This opening really grew on me over the course of the series. There's something haunting about Japanese lyrics mentioning a "marvelous mushroom cloud in the sky".
@BenHopkins1000 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the atom bombs left a lasting impression
@AloneInWonder2683 Жыл бұрын
Don't start what you can't finish. All n all The west rebuilt them and now they're better then before.
@erenyeagerist76815 ай бұрын
@@BenHopkins1000 but you muricans enjoyed that. Drop the pretenses
@Korksbebig3 ай бұрын
@erenyeagerist7681 Wtf are you talking about? You know nothing about people then if that's your assumption. Be educated, not the trash you've enjoyed laying in.
@jessekukendall92733 ай бұрын
@erenyeagerist7681 it was either that or a fight to the last person when it came to war with Japan at that time in ww2. They were willing to fight till last woman, child or elderly
@Lucasmvpkmn6 жыл бұрын
The message of this anime is really interesting, specially the part about people's desire to escape reality when it proves too much to bare. Shonen Bat is a kind of scapegoat people use to avoid facing reality.
@dextershelby57803 жыл бұрын
Hello, I know this comment is old. I haven't finished this anime yet. But my perception of anime is that people had something like a mental clarity, that they can get out of the mental prison they were in. Something like the concept of meditation, clear your mind and let go of the problems that your mind creates. By less, this is my opinion about the anime in the beginning.
@SirTeflon3 жыл бұрын
@@dextershelby5780 Again, sorry to drag up this old thread, but you're kind of right but also missing the core theme. Lil' Slugger isn't offering escape. He's offering illusion, a false hope. Sinking into delusion rather than facing reality and moving forward. There's also a whole thing about him and Maromi being the same primordial being who rises and ebbs over time, returning as humanity refuses to accept accountability as a whole and starts looking to "easy answers", but that's a WHOLE other thing.
@dextershelby57803 жыл бұрын
@@SirTeflon You're right.
@Riderdude963 жыл бұрын
@@dextershelby5780 p pool OO OO ólooolo9loóóó lol okoio ok pp ok upppopplpl
@delete---75932 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry but need sometime I to escape from reality not because I wanna face it but because I need a break from it. 🤔😑🖕.
@sashasahasrahla68522 жыл бұрын
To anyone wondering what this song is actually about: Susumu Hirasawa was writing about life after depression and anxiety. The song is portraying a return to form. It's a tad difficult to read into with translated lyrics. Essentially, there are drastic and dramatic events detailed in the lyrics (mushroom shaped clouds, birds feeding on bodies in the alley on an afternoon, large vapor trails, tidal waves, avalanches). These more negative or worrysome lyrics are countered with lines about remembering good things about life (I shall walk with you holding your hand while we smile, see the voice saying "it's all over" drowned in the wind, I shall talk to you on the grass in the sunlight, See our dreams are blossoming on the lunch bench). So what's being said here is that although bad things have happened and we keep our anxiety about these things, we must push forward with our good intentions, we must conclude with our dreams not put on hold, we must entertain ourselves and live a happy life or we will drown in potential sorrows of the past, present, and future. It's a song about optimism, change, and dreams in the face of crisis and anxiety/depression. At the end of all this we can sum it up by saying: The Dream Island is where we want to be, where we want our mind to live with our happiness, but we stick ourselves in an Obsessional Park and get dogged down by our own internal mechanisms, fears, and depressions. Go to the Dream Island.
@isshishiroorderofgoldenkit35502 жыл бұрын
Not really
@cineminha60252 жыл бұрын
that's really really beautiful
@C0ttageChees2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this
@TheCheerLifeForeverKromie2 жыл бұрын
ty for the explaintation. I do curious about the meaning. but couldn't caught the message much.
@meegz149 Жыл бұрын
Sasha Sahasrahla I should slap you for leaving off sama off the Hirasawa-sama's name.
@naruhina9tails309 жыл бұрын
In Loving Memories of Satoshi Kon and His Amazing Work of Anime Series, Anime Movies and Manga Volumes. October 12, 1963 - August 24, 2010
@elidagdagan27807 жыл бұрын
Animefreak 4ever!! He will always be remembered for his great work.
@naruhina9tails307 жыл бұрын
Eli Dagdagan May Be Gone But Not Forgotten...
@lunareclipse-7 жыл бұрын
I'm still so salty and sad
@Blad3sofWaR6 жыл бұрын
He died too soon. He had so many Fuckeries to give in Anime. RIP Sir, you deserve it
@lorenadavila55804 жыл бұрын
Speaking of his work, my favorite anime was Tokyo Godfathers. It used to be shown on Starz Cinema and it was with English subs.
@Asgard31410 жыл бұрын
I shotgunned this entire anime in a day. Never have I absolutely enjoyed everything about an anime. Everything, from its opening/closing, to its deep and beautiful story, to the design and pacing, and even the "Next episode" sequence at the end. It was pure ecstasy.
@hagan18877 жыл бұрын
Asgard314 I did the same
@Chameleonardodavinci6 жыл бұрын
Yes! Love the punpun icon!! You are clearly a person of discerning taste!! Tinkle tinkle hoy~✨
@aminrosli97445 жыл бұрын
@@Chameleonardodavinci oyasumi punpun still hurts till this day
@apeapeape9995 жыл бұрын
it's really a masterpiece
@clivehandforth35315 жыл бұрын
G g god what are you doing here
@DoctorCapitalist12 жыл бұрын
This anime kind of hit close to home. I remember being such a procrastinator back in high school. Work kept piling on top of me and there would be no way for me to finish them on time. I just hoped that I would fall ill so that I could catch a break.
