Week 41 Day 1 - Asian Kung-fu Generation - Back from Break!

Welcome back! I have returned from my week long break and am back to offer more goodies.
As mentioned in my last post (the Jan monthly review), I'd be having 4 independent weeks in Feb (so the Sound Horizon week will be continued in March) and will be doing at LEAST double features per post. Also given my current lag, there will be days of Double postings too.

Anyways, onwards to my post, and the 2 songs to be featured are:-



Song: 遥か彼方 by アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション
Haruka Kanata ["far away and beyond distance"] by Asian Kungfu Generation





Song: リライト by アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション
RIRAITO [Rewrite] by Asian Kungfu Generation


So now, for those of you familiar with animes back in 2003-2004, these 2 pieces may be known to you. I'll talk about each one at a time.

The first song, Haruka Kanata, was used as OP2 to the anime Naruto [NARUTO—ナルト—]. From what I saw from the entire series, this particular OP was one that I enjoyed watching AND listening to, as you may probably do so below:-


[Note: If you found this subpar, then the other few I saw were subpar to this. Then again, I didn't go that far with this series]

As much as this song is great though, I really dislike the change in pace that appeared after 2nd refrain. That's just me.
Now that I've said it, let's move on to some additional stuff before I talk about the 2nd song.


[Official PV of the song]


[A pitched-down girl version nico-cover by Kurotsu Hane (Black Feather)]


[A nice Monster Hunter MAD]


[Followed by an Index OP MAD]


[An elec guitar cover]

Now, onto the 2nd song, Rewrite.
This song was also used in another anime, as the OP4 to the first Fullmetal Alchemist [鋼の錬金術師 | Hagane no Renkinjutsushi] anime (2003-2004). Observe the OP in question below:-



I liked the OP the first time I heard it when I was still in Japan at that time (and was still oblivious to most of these shows). So from there, I took some effort (not much) to find out the song and get it myself (which was relatively easy actually).

In any case, here's some additional stuffs:-

PV is already located in the opening post.


[Hatsune MIKU cover!!]


[FF7AC AMV. Pretty good]


[Yet another Index related MAD OP]


[Also another Monster Hunter MAD]

Alrighty, that's all I have for this day's post.
A double post can't be achieved yet today, so I shall leave it for later then...
Until then, enjoy these 2 songs

Note: Apart from these 2, I have never else caught on with AKG. Maybe anime OP does play a part in my tastes