Taku Iwasaki (岩崎琢) is a Japanese composer, perhaps best know for his work … Read Full Bio ↴Taku Iwasaki (岩崎琢) is a Japanese composer, perhaps best know for his work on the soundtracks of both Rurouni Kenshin OVAs (Tsuiokuhen and Seisouhen, both known under the title Samurai X to Western audiences), as well as the soundtrack of Witch Hunter Robin, though he has composed for many other anime series including both the R.O.D OVA and TV series, Yakitate!! Japan, Getbackers, Black Cat, Angel Heart, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. His most recent works being Persona -Trinity Soul-, Soul Eater, Kuroshitsuji & Katanagatari].

R.O.D
岩崎琢 Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'R.O.D' by these artists:

PT Hella bands for me and you know You know that I…
Slumlord Trill Lil shawty bad and she all mine Lil Lite Brite she…
The Fall It's approaching 600 pounds gas and flesh Robes in tatters…

We have lyrics for these tracks by 岩崎琢:

"Libera Me" From Hell Do the impossible See the invisible Raw! raw! Fight the powe…
421000 No feeling when you told me goodbye No reason when you're…
Call thy name "Stella Mystica" Night above the forest Through dusty moonlight He, a crystal…
code break Give me more Give me more Do all this crazy thing I don′t…

Die Hasen! Weiter, weiter, immer weiter! Lauf bis wohin? Straßen und Ga…
La gardenia Questo profumo di gardenia Fa incantare anche il sole. Mi sc…
Nikopol The ground below my feet" elevated Instinctively programmed …
Si deus me relinquit Si deus me relinquit. Si deus me relinquit, Ego deum relinq…
Silhouette of a Ballerina Nothing seems complicated Simply stay the way I am Like a wi…
The Dark Crow Smiles Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi; Qui pius es, factus, pro…
Vespertine Bloom Dance with me through the night Take me to another world If…
ラップは漢の魂だ! 己を信じて天を指差す怒涛の男・カミナ様のテーマを耳の穴かっぽじってよ～く聞きやがれ!! Do the impossible, see the invisible ROW! ROW! FIGHT THE PO…

男と女誰もが一度はひき返す道二人でここまで歩いて来たのにあなたの心が足をとられて冬の坂道ころがりはじめたふる…

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@user-hr6fn1if5x

3y↑1

この曲は、1970年代の海外アクションドラマのテーマ曲を、めちゃめちゃオマージュしてる感じなんですよね。

というわけで、古い海外ドラマ・おすすめテーマ曲
「アイアンサイド」冒頭のサイレン音がそのまんま
「スパイ大作戦」有名
「謎の円盤UFO」
「スタスキー&ハッチ」
「特別狙撃隊S.W.A.T.」
「Hawaii Five 0」

All comments from YouTube:

@Wickerman205

12y↑32

TVTropes describes this as: "James Bond meets X-Men meets Reading Rainbow" lol

@user-ue6xk8wf9h

4y↑67

2020年になっても聞いている。

@satorumiyoable

3y↑2

物語の構成、見せ場ありのスタント、最高にマッチしてるbgmと文句なしですよねー

@sidmccloud

11w

Hai

@rdfox76

14y↑23

One of the things that made me fall in love with the ROD franchise was the first time I heard this theme on the OVA. They actually managed to out-John Barry the inestimable John Barry!

@judyhopps9380

Lets not go nuts.... but it was a very good homage

@butsuyokumaster1721

2y↑6

壮大で緊張感あっていいOP曲。

@ApollodoraTheExplora

10y↑53

This song is the main reason I've never learned to drive. If I did, I'd drive around the city at 100 miles per hour listening to this song and trying to do insanely cool stunts, which would probably get me in huge trouble.

@MrJhound4

10y↑8

Or dead. Don't forget dead...

@medusakiller76

10y↑4

Hahahaha

@deathlegionair

8y↑28

This and the tv version are both amazing. Classic secret agent music feel to them both.

@rinhiro8465

2y↑5

2022年になっても聴いてる

@spacepope69

2y↑6

This tune is so 70s spy/thriller it's amazing

@artistcomplex

41w↑3

The fact this and the series soundtrack still isn't yet on Spotify is a fucking crime!