@tomaspraestholm10 жыл бұрын
The song is Dream Island Obsessional Park by Susumu Hirasawa... in case anyone's interested.
@TheRedHairing4010 жыл бұрын
Were Satoshi Kon and Susumu Hirasawa close friends? Or where they close acquaintances?
@TheRedHairing4010 жыл бұрын
cat-fu?
@taniaglezr848 жыл бұрын
And what's the name of the ending?
@EyelessRaven6 жыл бұрын
+Tania Glezr (La chica del ukulele) Maromi no Rheme.
@EyelessRaven6 жыл бұрын
+DollFac3 Harlequin Theme
@TheCSJones10 жыл бұрын
"I laughed at the "Attention, your computer isn't freaking out" warning.
@fixinman5 ай бұрын
10 years later and it's still funny.
@theedwardian8 жыл бұрын
Mass hysteria, this anime is more relevant today than ever.
@zxtant37958 жыл бұрын
He knew
@MCCanaryVideos8 жыл бұрын
relevant 20 years ago, 10 years ago, today, and probably in the future still it is one of the best shows I've seen with regards to social analysis and the way ideas gain strength over time through social warping I still think my favorite part of that show was how well they portrayed the idea of "Shonen Bat" remaining an idea that became stronger the more people exaggerated his existence he existed because other willed him to exist, not because he ever actually had any power to begin with when I think about it like that I think the same thing could be said today with a lot of things, and that things have always been like this. It is a terrible consequence to human society.
@Voidroamer7 жыл бұрын
was this comment posted before trump? :O
@AbsentWithoutLeaving7 жыл бұрын
And even more so one more year on.
@evanrussell99466 жыл бұрын
It's a timeless message. It'll always be relevant.
@natandiaz29115 жыл бұрын
Satoshi Kon was truly the David Lynch of Japan Rest in peace you incredible man. 1963-2010
@locho414 жыл бұрын
David Lynch was the Satoshi Kon of USA
@oneiroagent2 жыл бұрын
@@locho41 Lmao, exactly
@cinematicblade Жыл бұрын
@@locho41 lmao YEAH
@ian-wx3zt4 ай бұрын
NO WAY HES DEAD??
@natandiaz29114 ай бұрын
@@ian-wx3zt unfortunately 😔
@zeroskillz9010 жыл бұрын
RIP Satoshi Kon, may your art be remembered.
@alicelost70676 жыл бұрын
This is a musical masterpiece - it really succeeds in capturing the mood of the show. The fast, and painfully relentless and continual industrial-electronic drum beat, like the sound of someone scraping a baseball bat across the rails of a gate, brings about a sense of being chased by something you cannot bare to face as you flee in hysterical denial, or the frantic flickering of disorganised thoughts through the brain during a panic attack or stressful episode. The surreal opera samples and bird tweeting bring about a sense of auditory hallucination in a troubled and mentally damaged mind during an episode of stress or trauma in life. Finally, the chorus with the "AAAAHHHHH" section stays solidly within the major key, despite the other frantic and somewhat terrifying percussion and sound effects - this really solidifies the sense of total denial in the face of a pursuing terror, as the major key is typically associated with happiness, which is at great contrast with the aforementioned and rather dark imagery. Seriously, a 10/10 choice for the opening music of this show.
@codyfaile5353 жыл бұрын
I need to revisit this comment every time.
@assassinoid2 жыл бұрын
This opening song also was made like that because anime was aired during night time, to keep people awake The ending on the other hand, was calm to make people sleep
@LassBisharp Жыл бұрын
I didn't even notice the birds until you mentioned them. What did you do to me?!
@GlitchyWitch38810 жыл бұрын
This anime sticks with you for years.....like seriously its that mindblowing.
@WaffleLord1092 жыл бұрын
I second that lol watched it on adult swim in 2004 when I was way too young to watch this one. Scarred me for a couple years and has a dear place in my heart, as twisted as that sounds lol
@oneiroagent2 жыл бұрын
Still there?
@GlitchyWitch3882 жыл бұрын
@@oneiroagent I will never forget paranoia agent
@oneiroagent2 жыл бұрын
@@GlitchyWitch388 Damn bro
@Vailskibum3 жыл бұрын
2020 be like
@vividvoodoo73233 жыл бұрын
Should i watch this anime? Is it like evangelion
@gabrieletuzzato73003 жыл бұрын
@@vividvoodoo7323 No, it is not. But it is a must-watch if you like psychoanalytic/dremalike/sociological thematics.
@vividvoodoo73233 жыл бұрын
@@gabrieletuzzato7300 bruh is there anything like evangelion anywhere? Anything?
@gabrieletuzzato73003 жыл бұрын
@@vividvoodoo7323 it depens which elements of Evangelion are you searching for. The specific mix is almost impossible to find at the same quality. For exampe, RahXephon is similar but it is only a sufficient production (imho).
@vividvoodoo73233 жыл бұрын
@@gabrieletuzzato7300 lets Check it thanks Buddy
@NoxAtlas3 жыл бұрын
Perfect song for people who laugh even though they want to cry but can't stop laughing hysterically.
