Chargeman Ken! - Opening | チャージマン研！ by Hibari Children Chorus

[@shedjr_]

"Mum can we have anime?" Mum: No we have anime at home Anime at home:

[@barrysteakfriessimp_real]

whats with all these low budget terrible anime having such good music? the music here is pretty sweet and catchy, twinkle nora rock me has some bangers too, it seems like all the budget went on the music and then the producers were like "well sHiT"

[@misery_shun]

I also keep noticing in bad games too(Cheetahmen, Zelda CDI etc.)

[@barrysteakfriessimp_real]

@@misery_shun yeah. the super famicom jojo game had some pretty craptastic gameplay but the musics really good...

[@hakureicirno6059]

Simple, you gonna have something to lure people in.

[@rjd-kh8et]

@@misery_shun Also Sonic 06 and Superman 64.

[@SBaby]

So uh. The music sounds pretty good. But the problem is each track is only about a minute long, and there are about 5 tracks in the show, including this one.

[@supleted]

The show averages 5 minutes of run time per episode, which means you just watched about 20% of every episode all at once.

[@SBaby]

The opening is actually separate from the run time. So if you count it, the run time is actually about 6 to 6 and a half minutes. Again, I don't have any clue how a series does this, but I can only assume it was aired together with other short cartoons of the time.

[@acmenipponair]

@@SBaby Sazae-San up to this day consists of 3 episodes of around 6-8 minutes that get aired in pairs of three each sunday. That's why the episode count number is either around 2600 or around 7800 episodes, depending how you count. It wasn't uncommon in that time to make shorter episodes. But only Chargeman Ken was trying to put one 25m episode into 5 min, while Sazae-san normally only has one small topic per episode

[@T26OG.]

This comment is perfect and underappreciated. Kudos to you-dos.

[@ianfinrir8724]

​​@@SBabyChargeman Ken was created to fill space between the shows the network wanted you to watch. In Japan, breaks between shows are sometimes commercials, PSAs, headline news, or something like this, depending on the network. So Chargeman Ken is literally filler.

[@SBaby]

@@ianfinrir8724 I just find it hilarious that you mentioned PSAs and Chargeman Ken in the same sentence. It's a funny world we live in.

[@azureflame125]

So glad they spent most of the $10 budget for this anime in a catchy song.

[@cellytron]

I’ve never seen such generic lyrics, but the song is pretty high quality

[@SwitchZetto]

There was plenty of them in the 70s

[@HustlerHorstRuediger]

Accurate. 💙

[@tyjax5119]

That’s because the entire budget for the anime went into the opening. Lol.

[@HustlerHorstRuediger]

@@tyjax5119 money well spent

[@captainseyepatch3879]

I mean... It's pretty standard music for the time.

[@FauZhee]

Knowing how old this anime is, I just realized that those children who sang this might already be grandpa & grandma.

[@eren7350]

What if they died lol

[@YourLocalCreature]

@@eren7350 😳

[@ahiruvega1578]

@@eren7350 source

[@luke4090]

​@@eren7350not a matter of if, but when

[@luke4090]

​@@eren7350we can sit here and play what if games all day

[@jasonponciano6823]

oh kenny... what have you done with my recommendation tab...

[@axlmedeiros3432]

Same

[@sushipop1276]

This is one of those shows that was so bad it became a meme.

[@roxassora2706]

It's kind of like the Japanese equivalent nutshack

[@UBvtuber]

@@roxassora2706 Holy shit, i'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought that!

[@williamference9221]

without being irredeemable

[@rjd-kh8et]

@Percy WONG There's a lot on Niconico, in Japanese.

[@shako4907]

its the nutshack its the nutshack its the nutshack

[@Kodaigon72]

Fun fact: Kunio Miyauchi, The guy who wrote this song and the rest of the show’s soundtrack, Also made the soundtracks to Ultra Q, Ultraman, and All Monsters Attack. Basically, What i’m getting at is, How the actual hell did he even end up working on this 💀

[@ramengamer4806]

It's simple, really. Toru Fuyuki, after Ultraseven, put him out of a job, hence why he did this... no, i'm just gonna call it "This". Whats WEIRDER is how everyone working on the show continued to get jobs after this.

