Man, when Arale-chan（アラレちゃん）wants to funk it up, she really funks it up!
Well, actually I am talking more about Arale-chan's seiyuu Mami Koyama（小山茉美）. Strangely, her J-Wiki profile only lists her anime character songs in her discography and nothing of her records and singles as a pop singer. One album she did put out in 1985 is her "Vivid".
The opening track is "Distance no Manatsu" (Midsummer Distance) which has been described by one commenter as being similar to a Phil Collins song although they didn't identify it. However, I think I know which one it is..."Sussudio", thanks to the keyboard riffs. However, JASRAC lists it as being written by Keiko Aso（麻生圭子）and composed by Etsuko Yamakawa（山川恵津子）, and it's a pretty decent boogying City Pop song of its time. Not sure whether I could ever see Arale-chan, Senbei or the rest of the Penguin Village characters bop to it, but I would be interested in hearing more of this "Vivid".
It is a shame that most only know Mami Koyama for her anime songs! But, I am glad you are righting the wrongs and putting this into the internet record so that when others search for information on Mami Koyama they too may learn that she has more than just anime character songs.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I could see via Google Images, Koyama may have had at least five albums featuring her regular voice and nothing anime-related.
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