@starrynightfall004 жыл бұрын
Glad to see I'm not the only one thinking of this song after the shit show of a year the world has been having 😂
@robmayer51344 жыл бұрын
Wheres lil slugger at? He gonna be busy af
@SupremeKaiRich4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@stephenhernandez3113 жыл бұрын
O-O! 😂😂😂😂😂😱😱😱😱😱😵😵😵😵😵
@NonCanonGanon3 жыл бұрын
Raa-eee-yaa Ra-ra-e-yo-ra😂 A magnificent mushroom cloud in the sky 😂
@evanleclair113310 жыл бұрын
Its just not the same without the laughing people Still a great OP
@ピート-q1e6 жыл бұрын
Evan LeClair お
@23Scadu7 жыл бұрын
Susumu Hirasawa is wonderful.
@destinyblade11676 жыл бұрын
StraightOuttaJarhois I was today years old when I found that out
@adankmeme6515 жыл бұрын
@@destinyblade1167 what about satoshi Kon? the creator?
@xxtalzixx10 жыл бұрын
**Falls over after being hit with a wave of nostalgia**
@marianasantos87249 жыл бұрын
xxtalzixx Thought you were falling over after being hit with a baseball bat.
@JAlchemist9 жыл бұрын
Mariana Santos golden curved baseball bat. :D
@D2PoB9 жыл бұрын
"Don't worry about the little things like tidal waces, or the water rising around your feet." part of the lyrics to the song. thought it fit to your comment.
@Potatoslice6 жыл бұрын
still laughing.
@helios10876 жыл бұрын
maniacally
@haniwadog7 жыл бұрын
Kon's visuals combined with Hirasawa's ethereal soundtracks created the best anime films I've ever seen. I feel like there was so much more they could have done together. Satoshi Kon will always be my hero and inspiration
@jellyfishbeans949 жыл бұрын
u guys see the bat kid shadow on the dog?
@sadjiraigirl8 жыл бұрын
+Crazy Crown lol
@phantasmicyouth8 жыл бұрын
+Mak CK Fuck, I do now.
@gumbiman33508 жыл бұрын
+Mak CK There's a reason for that :) Good old symbolism.
@ImGazu8 жыл бұрын
Well now that I just did I can't unsee it
@bree23348 жыл бұрын
+Mak CK "bat kid"
@inactiveaccount352410 жыл бұрын
Mindfuck...Mindfuck everywhere...
@mugiwaraboshi3710 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@JordyAnimations10 жыл бұрын
Holy shit I'm triping out wtf!!!!
@theanchorshat5858 жыл бұрын
+Eva Gima Satoshi Kon: WELCOME TO MINDFREAK!
@aminrosli97446 жыл бұрын
which is more mindfked this or Serial experiment lain, i watched lain but u havent watch paranoia agent
@prinnygod10736 жыл бұрын
Amin Rosli let's all love lain!
@AloisAgos9 жыл бұрын
Anyone else laughing maniacally?
@AloisAgos9 жыл бұрын
Emmy Nyan Just referencing the opening animation Emiri-kun.
@chiidoriarisato51658 жыл бұрын
:D
@sarahpdraws98158 жыл бұрын
meh xD
@dillon101218 жыл бұрын
gotta do it in rhythm though
@marshmallowbudgie8 жыл бұрын
(cackles and tips headfirst toward the cityscape a few thousand feet beneath)
@mar35962 Жыл бұрын
''a magnificent mushroom cloud in the sky'' is one of the greatest lyrical masterpieces i've ever witnessed
@galonEagle12 жыл бұрын
8 years since, and this is still a trippy masterpiece
@彡彡-k2h4 жыл бұрын
^15 years since, and this is still a trippy masterpiece
@koppkatt11 жыл бұрын
Maromi and Shounen Bat are still out there and always will be, but thanks to this anime a few of us may have learned to recognize them and keep them in place.
@Red_Acolyte_Hashut2 ай бұрын
Столько лет прошло, а опенинг аниме "Агент Паранойя" до сих пор заставляет вибрировать фибры моей души... И мне это нравится)
@The__Creeper9 жыл бұрын
Satoshi Kon was a crazy man.
@televikkuntdaowuxing8 жыл бұрын
And a genius
@televikkuntdaowuxing8 жыл бұрын
And he was bae too
@Motofanable7 жыл бұрын
No, he was one of few, who has saw the truth of Japanese society.
@hobmonger52755 жыл бұрын
Thin line between genius, and madness!
@snowbrad67684 жыл бұрын
And a legend.
@jeanmathew96710 жыл бұрын
This song has a very sad message, but a great song indeed, great anime.
@AdrianDDM9 жыл бұрын
and what is that sad message?
@jeanmathew9679 жыл бұрын
Read
@wisherofsnowdays6 жыл бұрын
Jean Mathew Read what?
@Yoshikage80086 жыл бұрын
Take responsibility for your actions and face reality. Thats the message.
@dubby15673 жыл бұрын
@@Yoshikage8008 not so sad
@Kreiser_VII6 жыл бұрын
This song became my song of the summer, something about the happy singing, the singing birds, the instruments and choir, it all feels to me like a cry of freedom as you jump outside the school, not a cloud in the sky, fresh air blowing in your face, no more classes, you run to your home and fall on your bed where you float into endless relief.
