Current Events > Extreme Japanese Music quiz. E/M/H questions. How many can you answer?

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Easy - 1 Point Each
1 - This singer has performed music in English, Korean and Japanese. Her most popular song was used in the anime, Inuyasha.
2 - This Korean pianist has become well known for her hit song on the anime, Bleach.
3 - This band performed the very first opening theme song to the 2003 Full Metal Alchemist anime.
4 - Last Dinosaur was a song performed by this group on a 6 episode anime that used to be on Adult Swim.
5 - This composer, lyricist and singer created unforgettable songs to the Megaman 2 Robot Masters, encouraging the believe of Crashman being gay.

Medium - 2 Points Each
6 - This band released a music video that was titled exactly how the video was portrayed. In this video, a geisha eats a baby head.
7 - This group known for their upbeat music and received their own vocaloids. The female vocaloid with long blonde hair, and the male with muscles and spiky silver hair.
8 - This singer's song was originally used in the popular online animation, "Draw With Me" before use-of-song issues arose.
9 - This singer was fired by her agency after a publication released pictures of her smoking two days after her birthday.
10 - Intoxicated, this well-loved singer committed suicide by tying a towel around his neck and hanging himself on a doorknob.
11 - This singer had a cameo and in-game concert in the Square Enix game, Radiata Stories.

Hard - 3 Points Each
12 - This producer and singer recently had his vocal cords removed as part of his treatment of cancer.
13 - Alongside indie band, MEW, this performer had a song on a superhero soundtrack that was released exclusively in Japan despite having an English version.
14 - This group released an animated music video of a boy chasing a girl standing on the balcony of a chained, moving castle on wheels.
15 - In 2003, these two singers came together to film a movie based on emigration to china after a collapse in the Japanese economy.
16 - Bob, Catherine, and Nicolas are the stage names used by these three band members in a fake infomercial, showcasing a penlight, magic towel and magic box.
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5 is Hyadain
3 Porno Graffiti I think.
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1.BoA
2. Younha (I think is her name. I know exactly which ending you're referring to.)
3. L'Arc En Ciel?
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10. is hide. And the suicide is still in question; there was speculation that it was an accident. He was supposedly using a towel and the doorknob to try a new physical therapy technique for his shoulder ("sore from guitar" said his bandmates) and he passed out during it.
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2 is Rie Fu
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7 is m.ov.e?
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ArchangelBaruch posted...

5 is Hyadain
3 Porno Graffiti I think.

Correct for both.

geshkigal posted...

1.BoA
2. Younha (I think is her name. I know exactly which ending you're referring to.)
3. L'Arc En Ciel?

Correct for all but L'arc En Ciel. L'arc En Ciel did the second opening.

GamerSanta posted...

10. is hide. And the suicide is still in question; there was speculation that it was an accident. He was supposedly using a towel and the doorknob to try a new physical therapy technique for his shoulder ("sore from guitar" said his bandmates) and he passed out during it.

Correct. I dunno. They had an autopsy, right? They should have been able to check if he had been intoxicated for sure. I think that's a key to the truth. I mean, your point there sounds possible, but the assumption that he was drunk could easily have been proven false.

SDBZ posted...

2 is Rie Fu

She's Japanese. Nice guess though.

ArchangelBaruch posted...

7 is m.ov.e?

Ohh, nice. Didn't expect this one to be gotten so early.
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