Have you done all the soundtracks from Full Metal Alchemist franchise Everything is great to maybe masterpiece nostalgia bias maybe Opening ending songs everything fantastic
- Mawaru Pengundrum: Dear future - coaltar of the deepers - UN-GO: Fantasy - LAMA - Nagi no Asukara: Aqua terrarium - Nagi Yanagi - Tatamy Galaxy: Kamisama no Iu Toori - Yakushimaru Etsuko - xxxHolic : Kagerou - Buck-tick - Gintama: Pandemonium - DOES
This isn't anime related but you need to react to the songs from the adult musical "Hazbin Hotel" composed by Andrew Underburg. They're straight, certified heat.
13:46 actually childish is EXACTLY the word! The main character is a "child" and a evil one at that. Aoi Yuuki is the singer of the ED and the protagonist's VA, so she basically sings in character.
@@masterix0 She's my favorite. The fact that her voice can be so versatile, making boyish or childish voices really makes me love her voice acting. Tatsumaki, Hinazuki, Tsuyu, Kino, Boogiepop... She's goated.
The lyrics of the NHK song are about wanting to be a baby because babies are loved unconditionally. It fits the theme of the show which is about a depressed and delusional shut-in. The song sounds humorous and mischievous because the speaker is tricking the adults into loving him and he's really into it.
The Ouran ED has an infamous guitar riff that plays right during the ending scenes of each episode before the actual song kicks in. It’s never part of the official song and listening to the song without that riff always felt incomplete for me. Hope you’ll get the chance to hear that part one of these days.
I love The Apothecary Diaries ending, however I also highly recommend doing a reaction to the first opening "Hana ni Natte". It really steals the show musically. One of my favorite openings of 2023
Welcome to the NHK is a story about depression. Of hardship, anxiety and just generally being in a dark place. And while the story is full of humor as well as depression, it's a dark, gallows sort of humor
The story of Welcome to the NHK is mainly about a shut-in NEET main character and his potential and gradual recovery journey with the help of other people. The lyrics of the ending theme is sort of satirical and is about the tragedy of that sort of lifestyle. The lyrics really hit me emotionally since im in that same lifestyle.
mc is the definition of down rock bottom lmao but still the adaptatation(i heard) was very toned down since his franticness is caused by him taking hard drugs. but still, an amazing series
The first song was sang by the voice actress of the little girl in the picture.. Yuki Aoi had a few very manic / crazy songs under her belt. (not sure if they were all anime) And Yuki herself is pretty tiny in real life, the actress, like 4'10" or something - but her voice carries and she is one of the biggest name in voice acting right now.
43:33 "NHK" is a reference to the Japanese public broadcaster "NHK" (Nippon Hoso Kyokai). In _Welcome to the NHK_ the protagonist believes it's actually a secret conspiracy to turn people into shut-ins called "hikikomori", with the secret meaning being "Nihon Hikikomori Kyokai". As anyone who lives in Japan will tell you though, the only conspiracy the NHK is involved with, is trying to ambush you and make you pay television licence fees, *even though you don't watch the NHK, goddammit!*
A TV addict that watches doom and gloom news probably make them shut-ins. With the recent awareness of the societal impact of social media, I'm very curious what the stats are on multi generational TV addiction.
The thing about Ouran's OP (which is one of my favourite of all time, btw), is that the series came out in 2006.If you think about other popular series coming out at the time, like Naruto or FMA, this slightly post-punk "grungy" feeling in the guitar + drum + voice mixing is present there as well. I think it was the influence of how popular nu-metal was within the animé space, and the japanese 'kei' thing that was very popular at the time.
I absolutely adore the Dead Mount Death Play outro, the intro is also very good. The vocalist is actually the voice actor of the girl shown on screen, and is also the voice actor of Rem from Re:Zero. Fantastic show too, in my opinion. One of the most underrated from last year.
I appreciate how eloquently you say that some of these songs are.... "draining" as you put it. Definitely hard to analyze songs and want to critique something when you know that its SOMEONE's favorite. much respect that you still get your true thoughts across
So the thing that is most impressive about the Tanya ED is that the VA is having to sing in the voice of Tanya. Tanya has a very distinct voice from the show and season 2 is the pipeline so we'll probably get another banger.
Kakatte koi yo!! From Megalobox is repeated in the chorus and at the ending, translates to "Bring it on!" Which is super fitting for the boxing anime. I'd recommend giving it a watch!
If you had fun with Los! Los! Los!, I recommend looking up a lyrics video for it. The song, the chorus, and the inserted spoken word sections are an interesting juxtaposition with the music itself.
Oh wow I knew I recognized Tanya's voice, Aoi Yuuki's the same VA as the main character (and the crazy screaming singer in the OP) for the spider anime. The more you know.
