. Which is it it's goated for me. And I this is where I was I don't know if I was overthinking, but I was just like, I know somebody's picking that one. So I'm not even I'm not even including it. You know?
Jacci:
Yeah. Same.
Mac:
I could've put money that it was gonna be you, Eric, but I was just like, alright. Well
Daimyo:
I I was I it was on my possible.
Jacci:
Like, I was just seeing Yes.
Daimyo:
I'm seeing Jackie's possible list. I was like, that's 2 more episodes right there. I was gonna pull
Mac:
I'm a pull mine back.
Daimyo:
I'm a reel reel it back. I'm so
Mac:
Yeah. But, no. The music, the, the animation, Again, it's just a it it's not like multiple seasons of this anime. It's it's the one shot. But, the animation, the the care that was put in the art direction for this this theory, these these probably somebody just wishing,
Jacci:
for, like, a a
Mac:
a return to something like this. Right?
Jacci:
Not taking anything from, your
Mac:
photobool or anything like that. You can some of the CGI smartly, incorporated with some hand drawn stuff. But when you look at this, like, along with, like, cowboy beatbox, some of the old school anime. Then I say old school loosely. Like, it's not like it was 80s or anything like that.
Daimyo:
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. But it still is I I don't know.
Daimyo:
It's really
Jacci:
There's so many, like, covers of this song also.
Daimyo:
Like, so
Jacci:
many people have taken this song and, like, just done something different with it, and it's it's amazing.
Mac:
Well, Noodyabi has just made so many different beats and and, like, if you go listen to either the soundtrack or, like, his albums, like, like, there's different, like you said, versions of it where the beat is different, different people on it, things like that. So I think the level of respect that this soundtrack got, like this series, the music from the series got is a testament on on how great and how impactful this was.
Daimyo:
Yeah. Yeah. Like I said, because when it came out, people were so used to other animes, like, I don't know, like Dragon Ball z and stuff where it wasn't so, because that's what you saw the most of. You know? Like, if you got adult swimming stuff, you got a bunch of stuff that was dated and the music was dated or the, you know, the intro, outros, and all that stuff was more of a, you know, like, just your normal TV show kinda intro, outro.
Daimyo:
This was like people's first experience with stuff that was a little more, I don't know, up to up to par with what was what you what you would hear out elsewhere. I don't I don't know how to verbalize the way that it felt to see that series for the first time. And
Mac:
this was his number 4, eternal pose, from 1 piece, the ending number 15. If you're not familiar with 1 piece, there's, like, a million endings. So, but this is one of the more because I'll let y'all know I'm not even close to the episode where this ending is at.
Jacci:
That's not true. What episode are you at?
Mac:
I'm at 247. Look at her doing the one piece math.
Jacci:
I'll wait.
Mac:
But, I did listen to it when he sent it, and I'm just like, I could vibe with this shit, you know? I don't know if it's saying who it's from. I don't know if anybody who knows off the top who it's from. But,
Jacci:
Click more. You gotta click more down there.
Mac:
Oh, where is that?
Jacci:
Right there. Yeah. Well
Daimyo:
It's from them.
Jacci:
There you go.
Mac:
We gave it
Daimyo:
a shot, and,
Jacci:
I'll I'll Google it. I'm gonna Google it right now. We gave
Mac:
it, we gave it a shot, you know.
Jacci:
Colonel Pose by Asia Engineer.
Mac:
Okay.
Jacci:
And Asia Engineer, let me tell you really quick who they are. K. They formed in 1998. Oh, they went on indefinite hiatus in March 2012, but they later resumed activities in January 2020. So they consist of 4 people.
Jacci:
They've had, 5 studio albums, and they had one little mini album. I don't know they are a rock band. I don't know if they created any other anime songs. Let's see what else. Looks like they got 1 piece and I think that's it.
Jacci:
They just did the 1 piece song. Yeah.
Mac:
This was their only
Jacci:
song? Yeah.
Mac:
Wow.
Jacci:
That's you know, so when I was doing a lot of research for, like, the endings and the people that I liked the most, what I realized compared to the openings, a lot of these artists were, like, a one and done type of deal with this with that anime or with just the anime in general. Like, they just made the one, and then they just, like, pieced out and went back to their normal scheduling.
Mac:
Like, it wasn't their niche. They're just like, we'll do this one and done and get back to our our regularly scheduled programming.
Jacci:
Like, it's either that or I I don't know if it's, like, endings are not as sought after in the industry compared to openings. So, like, people just find the person, do the ending, and they don't really spend as much time sticking to that one artist. So they just, like, wanna grab a bunch of different type of people. Maybe that's one people's way of getting popularity really quick is, like, making a really good ending, and then they dip and continue to go to their album because I feel like a lot more artists get more popularity when they're the opening.
Daimyo:
Yeah. More people see the opening.
Jacci:
That's why that is that is anecdotal. Very anecdotal, by the way. I have no factual evidence of that. That's just based off what I think.
Daimyo:
We're gonna go with we're gonna call it a Jackie theory, and I think it's right. And
Jacci:
I don't know.
Daimyo:
Jackie theory. Because people always go next episode. You know? Like, you hit the little button.
Jacci:
Yeah. That that's the thing too. Like, a a lot of people skip the ending. Like, they'll watch the opening, but I don't think a lot of people will stick around to watch the ending. Some people also skip the credits to see if there's, like, a scene at the end or to see, like especially especially if it's a show that you don't have to wait until next episode.
Jacci:
They're just gonna click next episode. They're not even gonna wait to watch the ending and the next time.
Mac:
If they're not a week to week yeah. If they're not a week to week watcher, like, waiting for the next episode, like, if you're binging, you just skip, skip, skip because you can just Yeah.
Daimyo:
And that's where they miss out, and that's maybe why you don't see the, you know, the popularity of these these other bands get up there because if all you're doing is one one ending on one random episode, then
Jacci:
Looks like this song peaked at the number 17 on the Oricon single chart.
Jacci:
Okay. Well, that was that was pretty His
Mac:
next song, number 3, is one of the most solid, choices, on any of our list, I would say. It is the Real Blues for a Cowboy Bebop. I can scroll down and make it full screen for the rest of our people here.
Jacci:
Oh, yeah. Oh, yes. Right?
Mac:
Again, another show where the music is just iconic. Blue. Yeah. Throughout the show, the OST, the composition, music direction, just just peaked. You know?
Mac:
Who called This was, this was the anime that my dad would actually
Jacci:
even watch the Space Cowboy type stuff.
Mac:
He doesn't watch it as much now, but, I thought it was pretty cool. He he'd sit down and and watch this with us.
Jacci:
Like, oh, shit. My dad doesn't like anime. No?
Jacci:
Just this. My stepdad so my stepdad's the same way. My stepdad's my mom doesn't care about any of this stuff, and my stepdad's more interested in I I'll say it depends on the type of anime. I think if it's something when it's something like this, he was like, oh, this is, like, pretty cool. And he and he liked this.
Jacci:
This and a trigon and, I forget what the other one was that we watched that he thought was really funny.
Jacci:
Alright.
Jacci:
Yeah. I actually had him watch an episode of food wars one time.
Jacci:
Oh, no. You
Jacci:
He was so disturbed.
Mac:
That's that's kinda on the along the lines of, Danden. Like, you you you just have to be you gotta be cool with a lot of shit real quick. You know what I'm saying? Because, while there's no actual, like, I guess, shaft shaped kind of things, but, the reaction of the food and the noises, that's the part. Because my wife, you know yeah.
Mac:
My wife is just like, what the fuck do you have us watching? I'm just like I mean, when the food's busting, I mean, it's busting.
