### **The most complete soundtrack from Ane-san for the Turbografx-CD** \------------- One fantastic bonus to testing so many retro games is that I end up finding a lot of hidden gems that were hardly known but are simply incredible in one or more ways. "Ane-san" (which is basically Japanese for "older sister") is one such title.  It stars three girls who were bullied in horrible ways as kids until a badass gang boss named Yoko stepped in and destroyed the living shit out of those bullies. The girls eventually grew up to be in a street gang themselves and find that Yoko has been kidnapped by a rival group. You embark on a quest to save Yoko by attacking rival lady gangs and defeating their captains one by one. It's a great, all-female spin on the beat-'em-up genre, but where does Ane-san truly shine? The unique features it has that are not found in any other game like it: 1. While the side-scrolling brawling is standard faire, an entire third of the screen shows lengthy dialogue between the characters before, during, and after battling. It's just a constant stream of trash talking. 2\. In between levels, you can purchase items. Again, that's per usual, but what makes this different is that the items can help you, do nothing, or curse you. There are no descriptions - You'll just never know what will happen until you try something! 3\. Aside from items that change how combat works, you're also buying things to liven up your gang's hideout. That's right! You get to purchase goods to decorate and upgrade your space. Like Animal Crossing, basically. 4\. When you defeat a boss, they join your team and you can start fighting as them! Some join automatically, some require you to possess certain items first. There's even a samurai boss who always has her boobs literally hanging out. If you're into that kind of thing. 5\. Also between each level, you can have two members of your gang play a minigame where each gal tries to make the worst, scariest, ugliest face. The most disturbing result in the quickest time wins. You have to see it to believe it... 6\. A lesbian wedding. A god damn lesbian wedding in 1995! 7\. One last interesting feature, and the whole reason we're here right now? The soundtrack. It's a collection of extremely weird and intense tracks of all types mixed with a heaping helping of pompadour-greasing, leather-jacket-wearing, motorcycle-riding rockabilly songs created by the same composer that brought us equally bizarre music for the absolutely bonkers "Cho Aniki" series - Koji Hayama. Please enjoy this wonderfully mad score by a true legend, made for a game that practically never existed (certainly not outside of Japan)! \------------- Running time: 1 hour, 15 minutes Format: MP3 (320 kbps) Number of tracks: 29 Filesize (uncompressed): 209.2 MB \------------- Want to learn about how I put my collections together, discover my other retro content, or **join the party on Discord, Twitch, and other socials**? Head to [**retrogamechampion.com**](https://www.retrogamechampion.com/) - I would love to welcome you to my project. <3