All you need to know about "Welcome to NHK" that is original novel basically brought the word "hikkikomori" into a dictionaries, it is a psycologycal drama
WOW so happy Megalo Box is in this video. Truly one my favorites from that season it came out. Hope you get to watch it as well. The ost for it is awesome!!🔥🔥
NHK is great bro, and yes that opening is very fitting for the context of the show. He is a shut in that suffers from paranoia etc, and he sees those little fellas that terrorize him into not leaving his house and making something of himself.
Love to see some megalo box representation. I highly recommend the anime and its sequel it’s got that retro anime style with an amazing underdog story!
I enjoyed the swing groove and piano in the dead mount one(little bias cuz keys is my main instrument 😂), the chill groove and tasteful bass in apothecary one, and the fun hiphop fusion from megalo box. Hadn’t heard any of those b4 either so it was a nice treat. Saga of Tanya was almost too heavy imo, but it was good. OuranHHC was pretty cookie cutter except for that one switch up, and NHK was good but too goofy for me to add to a playlist lol. Great reactions as always! I always enjoy hearing your opinions to see how they vary from mine
give the series "nana" op and ending a try, rolling girls op, black bullet ost "crisis point" ,break blade op "fate" and the ending too, asura crying op (both) and ending, there's so many song out there lol
endings that should be great to react to: - Mawaru Pengundrum: Dear future - coaltar of the deepers - UN-GO: Fantasy - LAMA - Nagi no Asukara: Aqua terrarium - Nagi Yanagi - Tatamy Galaxy: Kamisama no Iu Toori - Yakushimaru Etsuko - xxxHolic : Kagerou - Buck-tick - Gintama: Pandemonium - DOES
Watching Tony appreciate music while being a pro is very reassuring and it feels rather good to watch these kinds of videos as long as they are from Tony
In short, the context of Welcome to the NHK is how many episodes you can watch without depression making you want to jump off a bridge. It has its positive and overcoming message at the end, but seriously, that series is like a knife cutting veins. All the social anxiety, paranoia, social criticism and existential anguish that is shoved down your throat is not easy to digest.
The NHK Ending is actually ingenius (besides just the fact it's a cool song). It fits into the context of the story on multiple levels. The protagonist of the story is an infantilie shut-in, and his main love interest is equally infantile girl with a savior-complex who both, due to their unique circumstances, have been isolated from society and couldn't exactly grow up into normal responsible adults. And the story of the anime basically describes a book-case co-dependent relationship between them. The song is prety much their hymn (more so of the protagonist than the love interest, admittedly). It's so EDGY exactly because that's how the characters see the world. It's lyrics are about how the world is cruel to grown-ups and it's better to stay a baby forever to be loved, as all the babies are loved regardless of their "worth". While also going into the territory of delusions of grandeur (as in "We babies will conquer the world!"), which represents a very common feeling of underserved entitlement baby-adults have in real life. I watched the anime in my early 20s (and read the original novel around the same time too) and it was one of my favorite anime for a long time. Back then all I could think about it was "wow, this is literally me!". All the context described above was completely lost on me. Now, in my 30s, it's very apparent. The finale of the anime feels completely different now. Back then I used to think of it as a "happy ending". But no... it's more like the ending of The Graduate. I still love the anime and the novel to this day, but for very different reasons. Apparently, the author of the original novel wrote it based on his own experinces. And as far as I know, he never published anything else ever since.
Finally some Nakamura Emi here! I'm such a fan of hers, all because of this song. I definitely recommend searching for the lyrics for this song, they are very inspiring. Also, check out some others songs of Emi: "I", "Yamabiko" and "don't". I'm sure y'all gonna enjoy.
I don't know if anyone's recommended this one, but I'd love to see you do "Shall we dance?" by ReoNa (it's the OP for the second season of Shadows House). I feel like it's kind of niche but it's got some fun jazzy bits.
I fucking love welcome to the nhk and I feel like the song perfectly encapsulates what the show is about, it is both serious and weird. I feel like the song is very unique aswell so it has stuck with me ever since I watched the show which makes me really like it for what it is and what it is trying to be
If I'm not wrong the ending to 'Welcome to the NHK' is made by the same artist who has done all of the OPs to 'Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei'. The dude really has the talent of making super weird but same time amazing music.
Never left a comment on any of your videos before but I just got done watching your Bocchi the Rock and Sound Euphonium reactions over on patreon and I cannot recommend enough an anime called Kids on the Slope. It's a short 12 episode drama about an introverted classical pianist in 1960's Japan learning to break out of his shell after discovering a new found love for western jazz. This show is criminally underrated and is genuinely one of my favorite shows of all time. I don't really know shit about playing music but I think it has some of the most realistic and well animated music playing I've ever seen, it's animated by the same studio that did Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, and Hell's Paradise. Anyways, awesome video as always and would love to see you react to Kids on the Slope sometime in the future.
