But Shokotan’s voice ruins the mix for me. So, Jun Senoue meets Noriyuki Iwadare? Musically, it’s fun and interesting. The second, which you can detect at other points in the song, is Lunar (the old Sega CD “The Silver Star” version). The first, which you can hear very well in the beginning, is Sonic the Hedgehog. The third track on the single, “Milky Kiss,” has synths all around it that remind me simultaneously of two different Sega franchises. Oh Shokotan, please stop! You are too happy and this song is too much of a pest for me to continue listening!
And if you play this song at noon, it will remind me that I’m still not a morning person. Me? Turn off the music, and the alarm clock, and let me sleep in.
“6 AM”) is the kind of music that an “up-and-at-’em” kind of person would listen to at 6 AM to wake themselves up. The same cannot be said for the B-Sides on this single (released under catalog number SRCL-7023 in April of 2009). Of the thousands of Japanese pop/rock theme songs I’ve heard for games and anime, I’d honestly rank this one in a top 100. Mix that in with a batch of super-produced percussion and strings, and you have a perfect stew of memorable J-pop-stuff. “Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana” is a great 4/4 dance track a kind of dance-rock-pop that’s got equal parts minor-key hesitation and glittery J-pop confidence. But this single for the film really did stand out to me.
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And Shoko Nakagawa (aka Shokotan) is not a stranger to the series, as she has sung other theme songs for the series in the past.
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Though I will say, based on my exposure to the TV anime, it’s definitely good stuff. I have not yet seen the second Gurren Lagann film (full title: Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars). Can this “tarento” prove to have something truly valuable to add to my growing collection of Japanese music?
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Our review of the full single, including its two B-Sides, are to be found after the jump. This time, we have her theme song for the second Gurren Lagann film, entitled “Namida no Tane, Egao no Hana” (trans. Maybe it was just a bad first impression with that ultra-childish Pokémon music. Well I finally got a glimpse of why people may enjoy her work. I just didn’t understand the appeal of this J-pop star. So when I was asked to check out another Shokotan single, I was ready to put put either two earplugs in my ears or one bullet in my head. Her single for one of many Pokémon films left me wanting to turn off my ears. The last time I spoke of Shoko Nakagawa, it was in most unpleasant terms.