Jacci:
Yeah, man. And I and it was I thought it was a good show. I didn't know a show could be that good and have so much drama with food.
Mac:
But I guess, like, they're still really cooking real shit. Like, when you look at it, there's YouTube channels where they're cooking actual dishes that they do with Food Wars, and it's a real thing. But I'm just it's the reaction that you're just, like, you know, like, you're fucking it up. I'm trying to introduce people to you, food wars. But then, you know, this shit is, like, orgasming over this fucking omelette.
Mac:
You know? It's it's real weird for, like, 2 or 3 minutes.
Daimyo:
Gotta be a really good omelette. I mean, that's gotta
Jacci:
It's a it's a funny show. It's gotta
Jacci:
be like, 2 or
Mac:
3 minutes, 5 minutes the most of each episode where you're just like, oh my god. Like, did he win or not? Okay. He won.
Daimyo:
No moisture no moisture sauce.
Mac:
What is it? Is it the no.
Daimyo:
It's the truffle sauce.
Jacci:
You don't like truffle?
Daimyo:
No. It was on, my friends used to watch Chopped all the time. I I couldn't I couldn't it was a That
Mac:
shit's always in the basket. They're just like, hey. Let's go
Daimyo:
ahead and get in the Every show, like, peanut butter is the judges are like, don't put truffle sauce on. Every time there's that one guy's like, but I'm gonna put some truffle sauce on it. It's like, why, dude? They always say they'll
Mac:
do it. This blender with these almonds and make a peanut butter with it. Like, okay.
Daimyo:
I just I couldn't take the show because, after a little bit, it always felt so, like, off the wall impossible. Like, you show up and you only have some lemon drops, some baby wet wipes,
Mac:
and some
Daimyo:
flour, and this restaurant's gonna open in 30 minutes. What are you gonna make? Like,
Jacci:
what kind of
Jacci:
They all let the kitchen
Daimyo:
get, like,
Jacci:
real food.
Mac:
They just run-in the kitchen, get, like, bread and all that other shit, and then they're just like, I'll just sprinkle a little bit on
Jacci:
it. Yeah.
Mac:
I'm like, what do you
Daimyo:
anyway, chopped was not my thing.
Mac:
Number number 2 for him, for Deontay the giant is ending 3 from
Jacci:
Good one. This is a good one.
Mac:
Let me scroll down and make this full screen. Heart of the sword, from what is it? Roar I can't fucking say it. My tongue is all fucked up.
Jacci:
I can you
Jacci:
Yeah. I
Jacci:
didn't see the name.
Mac:
No. It it it doesn't say the name of the, the
Jacci:
Oh, Beroni Kenshin?
Mac:
Yeah. Beroni. Yeah. There it is.
Jacci:
Okay. Yeah. This is the OG Beroni Kenshin, though. This is not the new. What I will tell people, and this sucks, Roni Kenshin is a great show, but the creator is a pedophile.
Mac:
Yeah. No. Dude, it's straight up not cool people's van.
Jacci:
Yeah. And it sucks because when the new the sorry. The remastered was coming out, I was so excited. And I watched the first episode, and then someone dropped that information bomb. I didn't know what to do.
Daimyo:
Is it the creator of the show or the artist?
Jacci:
Creator. The actual the no. The actual creator, the writer, the
Mac:
one who of the
Jacci:
wrote everything.
Mac:
Created the characters, the story, the setting. The author of the bomb
Jacci:
guy. The dude behind these guys.
Mac:
If he was not here, this anime would not exist. That guy.
Jacci:
This anime is fantastic.
Daimyo:
Oh, yeah. I love it.
Mac:
I'm not judging anybody who watches it. I'm just saying if your morals or whatever, if your your ethics, you're like, I don't wanna support the dude or whatever. It's just,
Jacci:
But TM Revolution, who I think is who sing who sings this song, TM Revolution, I think it is, They're fantastic. They do a lot of music with I think it's, Bleach, Naruto. Let's look up heart of the sword really quick. Heart of the sword.
Mac:
Man, these people disappointing. Things up here. Yep.
Jacci:
TM Revolution. So TM Revolution. Let's see. Let's see. Revolution, anime, they sang for I'm not very good when it comes to Google search.
Jacci:
Steven tells me all the time that I'm, like, too specific.
Jacci:
You just typed it in there, Jackie. And
Jacci:
then Yeah. They've done Bleach, Soul Eater, Mobile Suit Gangdum, but that's not everything. Like, there's a lot more
Jacci:
Yeah.
Jacci:
That they've done. I can't remember. There's one specific that I know of, but Ignarro was the one that I'm thinking of.
Daimyo:
So disappointed.
Jacci:
But, yep, he's a pedophile.
Mac:
I mean, if you were to watch it, Eric, you could watch it. Nobody's gonna say that
Daimyo:
Oh, I've already watched
Jacci:
it all. Watched. Yeah. That's what I'm saying.
Jacci:
I've watched it all. To be honest, like, how many shit that you watch you're a huge fan of and then you find out, like I had to get I feel like it happens, unfortunately, more often than not that someone did something bad in their past that, like, was a creator or something you were a fan of.
Mac:
Yeah.
Jacci:
Also, Japan's one of those weird countries because back when he got exposed, apparently, this was back when he was creating this. So what in the nineties where Mhmm. This is gross, but Japan allowed you to have, I forget what it was. You could own stuff or watch stuff for, like, women or females that were age 14 and up, basically.
Mac:
Yeah. They are real laxed on their
Jacci:
ages.
Mac:
Not age of consent, but, like, legal age for you to dabble.
Jacci:
Oh, yeah. Interested in. The legal age for you to be interested in, I think.
Daimyo:
Well, it's not uncommon for their junior high to early high school to have their own apartment. Therefore, some of the life experiences that come along with that is probably more advanced than what we're used to. Yeah. Not that our I mean, I can't say anything because we have elementary school kids, you know, doing stuff that
Mac:
They shouldn't be.
Daimyo:
No. Yeah.
Mac:
But,
Daimyo:
anyway, let's move along for away from that terrible subject.
Jacci:
Things that I don't wanna talk about.
Mac:
I still wanna talk about anything over here, ladies and gentlemen.
Jacci:
Things that are in the make believe realm.
Jacci:
Yeah. That's so bad. Aliens
Jacci:
wanting the gobble weenies.
Daimyo:
Yeah. We need to do the the whole Wayne's world thing and just No. Out of here for
Mac:
a second. We we don't do that over here. No? His honorable mention, very solid choice again. The ending number 1 from Hunter Hunter.
Jacci:
Yes. No.
Jacci:
2. Ending number 3.
Mac:
Oh, this is 2. Yeah. That's right. Man was 1. This is number 2.
Mac:
Again, very solid.
Jacci:
Now I didn't pick Hunter Hunter because I had their ending.
Mac:
Which one?
Daimyo:
How many of the first
Jacci:
how many of the
Daimyo:
first endings did they have?
Mac:
They had a few. These like, the first two are my go to's. They stay on my my, my workout playlist.
Daimyo:
When did they when did the first season of this come out again?
Jacci:
I'll
Jacci:
look it up really quick for you.
Mac:
I don't know. I didn't find out about it till 20 14
Jacci:
is when I
Jacci:
It came out, 2011, in Japan. And then on Dolt Swims, Toonami, it was 2016 to 2019. There was also a 1999 TV series that ran for 62 episodes from 1999 to 2001. This specific one is the remastered one that, Deontay picked.
Daimyo:
Okay. The the art and everything kinda had that feel late nineties. That's why I was wondering.
