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The Heisei Era’s Best Anime Songs In One Album: Heisei Anisong Taisho Mixed By DJ Kazu
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The Heisei Anime Song Grand Prix
The winners of the Heisei Anisong Taisho 平成アニソン大賞 (Heisei Anime Song Grand Prix), an award to decide on the best anime songs of the Heisei Era spanning the last three decades, were announced to much fanfare in Japan on March 1st, 2019. In addition to the Best Song award, anime songs were selected to receive one of the following eleven awards: Popularity Award, Song Lyrics Award, Composition Award, Arrangement Award, Voice Actor/Actress Song Award, Character Song Award, Artist Song Award, Planning Award, Movie Theme Song Award, Special Prize, and Audience Choice Award.
Heisei Anisong Taisho Mixed by DJ Kazu
While opinions may vary and not everyone's favorites made the cut, there are surely songs within the candidates selected for awards which anime fans and anime song fans will agree deserve recognition and constitute some of the best of the past thirty years.
To commemorate this occasion at the end of the Heisei Era, virtuoso disc jockey DJ Kazu has put together an epic mix of 43 tracks inspired by the candidates presented in the award that will please both seasoned anime song aficionados and those who are looking for an introduction to the anime song genre.
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(cover art by Masayoshi Tanaka 田中将賀, character designer for Makoto Shinkai's Your Name and the upcoming Weathering With You)
Here is the complete list of tracks included in his DJ mix (in Japanese, followed by English):
Track List
This commercial will give you a brief sample of what to expect:
How to buy
If you'd like to buy one, "Heisei Anisong Taisho Mixed by DJ Kazu" goes on sale today, April 3rd, 2019 for 2,400 JPY and can be purchased online here
Panel of Judges
Here are the judges who were tasked with choosing the best anime songs of the Heisei Era:
Music producer Akihiro Tomita 冨田明宏
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Nippon broadcasting announcer Hisanori Yoshida 吉田尚記
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Animelo concert producer Koji Saito 齋藤光二
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Anime song disc jockey DJ Kazu DJ和
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Anime writer MaeQ 前田 久
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Animate’s Masaharu Matsubara 松原正泰
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L to R: Tomita, Matsubara, Maeda, Yoshida, DJ Kazu, Saito | © PR Times, Inc.