Natural powerful voice. Miki Kakizawa is a singer with a lot of influence from Mitsuko Horie, you can hear how she has that feeling of the most emblematic voices of the Japanese repertoire.
Man, this is one of the first anime I EVER saw alongside the 2nd Ranma 1/2 movie and the first 3 episodes of Ambassador Magma. I was only 8 years old. I was hooked ever since. Boobs, blood and cursing in cartoons!? I'm in! Profound gratitude goes out to my older brother for bringing them home. And this song is epic!
I saw Iczer 1 when there no subtitles and only part 1 and 2 were available. So watching over and over again to understand the story and hearing the music, it definitely left a lasting impression! It was also one of the first animes I saw showing 2 females in a relationship but yet not really making it a big deal. It was just a thing that the two people were doing, and when you think about it like that how they lost each other in the battles to take over Earth, it was actually kind of sad!
@@pershop4950 Agreed! Had some layers to it. They made a sequel later (Iczer 3), but I didn't like what I saw... The OG was really good though and still holds up today.
I'm 26 and I've felt the same way. It's like the since early 2000's theres been a process of dumbing down, and catering, towards west coast like mindsets (it's like modern anime and manga has these storylines that japanese writers back in the 90's and 80's and so far back-would never have even dared to settle for). I think the moment that anime became popular in America was when it began to loose it's more respective nature. Especially for those of us who already new of it way before...
Ah, I remember the classics. Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2032, Macross, Orguss, Votoms, just to name a few. I liked Tekkaman Blade from the 90s especially for its characters and their dark, yet lively colors. Music was especially good. It always had a reason to be there at that exact moment. A lot of music these days, feels canned, like fruit or vegetables I would take on a camping trip. The 80s especially had a lot of OVAs, which is sad for them, as many of the OVAs hinted at truly great stories that needed to be told in detail. I think things started going down hill about the late 90s. Then it was a landslide thereafter. Gundam, for example, had been great right up until Gundam SEED. Don't get me wrong, SEED was good, Destiny not so good, but after that, it was like the owners of Gundam just wanted to cash in on whatever made their wallets fatter and their sponsors happier. Gundam had its issues before then, mostly plot holes (like how a truly massive war could be fought in one year with so many developments), but it was salvagable. Instead, they decided to ignore the original Canon and create a new series that played on popular opinion rather than grounding in fact about what really happened. I mean, seriously? The Guntank appearing some 20 years before it was actually needed? The history had already been written and then they just gunk it up with Origins, which is about as original as Bubblegum Tokyo 2040 is a continuation of Bubblegum Tokyo 2033! Seriously, though. You can still find some good gems, if you know where to look. I avoided High School DxD like the plague for its content, but when finally convinced to sit down and look at it... I have to admit... I missed out until then. Unlike other heavy fanservice and/or harem series, like Sekirei, I haven't seen a male lead as definite and defining as Issei Hyodou since Tenchi Masaki first appeared! While the opposite of Tenchi Masaki, he isn't the dense, idiotic wooden character I've seen as such a lead for some time. He's like a mix of Ramna Saotome and Tenchi, but given his own personality and development and he isn't alone either. The other characters get development time too. The male supporting characters are given developments with deep backgrounds to their characters. The female characters, but main and supporting, are also particularly strong. And best of all, they are Super Duper Uber Characters, better known as Mary Sue and Gary Stu Characters. They make mistakes, aren't all that intelligent, and have their own development needs as well. Something rare these days. Going back to Gundam SEED, I mean, Kira Yamato managed to figure out where every program on the Strike Gundam was in seconds, simply because he was a Computer Techie. In the Original Gundam, Amuro Ray had been leafing through a manual that had survived the death of the officers carrying it. So he had an idea of what pages to look for when he needed to find something in a hurry. Still took him time and he had the same level of intelligence as Kira Yamato and Athrun Zala, was a computer techie, and built and programmed a Haro in his spare time. Which is more identifiable to you?
While I find your argument valid. But most of the time, when people think about "the good old days of anime", most people think about the big hits and the best of those eras, yet fail to realize there's a bunch of poorly made anime back then as well. Not that I'm labeling you as such, but just a little fun fact.
I see your point but living in Japan you see that 99.9% of the stuff produced then and today was/is garbage. The west got treated mostly to the standouts but every month is a flood of crap in print and video. Was true then and today. As for quality the Japanese bubble burst and with that the budgets. Anime since while collectively big is lean on a per studio basis. This had a direct impact on quality since the staff and turn around times decreased to reflect the smaller monetary commitment. It also forces a more formulaic approach since failure could wipe out a publisher or studio.
