History AwesomeMusic / YokoKanno

* ''MacrossPlus'' has a lot of awesome music, but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82tzllnsQ38 "Information High"]] is one of the best, especially when seen in context.

* ''{{Macross7}}'''s OVA sequel Dynamite 7 has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rRTYj6qz7g "Angel Voice"]], even [[JAMProject Basara]] haters have to admit that this song is pretty awesome. Think about it, "Angel Voice" is basically {{JAM Project}} and YokoKanno together in one song! You can't get any more awesome than that.

* ''MacrossFrontier'' has the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H1yTmrrAFs "Nyan Nyan Service Medley"]] and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t03lQIAwPbU Nyan Nyan Special Service Medley (Tokumori)]], which combines multiple songs from the series, all possible examples of this trope in their own right, into one medley made of sheer awesome.

* ''VisionOfEscaflowne''[='=]s "Dance of Curse." [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSlNHi6wgQQ Repetitive, but awesome]].

* The ''WolfsRain'' soundtrack. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kucGEjGLeY "Stray"]], the theme song, definitely deserves a mention. The song is reminiscent of all the most epic 80s power ballads, with Steve Conte's voice making it even better. And then there's the frankly brilliant moment where the guitar makes a howling sound, just as a wolf is shown howling...

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_HNHnOKanc "Tell Me What The Rain Knows"]], for its sheer beauty and goosebumps-inducing factor. Although it does fall under 'collabs with Creator/MaayaSakamoto' category, it is special enough to get a separate mention.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4SJcDd4ICg "Strangers"]], sung by Raj Ramayya. The haunting trumpet, the soft vocals, the lyrics filled with desire and hope that lets you believe the wolves really could make it to Paradise. At the same time this makes it very sorrowful, but still no less gorgeous.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkn8dwSh6k "Cloud 9"]] practically has awesome written all over it!
* The soundtrack for ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' is really, really good. There isn't really a single track that isn't marvelous, they always blend perfectly with the visuals and context of the scenes they're matched with, and they play a huge part in making the show so amazing. It's possibly one of the greatest soundtracks ever made.

* BrainPowerd is also worthy of note as sort of a precursor to Anime/TurnAGundam, this was the first collaboration between Kanno and Yoshiyuki Tomino and gave us such great songs as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbBerjcezXM Light of Love]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JaEgxL6VmM Sonne]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn9vOyGDTZ8 Flow]].

* The ''GenesisOfAquarion'' soundtrack, especially the theme song "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE6RtY7a2a0 Sousei no Aquarion]]", composed by her.

* The ''PleaseSaveMyEarth'' OVA episode ending song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tizpl0S5hk Toki no Kioku]] ("[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YACSbe0fnE0 The Moment's Memory]]"), set the nostalgic mood of the anime. The rest of the soundtrack contributes as well, of course....
* The entire ''DarkerThanBlack'' soundtrack. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnPXAoAwEYA GO Dark]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Lsp4o1zzM Highheel Runaway]] in particular. When those songs start, you know some crazy shit is about to go down.

** And when Steve Conte, who sang most songs of CowboyBebop, sings with Creator/MaayaSakamoto, we get this piece of heaven: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIJQOqZjmZ4 "The Garden of Everything"]], from ''{{RahXephon}}''.

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o661KZwx2JQ But Not For Me]]". Also a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Junichi's ''seiyuu'', Junichi Suwabe, for his incredibly good English.

* It's not featured in any anime, but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ9XQCgLdmc The Man In The Desert]] is a hauntingly beautiful piece that can be found on her album, Song to Fly.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_HNHnOKanc "Tell Me What The Rain Knows"]], for its sheer beauty and goosebumps-inducing factor. Although it does fall under 'collabs with MaayaSakamoto' category, it is special enough to get a separate mention.

