All Anime Songs By Asian Kung-Fu Generation ⋆ Chromatic Dreamers

If you’ve been an anime fan for any amount of time, especially if you’re an older fan, you’ve definitely heard of Asian Kung-Fu Generation, or AKFG for short. They have made so many epic and nostalgic openings for many big and small openings that you’re bound to love them, even if you weren’t aware it was them.

According to Wikipedia, “Asian Kung-Fu Generation (stylized as ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION) is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Yokohama, Japan, in 1996. For its entire career, the band has consisted of vocalist Masafumi Gotoh, guitarist Kensuke Kita, bassist Takahiro Yamada, and drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi.”

“The band’s musical style is influenced by seminal Western alternative rock acts as well as their own local Japanese indie-rock and punk scene. Their songs incorporate various aspects of the genres, most typically expressing fast tempos and prominent power chord guitar riffs in addition to rhythmic groove and emotional lyrics.”

AKFG is a band I’ve known since my early anime days, and I wrote this article months back, but it was touching to see they were referenced in the fall 2022 music anime series, Bocchi The Rock! (Check out my analysis on the series here!) The characters share their family names with the band members, and they named each episode after a song of theirs. They even covered their song, “Rockn’ Roll, Morning Light Falls On You”, so if you’re wondering why the sudden trend and interest, now you’re in the know~

So, if you heard one or two, and was wondering what else they made, or just want to hear the full version of your favourite themes, check out this list!

Also, if you’d like to discover other Japanese music and artists, check out my playlists on Youtube!

And if you’re interested in learning more vocabulary and kanji so you can watch anime and dramas, read manga, sing J-pop at karaoke, or play raw Japanese video games, check out my 250+ Kanji for Japanese Media (+Sentences) article and my Japanese Study Guide!

Naruto

Haruka Kanata

Blood Circulator

Soredewa Mata Ashita

Boruto

Shukuen

Fullmetal Alchemist

Rewrite

Bleach

After Dark

Erased

Re:Re

Tekkon kinkreet

Aru Machi no Gunjou

The Tatami Galaxi

Maigo Inu to Ame no Beat

Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome

Kouya wo Aruke

Dororo

Boku No Hero Academia

Empathy

Time Machine Blues

Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe

Farmagia

Live Is Beautiful

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Music student and Anime fan from childhood, Japanese music fan since teenhood. I picked up guitar as an adult to bring my band dream to life and started the Chromatic Dreamers Band Project in June 2021, followed by this blog in October 2021. Having struggled to find useful content on Japanese music, I was eager to fill that gap. In Summer 2022, we achieved our goals of playing at an anime convention. In Summer 2023, the singer and I reunited as "Natsukashi Kumo" and performed at a festival! During this time, I dug deep into Japanese Music Theory as I struggled to understand why and how Japanese music sounded the way it did, and have shared all I learned on this blog. While I grew up Christian, I was raised in a legalistic church, so only around New Years 2023 did I come to believe the true gospel and was born again. I received FL Studio as a gift and released my first song "Be Courageous" (inspired by Joshua 1:9) a week after. I spent most of 2023 studying the bible, and indulging in Christian content. I told God that after the festival, I wouldn't play guitar again unless for him, and in January 2024, I was recruited to play at a church plant. I have since changed direction on my blog to focus on Japanese Christian Music, and Christian themes in Anime.

All Anime Songs By Asian Kung-Fu Generation