High School of the Dead OP is AMAZING

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

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[@eduardotorres6108]

I watch it late middle school since I'm big horror fan so I gotta watch it & I thought it was normal to show 🤣 At least it's very violent & fun to watch which is a balance. On serious note gotta watch old but not to old opening at least like Log Horizon & Btoom. You will love Legend of the Galactic Heroes:Die Neue These.

[@gio87vr]

Someone is going down the "cultured" route, good, good!

[@floofoftheworld]

i dont feel like checking to see if youve done it but if you havent you should listen to jsab (just shapes and beats)

[@manofcultures]

HOTD was actually gem among gold ... it is sad we could not get the full anime .... RIP Satou Daisuke

[@jetman2045.]

They really don't make sniper rifle mounts like they used to...

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

LMFAO

[@hundvd_7]

The shock absorption is unreal

[@tex3781]

Fr😔

[@yellow_flash813]

🤣🤣 bro

[@anonisnoone6125]

Bro 💀

[@futanahriadventures]

Can't believe it's already been 14 years since this banger released, it's one of my favorite OPs for the music alone (also the song "Ripple" from their same EP). The band did a re-release of the same song on 2021, alongside a videoclip, but the OG nostalgia hits harder for me.

[@akari_netsu]

Every time I listen to HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD. It still reminds me that the author has already passed away and there will never be another manga/anime from it. (except if his friend unexpectedly decides to continue the series)

[@ZeroEnfield]

Man, it's such a sad loss.

[@tuanta3962]

The author's hometown got hit by the triple disasters in 2012 so he dropped this manga and stated that he won't making any disaster series in the future then he passed away way later

[@Ikaros---]

Maon Kurosaki, the vocalist for all the ending songs also passed away in 2023. RIP to them both.

[@jkterjters]

It kills me every. Single. Time I think about it. Every time. To be fair it was probably never gonna be that in-depth of a story or some master piece and maybe anyone could whip up a story that sounds better on paper but, goddamn. It just hurts that I’ll never get to see it play out to it’s conclusion.

[@kialovet]

Dang, Tony is already pretty deep in the culture hole and I can't be happier. These anime generate a lot of quality content for memes and "plot" shitposts that when you know you deserved a medal and +2 culture. And Unironically, good-ass music.

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

Yea it was wild for sure

[@Christopher._M]

He's now officially one of us

[@alejandropupo]

Watched this show in middle school and this band became an intro for me getting into Japanese music along with becoming one of my favorites at the time. The intro is so cool!

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

Jesus. Lmao. Who let you watch this on middle school???👀🤣

[@caBr010]

@@DrumRollTonyReacts lmao I also watched this in middle school. Back in the day the internet was like the wild west

[@XCanG]

I have the same story. I don't remember much of it, but I remember music very clearly!

[@Joel-pl5bj]

@@DrumRollTonyReacts Same here. I didn't pay atention to the "plot" at that time

[@NekoBatyx]

I was 15 at the time and I was really into zombies because of the game Left4Dead2. I found the lewd parts weird/funny more than arousing.

[@eduardotorres6108]

The music still impressive til this day & its one of those time that i questioned "why this is not on radio?" back then.

[@sangtum9]

Used this song for my alarm for a hot minute

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

Good ⏰️

[@Ale1sterCrowley]

kisidakyoudan is such a good band

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

I used to live in group home when I was homeless in my teens (bad times). One of the staff was like 50 with grey hair and a huge rock/metal guy. He didn't really know any music after the 2000's so I liked showing him cool bands. Of course he had a bias against Japan like people like that tend to have. Very cutesy, kinda pervy, ect.. I showed him a Live Performance of this band/song and he actually really liked it, he was really impressed. "Oh yeah, these guys can play." I remember it fondly. IDK why Japan gives some of the best music to the really weird shows but it's almost like an X/Y graph of Degeneracy = Banger Songs at this point (it does divebomb near the top thou.) I've found some of the best songs I've ever heard in the worst places (Door To Paradise from Euphoria for example.) I also remember showing my Deathcore friend Hungry Pride by Maximum The Hormone, and he was stunned laughing. "Who would have thought Japan in all places." Japan's not as bad as everyone thinks. They get taken out of context a lot, and honestly I think a lot of the West are hypocrites. The only difference is the weird ones here have shame and/or self proclaimed dignity so they stay hidden, lol.

