Now it’s time for my choice of the Top 10 Anime OST’s for 2011!

With so many songs released this year, I had a rough time finalizing this list. The following in this list is what I believe to be the best OST’s for the year, not only in the music aspect, but as well in its originality and how much the song defines the show as a whole. Now Let’s get started!

#1. secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ (10 years after Ver.) – Ai Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu, and Saori Hayami – AnoHana ED

#2. Euterpe – EGOIST – Guilty Crown Insert Song

#3. RPG – by School Food Punishment -[C] ED

#4. Hyadain no Kakakata☆Kataomoi C – Hyadain – Nichijou OP 1

#5. Fantasy – LAMA – Un-go ED

#6. Magia – Kalafina – Puella Magi Madoka Madoka ED

#7. Kuusou Mesorogiwi – Yousei Teikoku – Mirai Nikki OP

#8. Kawaru Mirai – Choucho – Kamisama No Memo Chou OP

#9. Ready! – 765PRO ALLSTARS – The Idolmaster OP 1

#10. Kamisama no Itazura – Megumi Nakajima – Tamayura ~hitotose~ ED

#11. oath sign – LiSA – Fate/Zero OP
#12. One reason – fade – Deadman Wonderland OP
#13. How to go – School Food Punishment – Un-Go OP
#14. Noruniru Shonen yo Ware ni Kaere – Etsuko Yakushimaru Metropolitan Orchestra – Mawaru Penguindrum OP
#15. Coolish Walk – Kana Asumi, Eri Kitamura and Saki Fujita – Working!! OP

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Panty Panty & Stocking w/ Garterbelt Original Soundtrack
Artist: Taku Takahashi, Various

Tracklist:

1. Theme for Panty & Stocking
2. Immoral Church
3. Fly Away
4. Daten City
5. Beverly Hills Cock
6. Pantscada
7. Dancefloor Orgy
8. D City Rock feat. Debra Zeer
9. Juice
10. EPTM feat Kodai of KinKieS (Booty Bronx Remix)
11. Cherryboy Riot
12. Technodildo
13. CHOCOLAT feat. Mariya Ise
14. Theme for Scanty & Kneesocks
15. Schranz Chase
16. Tenga Step
17. See-Through
18. Corset Theme
19. Champion feat. Emyli
20. Fallen Angel feat. Aimee B

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Album released by:
-nipponsei

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Umineko no naku koro ni Original Soundtrack
Release Date: December 9, 2009

Artist: Shinichi Sakurai, Moriwaki Masatoshi, dai, zts

Tracklist:

1. Majo ga Sumu Shima
2. Odayaka na Gogo
3. Odoru Shoujo Ningyou
4. Oimotometa Saki
5. Hai Yoru Fuan
6. Hirakareta Kinki
7. Sasori no Harawata
8. Requiem
9. Kobore Ochiru Namida
10. Yuuutsu na Gogo
11. Shizuka na Kattou
12. moon
13. Kokoro Oku no?
14. Kiniro no Hiai
15. Anryoku ni Shizumu Kan
16. Warau Monocle
17. Shukugan no Fukashigi
18. Toki wo Tabisuru mono
19. Karen na Reishou mono
20. Yami de Hohoemu mono tachi
21. Chiisana Sekai
22. Tojita Heya
23. Aka Ikutsu Nise
24. Kudasareru Shinpan
25. mortal stampede
26. Ouja no Tatakai
27. Shuutan no Senritsu
28. mirage coordinator
29. dreamenddischarger
30. happiness of marionette
31. Answer

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This OST includes all the soundtracks used in the anime as well as remixes of songs from the sound novel OST. Though it’s not as epic as the original OST, there are still some good tracks to listen to, especially the epic remixes of well known sound novel BGM’s such as dreamenddischarger, mortal stampede and miragecoordinator.It’s a shame that some of the epic tracks in this OST was not even used in the anime, “dreamenddischarger” being one of them. It would have made some scenes more engaging IMHO.

Anime Final Impressions

Since I’ve mentioned the anime, I’ll include my final impressions about it here. Overall, I’ve found the Umineko anime to be just decent. It’s not too bad nor it is very good. For a stand-alone adaptation of a 30-50 hour long visual novel, I thought they did a decent job considering the time that they’re given.

Really, it’s not really THAT bad as majority of VN readers as saying. Yes, some of the directing choices were bad. Questionable choice of adapted scenes, animation errors which were not even fixed in the blue-ray version, pacing problems, many red and blue lines omitted. However, I guess that’s to be expected due to time constraints. At least the anime included all the important scenes and delivered it excellently given the limited time. The experience may not be as epic/awesome/brick-shitting as the novel, but it was still an entertaining experience nonetheless.

Though having saying all that, I still believe that other animation studios/directors could do a much better job. I for one support a change of staff or animation studio for the next season. I really think Studio DEEN was not motivated enough to adapt this series at their full potential. Heck, even I find this fanmade ending to be a much more superior closing scene for the series. This scene made me emotional in the fanmade ending while the anime ruined it with the ED song. They should’ve cut the ED instead of the OP. Here’s the link for fanmade version I’ve been talking about.

So overall, I would still strongly recommend anime-only watchers to read the novel to further understand the characters, and further explore the mystery aspect of the plot, both of which was greatly missing in the anime due to time constraints. It’s a shame since these were the two most important aspects which makes this story unique and enjoyable.

End of the Golden Witch English Patch

Speaking of the novel,the hardworking English Translation team popularly known as Witch-Hunt, gave us a Holiday present.

They just recently released the full english translation patch of the 5th novel of the Umineko no naku koro ni universe entitled “The End of the Golden Witch”. The patch could be downloaded (Here), (Mirror). After downloading, Don’t forget to give the folks at Witch-Hunt a big thank you for their efforts and non-stop dedication they put in making this successful. Also, be sure to support the creators, 07th Expansion, by purchasing the original game. Here’s the opening movie preview for those who are interested.

Opening Movie: “Umineko no naku koro ni Chiru ~End of the Golden Witch~”

New Characters FTW!! I guess it’s time to enter the world of Rokkenjima once more and help Battler reveal the true mastermind! Finally, my holiday will be more meaningful! Have fun reading guys~ and Season’s greetings from the CP staff!