I had not heard the NHK song before but immediately recognized the artist because of the unique sound. The same group did the first and second openings to a fantastic show called Ushio and Tora, and both songs go for a more conventional rock/metal feel but still with their unique sound.
The reason for the ending of NHK being so chaotic is because the show is basically a huge anxiety. It touches upon alot of real world struggles especially with anime culture in Japan and mental illnesses. I highly recommend it as its a crazy mix of Extremely realistic characters and motives but has alot of surreal moments. It'll change your world view
If you have the time, watching tanya the evil may be worthwhile for you. Her voice actor is awesome. (Also does the mc voice for apothecary diaries) which has a good op theme and is really worth watching.
Welcome to the NHK is one of my favorite anime of the last 20 years. I stumbled upon it for cheap one day and gave it a chance. It's crazy, chaotic, funny, sad and interesting. It's fantastic.
To add some additional context to Welcome to the NHK, "NHK" stands for Nippon Housou Kyoukai which means Japan Broadcasting Corporation. It exclusively owns rights to all forms of broadcasting in Japan, making it effectively a state-approved private monopoly. The main character believes that the NHK is responsible for a conspiracy to monitor and control his life, hence the title of the show.
I highly suggest giving welcome to the nhk a try one of these days. I've been watching anime for 5 years and it remains to be one of my favorite animes. One of its strengths in my opinion in particular is their soundtrack. Everything about the soundtrack was tailor-made to fit with the themes present and enhance the viewing experience and I think in general the show simply does what it needs to do at a very high level and it's quite underappreciated for how good it is.
After listening to the 1st ending and jumping to the host club one I was so disoriented. I honestly couldn't wait for the powerchords to finish and then the bridge hit and I could hear the vocals. That's when I started liking the song till the end. I feel if I listen to it repeatedly I'll start liking it more and more lol. Wow then we get hit with Lolite, that was so nice to listen to! I agree with the fact that I would love to listen to more of the instrumental licks but the fact it was just sprinkled here and there also makes me like it. My request is to please check out the Megalobox OST! I'm sure you'll enjoy it and it's so amazing. Perfect for a Boxing anime. I have no words for the NHK ending lol that was an experience. Finally Aina the end loved it, the atmosphere they create gives me chills, but yea overall very relaxing and nice to listen.
Megalobox ending is soo godd i always thought counting in song was kinda representing when someone was ko in anime and ref was counting how much time he has to get up soo cool
Like said in other comments, NHK ni youkosou is about a depressif neet and his hourney to a healthier lifestyle, but also about other mental conditions like schizophrenia, imposter syndrom, saviour/ god syndrome and others.. All these are pottayer throughout the show through the characters and we witness how they interact et evolve together. This anime is also a journey to a simpler mindset, where the characters look back to their roots and what caused them to become like this, to return to more 'innocent' simple state. Thats why the ending is about babies, and weird af with how it sounds
When talking about anime endings Shadows House's must be included - NaiNai by Reona and Masquerade by Claris. And I'd also recommend all of Overlord endings
I would say the second ending of dead mount death play is even better than the first, I think it would deserve a video. But you really need to check out Shangri La Frontier second opening, its nutty good.
Bro, it's very childish, you said it right, the singing is done from the point of view of the main character, a child, that's why the voice is like that, but in her body is a 30-year-old man, that's why the music is so aggressive 😂
I highly recommend listening to the first opening song of Apothecary diaries, it's a great fusion of rock guitar and traditional instruments with some great delivery from the vocalist.
49:20 I'd love to explain the conttext, but it is a hard, and it's also kind of useless The main character is a shut in. But a true, 100% shut in. He watches TV, drinks and smokes, and wastes away all day in his tiny apartment. His parents are paying for this (until the beginning of the show), so he doesn't work, either. He just sneaks out at night (to not have to meet people) to the convenience store for supplies. And this causes some unhealthy thoughts. One part of that is him making up a conspiracy theory about the NHK-a Japanese public broadcast channel. In his mind, the channel's secret goal is to turn people into the kind of man-child that he is, incapable of doing anything by themselves. It's obviously just him passing the blame unto the thing he interacts with the most. So, the theme of the song is basically: crazy person blames the TV for turning him mentally unstable
@@DrumRollTonyReactsHappy to help :) Btw, it's an incredible show, too. Certainly a typical anime, but definitely nothing high-brow either. Just a mix of absurd comedy with some of the realest portrayals of broken humans
I might not have seen Welcome to the NHK in a long time, but from what I remember of it, I definitely wouldn't tag it as "Comedy, Drama, Romance" The "Drama" is doing a lot of quiet heavy lifting there
Tony, you have made me learn to appreciate music is a whole new way these past few months. I highly recommend you checkout the song the song “kishi ou no hokori.” It’s one of the best Melodies I’ve come to appreciate.
