{{short description|Music genre}} {{use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox music genre | name = Anime song | native_name = {{lang|ja|アニメソング}} | etymology = | other_names = {{nihongo|''Anison''|アニソン}} | bgcolor = | image = | caption = | stylistic_origins = {{hlist|{{Transliteration|ja|Kayōkyoku}}}} | cultural_origins = 1970s, Japan | derivatives = {{hlist|''Denpa'' song|{{Transliteration|ja|moe}} song}} | other_topics = * J-pop * Japanese rock * Video game music }} {{Anime and manga}} {{Nihongo|'''Anime song'''|アニメソング|anime songu|also shortened to {{nihongo|'''''anison'''''|アニソン}}}} is a genre of music originating from Japanese pop music. Anime songs consist of theme, insert, and image songs for anime, manga, video game, and audio drama CD series, as well as any other song released primarily for the anime market, including music from Japanese voice actors.
The anime song genre was first defined as a musical category in the 1970s. It later gained popularity from the public when mainstream artists begin releasing songs as tie-ins for anime series. By the 1990s, it became redefined as a separate genre when companies began creating record labels that would exclusively produce anime songs for their series and artists. The increase in voice actors beginning in the mid-2000s led to growing market interest in the genre. By the start of the 2020s anime music would achieve international popularity <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/global-streams-of-anime-music-have-soared-395-on-spotify-since-2021/|title=Global streams of anime music have soared 395% on Spotify since 2021|website=Music Business Worldwide|date=20 August 2024}}</ref> with companies such as Spotify, Crunchyroll, Warner Music Japan and NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan investing in anime-related music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/crunchyroll-partners-with-spotify-to-launch-exclusive-anime-music-playlists/article68549952.ece|title=Crunchyroll partners with Spotify to launch exclusive anime music playlists|website=The Hindu|date= 21 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=331113|title=Warner Music Japan and NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan Form Strategic Partnership for Anime-Related Music|website=web wire|date=12 December 2024}}</ref> Furthermore, the surge in popularity of anime songs among Gen Z has been fueled by streaming platforms, social-media driven fandom, and club nights.<ref>{{cite web|last=Haider|first=Arwa|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250709-how-japanese-anime-songs-became-gen-zs-latest-musical-obsession|title='They scream the choruses': How Japanese anime songs became Gen Z's latest musical obsession|website=BBC|date=10 July 2025}}</ref>
==History==
===1930–1970: Early influences===
''The Dull Sword'' (1917), by Jun'ichi Kōuchi, is regarded as the earliest surviving animated film in Japan. Noburō Ōfuji's ''Kuroi Nyago'' (1929) is the first Japanese animated work to include music. The film includes characters dancing to a prerecorded song, retroactively seen as the prototype of anime songs.<ref name="70 seeds">{{cite web | first=Taisei | last=Ito | url=https://www.70seeds.jp/anison-077/ | title=日本で最初のアニメが誕生した大正時代 | language=ja | work=70 Seeds | accessdate=2022-03-21 | archive-date=April 16, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416024413/https://www.70seeds.jp/anison-077/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
Following World War II, the 1950s and 1960s saw a revival in entertainment and cultural development.<ref name="70 seeds"/> In 1963, ''Astro Boy'' premiered and subsequently, the theme song "Theme of Astro Boy" became well-known to the Japanese public due to it being used as the departure song at Takadanobaba Station.<ref name="70 seeds"/> The song was also notable due to the lyrics being written by poet Shuntarō Tanikawa.<ref name="70 seeds"/>
===1970–1980: Growing popularity of anime songs===
Japan's economic growth in the 1970s led to more cultural development, and people who exclusively sang theme songs for anime were known as "anime song singers."<ref name="70 seeds"/> Despite the lack of public appearances from the singers, theme songs from the series ''Mazinger Z'', ''Space Battleship Yamato'', and ''Candy Candy'' became known to the Japanese public, even outside of fans who watched the shows.<ref name="70 seeds"/> Ichiro Mizuki, Isao Sasaki, and Mitsuko Horie prominently performed anime songs during this period in time.