[@elil.3175]

Aye to the ED mega-video idea!

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

Thank you for watching that far in the video

[@wayangemperor]

Hell yeah! Hollow Man still RULE!

[@fredericabernkastel8354]

Now that you've been introduced to kishida kyoudan I believe it is high time you get into touhou doujin music! doujin music is basically indie music, and touhou doujin music is covers of the video game music from touhou. it is basically an entire subgenre of music and has born many talented artists, similar to vocaloid. Kishida Kyoudan has also done touhou covers at some point! For example, their song "YU-MU", very similar in style to the HSotD opening. Many different music genres have been used to cover touhou, from classical to metal and everything inbetween. As a metal example, take UNDEAD CORPORATION's "Everything will freeze (Instrumental)", or perhaps Draw The Emotional's "We cannot get out of here forever" (I recommend checking out the playlist to the album "Ghost and your heart" as the album plays a prelude to it in a separate track, it's the first one "Endless cycle of rebirth") for metal but less traditional. If you want something more pop, check out Akatsuki Record's "Necromantic". The world of touhou music is huge and varied! I can only recommend looking into it.

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

Sounds interesting

[@userunknownxx1]

The openings for the Gate anime that they did are also great. I have always loved their style, they have a distinct one like Man With A Mission.

[@nizukaid3389]

Dayum!! you are going to watch this anime on Patreon? Imma have to sign up. This and DxD were staple of ecchi anime back in the day.

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

Yea i did the whole thing. I had thought I mentioned that at the start of this video

[@nizukaid3389]

@DrumRollTonyReacts yes u did. Sry i missed that part as I was filling my bo-ah of wa-ah.

[@Siddhartha92]

This OP is so damn beautiful. It invites so many emotions in me. I get hyped, I get happy and also very depressed at the same time. Bittersweet song for a bittersweet show.

[@Kuroyuqiqi]

This anime was my introduction to the band, they made such a banger. Would really recommend checking out their later works such as the OP from Gate and Strike the Blood

[@reinzai5927]

did y'all remember the promise about the second season coming soon screen after the OVA episode ended? yep, it never happen 😭

[@colibri1648]

I really hope you will hear more of this band. Their songs are hard to find but all of them are such gems

[@PotatoRankEX]

Akeboshi Rockets are such a good band. I still remember the Alderamin opening

[@Justtaway]

Kishida never misses😍 I've been listening to this band since the anime first came out, but I never realized just how many instruments are layered into the quiet section at the beginning.

[@Terrivel119]

This is the absolute best song relative to just how bizarre the show is.

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

It's a great song 🎵 👌

[@Terrivel119]

@ I’ve got it as part of an OP playlist. It’s the same deal for me where it took a couple listens to really land, but grew on me.

[@matijamaksan4344]

I agree with great song - bizarre but awesome show. Now, the biggest difference between great song and bad show is Divine Gate.

[@MikeyTheFool]

Unironically one of my favorite anime ever

[@D-TrainzZ]

forever yearning for season 2 😭

[@gioric0458]

​@@D-TrainzZthe author didnt Just stop writing It After 3 disasters hit his hometown...he literally passed away after,so yeah,there Will never be more highschool of the dead Cause the author dead af

[@Terrivel119]

Woah. Glad you mentioned the right channel. I only use one ear bud while working, and it’s usually pretty balanced when in one ear mode, but there’s a lot in missing with this one for some reason.

[@KawaiiNeko-x]

This was one of my gateway anime and I miss it everyday, not come across any anime like it since. A shame it'll never be finished.

[@dracothephantomknight812]

My childhood😭 my unsupervised ass was watching this WAY before I should've been allowed lmaoo

[@sh4pp31]

One of us! One of us! One of us! One of us!

