is a genre of music originating from Japanese pop music. Anime songs consist of theme, insert, and

image song In Japan, an image song or character song is a song on a tie-in single or album (often called an image album or character album) for an anime, video game, drama, manga, or other commercial product that is sometimes sung by the voice actor or a ...

s for

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, video game, and

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CD series, as well as any other song released primarily for the anime market, including music from Japanese

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. The anime song genre was first defined as a musical category in the 1970s. It later gained popularity from the public when mainstream artists begin releasing songs as

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s for anime series. By the 1990s, it became redefined as a separate genre when companies began creating

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s that would exclusively produce anime songs for their series and artists. The increase in voice actors beginning in the mid-2000s led to growing market interest in the genre. By the start of the 2020s anime music would achieve international popularity with companies such as

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and

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investing in anime-related music.

History

1930–1970: Early influences

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'' (1917), by

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, is regarded as the earliest surviving animated film in Japan. Noburō Ōfuji's ''Kuroi Nyago'' (1929) is the first Japanese animated work to include music. The film includes characters dancing to a prerecorded song, retroactively seen as the prototype of anime songs. Following

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, the 1950s and 1960s saw a revival in entertainment and cultural development. In 1963, ''

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'' premiered and subsequently, the theme song "Theme of Astro Boy" became well-known to the Japanese public due to it being used as the departure song at

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. The song was also notable due to the lyrics being written by poet

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1970–1980: Growing popularity of anime songs

Japan's economic growth in the 1970s led to more cultural development, and people who exclusively sang theme songs for anime were known as "anime song singers." Despite the lack of public appearances from the singers, theme songs from the series ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' became known to the Japanese public, even outside of fans who watched the shows. At the same time, ''

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'' voice actors

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and Toru Furuya gained a large female fanbase with through Slapstick, a vocal unit consisting of voice actors from the show meant to its theme songs. While anime theme songs originally used the name and settings from the series of which they were based, this led to the lyrics of anime songs being centered on the characters' thoughts and feelings for more universal appeal and allowing for context outside of the original animated work.

1980–1990: Mainstream recognition

At the height of Japan's bubble economy, in the 1980s, musicians outside of the anime industry began performing theme songs for anime. In 1984, the single " Ai Oboete Imasu ka", which was released for ''

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'' under the character

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's name, charted at #7 on the

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. Furthermore, '' Cat's Eye'' (1983) received widespread media attention for having

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, a singer whose activities had no connection to the anime industry, perform its theme songs. Likewise,

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, a band who were active outside of the anime industry, received media attention when their 1987 song "Get Wild" was released as the ending song to '' City Hunter''. As a result of the song's popularity, TM Network were invited to the 72nd ''

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'' to perform it. From then on, mainstream artists releasing

songs for anime became common.

1990–2000: In-house production and modernization

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and Maki Ohguro released songs that were well-received by the public. Yoko Takahashi, who was part of the Starchild label, released " A Cruel Angel's Thesis" as the theme song for ''

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'' (1995), and the song's popularity led to audiences outside of anime fans to recognize it. In addition, as popular music from Japan shifted from to

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, anime song singers, such as

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, began incorporating J-pop sounds into her music. Among others, voice actors such as

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, and

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were also active in singing in addition to voice acting. Some voice actors also formed their own groups and perform theme songs to other anime series, such as

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with

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2000–2019: Voice actor boom

As more late-night anime series were being produced in the 2000s,

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, Yukari Tamura, and

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, who were signed with King Records, were produced and marketed as idol singers and voice actors by the record label. During the mid-2000s, there was a "voice actor boom", in addition to a period known as the "Idol Warring Period", a phenomenon named after a rapid growth in the idol industry. Mizuki's " Eternal Blaze" reached #2 on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts in 2005, and shortly after, the release of " Hare Hare Yukai" in 2006 led to the "'' Haruhi'' boom" mainly because of the animated dance sequence in the show's ending. In the following years, there was a substantial increase of voice actors in anime, and anime songs as a whole became more widely known to the general public. The anime song industry shifted to recruit young girls who were able to have an "idol" presence, naming Riisa Naka,

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, and

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as examples. In 2010, Ho-kago Tea Time, a fictional band from the series ''

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'', became the first anime characters to receive simultaneous #1 and #2 rankings on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart with the release of both their singles. In the following years, idol-themed multimedia projects, such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Uta no Prince-sama'', became popular. ''

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'' launched the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot Animation chart on December 1, 2010 exclusively for anime and video game music releases.