Love The Apothecary Diaries, one of those ones that might be an interesting watch for you despite not being music themed. Since you liked the ED, I also recommend Aina The End's ED for The Witch from Mercury season 2, "Red:birthmark". Not as pleasing on the ears, much more electronic and dramatic, but has a lot of cool stuff going on.
apotakery diaris ending seems like the artist took inspiration from anna tsuchia from previous decades , you just can imagine Nana singing that, although not punk enough for black stones :P heavy kuroi namida vibesclean highs and raspy middle
The "Welcome To The NHK" ending is context appropriate. No spoilers here but It is a quite dark comedy. But also Slice of Life, it is about pretty normal stuff, but the fucked up kind of normal. Like smoking 2 packs a day, getting hooked on halucanagenics or porn or living in a place that looks like it's condemned and doing shit that will probably get you arrested kinda normal. One of my favorite shows, with a very (in my opinion) beautiful soundtrack, but it doesn't appeal to everyone for obvious reasons.
I don't know if you'll even see this, but I highly recommend listening to the music from Bungo Stray Dogs if you haven't already! It has some of my absolute favorite openings (especially the one from season 5, Tetsu No Ori) and I think you'd enjoy them!
It would be amazing if you could do a reaction to the Japanese band RADWIMPS! They are most famous for their musical work in anime films such as Your Name and Weathering With You, but they also have an extensive discography outside of that which is a lot of various types of rock. I would HIGHLY recommend listening to Hyperventilation, Tayuta, and Dada. The guitarist and bassist are insanely talented, I think you'll love it!
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you have to listen to the fireforce ending : veil. Beautiful
Tanya's voice actor sung the ED. She's really good!
Have you done all the soundtracks from Full Metal Alchemist franchise
Everything is great to maybe masterpiece nostalgia bias maybe
Opening ending songs everything fantastic
- Mawaru Pengundrum: Dear future - coaltar of the deepers
- UN-GO: Fantasy - LAMA
- Nagi no Asukara: Aqua terrarium - Nagi Yanagi
- Tatamy Galaxy: Kamisama no Iu Toori - Yakushimaru Etsuko
- xxxHolic : Kagerou - Buck-tick
- Gintama: Pandemonium - DOES
This isn't anime related but you need to react to the songs from the adult musical "Hazbin Hotel" composed by Andrew Underburg. They're straight, certified heat.
13:46 actually childish is EXACTLY the word! The main character is a "child" and a evil one at that. Aoi Yuuki is the singer of the ED and the protagonist's VA, so she basically sings in character.
Aoi Yuuki is such an amazing VA. She also voices Lucy in Edgerunners, Maomao in Apothecary Diaries, etc.
@@masterix0 She's my favorite. The fact that her voice can be so versatile, making boyish or childish voices really makes me love her voice acting. Tatsumaki, Hinazuki, Tsuyu, Kino, Boogiepop... She's goated.
That's what makes Los Los Los unique that it's actually Tanya singing the song. Amazing song.
@@masterix0 can never forget her carrying Kumo desu.....
The lyrics of the NHK song are about wanting to be a baby because babies are loved unconditionally.
It fits the theme of the show which is about a depressed and delusional shut-in.
The song sounds humorous and mischievous because the speaker is tricking the adults into loving him and he's really into it.
Fun fact... First ending song was singed by MC voice actress. Same VA in "So i'm a Spider so what?"
Yuuki Aoi is a godess
Fun fact too, aoi yuuki is the va for maomao in apothecary diaries
@@RaEndymion1231 Maomao goat
@@Ele7e damn, i remembered the spider ending was kind of silly by the VA too, never expect that they were the same person
haha noticed it right away because of her iconic trembling
The Ouran ED has an infamous guitar riff that plays right during the ending scenes of each episode before the actual song kicks in. It’s never part of the official song and listening to the song without that riff always felt incomplete for me. Hope you’ll get the chance to hear that part one of these days.
I love The Apothecary Diaries ending, however I also highly recommend doing a reaction to the first opening "Hana ni Natte". It really steals the show musically. One of my favorite openings of 2023
Please!
yeah, personally it's my opening of the season so hope Tony gets to it one day
he reacted to it on a twitch stream a couple months ago
@@edgelord3899 Oh shoot
ye that song is so good !!
