347aidan started out making music in his own room and releasing his song to SoundCloud. Now the 20-year-old musician has worked in studios and gained a world-wide audience. Check out the interview below for his favorite anime, musical inspirations, and the affirmation he comes back to most often. Hi, thanks for joining us! Please introduce yourself to Crunchyroll News readers around the world. How did you get started in the music scene? 347aidan: Hey Crunchyroll! My name is 347aidan and I started in the music scene by just loving music and trying to create however I could. Where did your journey with anime begin? 347aidan: It actually started with the Sword Art Online video game. My neighbor played it a bunch and so naturally I started playing it too. Which led me to watching the series. You often share positive affirmations on your social media. What’s your favorite affirmation...
- 5/1/2024
- by Carolyn Burke
- Crunchyroll
Reece Young is an emerging artist with a love of anime that he wears on his sleeve. If you follow his social media accounts, you’ll notice something anime related either on him or in the background of most of his posts. Which is why it makes so much sense for his new single, “Am I Wrong” to be featured here on Crunchyroll! But does anime work its way into his music in other ways? Read our conversation with him below and keep that new single spinning! What is your anime origin story? Reece : It’s actually been a pretty recent addition in my life. But I hit a certain age and had a, I don’t know, I guess a mindset shift and now I’m all about it. It was probably right before and definitely during our long lockdown, I tossed on Naruto . Now I have four...
- 4/29/2024
- by Alex Lebl
- Crunchyroll
Growing up I remember being told that anime was just a "phase" that we'd all get over. Rappers like Cochise prove that's not the case, making his love for anime known to anyone who listens to his music. "I’m a rapper out of Florida who loves to rap about cool things I experience in life, which makes anime so strong in my music," Cochise said in our interview and boy, did he mean it when he said the anime influence was strong . Related: Multi-Dimensional Recording Artist Iniko on Inspiring Shonen Anime and Characters That Fit Their Lyrics Cochise's hit song "Hatchback" has nods to several anime in its lyrics, whether it's giving Yu Yu Hakusho's Kuwabara a shout-out or talking about how he's in Tokyo (with his ghouls). It's not just the lyrics, though. Cochise dresses up as some notable anime characters like Doflamingo from One Piece and has direct,...
- 4/24/2024
- by Briana Lawrence
- Crunchyroll
Have you ever heard a song that mesmerizes you so much that you have to just... sit down for a minute? That was me when I first heard Iniko's "Jericho." With intergalactic lyrics and a voice that immediately catches your attention, Iniko feels like someone from another world. Not only does Iniko know this about themselves and fully embraces it, but their words encourage others to realize that we live in a world full of infinite possibilities. It's hard not to be captivated by their music, but then I found out they're also an anime fan who is inspired by the stories it tells! I am always and forever in awe over the reach anime continues to have. Check out our interview with Iniko as they discuss their music, offers words of affirmation to speak into the universe, discusses the impact of shonen anime and reveals which anime opening...
- 4/17/2024
- by Briana Lawrence
- Crunchyroll
On the heels of picking up a Governors Award at Monday night’s Emmys telecast, GLAAD has unveiled the nominees for the 35th annual GLAAD Media Awards.
It’s a huge list that singles out 310 nominees across 33 categories including some standouts of awards season like films All of Us Strangers and The Color Purple and buzzy TV shows Fellow Travelers starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey and The Last of Us toplined by Pedro Pascal. Beyoncé’s name is also in the mix, thanks to special recognition for her concert documentary, Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce from AMC Theatres. It’s not a new experience for the superstar as she was moved to tears in 2019 while accepting GLAAD’s Vanguard Award alongside Jay-Z.
All of Us Strangers, American Fiction, Anyone But You, The Blackening, Bottoms, The Color Purple, It’s a Wonderful Knife, Knock at the Cabin, Moving On and Shortcomings...
It’s a huge list that singles out 310 nominees across 33 categories including some standouts of awards season like films All of Us Strangers and The Color Purple and buzzy TV shows Fellow Travelers starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey and The Last of Us toplined by Pedro Pascal. Beyoncé’s name is also in the mix, thanks to special recognition for her concert documentary, Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce from AMC Theatres. It’s not a new experience for the superstar as she was moved to tears in 2019 while accepting GLAAD’s Vanguard Award alongside Jay-Z.
All of Us Strangers, American Fiction, Anyone But You, The Blackening, Bottoms, The Color Purple, It’s a Wonderful Knife, Knock at the Cabin, Moving On and Shortcomings...
- 1/17/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Annette Bening had a defiant message for foes of LGBTQ rights and equality in the United States, specifically political leaders who are targeting the trans community. “You do not want to make this momma mad,” said the four-time Oscar nominee as she received Advocate Award on Oct. 28 from Glsen’s Rise Up LA benefit, which raised funds for the group’s programs supporting queer grade-school students across the country.
Bening — who is the mother of a trans son, writer Stephen Ira, as well as three other children — spoke at the event about why she has become increasingly vocal in advocating for the trans community in recent years.
“Most of my career, I’ve been a pretty private person … but over the last several years, I’ve changed my mind,” said Bening, explaining, “I have felt the responsibility to speak out and to speak up as transphobia has invaded our government at the local,...
Bening — who is the mother of a trans son, writer Stephen Ira, as well as three other children — spoke at the event about why she has become increasingly vocal in advocating for the trans community in recent years.
“Most of my career, I’ve been a pretty private person … but over the last several years, I’ve changed my mind,” said Bening, explaining, “I have felt the responsibility to speak out and to speak up as transphobia has invaded our government at the local,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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