@ieetu89810 жыл бұрын
this anime was so incredible mind blowing i really need to return to it and figure it out one day...
@Myerp11710 жыл бұрын
paranoia causes us ot do the strangest things. is what i think.
@ieetu89810 жыл бұрын
Alex Nichols I thinks its a bit more than that but its a beginning. I want an english thesis understanding of this show man
@Asgard31410 жыл бұрын
Vriska Serket It isn't too complicated. It's just the shear depth and power of its symbolism that is AMAZING. A good starting point would be trying to figure out the connection Marumi and Shounan Bat in the public consciousness, and perhaps how Shounan Bat is perceived by each of the characters.
@Magnosummit10 жыл бұрын
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER (read at your own risk if you have not yet watched the entire series) Lil' Slugger was meant to represent a social phenomenon; whether he was physically attacking others or just existed within their own minds is up to you to decide (it could go either way). What one of the other users here replied about the media and spreading of rumors, etc. is a big part of it as well. One of the episodes has Maniwa (younger detective) tell us that paranoia nurtures him [Lil' Slugger] and that one must not speak of him, think of him, etc. Lil' Slugger manifests himself in the lives of people who feel emotionally cornered and want an easy way out. Maromi was to represent the opposite of Lil' Slugger, another concept brought to life by the acknowledgement of the people, that offered many a way to retain their sanity throughout the harsh reality they may face. Toward the end, Lil' Slugger runs rampant because Maromi is absent and cannot check his growth (the rise of despair in the common folk). Point: don't look for an easy way out to deal with your life's difficulties because it does no good to do so in the long run. Now, lastly, apply these ideas strictly to Japan for an even more in-depth analysis, as it is much more applicable to the stress of life there. Sorry for the long response.
@ieetu89810 жыл бұрын
Magnosummit Thats an interesting view of it thankyou : >
@VictoriaStobbie10 жыл бұрын
Fairwell Satoshi Kon and your mesmerizing editing...
@VictoriaStobbie10 жыл бұрын
***** Thanks :D
@JonasNybacka3 жыл бұрын
the virgin lil slugger vs the chad shonen bat
@chatnoire75944 жыл бұрын
Paprika, Perfect Blue and Paranoia Agent... my favorite works of Satoshi Kon.
@pheenix428 жыл бұрын
Have this played at your graveside, and leave everyone wondering!
@LightswrathUltimatum8 жыл бұрын
Im sure they will say: " This guy, is he a psychopath? He must of deserved to died!" As i rise from my grave and turn the world into the eclipse from Berserk.
@luxbledstone7 жыл бұрын
Alonzo Branson if this is played at my grave side I'll definitely come back as little slugger and beat the ever lovin shit out if those who have scorned me.
@KonoNana7 жыл бұрын
have this played on your funeral and i'll show up laughing
@Shogunelite7 жыл бұрын
Laughing in your grave?
@SoljaVuoriranta6 жыл бұрын
Sure, if Bato tells me to do that I will.
@haiyo72458 жыл бұрын
Such a good song, would expect nothing less from the man who made Forces
@dn86017 жыл бұрын
hahaha splat dude I love this song , you are talking about berserk's forces right ?
@mojotheaverage6 жыл бұрын
Two of the greatest soundtracks ever
@chinchin94976 жыл бұрын
zed pup late reply but the mans name is Susumu Hirasawa
@Homophonic3 жыл бұрын
Forces?
@zero99053 жыл бұрын
@@Homophonic berserk
@kylemichel30068 жыл бұрын
That bird sound just puts a smile on my face!!! AHHHHH!
@四季朝6 жыл бұрын
I get the feeling that this song signifies a certain hypocrisy that lies within the human soul. We have created weapons capable of wiping the entirety of the human race out completely, murdered millions in death camps, and done some of the most unfathomably cruel things to one another, things that can only be described as pure evil. But now that the worst of it is over, we can act as if it never happened. It is like we are drinking tea and having a nice talk with a friend, after a brutal murder. How easily we forget, and lock up our emotions? I am talking about humanity as a whole. The song encapsulates this beautifully in the opening; Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra a magnificent mushroom cloud in the sky Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra on an afternoon of small birds eating feed on a path
@princessthyemis4 жыл бұрын
wow, you're right..
@georgem69834 жыл бұрын
@Van H. @Van H. Nope, our species did the damage time and time again throughout history, in a brilliant display of mass hysteria and mass murder. Picture yourself in an old Germany, listening at chancellor Hilter saying that you are superior, while yourself having no better education and perhaps even an ounce of national pride or just pride.. Maybe you'd be an exception, there were exceptions, but maybe not. That's all it took to convince weak logiced people, exploiting loopholes in the human psychology to begin a mass murder along with extraordinarily crazy behavior against other humans (death camps, Dr Mengelle) with a death toll of 50 million people.. It's easier than you think, and it has been repeated before many times. Just hope it won't repeat again now in the nuclear age.. Powers that be are very sick, with a mindset of "if I can't have it, no one will". It's easier than what you'd think. And it's a "we". Since fanatized people are doing all of the killing.
@cerberus11664 жыл бұрын
@@sidewinder1209 i agree. But i personally if faced with violence will respond in that exact manner. But does that qualify me as evil?
