how many of these songs can you recognise? the test for anime fans

How do you rank yourself on the grand scale of anime nerdom (and proof of Suzaku’s Geass later on in this post)?

Nico Nico Douga yet again proves to be a fountain of enjoyment for those individuals who absolutely love anime. For the sake of simplicity and accessibility, the following video (which I did not create) was promptly saved and uploaded onto a more wordpress.com-friendly media platform. The website may be inconveniencing to work with as it can be abstruse for those who aren’t proficient with Japanese, even if the sign-up page is fairly uniform in structure, because let’s face it - registering is a chore.

55 minutes; 525 anime (with the occasional game and fandom mixed in) songs to put the anime-inclined facet of your being to test. How many can you recognise? I’m personally interested (comments below post).

This was seriously the best 55 minutes I’ve experienced in quite some time, so credit goes to the creator of the video. Unfortunately, I was only able to attain a meager score of 130-ish, which further pertains to the fact that I’ve viewed a very limited selection of titles (HUGE SADFACE). Admittedly though, I was in possession of a rather compelling urge to sing along with some of the songs that were met with recognition because their presence made me excitable. Did anybody else feel that way?

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Another Japanese-made video proves that Suzaku is extremely skilled at the more unorthodox tasks given his status as a knight.

Source: http://kenkoudaa.sakura.ne.jp/page205.html

After listening to medley, for some odd reason I was driven into a semi-contemplative state where I pondered about certain insignificant matters that just happened to casually plague my mind. Incidentally, it may just have been because of the slightly nostalgic Chobits OP, quite possibly paired in conjunction with my boredom at that time. One case in particular is that I’ve developed a peculiar sense of anxiety whenever I begin on an anime that’s targeted at an older audience (most notably seinen works) in which the female lead is also the primary romantic interest of the protagonist; however, additionally she is also inhuman or is related to/is of a supernatural origin; ie. Saber from Fate/stay night, Arcueid from Tsukihime, Mahoro from Mahoromatic; you get the idea. Because the conclusive outcome (or at the very least, the fact that something is bound to occur at some point) of such anime is often subjected to resolute conjecture (complimented by unrivaled clarity) in most cases for this specific genre, I always watch them agonising in anticipation for those melancholic feelings of depression, which are inevitable and will become prevalent when shit hits the fan.

I am just unable to shake that lingering premonition that stays with you the entire time, and I’m sure many people feel the same way. It’s my assumption that this whole issue of oversensitivity for me probably originated from Chobits, as it was amongst the first anime I had viewed which harboured this particular aspect, though coincidentally it followed up with a happy ending.

I’m sorry, I was just rambling again. So, how many did you get?

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~ by Espydon on 8 May, 2008.