Anime I love

Your Name 君の名は。

The music, the plot and how deep it goes. RADWIMPS wrote the whole soundtrack.

• My pick: RADWIMPS, “Sparkle” (movie version ↗)

5 Centimeters per Second 秒速5センチメートル

The film ends on Masayoshi Yamazaki’s “One more time, One more chance”. I’ve replayed it hundreds of times, and I still go back to it.

• My pick: the song over scenes from the film, with English subtitles (watch ↗)
• The song on its own: official music video ↗

Spirited Away 千と千尋の神隠し

• Joe Hisaishi, “One Summer’s Day ↗”

The Apothecary Diaries 薬屋のひとりごと

• Opening: Yorushika, 「雲を抜け風下へ私だけ ↗」 (anime opening ↗)
• Ending: Eve, “AIYOU ↗” (anime ending ↗)

Macross: Do You Remember Love? 超時空要塞マクロス 愛・おぼえていますか

• My favourite: Mari Iijima, “Do You Remember Love?” 愛・おぼえていますか, over the film’s climax (film scene, spoilers ↗)
• The song on its own: official music video ↗

Castle in the Sky 天空の城ラピュタ

• My pick: “Carrying You” 君をのせて, the song over the end credits, music by Joe Hisaishi, sung by Azumi Inoue (listen ↗)
• Joe Hisaishi’s own version: official upload ↗

Howl’s Moving Castle ハウルの動く城

• Joe Hisaishi, “Merry-Go-Round of Life ↗” 人生のメリーゴーランド, played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Hisaishi conducting