Friends who often watch Japanese variety shows should know that the "NHK Red and White Song Gala", which is broadcast live on the night of December 31st every year, is the highest-level and most influential music singing evening in Japan. It is also the A fixed program for the Japanese people on New Year's Eve (New Year's Eve) is like Japan's "Spring Festival Gala". In addition to many Japanese pop singers and enka singers, many anime songs have gradually appeared on the Kohaku stage.
1.? "Preserved Roses", sung by: T.M.Revolution, Mizuki Nana
The OP theme song "Preserved Roses" of "Revolution Machine Valvrave" has been on the red list for two consecutive years Hakugekai, this song has received a lot of attention since it was announced that it will be sung by T.M.Revolution and Mizuki Nana. After the song was released, its popularity has been soaring. In the first week of the single's release, it received Japan's public trust After ranking second on the list, it became a matter of course to wait to sing on the red and white stage. However, when he appeared on the red and white stage for the second time, the leader's costume was really... awesome... …
2.? "Previous Life", sung by: RADWIMPS
In 2016, Makoto Shinkai's movie "Your Name" was released in Japan and became extremely popular, and this song was composed by The theme song "Previous Life" sung by RADWIMPS has also become well-known with the popularity of the movie. Shinkai Makoto and RADWIMPS's lead singer Yojiro Noda have known each other before. RADWIMPS's diverse musicality, Shinkai Makoto's supervision is poetic. The painting-like worldview also allowed them to achieve each other's success. Although it only ranked third among animated songs on the Japanese KTV on-demand list that year, the popularity of the song, the high number of online downloads and the popularity of the movie itself were enough for it to be on the red and white stage. .
3.? "Cruel Angel's Program", etc.
In the 2015 Kohaku Uta Festival, in order to show the charm of Japanese animation, a special section of "Anime Kohaku" was added , in this section, classic anime songs such as "Sailor Moon", "Pokemon", "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and so on are performed by Japanese pop and enka singers. In other years, "secret base?" Anime songs such as "Kun no Nana?" (Although it was not an anime song at the time), "Guren no Yuya", "Yu Nana Gymnastics No. 1", and "Togetsukashi~Kun Wants U~" are also on Kohaku's Sung on stage.