@bommie

10y↑64

I still contend that R.O.D is the best English dub in existence. Kimberly Yates' performance of Yomiko is seriously one of the most gravitating English performances I've seen in an anime. It's so natural and believable.

@MarcoTalin12

9y↑6

cobhatebreeder It's between this and Cowboy Bebop, but yeah, this dub is amazing.

@omlas4404

9y↑5

cobhatebreeder dubs<subs

@PaszerDye

9y↑5

Omlás Then you've never really heard a good dub. ROD, Cowboy Bebop, FMA (both the 1st & Brotherhood), Animax dubbing of GunXSword, Gundam Seed, etc...

@dragonking322

9y↑2

+Omlás Give them credit, The Dub wasn't as bad as most of the ones from the year this series came out. In fact i agree with OP.. don't hate dub just because you're a sub hipster. Honestly I love Subs more then dubs most time.. BUT THIS DUB WAS EPICLY GOOD.. a couple lines of Maggie weirdness aside.

@omlas4404

9y↑5

Accrsd Most of the time the dubs suck, why is it so hard for Americans to just....read?

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@TheBikeOnTheMoon

8y↑17

2016 fuk yeah I'm still listening to this. Woohooo

@Frabnoil

8y↑5

Still loving this theme. Used as the opening theme to a Spycraft game i ran years ago..

@johnathan2684

8y↑18

If they don't play this kinda music in heaven, I don't wanna go

@user-by2dy6ic8n

7y↑7

언제들어도 좋은노래. 애니원에서 해주는 극장판 봤을때 작화에 놀랐고 스토리에 놀랐지

@KyleH88

13y↑4

I absolutely adore this movie and this theme is astounding.

@vDorgengoa

5y↑2

Can't get enough of this sweet theme music!!

@Schuylock

6y↑7

This upload date is painfully nostalgic

@user-gg9ru8uf9u

4y↑5

なんでこんなにかっこいいの

@rikimarudonchelie1229

4y↑3

yup, one of the best opening kinda reminscence of Ians Flemming 007 flicks kinda cross between M.I. by Enrico Morrione...luv this opening to death.

@kamonohashi8966

おもろいね最近見始めたけど…
物語シリーズからここにたどり着いたから物語シリーズに感謝

@nguyenvi9897

6y↑1

still love this

@WarriorBoy

14y↑13

I remember when I first saw this and loving the Bond/classic spy theme music it had. So many anime crappy J-Pop for a soundtrack, but they decided to go hard with this!

@backfire300

4y↑5

うは、あいかわらずカッコいい

@gagaou7

35w

懐かしい😂

@springil406

10y↑4

the best!

@Akideoni

46w↑1

Still flipping the pages in 2023

@brokengammer

12y↑2

this reminds me of those classic spy films and tv shows

@laughingfangful

12y↑1

This song is AMAZING. . . .

@TruthinessChibiOtaku

11y↑2

I think I love TVTropes more than ever. God bless their frivolous souls. XD

@silverfeatherwerewol

13y

normally if i marathon watch animes i would skip the songs. but with read or die, i never skip, love the music and the opening sequence

@MRflameshadow

Come back every once in a while

@TheMrNovis

11y↑1

One of the best anime :3

@jhentai0316

1y↑1

i have this as my ringtone!

@judyhopps9380

1y↑1

calls you

@DarkSolnea

12y↑1

@dadangrocks Which has been used in the Read or Die the TV several times has a few variations in the anime as well.

@BlackGear614

13y

@narkiz Amen to that brother. I really love that sax and trumpet Iwasaki used in this, its INCREDIBLE!!!!!!

@TruthinessChibiOtaku

11y

Sometimes I skip the intro sequence because I've seen it a thousand times and I could always go listen to the song after watching the episodes/full series. But with this, I really wouldn't mind watching straight through, opening and fucking everything that comes afterwords. Oh my Goddess this is a magnificent OP. SERIOUSLY.

@GhanimehDesigns

15y↑3

I ADORE THE GUITARING IN THIS :D its very james bond haha but with a modern sorta twist...that's just what i think anyway :P

@kawakawa9157

2y↑3

2022現在も聞いていますよー

@KikisucosplayYT

2y↑1

I miss it

@Alexabix

14y

I'd love for their to be a third series. Personally I really enjoyed ROD the TV through to the end even though I missed out on references as I only watched the OVAs afterwards.

