Anniversary Week 3!

 Another month, another time for an anniversary week, and it's the first one of 2024!

Alright, this one isn't that big compared to the last two anniversary weeks that I covered. That's because, while I double checked Yamamoto sensei's discography, it seems that there's only two days where we see some original albums and some anime singles turn a year older. January isn't a pretty big month of album releases.

January 24, this Wednesday, sees the 28th anniversary of Masayuki Tengoku, which is where I got the fan site name from! With Yamamoto's signature simplistic art style in the front cover, some catchy tracks will always have fans suffer from earworm as soon as Nippon Jindaman no Uta, Ikeike Ikebukuro, and Sora no Tantei start playing.

One day later, on January 25, will see tons of album anniversaries! First off are the three Yatterman vinyl EPs that were released during its series run; two from 1977 and another from 1978. The first opening theme song, Yatterman no Uta, would go on to gain 500,000 copies, making it one of the best-selling anison records of the seventies.

11 years later came the release of his self-titled debut album as part of Warner-Pioneer's Image Capsule, which included the image songs to Kyuukyokyu Choujin R a year back. Seven more years after came Ano Yo no Hate, another Pioneer LDC release, with more catchy tunes like its title track, Sugishi Hi no Rock n' Roll, Raigyo, and LEXINGTON.

Stay tuned next month for another round of anniversary week!