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.

@isshishiroorderofgoldenkit3550

2 жыл бұрын

Not really

@cineminha6025

2 жыл бұрын

that's really really beautiful

@C0ttageChees

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this

@TheCheerLifeForeverKromie

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.

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.

@erenyeagerist7681

3 ай бұрын

​@@BenHopkins1000 but you muricans enjoyed that. Drop the pretenses

@Korksbebig

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.

@jessekukendall9273

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

In Loving Memories of Satoshi Kon and His Amazing Work of Anime Series, Anime Movies and Manga Volumes. October 12, 1963 - August 24, 2010

@elidagdagan2780

7 жыл бұрын

Animefreak 4ever!! He will always be remembered for his great work.

@naruhina9tails30

7 жыл бұрын

Eli Dagdagan May Be Gone But Not Forgotten...

@lunareclipse-

7 жыл бұрын

I'm still so salty and sad

@Blad3sofWaR

6 жыл бұрын

He died too soon. He had so many Fuckeries to give in Anime. RIP Sir, you deserve it

@lorenadavila5580

4 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.

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.

@dextershelby5780

3 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.

@SirTeflon

3 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.

@dextershelby5780

3 жыл бұрын

@@SirTeflon You're right.

@Riderdude96

3 жыл бұрын

@@dextershelby5780 p pool OO OO ólooolo9loóóó lol okoio ok pp ok upppopplpl

@delete---7593

2 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. 🤔😑🖕.

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.

@hagan1887

7 жыл бұрын

Asgard314 I did the same

@Chameleonardodavinci

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! Love the punpun icon!! You are clearly a person of discerning taste!! Tinkle tinkle hoy~✨

@aminrosli9744

5 жыл бұрын

@@Chameleonardodavinci oyasumi punpun still hurts till this day

@apeapeape999

5 жыл бұрын

it's really a masterpiece

@clivehandforth3531

5 жыл бұрын

G g god what are you doing here

RIP Satoshi Kon, may your art be remembered.

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.

The song is Dream Island Obsessional Park by Susumu Hirasawa... in case anyone's interested.

@TheRedHairing40

10 жыл бұрын

Were Satoshi Kon and Susumu Hirasawa close friends? Or where they close acquaintances?

@TheRedHairing40

10 жыл бұрын

cat-fu?

@taniaglezr84

8 жыл бұрын

And what's the name of the ending?

@EyelessRaven

6 жыл бұрын

+Tania Glezr (La chica del ukulele) Maromi no Rheme.

@EyelessRaven

6 жыл бұрын

+DollFac3 Harlequin Theme

"I laughed at the "Attention, your computer isn't freaking out" warning.

@fixinman

3 ай бұрын

10 years later and it's still funny.

Satoshi Kon was truly the David Lynch of Japan Rest in peace you incredible man. 1963-2010

@locho41

3 жыл бұрын

David Lynch was the Satoshi Kon of USA

@oneiroagent

Жыл бұрын

@@locho41 Lmao, exactly

@cinematicblade

Жыл бұрын

​@@locho41 lmao YEAH

@ian-wx3zt

2 ай бұрын

NO WAY HES DEAD??

@natandiaz2911

2 ай бұрын

@@ian-wx3zt unfortunately 😔

Mass hysteria, this anime is more relevant today than ever.

@zxtant3795

8 жыл бұрын

He knew

@MCCanaryVideos

8 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.

@Voidroamer

7 жыл бұрын

was this comment posted before trump? :O

@AbsentWithoutLeaving

7 жыл бұрын

And even more so one more year on.

@evanrussell9946

6 жыл бұрын

It's a timeless message. It'll always be relevant.

*laughs while underwater/falling from the sky/standing in traffic*

@Blad3sofWaR

6 жыл бұрын

megapants444 Laughting when nuke goes off, stuck in the mountains, destroy their house, eldery laughing with chances of falling off the table.

@Aliece591

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the nuke!