* Her collaborations with MaayaSakamoto. Unsurprisingly, there isn't a bad song on any of her Kanno-produced albums, and many AWESOME ones. For a sample, there's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnv7cEA9hYM "Kiseki no Umi"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86lPeBeHGtg "Hemisphere"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc1kMlY8Jmw "Triangler"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEQ2cgZF2I0 "Platinum"]] the above-mentioned "Gravity" and, the one that started it all, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFHCqP0nF1M "Yakusoku wa Iranai".]]
** And when Steve Conte, who sang most songs of CowboyBebop, sings with MaayaSakamoto, we get this piece of heaven: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIJQOqZjmZ4 "The Garden of Everything"]], from ''{{RahXephon}}''.

Let's just stop here and agree that the entire musical oeuvre of YokoKanno is a CrowningMusicOfAwesome. Sort of like how every chapter of the Summa Theologica is a miracle. This era's Mozart or Beethoven. [[Pantheon/{{Music}} God of Music]]. You get the picture.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4F5tC3AEls "After, in the dark"]] is a rocking '80s-style open-air concert performance that plays over the first episode fadeout, and at the beginning of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJBLmExgHiw Sharon Apple concert]]. As an in-story product of the virtual idol Sharon Apple, it really makes me buy how an AI could have become a mega-popular performer in the Macross universe. This is crucial to the plot, you see. ;)

** Becomes even better when you consider that Mari Iijima (Lynn Minmay) did her own version. That was awesome enough on its own, then the fans mixed it with the original, the result is sheer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSktqTsXUeA musical awesomeness]] as well as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for fan mixes.

* ''CowboyBebop''. "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Kf545Kg4s Tank!]]", [[strike:Quite possibly the]] Best. Theme Song. EVER. Especially when played [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-TAxm00jOg LIVE!]]
** Also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4lNGz-2TaQ "See You, Space Cowboy".]] This version was going to be the regular ending credits, but it wasn't ready in time for the first episode broadcast, so they switched the songs.
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuAzPR0ACVw Bad dog, no biscuits]]" is so awesome it will make you weep. Angriest. Trombone solo. ''Ever.''
** One of the most AWESOME endings in the history of anime segues seamlessly into the beautiful [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVSmiasnAuk "Blue"]]. Roughly 90% of anime fans want that song played at their funerals.
*** The ending of the final episode is one of the few end credit sequences to an anime series that Creator/AdultSwim doesn't speed up to get in more advertising time (including most other ''Cowboy Bebop'' episodes after the initial run). "Blue" is just that PERFECT an ending to the series.
** As if that's not enough, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKnVaDwUg5s Space Lion]]", "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcrb6365GsQ Rain]]" and the ED "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nftxDrStny8 Real Folk Blues]]" are truly and simply beautiful. Quite possibly the best OST ever.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S_0ojO3bGc "No Reply"]] is an astoundingly beautiful, passionate song.
*** It doesn't even bother most people that the song is about the dying moments going through the singer's mind as he's committing ''suicide''. It's THAT. DAMN. GOOD.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zRwRatEa8c "What Planet is This".]]
*** Not only is the music amazing on its own, but the fact it is used during a protracted dogfight/chase with main character Spike, using what are essentially futuristic fighter jets. Surprisingly, it fits the scene perfectly.
*** On a similar note, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR4TDBXebWc "Elm"]] shows that even in the middle of a chase scene, the right song can turn it from being about catching the bad guy to an internal, emotional struggle. Just try replacing this song with anything else, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLVauybm4ag#t=998s Jet's chase scene]] will be nowhere near as powerful.
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THslC4gOaWE Green Bird]]".
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPbBhvv6GI8 "Call Me, Call Me"]] is a truly beautiful TearJerker when taken in context when it's used in the series.
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdnMOavVElk Is It Real?]]". It has such a fatal and tragic message, and yet it's also quite moving.
** It would be easier to simply say that every song on the OST is made of win than to list all of the awesome songs on it.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5M3R2WvFQk Yo Pumpkin Head]]: Dancing in your chair = impossible to resist.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rYYzKo6S9g Ask-DNA]].
** The melancholy [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmFAJPArhqM Road to the West]] could be described as a saxophone weeping lyrically for 3 minutes. As one of the comments states, "If I ever break up with my girlfriend and I find myself driving on the highway at night alone, while it's raining, still remembering her and the times we had, this is the song that would be playing in my head." This is actually the emotional context in which it was used in the series.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiUjOFYDiBE Pushing the Sky]], the final battle theme against [[BigBad Vincent Volaju]] in TheMovie.
** The Music/IronMaiden-inspired [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7R2Vl_hcCA Live in Baghdad]].

