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:: Music and Friends ♪

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    okui-masami.net – an Okui Masami shrine run by a good friend of mine. Contains an extensive Masami discography list and lyric translations.

 

:: Music news, reviews and data

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    Studio Neko-Han-Ten Anime/Manga CD Guide – one of the largest anime/seiyuu CD databases that existed on the web. Was maintained by nonchan, a native Japanese speaker. (The link is no longer working as of 6/30/2019, but I still have the site listed in the hopes that the webmaster will revive the site someday)
  • Audioleaf (in Japanese) – news and information about indie (independent) artists.
  • Bounce Magazine (in Japanese) – online music news and reviews magazine from Tower Records Japan

 

:: Song translations

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    AnimeLyrics.com – Probably the largest database of romanized Japanese anime, seiyuu, and game music, with some translations available. Started by Sailor Bacon, now a contributor-driven community.
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    Megchan’s Jpop Lyrics – Arguably one of the largest, if not the largest, collection(s) of transliterated (romanized) and translated Japanese pop songs on the web. As of May 2019, it is still active.
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    Cori’s Jpop Lyrics Homepage – mostly with transliterated Japanese songs; some translations available. One of the largest personal Jpop lyric sites, but has not been updated since 2008.
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    hinagiku: Japanese lyrics romanized and translated – As the title suggests, this is a blog hosting a large collection of Japanese lyrics and mostly high quality translations. Run by M. Walk, last updated in 2017.
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    blue light translations – A Japanese song translation site for a collection of artists that is about as eclectic and random as my own, but larger. Run by unrelatedwaffle, last updated in 2016.

 

:: Where to buy

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    CDJapan – English language online store for all things Japanese. The store’s main focus is music, but also carries games, toys, magazines, calendars, and even eBooks. Neowing is the Japanese version of the site.
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    Amazon Japan – The Amazon.com online store for Japan. Most of the site is accessible in English if you switch to English mode. Note that items sold in Amazon Marketplace might not ship outside of Japan.
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    Yesasia.com – an online store that sells Asian pop culture things (music, books, movies, etc) from China, Korea, and Japan. Selection for Japanese music is somewhat more limited; shipping prices more reasonable.

 

:: Musicians/artists’ official sites

– last updated 6/30/2019

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