<ref name="wired 2026-05-26">{{cite web | first=Tomonari | last=Cotani | url=https://wired.jp/article/crunchyroll-anime-awards-2026/ | title=7,300万票の熱狂、そして日本の不在──「クランチロール・アニメアワード2026」が映し出すAnimeの“現在位置” | trans-title=73 million passionate votes, and the absence of Japan: the "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026" reveal the "current state" of Anime | language=ja | work=Wired | date=2026-05-26 | accessdate=2026-05-27}}</ref> At the same time, ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' voice actors Toshio Furukawa and Toru Furuya gained a large female fanbase with through Slapstick, a vocal unit consisting of voice actors from the show meant to its theme songs.<ref name="tokyo school of anime 2019-01-04">{{cite web | url=https://www.anime.ac.jp/contents/column/2019/01/04/column58/ | title=「アイドル声優」のブームは継続中！ その歴史は意外と深いって本当？ | language=ja | work=Tokyo School of Anime | date=2019-01-04 | access-date=2019-03-21 | archive-date=21 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321212935/https://www.anime.ac.jp/contents/column/2019/01/04/column58/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author1=Anu | author2=Katrin | url=https://www.jame-world.com/en/article/68973-toru-furuya-at-desucon.html | title=Toru Furuya at Desucon | work=Japan Music Entertainment | date=2009-03-08 | accessdate=2022-03-21 | archive-date=April 21, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421215956/https://www.jame-world.com/en/article/68973-toru-furuya-at-desucon.html | url-status=live }}</ref> While anime theme songs originally used the name and settings from the series of which they were based, this led to the lyrics of anime songs being centered on the characters' thoughts and feelings for more universal appeal and allowing for context outside of the original animated work.<ref name="70 seeds"/>
===1980–1990: Mainstream recognition===
At the height of Japan's bubble economy, in the 1980s, musicians outside of the anime industry began performing theme songs for anime.<ref name="70 seeds"/><ref name="wired 2026-05-26"/> In 1984, the single "Ai Oboete Imasu ka", which was released for ''Macross'' under the character Lynn Minmay's name, charted at #7 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.<ref name="70 seeds"/><ref name="kotaku 2012-09-07">{{cite news | first=Richard | last=Eisenbeis | url=https://kotaku.com/the-fictional-yet-amazingly-popular-singers-of-japan-5940894 | title=The Fictional (Yet Amazingly Popular) Singers of Japan | work=Kotaku | date=2012-09-07 | access-date=2021-05-10 | archive-date=13 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513073505/https://kotaku.com/the-fictional-yet-amazingly-popular-singers-of-japan-5940894 | url-status=live }}</ref> Furthermore, ''Cat's Eye'' (1983) received widespread media attention for having Anri, a singer whose activities had no connection to the anime industry, perform its theme songs.<ref name="70 seeds"/> Likewise, TM Network, a band who were active outside of the anime industry, received media attention when their 1987 song "Get Wild" was released as the ending song to ''City Hunter''.<ref name="70 seeds"/> As a result of the song's popularity, TM Network were invited to the 72nd ''Kohaku Uta Gassen'' to perform it.<ref name="70 seeds"/> From then on, mainstream artists releasing tie-in songs for anime became common.<ref name="70 seeds"/>
===1990–2000: In-house production and modernization===
Following the collapse of the bubble economy in Japan, labels exclusively dedicated to exclusively producing anime songs were formed, most notably King Records' Starchild label.<ref name="70 seeds"/> This was in part due the "{{ill|Being Boom|ja|ビーイングブーム}}" phenomenon named after Being Inc., which gained a fanbase after their artists Zard and Maki Ohguro released songs that were well-received by the public.<ref name="70 seeds"/> Yoko Takahashi, who was part of the Starchild label, released "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" as the theme song for ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' (1995), and the song's popularity led to audiences outside of anime fans to recognize it.<ref name="70 seeds"/> In addition, as popular music from Japan shifted from {{Transliteration|ja|kayōkyoku}} to J-pop, anime song singers, such as Masami Okui, began incorporating J-pop sounds into their music.<ref name="70 seeds"/><ref name="wired 2026-05-26"/> Among others, voice actors such as Hekiru Shiina, Mariko Kouda, and Megumi Hayashibara were also active in singing in addition to voice acting.<ref name="tokyo school of anime 2019-01-04"/> Some voice actors also formed their own groups and perform theme songs to other anime series, such as Minami Takayama with Two-Mix.<ref name="realsound 2020-02-16">{{cite news | first=Reina | last=Murakami | url=https://realsound.jp/2022/02/post-969086.html | title=TWO-MIX、fripSide、GRANRODEO、Sir Vanity……声優が属する音楽ユニットの歴史を辿る | language=ja | work=Real Sound | date=2020-02-16 | accessdate=2022-03-21 | archive-date=February 23, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223185412/https://realsound.jp/2022/02/post-969086.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
===2000–2019: Voice actor boom===