Jacci:
It's so it is, but then they, like, took it and they made the
Jacci:
They made the
Jacci:
new animation look more newer and the colors and all that. But, yeah, it's really the eyes. When you look at the eyes and the drawing, yeah, that's very nineties, early 2000s anime, which is
Mac:
my favorite. The feel of, like, what's that? It used to come on, like, when when Fox Kids was, like, trying to import anime over, there's, like, one piece, and then there was, like, the one where the dude had, like, the puppet. So, like, Zacks Bell or something
Jacci:
like that? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yep.
Jacci:
Yep. Wow. Wow. Holy shit. Familiar,
Daimyo:
but I can't I can't picture it.
Jacci:
Bell. It's about this kid who it's about the kid kid who's a puppet, technically, but isn't it, like, something else?
Mac:
Like the dude like, there's a a a spell book and Spell. It's almost like, I would say Jojo. Like, the people that do combat, they have not a stand, but it's like their their puppet or their
Jacci:
That's Zachbelle. Yeah. Not Zach. Yeah. Zachbelle.
Jacci:
It's a mystical being called mom Mamoto who is partnered with a 14 year old school schoolboy. So there's, like, a actual human being, and then the thing that he has a con not I wouldn't say connection, maybe a contract with is a mystical being that
Jacci:
looks like a puppet.
Mac:
Yep. So, CJ, yeah, that's when Yu Gi Oh was, like, over on
Jacci:
Yep.
Mac:
W and every like, Pokemon, when that blew up on w b, kiss w b
Jacci:
Yeah.
Mac:
Everybody was just trying to import whatever anime they can get and try to make
Daimyo:
Yu Gi Oh is not an actual import, though. Right?
Mac:
No. That's that's a legit anime from over. Like, the manga Yeah. The manga has people dying. Right?
Daimyo:
Yeah.
Jacci:
It shows
Jacci:
That's the
Jacci:
only thing with Pokemon. People don't realize that that with Pokemon and Yu Gi Oh, like, it's not what the anime or cartoon that's called.
Mac:
Different. The show is different.
Jacci:
And people are dying in the Pokemon manga series. Steven was telling me about it. Steven's obsessed with Pokemon, so he tells me all about it. He's like, you really should read the manga. It's actually insane.
Mac:
Yeah. It it's it's wild. But Well,
Daimyo:
I've just I was never a huge fan of Yu Gi Oh.
Jacci:
But I
Daimyo:
always felt like the arts kinda struck me as more of the Saturday morning fox art. Fox
Mac:
Well, because that's all we do it from.
Jacci:
That and that's what they did. They took the animation. That's what they put it in because they made it for kids
Jacci:
compared to, like Yeah.
Daimyo:
It just didn't have that feel of, like I don't know. No. Pokemon even had more of a Yeah.
Mac:
Well, they were they were removing people's hearts in the Yu Gi Oh manga. Like, you lose a card battle, like, it's death. It's not like, oh, my life points are gone. It's like oh, no. Your life No.
Jacci:
You're dead. Like, you're dying.
Mac:
Yeah. It's no, oh, go into another dimension. It's like, bro, you're thanks for your life and your cards all together.
Jacci:
Sit there with my I just
Mac:
You're you're fucking bored. Card.
Jacci:
Poem. You're dead. You're done.
Mac:
I am concerned with the card facing down like, oh
Jacci:
my god. Now in what's that evil pot called?
Mac:
That makes sense.
Jacci:
With the evil pot.
Daimyo:
That's the, pot trap card. Chris put it out there that the the original manga and stuff is way
Jacci:
Pot of greed.
Mac:
All I know is blue eyes, white dragon. And I'm just like, apparently, that was the, the the the Goku un unbeatable card. And then next seasons would come out, and then the blue eyes, white dragon was just, like, mid.
Jacci:
And I'm just
Jacci:
way in the first season, the only way you could beat it is if you had if you drew the way that Yugi
Jacci:
would draw the
Jacci:
that legendary car dude, I I watched Saturday morning was my fucking time from 7:30 in the morning till 11 o'clock.
Mac:
Heart of the card plot armor, if you will. The heart of the cards. Yugi, you're getting your ass beat. Oh, I need to draw this one card. Oh, what do you know?
Mac:
I got it. Oh, Nava could buy all these things and make the ultimate weapon. It beats me. Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, we have come to our number one spot.
Mac:
And, do we wanna lead with Deontay's? And then go Let's
Jacci:
lead with Deontay's.
Mac:
Yeah. Alright.
Daimyo:
Ladies and gentlemen 1.
Jacci:
Number
Mac:
Now I don't know if he meant for this to be the honorable mention or the, hold on. Let me see if I could I think I accidentally
Jacci:
Alright. Before we start this, can we just do 2 things? 1
Mac:
What are we doing?
Jacci:
Salute
Mac:
A what?
Daimyo:
Hold on.
Jacci:
Or not?
Mac:
Oh. I'm like A salute? I've been doing this all day.
Jacci:
Alright. That's for cheers. Second, I don't wanna jinx it, but the Browns are currently winning.
Mac:
Are they?
Jacci:
Yeah. I'm freaking out
Jacci:
right now. I've been watching well, I haven't been watching the game. I've just been you know, when you search Google, you search the game, it just tells you, like, the score?
Mac:
Yeah.
Jacci:
It's a blizzard right now in Cleveland. Like, the entire field is covered in snow. Very good. Fairly this game
Mac:
was a low scoring game because I wasn't getting any touchdown notifications from George Pickens or Nagi Harrison.
Jacci:
Well, Steelers have not been, but they just got a touchdown now. So now it's getting closer, so now a little nervous. But the Browns are leading 18 of 13.
Jacci:
So CJ guys.
Jacci:
Or whoever talks shit, what now?
Mac:
That's not how that works.
Jacci:
Actually, I should not do that because it's really creamy.
Mac:
I don't know what that is.
Jacci:
Embarrassed you. It's gonna suck.
Mac:
Now when you lose, a lot
Daimyo:
of times, I just go and grab it out of the fridge and drink it. I don't know. Oh. I don't know.
Mac:
Yeah. I'm still drinking the, Jack Daniels down home punch.
Jacci:
Cheers, guys. Love you, and can't believe I'm
Jacci:
Yeah. This is definitely bourbon. Jamison.
Daimyo:
Yeah.
Mac:
So for Deontay's number 1, he selected ending 2 from bleach, which is, thank you, buy homemade
Jacci:
Oh, I do like this ending.
Mac:
I just love bleach as a whole. I'm here for everything. Vibes. Oh, prisoner Rookia. I'm Wait.
Mac:
Are you watching it? Oh, you can't see it? Hold on. No. Womp.
Mac:
Womp. There you go.
Jacci:
Saw your head going like this. I was like, is
Jacci:
this man watching this right now?
Mac:
Everybody else is in it.
Jacci:
There it is.
Mac:
Our girl, Rukia. At this point, I was kinda over her. I'm just like, bro, just move on. You got Orihime there, man. Rukia is
Jacci:
So I was opposite. When I was younger, I wanted him to go for Rukia and Orihime. I did not like Orihime. What?
Jacci:
Yeah. Was like
Mac:
I don't I don't let's not make a big argument. But
Jacci:
If she did her
Mac:
job, Ichigo wouldn't have to be doing Ichigo type shit.
Jacci:
Almost. Listen. As I now have grown older and I'm an adult, I agree. When I was a child, I would have argued with you until the end of time.
Mac:
Like, 22. Get out of here. But this could have been Deontay's number 1 or his honorable mention. I don't know. He didn't really name him.
Mac:
I don't know if he was doing the honorable mention before number 1 like we did
Jacci:
or Either way his list was still pretty solid.