[@HaruhiDream5339]

Highschool of the Dead is kind of like your poster child for early 2000s anime. Every series was trying to be super edgy while putting as much boobs on the screen as possible.

[@holyomega3093]

Basically the best time in anime. Anime were never meant for kids. It was supposed to be an absolute extension of human imagination. And boobs are just the logical conclusion of that.

[@bochibochi9990]

How can it be a poster child for the early 2000s if it's not an early 2000s anime?

[@HaruhiDream5339]

@bochibochi9990 it came out in 2010. Not sure what you are talking about.

[@limear]

@@HaruhiDream5339 "2000s" refers to the decade from 2000 to 2009. Early 2000s more specifically means the first few years, e.g., 2000-2005. Mid-2000s usually means around 2005.

[@luccarossi6525]

@@holyomega3093jesus, this argument broke me TOO hard😂😂

[@smthspshl]

My top 5 all-time favorite openings, in my gym playlist for more than 10 years

[@rafaelalmeida7302]

I think that what generates a different sensation in this music besides everything mentioned is the use of the outside scale, where notes are played purposefully outside the tone of the song, generating a kind of crazy, sinister and spatial effect that contrasts with the tonal center of the song itself, but the way it was done by the guitarists is simply incredible, this is an insane music

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

I think i did a whole section in this video talking exactly about that. I related it musically the zombie correlation The word is 'dissonance' to describe notes that are outside of the tonal center.

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

They got a few good songs. Strike The Blood is also great. The guitarist uses a Power Drill to emulate a laser gun. The Guitarist and Drummer are the best parts of this band for sure. I've seen a Live Drum Solo from him when I was a teen and I still think about it every now and then. And I love the Guitarists insane chaotic noisy energetic style of playing.

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

Lol awesome , sounds like RATM type of stuff

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

@@DrumRollTonyReacts Yeah, I love the really "out of bounds" thinking they adopt when experimenting with the guitar beyond a typical instrument. It can make come crazy mind-bending sounds if you manhandle it the right way, lol.

[@orihara16]

more of this wonderful and energetic band pls 🙏🙏

[@filypa101]

Started re-hearing this song a few days ago, then watched the reaction to Otonoke and KZbin did recommend this 😂 I'm so happy

[@TGD94]

So nostalgic, I remember to hear it all the time in my teenage years and still do no I'm 30 and that song just doesn't get old. Such a nice power up song for me while doing parkour and sports in general and I had really mad sport records in my teenage years while listening to that song and The last pain a Highschool of the dead ending. Greetings from germany, hope you all have a good one

[@tntxgoodin]

God, this takes me back to my early teenage years. Was my favourite anime for a hot minute for very well known 'reasons'.

[@llapadula1234]

One of my manga collection treasures is the hardback full-color 2 volumes of HotD I found randomly at a book store before they went out of print. The series is something I marathon dubbed every Halloween and the OP is never skipped it is such a good song. This series holds a special place in my heart.

[@Zigeuninja]

Finally a reaction to this masterpiece, it's one of, if not my favorite song of all time. Also I feel like the show is actually quite enjoyable if you don't take it seriously, which I don't even think the show does itself.

[@BlueMokke]

I'm glad somehow everyone watched Highschool of the Dead when they were younger 😅 I laughed my butt off, I didn't care for the fanservice back when I watched it. I'm happy you gave the opening a (really big) chance. It was one of the first anime songs that were added to my playlist.

[@KenjaTimu]

I like the fan service more now that I'm older. It's not so distracting. I'm just like oh yeah that looks nice.

[@yellow_flash813]

​@@KenjaTimu just some nice eye candy here and there 😂

[@vailingbow1068]

I wasn't sure if you were ever going to do this! I listened to this and it's on my Spotify and hearing the guitar and everything I thought you'd have a lot of things to say about this! I didn't appreciate this song at first too, but because I was an amateur with music taste and was pretty orthodox. Also I was pretty young. Although I do like verse 2 the most, but verse 1 has quite a lot of things going on.

