Author Topic: How did you get into J-Music? (Read 26139 times)

MurasakiNeko · « **Reply #20 on:** September 11, 2006, 07:55:38 AM »

I liked the japanese culture when i was small, i watched anime which was based in japan, and i just got enthrawled with the japanese music scene when i downlaoded my first japanese song: Zankoku na Tenshi no Teeze

lettuceapple · « **Reply #21 on:** September 14, 2006, 05:51:35 AM »

My cousin bought a Do As Infinity cd. That's how I got into jmusic.

inifinity · « **Reply #22 on:** September 14, 2006, 07:51:38 AM »

LOL I just finished watching Sailor Moon Live Action! The songs in that are very catchy! Escpecially Cest Le Vie and Romance (Baby Baby)! Komatsu Ayaka rocks!

BX_LeMans · « **Reply #23 on:** September 14, 2006, 11:39:58 AM »

I saw on TV Bubblegum Crisis, japanese with german subtitles, it came after midnight. The songs were genious, never heard that. So I searched in the Net. I needed more than a year to get the albums together. That was around 97-99? Don't know...
The german dubbed series like Sailormoon were with all new music, part only translated(bad translated) part with this terrible technostyle(I hate this!)

Later I downloaded more J-Pop ... its still hard to get here, buying impossible, if you're not rich and can import albums and singles.

This time nearly 50% of my collection is japanese, the rest is most metal, lot of rock and some rap...

@infinity : If you like it, try this : klick or die!

fudog · « **Reply #24 on:** September 15, 2006, 05:44:52 PM »

i was a member of leejinshrine forums and the founder Knov1 would post some random vids of some japanese talent such as hitomi s., MM, melody, koda kumi, shiori takei... i was first heavy into kpop but i think my love affair with kpop is beginning to flounder a bit... now i download all sorts of music when i have the chance... my most favorite jpop song is you by koda kumi

TwYsTeD · « **Reply #25 on:** September 21, 2006, 11:01:51 PM »

with me it started with hong kong films in the 80's i liked this one song in a movie so i had to find out who sang it so when i found out i went to china town in L.A. bought the tape and then i started to listen to canto pop then it went to j-pop and eventually k-pop

Kyobu · « **Reply #26 on:** September 21, 2006, 11:05:21 PM »

A friend linked me to Aya Ueto - Kaze (no idea how he got into it though) I loved it. I did a little research, found out about Mika Nakashima, then being such a big fan of Mika and Aya I was opened to the world of J-Music.

Saburo · « **Reply #27 on:** September 22, 2006, 12:46:32 AM »

My grandfather was nisei and Hawaii used to be abound in J-stuff: TV, music, movies, etc. All I used to listen to in my youth was J-pop. I "grew" out of it in my teens but returned to the fold in the mid-90s cause English stuff, to paraphrase The Smiths, said nothing to me anymore.

A friend lent me a tape of a J-Pop idol group (CoCo) his friend was listening to and it was all I needed to get back into the fold. Another factor in learning new stuff was this crazy new fad called karaoke -- I REALLY wanted to learn new songs and you can't sing your grandpa's favorites all the time without seeming unhip.

Man, those were the days before mp3 downloads...

iluvyossie · « **Reply #28 on:** October 01, 2006, 10:34:27 AM »

first, i was a fan of Japan(food culture etc) so i thought y not listen to its music also?

sumper · « **Reply #29 on:** October 07, 2006, 05:00:25 PM »

this is my first post here! i got into jpop by accident. i found ayumi hamasaki fly high video on youtube and after that i was hooked! now i like jpop, jrock, regular japanese music and animes!!!! i'm glad to be here!!! bye.

A1 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 07, 2006, 10:51:28 PM »

Some of the music from different anime series helped my curiosity. It wasn't until I discover Do As Infinity from a mp3 rotation site, is when everything started popping.

SomethingWild · « **Reply #31 on:** November 15, 2006, 05:45:14 PM »

I was bored with the music/bands I knew, so I decided to download as much Jpop as I could. Only a few bands survived.. Aikawa Nanase was the first one I really got into. Aya ueto is very nice, I listen to her a lot.. very relaxing. At the moment I really dig every little thing.

aedon · « **Reply #32 on:** November 15, 2006, 08:58:34 PM »

Quote from: BarrieV;235767

I was bored with the music/bands I knew, so I decided to download as much Jpop as I could. Only a few bands survived.. Aikawa Nanase was the first one I really for into. Aya ueto is very nice, I listen to her a lot.. very relaxing. At the moment I really dig every little thing.

NANASE PWNZ!

7 seven is like the best cd I own <3

Rina the Robot · « **Reply #33 on:** November 15, 2006, 10:59:22 PM »

At the time, I was really into anime, so I used to listen to a lot of opening themes and such. Through that, I was introduced to Ayumi Hamasaki and BoA and things just took off from there!

Nouciel · « **Reply #34 on:** November 15, 2006, 11:33:12 PM »

Because of the anime. Card Captor Sakura did it for me. One of the endings, Purachina, is sung by Maaya Sakamoto, I was amazed by the notes she could hit, so I did some search @ the internet, found something about Hamasaki Ayumi, watched the M PV, and I was WOAH gotta watch more of this stuff!

That was around late 2000. Then in 2001, I found the existence of Morning Musume because of The Peace PV. Sakamoto and Hamasaki introduced me to Jmusic, Morning Musume made me an addict

blp · « **Reply #35 on:** November 16, 2006, 02:25:52 AM »

Anime was the reason for me too, I really loved Maaya Sakamoto songs, Kenji Kawai, Yoko Kanno and Yuki Kajiura and from there I started get into non-anime Japanese music. Even Tsunku and Tanpopo did anime theme songs way back...

I think recently anime is really responsible for introducing Japanese pop to Western audiences.

Loser87 · « **Reply #36 on:** November 16, 2006, 04:04:11 AM »

I got into j-pop by watching full metal alchemist. o_o...

raspberrygashes · « **Reply #37 on:** November 17, 2006, 01:18:42 AM »

At first I saw some live's of BoA's, and then I kind of just forgot about her. Then one of my sister's sent me Ayu's evolution PV and Boys & Girls PV. Now it's all I listen to

tetsu · « **Reply #38 on:** November 17, 2006, 04:23:27 PM »

It all started with matsu takako's sakura no ame song.

DashReiza · « **Reply #39 on:** November 18, 2006, 06:11:54 AM »

I don't remember when I got into J-music....... I've been listening to it for a very long time now...Hmmm I think the first J-song I EVER heard was
"Jajauma ni sasenaide" (Don't make me a shrew) - Nishio Etsuko from Ranma 1/2 and that's when I was REALLY young...jeez... I <3 Ranma, twas my first manga/anime ever :baa60776:

Author Topic: How did you get into J-Music? (Read 26139 times)

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