2020–present: Global expansion

Since the 2020s, anime songs have experienced a rapid growth in global online popularity due to their widened availability on music streaming services like

and promotion by fans and artists on social media. In 2020, " Homura", a theme song for animated film '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train'', rose to number eight on the ''Billboard'' Global 200. In 2023, the opening theme of the anime series ''

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'', " Idol" by

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, topped the ''Billboard'' Global Excl. US, becoming the first Japanese song and anime song to do so, alongside reaching number seven on the ''Billboard'' Global 200, the highest peak by a Japanese act. "Idol" also topped on the global charts of

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and

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. In the same year,

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's "

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", an opening theme for ''

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'', became the first-ever song with Japanese lyrics to be certified gold by the

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(RIAA).

Derivatives

The anime song genre became the direct influence of genres such as ''denpa'' song and song.

Media

Record labels

The following record labels are exclusively for anime song music: * Animex * Flying Dog * King Amusement Creative (formerly Starchild) * Lantis * Mages (formerly 5pb Records) *

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* Toho Animation Record * Good Smile Records

Concerts

* Animelo Summer Live * (King Amusement Creative)

Artists

Performers

This is a list of singers and bands who primarily perform anime songs, including groups created from

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anime projects. This list does not count singers or bands who release incidental songs for the genre, nor group names that the voice actors are credited under solely for performing the theme songs in the anime they are starring in.

Soloists

Eir Aoi is a Japanese singer from Sapporo, Hokkaido, signed to Sacra Music. After being discovered through the Japanese video sharing website Niconico, Aoi made her major debut in 2011 with the release of her first single "Memoria", which was used as t ...

Shouta Aoi , is a Japanese singer and actor. Under the stage name Showta (stylized as "SHOWTA."), he debuted as a singer with the song "Negaiboshi" in 2006 and released his first studio album, ''Eve (Showta album), Eve'', in 2008. In 2009, he left his agenc ...

Kana Hanazawa is a Japanese actress and singer. A prolific voice performer in anime, she has amassed several film and television credits since her debut in 2003. She won the Seiyu Awards, Seiyu Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2015, and won the Newtype A ...

* Sōichirō Hoshi *

Miyu Irino is a Japanese actor and singer. He voiced Haku in '' Spirited Away'', Shoya Ishida in '' A Silent Voice'', Sena Kobayakawa in '' Eyeshield 21'', Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi in '' Anohana'', Syaoran in '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'', Yuichiro Hya ...

Kanako Itō is a female Japanese singer from Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan. She has sung a large number of songs that have been used in a variety of video games, visual novels, and anime. Itō has sung songs for many visual novels, one song in particular bei ...

* Hironobu Kageyama *

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Inori Minase is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Axl One. In March 2016, she won the Best Lead Actress Award in the 10th Seiyu Awards for her leading roles as Jun Naruse in the box office hit '' The Anthem of the Heart'' and as Yuki Ta ...

Mamoru Miyano is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known for his roles in ''Death Note'', ''Steins;Gate'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', '' Durarara!!'', '' Soul Eater'', ''Wolf's Rain'', '' Ouran High School Host Club'', '' Ajin: Demi-Human'', '' Fullmeta ...

* Hiroko Moriguchi *

Megumi Nakajima is a Japanese voice actress and singer, who is affiliated with Stay Luck. In 2003, she joined the talent agency Stardust Promotion after passing their audition. Later, in 2007, she debuted as a voice actress and singer after passing an auditi ...

Yui Ogura is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Gunma Prefecture. Career In 2009, Ogura performed the motion capture for Hatsune Miku in the game ''Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA (video game), Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA''. Ogura is a member of the J ...