@cerberus11664 жыл бұрын
@@sidewinder1209 i have seen. Its pretty scary. And ive seen alot of absolutely atrocious shit. On video. I didnt go into it too deep into 731. That's how fucked up i feel that is. Ive kinda gotten more soft in my older age. (Im not old. Below 30) but i use to not have as much empathy as a younger lad. So that may not have bothered me back then. But i also dont feel it is evil to defend yourself either. But i kinda wanted confirmation.
@四季朝4 жыл бұрын
Wow i forgot i wrote this comment, well said past me
@ShutterSnapped6 жыл бұрын
This show came on at a very harsh time for me and it's forever been imprinted in being this surreal nostalgic memory. So glad it turned out that way.
@roymustang21617 жыл бұрын
This anime was so ahead of its time. Imagine if it came out today
@nethanbabes8 жыл бұрын
this song gives me anxiety lol
@s-saad74017 жыл бұрын
one hit from the shounen bat and there will be no more anxiety
@Blad3sofWaR6 жыл бұрын
No, seeing people laughing who are in Death Like situations causes Anxiety
@lamichael86594 жыл бұрын
You mean Paranoia
@megapants4449 жыл бұрын
*laughs while underwater/falling from the sky/standing in traffic*
@Blad3sofWaR6 жыл бұрын
megapants444 Laughting when nuke goes off, stuck in the mountains, destroy their house, eldery laughing with chances of falling off the table.
@Aliece5915 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the nuke!
@tatermister50455 жыл бұрын
I read that as "Laughs while wearing underwear"
@someguy60465 жыл бұрын
What anime is your avatar from I'm very curious?
@ualarga5 жыл бұрын
laughing on the moon while something's happening on earth
@richterdelgan1237 жыл бұрын
i am laughting hystericaly right now.
@isshishiroorderofgoldenkit35502 жыл бұрын
I'm laughing that I'm gonna see Many scream
@PrincessZ18 ай бұрын
1:46 scared the shit out of me 😂 I wasn't ready
@danilikescupcakes71149 жыл бұрын
That nostalgia hit me as hard as lil slugger's bat. That .hack spoof episode was the best x3
@Twentyherp8 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but I just fucking love this song and the opening. I don't know what the hell he's saying, I don't know why the people laughs at these different places nor what it's suppose to mean but I fucking love it!
@michaelh42273 ай бұрын
More and more does this song represent how I feel every day.
@CYBERDELICRELICS2 жыл бұрын
As laughter rains down from a thousand worlds. Powerful music. As it do.
@Grabacr-pl3wy6 жыл бұрын
It’s loud to wake you up since this show played late at night and goes soft at the closing to let you go to sleep
@PrincessBubblegum8 жыл бұрын
copying the opening where everyone stands and laugh so you do it to then your mom comes in and is like wtf are you doing
@eldromedario33157 жыл бұрын
Princess Bubblegum xD
@fullarmormrnewtypex3rx-0367 жыл бұрын
Princess Bubblegum lol
@chinmayadangale4147 жыл бұрын
Princess Bubblegum lol exactly...
@jamesstuart35367 жыл бұрын
ROFL
@海龍-j5r7 жыл бұрын
and then proceed to mimic the anime and start laughing too
@fatimaachnine13184 жыл бұрын
WHO IS HERE IN 2020??? Edit: AND 2021???
@kanitalubnamaurelia43394 жыл бұрын
Here!!!
@GrimTheCrow4 жыл бұрын
I'll be here until the day that I die.
@Kenko7064 жыл бұрын
Most of everyone reading that. Consider.
@GrimTheCrow4 жыл бұрын
@@Kenko706 I'm pretty sure, since it's a song, it will stay pretty "relevant" throughout the coming years. In fact, everyone reading this are from the future.
@kamo1244 жыл бұрын
I am ! Just finished this anime on blu ray.Lord the last 2 episodes were beautiful and crazy.
@then2a8 жыл бұрын
Notice the shadow on Maromi?
@wireduser34448 жыл бұрын
Shounen Bat is watching.
@thedude30656 жыл бұрын
IT'S LITTLE SLUGGER!
@chihabgm77964 жыл бұрын
@@thedude3065 i was always confused about the name lil slugger cause i watched the sub and they called him shounen bat
@zoegodd11917 жыл бұрын
This song brings tears to my eyes as i remember the terrible childhood i had and what i did to escape it... i love this song
@marina39343 жыл бұрын
Why am I laughing?
@isshishiroorderofgoldenkit35502 жыл бұрын
Cause " I'm committing suicide" -Lain
@MelitaWinx9 жыл бұрын
I'll watch the anime just for this awesome opening
@psiflash Жыл бұрын
The theme IS just like the anime itself. Haunting! In the best ways possible.
@EinherjarV Жыл бұрын
Satoshi Kon was a GOAT, RIP sir. Perfect Blue is one of my fav anime of all time.
@thegaybookpixie Жыл бұрын
I miss him everyday…he was such a visionary and I miss his art
@-inspiria_2011 Жыл бұрын
Hysteria and gracefulness how beautiful and *Scary*
@octomoniwashere9869 жыл бұрын
One of my first ever anime I watched as a kid that I actually love the opening and dream to be an animator. Plus I realized the shadow of little slugger...
@internetincarnate69499 жыл бұрын
You must be really fucked in the head if this was the first anime you saw as a kid.
@sadjiraigirl8 жыл бұрын
+Internet Incarnate 69 uh... no it doesn't? get your close minded ass out of here.
