CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

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I've never heard of Froggy Mix...i like those samples though! Some of my favorite jpop and jrock artists are Utada Hikaru, Hyde, Nakashima Mika, and Glay.

I love to listen to Deep River and Yoko Ishida, and the Pillows (I think that's right). I hope they're J-pop.

i dunno yuki kaijura is good. And man I love hikaru utada, here new single and video:colors is great

Do The Pillows count as J-Pop? Because they kick donkeys!

I've Herd Ayumi Hamasaki

my sister just got a ayumi hamasaki cd. it's ok - the music is nice.

erm...does Maaya Sakamoto or Ken Hirai count as Jpop? They're like my two most fav. Japanese music artists. ^^

I'll have to say tha

^_^ ~~ yay, one of my friends just loves Glay and Gact. (spelling?) And lol, if YATTA means anything to you ?!* That's so funny~ (Happatai's song)
I don't listen to too much besides music from anime's, and what she sends me* and DDR music.. hehehe*

I think people refer to japanese music as "J-Pop" too much now. Remember, there is the word "Pop" in there as well, it's not just the "J"
If you want only pop music, then ok. But if you are referring to any type of Japanese music, don't use J-Pop.
I don't like the words "J-Pop" or "J-Rock" that much anyway, it sounds almost derogatory. Just like when people call anime "Japanimation", it pisses me off and I correct them to never call anime that again.

It'd be the equivalent of a Russian asking "What's your favorite "Ameri-pop" band and they say Enya. Is Enya pop ?

My favorite Japanese groups/singers would be:
Puffy Ami Yumi
Yuki Kajiura (composer of Noir and .hack)
The Pillows

Volt wrote:And if they manage to stay focused the meaning of the song is encoded into some kind of Cultural message that we Americans don't get.

Well, it IS made in Japan. It's not like they are going to make songs that are universal to everyone in the world all the time. Their target audience is Japanese, hence why it's made in Japan.

My favourite groups are:
Do As Infinity
Every Little Thing
Rina Aiuchi
Ayu-chan(everyone in jap call Ayumi as Ayu-chan)
Shela
Maaya Sakamoto

Orange Kitten wrote:I think people refer to japanese music as "J-Pop" too much now. Remember, there is the word "Pop" in there as well, it's not just the "J"
If you want only pop music, then ok. But if you are referring to any type of Japanese music, don't use J-Pop.

I always thought that "jpop" was referring to the popular, contemporary music in japan. And a lot of artists and types of music are popular, from Hamasaki Ayumi to Chemistry, to Gackt.

Orange Kitten wrote: I don't like the words "J-Pop" or "J-Rock" that much anyway, it sounds almost derogatory. Just like when people call anime "Japanimation", it pisses me off and I correct them to never call anime that again.

Hmmm... "Japanimation" is derogatory? It's a combination of the words "Japan" and "Animation." You can call it anime, but in Japan that would refer to all animation, including American animation. I've used both. *shrugs*

Do we have a Nihon-jin in the house who can tell us what's PC as far as these terms go?

HondaTooru wrote:Hmmm... "Japanimation" is derogatory? It's a combination of the words "Japan" and "Animation." You can call it anime, but in Japan that would refer to all animation, including American animation. I've used both. *shrugs*

Do we have a Nihon-jin in the house who can tell us what's PC as far as these terms go?

In one episode of fruits basket, Uo-chan called Tom & Jerry an "anime." I guess the Nihonjin just shortened "animation" so they could say it easier. They did it also with "television" - "terebi."

I love the Pillows, I'm like a Pillows addict. I like Utada too she pretty sweet.





And I have a soft spot for Morning Musume *shh* don't tell anyone