Bit late to say but recently around 9 January this year Minagi Mikoto from 舞-Hime has became new Iczer warrior debuting in Super Robot Wars X-Ω as Iczer-36(Miroku). And, it was lie. Actually it’s humanoid unit like Domon and Master Asia in Super Robot Wars F
You're not wrong. But I think it speaks volumes about the state of the industry when the most generic stuff from the 80s and 90s has art and character design that is leagues ahead of 90% of the stuff you see today. And don't even get me started on modern anime tropes. I don't think there is a medium that stagnated harder than anime.
...Not to mention the artform in modern anime and manga has truly declined in actual sophistication and enthusiasm. Everyone is drawing these, lackluster character designs that lack anything to distinguish them from what could be more original. I miss when it used to look like this, (I even have the published portfolio works of Toshiki Hirano who did the art for this series and thats Out Of Print).
That is absolutely, objectively untrue. The medium is still as varied as ever with a plethora of different design philosophies, styles, writing, and genres co-existing. You are gatekeeping your nostalgia with willful ignorance and you are wrong. There are MANY great anime and manga series today. You are just refusing to acknowledge or discover them.
渡辺宙明氏が亡くなった事は悲しいけれどもイクサー1始め氏の生み出した音楽は永遠に残り続けるような気がします。
初めて聴いた時に曲調に吃驚した歌です
曲調だけなら串田アキラさん等が歌うロボアニソンっぽさなのに歌われてる方は女性でホント吃驚したけどメッチャ合うってなった覚え有ります
Natural powerful voice. Miki Kakizawa is a singer with a lot of influence from Mitsuko Horie, you can hear how she has that feeling of the most emblematic voices of the Japanese repertoire.
中、高とオタッキーだったんで宙明サウンド本当に好きでした。勿論作品もですが。でも大学生になり流石にオタッキーのままではダメと思い(当時80,90年代はオタクに厳しい時代だったので)B'zやGLAYなど聞くようにして興味の幅を広げようと頑張ったが宙明サウンドに魅了されてしまった身としてはなかなか受け付けられなくて苦労しましたね。久しぶりに当時を振り返ってしまいましたわ。
短編作品が流行った当時、とても大好きな作品で、以後ダンガイオーへと続く私の定番アニメです！！
渡辺宙明先生、95歳のお誕生日おめでとうございます
I loved this series!! haven listenend to this song in forever. Thanks for posting!
宙明先生の訃報に接してから、無性にこの曲が聞きたくなる
カッコ良過ぎ。
当時、ＦＭ番組でイクサー１の声の人が出演してて、この曲かかってました。
Watched this when I was 16. Still love it.
Bought the remastered DVD.
I remembered seeing the VHS tapes of this anime
@@williampow69 used to rent the vhs from blockbuster
You sing with all your anime chant epicness, Miki!
知らんだろ！昭和のOAV、機会があれば見てみろ！平成、令和！！
I really enjoyed the last ova, especially the fight were Iczer One and Nagisa synchronized. It was a badass moment!
These songs are hidden gems
This is my favorite anime theme song! I just love it!
Thanks for posting this slice of fun. I should revisit the show again.
今時のアイドルは、こんな難しい音楽を歌えません。1980~1990に培った日本のアニメーション文化が如何に深いのかという一側面です。
KOU SHIN 基本的にアニソンは細かい上がり下がり多いからカッコいいんだが、それだけ難易度は格段に上がる。この年代の主題歌はほんとカッコイイ主題歌オンパレードだからね。今の連中に歌いこなせたら本物だろうな
One of my favorite songs from my childhood.
Miki Kakizawa has an addictive voice
宙明先生からもらった
愛と夢をしんじよう
Love you Golden Warrior, Iczer - 1!!!
SAME! So good! Glad I'm not the only one that remembers this anime!
In the early days of Comcast’s OnDemand this 3 Episode OVA was listed. I remember it being updated with Maze the Megaburst Space.
Love the music for the Iczer series.
イクサー1:優等生でイイ子
イクサー2:ツンデレ
イクサー3:ガキンチョ。
そして、4人目のイクサー4は渚本人というw(正確には初代の孫)
Man, this is one of the first anime I EVER saw alongside the 2nd Ranma 1/2 movie and the first 3 episodes of Ambassador Magma. I was only 8 years old. I was hooked ever since. Boobs, blood and cursing in cartoons!? I'm in! Profound gratitude goes out to my older brother for bringing them home. And this song is epic!