@natroful

12y

realky cool

@RobLosRicos

11y↑1

i listen to spy music a lot these days...thanks to THIS most excellent tune!

@SolidLiquidFox

Love the theme. Spy series 70s style beat with a hint of OG Charlie's Angels theme song.

@user-up6kh4yy4r

36w

久しぶりに聴いたよ。哀愁のある大人のアニメだったねえ。当時のこと知ってるひといたら教えてほしいよ。外人さんのコメント多くてビックリ。

@uchihaitachi34

15y

it doesnt matter where the song is from its still friggin awesome!

@MRflameshadow

Nice song

@MrZOMBIEKID

13y

ah...memories.

@TruthinessChibiOtaku

11y↑1

And I thought Shiro Sagisu did that both in John Williams and Bernstein's face with his Evangelion and Macross soundtrack. Oh, well I guess then this theme takes the cake. Good enough for me. XD

@rdfox76

13y↑2

@WarriorBoy This OST is even more John Barry than John Barry's Bond scores! (That's a compliment, by the way.)

@janecameron2668

32w

There is no background music that plays in the collective suicide scene of the analyzers found dead by Jocker's secretary (OVA Ep.3), it is actually atmospheric instrumental music. The album with fourteen tracks did not include this beautiful performance. I LOVE that sound, the feeling it expresses is so deep. By any chance is there a collection that has this specific track?

@user-wp9ew8je3d

2y↑3

비밥의 탱크!와 같은 급이라 할 수 있지 않을까,,,

@wayjust6354

2019朝聖推～

@user-ub2mr8ed3m

16w

すき
ずっとすき死ぬまですき

@______________________YEEWIWI

39w

2023년에 들으러 왔습니다!
고딩때 OVA로 처음 봤을때 그 감동이란..

@user-hr5if8ij5z

1y↑3

2022년 듣고 있다

@dmcyale17yale

11y

still watching this in 2013.

@LukeJazStone

13y

the pai---par! lol i miss this one

@jefer_god6713

4y↑1

like si viste esta obra maestra de anime 2020

@sinsbabo

명곡

@bryguy615

14y↑1

I remember reading several years back about a possible third ROD series, other than Die or Dream. Guess it never happened. Shame. The series kinda fell apart in the second half, but I would like more. It was good, they could make a better one.

@tolmeybaguvix2515

5y↑1

once upon a time when there was music

@DEVASTA1999

3y↑1

印象的なギターやサックスとかペットのソロ以上に、合間に入ってくるパーカスだけの刻みが好き。

@06yarbrougha

14y

@Weremoose ...akita? are you refering to anita's freakouts?

@bandiya

19w

15년 전이라니.... 나이를 언제 그렇게 먹었지?

@TheBronzeDog

This is the music that'll play in my head if I get my TTRPG players to do a perfect infiltration mission.

@jungsungrinart

5y↑1

I've find too much website but cannot find out where to watch this anime huhuhu, i mean the readman's vers :(

@user-uk9uy7gd9s

R.O.Dは本当に面白いから、観たことない人は是非観て欲しいな！(ﾟ∀ﾟ)

@ldlr971

8y↑3

Argh so groovyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

@soccertk2008

13y↑1

i blast this song in my car

@natroful

12y

wahts hthe ending of this series called from a movie?

@KimKim-np9hz

내기준 최고의 애니ost

@sprobby

15y↑2

I loved the R.O.D. OVA I was kinda disappointed with R.O.D. TV.... I gotta get more of the mangas...

@user-on2ot1zp3b

5y↑3

RODって海外人気凄いんだな...
どこ行っても日本語コメの方が少ないぜ...

@user-gv1yu8nq3h

5y↑1

海外の人って活字読むけど今の日本人活字読まないから、作品の世界観に共感出来ないんじゃない?

@XSpImmaLion

1y↑1

How didn't they bring this one back yet? It's kind of a forgotten classic, right?

@ClickBeetleTV

36w

Especially since Sony owns Crunchyroll now

@nirumojp

11y↑2

These are from OVA

@daikoku888

I heard it even in 2022.

