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About this Page:
Here I keep only what I feel are a few of the best anime songs. Even if you haven't watched some of these anime, please give the songs a try anyway.
Most songs here have been trimmed to the first 90 seconds (about 700k each). They are stored as 64000 bps mono MP3 files, which are in turn stored in ZIP files. The ZIPs might be a little inconvenient, but for some reason uncompressed MP3 files will not always download correctly off this server. To extract with long filenames, you'll need to use WinZip. Or, you could use PKZip in DOS and rename files accordingly.
The sound quality of these MP3s is pretty close to CD quality, except that it is monaural. Since I know only one case of someone dying from lack of stereo sound, I assume most normal humans will not find too much discomfort in listening to these samples. Here is a 10 second sample MP3 for you to listen to and find out what the quality is like (should download with no problems): sample.mp3 (80k)

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Shamanic Princess Shamanic Princess

Go to Shamanic Princess page.
  • These songs start to sound really good after you listen to them a few times. The BGMs are great too.
  • Buy! Buy! Buy! Feed Bandai lots of money to continue this great OAV series! You can get the opening and closing along with the karaoke versions on the Inori no Asa CD Single [Cover]. Or, get the opening and closing plus a lot of cool BGMs on the Shamanic Princess Original Soundtrack CDs [OST 1 Cover, Back]

    Download Song  Time 
    90 sec Opening - "Inori no Asa" (lyrics) 4:33
    90 sec Closing - "Omoide no Mori" (lyrics) 3:11
    90 sec BGM 1 5:02
    90 sec BGM 4 3:56


    Elf logo Elf Wo Karu Mono Tachi

    Go to Elf wo Karu Mono Tachi page.
    These songs are from the Elf CD Single Angel Blue [Cover, Back].
    Very catchy tunes.

    Download Song  Time 
    90 sec Opening - "Angel Blue" 3:52
    90 sec Closing - "Tensai wa Saigo ni Yatte Kuru" 3:53


    Sakura Taisen Sakura Taisen

    Go to Sakura Taisen page.
    The Sakura opening sticks in your head for ages after you listen to it. The closing also tends to do it, but at a lesser degree.
    [CD Cover (hi-res), Inside (hi-res), Back].

    Download Song  Time 
    90 sec Opening - "Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan" 3:02
    90 sec Ending - "Hanasaku Otome" 5:06


    Key the Metal Idol Key the Metal Idol

    The opening and closing from Key sound much better if you have seen the animation.
    [CD Cover, Back].

    Download Song  Time 
    Full (837k) Opening - "In the Night" (TV size) 1:49
    Full (873k) Closing (TV size) 1:54


    Escaflowne Escaflowne

    These are vocals from the amazing TV series Escaflowne. These songs are on the first soundtrack "Over the Sky".
    [CD 1 Cover, Back].

    Download Song  Time 
    90 sec Escaflowne Opening - "Yakusoku wa Iranai" 3:35
    90 sec Escaflowne Closing - "Mystic Eyes" 4:20
    90 sec Escaflowne CD 1 - "Empty the Pocket" 4:03


    Misc Other Anime Music

    Download Song  Time 
    90 sec Blue Seed Opening - "Touch and Go" 4:28
    90 sec Marmalade Voice - "Moment" 4:26
    90 sec Gundam 08th MS Team Opening 4:15
    90 sec Gundam X Opening - "Dreams" 5:02
    90 sec Nadia Closing - "Yes! I will..." 4:19
    90 sec Rayearth 3rd Opening 4:34
    90 sec Ririka Opening 4:27
    Full Saber Marionette J Opening - "Successful Mission" (TV size) 1:29
    90 sec Slayers Next Opening - "Give a Reason" 4:27


    Stores:
    If you like the songs, please please please buy the CDs! Then the animators will have more money, and more money means they will make cooler stuff, and that will make us all very happy!
    Here are a few places you can mail order from:
    Japanese Internet Goods Shop (JIGS) (Japan)
    Nikaku Animart (California)
    UCI Bookstore (California)

    MP3 Players:
    Here are a few good MP3 Players you can use to listen to the stuff on this page:
    WinAmp: Good interface. Plays/creates MP2/MP3/M3U/PLS files. Many features, including graphical equilizer. Shareware.
    MacAmp: Mac version of the above player.
    Maplay: A freeware MP3 player.
    MuseArc: Excellent interface. Plays/creates MP3/M3U/PLS files. Shareware limited to 3 tracks in succession.
    WinPlay3: Windows 3.1/95 MP3/M3U player. Shareware limited to first 20 seconds. Least CPU intensive. Few features.
    MacPlay3: Macintosh version of the above player.
    Vamp: A good freeware MP3 player for the PowerMac.
    You might want to set up your browser to work with Winplay (or any other MP3 player).

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