by The song selection is met with comments such as “You have great taste!” and “You know what you’re doing!”
A wide range of genres, from romantic comedies to historical dramas, are broadcast in the summer of 2024 anime. With so many titles being broadcast, many people will enjoy them through streaming rather than in real time.
Aria’s cuteness, different from the main story, is dazzling. Here is the ED that you can listen to endlessly. However, in that case, some people may skip the opening and ending, which are the same every time. However, there seem to be some summer anime titles that viewers were engrossed in without pressing the skip button. For example, in the TV anime “I’m a VTuber, But I Forgot to Turn Off the Stream and Became a Legend,” which is based on VTubers, the characters cover different songs for each ending.
The repertoire is vast, and the ending of the second episode uses the Showa retro song “Man and Woman’s Love Game,” a hit in 1986 with the catchy phrase “It’s your fault that I drank too much.” Also, in episode 6, the song “Two Stars” from the album released in 2022 by the male-female duo “Humbert Humbert” is used as the ending theme, covering a wide range of songs from different eras. In addition, in episode 5, a quirky junior VTuber “Yamatani Kan (CV: Ai Kayano )” who calls herself a baby, appears, and the ending song for the episode is “Dancing Baby Humans” released in 2006 by Kenji Ohtsuki and Fumihiko Tachibana of “Kinniku Shojo Tai.”
Viewers who did not expect this song selection commented, “I never thought I would hear it in a recent anime,” and “I was shocked when ‘Dancing Baby Humans’ played at the end,” the unexpected song selection seemed to have captured the viewers’ hearts. “I’m a VTuber, but I Forgot to Turn Off the Stream, and It Became a Legend” is broadcast every Sunday from 24:30 on “TOKYO MX” and other stations. It is also being distributed sequentially on “ABEMA,” ” Amazon Prime Video, “the Anime Store,” and other distribution services. Another example is “My Neighbor, Arya-san, Who Sometimes Speaks in Russian,” which has a different ending song each time, and the song selection has become a hot topic.
The ending song of this work is a cover of a song by “Arya,” also known as “Alisa Mikhailovna Kujo (CV: Sumire Uesaka).” In addition, a giveaway campaign is being held on social media where people can guess the song’s title, along with a preview of the ending song. The song selection is aimed at a wide range of generations. Although HoneyWorks’ “I’m Sorry I’m Cute,” which was used in the second episode, is a recent song released in 2022, many songs that appeal to people in their 40s and 50s, such as Kazumasa Oda’s “Love Story is Suddenly” and Finger 5’s “Gakuen Tengoku,” have also been selected.
There has been a lot of response to these nostalgic song selections, with comments such as “It was so nostalgic that I thought I was going to die of shock” and “The way the intro came in was so great that it gave me goosebumps.” Not only that, but hit songs from the Heisei era have also been used, such as the Vocaloid song “World is Mine,” which was posted to Nico Nico Douga by Ryo of the creator group “Supercell” in 2008 and has been viewed over 10 million times.
The song was used in episode 9, where some commented that it was “perfect for Arya’s character and is great,” and the selection met viewers’ expectations. “Arya, the Girl Next Door Who Sometimes Whispers in Russian” is currently airing on “TOKYO MX” and other stations every Wednesday from 11:30 p.m. It is also being released on other streaming services, including “ABEMA,” “Amazon Prime Video,” and “the Anime Store.”
