New Featured Artist: Anamanaguchi

Anamanaguchi rounds out the year as our final Featured Artist of 2024!

For two decades and counting, Anamanaguchi has been the powerhouse behind combined chiptune/bitpop and traditional pop/rock music. From their own original releases to the soundtrack for multiple adaptations of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Anamanaguchi has made an unforgettable name for themselves in all kinds of aural circles (...the most important of those being osu!, of course).

Through old-school mapper Sushi, Anamanaguchi made their first circle-paired appearance via Helix Nebula in 2009. What followed was an onslaught of maps year after year, highlighting the band's massive discography with beatmaps like Blackout City from Dawn Metropolis, SPF 420 from Endless Fantasy, and most recently Miku, which reached the Ranked category only last year.

Enough words. There are 9 tracks on Anamanaguchi's Featured Artist listing, each of whose greatness speaks for itself.

For those who prefer completed maps over templates, take a glance at what's already here on osu!:

Anamanaguchi - STILL SPLODIN' THO (Interlude)

It might say something about the osu! community to know that this 1-minute map hosted by Liiraye is the most played Anamanaguchi map on osu!.

Anamanaguchi - Helix Nebula

Test your understanding of ancient mapping styles through this 2009 map by Sushi!

Anamanaguchi - Prom Night

If you haven't played this map by Bonsai or this 4K Loved map by Valedict, please reconsider your priorities.

Anamanaguchi - My Skateboard Will Go On

This beatmap by Sushi will go on too.

Anamanaguchi - Pop It

Try out this map featuring a pop song about popping hosted by Bonsai!

Anamanaguchi - Blackout City

If CS 5 is your thing, this map by Sushi could be your next top play.

Anamanaguchi - SPF 420

Experience this osu! + osu!taiko hybrid map hosted by a certain raw fish.

Anamanaguchi - John Hughes

We can forgive you if you don't know who John Hughes is, but we can't forgive you if you don't play this map hosted by Bonsai.

Anamanaguchi - Miku

Try out the newest Ranked map of Anamanaguchi hosted by Kuroise!

While the year may be done, osu!'s Featured Artists will continue pushing through next year!

In 2024, 58 talented musicians joined our incomprehensibly large Featured Artist library with a collective 476 individual songs (and that count would be over 500 if we included updates to our older artists like cygnus or Imy or S3RL!)

You might've also noticed that this year continued our efforts towards original song production through our annual World Cups' increasing collection of osu! originals. The prowess behind every aspect of these, from song production to mapping to storyboards to stream showcases, has only proven how dedicated the osu! community is towards the creative aspect of the game.

Throughout the next year, our Featured-Artist-shaped ball will continue rolling. Expect our weekly artist releases to go on with a focus on both old and new faces alike, along with a bundle of breathtaking osu! originals in the 2025 series of World Cups!

As always, stay tuned.

—pishifat