| "Omoide wa Okkusenman!" | |
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A screenshot from the MAD Movie for "Okkusenman!" featuring Rockman fighting Air Man with the lyrics "Ultraman Ultraman Seven" at the bottom of the screen |
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| Song by "Blue Fang" (蒼い牙 Aoi Kiba) from the album CD de Kiite Mite.: Nico Nico Douga Selection & Nico Nico Douga Selection: Sainō no Mudazukai | |
| Published | February 6, 2007 |
| Released | February 6, 2007 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Length | 2:49 |
| Writer | The Internet |
| Composer | Manami Matsumae |
| Cover versions | |
| "Gomu" (ゴム), "CHROMES", JAM Project | |
"Omoide wa Okkusenman!" (思い出はおっくせんまん！, translated as "110 million memories!" or "Countless memories!"[Note 1]) is a song that has become an Internet meme in Japan. The original song was composed by Capcom composer Manami Matsumae as the background music for Doctor Wily's Stage in Mega Man 2 titled "Wily's Castle (Dr. Wily Stage 1)", but was eventually rearranged by an individual solely known as "Blue Fang" (蒼い牙 Aoi Kiba).[1][2] Lyrics were later written for this version of the song, and then posted to YouTube on February 6, 2007, by the user PiggKingg[3] and then posted in full on February 14.[4] The song describes the singer reminiscing about his childhood and friends, particularly pretending to be Ultraman/Ultra Seven with them, while realizing his life and theirs is nothing like what it used to be.
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The first posting of "Omoide wa Okkusenman!" with vocals by an individual known as "Gomu" (ゴム) occurred on YouTube on February 19, 2007.[5] The earliest postings of the song on Nico Nico Douga were on March 6, 2007, and sung by an individual (or group) known as "CHROMES",[6] followed by Gomu's minutes later.[7] While the original videos feature scenes taken from the Rockman 2 video game, an original flash animation of the song was made by an individual known as "Douro of DNA" (DNAのどうRO DNA no Dōro)[8] was uploaded on May 27, 2007, to Nico Nico Douga.[9] The song has since become an Internet meme in Japan and the rest of the world. Its entrenching in the Nico Nico Douga culture has given it a permanent placement Kumikyoku Nico Nico Douga medleys, alongside the similar song "Air Man ga Taosenai".
The original writer of the song's lyrics is unknown.[10] When Nico Nico Douga attempted to discover the song's proper writer to include the song in one of their CDs,[11] their campaign was unsuccessful and determined that it was written as a collaboration of users in the Nico Nico Douga and Japanese internet communities.[12]
The popularity of "Okkusenman!" in Japan led to various covers on Nico Nico Douga and YouTube as well as commercial releases. Gomu's version was included as a track on the album CD de Kiite Mite.: Nico Nico Douga Selection (CDで聞いてみて。～ニコニコ動画せれくちょん～ CD de Kiite Mite. ~Niko Niko Dōga Serekuchon~, "Try listening on the CD.") released July 9, 2008.[13] At the 2008 Animelo Summer Live concert, Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Hiroshi Kitadani, Yoshiki Fukuyama, and Aki Misato performed a cover version of "Okkusenman!" to begin the second day's setlist. In 2009, JAM Project contributed a cover version of "Okkusenman!" to the album Nico Nico Douga Selection: Sainō no Mudazukai (ニコニコ動画せれくちょん～才能の無駄遣い～ Niko Niko Dōga Serekuchon ~Sainō no Mudazukai~, "A Waste of Talent") as its bonus track.[14]