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o661KZwx2JQ But Not For Me]]". Also a [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome COMA]] for Junichi's ''seiyuu'', Junichi Suwabe, for his incredibly good English.

** The fight against the Jigabachi AV helicopter in 'Natural Enemy' was pretty awesome by itself, but wouldn't have been anywhere near as awesome as it is without [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKHa6d9sdhk THIS]] playing in the background.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMxtI7QfpWk Run Rabbit Junk.]] Every time this plays, Section Nine is doing something awesome.

** Also the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXdqOlWYVQ8 extended version of "The Real Folk Blues"]] from the last episode.
*** The song in the last episode isn't "The Real Folk Blues," but rather [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4lNGz-2TaQ "See You, Space Cowboy".]] This version was going to be the regular ending credits, but it wasn't ready in time for the first episode broadcast, so they switched the songs.

* ''MacrossPlus'' has a lot of awesome music, but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82tzllnsQ38 ''Information High'']] is one of the best, especially when seen in context.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4F5tC3AEls&fmt=18 "After, in the dark"]] is a rocking '80s-style open-air concert performance that plays over the first episode fadeout, and at the beginning of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJBLmExgHiw Sharon Apple concert]]. As an in-story product of the virtual idol Sharon Apple, it really makes me buy how an AI could have become a mega-popular performer in the Macross universe. This is crucial to the plot, you see. ;)
** Don't forget [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyWJKrtMg7E&list=FLnENPxxnzmSXVgZoRhnD4Ow&index=8 Fly Up In The Air!]]
* ''{{Macross7}}'''s OVA sequel Dynamite 7 has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rRTYj6qz7g ''Angel Voice'']], even [[JAMProject Basara]] haters have to admit that this song is pretty awesome.
** Think about it, ''Angel Voice'' is basically {{JAM Project}} and {{Yoko Kanno}} together in one song! You can't get anymore awesome then that.
*** Becomes even better when you consider that Mari Iijima (Lynn Minmay) did her own version. That was awesome enough on its own, then the fans mixed it with the original, the result is sheer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSktqTsXUeA musical awesomeness]] as well as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for fan mixes.
* ''MacrossFrontier'' has the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H1yTmrrAFs ''Nyan Nyan Service Medley'']] and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t03lQIAwPbU Nyan Nyan Special Service Medley (Tokumori)]], which combines multiple songs from the series, all possible examples of this trope in their own right, into one medley made of sheer awesome.

*** For your consideration (to be updated as the movies bring even more to the table): ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YdatxieGJ8 Lion]]'', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuamUornP8Y Northern Cross]]'', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FueivoYAx8Q Seikan Hikou]]'', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c59FEWqs-4I Diamond Crevasse]]'' (and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEXxahpz3Ms Shinkuu no Diamond Crevasse]]'', for good measure), ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc1kMlY8Jmw Triangler]]'' (and the ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJP7X1g7z6o Fight on Stage]]'' cover), ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR4_XPon3RE Infinity]]'' (and the alternate ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkxQzW6urnc Infinity #7]]''), ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1xR1qaW1dk Iteza Gogo Kuji Don't be late]]'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5U7hFWBVA0 Ai Oboete Imasu ka ~bless the little queen]], ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbZKQy5Jd7Q Welcome to my FanClub's Night]]'', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orS_VR5NbHg Yousei]]''... and those're just the ones with lyrics (and there's ''more'' with lyrics).
*** The promised movies are equally awesome. ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwluBRxGAeI Universal Bunny]]'', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-UQYpsR7U pink monsoon]]'', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnZ9cglDGf8&feature=related Obelisk]]'', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqimqzEFcy4 Kindan no Elixir]]'', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHZDf2x1Q9Y Nijiiro Kuma Kuma]]'', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9G0Q6zEUe4 Houkago Overflow]]'' and from ''[[GrandFinale The Wings of Goodbye]]''? [[ThisIsTheFinalBattle Try]] '''''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cmnAmzcRx4 The Wings of Goodbye]]'''''. The final soundtrack auspiciously named [[spoiler:''End of Triangle'']] also featured, as its last song, one more version of ''[[TearJerker Diamond Crevasse]]'': ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldp48dzdlWs Diamond Crevasse ~ thank you, Frontier]]''.
*** At this point you should realize that ''all'' of the soundtracks count.

