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Animes Research Paper

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Music to the Ears After a stressful week of school and work, it is finally the weekend. People often do many activities to have fun or feel productive during the weekend. Similar to myself, I watched an anime over the weekend. Animes are animated TV shows produced by Japanese companies. Watching animes on my weekends relieves the stress from school, but also can change the point of my views seen in society. A prime example of an anime I watched this weekend was Your Lie In April. Its Japanese name is Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso. Your Lie In April is a story about a young boy name Kousei Arima, who is a prodigy pianist and what lies ahead is his path to his future. In this journey, Arima faces the death of his mother, which shakes Arima’s world, …show more content…

Even though it is in Japanese, you can feel this sensational feeling. “Never in my life did I thought of ‘oh hey let's listen to some classical music’ but this anime opened a new taste in music in me and I'm grateful for that” (myanimelist). Listening to the music in this anime has also changed my taste of music. The opening of the anime gives a really good invite to why you should watch this anime. To get viewers to watch an anime, the anime usually plays a good song with pictures of what you will see in the anime. The soundtracks set the mood of what the viewer will see within the anime. While watching the openings with the soundtracks in it, you can see all the characters and what you will also see within the anime. The ending of the anime shows the closing of the anime and has a soundtrack. Both the openings and endings can be considered as music videos. The genre of both the opening and endings is Japanese pop. The openings and endings reflect the anime. Within the anime, the instruments that are mostly played are the piano and violin. Kousei Arima plays the piano while Kaori plays the violin. Also, in this anime, the producers include classical music like Frédéric Chopin and Beethoven. I recommend watching this anime due to the soundtracks you will enjoy listening to. Looking at the amazing plotline and soundtrack comes the captivating animations of the …show more content…

The people say that the anime’s pacing is too slow and should be faster. Because the anime is 22 episodes, the anime has to be slower. I agree to this, the anime is way too slow. However, the music that is being played by Arima and Kaori makes up for the pacing. Their music of them playing the piano and violin brings harmony and beauty to this anime. Listening to the soundtrack of this anime brings good things to the ears. Also, a counter to the slow pacing is the animations of the anime. Combining animations with the soundtracks brings beauty to the eye. They entwine together to make the best out of the

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