Music for the showreel

For my showreel I wanted to find music that reflected my comic overall, rather than just on a few aspects of it. I wanted it to immerse the potential reader in the feel of the comic. The following words kept coming to mind: natural flow, summer and an overall calm. I had my mind focused on keeping things very light hearted, not devling into rock and roll or something too soft. I tried looking into other shows that were based on the same theme as my comic.

Azumanga Diaoh - OP: Oranges & Lemons
The tune reflected the more silly and comedic nature of the show, with very light-hearted springy sounds and a very inviting tune.

LuckyStar - OP: Motteke! Sailor Fuku
A lot more fast-paced compared to the Azumanga song, many have criticized this opening for being misleading, cause its fast paced and hyper energetic opening does not prepare you in the right mood for the show's more slow paced themes and jokes. That said, many have also stated to this day, they still can't get the song out of their heads.

K-ON! - OP: Cagayake! Girls
A lot more themed around the show, with the primary focus being that all the girls are in a school band/club together. But then again, many have criticized the fact that they feel misled as the show focuses more on the friends, than on the band aspect of their show.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S - OP: I'll be there for you
The theme fits the show perfectly, catching the era in which the show was set, while expressing the main themes of the show, strife with lover, work and money. As well as the companionship of your friends. It also does a very good job of drilling itself into your skull.

After listening to these, I feel like I needed to focus on the single element about my project, that could allow me to cast a wider net. My comic is meant to show that people with physical and mental disabilities or conditions are no different from people who we'd consider normal and that we are all human. So I felt that the best way to go about this was to focus on the one element we all do naturally, waking up. So I felt the best way music for the showreel had of conveying this sense of waking up in the morning was hearing a song on the radio.