I think one of Puffy's strengths has been marrying multiple styles in one song and Colorful Wave Surfers is kind of one note but a well executed one.ĬOCO Hawaii is the final track and Puffy nails it. To me it is a song that sort of looses my interest as it goes along, but it is still a good track. I reviewed this previously so I will not dwell on the track beyond where my opinions are after some time and distance. I will give some good marks to the traditional Japanese synthesizer elements, I did like that.Ĭolorful Wave Surfers is the second track and we drift back into more familiar Puffy territory. As a reader pointed out it feels like them cashing in on the weird Japan meme. Like some of the more recent Puffy releases there are elements of Puffy's stylings but it is a frenetic mess that never comes together. I really do not mean that in a flattering manner. It sounds like a more synth heavy Datsu Dystopia but as if it was intended for a Dance Dance Revolution game. Puffypipoyama is the lead off track and I re-approached it with an open mind. Colorful Wave Surfers was a previous digital release and COCO Hawaii was a song for the show In Love With Hawaii. Of the three principle tracks only the title track Puffypipoyama is a new song. The disc contains six tracks, three songs plus the instrumental versions of them. Meanwhile, Puffy is still active in the Japanese music scene, with their 13th and most recent studio album dropping in 2011, and their latest single arriving in 2018.So slot this single somewhere in the Nice Buddy range of single presentations, but as the old cliche goes: don't judge a book by its cover. These days, Register serves as President of Warner Bros. They have continued to be involved with the show, recording a cover of the song "The Night Begins to Shine" as part of the four-part special of the same name. Meanwhile, in addition to its lyrics living on in the hearts and minds of fans, Puffy AmiYumi's iconic Teen Titans theme would be remixed for the spinoff show Teen Titans Go!, which premiered in 2013 and is currently winding down on its sixth season. ![]() Samuel Register/Zookeeper made his first appearance in Teen Titans #13. Created by Geoff Johns and Tom Grummett, Dr. In 2004, a character named after Register was officially made DC Comics canon. ![]() On top of that, even with Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi sort of falling by the wayside as far as Cartoon Network is concerned, both its creator and the band it was based on have decidedly left a lasting impact on the Teen Titans brand, which is what brought them together in the first place. In between episode segments, live-action vignettes featuring the real Ami and Yumi would air as well. Additionally, while the show took the band to all sorts of different locations - including a millennium into the future - there were a few other recurring characters, such as evil land developer Edwin Blair, alpha nerd King Chad and young obsessive stalker fan Harmony. A good portion of the show's conflict stemmed from Ami and Yumi's drastically different personalities, with Ami being cheerful and bubbly, and Yumi being a bit rougher around the edges. The pop-rock artists were joined on this journey by their greedy but caring manager Kaz Harada, voiced by Keone Young, and his mortal enemies Tekirai and Jang-Keng - Ami and Yumi's pet cats. RELATED: How the '90s Anime Boom Changed Western Cartoons The show followed fictionalized, highly-exaggerated versions of Ami and Yumi - voiced by Janice Kawaye and Grey DeLisle, respectively - as they traveled the world in their tour bus, playing various gigs and getting into increasingly bizarre misadventures along the way. Created by Register and featuring another original theme by Ami and Yumi themselves, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi premiered on Cartoon Network in November of 2004, a little over a year after Teen Titans first hit the airwaves. ![]() Then-Cartoon Network Vice President Sam Register - who also served as an executive producer on Teen Titans - evidently saw even greater potential in the network's business relationship with Puffy AmiYumi and proposed the idea of a cartoon based on the band that would help them grow their fanbase outside of Japan.
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