Mac:
Pretty solid. Like I'm saying, I was looking at everybody's list like we're pretty cool over here. We're pretty cool over here. But now, shout out to Amanda. She says, I appreciate Orihime now more now in 1000 year build war.
Jacci:
I don't
Jacci:
wanna know how to Oh, you have it what? No. I'm behind.
Jacci:
Actually, she didn't really spoil anything because she is a healer. And I have heard that Orihime is more OP now than when she was kind of annoying and just got kidnapped.
Mac:
You know you're more powerful when you your outfit reveals more and more. Like, when she showed up at 1000
Jacci:
hours Like, what was that what's that chick's name with the blonde hair? The
Jacci:
The way she added
Mac:
to her, Espada?
Jacci:
The To
Jacci:
which there's, like, nothing.
Mac:
I'm like, what? You got support? Okay. Yeah.
Jacci:
And then what what's a god. I can't remember her name with the green hair that transformed into the which she was a woman. Now blue hair?
Jacci:
Oh, yeah.
Jacci:
Dude, no.
Mac:
I didn't know how I felt about that one because I was just like, she's still a kid, guys.
Jacci:
Still, though.
Mac:
She's like, no. She's not. I'm like, she's still a kid, I think.
Jacci:
I don't know.
Jacci:
Though? Is she though?
Jacci:
Stop it.
Jacci:
Well, who knows? Anyways, I'll shut up. Jackie.
Mac:
Jackie, bring us home with your number one. What you got?
Jacci:
Okay. So You
Mac:
gotta spell it.
Jacci:
Remember when before I said that I was going to wait until later to talk? So when it comes to 1 piece because that's my ending. So 1 piece, this is the 19th ending out of total
Mac:
of 20th. Jesus.
Jacci:
Listen, though.
Mac:
I'm listening.
Jacci:
Piece did not have an ending from episode 2 78 until episode I think it was 1,070. Yes. So, like, there was no ending that anyone got to experience for, like, the longest time until this gem just fell into our lap, and freaking Toei Animation just was like, here you go. We are giving you back endings. I was like, oh my fucking god.
Jacci:
Thank you.
Mac:
And what were you guys doing? Just going straight to credits?
Jacci:
Yeah. They weren't they weren't even doing like, there's no endings. It was just, like, straight to, the neck basically, the preview of the next episode. That's all they were doing. So for a really for so, like, you think that they have a lot of endings.
Jacci:
Imagine how much they woulda had if they actually did it. We're gonna watch this. I love this song. I listen to it almost every day.
Mac:
I like the settings. Oh, this is Good. Yes. I like this.
Jacci:
Well, I
Mac:
think that's my biggest gripe. Like, I wanna get to this animation. And what is it takes on to get to this?
Jacci:
Well, because you're watching it back when it was still being animated back in the freaking, like, 2000. You know? So this is also before it gets to the good part. This is when one piece started having really great animation too. So it's just everything together.
Mac:
But watch just,
Jacci:
one of the
Mac:
after tier 5.
Jacci:
Definitely. My favorite part Definitely.
Jacci:
My favorite part's coming up.
Daimyo:
So they fired the 12 year old that was drawing for the first few, like, went and had got
Jacci:
It's just great. Everything about it's great. It's so good. The as you said, like, the the setting, the art, the everything, like, so fantastic. The pastel colors, the the fact that, like, yes.
Jacci:
Thank you, Amanda. I never met you before, but you get it. Thank you, girl. So
Mac:
She was like, yeah. This it was sad times.
Jacci:
That that's also valid. None of their endings were sad. They were always, like, very upbeat and great. But if you look at all of 1 piece endings compared to this one, it was the standard, like, let me do panels of each character looking a different way, and then the and it ends. Right?
Jacci:
There was no actual, like, setting like this where it looked like, looks really nice. There's a scenery. Like, there was nothing like that. So you couldn't really comment on the visuals because it was pretty much the same. And you never really knew what arc you were in watching the endings.
Jacci:
It's just now dependent upon the song, really. Whereas this one, this is, again, their first ending that they made in, like I said, I I can't do math in public. So 279 to a 1,070. I don't know that like, maybe it's, like, 600, 700 episodes. That's a lie.
Jacci:
800 episodes. 800 episodes. Right? So no one got to have endings. They were just, like, dealing with the openings.
Jacci:
Now you get this awesome opening that's more like chill, and it's this newer way that some animes have been introducing songs into their endings, and this animation too that's different. You have the pastel colors and and also you don't really know totally when because the arc that it covers with this yes.
Jacci:
Yes. Who's their favorite one piece character?
Jacci:
I put it in the comments. So, also, with the ending, you you just see them packing up. You're still in the wannakuni arc. You're not done with it yet. So you're trying to figure out, like, who all these people are.
Jacci:
Like, you're realizing, like, oh, shit. Like, obviously, they kinda, like, are talking to each other, but you don't really know. And then there's, like, a character at the end that you don't know who that is, and you learn who it is, like, a lot later. And oh god. Beautiful choice.
Jacci:
It's a beautiful choice. I love 1 piece so much.
Daimyo:
Your guys' enthusiasm, you and Amanda, make it to where I wanna watch it?
Jacci:
It's so good. So listen. I'm gonna tell you right now. Sorry. We're not talking about we're talking about the anime now instead of the opening, but I'm just gonna tell you really quick.
Jacci:
The only reason why I was able to catch up and and get into it the way I was is because of COVID. Because of COVID, I was quarantined for 2 weeks, and my ass sat on my couch from 6 AM until 10 PM. And I'm not kidding when I say I binged. I binged from 6 AM until 10 PM. I set an alarm so I could wake up at 6 PM so I could binge.
Jacci:
I don't have kids. I don't I I'm a single
Jacci:
I had
Jacci:
no one that I had to entertain, and I had to quarantine. So what do I do? I'm gonna walk
Daimyo:
my kids. Then it's hopeless for me because I have the monster squad, and they're never gonna let
Jacci:
me know.
Jacci:
Hopeless, you can do it. It's just gonna take you a lot longer. I was able to catch up in a year.
Daimyo:
So a 5 year plan. I have a 5 year plan then to get where you guys are at. Like, oh my god.
Jacci:
So Eric This is a lot. Eric, Eric.
Jacci:
So I
Jacci:
didn't get to talk
Jacci:
about this. One piece has Me
Daimyo:
and Billy are never getting there.
Mac:
We're just not gonna mortgage payment for us. It's like
Jacci:
in 30 years.
Mac:
It's 30 years. 4.
Jacci:
One piece has 1,122 episodes. Of those episodes, I think there's maybe a 150 fillers, which is crazy. Like, you you have to give props to an a manga artist and a anime. Like, that they were able to, like, make episodes without doing shit, like, yeah, like Bleach and fucking Naruto and all that. I love those.
Jacci:
Love them, but fuck you. Like Bleach
Mac:
is crazy.
Jacci:
Bleach was bad, dude. I stopped watching Bleach because they gave me 79 fucking filler episodes of a
Jacci:
Zanpakuto arc and then some.
Mac:
Listen. When you watch it before you read the manga, you're eating that shit up like, bro, this must be canon.
Jacci:
And Then
Mac:
you read the manga and you're just like, where to bounce?
Jacci:
Yeah. And then they
Jacci:
also include the bounce then in the anime for canon, but, like, where did these guys come from?
Jacci:
So then you don't know who they are unless you watch the filler arc.
Mac:
Exactly. Crazy. But, yes,
Jacci:
one Sorry. No. No.
