It's Moonday, so we need some music! And tonight I'll be bringing the first Anime edition, with a big hat tip to Maikeru Ronin, who suggested many of these songs. If you're a fan of Anime, post your favorite songs - or even just talk about it below the fold.
Update:
For my non-Anime watching friends, Strong Bad explains it all!
"Just Communication" from Gundam Wing 2000
"A squadron of giant robot pilots of a beleaguered Earth colony bring the war to their oppressive home planet. " - well, what else would you use?
"Demon God" from Princess Mononoke 1997
"On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime."
Opening theme from Stardust Memory 1991
"After the One Year War, Peace was signed between Zeon and the Earth Federation. Three years later, however, some remaining forces of Zeon who never gave up steal the new Federation mobile suit Gundam Unit 2, capable of Nuclear Strike and use it as its primary weapon in their Operation Stardust. Can Federation rookie pilot Kou Uraki and his Gundam Unit 1 match up against Zeon's Anavel Gato, the Nightmare of Solomon, and still be able to stop Zeon before it's too late?"
"Tank!" from Cowboy Bebop 1998
"Spike Spiegel is a bounty hunter in the far future with an easy going attitude and some deadly skill at martial arts. Together with his partners, Jet Black, and later Faye Valentine as well, they go to job to job across the galaxy looking for the high priced fugitives to bag."
"Battlecry" from Samurai Champloo 2004
"Fuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."
First opening from Rorouni Kenshin
A top assassin from the Edo era of Japan swears to never kill again...
"Ride on the Shooting Star" by Pillows for Fooly Cooly (FLCL) 2001
"A 12-year old boy named Naota one day meets a strange woman, riding a Vespa and wielding a big guitar. As soon as she appears, mysterious things start happening. "
"Soriato Days" by Shoko Nakagawa for Gurren Lagann 2007
"In a bleak future where humanity is oppressed by an army of mutants and forced to live underground, a young orphan unearths a powerful robot. Together with a boisterous man named Kamina, a beautiful sharpshooter named Yoko and many other friends, they use the robots power to fight against their oppressors and take back the surface." See? Robots!