Hi everyone! This is going to be a post about a series of interesting musical connections I found while organizing my playlists. Most of these aren’t directly related to Xenosaga, but share a couple curiosities and occupy similar spaces in otaku culture, which I thought would be fun to know about for other fans of the series.
[HEADING=1]1. TechnoRider Tammy[/HEADING]
Some time after the release of Xenosaga Episode II, the two SuperSweep composers Shinji Hosoe and Ayako Saso came together for a new music project featuring eroge voice actress [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]Tomoe Tamiyasu[/COLOR]. The album was released in late 2006 and featured cute techno pop songs with silly lyrics. The character designer for Tammy was none other than Kunihiko Tanaka. A sequel album, titled “SMILEBIT! TECHNORIDER TAMMY 2” was released one year later, featuring new songs and a radio drama show as intermissions between the tracks.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQNHYNv9IpSxVlusGPYz9T_x89EVXGM7W
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3D2MbU93Cmk-ytHXyWq3ghgc9DeR1OEf
[HEADING=1]2. Rumi Shishido[/HEADING]
The japanese voice actress for [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]MOMO[/COLOR] was an idol popstar singer during the 90s. She released various technokayō songs such as 地球の危機 ([COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]Chikyu no Kiki[/COLOR]) and コンビニ天国 ([COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]Conbini Tengoku[/COLOR]), and often performed live on national television ([COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]Cosmic Rendezvous[/COLOR], [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]Koi wa Maketerare-nation[/COLOR]). She also sang the [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]Pururin opening theme[/COLOR] in Welcome to the NHK, with many listeners seeing her as a pioneer of the denpa music genre.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJIrinWVYBOdhfhiIG1CscwUunqzqWno0
[HEADING=1]3. Xenopittan and OS-tan[/HEADING]
Most are probably already familiar with Xenopittan, the silly song accompanying the Mojipittan minigame from Xenosaga Freaks. The original was composed by Satoru Kōsaki, famous for working on various anime soundtracks including [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]Lucky Star[/COLOR]. (The [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]remix[/COLOR] in the video is actually by Yasutaka Nakata, famous producer behind music groups like Capsule, Perfume and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu). The song became a meme on image boards such as 2chan/futaba channel, being associated with [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]OS-tan[/COLOR] gijinkas. Namco later released new versions of the song for [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]THE iDOLM@STER[/COLOR], sung by the characters Chihaya Kisaragi and Yayoi Takatsuki, which also became a meme on Nico Nico Douga (such as this cover by [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]Nanahira[/COLOR]).
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Do you know of any other similar connections? If so I’d love to know, please share them with us! Also feel free to tell me if you knew about any of these artists and songs already (´ω ` )