[@blenderslayer]

Happy to see your reaction to HOTD opening. Every time i play this song on guitar it brings so much nostalgia and joy.

[@RemOrRemi]

FUCKING KISIDA KYODAN?????? MY GOAAAAAATS

[@diegoanthonyherrera9952]

Literally your first word define something of her...

[@OnslaughterEx]

Ah so much nostalgia to hear this. Thanks for the analyss xD

[@pandaeyez]

You should check out the 1st ending song of HOTD also "Kimi to Taiyo ga Shinda Hi" by Kurosaki Maon It's up there among my favorite anime ending songs.

[@mikeisfine]

The ending mega video would be so hype. Wouldn't really recommend the show to anyone unless it's something they're prepared for, but the music is really really good

[@MidoriNoMe_BRT]

I recommend listening to (if you haven't heard yet) the first opening song of Strike the Blood, it's performed by Kisida Kyōdan & The Akeboshi Rockets as well, I think you'll like that too!

[@genchan1224able]

岸田教団&THE明星ロケッツすごくよかったなあ ♬　ichigoさんのパワフルでシャープな歌声が好き✨

[@Ari-ft3lm]

This and Noucome ed is some banger songs that i found in random anime that i watched. So i hope you can take a look at it too (Noucome ed). And anyone remembered it? If not just listen to 20 sec of the song to hear the full version.

[@raiden0801]

Unbreakable machine ending too

[@winterdust9577]

Holy crap it's been while since I've seen that anime pop up

[@life798-p8v]

Definitely should do the end too

[@nanotsuki]

this band always had that 2000 anime vibe song for me. The song they did for the sword isekai anime and strike the blood also had this vibe

[@ethanluke5130]

I really get excited when people hear this opening for the first time. Absolute banger

[@getthemusket3652]

Man Kisida Kyoudan is one of my all time favorites!

[@LasagneTerrence]

Such a cold opening, I remember watching this when I was young and my sister put it on...

[@LikeVapor65]

This anime dude, its my favorite and really is a time capsule to edgy 2010s when zombies were just leaving their peak era. I recommend the criminally short but still tasteful ost that's an homage to In the House-In a Heartbeat. As well as the ending songs unique to every episode.

[@FatalisReigns]

the more i hear this song the more i love it

[@eduardopatraca3272]

There is also a new version with a VM that came out a few years ago for the 10th anniversary i believe

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

I gave it a listen after doing this video. It was awesome!

[@ogmecenate]

@@DrumRollTonyReacts great dude. The new version just brings out more chaos with the guitars, it feels like they can do whatever they want with it, when you just master your songs and do a second version it just sounds like it

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

@@ogmecenate 👍

[@DevDog98]

my favorite part of the whole song is the higher duet at the end of the secord verse before the chorus. i dont know why i just fuck with it and i like that it goes longer than the main voice

[@DrOctavius99]

The band did a remake of this song in 2021. Vocals are a bit different due to age and some of the instrumentation is different including the solo. I tend to listen to both versions. Definitely recommend checking it out

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

I checked it out. Definitely liked it

[@Palinckx5907]

One of their earliest albums, from 2007 is called Gensou Jihen (幻想事変). One of my favorite albums to put on. Got it on LimeWire long ago, lol. Around 30-ish minutes, short, sweet and to the point. Just raw energy from the early stages of the group. Recommend a listen on your free time if you're wanting that energy. It's on Spotify, which is dope. All love

[@silver7215]

When it comes to this band, I will always remember 3 anime openings, HOTD, Strike the Blood, and GATE. Goated stuff

[@wGPersona]

They made a Updated Version for 2021 and it was amazing, you should listen 🎧

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

I checked it out. It was cool

[@qaz_13]

one of my first animes i watched and after years i heard this song on my daily music at work never gets old or boring

[@spear5729]

All my life I thought that my taste in music was weird but watching your videos convinced me that it is really good music

[@danielduarte6802]

It's good! But your taste is still weird/uncommon 🤣

[@crupain]

Already waiting for the mega video 😁😁

[@ronelm2000]

They actually remastered this song recently and it makes it way better than it already is.

