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New ED this week! Who's excited?! Elisa has a lot to live up to, after 5 weeks of Angela. ^^;;

I AM!!

And Preserved Roses already reached 100K in sales!! :D

Yeah looks like the first week total for Preserved Roses is 110k.

*raises hand*

Honestly, I have nothing to worry about Elisa living up to Angela's work. I realise I'm speaking from bias here but still :P
Such numbers were expected when you create such an alliance. At least now we know that all the people who were sacrificed to appease the gods didn't die in vain.

i'm a little in the insert song that plays in episode 6 "Can you Save My Heart?", has there been anymore news about it like if its saki's character song or if its just one of those time where its sunrise doing what they do best having great insert songs for epic moments

Can You Save My Heart is sung by Momoko Kanade, not Haruka Tomatsu. So no, it's not a Saki character song. Haruka Tomatsu actually sang Good Luck For You in ep5.

New ED? What's wrong with the first one ???!!!

Indeed, it seems kind of quick to replace it. I read a few comments of dislike for Angela, but I like their style. I first heard their songs in Sokyuu no Fafner and really liked them. They're distinct (at least, Atsuko's voice seems to be) and give me fond memories of mecha series, so it was nice to have that in Valvrave as well.

Seeing how music-happy this Anime is, I guess they want to make and sell as much music merchandise as they can :P
Hope they released ep6 insert song soon...

When Saki was flying her Carmilla around a bit before the credits the music playing was an orchestral version of the song she sang for the propaganda video so if anything is her theme music it's probably that.

Sunrise is known for their evolving openings and credits and they tend to change the ED a little more than the OP. They usually change the credits song to reflect the shift in the story (so expect some shifts in tone and/or plot this week! :D )

Also, this isn't really that quick since we are half way through the first season. I know it doesn't feel like it, since it's been all going pretty fast, but yeah, we're actually already half done with season 1. :(

I liked the insert song too. Hopefully there's a longer version of it.

Tell me about it. Also because of the way they usually love doing segue style endings (this show does it too, Madhouse also seems fond of them) it can sometimes be argued that many of their shows actually have as many different overall ending sequences as they do episodes. The Zegapain Blu-Rays I have reflect this in that there's 26 different creditless versions of the ending. The opening sequence also changes 7 different times throughout the course of the shows run to as you say reflect changes in the course and tone of the story.

Openings and Endings seem very important to Sunrise in general compared to most studios I've found over the years. They always seem to find very good artists and IMO above average and/or unusual songs to be used for their intros and outros and the sequences themselves are usually quite memorable and stand out for me. They take it very seriously , possibly because of their old school approach to anime production, but also because they probably know it's a good way to win favor with sponsors and partners by bringing in a little extra revenue. Some people probably would think of it as a cynical cash grab by trying to work in as many popular songs and artists into the fabric of the anime as possible, but I personally appreciate the extra effort in music production and feel it gives their works a massive edge.

Just started watching Valvrave. It's nuttier than jarful of assorted nuts, but damn is the OP good! I can see why Preserved Roses is #2 on the Japanese charts!!

Do you think Sunrise will likely use Preserved Roses for Valvrave Season 2? It's too good not to be used.

Sorry, it's good but I doubt it. As said above, Sunrise likes evolving OPs so they'll probably have another one. :rolleyes:

Is that so? That'll be a pity.

I still remember when Sunrise animated InuYasha and its sequel. Ah, the OPs and ED music were amazing, especially Ayumi Hamasaki, BOA and Do As Infinity!! The OST composed for the series was amazing too!

Pardon the old memories. InuYasha was the show that got me started on anime after all.

New ED's okay, but starts off slow bfe getting to the good parts.

I have to say I really like the new ED, it's just as good as the last one and reminds me a lot of the first ED to Code Geass.

Ooof, looks like I'm the only one around here who's not overly fond of the OP. The song comes across as being a bit generic and never quite showcases Nana Mizuki or TM Revolution so well that it lives up to the high billing. The ED with ELISA is a bit better, but the intro... well, not too sure about its ability to function all that well.

For me, the lone bright spot for this anime, musically at least, is Akira Senju's score. That man sure knows how to compose dramatic fare though I'll be curious if his music works well standalone. The last OST of his I listened to was FMA: Brotherhood and I was... less than enthralled with what I heard.

I'm not very fond of the second ending theme, it's not as exciting as the first one but it's still great in its own, plus Elisa's voice was great.

It's a nice song. I prefer this ending sequence as well. It's nice seeing the characters collected, going through different expressions. The previous ending sequence felt a bit generic and slightly bland.

The second ending had a tough act to follow, so I didn't like it at first. The song grew on me after a while though. :)

The second ending song is really eerie. And combined with the animation everybody seemed to receive a death flag! I'm so worried now...

does any one know when the full version of can you save my heart will be released (the insert song from episode six)

Well, Boku Janai is definitely better, in my opinion.
I would like the second ending more if it could stay like the very beginning. I really like the tune there, reminded me a bit of Zektbach.

I didn't like it tooooo much at the beginning, but it grew on me. Though I would still say Boku Janai is better.

My preference too is for the 1st ED, "Boku Janai", over that of the 2nd ED, " Soba Ni Iru Yo" . The first one feels more appropriate to this series.

The BGM during the whole early part of the fight scene from the moment Haruto launches to when Saki starts to get in on the action was pretty fantastic. I love how it builds up over the launch sequence and then really gets going along with the fight. I've heard it used before during the 2nd episode, but it worked especially well here and we got what sounded like the full track. Really looking forward to this soundtracks release date. There's one track from the trailer I really liked though that has yet to be used in the show proper which has me thinking it's going to be used for a really big moment, possibly a cliffhanger to close out the season.

I'd link it but for some reason Sony in their infinite wisdom decided to file a copyright claim against their own PV trailer and it's been taken off youtube now and I can't find it elsewhere. :rolleyes:

not sure if this belongs here but..

Screamer does it again

http://nicoviewer.net/sm21024426

Hey, how did this news get overlooked? Been 2 days since it was announced, saw no posts about it.

http://i.imgur.com/Zruamkb.jpg
Official Soundtrack out on July 3.

Track Listing: (anyone can feel free to romanise and/or translate it, not going to do that myself)
1 黒染
2 死ぬだけだよ
3 貴方と私の歌
4 喜びと悲しみ
5 叶う事がないと知りながら
6 ブリッツゥンデーゲン
7 落雷のように
8 幻想と夢想
9 マギウス
10 白い結束
11 胸のつかえ
12 暗部
13 今だけの幸せ
14 今が楽しいと思える時
15 誰も立ち上がれなくて
16 走って行くべきだろう
17 もう後は無い
18 凡庸な輩の夢のあと
19 小さな力と大きな力
20 半分こ
21 天与の笑顔
22 仕掛け
23 焦りと確信
24 死の先に在る事
25 すべては使い果たされた
26 みんなの勝利
27 硬質残光
28 悪魔と人の結晶

Nice! Looking forward to it. If the latest episode shows anything, Akira Senju still can't compose action themes to save his life, but well, at least he can deliver on the gloriousness. That's all I'm really hoping for anyway.

And lengthy tracks. If Senju gets a chance to compose more than just cues, we could be in for quite a ride. Most of favorite Senju tracks tend to be of the lengthier variety anyhow.

T.M. Revolution is the only thing making this anime worthwhile

I can dig it

I still remember last week how all of Valvrave's OP and ED songs were among the top 20 songs in Japan's music charts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-0WZvO9b9M

Not sure bout this week's though.

Looking back on the season and listening to the opening I've noticed that unlike a lot of shows with hit pop songs used for an intro it really does seem to tie into the plot and where it appears to be going:

As they overlap during many a short dream
The flowers try to achieve eternity
but alas for it's a false eternity
I pass onto you the preserved roses
Symbols of loneliness from those that have been imprisoned

All I want to do is get rid of this thing that well within me
You can't just complain about everything being cold
Then let go of my hand

Light or darkness which will you choose
Please don't be afraid
The morning you fear will never come again
You cycle through things that catch your eye
While Distancing yourself from others again and again

As they overlap during many a short dream
The flowers try to achieve eternity
but alas for it's a false eternity
The thorns bring pain to the world in denial (?)
If you want to know how, I'll show you (???)
Just don't vanish into the distance (?????)

Give me the new life of the future you see
I will embrace it with my arms

I highlighted the parts which seem thematically significant right now.

Does anyone know when "Can you save my heart" is out?

the valvrave ost just came out Wednesday in case anyones interested

but still no can you save my heart seriously is the insert song from episode 6 that unlikable

sigh... I had high hopes for that song to be included in the OST.

Hopefully good singers for the next season or will we again TMRevolution :uhoh:

I would love one L'Arc ~ en ~ Ciel :D

Finished listening to the original soundtrack a short while ago. Kind of a dull soundtrack if I'm completely honest. It had a few notable tracks such as the first one, but outside that it's one of those deals that's strictly suited to being in the background of something in my opinion.