Part 3 of the My Hero Academia review series showcases yet another level of Hayashi-san's genius; his use of sound design elements to enhance the score. The sound design is so good that Emily said "this is by far my favorite OST." But that's not the only "favorite" we got! MHA S3 also features Garrett's favorite opening sequence of the series and one his favorite bass lines of any anime OP.

Strap on your headphones and let's plug back into this quirky expedition!

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YouTube playlist for this episode: AN-12: My Hero Academia [S3]

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I know you Gon Freecs out when I tell you this, but we started the Hunter x Hunter review series this week!

This beast of an anime has some of the most lovable characters in the entire anime world and has an OST to match! Seriously, not only is the music fun, carefree, and even nostalgic in a way, some of the audio was so masterfully crafted I dare call it "branding." Unfortunately, as a whole, we still couldn't give it an A rating.

So grab your fishing poles and skateboards and do your best to channel your Nen cause we're about to attempt the Hunter Exam.

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YouTube playlist for music featured in today's episode: AN-14: Hunter x Hunter (2011) [S1]

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It's part 2 of the "My Hero  Academia" audio review series!! In this episode we review the opening and ending sequences as well as both discs of OST 2-- in other words, all of the music from season 2. This one was so much fun to research and record! Some of the pieces in OST 2 were so good that they should be used as teaching tools in composition classes, seriously. Oh, and we got to feature LiSA again!

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YouTube playlist for all music featured in today's episode: AN-12: My Hero Academia [S2]

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The 2nd part of our "Shingeki no Kyojin" review quadrilogy! On this episode we get to analyze the first of the motif variations in Sawano's masterpiece, Garrett gets to show you his favorite moments from the "Linked Horizon" live concert, and we briefly touch on the Anti-Racism movement in the US. We absolutely love what we do on this platform and we feel very lucky and proud to have an opportunity to bring people from different cultures together through such a wonderful medium.

Humanity is a strange and beautiful beast. Thank you for being brothers and sisters in humanity with us. We love you!

Much love to our special guest, Preston! Unfortunately life got in the way and he couldn't participate in this episode, but we hope we can break down season 3 with ya!

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YouTube playlist for this episode: AN-8: Attack on Titan [S2]

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Created as a tribute to the OG "Ashita no Joe" and released on its 50th anniversary, "Megalo Box" is a hard hitting sports anime that brings a fresh intensity to boxing while keeping it as realistic as possible. If the brutality of boxing isn't enough for you, how 'bout we strap on some robotic exo-suits and see what happens. Oh, and sprinkle in some very realistic corruption, fixed fights, money hungry gangsters, and an underground Hip-Hop inspired soundtrack.

Needless to say, we very much enjoyed this anime! The opening and closing sequences were awesome and we liked the OST despite how harsh we were with some of our critiques. We just saw a lot of untapped potential.

Anyway, enjoy the show! Happy St. Patty's Day!!

P.S. The 2nd season of Megalo Box called "Nomad" comes out in just a couple weeks!

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YouTube playlist contains all music featured in today's episode: AN-13: Megalo Box

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From the creator of Barrage and Omagadoki Zoo, the sound director for AoT, and our favorite dog loving gymnast turned composer. This week on Anime Noise we're covering the adrenaline pumping, action packed, "quirk" filled world of My Hero Academia!! With as much heart and soul that went into this super human production, we promise there's a little something for everyone, and I mean everyone, in this anime. We hope you had as much fun watching it as we did!
 
Also, enjoy our dumb sound check at the beginning...we'll just call it the "Director's Cut" haha.

You can stream My Hero Academia from Crunchyroll and Hulu.

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YouTube Playlist for all music featured in today's episode: AN-12: My Hero Academia [S1]

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Memento Mori...
But, how do you determine the value of a human soul? What if life wasn't the real test? Does empathy help or hinder a judgement call?

After death, humans are either reincarnated or sent to the void. However, upon death, before going to their eternal destination, they go to a "purgatory" of sorts where they meet an arbiter named Decim, in a bar called Quindecim. In order to fairly judge these human souls, he has them play a game to determine their true nature.

Brace yourselves, we are about to embark on a journey through Yuki Hayashi's imaginative sonic description of judgement, empathy, and the emotions that come with the inevitable end of a human life.

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Music featured in today's episode: AN-11: Death Parade (YouTube Playlist)

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Heists, con artists, and high stakes fraud! An intelligent storyline with lovable, complex characters set in an aesthetically unique version of the real world. The very experienced creators of "Great Pretender" needed a truly rich score that sonically delivered this sophisticated work of art.

Strap yourselves in 'cause we're about to take you on an expedition through the depths of Yamada's musical masterpiece!

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Music featured in today's episode: AN-10: Great Pretender

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Our first real "R" rated adventure! If you're a fan of silly drama, sexual humor and big anime tiddies, or if you've ever fantasized about your sexy teachers back in high school then this is the perfect anime for you. Now, without any further ado, let's take a listen to how these pervy minds musically captured the simple emotions of adolescent fantasies.

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Music from today's episode: AN-9: Why the hell are you here, Teacher?!

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The 3rd and final piece to our review trilogy of the original Naruto series! If you have made it this far into the trilogy you are a super nerd for Naruto and you are in for a real treat. In this episode our hosts, the 'Power Duo,' analyze the last 8 songs in the series, Emily coins the term Japanglish, and Garrett discovers his radio voice.

Grab a drink, bring your "WOW" faces and join us for another fun episode!

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YouTube Playlist: AN-6: Naruto [Part 3]

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