Welcome to the NHK is a story about depression. Of hardship, anxiety and just generally being in a dark place. And while the story is full of humor as well as depression, it's a dark, gallows sort of humor
The story of Welcome to the NHK is mainly about a shut-in NEET main character and his potential and gradual recovery journey with the help of other people. The lyrics of the ending theme is sort of satirical and is about the tragedy of that sort of lifestyle. The lyrics really hit me emotionally since im in that same lifestyle.
mc is the definition of down rock bottom lmao but still the adaptatation(i heard) was very toned down since his franticness is caused by him taking hard drugs. but still, an amazing series
bro just get a job lol
bro above me never heard of wee little things like depression or social anxiety lol
@@go_goldeneasier said than done
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Bruh I have a job , I just don't get paid enough lol. I need to find another place to work at that pays more. 😂
The first song was sang by the voice actress of the little girl in the picture..
Yuki Aoi had a few very manic / crazy songs under her belt. (not sure if they were all anime)
And Yuki herself is pretty tiny in real life, the actress, like 4'10" or something - but her voice carries and she is one of the biggest name in voice acting right now.
43:33 "NHK" is a reference to the Japanese public broadcaster "NHK" (Nippon Hoso Kyokai). In _Welcome to the NHK_ the protagonist believes it's actually a secret conspiracy to turn people into shut-ins called "hikikomori", with the secret meaning being "Nihon Hikikomori Kyokai". As anyone who lives in Japan will tell you though, the only conspiracy the NHK is involved with, is trying to ambush you and make you pay television licence fees, *even though you don't watch the NHK, goddammit!*
A TV addict that watches doom and gloom news probably make them shut-ins. With the recent awareness of the societal impact of social media, I'm very curious what the stats are on multi generational TV addiction.
@@BboyKeny This is so off-base it hurts.
The thing about Ouran's OP (which is one of my favourite of all time, btw), is that the series came out in 2006.If you think about other popular series coming out at the time, like Naruto or FMA, this slightly post-punk "grungy" feeling in the guitar + drum + voice mixing is present there as well. I think it was the influence of how popular nu-metal was within the animé space, and the japanese 'kei' thing that was very popular at the time.
The ending for Apothecary Diaries is really good but you missed the opening 1 which is arguably one of the best openings of 2023
The Ouran video didn’t have the intro riff!! 😢 That first riff really makes a difference in setting the tone for that song.
The megalo box ending is still rocking my playlist to this day, it has such a unique sound to it.
I love this song with all my heart and man brings joy to myself. Ending song stole the show for me🥹
Same, I have a few other NakamuraEmi songs in my playlist as well.
I absolutely adore the Dead Mount Death Play outro, the intro is also very good. The vocalist is actually the voice actor of the girl shown on screen, and is also the voice actor of Rem from Re:Zero. Fantastic show too, in my opinion. One of the most underrated from last year.
Inori Minase has such a good voice. 🔥
ik right
I appreciate how eloquently you say that some of these songs are.... "draining" as you put it. Definitely hard to analyze songs and want to critique something when you know that its SOMEONE's favorite. much respect that you still get your true thoughts across
Megalobox ed1 is so gooood. Series has a great ost as well
So the thing that is most impressive about the Tanya ED is that the VA is having to sing in the voice of Tanya. Tanya has a very distinct voice from the show and season 2 is the pipeline so we'll probably get another banger.
Kakatte koi yo!! From Megalobox is repeated in the chorus and at the ending, translates to "Bring it on!" Which is super fitting for the boxing anime. I'd recommend giving it a watch!
If you had fun with Los! Los! Los!, I recommend looking up a lyrics video for it. The song, the chorus, and the inserted spoken word sections are an interesting juxtaposition with the music itself.
Oh wow I knew I recognized Tanya's voice, Aoi Yuuki's the same VA as the main character (and the crazy screaming singer in the OP) for the spider anime. The more you know.
Also maomao in apothecary diaries. Aoi yuuki
Ali Yuuki lmao
@@karamarakamarama lol I fixed the autocorrect once and it reverted back to Ali when I kept typing
Megalo box has such amazing music. I would just put the whole playlist on loop while studying during my college days
I love Ouran, didnt expect to see your reaction. Im so glad
The AiNA THE END song is very nice. I listened to it a lot already. It's very chill.
All you need to know about "Welcome to NHK" that is original novel basically brought the word "hikkikomori" into a dictionaries, it is a psycologycal drama
Megalo box's music is so awesome and the whole show was incredible. Definitely a show i think you'd like if you watch it at some point.
Goated anime, it's sequel Nomad is such a good one aswell
WOW so happy Megalo Box is in this video. Truly one my favorites from that season it came out. Hope you get to watch it as well. The ost for it is awesome!!🔥🔥
NHK is great bro, and yes that opening is very fitting for the context of the show. He is a shut in that suffers from paranoia etc, and he sees those little fellas that terrorize him into not leaving his house and making something of himself.
