I’ve reached a dilemma about The Big O. Is Beck the worst character in the show, or is he a victim of its truncated 13-episode run? I realize with this post I’m going to be writing about another thing [...]
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Word along the grapevine is that the live-action Japanese movie of Beck-- the popular manga by Harold Sakuishi about a group of teens who start a rock band --is going to feature some heavy hitters on its soundtrack: no less than the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Oasis. It's far from the first time that popular western artists provided music to movies based on manga-- the RHCP let the first live-action Death Note film use "Dani California," and Lenny Kravitz's "I'll Be Waiting" was featured in the film L: Change the WorLd. Oasis also has a history with anime: Eden of the East featured the band's "Falling Down" as its OP.   <object width="640px" height="388px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lwLsw9MlzJQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;badVar=0x5d1719&amp;badVar=0xcd311b&amp;hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lwLsw9MlzJQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;badVar=0x5d1719&amp;badVar=0xcd311b&amp;hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640px" height="388px" wmode="transparent"></embed></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param></object>   Still and all, though, RHCP and Oasis on one anime soundtrack? That sounds pretty awesome.     
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As I had previously announced, the Beck Live-Action Movie is scheduled to premier on 04 Sept 2010 in Japanese theatres. The producers have now announced at a Tuesday event in Tokyo that the American band ...
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All Hail the Mighty GAMETAG!!! We were given the chance to talk to Greg Beck the Director of Game Merchandise and Marketing. He talks about how Gametag is different than those other game stores. Check out more after the jump. How To Stalk Greg Beck HomePage GameTag Express Facebook Twitter VideoHQ
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It's been a long time since I showcased some new talents. There are a lot of amazing anime song covers out there, just waiting to be discovered! Luckily for me, I didn't have to go very far for this one. Indeed, Taka is a very active member of the Ongaku community and Forums. Here's the amazing cover he did of the Beck song, Moon on The Water:<object width="100%" height="81"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?track=full-moon-waves&amp;show_comments=true&amp;auto_play=false&amp;color=3400ff"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?track=full-moon-waves&amp;show_comments=true&amp;auto_play=false&amp;color=3400ff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="100%" height="81"></embed> </object> Full moon waves by TakaB9/10 His rendition of Moon on The Water is near-perfect. The quality of his voice is just astounding. It has a beautiful and warm feel to it and I really love the vibratos... In my opinion, it's much better than the original versions of the songs (of course the Engrish didn't really help, for example in one version you can clearly hear "what a fuel" instead of "what a fool" LOL).The Beck OSTs have 3 versions of Moon on The Water, one by Tanaka Koyuki & Minami Maho, another one by THE Dying Breed Feat. Tanaka Koyuki and the last one by BEAT CRUSADERS (the best one).Check out the original songs after the jump!Tanaka Koyuki & Minami Maho's version<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/caoU-re1df8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/caoU-re1df8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>BEAT CRUSADERS' version<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/te7eCiHZac8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/te7eCiHZac8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
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What makes Beck connect with me is how it can remind me of the dreams I had before joining the real world. Nowhere in that dream of red guitars, three chords, and the truth was the idiocy of Leon Sykes, which is where Beck kind of loses me. It almost feels like the [...]
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