Line #71 Music/Anamanaguchi


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: By [[http://n6jlv.tumblr.com/post/41899411883/anamanaguchi-3 N6JLV]]]]
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4	''Anamanaguchi'' is a New York based {{chiptune}} [[PunkRock punk]] band comprising Peter Berkman, James [=De=]Vito, Ary Warnaar, and Luke Silas. Self described as playing "loud, fast music with a hacked [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] from 1985," ''Anamanaguchi'' began mostly underground, but gained more attention with the rise of Website/{{YouTube}} and their involvement with ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorldTheGame'', among other projects.
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7	[[AC: Discography]]
8	* ''Power Supply'' EP (2006, [[http://www.8bitpeoples.com/discography/by/anamanaguchi free]])
9	* ''Dawn Metropolis'' (2009)
10	* ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorldTheGame - Original Videogame Soundtrack'' (2010)
11	* Summer 2010 singles ([[http://anamanaguchi.com/singles/ free]])
12	** "Airbrushed"
13	** "My Skateboard Will Go On"
14	** "Aurora (Meet Me in the Stars)"
15	** "Airbrushed (RAC Remix)"
16	** "Mess"
17	* ''Endless Fantasy'' (2013)
18	* ''Capsule Silence XXIV'' (2016)
19	* ''[USA]'' (2019)
20	* Summer 2020 singles ([[http://summer.anamanaguchi.com/ free]])
21	** "Styla"
22	** "Kei"
23	** "[[Music/PorterRobinson Get Your Wish]] (Anamanaguchi Remix)"
24	** "Vancouver"
25	** "Everyday, Everynight" (ft. [[Music/PCMusic Planet 1999]])
26	** "Pixel Candle"
27	** "Jaime" (ft. Jaime Brooks)
28	** "Stay Home" (Music/AmericanFootball Cover)
29	* ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'' - Score
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31	[[AC:Videography]]
32	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc3JWo2iiGc "Meow"]] (2013)
33	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fdr-Fiv92c "Endless Fantasy"]] (2013)
34	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scmQ6iN8hKM "Pop It"]] (2014)
35	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS_zKNpU3hI "Japan Air"]] (2016) Via an EasterEgg in Capsule Silence XXIV
36	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd2hX721Wjg "Lorem Ipsum (Arctic Anthem)"]] (2019)
37	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnq1ApucY4g "Air On Line"]] (2019)
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40	On March 28th, 2016 the group [[https://twitter.com/anamanaguchi/status/714613555774033920 posted a link on twitter]] to a download of ''"Capsule Silence XXIV"'', which was set up via a now-deleted twitter rant to be an unfinished build for a game based on their music that the band leaked out of disgust for (fictional) development studio NHX being unable to properly manage the project. In reality, it was an interactive medium designed to experience their newer album, which also allowed players to download one of the songs at the end of each playthrough.
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42	!!Tropes used by Anamanaguchi include:
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44	* BilingualBonus: The Japanese text in the "Meow" video, about half the time. The other half it's just English letters swapped out for katakana.
45	* CallBack: The intro for the "Air On Line" music video features the "Endless Fantasy" pizza-cam in orbit... surrounded by hundreds of other camera platforms.
46	* {{Chiptune}}: Mixed with [[GenreMashup punk/indie rock and dance pop]].
47	* DarkerAndEdgier: While ''[USA]'' features the same compositional complexity and energy we've come to expect from the band, the tone is considerably more melancholy than any of their past music.
48	* {{Eagleland}}: {{Invoked\|Trope}} to a point with ''[USA]''. [[https://www.papermag.com/anamanaguchi-usa-2640820875.html According to the band itself]], the album was meant to explore their identity as a band beyond their prominent Japanese influences, of which included -- but was not limited to -- their highly Nintendo-inspired chiptune sound. This effectively means that ''[USA]'' isn't specifically about [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates the USA]], but rather the perception of it as it's attached onto them.
49	-->'''Ary''': I remember looking at fliers for shows and they list what countries the artist is from at the end of it. It felt sometimes borderline comical. What did it have to do with the music? [...] That's where the name came from, ''[USA]''. Is it important or is it not important that you can put this tag on us? Is it interesting or is it not interesting? Why is it interesting or why is it not interesting?
50	* EpilepticFlashingLights: Their live shows are awesome, if you don't suffer from epilepsy.
51	* EverythingIsAnInstrument: They use a gameboy and NES to make music. It's {{Justified\|Trope}} though since they are in the {{Chiptune}} genre and that's pretty much what {{Chiptune}} is all about.
52	* TheFaceless: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scmQ6iN8hKM "Pop It" music video,]] everybody's face is covered either with a balloon or paper mask.