The creatures are more symbolic than anythung
Thats the Ending song. Opening is very cute
Love to see some megalo box representation. I highly recommend the anime and its sequel it’s got that retro anime style with an amazing underdog story!
I enjoyed the swing groove and piano in the dead mount one(little bias cuz keys is my main instrument 😂), the chill groove and tasteful bass in apothecary one, and the fun hiphop fusion from megalo box. Hadn’t heard any of those b4 either so it was a nice treat.
Saga of Tanya was almost too heavy imo, but it was good. OuranHHC was pretty cookie cutter except for that one switch up, and NHK was good but too goofy for me to add to a playlist lol. Great reactions as always! I always enjoy hearing your opinions to see how they vary from mine
Glad you approved of Nakamura Emi. She needs more shout outs!
How is this guy going for so long without watching kekkai sensen ending. It's the king of anime endings.
Until jujutsu kaisen ed 1 appeared
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@@coheteoslmao no
I absolutely love megalobox, It's one of the animes that I cried the most with the story, i REALLY love it
Honestly the Orchestra version of that Ouran Highschool Host club song is PERFECTION
I'm so happy someone put Megalobox in. You should check out the opening too, absolute banger
give the series "nana" op and ending a try, rolling girls op, black bullet ost "crisis point" ,break blade op "fate" and the ending too, asura crying op (both) and ending, there's so many song out there lol
endings that should be great to react to:
- Mawaru Pengundrum: Dear future - coaltar of the deepers
- UN-GO: Fantasy - LAMA
- Nagi no Asukara: Aqua terrarium - Nagi Yanagi
- Tatamy Galaxy: Kamisama no Iu Toori - Yakushimaru Etsuko
- xxxHolic : Kagerou - Buck-tick
- Gintama: Pandemonium - DOES
Yes to Tatami Galaxy, my favourite if not one of my favourite anime EDs
All bangers! Ty for suggesting these!
Watching Tony appreciate music while being a pro is very reassuring and it feels rather good to watch these kinds of videos as long as they are from Tony
In short, the context of Welcome to the NHK is how many episodes you can watch without depression making you want to jump off a bridge. It has its positive and overcoming message at the end, but seriously, that series is like a knife cutting veins. All the social anxiety, paranoia, social criticism and existential anguish that is shoved down your throat is not easy to digest.
The NHK Ending is actually ingenius (besides just the fact it's a cool song). It fits into the context of the story on multiple levels.
The protagonist of the story is an infantilie shut-in, and his main love interest is equally infantile girl with a savior-complex who both, due to their unique circumstances, have been isolated from society and couldn't exactly grow up into normal responsible adults. And the story of the anime basically describes a book-case co-dependent relationship between them.
The song is prety much their hymn (more so of the protagonist than the love interest, admittedly). It's so EDGY exactly because that's how the characters see the world. It's lyrics are about how the world is cruel to grown-ups and it's better to stay a baby forever to be loved, as all the babies are loved regardless of their "worth". While also going into the territory of delusions of grandeur (as in "We babies will conquer the world!"), which represents a very common feeling of underserved entitlement baby-adults have in real life.
I watched the anime in my early 20s (and read the original novel around the same time too) and it was one of my favorite anime for a long time. Back then all I could think about it was "wow, this is literally me!". All the context described above was completely lost on me. Now, in my 30s, it's very apparent.
The finale of the anime feels completely different now. Back then I used to think of it as a "happy ending". But no... it's more like the ending of The Graduate.
I still love the anime and the novel to this day, but for very different reasons.
Apparently, the author of the original novel wrote it based on his own experinces. And as far as I know, he never published anything else ever since.
I cant believe its kusuriya ending and not the opening XD
Lmaooo
Seriously lmao😂
Its a endings compilation
tbf the ending is great too
yeah 😂
if ouran's ending had that riff in the beginning, it'd be an instant #1
Finally some Nakamura Emi here! I'm such a fan of hers, all because of this song. I definitely recommend searching for the lyrics for this song, they are very inspiring. Also, check out some others songs of Emi: "I", "Yamabiko" and "don't". I'm sure y'all gonna enjoy.
I don't know if anyone's recommended this one, but I'd love to see you do "Shall we dance?" by ReoNa (it's the OP for the second season of Shadows House). I feel like it's kind of niche but it's got some fun jazzy bits.
