[Masterpiece] Big Winter Anime Song Special!

Ash Like Snowthe brilliant green

Ash Like Snow

A winter rock number by the brilliant green that sings of a bittersweetness drifting down like ash.

Released in 2008, it was used as the second opening theme for the TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam 00.

Its heavy sound, woven from warped guitars and powerful drums, is intertwined with Tomoko Kawase’s transparent vocals.

Peaking at No.

8 on the Oricon Weekly Chart, the song remains etched in many fans’ memories as an ambitious work marking the band’s restart.

It’s a track that stays by your side on winter nights when you want to stop and reflect on yourself.

Merry Christmas for just the two of usRyoma Echizen (CV: Junko Minagawa)

Futari Kiri no Merry Christmas-Echizen Ryoma-Prince of Tennis

This is a ballad included on the 2006 mini-album “PROGRESS.” Created to coincide with Ryoma Echizen’s birthday, the song carries a Christmas-like romantic atmosphere.

Lyrics and composition are by UZA, with arrangement by Tetsuo Tachibana.

The lyrics gently depict a star-studded night sky and a special moment shared by just two people, offering a glimpse of the gentleness Ryoma Echizen doesn’t usually show—its expressive emotion is especially appealing.

Listening to it on Christmas night will make it all the more heartwarming.

Snow, silent, by the window.Yuki Nagato

Snow, silent, by the window.

This is a character song for Yuki Nagato that depicts a winter scene wrapped in silence.

It was released in 2006 as the single “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Character Song Vol.

2.” With lyrics by Aki Hata, composition by Tomoaki Tashiro, and arrangement by Noriyasu Agematsu, the piece delicately expresses restrained emotions and a world of silence.

Its lyrics, which feel like quietly retracing memories by a window, highlight the nature of Yuki Nagato as a character who keeps her feelings inside.

It’s recommended listening for a quiet Christmas night.

March in the SnowAnkou Team

March in the Snow

This song, featured in episode 9 of the anime Girls und Panzer, is a special track that transforms a military song from the Meiji era into a modern anime song.

The original song’s worldview—frankly depicting the hardships of soldiers marching through the snow—is conveyed through the warm vocals of the five members of the Anglerfish Team.

It was included on the Deep Panzer CD desu! released in August 2013, and later on the 10th Anniversary Best Album.

It’s a quintessentially Japanese winter song.

A Winter TaleGiven

Given “Winter Story” Music Video

A classic winter song performed as an insert track in the TV anime “Given,” which reached No.

1 on the digital charts.

It is included on the single “Marutsuke / Fuyu no Hanashi,” released in September 2019.

The piece expresses the weight of loneliness and the earnest determination to keep looking forward through a contrast of calm and intensity in a band sound.

Its emotional melody, where heartache and hope intersect, is deeply moving.

Please take your time and listen closely.

That voice becomes a map.Saori Hayami

That voice becomes a map.

Hayami Saori—affectionately known as Hayamin—has a boundlessly clear, soaring singing voice that exudes an elegant, refined quality, like the crisp chill of winter.

Released in 2016, this song is her second single and a double A-side, and it also served as the opening theme for Season 2 of the TV anime Snow White with the Red Hair, in which she starred.

Beyond her vocal ability that transcends the bounds of a typical voice actor, note that Hayami wrote the lyrics herself and was involved in the composition as well.

If possible, give the anime a watch—you’ll likely grow to love the song even more!

Happy new nyaFumino Serizawa (CV: Kanae Itō), Chise Umenomori (CV: Yuka Iguchi), Nozomi Kiriya (CV: Ayana Taketatsu)

Stray Cats Overrun! OP Happy New Nyaa Full with Lyrics

This song was used as the opening theme for the TV anime “Mayo Chiki! Overrun!” broadcast in 2010.

Its bright, pop sound and the chant that imitates a cat’s meow are particularly memorable.

If you ring in the New Year listening to this track, you might just have a wonderful year ahead.