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Ear Worm/Anime

Another proof of Japan's excellence in weird and catchy things. You'd think not being able to understand Japanese would help, but nooooo...

Looks like almost all anime has at least one piece of music tailored to be an earworm, as a huge amount of them succeed. If you don't remember about a music featured in a series, you usually don't remember about the series at all.

Helpful Tip: Don't just leave some Japanese lyrics and a YouTube link; naming the series is much preferred. Additionally, YouTube videos have a tendency to disappear, and then nobody will get to have your song stuck in their head... and you wouldn't want that, would you? Consider using Rutube, with an online translator (such as BabelFish) if you need help navigating the site; quality will suffer, but as copyrights in Russia are rarely enforced videos on RuTube will not go down.


The Pokémon anime has its own page of ear worms.


90% of anime theme songs. Specific examples are below:

  • All of the below can be traced back to the English version of the original Astro Boy. Any and all complaints about modern anime OP causing ear worms can be directed to Fred Ladd, who decided to add lyrics to the then instrumental Japanese OP since it wasn't catchy enough. This caused Osamu Tezuka to add lyrics to later seasons of Astro Boy since he liked the effect, which caused everyone to add catchy lyrics to their anime OP since they also liked it. Everyone, sing along!

There you go, Astro Boy, on your flight into space
Rocket hi~gh, through the sk~y, for adventures soon you will face!
Astro Boy, bombs away, on your mission today
Here's the countdown, and the blastoff, everything is go Astro Boy!
Astro Boy, as you fly
Strange new worlds you will find
Atom celle~d, jet propelle~d, fighting monsters, high in the sky!
Astro Boy, there you go!
Will you find friend or foe?
Cosmic ran~ger, lots of dan~ger, everything is go Astro Boy!
Crowds will cheer you, you're a hero, as you go, go, go Astro Boy!

climax of every episode, helps. That and a fairly good use of Gratuitous English.

Ready for the action now, Dangerboy
Ready if I'm ready for you, Dangerboy
Ready if I want it now, Dangerboy?
How dare you, dare you, Dangerboy?
How dare you, Dangerboy?
I dare you, dare you, Dangerboy...

  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - "I am Calling Calling now, Spirits rise and falling" and "Save your tears for the day when our pain is far behind..."
    • The former would be Inner Universe, which can be heard over here.
    • The latter would be Rise.
    • Lithium Flower, S.A.C.'s first ending is pretty damn catchy, too.
    • I Can't Be Cool.
    • "Living inside the shell"

I...hear a voice, hear a voice calling out to me (wake up)...


Back to Ear Worm
  1. The dialogue at the beginning of the song. "Mion, ganbaru! Watashi mo Shion wa ganbaru!"
  2. The song is "Futari no Birthday" just in case it gets taken down. again.
  3. The song is Rinne no hate ni
  4. Part 1 and 2
  5. Shame there's no full-length version.
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