53	* FanDisservice: The "Pop It" video has a cute girl dancing in a sailor outfit with suggestively-placed balloons. It also features a group of masked men and women getting a little too close to her for comfort, and that her own face is concealed makes the fact that we can't see her expressions dubious.
54	* GenreMashup: PunkRock mixed with [[AlternativeRock Indie Rock]] mixed with PowerPop mixed with {{Chiptune}}.
55	* IndecipherableLyrics[[invoked]]: Many of the tracks in ''[USA]'' feature deliberately gibberish lyrics, but [[https://youtu.be/IqPETi21K8Q?t=744 the album's visualizer]] [[PlayingWithATrope plays with it]] in "Speak to You [Memory Messengers]", whose lyrics are either "And all I try to do is try to speak to you" or "The more I do it, time moves me too". The visuals use both.
56	* {{Instrumentals}}: Very few of their songs have singing in them, and the ones that do are done by guest vocalists.
57	* LongRunnerLineUp: Peter Berkman and James [=DeVito=] formed the band in 2006 for the ''Power Supply'' EP, while Ary Warnaar and Luke Silas joined in 2009 for ''Dawn Metropolis''. The four members have solidified and remained ever since without breakup or discernible hiatus.
58	* LuckyCharmsTitle: The final track of ''Endless Fantasy'' is "[[{{Emoticon}} (T-T)b]]". No, we're not sure how to pronounce it, either.
59	* LyricalDissonance: "Japan Air" sung by Meesh is a bouncy, cheerful PopPunk song featuring a GenkiGirl who sings with a cutesy voice (made even more so by pitching up the vocals) where she's happily recounting her and the listener having fun in the snow. Then there's the last verse that's easily missed, not helped by the song having a guitar solo right after.
60	-->''Girl'': And can you see it, That I'm falling through the snow without you here? I thought I'd never be alone, [[WhamLine until you went away.]]
61	* MeaningfulName: "Anamanaguchi" is a mishmash of "Armani, Prada, Gucci", where the members interned during design school.
62	* NewSoundAlbum:
63	** ''Endless Fantasy'' brought 16 bit consoles into the mix, particularly the use of the ''UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis'' synths, as well as many effects and production that gave some tracks a more dance pop feel, and using vocalists on two of their tracks. That being said, most tracks still have the classic chiptune and punk formula, albeit with production tricks outside of strict limitations of the Gameboy.
64	** ''[USA]'' features the band playing their signature sound through a much more experimental and varied gamut of song styles and structures, with some smatterings of ProgressiveRock, ambient, and modern ElectronicDanceMusic thrown in. The overall result is noticeably more cinematic and somewhat wistful in tone than previous projects.
65	* NonIndicativeName: Unlike their 2010 counterpart, the Summer 2020 singles were released on a monthly basis starting in June, continuing well into December of the year.
66	* PowerPop: Their music has strong influences drawn from this.
67	* TheReveal: For the first few days after the release of the "Pop It" music video, the guest singer was labelled as "ft. ______彡☆", and considering that her face is covered up in the entire video, added some mystery to who she was. [[https://twitter.com/anamanaguchi/status/536942941806526465 Later on Twitter, it was revealed to be Meesh,]] who also did vocals for Japan Air.
68	* ShoutOut:
69	** There's a [[Anime/AnoHanaTheFlowerWeSawThatDay brief still of Menma]] snuck in as a FreezeFrameBonus in the "Endless Fantasy" music video.
70	** ''Endless Fantasy'' contains songs titled "Creator/JohnHughes" and "{{Manga/Akira}}''.
71	** A terminal in the faux video game ''Capsule Silence XXIV'' has [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog "Amy Rose the Hedgehog"]] in katakana.
72	** The beginning of the "Air On Line" video features several homemade cams in orbit [[CallBack à la their pizza cam from "Endless Fantasy",]] but with different objects such as a Music/HatsuneMiku plush and a {{Music/Marshmello}} head.
73	* SpeakingSimlish: Fairly prevalent in ''[USA]'''. just for starters, half of the lyrics to "B S X" are just random vowels, and the lyrics to the title track and "Air On Line" are random syllables.
74	* SpokenWordInMusic: "T-Tb" at the end of ''Endless Fantasy'' closes with a spoken monologue sampled from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ZMhYb-HCE this video]] by Hamish Patterson, aka "The Illusion".
75	* TheStinger: "Meow" has a post credits scene where [[spoiler:internet celebrity and Website/FourChan creator moot]] has a brief cameo.
76	* SugarBowl: Frequent in their very upbeat, nostalgic retro-flavored music and associated designs and videos. [[CrapsaccharineWorld Except for]] "Meow", which is somewhat nightmarish.

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