@internetincarnate69498 жыл бұрын
***** Whoa kid calm down
@jetkasai80168 жыл бұрын
+Monicia Barnes At least your first anime wasn't Boku no Pico. O_O
@sadjiraigirl8 жыл бұрын
***** Who are you?
@demilembias25274 жыл бұрын
my god, Hirasawa's brand of alien, urgent, and somehow almost ancient-feeling synthesizer music is unlike anything else on this planet
@K333-e6b Жыл бұрын
This song will carry you through 2023-2024
@kwamesmith32144 ай бұрын
I certainly wish it carried me through 2019-2020… but that would’ve imply I have at least some of Satoshi Kon’s talent (I’m too metamedia 🤔🤔)
@Sh3llyl0sth3rm1nd13 жыл бұрын
This song is so full of life, and yet--it's so haunting and it never ceases to creep me right the fuck out!
@aedrianys11 жыл бұрын
This anime is full of genius ideas, it is entirely made out of creativity. I loved it. My favourite was the episode about the three suicide guys xD
@giothoangqua8 жыл бұрын
nice song :) feel like on the top of some mountain in Africa
@Anthropomorph8 жыл бұрын
I was all smiles the first time I saw the opening, riiiiiight up until the guy with out-stretched arms came up with a nuclear bomb going off behind him. Kinda made my smile fade. And the old guy on the moon cackling as 3 continents are obliterated by larger versions of the same thing let me know where this one was headed. Like most other animations, down a depressing black-hole of endless suffering where at the end of it you feel like jumping out of the nearest 200th floor window, while praying that you land eye first on the tallest, sharpest, longest point of an old Goth-styled gate for all the world to see... This made me quit animations for a while. God only gave me 2 eyes after all.
@harley86156 жыл бұрын
same thing happened to me when I saw the guy with the nuclear bomb going off I got scared!
@LampreyKisses3 жыл бұрын
it would involve spoilers. either way, crisis becomes averted, more or less.
@Anthropomorph3 жыл бұрын
@@LampreyKisses The key words are more or less. The horror leading up to the end, still happened.
@anonymousalien74173 жыл бұрын
Maybe the real Shounen Bat was the Coronavirus we contracted along the way
@anonymousalien74173 жыл бұрын
Why am I so cringe
@alecfongy31753 жыл бұрын
Dont worry I thought it was kinda funny
@anonymousalien74177 ай бұрын
What the hell, I don't remember making this comment
@kwamesmith32144 ай бұрын
It was multiple organ failure in my case… I got it thru a Paranoia Agent outbreak known as Corona or Covid outbreak or whatever you want to call it
@0_dearghealach_0832 жыл бұрын
I watched Paranoia Agent inside one week and... it fuckin depressed me. No idea what to think of the ending. I thought that watching it would make me feel spooked. At the end of it, I just felt sick.
@JesusRodriguez-kd8es11 ай бұрын
Lil slugger! I would love to see a live action movie of this one!!!
@vanhampton82262 жыл бұрын
Still one of the best anime openings ever.
@solnotsobadguy65444 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's the end 2019 and I finally got around to watching this anime and it was fantastic. Such a relevant concept and issue espically today. We, as a society, need to stop hiding behind Maromi and blaming little slugger for all the damn problems we have in our lives and country
@soupysquazzil8 жыл бұрын
I do not have idols, but Satoshi Kon is really close to be mine.
@Iantorchwood948 жыл бұрын
+Lourdes Ivette Alfaro Rioja He turned all of his works into classics of animation. He was a genius. A huge loss for the animation world.
@patch88803 жыл бұрын
I like how concerned you were for our sanity that you put an actual warning for that weird mid part
@Zoooooooooooo3 жыл бұрын
Hi
@Kaoru_MaiAmeTsuchi9683 Жыл бұрын
夢の島思念公園:Dream Island Obsessional Park JPN original lyrics+ENG translation 原詩+英訳 ラーイーヤー ラ ライヨラ 空に見事なキノコの雲 Raa-eee-yaa Ra-Ra-ee-yo-ra Marvelous mushroom shaped cloud in the sky ラーイーヤー ラ ライヨラ 小道で餌をはむ小鳥の午後は Raa-eee-yaa Ra-Ra-ee-yo-ra The afternoon of the birds feeding in an ally 木漏れ日の芝に手を触れて キミと語ろう I shall talk to you with my hand on the grass in the sunbeams ほらランチのベンチの上で 夢は花咲く See,our dream is blossoming on the lunch bench 波の音を その胸に 憂鬱は沈めて Keep the sound of waves in your heart Keep the melancholy on the bottom 橋を明日に伸ばし 津波など案ずることなく Extend the bridge to tomorrow Without worrying about a TUNAMI ラーイーヤ ラ ライヨラ あんなに見事な飛行機雲 Raa-eee-yaa Ra-Ra-ee-yo-ra Such a marvelous vapor trail ラーイーヤ ラ ライヨラ 人気の通りに人行く午後は Raa-eee-yaa Ra-Ra-ee-yo-ra The afternoon of the people passing on the popular street 微笑みでしばし手を取れば キミと歩こう I shall walk with you, holding your hand with a smile ほら「万事に休す」の声も 風がかき消す See, the voice of "it's all over"is drowned out by the wind 明日の日はかまわずに 行く先は任せて Without worrying about tomorrow let your destination slide 胸に鍵を掛けて 雪崩など信じることなく Lock up your heart Without believing in an avalanche ラーイーヤ ラ ライヨラ 夢に見慣れた炎の雨 Raa-eee-yaa Ra-Ra-ee-yo-ra Flaming rain that I used to see in my dreams ラーイーヤ ラ ライヨラ オフィスの窓辺で目覚めた午後は Raa-eee-yaa Ra-Ra-ee-yo-ra The afternoon that I woke up by the office window 木漏れ日の芝に誘われて キミと出かけよう I shall go out with you since I was invited by the sunbeams ほらランチのベンチの上で 夢は花咲く See, our dream is blossoming on the lunch bench 草に吹く風を聞き 憂鬱は投げ捨て Listen to the wind blowing against the grass Throw away melancholy 明日も晴れと信じ 夢見など案ずることなく Believe that tomorrow will be fine Without worrying about the meaning of the dream ラーイーヤー ラ ライヨラ 空に見事なキノコの雲 Raa-eee-yaa Ra-Ra-ee-yo-ra Marvelous mushroom shaped cloud in the sky ラーイーヤー ラ ライヨラ 小道で餌をはむ小鳥の午後は Raa-eee-yaa Ra-Ra-ee-yo-ra The afternoon of the birds feeding in an ally ラーイーヤー ラ ライヨラ ランチのベンチで育てた夢 Raa-eee-yaa Ra-Ra-ee-yo-ra The dream that we raised on the lunch bench ラーイーヤー ラ ライヨラ 木漏れ日の日に生まれた午後よ Raa-eee-yaa Ra-Ra-ee-yo-ra The afternoon that was born in the sunbeams
@Cool_Calm_Cam Жыл бұрын
"Marvelous mushroom shaped cloud in the sky The afternoon of the birds feeding in an alley[...] Such a marvelous vapor trail The afternoon of the people passing on the popular street[...] Flaming rain that I used to see in my dreams The afternoon that I woke up by the office window" God damn...that is some powerful, bone-chilling imagery. The disturbing pulsating mechanical beat and angelic choral chanting mixed in with references to the atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The innocent lives--human and animal--that were forever lost to a heartless, cruel, depraved act of inhumanity. It was a normal day for them all, until it wasn't. Thank you for posting the translation. I hope more people 👍🏼 this comment for visibility.
@octomoniwashere9862 жыл бұрын
Return to this video after years. However my dream to be an animator is now slim due to the lack of free time (thanks adulthood) and people pushing you down losing your love to be creative. Despite this little by little I'm gaining it back and hopefully do something similar to Satoshi Kon's storytelling and visuals. RIP Satoshi, your stories are top tier in my heart!
@SaintDjinn10 жыл бұрын
Just remembered my name
@EthVortexShield15 жыл бұрын
This is nothing short of amazing, and splendid.
@ShaneC877 жыл бұрын
This show needs a Blu-Ray release.
@lordllama Жыл бұрын
When you heard this pop on toonami as a kid you knew things were about to get real lit
@ahsank.5 жыл бұрын
Just started this anime today, gotta admit first episode was enough to get me hooked. RIP Satoshi Kon and All Hail Lord Hirasawa Susumu. Edit :- Anime is so relevant today in this pandemic. No one will ever be as visionary as Satoshi Kon.
@ewgf66673 жыл бұрын
Yo this comment is old but I wish I could upvote you a thousand times
@LadyHermes11 жыл бұрын
Omg, has he really...passed away. I'm so sad to know that I'll never watch one of his new show again :( Satoshi Kun wherever you are...you have all my respect, admiration and gratitude. You added your own point of view to humanity through your masterpieces !
@missrebel6347 ай бұрын
Oh wow the shadow is Shonen bat
@MaggyNC8 жыл бұрын
The shadow on the puppet... °^°
@thiagochavves28728 жыл бұрын
what is that?
@ZeFenrir8 жыл бұрын
Omg, I just noticed! Shonen Bat!
@lobesteral8 жыл бұрын
+Thiago Chavves Lil Slugger
@dinodesousa62158 жыл бұрын
ZeFenrir
@mimi5769 Жыл бұрын
Can't believe this was uploaded when I was 6 and in 1st grade
@KaZeMaRu_6 жыл бұрын
Viciei nessa música kkk...Anime sensacional!!
@noahr.71447 жыл бұрын
ATTENTION YOUR COMPUTR ISNT FREAKING OUT THIS IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE SONG I died
@NoxLegend13 жыл бұрын
Is this Berserk music? Im getting flashbacks
@khwarezmia3 жыл бұрын
Same artist as the Berserk OST, Susumu Hirasawa
@isshishiroorderofgoldenkit35502 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and excellent video her is some facts ☺️👏👏👏 also the reason I said all of this, is to test the mind sets, Serial experiment lain ( Prophecy of dying literacy, we kill it mechanically, virtual reality in a new level, soon a Vtubers will kill somebody or worse) And the best anime of all animes one with more Cannon cause it happened in real life and the opening is Cannon Paranoia Agent ( the prophecy of 211 Tsunami Earthquakes Typhoons ects in japan aka the parade of insanity Death) Paranoia agent has no Manga, anything that is in the Manga is Cannon many say, but paranoia Agent has no Manga and prediction of japan's Tsunami Earthquakes Typhoons ects it happened. SATOSHI Kon movies describe JApan's sins You see without the HIROSHIMA and nagasaki bomb, anime wouldn't be rebirth that is why paranoia Agent opening a guy standing on top of a building is laughing while a HIROSHIMA and nagasaki bomb is in the background. "Anime isn't a mistake, Anime is a Prophecy,"
@Legacyofthewizard8 жыл бұрын
I really love this opening and just everything about it.❤ When I watched it, I thought something was very off to it, especially when comparing it to the episodes. I... still can't put my finger on it.
