I've been struggling to death this time! Here are the 10 best anime songs of the season! DJ Hiroyuki Deguchi's "Just Shut Up and Listen to Anime Songs! in Winter 2018".

Hello to all 10 million anime fans in Japan. I am Hiroyuki Deguchi, a wandering bassist and DJ focusing on anime and special effects songs. The "Just Shut Up and Listen to Anime Songs!" column comes along soundlessly around the time the new season of anime releases. . This column first appeared last spring, and has continued to discuss anime songs for each new season through the summer and fall, and even took the stage at an event at the end of the year. We hope to see you again this year!
⇒ Summary of the 24 best anime song divinities

Now, this season is the winter anime of 2018. As an overall trend, I have the impression that many of the works are serious, or rather, heavy-boned, perhaps because of the trend from last year's fall anime. In other words, "serious works". There are also gag and daily life type works, but even these works have a very solid atmosphere, and I can feel the sincerity in their gags and escapism. There are not so many works that are "out-of-the-standard silliness," but there are works that weave together a story and drawings that have a centripetal force every time.

Another environment surrounding anime productions that must be kept in mind is that of online distribution. This season, the Netflix original anime "DEVILMAN crybaby" has attracted particular attention. The "visualization that transcends taboos" made possible by the exclusive distribution of anime on the Internet has pointed to the diversification of anime works as a whole in the truest sense of the word. DEVILMAN crybaby" is one example of this pattern.

With this in mind, what kind of songs are available for anime songs of winter anime, in which new works are more prominent than in the past years?

Here are the 10 songs selected by Watakushi Deguchi for the "Just Shut Up and Listen to Anime Songs in Winter 2018!

Collection" by Junji Ito

ED "Mutual Universe/JYOCHO

Violet Evergarden

OP "Sincerely/TRUE

Ken Dynasty

ED "Ibarara no touyou/Yumi Hara

TIME

OP "Flashback/MIYAVI vs KenKen

Takumimi.

ED "Stoic detox/Mashinomi