One other well-known Japanese singer from anime and tokusatsu handed away just lately: Yamada Nobuo, aka NoB, aka lead singer of the band MAKE-UP. He was 61, and had just lately been coping with kidney most cancers.
I don’t have fairly the childhood connection to NoB that so many others do, however I nonetheless wished to say a number of phrases as a result of I do really feel that his music touched my life at totally different factors.
I didn’t develop up with the anime or something, and I solely learn the manga a number of years in the past. Nevertheless, I used to be very aware of most well-known music: “Pegasus Fantasy,” the primary Saint Seiya anime theme. That opening has lengthy been one in all my go-to examples of a near-perfect intro due to the energizing and soulful music mixed with the action-packed animation. Generally, I’ll simply randomly kind it into YouTube to observe once more. Years later, I might additionally get pleasure from his return to the franchise with Saint Seiya Omega, the place MAKE-UP sang “Pegasus Fantasy” alongside Shokotan.
As a result of I didn’t comply with his profession intently, I additionally didn’t understand that he was additionally concerned with one other present for which I’ve fond recollections. After I was dwelling in Japan in 2005, I loved simply with the ability to catch what was airing on TV, and that included the Tremendous Sentai present Mahou Sentai Magiranger. Watching it turned a weekend custom, although I hadn’t realized that he was answerable for the theme of the character Darkish Magic Knight Wolzard.
This has been a tragic loss for NoB’s followers, and my condolences exit to them. For me personally, it’s a reminder of the passage of time. However music is immortal in distinctive methods, and I don’t assume I’ll cease taking part in his songs, whether or not over my headphones or simply in my head.