Jacci:
I have I have more to add. I have more to add about the band. I
Jacci:
didn't talk about the band. Let me talk about the band. So chili bean it's called I didn't say what the song was called. It's called raised by chili beans. Okay?
Jacci:
Chili Beans, they just, released a song in 2023. This is their 4th single, and it came out on their actual album called For You that included Ray's. They do have other songs of theirs that ended up being number 1 on the billboard, Japan heat seekers, Spotify's viral 50, Japan playlist, which I actually did not know exist until when I googled this, and now I'm going to go on Spotify's viral 50 Japan playlist to get music. We
Jacci:
already
Jacci:
talked about the ending, but with Chili Beans, what I thought was really cool about them is they're a 3 member girl band. They just formed in 2019. Their names are Moto, Mika, and, Lily. This is Eiichiro Oda's favorite band. He specifically said this is one of his favorite artists, and that's why he picked them to do this ending for this song.
Jacci:
And their name was inspired for, by the band Red Hot Chili Peppers. I thought that was cool. I love this ending. It's just really cool. It's fun.
Jacci:
I list I listen to it so much. I just really like Chili Beans. They are very much, I think, a more ending type of, band, but they're really fun to listen to. And if you look up, like, more of their songs, they're they're really, really cool cool band. I was reading on Reddit, a lot of people actually really like Chili Beans, and they said that they don't get enough credit in Japan in general and that they were really happy when, they did make this ending for 1 piece, and they were hoping it would, increase their popularity because a lot of people actually that let like chile beans want them to become more popular because of how good they are.
Jacci:
They just think a lot of people don't know about them. I like that one.
Mac:
It's it's very, like, not like a marching song, but kind of a upbeat. And like you said, the the endings that I've been seeing on 1 piece, they're very, very static. You know? Yeah.
Jacci:
Not a lot of motion, not
Mac:
a lot of, showing you the environment and things like that. That's why when I saw that one, I'm just like, oh, I like this. I want I want Yeah. I want this. But Yeah.
Jacci:
We're just we're
Mac:
just not there. I see you guys and the joy you have for 1 piece. I'm like, well, when you endure what you guys endured to get there granted, you guys enjoyed the ride up there, newer and, like, people who wanna pay homage to, quote, unquote, the big three. We're like, we wanna see that, but you gotta put in the work to get there. And,
Jacci:
You do. That that's a thing with, fuck. The Steelers are winning.
Mac:
Yeah. That's because you were talking
Jacci:
to I said it. I jinxed it. I jinxed it. I'm anyways, that's what I'm say I will say one piece is definitely a journey. Sorry.
Jacci:
It's not a journey. Maybe is the but the better answer or statement is, it's a it's a a trek. Gotcha.
Mac:
It's a accident.
Jacci:
It is a it's a it's a D and D adventure. Do you know what's gonna happen?
Daimyo:
If I could only go if I need to kick off and dedicate some time to 1, should it be, like, bleach or 1 piece?
Mac:
You would finish bleach after if you use that anime filler list because you you
Jacci:
Yeah. I I don't that's the only reason why I picked bleach just because what he's saying.
Mac:
For the Arankar for the initial bleach that ran before 1000 year blood war, I think it's only 376 or 74. And of that, like, 170 or 8 are are filler. So if you just skip those things, it just sticks straight. It it it's a dope story, and you'll probably knock that out.
Daimyo:
I know I know the story and stuff. I just didn't I've never gotten to finish the entire series, and I didn't know about the filler thing. So that was definitely a great heads up because getting to cut that cut that out. Yeah. Yeah.
Daimyo:
That that is so true, Chris. Yeah.
Jacci:
Yeah. If I had if I had to tell you to, like, make it bleach, what a 100% just because, like Willie said, there's a lot of filler, and it's, a lot less episodes. So you can catch up and get to it when
Mac:
you're mixing. The filler. It's only 300 Yeah.
Jacci:
But the filler actually isn't bad. When I watched it back in the day, like, I didn't know
Daimyo:
I'm sure some of what I watched was filler, but I'm cool with it as long as I enjoy the story and the you know, it's
Jacci:
Yeah.
Daimyo:
You know?
Jacci:
Nar I would argue that Naruto and Naruto Shippuden are the only ones that you knew when you were watching it that that it was a filler.
Mac:
With You're like makes no sense. Yeah.
Jacci:
With Bleach, you were actually you didn't know. And and they did a really good job. In my personal opinion, I think they did a really good job with incorporating it.
Mac:
Agreed.
Jacci:
K. That was my number 1. I'm done now. I can't wait to hear you guys' number ones. I forget what yours is, Eric, but I'm
Daimyo:
really excited. Mine is very obscure. Thank you for that intro. My number one is from Mushishi. It's Unasaka Yori, which means from beyond the sea.
Daimyo:
Mushishi is a very, different, anime series, and it's got the hard thing is to for me was to to to kinda break it down to how much there actually is of it. But the reason I picked this song as my number one was the simplicity of it. And I know we've gone through a lot of other stuff, and we've talked about the different types of, you know, combination, symphonic and rock and pop, and I like the beauty of the the music and its simplistic way in which it conveys the mystery of it.
Jacci:
Is this the ending?
Daimyo:
Yes. The entire show is mystery. The entire show is experiencing these different mythological or, supernatural paranormal phenomenon, and it's it's like you're seeing a new chapter of someone's life and their interaction with this different entities, different stories, and it's all through the traveler's interaction with them, which you see him there. And the way that the music and everything in this brings peace, it's kinda, like, perfect to wrap up each episode with that sense of completion. And I and I like I said, the simplicity of it, the the man responsible, the composer responsible for this, has done so much.
Daimyo:
Musada Toshio is and it's not to be there's another individual with the same name who's involved in anime, but this individual does primarily just music. And he's done so much musical composition as far as, synthetic, or electronic music musical compositions from 1998 to 20 or 2015. And, I mean, he it the way like I said, to me, the ability to to to completely encompass the feel of mystery and journey into such a simple melody really made it for me. Because, I mean, all we've talked about, all these different things and catchy ways that shows are trying to draw people in or whatever. In this, I felt that it was a pure goal of just to breathe out, to exhale and, you know, enjoy what you just experienced.
Daimyo:
And I felt like that is that is excellent. And, that's why I picked it because above all else, I feel like I reflect mostly on the stories and the experience more so than the Flash and the and the you know? I I mean, you could see stuff that is just amazing. I mean, I'm a huge demon slayer fan. Love it.
Mac:
Mhmm.
Daimyo:
The special effects and the action in that is almost unparalleled. Okay? And the and it and it has the raw feels too. But I I I'm there because of the story more than anything else. And I have to love the characters and the story.
Daimyo:
And, to me, sometimes the the simplest things make for the the greatest story and the greatest feel to that story. And I think he hit the mark here. So that's why I picked this for my number one.
Jacci:
Dude, you know me. I love OSTs. I, especially, I love when they're very sound very haunting, and they set, like, the tone for, like, whatever scene is happening or whatever Emotions. Pictures. Not pictures, but, like, whatever animation they're trying to display, like, behind it.
Jacci:
I, like, even listening to it, like, I don't know if that was the exact ending, Willie, if what you showed or if it was just like this.
Mac:
So it was the only one I could find on a YouTube that had the TV size of the of the actual sample of the song. Yeah.
Daimyo:
A lot of lot of ones you'll find
Mac:
pretty sure if you go to the Yeah. The official song, that's gonna be way longer just based on
Daimyo:
what I've heard. And then
Mac:
you saw OST, so you know it's like a I'm I'm a guess, like, more than a minute and a half that was played. But I'm I'm assuming, based on watching the show and and the story and and knowing the story and watching it unfold, it kinda amplifies the it adds more to just a simple, you hear the piano and the other instrument. I think it was a either a string or or another kind of percussion, but, very somber, very like, you sit down and you reflect kinda just what I just saw or what's going on in the show.
