Anime song in Schleswig Cathedral. A self-portrait may be seen in the Laurentius-Kirche in Tönning. Further works by Ovens can be found in the collections of the Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landesmuseums at the Schloss Gottorf. He made 45 paintings for the Amalienburg in Gottorf. The Earl of Arundel (or his grandmother Aletheia Talbot?) owned seventeen paintings by Ovens, belonging to a collection of 78 paintings which were sold on September 26, 1684 in Amsterdam. According to Schmidt there is nothing German in his paintings and he belongs to the Dutch School of painting. Jürgen Ovens Jürgen Ovens (1623 – 9 December 1678	Jürgen Ovens
20698388	Anime song Anime song , also shortened to , is a genre of music originating from Japanese pop music. Anime songs consist of theme, insert, and image songs for anime, video game, and audio drama CD series, as well as any other song released primarily for the anime market, including music from Japanese voice actors. The anime song genre was first recognized in the 1970s. It later gained recognition from the public when mainstream artists begin releasing songs as tie-ins for anime series. By the 1990s, companies began creating record labels that would exclusively produce anime songs for their series and artists. The 	Anime song
20698389	increase in voice actors beginning in the mid 2000s led to them mostly performing anime songs in the modern Japanese music market. History. 1930-1970: Early influences. After the release of Namakura Gatana" (1917) by Jun'ichi Kōuchi, regarded as the first animated film in Japan, "Kuroi Nyago" (1931) was the first Japanese animated work to have music added, where the character dances a woman singing. "Kuroi Nyago" has been retroactively seen as the prototype of anime songs. Following World War II, the 1950s and 1960s saw a revival in entertainment and cultural development. In 1963, "Astro Boy" premiered, and subsequently , the theme song "Theme of Astro Boy" became well-known to the Japanese public due to it being used as the departure song at Takadanobaba Station. The song was also notable due to the lyrics being written by poet Shuntarō Tanikawa. 1970-1980: Growing popularity of anime songs. Japan's economic growth in the 1970s led to more cultural development, and people who exclusively sang theme songs for anime were known as "anime song singers." Despite the lack of public appearances from the singers, theme songs from the series "Mazinger Z", "Space Battleship Yamato", and "Candy Candy" became known to  the Japanese public, even outside of fans who watched the shows. At the same time, "Mobile Suit Gundam" voice actors Toshio Furukawa and Toru Furuya gained a large female fanbase with through Slapstick, a vocal unit consisting of voice actors from the show meant to its theme songs. While anime theme songs originally used the name and settings from the series of which they were based, this led to the lyrics of anime songs being centered on the characters' thoughts and feelings for more universal appeal and allowing for context outside of the original animated work. 1980-1990: Mainstream recognition . At the height of Japan's bubble economy, in the 1980s, anime songs began crossing over to mainstream entertainment. In 1984, the single "Ai Oboete Imasu ka", which was released for "Macross" under the character Lynn Minmay's name, charted at #7 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. Furthermore, "Cat's Eye" (1983) received widespread media attention for having Anri, a singer whose activities had no connection to the anime industry, perform its theme songs. Likewise, TM Network, a band who were active outside of the anime industry, received media attention when their 1987 song "Get Wild" was released as  the theme song to "City Hunter". As a result of the song's popularity, TM Network were invited to the 72nd "Kohaku Uta Gassen" to perform it. From then on, mainstream artists releasing tie-in songs for anime became common. 1990-2000: In-house production and modernization. Following the collapse of the bubble economy in Japan, labels exclusively dedicated to exclusively producing anime songs were formed, most notably King Records' Starchild label. This was in part due the "" phenomenon named after Being Inc., which gained a fanbase after their artists Zard and Maki Ohguro released songs that were well-received  by the public. Yoko Takahashi, who was part of the Starchild label, released "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" as the theme song for "Neon Genesis Evangelion" (1995), and the song's popularity led to audiences outside of anime fans to recognize it. In addition, as popular music from Japan shifted from to J-pop anime song singers, such as Masami Okui, began incorporating J-pop sounds into her music. Among others, voice actors such as Hekiru Shiina, Mariko Kouda, and Megumi Hayashibara were also active in singing in addition to voice acting. Some voice actors also formed their own groups  and perform theme songs to other anime series, such as Minami Takayama with Two-Mix. 2000-present: Voice actor boom. As more late-night anime series were being produced in the 2000s, Yui Horie, Yukari Tamura, and Nana Mizuki, who were signed with King Records, were produced and marketed as idol singers and voice actors by the record label. During the mid-2000s, there was a "voice actor boom", in addition to a period known as the "Idol Warring Period", a phenomenon named after a rapid growth in the idol industry. Mizuki's "Eternal Blaze" reached #2 on the Oricon Weekly  Single Charts in 2005, and shortly after, the release of "Hare Hare Yukai" in 2006 led to the ""Haruhi" boom" mainly because of the animated dance sequence in the show's ending. In the following years, there was a substantial increase of voice actors in anime, and anime songs as a whole became more widely known to the general public. The anime song industry shifted to recruit young girls who were able to have an "idol" presence, naming Riisa Naka, Koharu Kusumi, and Aya Hirano as examples. In 2010, Ho-kago Tea Time, a fictional band from the series "K -On!", became the first anime characters to receive simultaneous #1 and #2 rankings on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart with the release of both their singles. In the following years, idol-themed multimedia projects, such as "Love Live!", "The Idolmaster", and "Uta no Prince-sama", became popular. Billboard Japan launched the Billboard Japan Hot Animation Chart on December 1, 2010 exclusively for anime and video game music releases. Derivatives. The anime song genre became the direct influence of genres such as "denpa" song and song. Media. Record labels. The following record labels are exclusively for anime song music: Artists. Performers . This is a list of singers and bands who primarily perform anime songs, including groups created from media mix anime projects. This list does not count singers or bands who release incidental songs for the genre, nor group names that the voice actors are credited under solely for performing the theme songs in the anime they are starring in. Composers. This is a list of songwriters who primarily compose and produce anime songs. This list does not count composers who produce incidental releases for the genre. Anime song , also shortened to , is a genre of music originating from Japanese pop