[@TheAnimeWeeb]

there's a remastered version of this and the guitar solo is actually pretty different. you should check out it out when you can 👀

[@Richardwho-vv5bh]

HSOTD is peak zombie anime, a masterpiece of story and animation.

[@Nusutto]

Dunno if anyone mentioned this yet but the series is unfinished cause the manga author died during its serialization. Youre seeing a lot of people in the comments who watch/read this while in their early teens cause the series was very popular back then that it was almost mainstream in community

[@turbosnail6119]

I haven't watched Tony in a while. What the hell did I miss? Tony and HOTD? HUUUUUH??? And it sounds like he's watched the show? Where? I don't see anything on Patreon other than that he finished it back in November. I would love to rewatch the show for like the 4th time but seeing his reactions along the way this time. Regardless, I love HOTD as ridiculous as it is. It's such a fun ride. But to get back on track here, obviously the OP here is fantastic but still to this day, if I ever hear the first few seconds of the first ED, I get chills. For being the kind of show that it is, HOTD had no right to have such an incredible OST overall but it did and incorporated them so well. It's why I love the show, it does so many crazy things but somehow manages to balance it all into a cohesive whole.

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

LOL yeah the community came up with a cringe tier on Patreon. We did all of HSOTD. Now we are on Konosuba

[@ayligerwolf]

There's a live version of this song and holy balls is sooo much more awesome!.

[@korelore8841]

Their was a Touhou fanmusicians. Thats why they have quality 💞

[@uncleclaps44]

HOTD is another one of those animes with different ending theme songs but the first one really sticks out for me. must be the first impression.

[@LongXue]

truly the best zombie genre anime that actually feels 'horror;... most zombie anime are all gimmicky or more comedy than horror, this is the only anime where if you remove the ecchi scenes you will still watch it because of how scary the zomies were, like encountering one of them is already scary, and they don't need to create variant/special zombies which will make normal zombie look weak and not dangerous.

[@XCanG]

~2010th was a gold era of anime, so many cool titles from that time. And this track is particularly memorable. I forget a lot about this anime, but I imprinted this song in my mind. Aside from HSOD I am also recommending you both watching anime and reacting to OP/ED of Soul Eater, it was also from that time and have banger music. - in this one probably many people would be interesting to see reaction, but, honestly, I would personally recommend to watch on your own Casshern Sins. It is a hidden gem, not many knows about it. And opening Aoi Hana by Color Bottle is a song I still remembering from time to time. And it have memorable insert song "A Path".

[@tomtombak.]

this anime is actually really good but the amount of fan service they put in this anime is CRAZY. but yeah it is technically an ecch* anime

[@Cryptic_Satyr]

ngl from what i remember (its been a while) it was 1:1 with the manga

[@flafel5510]

i just hope next song will be this - ただ凛として, thats my favorite song of this year, i listened it for 478 minutes, this song is masterpiece

[@MiguelHernandez-mp2bw]

I have completely erased this song from my memory, in art because I didn't really liked the anime but now that I hear it again I remember why I had this song in my playlist, I would put it back again after this.

[@patrick-jm4ij]

Pls react to Ergo Proxy opening, its so underrated and so good 🙏

[@fireaza]

COME AND SAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE MEEEEEEEEEEE!

[@SquirtleSquady]

Akebosi Rockets are an S tier band

[@_callahan613]

Great breakdown of it all, but the one thing I wish you mentioned that you missed (but just may not be your focus) is how the song, both in the singing and the instrumental, conveys the emotions of the series so well of everything being gone, but still struggling to move forward, even if it's violently. The bits of peacefulness in the instrumental emphasize that

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

That's true. It definitely has that feeling during the bridge 🎵🎶 I mentioned the musical side of that but not the connection to the show as it's a common method of diversion from the structure to the song. Ie, most bridges do that in music so it wasn't super indicative of a plot connection.