@hooversom

12y

i first thought it looked a little like Insane from the game WET like the song

@Malkus11

14y

@sprobby Ehh, but R.O.D. is R.O.D., yes? I'd kill to get more Lucky Star anime, in whatever form.

@SatiZakito

10 years ago I actually believed that they either READ or DIED.

@jellyface401

Go team venture

@loveomima

37w

2023！

@puneeth9b

10y

what kind of music is this?
(please be specific, thanks!)

@puneeth9b

10y

Haha I know that. I meant what KIND. Like jazz or something

@towikameha7616

10y↑2

This would be under "big band jazz," if anything

@puneeth9b

10y

I see I see thanks! Any more songs like this?

@towikameha7616

10y

Ah, try bands like the "Buddy Rich big band", "Snarky Puppy," "Herbie Hancock" but it depends on your taste... Just venture out on the different bands and you'll find something

@Stormthorn67

9y↑3

Puneeth Reddy Spy movie theme song. I could picture this for a James Bond movie.

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@ERICANDYJASMINE

36w

Take back all 🐑

@finalwai

6y↑5

2018 !!!

@petman515

Me 2

@readordiefanatic

13y

@kingjamie2 I disagree, I really liked it

@MrHaddes

better than any James Bond theme out there lol

@ladybug20hippe

12y

the name is bond, james bond

@ERICANDYJASMINE

36w

I’m suing tanner and Andrew are in our house

@ClickBeetleTV

3y↑5

Isn't this the OVA soundtrack rather than ROD the TV?

@SchwartzBruder30

11y

I'm apparently not allowed to watch it lol. Every time I try, the dumbass 'new' ad comes up and when I skip it, the time for the video changes to 0:00. Youtube really needs to get their damned shit together.

@JK-qn9qr

45w

when anime was cool

@Element_Z48

15y

I know this is ROD, i'm just replying to the person 4 floors up from me, YOU pay attention.

@HGRKT

4y↑1

Tank!とかこういう系の曲が好きなんだけど、ジャンルがわからないから検索しにくくて....

@user-bq7wy1zy2i

モダンジャズ？ビバップ？
バディリッチとかディジーガレスピーとかオーネットコールマンかな

@user-hr6fn1if5x

3y↑1

@ys-nh5ku

最近では博多豚骨ラーメンズとかバッカーノとかで似たのありますよ。

@floccinaucinihi1ipilification

4y↑3

知らんアニメだけど曲だけ聴いている

@MsAKKKKKKK

新月潭月姫のjusticeもよい

@VentheSenpai

12y

kinda reminds me of cowboy bebop opening

@MsAKKKKKKK

Baccano op

@CD23T

2y↑1

インストOPアニメって最近見ないような気がするが、、データ的にその辺どうなってんだろう…

@kingjamie2

14y↑1

@sprobby Damn right. The tv series was a disgrace.

@janettworthington6267

9y↑6

I thought Rod kinda sorta sucked... R.O.D the tv was the first anime I ever saw and to this day remains my favorite with the amazing character development and plot... and like a year after i found the ova's and i watched them and i was like... well... it was ok, like nothing special like i felt towards the show, it was still enjoyable and it was cool seeing all yomikos stuff, but it just didn't have that sense of reality mixed amongst the chaos like the show did... Still good though, but R.O.D the tv reigns supreme for me forever as my favorite show :)

@bennytrinh7228

9y↑2

+Janett Worthington I agree but the TV series did have some problems towards to end (especially when it revealed the paper sisters past).

@AlexanderParr

8y↑4

+Janett Worthington Not even man, The OVA is the original and the best. The Tv was slow and boring.

@RogerSmith2004

Eh, I'd actually disagree. I think that both series are intended to offer something the other doesn't. With the R.O.D. OVA it's interest is more in creating a spectacle, whereas the TV series is more character driven. Personally I prefer the spectacle of the OVA, since I found the TV series' storyline to border on nonsense at times. But both are a good time.

@vanillacokejunky

5y↑1

everyone is entitled to their opinions of course, but just remember that the OVA came out first before the series. if it were not for the success of the OVA and the manga, we wouldn't have gotten the anime series.