Famous military marching songs and tracks, done in Japanese.
I want to share this collection of military marching songs, covered in a whiplashing Japanese rock/pop style. Safe to say, they're Admiral approved.
Language barrier is the biggest obstacle in looking up and searching about this stuff sadly. From my limited googling and cursory research, I found that, the SNS is a musical project performed by Sakura Nakamura in addition to her performing regular voice acting for Anime roles.
This playlist is missing one of my favorite songs; The British Grenadiers.
And one more I found on YouTube; Our Rommel.
Also, I'm partial to this cover in particular; Rule, Britannia!.
Soft SPOILERwarning for some of the mentioned media.
Another year, another adventures. I have watched and played a bunch of stuff and I would like to showcase the ones that became a classic for me or simply left a good impression. Unlike last year, I didn't read any manga or fully watch a TV series so you won't find any here. Also, unlike last year. I decided to include posters and pictures in addition to the links.
Movies:
By the end of January, I finished watching some old and classic films, and after that my watch time has been intermittent. This list is about the movies that I enjoyed watching this year. In no particular order:
Ooooh I enjoyed that! A lot of tasty military jargon. My main complaint is that Steven's "martial arts" are just so silly, they take me out of the movie.
My first time watching movies starring Charles Bronson was this year with the infamous Deathwish movie series. However, my reception was mixed and I decided to watch other movies he starred in, and that's how I landed on Mr. Majestyk. I enjoyed the plot, the cars, guns, and guns were a treat for me.
This is a fun movie with tension and mystery. I enjoy.
Anime:
Watched a lot of anime this year, but the last season ended on a whimper in my opinion; as I haven't been able to finish the ones that I had interest in. However, there were some pretty neat shows, like:
The Akujo / Reincarnated Damsel genre keeps getting shows made for it at a slower rate than I would've liked, but I can't complain. This has a pretty good premise, however the execution and pacing is a little slow.
Got ten minutes to kill? watch this niche Disney produced "Anime". I love these shows with a ton of references to stuff that I have never heard of, and then learning about them; makes me feel like a true savant or a connoisseur of the arts.. Or something like that. This show is pretty nonsensical overall. I loved it.
I wasn't sure if I should add this one; since I've already watched it dubbed years and years ago. This time I rewatched it with the original Japanese dub. It's still one of my all time favorites.
I came back to GTA Online after a ~2 year hiatus. My free time has been thoroughly consumed by it, thanks to some of my friends deciding to join me! I need to make a mega post about it in the future *fingers crossed*.
~ To Look Forward To ~
Media that I'm excited about in 2026 and beyond, mainly games and anime.
"How do we hint at a new Alan Wake game in the coolest way?" Asked Remedy, "Lets make a game about it!".
The game starts by reciting/interpreting the synopsis of a movie that I've watched and recognized the reference immediately.
I will always love James McCaffrey's performance, he was great in every game I've played; from Max Payne, Alan Wake and here in Control it's no different. His role in this game wasn't as prominent in my opinion but, it makes every interaction with his character that much more alluring. So, I'd say it worked here.
James McCaffrey as Director Zachariah Trench.
What grabbed my eyes first was the brutalist architecture—the bureau is filled with plain concrete monoliths and all kinds of structural systems from flat to waffle slabs.
Someone on Reddit provided an excellent answer as to why:
Still, I'm still not sure about the side grip. I couldn't find anything about that.
Someone is brushing up on their differential calculus.
I love the posters plastered all over the bureau, they are pretty cool. I might print some of them. Another Reddit post includes upscaled posters, I like these ones myself:
The music in this game is pretty good. I found a great list of the tracks that play when you interact with the radios in-game, here are my favorites (radio and otherwise):
Lastly:
Oh yeah, I didn't mention what the reference was from which movie; that's because the game tells you that in the most hilarious way possible—AT THE END OF THE DANG GAME!— However, I did feel vindicated after the reveal.
I've listened to Sandra before however, after listening to a curated playlist on YouTube with some songs remixed; I believe I found something beautiful—as it is rare for me to not fall into the 'I guess it's another one song wonder' after listening to one good song from any artist or band and failing to find other songs with the same potency from the same artist/band.
This is what I had in my playlist for a while:
Maria Magdalena - The Long Play
Everlasting Love - Everlasting Love
Then, come the remixes:
Secret Land (Reverse Mix)
Forever [Straight 4 U Remix]
Such A Shame (Cool Club Version)
I'm not sure if I'm going to give her entire discography a listen but, never say never.
Browsing the Internet late at night, looking at different things from books and cars, to exploring and experiencing new tunes. It's a solitary, special time that I really adore.
Throughout the years, I've found that the Grand Theft Auto V's Pause menu soundtrack, is really really good for unwinding late at night. Especially since the announcement of GTA VI. I've been keeping track of how many days are until May 26th.
Down here I'll include some other Background Blasters that I also enjoy from time to time:
The only Album that I like 90% of.
Another Main menu. It's just so serene, it scratches an itch.
A certified classic. I especially love the 'Worksite' track.
I have a couple of playlists with many other background noise, from music to regular sound effects:
Once again, YouTube has decided to throw me something different. And that thing is, the pop duo Strawberry Switchblade!
A Cute and amazing duo. Just look at them dance with there cute outfits in this music video that took me down this rabbit-hole:
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday (1985)
I really dig their style in clothing and music, it's really charming.
From there, I got recommended and introduced to Peel Sessions. Which are music sessions recorded for the John Peel show on the BBC 1 radio, from 1967 to 2004. They are a great way to discover some great bands and music! The sessions included many bands, who recorded their music live for the show; from what I understood, the method for the show rose from Musicians' union rules that forbade how much music could be played from vinyl records.
Check out this blog; for more reading on John Peel. There are so many sessions - way too many, perhaps - however, my favorite Peel sessions so far (in no particular order) are:
This game is about Night Springs, and... Coffee thermoses.
My friend has been trying to get me into the Alan Wake sphere for a while, but I kept on ignoring him. Then, one day, I got this music video recommend to me on YouTube, and the results were astonishing.
Overnight, I became obsessed with the song, the lyrics, and the universe of Alan Wake. I came running to my friend pleading: "Why didn't you show me this music video sooner?!" his reply was that, it would have been kind of a spoiler to the first game. To me, the performance made me want to try out this series, and maybe other Remedy games in the future.
It's always great; whenever I find one of the Night Springs episodes.
I vibe with this dude.
The game is filled with some stunning vistas, which were depicting some otherwise mundane pieces of infrastructure, intertwined with the mountainous nature of Bright Falls; a logging camp deep in the woods, an abandoned mineshaft cutting through the rocky terrain, a railroad carried across the valley by an deck truss (under-truss) bridge, the mesmerizing mechanism of a swing-bridge, the junkyards filled with 40s cars, the crazy metal concert in that one farm, and many more...
Standee Wake! Stop this insolent mockery, immediately!
Loved shining my flashlight around the environment, it really drew me into the world of the game in an immersive way.
Oh and the weirdest coincident ever, I finished the game after it had received an update, which changed the credits song from the legendary David Bowie - Space Oddity! with a song called Strange Moons by Petri Alanko. The new song does capture the essence of the ending pretty well, I'd say. Speaking of the ending...
Sadly, the gameplay gets pretty stale very early on in the game also, I didn't like the ending, I thought it was a let down. I'm however, still in the market for more Alan Wake, who knows when I'll get to the second game though. Sweet dreams, everyone.
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