When a robot has a heart painted on its chest, big puppy dog eyes, and a voice that sounds like a child (or at least a woman pretending to be a small child)… this shouldn’t frighten Japanese housewives.
Oh Robocon!
Its appearant that this is one of my favorite bands. It borders on cute, with Yuu and Akko’s vocals and awesome with their guitars.
This band is known for being retro, retro Japanese that is. A lot of the songs are covers to songs I’ve never heard before, so everything’s new to me.
Attack No.1
The original “Attack No.1″ seems to be about a bunch of teenage girls who play volleyball. There also seems to be a live-action remake of the series and other remakes of the song.
Cutie Honey
“Cutie Honey” is pretty well known in the US among Anime fans. Basically, its about a sexy superheroine. This has also been remade, several times in fact. There was a live action remake and other remakes of the song.
Hyokkori Hyoutan Jima
…or “Unexpected Gourd Island” was a 1960’s puppet show. So imagine a band doing a punk rock version of the theme to Sesame Street– awesome. There’s also been animated and puppet remakes over the years and Morning Musume popularized the song for another generation.
Pepper Keibu
A cover from Pink Lady. They were popular in the late 70’s and even made some notoriety in the states. I think Morning Musume did a cover. Its as if they’re doing the same covers but much less threatening.
I’m not a big fan of sports (unless robots are involved). I am a fan of John Cleese. If I have to pick between “Soccer” and “American Football”, I’d choose Soccer. Why? Because all races can enjoy it. (Not many Asians in the NFL.)