Daimyo:
Yeah. You're reflecting and yeah. And I and one of my favorite episodes and the reason why this just flowed in there and it always stuck in my head, is there's an episode about snow. And I know that sounds really strange, but the traveler comes across an individual who has had a paranormal or supernatural reaction to a heavy snowfall and being able and how it affected his sensory his sensory ability to pull things in and his his ability to be, exposed to this to his senses. And then it flows perfectly into that music.
Daimyo:
And it always stuck with me, like, the ending. You know? But the peaceful images that you see and everything, even though you're in the midst of someone who's in a crisis, but it's a silent crisis because the snowfall makes everything silent. So it it it to me, it was just it's one of those moments that just stuck with me, you know, and that's why I picked it. It's it's beautiful beautiful in so many ways.
Daimyo:
So thank you.
Mac:
I like and and I know I've mentioned this on the last episode, but, like, adding you to to to the to the crew, like, the the entries that you bring, like because, like, we're we're talking about 1 piece. We're talking about this, that, and you're just, like, listen to this one. For my number one And, like, you you sit and you you listen to it and you concentrate. Like, you just take the extra 90 the 90 seconds that it played, and you're just like, there's a lot that's hidden in in the in the simplicity of of the music. Like, you doesn't always have to have a full ensemble of brass and and woodwinds and percussion to to get your point across and to tell a story you know sometimes less and more yeah
Jacci:
sometimes less and more
Mac:
with that being said
Daimyo:
Number 1.
Jacci:
Do we
Jacci:
wanna house. What's your number 1?
Mac:
Do we wanna end this on a very high note?
Jacci:
Yeah. Like a shot?
Mac:
Oh my gosh, Jackie. What is going on with you? I have Oh my god. Testing the
Jacci:
whole lot of liquid. It's like
Mac:
You're you're making my establishment a dry establishment, Jackie.
Jacci:
Well, I didn't really have a shot before. I was just drinking.
Mac:
Oh, really?
Jacci:
Truly. Well, the Jameson was 1, but then this is, like, it's not a lot. It's just a half.
Mac:
She's like, I was just drinking Truly's. Those don't count.
Daimyo:
Alright. I got I got a bottle of
Mac:
Oh my gosh. What are we doing here, guys?
Daimyo:
Something. I'm
Mac:
just taking another swig of this
Jacci:
jacket. Sip.
Mac:
I'll take a swig. You know?
Jacci:
Cheers. Cheers.
Mac:
Cheers. Bye. Amanda. Now, Amanda, you're asking where to stream it.
Jacci:
Let yeah. Let me
Jacci:
I don't
Mac:
know what what level of Crunchyroll I have, but every time I search for something, it's like watching on Crunchyroll. I click on it and Crunchyroll's like start playing it. But then other people go to Crunchyroll and they're like,
Daimyo:
it says on on subscription on Crunchy Roll. So So I'm just
Jacci:
So I just pulled up, and it popped up only episode 1, OVA, on my, Crunchyroll, which that happens sometimes. It's really frustrating. They will only have a certain season or a certain episode on there. So this is, like, what we talked about before, some of the episodes because of the
Mac:
Geographic, your IP address, and all that stuff.
Jacci:
Do you
Jacci:
like to when it was created, it you might have to go on Amazon Prime, Hulu, or it sucks to say this, but you might have to pirate it. You might just have to Google, like, free anime. Well, that's what that I'm learning about ever since I don't give a shit. That's all I did when I was a kid all the way up until Crunchyroll became a
Mac:
How do you think I watched Bleachy Korea, bro? Bleachy, bro. You're probably in there somewhere.
Jacci:
But I didn't
Mac:
go on fire.
Jacci:
I've learned if you want to watch, like, older anime, it does not really exist on Crunchyroll except very specific ones. If you wanna watch these, I wouldn't say Mujichi as well because that's actually a very popular one. For some reason, some of these, they don't have available on even the websites you pay for. And to my my understanding, there's, like, 3. There's Crunchyroll.
Jacci:
There's, what's the one that Oshinoko is on?
Mac:
The big three that I was using was High Dive, Crunchyroll, and Funimation.
Jacci:
High Dive. High Dive, Crunchyroll, and sorry. What was that third one, Billy?
Mac:
Funimation. But then Yeah.
Jacci:
Funimation's gone. So is your 2 they don't even have everything, which is frustrating. So you still have to Google it, and you have to find a a website, unfortunately, that
Mac:
I mean, Amazon Prime's trying. Disney Plus is trying. Like, Disney Plus will throw at. Like, it's probably what Disney plus, and Disney plus doesn't do a good job of, like, broadcasting the anime that they have. Like, if you are the Disney plus and, like, search these things, they probably have full seasons of it.
Mac:
But they don't advertise it into their subtitle game is fucking atrocious.
Daimyo:
Oh, yeah. It is. Oh my god.
Mac:
You could try Hulu as well. So there's, like, any any stream Yeah.
Jacci:
But even
Jacci:
Hulu is not Hulu
Mac:
is my girlfriend for Bleach,000,000 year blood.
Jacci:
Just look it up for free. I don't judge you. I would do it. Crunchyroll's fault for charging us fucking a 100 plus dollars, not giving us that.
Mac:
You have sunglasses, Jackie. You probably lost them, didn't you?
Jacci:
I actually don't know where they are.
Mac:
Oh, she was fine with them for a little bit. Oh, look what I got, Willy. You don't have these. You're not a super
Daimyo:
have these. You didn't get the super princess.
Mac:
Looked into it immediately. I'm like, how do I get these goddamn glasses?
Jacci:
Well, that's how it Jennifer recommended. I think it's Vampire Princess. That's the only
Jacci:
way I found out. Yeah. That's the only way I could find out
Jacci:
I could watch it is I had to do it for free.
Daimyo:
Fire Princess Meet You?
Jacci:
Yes.
Daimyo:
Yeah. I love that. Oh, it's so good. It's old.
Jacci:
I watched it
Jacci:
because Jen recommended it, and I started watching it, and that's the only way I could watch it.
Daimyo:
Dude, what's the name of the guy with the, the theater mask thing again? It's like her guardian.
Jacci:
Me. I've only seen 2 episodes. I'm sorry, Ben. I'm sorry.
Daimyo:
He's so dope.
Jacci:
Busy. Anyway Alright. Okay.
Jacci:
I'm gonna say Willie.
Daimyo:
Alright. Willie, number 1. Gotta
Jacci:
Ending number 1. Ending number 1.
Mac:
Do you know what it is?
Jacci:
No.
Mac:
Jackie was going back and forth. So a little behind the scenes.
Jacci:
I actually think I know what it is, but we'll see what happens.
Mac:
This was a this was this this challenge, so we're like, yeah. We're gonna pick 5 endings in a in a in a honorable mention. Jackie is just like, here's what I'm thinking about putting she had, like, 12 songs, and I'm like, Jackie, get rid of all these maybes and give me your your list. And then she hit me up in a separate chat, was like, yo, do you have these in your list? Because it's so I could take them off mine.
Mac:
I'm like, I'm not telling you what I have. I wanna know you're honest. I'm not making it easier for you. Tell me you're fine.
Jacci:
Tell me. Tell me.
Mac:
Do the work. Tell me. And she was like, okay. These are my 5. And I was just like, thank God.
Mac:
Because ladies and gentlemen, I know it's a fairly recent one. But when I tell you when I tell you if there's a ending that I can listen to
Jacci:
Over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Sorry.
