Ther’s Yoko Kano, Nujabes, Tsuneo Imahori… people like that…

… and then theres 192 bpm J-Pop song #4838573.

And then of course there’s Jojo, where… basically half or more of the characters just are named after, or a pun on classic rock bands or songs.

Whole wide spectrum out there, but there certainly is a lot of formulaic slop.