[[File:Nana Mizuki 2018-2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Nana Mizuki (pictured 2018) was the best-selling voice actress in 2011.<ref>{{cite news | first=Egan | last=Loo | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-02/top-selling-voice-actress/actor-by-sales/2011 | title=Top-Selling Voice Actresses/Actors: 2011 | work=Anime News Network | date=2011-12-02 | access-date=2021-09-28 | archive-date=March 23, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323203824/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-02/top-selling-voice-actress/actor-by-sales/2011 | url-status=live }}</ref>]] During the 2000s, alternative rock began making an entry into anime songs, with Asian Kung-Fu Generation named as an example.<ref name="wired 2026-05-26"/> As more late-night anime series were being produced, Yui Horie, Yukari Tamura, and Nana Mizuki, who were signed with King Records, were produced and marketed as idol singers and voice actors by the record label.<ref name="tokyo school of anime 2019-01-04"/><ref name="oricon 2008-07-02">{{cite news | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/55993/full/ | title=角川とアップフロントがアイドル声優オーディション開催 | language=ja | work=Oricon | date=2008-07-02 | access-date=2018-12-28 | archive-date=29 December 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229220215/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/55993/full/ | url-status=live }}</ref> During the mid-2000s, there was a "voice actor boom",<ref name="70 seeds"/> in addition to a period known as the "Idol Warring Period", a phenomenon named after a rapid growth in the idol industry.<ref name="ann 2018-09-03">{{cite news | first=Justin | last=Sevakis | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2018-09-03/.136196 | title=Why Isn't Idol Culture Bigger in America? | work=Anime News Network | date=2018-09-03 | access-date=2019-03-22 | archive-date=22 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322160812/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2018-09-03/.136196 | url-status=live }}</ref> The voice actor boom was attributed to Mizuki's "Eternal Blaze" reaching #2 on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts in 2005, and the release of "Hare Hare Yukai" in 2006 shortly after.<ref name="70 seeds"/> "Hare Hare Yukai" also led to the "''Haruhi'' boom" because of the animated dance sequence in the show's ending.<ref name="70 seeds"/> In the following years, there was a substantial increase of voice actors in anime, and anime songs as a whole became more widely known to the general public.<ref name="70 seeds"/> The anime song industry shifted to recruit young girls who were able to have an "idol" presence, naming Riisa Naka, Koharu Kusumi, and Aya Hirano as examples.<ref name="oricon 2008-07-02"/>
In 2010, Ho-kago Tea Time, a fictional band from the series ''K-On!'', became the first anime characters to receive simultaneous #1 and #2 rankings on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart with the release of both their singles.<ref>{{cite news | first=Egan | last=Loo | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-03/k-on-puts-1st-anime-band-at-no.1-on-weekly-singles-chart | title=K-On!! Puts 1st Anime Band at #1 on Weekly Singles Chart (Updated) | work=Anime News Network | date=2010-05-03 | accessdate=2022-03-21 | archive-date=March 22, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322031507/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-03/k-on-puts-1st-anime-band-at-no.1-on-weekly-singles-chart | url-status=live }}</ref> In the following years, idol-themed multimedia projects, such as ''Love Live!'', ''The Idolmaster'', and ''Uta no Prince-sama'', became popular.<ref name="oricon 2015-02-15">{{cite news | first=Hiroki | last=Tai | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/47672/ | title=最近よく聞く"2.5次元"、その定義とは？ | language=ja | work=Oricon | date=2015-02-15 | access-date=2019-01-16 | archive-date=3 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103004807/https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/47672/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Fujiko | last=Itabashi | url=https://realsound.jp/2016/09/post-9015.html | title=「うたプリ」「Bプロ」…女性ターゲットのアイドルアニメ大豊作！ 新時代の覇者は生まれるか | language=ja | work=Real Sound | date=2016-09-01 | access-date=2019-01-16 | archive-date=22 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322002258/https://realsound.jp/2016/09/post-9015.html | url-status=live }}</ref> ''Billboard Japan'' launched the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot Animation chart on December 1, 2010 exclusively for anime and video game music releases.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201012013190/|title=ビルボードジャパン新チャート提供開始のお知らせ|trans-title=Announcement regarding the beginning the Billboard Japan Charts|language=ja|work=Kyodo News|date=2010-12-01|access-date=2019-10-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624041057/https://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201012013190/|archive-date=2012-06-24}}</ref>