** Felicity / Back to the River from Turn-A Gundam: The Concert is pure auditory bliss.
* ''[[VisionOfEscaflowne Vision of Escaflowne]]'''s "Dance of Curse." [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSlNHi6wgQQ Repetitive, but awesome]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HswhDujrLlk&fmt=18 "Arcadia"]], which accompanies Hitomi's vision of the Atlanteans' ancient doomed utopia, and her final epiphany about who she truly loves at the end of the series. Exquisitely poignant dissonances in the strings form the introduction to a literally operatic piece (it's an honest-to-god aria). Transcendentally beautiful.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S_0ojO3bGc ''No Reply'']] is an astoundingly beautiful, passionate song.

*** It's also kickass in ''acapella'' Gregorian-like slow choir-only version in episode "Poker Face", when there's a sniper duel on a hospital roof.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smhh1n3VEp8&NR=1 "Date of Rebirth"]].

** The song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lIrkkvo9Iw beauty is within us]] [[http://members.shaw.ca/ykdb/discography/lyrics/beauty_is_within_us.html (lyrics)]], specifically written for the episode that features it, '''Runaway Evidence TESTATION''', perfectly conveys the anguish and enigmatic motives of Kago Takeshi.

*** If you didn't start crying when this song was used in context with the episode ''"Affection"'', then you truly have no soul.

* The ''GenesisOfAquarion'' soundtrack, especially the theme song ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE6RtY7a2a0 Sousei no Aquarion]]'', composed by her.

** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsR58_izogQ Pride ~Nageki no Tabi]]'' is great alone, but when used it becomes pants-wettingly amazing.
* With [[Anime/AquarionEvol a new Aquarion series]], we get an awesome new opening, in the form of ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqrPMym1rMU Kimi no Shinwa ~Aquarion Dai Ni Shou]].''
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37_1-UGVYZg Gekkou Symphonia]]'' anyone? That song is gorgeous!
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCGPZR8y5HI&feature=relmfu Beast Beat]]''. That ''bass''.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxTwL5N-HDw Aquaria Mau Sora]]'' is just... [[ManlyTears beautiful.]]
** Can't forget about ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_bBiOsqXqE&feature=relmfu Eve no Danpen]]'' (literally, ''Fragments of Eve'').
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A-nhW7y-8M ZERO]]''. It really helps to emphasize [[HeartwarmingMoments the]] [[AwesomeMoments feel]] of the final battle's last parts.
* The ''PleaseSaveMyEarth'' OVA episode ending song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tizpl0S5hk&fmt=18 Toki no Kioku]] ("[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YACSbe0fnE0 The Moment's Memory]]"), set the nostalgic mood of the anime. The rest of the soundtrack contributes as well, of course....

** The battle theme [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJV6jAyfOs4&fmt=18 "Earth Resonance"]] mixes wordless chorus and orchestra into a uniquely energizing piece with its strong rhythms. It's in 13/16 time for half of it!

** First up we have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ONusi1AgPg ''A Chance to Shine'']] a very uplifting tune, with Akino on vocals.
*** And then we have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXNcoH6mIf0 ''Waratteta'']] with vocals by Mou Sukoshi.
* ''KidsOnTheSlope''. A series that is essentially a 12-episode-long love ballad to ''jazz''. From the first song on the OST, to the last note in the closing theme, each piece of music is just beautiful. However, what really stands out is the ''Medley'' from Episode 7. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOf3MVMPGOc It will leave you in tears.]]
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caWY7uOlakU Moanin'.]]''

** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o661KZwx2JQ But Not For Me.]]'' Also a [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome COMA]] for Junichi's ''seiyuu'', Junichi Suwabe, for his incredibly good English.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4s67e8-Ydo Blowin' The Blues Away]]'', the song from episode 4, which was interrupted in the episode by a racist drunk. Thankfully, the soundtrack gives us the full version.

** The IronMaiden-inspired [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7R2Vl_hcCA Live in Baghdad]].

** As amazing as the second opening Rise was, one can never forget the jaw-droppingly amazing first opening, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIVgSuuUTwQ Inner Universe.]]

* It's not featured in any anime, but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ9XQCgLdmc The Man In The Desert]] is a hauntingly beautiful piece that can be found on her album, Song to Fly. I just started listening to it thanks to ThatDudeInTheSuede and I can't seem to stop, it is THAT beautiful!

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-nV2FKwdyA The duel between Sentaro and Junichi in episode 9]], set to Miles Davis' "Four".

** The final track, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBJntstcB6w "Go To Rakuen"]], is really indescribable. Also the heartbreaking [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsvUHGqd1Cg "Shiro, Long Tails"]] that played during some of the most emotional battles.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liYO3LPwlFk "Face On"]]. Ho-ly shit... Makes this one cry because it's so epic.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkn8dwSh6k "Cloud 9"]] practically has awesome written all over it!.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4SJcDd4ICg Strangers]] plays before the ending song in one episode when the wolves are running through the snow together. The lonely trumpet is beautiful and the lyrics...
-->''We found a kind of paradise, in the flowers bloom...''

** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o661KZwx2JQ But Not For Me.]]'' Also a [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome COMA]] for Junichi's ''seiyuu'', Junichi Suwabe, for his incredibly good English. In this troper's mind, his cover of the song is even better than that of Chet Baker!

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-nV2FKwdyA The duel between Sentaro and Junichi in episode 9]], set to Miles Davis' ''Four''.

** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4s67e8-Ydo Blowin' The Blue Away]]'', the song from episode 4, which was interrupted in the episode by a racist drunk. Thankfully, the soundtrack gives us the full version.

** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4s67e8-Ydo Blowin' The Blue Away]]'', the song from episode 4, which was interrupted in the episode by a racist drunk. Thankfully, the soundtrack gives us the full version.

* ''KidsOnTheSlope''. A series that is essentially a 12-episode-long love ballad to ''jazz''. From the first song on the OST, to the last note in the closing theme, each piece of music is just beautiful. However, what really stands out is the ''Medley'' from Episode 7. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOf3MVMPGOc It will leave you in tears.]]

*** And then we have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXNcoH6mIf0 ''Waratteta'']] with vocals by Mou Sukoshi.

** I'm shocked that no one has mentioned the calm and quiet melancholy of Emily Curtis' voice on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uWOOyS3QsPE What's it for?]] Her voice just perfectly encapsulates a sadness that's almost gone bittersweet with age and exhaustion.

** I'm shocked that no one has mentioned the calm and quiet melancholy of Emily Curtis' voice on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uWOOyS3QsPE What's it for?]] Her voice just perfectly encapsulates a sadness that's almost gone bittersweet.

** You mention Kanno's music for BrainPowerd, but fail to mention the awesomest piece in the entire soundtrack, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EGvt7oGPyQ Power of the Light]]?! FOR SHAME!! '''SHAME I SAY!!!'''

** The most AWESOME ending in the history of anime segues seamlessly into the beautiful [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVSmiasnAuk "Blue"]]. Roughly 90% of anime fans want that song played at their funerals.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiUjOFYDiBE Pushing the Sky]], the final battle theme against Vincent Volaju in TheMovie.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiUjOFYDiBE Pushing the Sky]], the final battle theme against Vincent Volaju in TheMovie.

*** The ending of the final episode is one of the few end credit sequences to an anime series that AdultSwim doesn't speed up to get in more advertising time (including most other ''Cowboy Bebop'' episodes after the initial run). "Blue" is just that PERFECT an ending to the series.