Currently Listening To: Miyavi

[brightly_lit]

I discovered his music through the awesome anime ID:INVADED, and these two songs have been playing on repeat in my head ever since I saw it:

Watch on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

"Other Side" is the end theme for the anime. "Butterfly" is an insert song in the awesome final two-part episode that pulls the whole story together. ID:INVADED got darker and more violent than is my usual taste (it's about a special team who hunt down serial killers using newly developed technology, after all, and it doesn't shrink from going into either the killers' activities nor their psychology), but the final episode made it so worth it. The characters are fantastic, too, the mystery is compelling, and the script is tight. Great voice acting, too.

I found it on Crunchyroll. If anyone else has seen it and liked it, too, I'd love to chat about it.

Comments

[abject_reptile]

He's one of my favourites. These are great. When he began his solo career in 2002 I was on dial-up. I had to work long and hard to find and download his vids and mp3s.

I haven't watched the anime but I'll put it on my (endless) list of stuff I need to see. Thanks for sharing. :)

[brightly_lit]

You found him so much sooner than me. I hear his music has changed a lot over the years--do you have any recommendations from back then? (I remember well the pain of downloading stuff on dial-up!)

[abject_reptile]

At the time, I really liked 'Girls Be Ambitious'. It reassures me that the early Miyavi videos on YouTube are no better than the ones I downloaded at the time. I guess there never were any hi-res ones out there. I love his early acoustic work (eg Miyaviuta-Dokusou). I admit it's been a while since I listened to the older stuff.

I downloaded the first few episodes of the anime. It looks good.

[brightly_lit]

Lol, that is always reassuring, isn't it? I look forward to checking out your recommendations!

I hope you like the anime. :-)