[@Kodaigon72]

@@ramengamer4806 I knew about the Toru Fuyuki stuff, But at least he actually got a chance to work at Tsuburaya again in the 70s, Even though it wasn’t for a mainline Ultraman show until 1979. Still, I’m genuinely curious what led him to score Chargeman Ken considering it was a pretty obscure anime, even back then

[@Crystal_Dylan]

These children singing this are likely in their 50’s or late 40’s by now

[@ozgoldebronokia8210]

This show is from 1974, 2 years shy of 50 years.

[@loonardtheloonard]

Hello fellow humans. I am too a fellow human. I see that many people from this internet text section are coming from someone named "Kenny Lauderdale" I was ...ehm, I want to know who that individual might happen to be, and does he share our... * Cough * mine personal distaste of Chargeman Ken

[@heathercalun4919]

"That's the name of our chargeman!" I mean I would assume so. Ken's the only kid I've seen running around in yellow spandex and a space helmet murdering aliens. Are there OTHER chargemen?

[@tyjax5119]

The entire budget for this anime went into the opening.

[@SBaby]

All of the scenes from the opening are clips from the first episode.

[@SBaby]

Every clip from that opening is from the first episode.

[@GamesXanimeX3]

kenny lauderdale brought me here

[@rayy_rat]

GamesXanimeX3 same UwU

[@axlmedeiros3432]

Same

[@MarxasThomas]

Sounds bout right lol

[@abandonedruin]

Thank you for introducing me to the greatest anime of all time, Kenny.

[@ladysilverwynde]

Okay, I've just watched like 20% of a Chargeman Ken episode and I didn't go insane. Do I want to press my luck and try for an entire episode...?

[@SBaby]

Actually about a sixth of one, since the 5 minute episodes on youtube don't include the opening or the closing. But either way, it's still an impressive feat. Make no mistake about that.

[@IndigoPhoenix21]

This is a cool theme, gotta say.

[@PrekiFromPoland]

The last thing you hear before being dropped on an alien spaceship as a human android bomb.

[@starsiegeplayer]

We need a heavy metal cover of this.

[@teslashark]

There might be on Niconico

[@SBaby]

There probably already is. Chargeman Ken has a stage show and a musical.

[@nonamesorry7135]

Okay but this is actually a pretty neat song. Not lyrics maybe but the sound of it.

[@SBaby]

The music's not terrible, but it's the best thing about the show. The looping is awful though, and there are about 5 tracks.

[@Nemesis_T_Type]

There was this episode where 2 Juralians shot lasers and Chargeman Ken just face blocks it with no damage. So he is basically invulnerable.

[@SBaby]

There's also the episode where Ken has a stroke and while his brain is dying, he can hear ticking and uses that to find out that somebody's a robot. Also there's the episode where he pretends to be mentally handicapped in order to get committed to a nut house. I'm not making this up.

[@AlexDraco]

I can't believe such a shitty anime would have such a catchy theme song. It feels as if 99% of the budget went into this opening theme...

[@Alex-wd8en]

It's like watching an unedited episode of Mazinger Z

[@scottydu81]

I swear to god I remember an alternate reality of that thing being called Tranzor Z

[@JanusHoW]

@@scottydu81 Mazinger was its Japanese name, Tranzor its American.

[@danstiver9135]

This is what my boomer parents still think all anime looks like.

[@AAAAAA-hv5qp]

It kinda is. This is an anime.

[@WorlWyrm]

@@AAAAAA-hv5qp What he meant is that this kind of anime is what boomers think how anime looks like, even though it's not.