@MaxArceus7 жыл бұрын
Mostly different acoustics, an added piano in the background, and slightly different drums. It also appears to be in a different key.
@SupremeKaiRich4 жыл бұрын
2020 in a nutshell
@RaffoLAlternAttivatore7 жыл бұрын
..REST IN PEACE *SATOSHI KON*, ❤ ❀ ✿ timeless myth, God bless you (1963 - 2010) We miss you so much! (x°-(
@musicspider9118 жыл бұрын
The theme song of the 2016 U.S Presidential Campaign. Hell this is the theme song of 2016, period. What a fucking bonkers 13D level chess paradigm we've reached folks. Singularity incoming. Kon knew too much...
@Daka12s3 жыл бұрын
Japanese Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra sora ni migoto na kinoko no kumo Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra komichi de e wo hamu kotori no gogo ha Komorebi no shiba ni te wo furete kimi to katarou Hora ranchi no benchi no ue de yume ha hanasaku Nami no ne wo sono mune ni yuu'utsu ha shizumete Hashi wo asu ni nobashi tsunami nado anzuru koto naku Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra anna ni migoto na hikoukigumo Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra ninki no toori ni hito yuku gogo ha Hohoemi de shibashi te wo toreba kimi to arukou Hora "banji ni kyuusu" no koe mo kaze ga kakikesu Asu no hi ha kamawazu ni yukusaki ha makasete Mune ni kagi wo kakete nadare nado shinjiru koto naku Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra yume ni minareta honoo no ame Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra ofisu no madobe de mezameta gogo ha Komorebi no shiba ni sasowarete kimi to dekakeyou Hora ranchi no benchi no ue de yume ha hanasaku Kusa ni fuku kaze wo kiki yuu'utsu ha nagesute Asu mo hare to shinji yumemi nado anzuru koto naku Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra sora ni migoto na kinoko no kumo Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra komichi de e wo hamu kotori no gogo Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra ranchi no benchi de sodateta yume Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra komorebi no hi ni umareta gogo yo English Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra a magnificent mushroom cloud in the sky Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra on an afternoon of small birds eating feed on a path Touching our hands to a lawn dappled with light, let's you and I talk Look, over a lunch bench, my dream will bloom Take the roar of the sea into your heart; submerge your depression Stretch a bridge to tomorrow; never worry about any tsunamis Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra such a magnificent jet stream Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra on an afternoon of people going as popularity dictates When I smile for a moment and take your hand, let's you and I take a walk Listen, the wind erases even the voice that says, "There's nothing more that can be done" Without caring about tomorrow, leave the future to me Lock up your heart; never believe in any avalanches Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra a rain of flames I'm used to seeing in my dreams Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra on an afternoon where I awaken by an office window Enticed by a lawn dappled with light, let's you and I head out Look, over a lunch bench, my dream will bloom Listen to the wind blowing in the grass; discard your depression Believe that tomorrow will be sunny too; never worry about having any dreams Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra a magnificent mushroom cloud in the sky Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra an afternoon of small birds eating feed on a path Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra a dream reared on a lunch bench Raaiiyaa ra ra i yo ra oh, an afternoon born on a day dappled with light
@mrweatherby11 жыл бұрын
The original comment is gone, but I remember not having a firm understanding of Japanese culture at the time of watching Paranoia Agent and still being able to get real into it. Maybe knowing how all the symbolism really adds up makes the experience better, but it's a damn good show regardless and there's plenty relatable in it to not make having a firm understanding of Japanese culture a mandate.
@Cool_Calm_Cam Жыл бұрын
My favorite indicator of this is the episode where the exhausted mother confronts Lil' Slugger as she recounts her woes. But every time the "Paranoia Agent" winds up for the kill, she laughs in its face because...well of course she has considered killing herself, who wouldn't when in such a brutally stressful situation as her own? But she is so much stronger than that. She can laugh in the face of death because the thought of "giving up" is so asinine to her. She has so much to live for despite how stressful her life is, so she survives Lil' Slugger without a scratch on her. That episode spoke so clearly to me.
@jojogape8 жыл бұрын
2:18 yume wo wahhahhahha a a (?)
@kurisu30003 жыл бұрын
2:19 *When you stump your toe on the side of the bed*
@karmaking732511 жыл бұрын
after you watch the show the opening becomes really creepy
@namelesswolf26256 жыл бұрын
I could tell there was something very wrong with the opening before i watched the show
@eklectiktoni6 жыл бұрын
Ammy Marsh Right?!
@SunnyC.D.A2216 жыл бұрын
I haven't even watched the series and it already sends chills down my spine
@choireerrorcode91004 жыл бұрын
2020 opening song
@ChimeraParadox4 жыл бұрын
This song elicits an emotion in me no other thing in this world ever has.
@Kaoru_MaiAmeTsuchi9683 Жыл бұрын
Satoshi Kon's achievements should be passed down forever