

As noted on [How are the themes and songs picked for a particular
series?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3744/how-are-the-themes-
and-songs-picked-for-a-particular-series), some anime openings are created for
their show; thus, the song and anime theme usually coincide and work together.

Since these songs are widely promoted in Japanese society (and consumed
largely by young ones that regard them highly as they grow), I guess these
themes heavily influence Japan's music scene too.

At least the influence of early video game music is easy to note. The wide
spread of anisons has to have had an influence in musicians.

Sure, the trace of influence might start with the society itself as in
Society/Home → Author Experience → Piece of Work → Anime+Anison, and then
feeds back to Society.

## The background of the question

I think that there's a lot more of songs that talk about peers understanding
(in love, hurting, etc) in Japan than in Western music. The motivation for
this question is to prove or disprove, since I'm making the assumption that
these anisons lyrics/themes have influenced current Japanese song writers.

I do believe that Japanese writers express the need of Japan's society to
communicate their problems to others and to understand other people struggles.

But there has been any study or documentary talking about this?

Even a formal investigation about this theme bias I see in the lyrics of
Japan's music bands works. And sure, this might be just my imagination, is
really uncommon that theme on western songs?

* * *

An example of these kind of [differences between japanese music and western
music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtPx6WdNM30) is noted by Marty Friedman
(former Megadeath guitarist). But what he talks about is the music
composition, not the topics on jpop/jrock lyrics.


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Has there been a study or documentary on the influence of Ani-song themes on Japan's music scene?


Unfortunately, I couldn't find a documentary specifically on the subject you
requested, purely because I do not think that one currently exists. I did,
however, find a number of articles that conducted largely unofficial research
on such a topic. In general, has anime music affected the Japanese music
industry?

**Yes.**

How?

I think the most significant effect is the broader audience. Due to anime's
rapidly growing international fanbase, and with more and more shows being
dubbed in languages other than Japanese and English, the music of anime is
being broadcast across the globe. Anime allows the artists of this music to
take their songs to the international stage. I think the effect of this
_globalization_ if you will can be see across many different anime.

For example, consider the music artist _Linked Horizon_. Before 2013, Linked
Horizon produced a number of smaller projects, including a song for a Nintendo
3DS game. However, it wasn't until 2013, when the band composed the opening to
Attack on Titan, that they truly took off in popularity. Their song rocketed
to the top of the leaderboards and was and is a fan favorite across the world.
This would not have been possible without anime.

In addition, there are examples of people changing their whole music tastes
and playlists due to their newly found interest in Japanese music from
watching anime. You can read
[here](https://m.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/45gknf/how_has_watching_anime_affected_your_taste_in/)
about anime watchers in the US and their changing tastes in music.

It conclusion, the largest effect anime has had on the Japanese music industry
is its internationalization. Anime has helped to significantly broaden the
audience of Japanese music.

[Here's](https://www.quora.com/How-much-influence-anime-shows-have-in-
promoting-Japanese-music-to-international-audience) a very good article about
anime's affect on Japanese music.


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