===2020–present: Global expansion===
Since the 2020s, anime songs have experienced a rapid growth in global online popularity due to their widened availability on music streaming services like Spotify and promotion by fans and artists on social media.<ref>{{cite web|title=What are Anisongs? How Music for Anime Became a Growing Global Sensation|url=https://blog.chartmetric.com/anisongs-anime-music-growing-global-sensation/|website= Chartmetric |date= 28 June 2023}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=November 2023}} In 2020, "Homura", a theme song for animated film ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train'', rose to number eight on the ''Billboard'' Global 200.<ref>{{cite news |title=LiSA、「炎」が米ビルボード・グローバル・チャートTOP10入り |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/93662/2 |access-date=May 26, 2024 |work=Billboard Japan |date=October 27, 2020 |language=ja}}</ref> In 2023, the opening theme of the anime series ''Oshi no Ko'', "Idol" by Yoasobi, topped the ''Billboard'' Global Excl. US, becoming the first Japanese song and anime song to do so,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Trust |first1=Gary |title=YOASOBI's 'Idol' Surges to No. 1 on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/yoasobi-idol-tops-billboard-global-excl-us-chart-1235346245/ |access-date=June 6, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |date=June 5, 2023}}</ref> "Idol" also topped on the global charts of Apple Music and YouTube Music.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harding |first1=Daryl |title=YOASOBI's Oshi no Ko Anime Theme Song 'Idol' Tops Apple's Global Music Charts |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2023/6/21/yoasobi-s-oshi-no-ko-anime-theme-song-idol-tops-apple-s-global-music-charts |access-date=July 10, 2023 |work=Crunchyroll |date=June 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ryō |first1=Jozuka |title=YOASOBI「アイドル」世界1位 YouTube楽曲ランキング |url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASR7D6KB7R7DUCVL03P.html |access-date=July 12, 2023 |work=The Asahi Shimbun |date=July 12, 2023 |language=ja}}</ref> In the same year, Kenshi Yonezu's "Kick Back", an opening theme for ''Chainsaw Man'', became the first-ever song with Japanese lyrics to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shiba |first1=Tomonori |title=米津玄師「KICK BACK」、米レコード協会ゴールド認定が持つ歴史的意味 本人コメントも踏まえて考察 |url=https://realsound.jp/2023/10/post-1474248.html |access-date=June 19, 2024 |work=Real Sound |date=October 28, 2023 |language=ja}}</ref> In 2025, Yonezu's "Iris Out" became the highest peak at number five on the Global 200.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Trust |first1=Gary |title=HUNTR/X's 'Golden,' From 'KPop Demon Hunters,' Extends Global Chart Reign to 11 Weeks |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/huntrx-golden-global-charts-number-one-11-weeks-1236078211/ |access-date=September 30, 2025 |work=Billboard |date=September 29, 2025}}</ref>
==Derivatives==
The anime song genre became the direct influence of genres such as ''denpa'' song and {{Transliteration|ja|moe}} song.<ref name="realsound 2020-02-16"/>
==Media==
===Record labels===
The following record labels are exclusively for anime song music:
{{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Animex<ref name="pia 2018-04-27">{{cite web | url=https://ure.pia.co.jp/articles/-/212208 | title=人気"アニソンレーベル"6社の個性を徹底比較! 今後の注目アーティストは? | language=ja | work={{ill|Pia (company)|lt=Pia|ja|ぴあ}} | date=2018-04-27 | accessdate=2022-03-21 | archive-date=May 7, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507161902/https://ure.pia.co.jp/articles/-/212208 | url-status=live }}</ref> * Flying Dog<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * King Amusement Creative (formerly Starchild)<ref name="70 seeds"/> * Lantis<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Mages (formerly 5pb Records)<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Sacra Music<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Toho Animation Record<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Good Smile Records {{div col end}}
===Concerts===
* Animelo Summer Live * {{ill|King Super Live|ja|KING SUPER LIVE}} (King Amusement Creative)
==Artists== {{Expand section|date=June 2023}}
===Performers===
This is a list of singers and bands who primarily perform anime songs, including groups created from media mix anime projects. This list does not count singers or bands who release incidental songs for the genre, nor group names that the voice actors are credited under solely for performing the theme songs in the anime they are starring in.
