Scanning through the thread as well and I agree with the majority. I was into anime but I didn't hear much of anime songs at all (in HK the songs are cut out, or replaced with Chinese version). I'm actually glad (and proud?
) that I went into the JPop world via hikki. If my cousin didn't ask me to download First Love for her in the first place, I wouldn't get into JPop. But more precisely I think ayu was the one that brought me more diversity (as I only listened to hikki until LOVEppears was released).
I dun mind people calling themselves a JPop fan if they're only into anime music. To be honest tho I would only call them a animepopfan. They love the songs because of the anime, not because it's in Japanese. They can love the song Gravity from wolf's rain and still consider themselves a JPop fan, when in fact the song is in English.
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Originally Posted by DA1SUK1DAY01691
Also, enka =/= "J-POP". In any regards. Enka should be mentioned on its own, but I also understand there seems to be a lot of crossovers at the moment, so that line is slowly graying, making it harder to really distinguish between the two genres within a specific artist (e.g. Jero, one could argue alan, etc.).
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Back in the old days, enka was totally not Jpop. But like you said, some enka are made into a more Jpop-friendly sound recently, so it's hard to say whether those enka are truly enka songs.