@tatermister5045

5 жыл бұрын

I read that as "Laughs while wearing underwear"

@someguy6046

5 жыл бұрын

What anime is your avatar from I'm very curious?

@ualarga

5 жыл бұрын

laughing on the moon while something's happening on earth

This anime sticks with you for years.....like seriously its that mindblowing.

@WaffleLord109

2 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

@oneiroagent

2 жыл бұрын

Still there?

@GlitchyWitch388

2 жыл бұрын

@@oneiroagent I will never forget paranoia agent

@oneiroagent

2 жыл бұрын

@@GlitchyWitch388 Damn bro

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 😂

@robmayer5134

4 жыл бұрын

Wheres lil slugger at? He gonna be busy af

@SupremeKaiRich

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@stephenhernandez311

3 жыл бұрын

O-O! 😂😂😂😂😂😱😱😱😱😱😵😵😵😵😵

@NonCanonGanon

3 жыл бұрын

Raa-eee-yaa Ra-ra-e-yo-ra😂 A magnificent mushroom cloud in the sky 😂

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.

@codyfaile535

3 жыл бұрын

I need to revisit this comment every time.

@assassinoid

2 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?!

**Falls over after being hit with a wave of nostalgia**

@marianasantos8724

9 жыл бұрын

xxtalzixx Thought you were falling over after being hit with a baseball bat.

@JAlchemist

9 жыл бұрын

Mariana Santos golden curved baseball bat. :D

@D2PoB

9 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.

@Potatoslice

6 жыл бұрын

still laughing.

@helios1087

6 жыл бұрын

maniacally

Perfect song for people who laugh even though they want to cry but can't stop laughing hysterically.

Its just not the same without the laughing people Still a great OP

@user-ul8kg7gp6l

6 жыл бұрын

Evan LeClair お

Susumu Hirasawa is wonderful.

@destinyblade1167

6 жыл бұрын

StraightOuttaJarhois I was today years old when I found that out

@adankmeme651

5 жыл бұрын

@@destinyblade1167 what about satoshi Kon? the creator?

u guys see the bat kid shadow on the dog?

@sadjiraigirl

8 жыл бұрын

+Crazy Crown lol

@phantasmicyouth

8 жыл бұрын

+Mak CK Fuck, I do now.

@gumbiman3350

8 жыл бұрын

+Mak CK There's a reason for that :) Good old symbolism.

@ImGazu

8 жыл бұрын

Well now that I just did I can't unsee it

@bree2334

8 жыл бұрын

+Mak CK "bat kid"

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

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.

''a magnificent mushroom cloud in the sky'' is one of the greatest lyrical masterpieces i've ever witnessed

2020 be like

@vividvoodoo7323

3 жыл бұрын

Should i watch this anime? Is it like evangelion

@gabrieletuzzato7300

3 жыл бұрын

@@vividvoodoo7323 No, it is not. But it is a must-watch if you like psychoanalytic/dremalike/sociological thematics.

@vividvoodoo7323

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrieletuzzato7300 bruh is there anything like evangelion anywhere? Anything?

@gabrieletuzzato7300

3 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).

@vividvoodoo7323

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrieletuzzato7300 lets Check it thanks Buddy

Anyone else laughing maniacally?

@AloisAgos

8 жыл бұрын

Emmy Nyan Just referencing the opening animation Emiri-kun.

@chiidoriarisato5165

8 жыл бұрын

:D

@sarahpdraws9815

8 жыл бұрын

meh xD

@dillon10121

8 жыл бұрын

gotta do it in rhythm though

@marshmallowbudgie

7 жыл бұрын

(cackles and tips headfirst toward the cityscape a few thousand feet beneath)

I like how concerned you were for our sanity that you put an actual warning for that weird mid part

@Zoooooooooooo

3 жыл бұрын

Hi

Mindfuck...Mindfuck everywhere...

@mugiwaraboshi37

10 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@JordyAnimations

10 жыл бұрын

Holy shit I'm triping out wtf!!!!