No way nhk is here
ik man 😨
Top tier choice
I'm waiting for Akachan ningen
I fucking love welcome to the nhk and I feel like the song perfectly encapsulates what the show is about, it is both serious and weird. I feel like the song is very unique aswell so it has stuck with me ever since I watched the show which makes me really like it for what it is and what it is trying to be
If I'm not wrong the ending to 'Welcome to the NHK' is made by the same artist who has done all of the OPs to 'Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei'. The dude really has the talent of making super weird but same time amazing music.
Never left a comment on any of your videos before but I just got done watching your Bocchi the Rock and Sound Euphonium reactions over on patreon and I cannot recommend enough an anime called Kids on the Slope. It's a short 12 episode drama about an introverted classical pianist in 1960's Japan learning to break out of his shell after discovering a new found love for western jazz. This show is criminally underrated and is genuinely one of my favorite shows of all time. I don't really know shit about playing music but I think it has some of the most realistic and well animated music playing I've ever seen, it's animated by the same studio that did Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, and Hell's Paradise. Anyways, awesome video as always and would love to see you react to Kids on the Slope sometime in the future.
I agree with this. Its such a good series and the opening by Yuki is also amazing
I believe the third one is called iolite. It's a kind of gemstone.
I had not heard the NHK song before but immediately recognized the artist because of the unique sound. The same group did the first and second openings to a fantastic show called Ushio and Tora, and both songs go for a more conventional rock/metal feel but still with their unique sound.
Oh, I love Last Alliance!
The reason for the ending of NHK being so chaotic is because the show is basically a huge anxiety. It touches upon alot of real world struggles especially with anime culture in Japan and mental illnesses. I highly recommend it as its a crazy mix of Extremely realistic characters and motives but has alot of surreal moments. It'll change your world view
If you have the time, watching tanya the evil may be worthwhile for you. Her voice actor is awesome. (Also does the mc voice for apothecary diaries) which has a good op theme and is really worth watching.
Welcome to the NHK is one of my favorite anime of the last 20 years. I stumbled upon it for cheap one day and gave it a chance. It's crazy, chaotic, funny, sad and interesting. It's fantastic.
A whole hour? Hell yes!
To add some additional context to Welcome to the NHK, "NHK" stands for Nippon Housou Kyoukai which means Japan Broadcasting Corporation.
It exclusively owns rights to all forms of broadcasting in Japan, making it effectively a state-approved private monopoly.
The main character believes that the NHK is responsible for a conspiracy to monitor and control his life, hence the title of the show.
the entirety of the Megalo Box S1 sound track is amazing
Los Los Los is even more amazing after you've watched the anime. One of the best endings ever.
Great, now I need Welcome to the NHK opening 😩
I highly suggest giving welcome to the nhk a try one of these days. I've been watching anime for 5 years and it remains to be one of my favorite animes. One of its strengths in my opinion in particular is their soundtrack. Everything about the soundtrack was tailor-made to fit with the themes present and enhance the viewing experience and I think in general the show simply does what it needs to do at a very high level and it's quite underappreciated for how good it is.
After listening to the 1st ending and jumping to the host club one I was so disoriented. I honestly couldn't wait for the powerchords to finish and then the bridge hit and I could hear the vocals. That's when I started liking the song till the end. I feel if I listen to it repeatedly I'll start liking it more and more lol. Wow then we get hit with Lolite, that was so nice to listen to! I agree with the fact that I would love to listen to more of the instrumental licks but the fact it was just sprinkled here and there also makes me like it. My request is to please check out the Megalobox OST! I'm sure you'll enjoy it and it's so amazing. Perfect for a Boxing anime. I have no words for the NHK ending lol that was an experience.
Finally Aina the end loved it, the atmosphere they create gives me chills, but yea overall very relaxing and nice to listen.
Wait until he sees the English translation of Los! Los! Los!
So messed up, especially from a child voice.
Nah i miss this content ❤
Please do a multi reaction of Dark Souls/Elden Ring boss OST’s. Don’t sleep on them, they need your expert analysis dear Tarnished!
Thank you much!
Oh dear lord is that NHK?
Megalobox ending is soo godd i always thought counting in song was kinda representing when someone was ko in anime and ref was counting how much time he has to get up soo cool
I'd describe Los! Los! Los! as a commander gaslighting soldiers into throwing their lives away for the Empire
Like said in other comments, NHK ni youkosou is about a depressif neet and his hourney to a healthier lifestyle, but also about other mental conditions like schizophrenia, imposter syndrom, saviour/ god syndrome and others.. All these are pottayer throughout the show through the characters and we witness how they interact et evolve together.
This anime is also a journey to a simpler mindset, where the characters look back to their roots and what caused them to become like this, to return to more 'innocent' simple state. Thats why the ending is about babies, and weird af with how it sounds
in los los los you gotta read the lyrics to make sure you experience it on full
58:20 - take away the "cute factor" you say, eh?
fits perfectly with the MC then~
When talking about anime endings Shadows House's must be included - NaiNai by Reona and Masquerade by Claris.