====Soloists====
{{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Eir Aoi<ref name="spice 2021-11-24">{{cite news | url=https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/295613 | title=寒さも吹き飛ばす大熱狂のアニソンのパワー「ANIMAX MUSIX 2021」Part2ライブレポート | language=ja | work=Spice | date=2021-11-24 | accessdate=2022-03-24 | archive-date=May 11, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511215815/https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/295613 | url-status=live }}</ref> * Shouta Aoi<ref name="oricon 2020-05-26">{{cite news | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2163048/full/ | title=『KING SUPER LIVE』オンラインで30日開催 過去ライブ映像使用しセットリスト組む | language=ja | work=Oricon | date=2020-05-26 | accessdate=2022-03-23 | archive-date=March 23, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323213700/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2163048/full/ | url-status=live }}</ref> * Kana Hanazawa<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Megumi Hayashibara<ref name="oricon 2020-05-26"/> * Yui Horie<ref name="oricon 2020-05-26"/> * Sōichirō Hoshi<ref name="oricon 2020-05-26"/> * Miyu Irino<ref name="animeanime 2019-12-20">{{cite news | url=https://animeanime.jp/article/2019/12/20/50490.html | title=2019年、アニソンアプリ「アニュータ」で最も再生されたのは誰だ!? 年間ランキング大賞「ANiUTa AWARD」発表 | trans-title=Who was replayed the most on the anime song app AniUta in 2019?! Announcement of the yearly ranking award Aniuta Award | language=ja | work=Anime! Anime! | date=2019-12-20 | accessdate=2022-03-23 | archive-date=May 11, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511215814/https://animeanime.jp/article/2019/12/20/50490.html | url-status=live }}</ref> * Kanako Itō<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Hironobu Kageyama<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * LiSA<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * May'n<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Inori Minase<ref name="oricon 2020-05-26"/> * Mamoru Miyano<ref name="oricon 2020-05-26"/> * Nana Mizuki<ref name="70 seeds"/><ref name="oricon 2020-05-26"/> * Hiroko Moriguchi<ref name="oricon 2020-05-26"/> * Megumi Nakajima<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Yui Ogura<ref name="oricon 2020-05-26"/> * Machico<ref name="spice 2021-11-24"/> * Masami Okui<ref name="70 seeds"/> * Daisuke Ono<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Soma Saito<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Maaya Sakamoto<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/><ref name="animeanime 2019-12-20"/> * Minori Suzuki<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Yoko Takahashi<ref name="70 seeds"/><ref name="oricon 2020-05-26"/> * Yukari Tamura<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Haruka Tomatsu<ref name="spice 2021-11-24"/> * Nao Toyama<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Maaya Uchida<ref>{{cite news | first=Junji | last=Oda | url=https://realsound.jp/2021/11/post-894753.html | title=水樹奈々、上坂すみれ、内田真礼……貫禄の歌声とクリエイターの手腕味わえる女性声優の最新作 | trans-title=Nana Mizuki, Sumire Uesaka, Maaya Uchida... the latest works where you can taste the voice actresses' dignified singing and the creative skills | language=ja | work=Real Sound | date=2021-11-03 | accessdate=2022-03-23 | archive-date=March 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324045211/https://realsound.jp/2021/11/post-894753.html | url-status=live }}</ref> * Yuma Uchida<ref name="oricon 2020-05-26"/> * Sumire Uesaka<ref name="oricon 2020-05-26"/> * Kōji Wada<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://solidvox.jp/prof-wada.html |title=和田光司 | trans-title=Kōji Wada | publisher=Solid Vox |accessdate=2016-04-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414011510/http://solidvox.jp/prof-wada.html |archivedate=April 14, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * Zaq<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> {{div col end}}
====Groups====