[@Teriyakikuma]

Highschool of the Dead has a different ending for each episode, and many of them are incredible bangers, worth checking out on your own time 🙏🏻

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

18:03

[@sidyT9]

The first ED is such a fucking banger I love that song

[@hashfulgham270]

absolute bangers by Kurosaki Maon. RIP!

[@Vendrix86]

the soundtrack for this anime is great. It's also the only anime I know that used different ending themes for all episodes and it's the same singer. Pretty unique. Megavideo would be great.

[@TheDobby_]

It would be interesting to see your perspective on Re:Creators op 1: gravityWall from Sawano Hiroyuki, Tielle & Gemie! (Also, the anime is pretty damn good too!)

[@暇人-t6j]

All 12 different endings are also fire as hell. The OST in this anime is nuts, very rare multiple OST and almost all of them are fire which is more rarer in combination.

[@aedyl4231]

the fact this was released 14 years ago

[@danielnaumov7974]

For me its sounds like its raw. Like they just recorded it and overlayed everything and said here you go. Which sounds awesome.

[@AndarilhoMarco]

I love this song and intro so much.

[@axolotllover4848]

I have a few suggestion after seeing your recent video being about the vocaloid song Roki. Do you reckon you could listen to one of these? Dizzy Paranoia Girl (VocaloKat) Bake No Hana (Ghost Flower/Flower of Transformation) (Nightcord at 25:00) Lagtrain (INABAKUMORI) OTHER SIDE (Staircatte) Had It All (Anh Duty)

[@PetarBladeStrok]

I LOVE this song.

[@AkahigeNoAmo]

very fitting tune for HotD, though I didn't watch the anime, only read the manga. I assume they cranked the "extremes" up even more XD probably a really nice reaction run for your patreons XD

[@ErikBroander]

I only ever watched the first episode or two of the show when it came out, but this song is absolutely great

[@maciejgadek5119]

I hope we can see Frederick oddloop in your channel ❤// EDIT: Haven't seen that you saw my comment, I won't be spamming anymore haha, keep up with amazing content! I'll wait patiently xD

[@kanataari3712]

You should try their other works as well, like every opening of strike the blood, opening of both season of gate jietai, alderamin, etc and fun fact the vocalist ichigo is also the one who sing for the first season of jojo part 6

[@fishdinnersh]

I absolutely love this band their favorite song of mine recently is Eight Beat Berserker

[@TETGFF]

Another banger by Kisida Kyodan & The Akebosi Rockets is Sirius (only on YT) - the opening to Sirius the Jaeger

[@pitipuziko3555]

I don't know if I am right, but I like that feeling as if the first verse was made the same as he second verse, THEN they removed certain parts of it to turn the first verse into that wobbly, spread and multidirectional piece of melody to make you a bit confused and wondering what it is for. And THEN in the second verse they bring layers back, creating that central pole supporting the melody (like that left side guitar) and you feel yourself like in that "Drake helps Lil Yachty with the laptop" meme. P.S. And I specifically like everything happening with that slightly silenced guitar groove on the right side. Like the guy is just enjoying himself on the background picking strings.

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

That's very possible. That would be an easy fade from an engineer standpoint. The artist pov makes me think no but who really knows. Cool effect was achieved 🎵🎶

[@bishopwerst]

Ohhhhh!!! HE FINALLY DOING THIS OP!!! YESSSSS

[@JosefGreenNalu]

That intro killed me 😂😂😂 check out Fairy Tail opening 21 believe in myself by Edge of Life Unfortunately the band disbanded in 2017 😢

[@UK-xg8ku]

思い出の曲をありがとう…

[@victordelfin3073]

Here to remind you at the end of this year to listen to The Gravity (Asuka Theme) again as you wished :D Love your reactions btw man!

[@KaitouDandy]

I would love it if you did a video on Sayonara End Roll by Eve. it's a REALLY amazing and unique masterpiece that released recently, and it's quite different from Eve's usual style

[@TwilightWolf2508]

One of the first anime i ever watched. The tiddy matrix was truly an iconic moment ill never forget But yeah this song is great, nd it has some great ending too. Iirc my fav ending was The Last Pain.