[@JustfeelinGrim]

I'm sure if this got some sort of remake it might be really good

[@SBaby]

Supposedly Nippon Ichi used Chargeman Ken's design as part of the inspiration for a character in Zettai Hero Project: Unlosing Ranger Versus Darkdeath Evilman (also known as ZHP).

[@winrylust6947]

Kinda a bop ngl

[@jackhandma1011]

Music to my ears. Truly one of the animes of all time.

[@mayomancer527]

where have i heard this before? never watched the anime, im sure i've heard it though

[@Toreadorification]

Pretty common 70es theme. I would not be surprised if it was 99% copied

[@TheDevilfireman]

I keep listening to the violen sections in this song, it sounds REALLY similar to Dr Wily stage theme from Megaman 2

[@johnnymarbles9070]

This theme must be made by those North Korean kids.

[@tyjax5119]

Could you imagine NK soldiers pointing rifles at them behind in the studio during recording like, “get it right this time or you’re dead.”

[@BrandyBrandalia]

The weird thing is that the OP is actually pretty good and standard for Japanese anime/toku openings in the 70s.

[@ShinFahima]

I've heard this song before but I can't place it.

[@superplushtiman7ti075]

I was thinking of looking for the worst anime EVER MADE, and the primary rule is: IT HAS TO MAKE *THIS* LOOK LIKE A MASTERPIECE

[@tentaclesmod]

According to Kenny Lauderdale, is Kentoushi, or something along its lines. Basically an incredibly bad and extremely boring anime that makes chargeman ken look good because Chargeman Ken at least is crazy an makes you look on waiting for whatever insanity is to come.

[@Ammeeeeeeer]

This really reminds me of theme songs from the various Ultraman series, particularly Ultraman Ace.

[@NoLongerUploading-k4y]

its chargin time

[@GoumesGames]

Masterpiece

[@JoeSmoe1]

I love it.

[@anantnarayandash4629]

Feels like this is the inspiration for Action Kamen theme song from Crayon ShinChan

[@ellenjunhae9656]

Wait the song is so familiar sounding lmao

[@bingobazingo9565]

I actually kind of like the show. It’s so shit that it becomes kind of funny.

[@Amarganeitor]

ＫＩＣＨＩＧＡＩ ★ ＶＩＣＴＯＲＹ

[@thelongestname4848]

I felt like i heard this before

[@yinyinyay]

beautiful

[@geymerr8805]

is there a similar beat of this song seems like i heard it somewhere..?

[@cheaterfeet331]

Why do i know this song tho im juss 22 but i know it some how

[@versus_99]

CHARGEMAN KEN VS KAGURA BACHI LESSGOOOO

[@KyoukkTec]

W

[@Hannodb1961]

Am I the only one who though this show would've been a great propaganda film for the Young Pioneers of the Soviet Union? He even wears the red scarf.

[@chinocracy]

Poop all we want on this anime, it's really funny, but its opening song is badass

[@NoLongerUploading-k4y]

the theme of epikness

[@VioletTkvr]

Idk why but when ever I hear this theme I think of like a north Korean propaganda ad. Like the kid voices are one thing, but the way they choreographed this song makes it sound like it would air on a propaganda show. I can't be the only one hearing this right?

[@isaiahclark5651]

0:08

[@LunaMinuna]

This is so nostalgic even though I’ve never seen this The theme btw

[@ilockeyou]

My fave: 0:48

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

Mine too 🕺🏻 🪩💃🏽

[@BlueFrenzy]

It sounds like Alex Kidd :o

[@T26OG.]

¡Fuckin hurray! It's everybody's favorite sociopathic Demigod, Commander Keen on Meth!!🎉

[@nerdmetall]

I'm from Rockman 2 Basic Master

[@zeitok8]

up there among Evangelion HxH or alf

[@SL-cl9gt]

Episode 10: the 3 kens! 😀 The three kens ??!!! Oohhh that’s not good haha uuughhhhh 🤡 😞

[@kanemitsulutz]

buen tema de entrada para un anime tan malo e incoherente

[@Bia-chan]

Masterpiece