I’ve really painted myself into a corner this year with Otaku Evolution, covering so many of my favorite anime (like this one), there’s not a whole lot of the best I can review (or at least not a whole lot I can monetize reviews for). But nevertheless, it was great revisiting Macross Plus and confirming that not only does it completely hold up, but it’s still one of the best mecha anime. But what else could it be with that pedigree? Shinichiro Watanabe, Keiko Nobumoto, Ichiro Itano, Yoko Kanno, and for the English dub, Bryan Cranston! Few other anime could satisfy my need for great anime to review for this year’s Action Channel Month quite like this! It’s so crazy good, you’ll hear “Voices”!
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Otaku Revolution’s Top 15 Anime Soundtracks: 15-11
Introduction | 15-11 | 10-6 | 5-2 | 1 | Honorable Mentions
#15 – The Big O (Tosihiko Sahashi)
Okay, so it’s first theme song is ripped from Queen’s Flash Gordon theme song and the second season’s theme music is the dark match version of the theme from Gerry Anderson’s UFO. Call those “homages”, damn it. It’s obvious that The Big O borrows from various sources, not the least of which being Batman: The Animated Series (which Sunrise animated some of). But let that be a testament to the variety you’ll find both in the show and its soundtrack. Want sultry, sexy sax? Want suspensful movie serial music invoking shades of Bernard Hermann? What about a track that’s an obvious rearrangement of “La Merseillaise”? And this hodgepodge doesn’t feel anything at all like a hodgepodge, with its judicious use throughout the 26 episode run of the program (which would have been longer if Mike Lazzo didn’t have a hard on for two particularly unfunny “comedians”). The show’s soundtrack might not give you what the title of the show promises, but you’ll be satisfied nonetheless.