Prince J. Same here
I saw Iczer 1 when there no subtitles and only part 1 and 2 were available. So watching over and over again to understand the story and hearing the music, it definitely left a lasting impression!
It was also one of the first animes I saw showing 2 females in a relationship but yet not really making it a big deal. It was just a thing that the two people were doing, and when you think about it like that how they lost each other in the battles to take over Earth, it was actually kind of sad!
@@pershop4950 Agreed! Had some layers to it. They made a sequel later (Iczer 3), but I didn't like what I saw... The OG was really good though and still holds up today.
Oh hai there, Childhood. It's been so long since we met.
Really gets the blood pumping!
this will always be my favorite anime
イクサ－Ⅱと付き合いたい人生だった
Thank You, Thank You, I was looking 4 this Song
始まりの部分、シャイダーでも似た感じのBGMがありますね。宙明さんつながりで。
ギターカッコよすぎる
I SOO LOVE THIS ANIME!
この曲はサビの部分の「疲れ果てた地球は～」と地球を主語にしてる所がちょっと電波チックってことでファンからネタにされてたりする。
確かにクトゥルフの侵略を受けて間もない地球に対してはちょっと違和感があるけど言葉のインパクトを優先したんだろーなと受け止めてた。
でもサビの部分以外の歌詞は、まるで渚が長い間孤独に戦い続けてきたイクサー1の心と身体を案じているもののように思える。
だからサビの部分も地球に置き換えてるだけでほんとはイクサー1に対して休ませてあげて、眠り求めてるのよと渚の祈りが込められてる歌だと解釈すると腑に落ちた。
ボーカルの人の声質も渚役の声にちょっと似てるしね。
这首至今仍在我的曲库里~
인생 최고의 OVA 명곡, 익사-1
@rockmanblues right i here you on this. my uncle showed me this one when i was around that age. on vhs tape. classic.
歌ってる人芸能事務所の社長になってるのよね
Wow I found a decent version of this song. The memories it brings. I loved most of the Iczer series. Well except for Iczellion.
the memories it brings...
agreed 💯%... 😥
またスパロボに出ないかなぁ
Feel that line bass 🎧😀🎶
I'm 26 and I've felt the same way. It's like the since early 2000's theres been a process of dumbing down, and catering, towards west coast like mindsets (it's like modern anime and manga has these storylines that japanese writers back in the 90's and 80's and so far back-would never have even dared to settle for). I think the moment that anime became popular in America was when it began to loose it's more respective nature. Especially for those of us who already new of it way before...
Ah, I remember the classics. Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2032, Macross, Orguss, Votoms, just to name a few. I liked Tekkaman Blade from the 90s especially for its characters and their dark, yet lively colors. Music was especially good. It always had a reason to be there at that exact moment. A lot of music these days, feels canned, like fruit or vegetables I would take on a camping trip.
The 80s especially had a lot of OVAs, which is sad for them, as many of the OVAs hinted at truly great stories that needed to be told in detail. I think things started going down hill about the late 90s.
Then it was a landslide thereafter.
Gundam, for example, had been great right up until Gundam SEED. Don't get me wrong, SEED was good, Destiny not so good, but after that, it was like the owners of Gundam just wanted to cash in on whatever made their wallets fatter and their sponsors happier. Gundam had its issues before then, mostly plot holes (like how a truly massive war could be fought in one year with so many developments), but it was salvagable.
Instead, they decided to ignore the original Canon and create a new series that played on popular opinion rather than grounding in fact about what really happened.
I mean, seriously? The Guntank appearing some 20 years before it was actually needed? The history had already been written and then they just gunk it up with Origins, which is about as original as Bubblegum Tokyo 2040 is a continuation of Bubblegum Tokyo 2033!
Seriously, though. You can still find some good gems, if you know where to look. I avoided High School DxD like the plague for its content, but when finally convinced to sit down and look at it... I have to admit... I missed out until then.
Unlike other heavy fanservice and/or harem series, like Sekirei, I haven't seen a male lead as definite and defining as Issei Hyodou since Tenchi Masaki first appeared!
While the opposite of Tenchi Masaki, he isn't the dense, idiotic wooden character I've seen as such a lead for some time. He's like a mix of Ramna Saotome and Tenchi, but given his own personality and development and he isn't alone either.
The other characters get development time too. The male supporting characters are given developments with deep backgrounds to their characters. The female characters, but main and supporting, are also particularly strong.
And best of all, they are Super Duper Uber Characters, better known as Mary Sue and Gary Stu Characters.
They make mistakes, aren't all that intelligent, and have their own development needs as well. Something rare these days.