And I'd also recommend all of Overlord endings
need more endings!
Ngl, I didn't expect the ending to be the thing reacted to for Apothecary Diaries, it's pretty good but it's the first OP that hits
Also, Nakamura Emi is just incredible. She's got some fantastic songs even outside of what she has done in anime.
I would say the second ending of dead mount death play is even better than the first, I think it would deserve a video. But you really need to check out Shangri La Frontier second opening, its nutty good.
Bro, it's very childish, you said it right, the singing is done from the point of view of the main character, a child, that's why the voice is like that, but in her body is a 30-year-old man, that's why the music is so aggressive 😂
The way Tony talks about music I feel like he would really love the music from RWBY
I highly recommend listening to the first opening song of Apothecary diaries, it's a great fusion of rock guitar and traditional instruments with some great delivery from the vocalist.
Man i love welcome to NHK
megalo box opening is low key nuts
Lmfao. I owned the Ouran HS Host Club DVDs and no, no the mix in the video is how the song is.
49:20 I'd love to explain the conttext, but it is a hard, and it's also kind of useless
The main character is a shut in. But a true, 100% shut in. He watches TV, drinks and smokes, and wastes away all day in his tiny apartment.
His parents are paying for this (until the beginning of the show), so he doesn't work, either. He just sneaks out at night (to not have to meet people) to the convenience store for supplies.
And this causes some unhealthy thoughts. One part of that is him making up a conspiracy theory about the NHK-a Japanese public broadcast channel. In his mind, the channel's secret goal is to turn people into the kind of man-child that he is, incapable of doing anything by themselves. It's obviously just him passing the blame unto the thing he interacts with the most.
So, the theme of the song is basically: crazy person blames the TV for turning him mentally unstable
Thx for the info. That's a wild setting
@@DrumRollTonyReactsHappy to help :)
Btw, it's an incredible show, too. Certainly a typical anime, but definitely nothing high-brow either.
Just a mix of absurd comedy with some of the realest portrayals of broken humans
NHK!! one of my favorite anime of all time!
its so criminal that they didn't include the guitar riff in the beginning of ohshc ending
Been waiting for Iolite to show up here. That song is such a bop
I might not have seen Welcome to the NHK in a long time, but from what I remember of it, I definitely wouldn't tag it as "Comedy, Drama, Romance"
The "Drama" is doing a lot of quiet heavy lifting there
for sure
Is psychological story too
Tony, you have made me learn to appreciate music is a whole new way these past few months. I highly recommend you checkout the song the song “kishi ou no hokori.” It’s one of the best Melodies I’ve come to appreciate.
dmdp ending was the only reason i finished s1
Love The Apothecary Diaries, one of those ones that might be an interesting watch for you despite not being music themed. Since you liked the ED, I also recommend Aina The End's ED for The Witch from Mercury season 2, "Red:birthmark". Not as pleasing on the ears, much more electronic and dramatic, but has a lot of cool stuff going on.
He covered it on his patreon in fact.
apotakery diaris ending seems like the artist took inspiration from anna tsuchia from previous decades , you just can imagine Nana singing that, although not punk enough for black stones :P
heavy kuroi namida vibesclean highs and raspy middle
I wonder when we’ll get the latest AOT ending/outro analysis. :)
I think it was called something like, “To you… 2,000 or 20,000 years from now.”
The "Welcome To The NHK" ending is context appropriate.
No spoilers here but
It is a quite dark comedy. But also Slice of Life, it is about pretty normal stuff, but the fucked up kind of normal. Like smoking 2 packs a day, getting hooked on halucanagenics or porn or living in a place that looks like it's condemned and doing shit that will probably get you arrested kinda normal.
One of my favorite shows, with a very (in my opinion) beautiful soundtrack, but it doesn't appeal to everyone for obvious reasons.
You should react to all Dorohedoro endings, those are fire 🔥🔥
The first ending is so GOD
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I don't know if you'll even see this, but I highly recommend listening to the music from Bungo Stray Dogs if you haven't already! It has some of my absolute favorite openings (especially the one from season 5, Tetsu No Ori) and I think you'd enjoy them!
Absolutely recommend anyone to watch Megalobox. It's a great story without being too long.
It would be amazing if you could do a reaction to the Japanese band RADWIMPS! They are most famous for their musical work in anime films such as Your Name and Weathering With You, but they also have an extensive discography outside of that which is a lot of various types of rock. I would HIGHLY recommend listening to Hyperventilation, Tayuta, and Dada. The guitarist and bassist are insanely talented, I think you'll love it!
17:50 hard man