{{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Ali Project<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Aqours<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Angela<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/><ref name="oricon 2020-05-26"/> * ClariS<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Dialogue<ref name="spice 2021-11-24"/> * Egoist<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Garnidelia<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Granrodeo<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Iris<ref>{{cite news | url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20210827dog00m200086000c.html | title=アニサマ2021：i☆Ris 幹葉、犬寄しのぶ（高木美佑）とコラボ 「こどちゃ」OP「ウルトラ リラックス」披露 テンション爆上げ！ | language=ja | work=Mantan Web | date=2021-08-27 | accessdate=2022-03-23 | archive-date=March 23, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323235019/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20210827dog00m200086000c.html | url-status=live }}</ref> * JAM Project<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2222456/full/ | title=アニソン界のパイオニア JAM Project、待望の有観客ライブ映像リリース「120%の力で臨んだ」 | language=ja | work=Oricon | date=2022-01-28 | accessdate=2022-03-23 | archive-date=May 15, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515055839/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2222456/full/ | url-status=live }}</ref> * Mia Regina<ref name="realsound 2017-01-03">{{cite news | url=https://realsound.jp/2017/01/post-10804.html | title=Mia REGINA×Arte Refact 桑原 聖＆本多友紀が考える、"アニソン"の定義と2010年代の展開 | language=ja | work=Real Sound | date=2017-01-03 | accessdate=2022-03-23 | archive-date=March 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324000808/https://realsound.jp/2017/01/post-10804.html | url-status=live }}</ref> * Oldcodex<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * OxT<ref name="animeanime 2019-12-20"/> * Poppin'Party<ref name="spice 2021-11-24"/> * Roselia<ref name="spice 2021-11-24"/> * Trefle<ref>{{cite news | url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/101959 | title=声優ユニットTrefle、デビュー作で「チェンクロ」とコラボ | trans-title=Voice actor unit Trefle collaborates with ''Chain Chronicle'' for their debut work | language=ja | work=Music Natalie | date=2013-10-22 | accessdate=2019-11-19 | archive-date=May 11, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511215814/https://natalie.mu/music/news/101959 | url-status=live }}</ref> * TrySail<ref name="pia 2018-04-27"/> * Walkure<ref name="animeanime 2019-12-20"/> {{div col end}}
===Composers===
This is a list of songwriters who primarily compose and produce anime songs. This list does not count composers who produce incidental releases for the genre.
{{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Aki Hata<ref name="nhk 2020-12-28">{{cite web | url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/radio/magazine/article/anisoncsbar/bl46Dnzrfk.html | title=田中秀和さん ジャンルを超える！アニソンシーンを驚かせた作編曲とは？ | language=ja | work=NHK | date=2020-12-18 | accessdate=2022-03-23 | archive-date=May 7, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507161903/https://www.nhk.or.jp/radio/magazine/article/anisoncsbar/bl46Dnzrfk.html | url-status=live }}</ref> * Arte Refact<ref name="realsound 2017-01-03"/> * Elements Garden<ref name="spice 2021-04-14">{{cite web | url=https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/285772 | title=アニクラ文化を世界へ届けたい！Elements Garden上松範康・竹田祐介とD4DJ Peaky P-keyが企む世界征服への道のりとは！？ | language=ja | work=Spice | date=2021-04-14 | accessdate=2022-03-25 | archive-date=July 8, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708200530/https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/285772 | url-status=live }}</ref> ** Noriyasu Agematsu<ref name="spice 2021-04-14"/> * {{ill|Tomoya Tabuchi|ja|田淵智也}}<ref name="nhk 2020-12-28"/> * Hidekazu Tanaka<ref name="nhk 2020-12-28"/> {{div col end}}
==See also==
==References==
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{{Music of Japan}}
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