Going back to Gundam SEED, I mean, Kira Yamato managed to figure out where every program on the Strike Gundam was in seconds, simply because he was a Computer Techie.
In the Original Gundam, Amuro Ray had been leafing through a manual that had survived the death of the officers carrying it. So he had an idea of what pages to look for when he needed to find something in a hurry. Still took him time and he had the same level of intelligence as Kira Yamato and Athrun Zala, was a computer techie, and built and programmed a Haro in his spare time.
Which is more identifiable to you?
While I find your argument valid. But most of the time, when people think about "the good old days of anime", most people think about the big hits and the best of those eras, yet fail to realize there's a bunch of poorly made anime back then as well. Not that I'm labeling you as such, but just a little fun fact.
I see your point but living in Japan you see that 99.9% of the stuff produced then and today was/is garbage. The west got treated mostly to the standouts but every month is a flood of crap in print and video. Was true then and today. As for quality the Japanese bubble burst and with that the budgets. Anime since while collectively big is lean on a per studio basis. This had a direct impact on quality since the staff and turn around times decreased to reflect the smaller monetary commitment. It also forces a more formulaic approach since failure could wipe out a publisher or studio.
去年６月、作曲家・渡辺宙明先生が亡くなりました・・・・。
良い曲ですよ・・・・。
Bit late to say but recently around 9 January this year Minagi Mikoto from 舞-Hime has became new Iczer warrior debuting in Super Robot Wars X-Ω as Iczer-36(Miroku).
And, it was lie. Actually it’s humanoid unit like Domon and Master Asia in Super Robot Wars F
Link?
This song is so hood I bump this in Compton in my 05.
Lyrics: Char Aznable(UC 0093)
Hong Poppy Gemini ?
This is a piece of art along with Dangaioh, indeed, what happened to anime?
Who cares, there's tons like Iczer. More than our lifetimes combined. All up for the grabs hehehe.
Chris Phinney which Iczeru would u fug
yes
Considering that Iczer one consists of a bunch of mecha and magical girl tropes it's just okay.
You're not wrong. But I think it speaks volumes about the state of the industry when the most generic stuff from the 80s and 90s has art and character design that is leagues ahead of 90% of the stuff you see today. And don't even get me started on modern anime tropes. I don't think there is a medium that stagnated harder than anime.
Wow
...Not to mention the artform in modern anime and manga has truly declined in actual sophistication and enthusiasm. Everyone is drawing these, lackluster character designs that lack anything to distinguish them from what could be more original. I miss when it used to look like this, (I even have the published portfolio works of Toshiki Hirano who did the art for this series and thats Out Of Print).
That is absolutely, objectively untrue. The medium is still as varied as ever with a plethora of different design philosophies, styles, writing, and genres co-existing. You are gatekeeping your nostalgia with willful ignorance and you are wrong. There are MANY great anime and manga series today. You are just refusing to acknowledge or discover them.
すげ！
wow you were seven when you watched this? Awesome brother you got.
シャア「地球には、少し休んでもらうんだ。」
アムロ『エコ(eco)だよそれはっ！』
WHAT CHU KNOW ABOUT DIS!?🤗🥰🤓😎
This song is so fucking Hood.
Good bass line 🎧🎶...
I listen to this while I practice my Nagisa voice.
イクサー3の台詞が全部棒読みやった事は覚えとるわ。まさかのスパロボに参戦するとは思わなんだ。
それだけ、下手だったんですか？
くすくすっ(台本ママ)
イクサー3、イクセリオンの時は本職の声優さんが担当したので上手かったんですけどね。つーか、何で女子プロレスラーにやらせたんだかwww
Rodrigo no murió, solo se hizo ponja para que no le rompan las pelotas en Argentina
最高です❀.(*´▽`*)❀.
うたうま
故本田美奈子さんに似た声と歌い方ですね。
ああ、確かに。コメントを拝見して思わず膝を打った。
こんな感じの歌い方と声が好きです
Gerhold Cliffs
Still a better lesbian mecha anime than g-witch
I felt bad for those lesbian chicks.
CapMar-Vell92 Returns But they're all lesbian chicks.
I wanted to turn them
@@musicguy1466 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😭😐 SERIOUSLY THO!🤓
Hood status. The police have been called.
Chumei Watanabe 🤍🕊
Quem canta essa música? Alguém sabe?
Miki Kakizawa. esta na descrição heheh
Robinson Richard Jackson Brenda Anderson Laura
ICZER 1 LOVE YA.. Jk Iczer 2 i better
this shit right here
no.
Yes.
lol