They've never really achieved mainstream success.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists_in_Japan
B'z is no. 1. That fucking band from Gintama.
I thought The Pillows is the great band from Japan, because there are so many references on animes and mangas.
Pillows are like the Japanese Pixies, so you could say that they are Pixies for weebs, except that they have a britpop tinge to their music
>>154851861
Anison hasn't really achieved much mainstream success, especially in recent years. Nana is arguably the only anison artist who has become mainstream and is recognized even by people who know little about anime.
>AKB48 being the most popular
Does that even mean anything at this point. If you want good music you don't go looking at the charts
>>154852136
Ikr. I listen to good music, that's why I watch animes.
>>154851861
They're just not mainstream. It's not unusual for people to like bands or artists that aren't mainstream.
>>154854095
OP here, it's just, considering the amount of references to this band in animes and mangas, I thought it was pretty mainstream.
>>154851861
No this band is.
>>154854221
Just because they're pretty well known in the otaku community it doesn't mean that they're popular in mainstream Japanese culture. I made a new Japanese friend recently who had never heard of the Pillows, but when I showed him a couple of songs he liked them.
>>154854256
>tfw no one watched The Rolling Girls
>>154854316
This, also vice versa, Seika ruled the 80's in Japan but if you asked anybody now who she is they wont know.
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listen to this
Well, this thread turns into anison general.
I listen to rare bands that you have probably never heard of like, Amazarashi and Scenarioart.
This
>>154854383
Should i watch it?
>>154854606
Amazing, also this
>>154851861
>The Pillows are in their 50s.
>They are one of the longest running bands with basically the same members.
>Just cut one recently for bad behavior.
>The Pillows will die in your lifetime.
I just wanna see them live once before that happens.
>>154854606
Hello fellow AB
>>154854697
What is AB? AsianBeauty?
>>154851861
I like The Back Horn shame they don't do much anymore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRJV-yLkkkA
>>154852136
You're talking about the band that surpassed the Beatles.
>>154854787
sekrit club
Animes' songs are not that special. Sound like any other J-pop music. Just listen to any songs by mainstream bands like B'z, Mr. Children, X-Japan, Babymetal, etc. Sound like usual animes' OST.
>>154854997
i too browsed mu while this album was getting memed
Who's the most popular artist/band that have composed something for anime?
>inb4 Radiohead
No, I'm talking artists strictly of Japan's origin.
>>154855228
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists_in_Japan
B'z seems to have a song for Detective Conan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmTNLZU-FDI
>>154855228
Will.I.Am made the theme for Samurai Jack.
I just want Hoshi no Samidare anime with OST by The Pillows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTYRrn1Q6j8
>>154855445
Yes but he's a nigger.
>>154855400
L'Arc-en-Ciel did OPs for RuroKen, Moribito, Gundam 00 and FMA
Glay did Kuromukuro OPs
What the fuck do you think a "weeb" is?