They've never really achieved mainstream success.
en.wikipedia.org
B'z is no. 1. That fucking band from Gintama.
I thought The Pillows is the great band from Japan, because there are so many references on animes and mangas.
Is The Pillows just a band for weebs?
Ryder Howard
Camden Ward
Pillows are like the Japanese Pixies, so you could say that they are Pixies for weebs, except that they have a britpop tinge to their music
Asher Brooks
Anison hasn't really achieved much mainstream success, especially in recent years. Nana is arguably the only anison artist who has become mainstream and is recognized even by people who know little about anime.
Zachary Ortiz
>AKB48 being the most popular
Does that even mean anything at this point. If you want good music you don't go looking at the charts
Jacob Williams
Ikr. I listen to good music, that's why I watch animes.
Lucas Watson
They're just not mainstream. It's not unusual for people to like bands or artists that aren't mainstream.
Samuel Sullivan
OP here, it's just, considering the amount of references to this band in animes and mangas, I thought it was pretty mainstream.
Isaac Campbell
No this band is.
Nathan Reed
Just because they're pretty well known in the otaku community it doesn't mean that they're popular in mainstream Japanese culture. I made a new Japanese friend recently who had never heard of the Pillows, but when I showed him a couple of songs he liked them.
Jonathan Barnes
>tfw no one watched The Rolling Girls
Brandon Rivera
This, also vice versa, Seika ruled the 80's in Japan but if you asked anybody now who she is they wont know.
Owen Bennett
listen to this
Tyler Gomez
Well, this thread turns into anison general.
Nathan Hill
I listen to rare bands that you have probably never heard of like, Amazarashi and Scenarioart.
Alexander Bell
This
Jace Gonzalez
Should i watch it?
Dylan Jones
Amazing, also this
Austin Robinson
>The Pillows are in their 50s.
>They are one of the longest running bands with basically the same members.
>Just cut one recently for bad behavior.
>The Pillows will die in your lifetime.
I just wanna see them live once before that happens.
Bentley Parker
Hello fellow AB
Jayden Peterson
What is AB? AsianBeauty?
Gavin Hughes
I like The Back Horn shame they don't do much anymore
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David Richardson
You're talking about the band that surpassed the Beatles.
Kevin Williams
sekrit club
David Reed
Animes' songs are not that special. Sound like any other J-pop music. Just listen to any songs by mainstream bands like B'z, Mr. Children, X-Japan, Babymetal, etc. Sound like usual animes' OST.
Ian Walker
i too browsed mu while this album was getting memed
Luke Campbell
Who's the most popular artist/band that have composed something for anime?
>inb4 Radiohead
No, I'm talking artists strictly of Japan's origin.
Ayden Young
>en.wikipedia.org
B'z seems to have a song for Detective Conan.
Easton Young
Will.I.Am made the theme for Samurai Jack.
Tyler Roberts
I just want Hoshi no Samidare anime with OST by The Pillows.
Bentley Thompson
Yes but he's a nigger.
Carter Johnson
L'Arc-en-Ciel did OPs for RuroKen, Moribito, Gundam 00 and FMA
Glay did Kuromukuro OPs
Jonathan Collins
What the fuck do you think a "weeb" is?