@theanchorshat585

8 жыл бұрын

+Eva Gima Satoshi Kon: WELCOME TO MINDFREAK!

@aminrosli9744

6 жыл бұрын

which is more mindfked this or Serial experiment lain, i watched lain but u havent watch paranoia agent

@prinnygod1073

6 жыл бұрын

Amin Rosli let's all love lain!

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.

Have this played at your graveside, and leave everyone wondering!

@LightswrathUltimatum

7 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.

@AlessPlayingLikeaPro

7 жыл бұрын

use Forces for that

@luxbledstone

7 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.

@KonoNana

6 жыл бұрын

have this played on your funeral and i'll show up laughing

@Shogunelite

6 жыл бұрын

Laughing in your grave?

8 years since, and this is still a trippy masterpiece

@user-ks7vv1eg6h

4 жыл бұрын

^15 years since, and this is still a trippy masterpiece

This song has a very sad message, but a great song indeed, great anime.

@AdrianDDM

9 жыл бұрын

and what is that sad message?

@jeanmathew967

9 жыл бұрын

Read

@wisherofsnowdays

6 жыл бұрын

Jean Mathew Read what?

@Yoshikage8008

6 жыл бұрын

Take responsibility for your actions and face reality. Thats the message.

@dubby1567

3 жыл бұрын

@@Yoshikage8008 not so sad

I miss the days of Crazy Anime.

@loljustice31

10 жыл бұрын

Ever watch Mononoke? (Not Princess Mononoke - different anime)

@blazingsonic

10 жыл бұрын

O.O Tell me more!

@loljustice31

10 жыл бұрын

blazingsonic It's a very unique anime with beautifully trippy art, presumably about Japanese horror but to me it was more bizarre than scary, it's kind of a psychological anime. Definitely worth checking out, it's one of a kind.

@MrRight-ej4or

10 жыл бұрын

Rainy Jane If I remember correctly there were only two instances of nudity in Paranoia Agent or did I miss something? It was strangely out of place though, I doubt male nudity would have made it fit in anymore.

@loljustice31

10 жыл бұрын

***** I didn't count how many there were, but it was the choice of the creators to put it in versus not, and they chose to put it in. And they chose it to be specifically FEMALE nudity, it was not random. You almost always see ONLY female nudity, hardly ever male and almost never ONLY male. I for one don't like spending what little free time I have staring at women's naked bodies over and over again like specifically women are something to be stared at. I wouldn't have minded so much if it were equal, but it's ALWAYS female nudity. I get that the message in your reply is that it's supposedly minuscule and that it doesn't matter that it's female, but I disagree: there's nothing minuscule about the fact that almost every anime that's intelligent and compelling has specifically female nudity, it's an almost universal trend like women's naked bodies are something that should always be stared at, like they're always something to be reduced to their most basic and vulnerable body parts and perceived as objects of beauty and sex. If it was only one or two animes that were like this, or if it were a roughly equal amount of male and female nudity, I might ave been fine with it, but it's not. Also, I didn't even bring this issue up at all in this discussion and didn't even feel like going into it, so I'm not sure why you addressed this matter here.

Satoshi Kon was a crazy man.

@televikkuntdaowuxing

8 жыл бұрын

And a genius

@televikkuntdaowuxing

8 жыл бұрын

And he was bae too

@Motofanable

7 жыл бұрын

No, he was one of few, who has saw the truth of Japanese society.

@hobmonger5275

4 жыл бұрын

Thin line between genius, and madness!

@snowbrad6768

4 жыл бұрын

And a legend.

Paprika, Perfect Blue and Paranoia Agent... my favorite works of Satoshi Kon.

the virgin lil slugger vs the chad shonen bat

Fairwell Satoshi Kon and your mesmerizing editing...

@VictoriaStobbie

9 жыл бұрын

***** Thanks :D

Kinda reflect the current situation in some countries who laughs while everything is going wrong and saying: "This is fine"

@ahsank.