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Daisuke Ono is a Japanese voice actor and singer who won the 4th and 9th Seiyu Awards for best lead actor for his role as Sebastian Michaelis in '' Black Butler'', Jotaro Kujo in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' and Shukuro Tsukishima in ''Bleach'', as well a ...

* Soma Saito *

Maaya Sakamoto is a Japanese actress and singer. She made her debut as a Voice acting in Japan, voice actress in 1992 as the voice of Chifuru in the anime ''Little Twins'', and became known as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in ''The Vision of Escaflowne''. Other ...

Minori Suzuki is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Aoni Production. She started her career after passing an audition for the role of Freyja Wion in the 2016 anime television series ''Macross Delta'', beating 8,000 other auditionees for th ...

* Yoko Takahashi * Yukari Tamura *

Haruka Tomatsu is a Japanese actress and singer, employed by Music Ray'n. She received the Rookie of the Year award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards and the Synergy Award at the 9th Seiyu Awards. Tomatsu is known for voicing main heroines as Asuna Yuuki in ''Sword A ...

* Nao Toyama *

Maaya Uchida is a Japanese actress and singer who works for I'm Enterprise. She won the Best Rookie Actress Award at the 8th Seiyu Awards. She is best known for her roles such as Fischl in ''Genshin Impact'', Rikka Takanashi in ''Love, Chunibyo & Other De ...

Yuma Uchida is a Japanese voice actor and singer who works for Intention. He is best known for his roles as Kaoru Sakuraba in '' The Idolmaster SideM'', Jun Sazanami in '' Ensemble Stars!!'', Yuuma Kousaka in '' Gundam Build Fighters Try'', Nagisa Kiryū ...

Sumire Uesaka is a Japanese voice actress and singer associated with Voice Kit. She won the Best Rookie Actress at the 10th Seiyu Awards. She made her singing debut in April 2013 under King Records. Career Uesaka became a regular on the web radio program ' ...

* Kōji Wada * Zaq

Groups

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Aqours is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki G's Magazine'', music label Lantis, and animation studio Sunrise. The project is the second series of the ''Love Live!'' franchise and is a spin-off sequel of ' ...

* Angela *

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* Egoist * Garnidelia *

Granrodeo Granrodeo (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese rock band, specializing in creating music in Japanese animation, anime soundtracks. Career In 2005 Voice acting in Japan, voice actor Kishō Taniyama ("Kishow") and musician :ja:飯塚昌明, Masa ...

* Iris *

JAM Project JAM Project ("JAM" standing for "Japan Animationsong Makers") are a Japanese Music in Japanese animation, anison band founded on July 19, 2000, by anison singer Ichirou Mizuki. The band is composed of many vocal artists well known in the anime mu ...

* Mia Regina * Oldcodex * OxT *

Poppin'Party Poppin'Party is a Japanese all-female band that was formed in 2015 as part of Bushiroad's media franchise ''BanG Dream!''. The group's members are voice actresses who portray fictional characters in the franchise's anime series and mobile game '' ...

* Roselia *

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* Walkure

Composers

This is a list of songwriters who primarily compose and produce anime songs. This list does not count composers who produce incidental releases for the genre. *

Aki Hata is a Japanese musician, singer, lyricist and composer. She is noted for having penned and composed songs for various anime and video games, including popular titles like '' Zettai Shōnen'', ''Azumanga Daioh'', '' Haibane Renmei'', '' Suzumiya Ha ...

* Arte Refact * Elements Garden **

Noriyasu Agematsu is a Japanese composer, arranger and Record producer, music producer, as well as founding member of the musical group Elements Garden. He composed and arranged tracks on Nana Mizuki's singles ''Massive Wonders'' and ''Eternal Blaze'', ''"Brave ...

* *

Hidekazu Tanaka is a Japanese composer and arranger best known for his work for anime and video games. He was affiliated with the music production company MONACA, but left in 2021 to be freelance. Biography Tanaka was born in Osaka. He first became inter ...

References

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