Mac:
It is lost in paradise by Ali featuring AKLO. And this is another song that when it plays, people know where it's from. You haven't seen it, but you know where it's from. You're aware of this song. But, the animation because you guys are aware of jjk.
Mac:
You know it's it's very it's hands.com. People are fighting, sorcery, people dying, like, not in this season, but, you know, it's it's just a very dark anime for some people. But then this ending comes on. They're just being kids at this point. You know, they're getting their hair done, gelling it up, going out on the town.
Mac:
They'll be going shopping. The animation with the the watercolor scribbling outside the line, making it kind of a rough draft feel to it. Amazing. Now the actual artist behind it, Ali, apparently, it was a band, and Ali is an acronym that stands for Alien Liberty International. So they did this one lost in paradise, and they did wild side for Beastars, which if you have
Jacci:
Oh, nice.
Mac:
That's a that's a pretty good one over on Netflix. But in 2021, the band went on indefinite hiatus because their drummer got arrested for fraud. After a 6 month break, they've returned in November of 2021. But as of October 24, Ali is now a solo project led by their lead vocalist, and all the other members have this first. So it's not a full band anymore.
Mac:
It's just the lead singer by himself, to carry the the future of Ali. What happened with the band? I have no idea. I'm scrolling through.
Jacci:
Yeah.
Mac:
Anything in here. I'm just like, bro, you had like They disappeared. So the band actually had 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 members.
Daimyo:
That's what they
Mac:
all of a sudden, they're just like it's just Leo and Mamara. I'm a moron.
Daimyo:
That's what happened. There's too many. Too many. And I'm just like,
Mac:
you you do you know that that hurts. That that that's a gut punch. Because this this song is a jam, and you you're not gonna get anything like this again. Well, did they did they because the band is actually they they infused hip hop, funk, jazz, and global influences from, international cultures. So all of that came here.
Mac:
You got the the rapping. You had the horns. You got the jazz literally. You got the funk. And I'm just like, this because, I mean, the the first time you see the ending, you're like, what is what is this?
Mac:
These kids were not here living their life like this. You know, they were not here gelling their hair up being kids. Like, my man was going to school, ate a finger, beat the shit out of the demon.
Daimyo:
What now?
Mac:
The demon was about to eat, you know, his classmates. And then all of a sudden it's like,
Jacci:
do do do do do.
Mac:
I'm like, do do
Jacci:
do do. I'm like, do
Jacci:
do do do.
Jacci:
You're all dancing.
Mac:
But I'm here for it. I love it. Yeah. And it it was automatically ending I'm not skipping. Right?
Daimyo:
Yeah. It's perfect contrast to the episodes. It's like a bone.
Mac:
The art, the simplistic, like, the background's one color, and then the characters come out. Mug Mogimi, like my favorite. He comes out with the black pants, the white shirt with the red headphones on just just being cool as fuck. This oh, man. When I tell you it it was not it wasn't as hard to already know, like, this is going somewhere on my list.
Mac:
Like, I wanted to be that the the gatekeeper to be like, well, if it's the number one for me, it has to be something from, you know, one of the older shows, one of the relics. You know? I'm just like but I love what I love. You know? And I will say some credit should be given to me because I I could've like I said, I could've ran and just picked any Lisa song.
Mac:
I was looking at from the edge. Mhmm.
Jacci:
You
Mac:
know what I'm saying? Any of Lisa's songs from Sword Art Online, the Alicization art that's going on, the underground, underground war under War of the Underworld arc, I could have found another. I was good thinking about using, Flow. Yeah. Ending from, 7 deadly sins, the first ending.
Mac:
I was gonna go down this list and tell you what I was gonna use, but, a mere torches from oh my let me stop. But then, like, I just looked at this song and it just stuck out like, are you really not? None of you guys are gonna talk about Lost in Paradise? I was like, I can't let us go out like that.
Jacci:
That's why I messaged
Jacci:
you because I I wanted to.
Mac:
You should've did it, and I would've found something else.
Jacci:
No. Because I really like More Than Words. I can't tell you enough, like, how much I I think I'm the type of person that like, I like this song. I love this ending. Like, yes.
Jacci:
It it it is in my top, but I think I I like the slow I like the slower. I like the chill. I like that's what I will vibe with more. That's what I like. So when that type of song is an ending, that will be higher on my list than something that's more fun.
Jacci:
But I can't tell you enough how much I've been in an airport walking or just at the gym or or or even just at the
Jacci:
grocery store.
Mac:
You know, you think you're And
Jacci:
this is the song that I'm, like, listening.
Mac:
Walking like you're in the credits, don't you?
Jacci:
Yep. And just I'm the one. I'm I come out the door too. I'm the door, and I'm
Jacci:
like, yeah.
Jacci:
Throwing dice because I don't know. Where do they come from?
Mac:
Man. So many. I wanted to take a couple from Jojo, but, like, they're already, like, established English songs that were made here in the states. But I'm just, like, just the vibe of them. Like, walk like an Egyptian.
Jacci:
Yeah.
Mac:
You know, roundabout. There's a show on Netflix called The Great Pretender, and the actual ending song is the song Great Pretender by Freddie Mercury. And I'm just like, bro, this is like, it well played getting the song to match your show, but that completes all of our songs. If I could give you one more spot. Like, what song was so close to making your list, Jackie, and you had to cut it off?
Mac:
Like, what's You don't Go
Jacci:
to Eric first. Go to Eric first, please. Go to Eric first. Well, okay. I already
Jacci:
know it.
Jacci:
Make it hard.
Mac:
Okay. Make it hard. We're not gonna bring it up on YouTube. Just just
Daimyo:
throw it out there and let us know.
Mac:
You're looking at, like
Jacci:
I will. I will by Dream, the first ending of Inuyasha.
Jacci:
Okay.
Jacci:
I I, like, I can't I think that yeah. It's hard. Like, I wanna pick another anime. Also, I deleted all of my I don't know why I did that. I deleted everything,
Jacci:
so I
Jacci:
don't have
Mac:
Sorry, guys.
Jacci:
Oh, actually, no. I sent it to you guys, didn't I?
Mac:
The the list would all fit into your initial songs?
Jacci:
Actually okay. If I if
Daimyo:
I all your possibilities on there.
Jacci:
Let me let me look at my possibilities. If I had to choose, I think it'd be Bleach ending 7.
Mac:
Which one is that?
Jacci:
I'll tell you right now. Give me a second because it's really good. There might be better endings, but it's Hanabi by Ikimonogatari. If you ever listen to Ikimonogatari in general, they're an amazing band. We've also done openings for Naruto, I think, or endings.
Jacci:
Hanabi is just so good. So great. I just didn't choose it because we're talking about anime endings specifically. The visuals of the ending kinda suck compared to the song. Naruto?
Jacci:
No. This was the Bleach ending 7, Hanabi, by Ikimonogatari. I didn't choose it only because the visuals of it were not that great, but the song is amazing. The song and the visuals didn't match, and I wish they would have done something better. This is what I I I I have a problem with with older animes.
Jacci:
They just with their ending and sometimes their openings, they just do pictures of their characters sometimes instead of, like, setting a scene or doing something different. Yeah. So but if I had to choose, just because the song in general is so good, it's Hanabi, but by Ikimonogatari.
Jacci:
Okay.
Mac:
Good. What's your
Jacci:
I love Bleach. I really have a soft spot in my heart for it.
Mac:
What's what's the do do you know which one, just missed the list for you, Eric?