4 жыл бұрын

Satoshi Kon was a visionary, a legend.

This anime was so ahead of its time. Imagine if it came out today

this anime was so incredible mind blowing i really need to return to it and figure it out one day...

@Myerp117

10 жыл бұрын

paranoia causes us ot do the strangest things. is what i think.

@ieetu898

10 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

@Asgard314

10 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.

@Magnosummit

10 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.

@ieetu898

10 жыл бұрын

Magnosummit Thats an interesting view of it thankyou : >

That bird sound just puts a smile on my face!!! AHHHHH!

Such a good song, would expect nothing less from the man who made Forces

@dn8601

7 жыл бұрын

hahaha splat dude I love this song , you are talking about berserk's forces right ?

@mojotheaverage

6 жыл бұрын

Two of the greatest soundtracks ever

@chinchin9497

6 жыл бұрын

zed pup late reply but the mans name is Susumu Hirasawa

@Homophonic

3 жыл бұрын

Forces?

@zero9905

2 жыл бұрын

@@Homophonic berserk

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

@eldromedario3315

7 жыл бұрын

Princess Bubblegum xD

@fullarmormrnewtypex3rx-036

7 жыл бұрын

Princess Bubblegum lol

@chinmayadangale414

7 жыл бұрын

Princess Bubblegum lol exactly...

@jamesstuart3536

7 жыл бұрын

ROFL

@user-he4rh4kd5r

6 жыл бұрын

and then proceed to mimic the anime and start laughing too

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

@princessthyemis

4 жыл бұрын

wow, you're right..

@georgem6983

4 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.

@cerberus1166

4 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?

@cerberus1166

4 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.

@user-ui3jo1um8b

4 жыл бұрын

Wow i forgot i wrote this comment, well said past me

this song gives me anxiety lol

@s-saad7401

7 жыл бұрын

one hit from the shounen bat and there will be no more anxiety

@Blad3sofWaR

6 жыл бұрын

No, seeing people laughing who are in Death Like situations causes Anxiety

@lamichael8659

4 жыл бұрын

You mean Paranoia

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

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!

WHO IS HERE IN 2020??? Edit: AND 2021???

@kanitalubnamaurelia4339

4 жыл бұрын

Here!!!

@GrimTheCrow

4 жыл бұрын

I'll be here until the day that I die.

@Kenko706

4 жыл бұрын

Most of everyone reading that. Consider.

@GrimTheCrow

4 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.

@kamo124

4 жыл бұрын

I am ! Just finished this anime on blu ray.Lord the last 2 episodes were beautiful and crazy.

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.

1:46 scared the shit out of me 😂 I wasn't ready

That nostalgia hit me as hard as lil slugger's bat. That .hack spoof episode was the best x3

i am laughting hystericaly right now.

@isshishiroorderofgoldenkit3550

2 жыл бұрын

I'm laughing that I'm gonna see Many scream

I'll watch the anime just for this awesome opening

Why am I laughing?

@isshishiroorderofgoldenkit3550

2 жыл бұрын

Cause " I'm committing suicide" -Lain

Notice the shadow on Maromi?

@wireduser3444

7 жыл бұрын

Shounen Bat is watching.

@thedude3065

6 жыл бұрын

IT'S LITTLE SLUGGER!

@chihabgm7796

4 жыл бұрын

@@thedude3065 i was always confused about the name lil slugger cause i watched the sub and they called him shounen bat

More and more does this song represent how I feel every day.

As laughter rains down from a thousand worlds. Powerful music. As it do.

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

This song will carry you through 2023-2024

@kwamesmith3214

3 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 🤔🤔)

Satoshi Kon was a GOAT, RIP sir. Perfect Blue is one of my fav anime of all time.

I miss him everyday…he was such a visionary and I miss his art

my god, Hirasawa's brand of alien, urgent, and somehow almost ancient-feeling synthesizer music is unlike anything else on this planet

Does anyone else hear the bird chirping or am I just crazy?

@The_Modeling_Underdog

Жыл бұрын

Do I really hear the birds chirp? Or is it because I read your comment I now hear them? Is it? Or is it not? Yes, the chirping is there. Nothing to worry about. Just pure Susumu Hirasawa magic.

This show needs a Blu-Ray release.

Truly a wonderful work of art.

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...

@internetincarnate6949

8 жыл бұрын

You must be really fucked in the head if this was the first anime you saw as a kid.

@sadjiraigirl

8 жыл бұрын

+Internet Incarnate 69 uh... no it doesn't? get your close minded ass out of here.

@internetincarnate6949

8 жыл бұрын

***** Whoa kid calm down

@jetkasai8016

8 жыл бұрын

+Monicia Barnes At least your first anime wasn't Boku no Pico. O_O

@sadjiraigirl

8 жыл бұрын

***** Who are you?

The theme IS just like the anime itself. Haunting! In the best ways possible.

Creepiest song ever created for an anime... ;)

Still one of the best anime openings ever.

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.

@harley8615

6 жыл бұрын

same thing happened to me when I saw the guy with the nuclear bomb going off I got scared!

@LampreyKisses

3 жыл бұрын

it would involve spoilers. either way, crisis becomes averted, more or less.

@Anthropomorph

3 жыл бұрын

@@LampreyKisses The key words are more or less. The horror leading up to the end, still happened.

Just remembered my name

I do not have idols, but Satoshi Kon is really close to be mine.

@Iantorchwood94

8 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.

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.

nice song :) feel like on the top of some mountain in Africa

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!

When you heard this pop on toonami as a kid you knew things were about to get real lit

Oh wow the shadow is Shonen bat

2020 in a nutshell

ATTENTION YOUR COMPUTR ISNT FREAKING OUT THIS IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE SONG I died

Lil slugger! I would love to see a live action movie of this one!!!

Hysteria and gracefulness how beautiful and *Scary*

after you watch the show the opening becomes really creepy

@namelesswolf2625

6 жыл бұрын

I could tell there was something very wrong with the opening before i watched the show

@eklectiktoni

6 жыл бұрын

Ammy Marsh Right?!

@SunnyC.D.A221

6 жыл бұрын

I haven't even watched the series and it already sends chills down my spine

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.

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.

@ewgf6667

3 жыл бұрын

Yo this comment is old but I wish I could upvote you a thousand times

Maybe the real Shounen Bat was the Coronavirus we contracted along the way

@anonymousalien7417

3 жыл бұрын

Why am I so cringe

@alecfongy3175

2 жыл бұрын

Dont worry I thought it was kinda funny

@anonymousalien7417

6 ай бұрын

What the hell, I don't remember making this comment

@kwamesmith3214

3 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

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

2:18 yume wo wahhahhahha a a (?)

Can't believe this was uploaded when I was 6 and in 1st grade

This song is so full of life, and yet--it's so haunting and it never ceases to creep me right the fuck out!

The shadow on the puppet... °^°

@thiagochavves2872

8 жыл бұрын

what is that?

@ZeFenrir

8 жыл бұрын

Omg, I just noticed! Shonen Bat!

@lobesteral

8 жыл бұрын

+Thiago Chavves Lil Slugger

@dinodesousa6215

7 жыл бұрын

ZeFenrir

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

This is nothing short of amazing, and splendid.

I have so much love for this anime, it was apart of my childhood, and I remember it well because it brought out so many mix emotions when I would watch or e in yjink about it.

..REST IN PEACE *SATOSHI KON*, ❤ ❀ ✿ timeless myth, God bless you (1963 - 2010) We miss you so much! (x°-(

この歌どこで息継ぎすればいいんだ…

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...

This song elicits an emotion in me no other thing in this world ever has.

No one can stay sane after this.

Satoshi Kon's achievements should be passed down forever

Loved this SHOW... !

I like how people say 2020 be like but ... 2021 be like