Daimyo:
No. Actually, I would have to go back and look. I was gonna say demon slayer, but then I think I've already said the force. So, I mean, I'm too big of a huge fan for that for the but, no. To actually I'd wanna put more thought into it.
Daimyo:
So I don't really have one right now. What what what do you got, Willie? What do you got? Throw it at us.
Mac:
Now mine, woulda had to been a Lisa song. Like, I can't disrespect my like, I got Amir on here, but I don't have Lisa. So I was looking at From the Edge, but, I was trying to I was gonna try to finesse and massage the rules to get, like, movie themes, which you could almost say is a outro. The, Hamaru from, Lisa, the from, the, mutant train arc for from Demon Slayer movie. Like, we talked about it during our opening.
Mac:
I'm just like, man, listen to this song. Listen to this woman sing. The first
Jacci:
didn't know we could do movies. All of them
Jacci:
all of them all of them all of them all of
Mac:
them all of them.
Jacci:
You know?
Mac:
So and and I was gonna do it, but I was just like, I'm looking just for, like, endings with, like, credits on, but I was just like
Daimyo:
I don't know, man. That's that's such a good song.
Mac:
That song is so moving, but that that's cried last episode. You cried. I did.
Jacci:
You cried also. Let's not
Daimyo:
garage. My eyes is garage sweat coming down like that?
Mac:
Like, right here because I'm wearing these blue
Jacci:
Garage sweat in November. Okay.
Mac:
It's all good. It's all good. But, ladies and gentlemen, that is, that is it for our top five endings plus honorable mention. Great time. The homework was, I know we we shared a post in the the group like, man, we are putting in the effort we are putting in to getting this list together, for me, I know personally, was probably more than the effort I put in at my real day to day job today.
Mac:
Like, I legit was at my desk when I had free time, like, listening to endings and making a list. It was ridiculous. And then people come in, hey, shirts. You got a minute? You know?
Jacci:
And, you
Jacci:
know, you should have bought them
Jacci:
and be like, actually, do you wanna discuss endings?
Mac:
Of these 2,
Jacci:
which song
Daimyo:
do you like better? Like Before
Jacci:
we get there, before we talk about your problem and your issues, what do you think?
Mac:
Which is a better bop? Sir, I don't understand the words. Just feel
Jacci:
It doesn't matter. What makes you feel the best? I about And, also, is it helping with your current situation?
Daimyo:
Yeah. I don't care what you think.
Jacci:
Just And
Jacci:
then he says, if they say yes, it's like, oh, by the way, here's a song I want you to start listening to, and you feel down.
Mac:
Before I help you, what are your thoughts on Lisa? Yeah. Clemson, get out.
Jacci:
How do you feel about this artist? Oh, you don't like Lisa. Goodbye.
Mac:
Yeah. But, I had
Daimyo:
a swine. Get out of my office.
Jacci:
Yes.
Mac:
I knew this was gonna be a a fun episode, just like the last one was.
Jacci:
That's all
Mac:
I did.
Jacci:
Good time.
Mac:
I had a fantastic time. Yeah. Apologies again, to Deontay for, the confusion in the chat as far as, when the show starts. But I'm glad you did send us because we're able to to share it with everybody. And like I said, before I go to bed tonight, playlist will be made for both the openings and the closings, and I will make them public on Spotify for those to listen to, and I will try to make it I don't know if you can do it on Apple Music as well.
Jacci:
I don't know.
Mac:
Alright. I I
Jacci:
would Spotify for sure.
Mac:
Just in case we have, the iPhone master race people out here. I will try to do that all in the
Jacci:
Just kidding. Just kidding. Spotify, though.
Mac:
On iPhone is or, Apple Music as well. But and then when these videos get published, I will let you know ahead of time. This video will probably not make it onto YouTube after like, once we're done streaming, YouTube will look at this and be like, you're blocked on Probably. We're not getting copyright strict. They're just gonna be like, you can't play this.
Mac:
What we do, this full video will be over on, our Patreon, and then we will also because Facebook will play the full video. They'll just be like, your video will be shared monetization with the owners of these songs, which I'm fine with because I don't think we're really making that kind of money anyway.
Jacci:
I feel like we gave them the credit. We said who it was from, the animation, the the creators.
Daimyo:
Come on, man. I cited my source.
Jacci:
Silly girl.
Jacci:
Silly girl.
Jacci:
Do you
Mac:
think that's how big companies work when it comes to Why
Daimyo:
did we learn
Jacci:
so much? Help them.
Jacci:
We're helping them. Where's my money? I'm helping you.
Mac:
They're like, if we can make more money, we will, and we'll make it off of your video. So Exactly. Oh, yeah. So It's fine. But, yeah, I had a good time.
Mac:
You guys got any final words? IE, we've been thinking about trying to do one more episode on 11th talking about our favorite anime for 2024. Is that still something we want to do?
Jacci:
Eric, you go first before I talk.
Daimyo:
Yeah. I'm all for that. I think we need to do a little bit of deliberating between us, but especially because I'm Nope.
Mac:
Jackie, I want your list. Don't ask me what my list is.
Jacci:
It's no.
Daimyo:
I don't have my list,
Jacci:
and you're not gonna have it.
Mac:
Oh, we're doing everybody's doing surprises.
Daimyo:
Are we doing 5 surprise top picks for this year's or just 1?
Jacci:
Yeah. I don't know. Should we should we all come together and we say what we think?
Mac:
And we go
Jacci:
It'll be a collaborative effort.
Mac:
It'll be a collaborative
Jacci:
group, I mean, like, the podcast group.
Mac:
Yeah. Yeah. It'll be a collaborative effort.
Jacci:
Yeah.
Daimyo:
So it That sounds good.
Mac:
This is what we all think are the top five.
Jacci:
For 2024 Yeah. Specifically. Yes. Cool. December 11th.
Jacci:
It'll be a Wednesday, though, this time, guys, not a Thursday.
Mac:
Yes. Mhmm. Yes. Yes. So, I will actually get the ads out and start, advertising for that.
Mac:
So if you have any suggestions, the podcast fan group is now open. The eat the cake anime podcast fan group. So now you guys can post in there instead of just waiting for us to post on the podcast page. So either way, we're posting it on both, trying to get the word out there. So, brush up on your anime.
Mac:
You got time to see what's out there and, bring to the table what your picks would be for the top 5 anime that premiered this year. Cool.
Jacci:
And if you guys have any
Jacci:
topics you want us to talk about or things that you want us to bring, please let us know. We'll plan that for next year. But for sure, bring it whatever you wanna hear from us because, usually, we pick, like, one anime. We just talk about it, but we're all up for continuing to do, like, specific things like this.
Jacci:
And I think
Jacci:
it's a lot of fun too when we bring more into it. You know, it's 3 hours, but I love it because I miss you guys.
Daimyo:
Yeah. Which is awesome.
Mac:
You just release it in 2 parts. It's fine. And then for the the the real serious anime heads, like I said, you can just watch the video over on the YouTube podcast or the, Facebook podcast page all 3 hours and some change of it. It just just Absolutely. Take it all in, so to speak.
Jacci:
Yeah.
Mac:
So, if we're wrapping it up, appreciate you guys tuning in, hanging out with us. Again, great show. A lot of participation, and we love you guys for it. It makes the show that much more better. Mo better, if you will.
Mac:
So, I'm the homie Mac AKA your boy. This is the homie EJ aka Doctor Awesome. And then we have, Jack Attack. Jackie down there at the end. Eat the cake anime episode 10 is a wrap, and we will catch you guys on the 11th, correct, of December.
Jacci:
Sounds good? Wednesday. Same time.
Mac:
Remember to sleep, eat, anime, and chill. Y'all be easy. Peace.