Starting in 2004, I've spent each birthday on a day-long quest, trying to set a new personal best for the number of anime songs sung at karaoke (the entire song, natch, not just one verse). The marathon is gruelling, but it's also a unique way to reflect on life, with the songs evoking a steady stream of memories from throughout the nearly three decades that I've been a fan. And at marathon's end, there's the satisfaction of having achieved something new.
After all the difficulty reaching last year's 175-song goal, I really wasn't sure singing 200 songs would even be physically possible. But armed this time with VC-3000 lemon throat-soothing candies to take every 25 songs, I started on the long haul--and gradually realized that I was armed with something else that I hadn't had before: two gears for singing, not just one. By singing some songs as I usually do, and others from the deeper "jigoe" that MIQ has been teaching me how to access, that divided the work, and my voice actually held up through all 202 songs--200 plus two for luck! (The rest of me wasn't doing so well, having stood through almost all of the thing, and the back of my mouth started having weird pains around song 191...but hey, survived it!)
One other thing I did differently this time was to nurse a mug of beer through the last 50 songs, after drinking cola and tea. At an anime karaoke get-together last weekend, a friend mentioned that beer is supposed to be the best thing to drink when singing. I'm a believer now--not only got through the 202, but averaged 91.031 on the marathon's last 102 songs after averaging 90.807 on its first 100!
More than in any of the past three marathons, this one was shaped by the events of the past year. There was a Kentarou Haneda section, and most of the songs from the TV Champion anison contest stage (sorry, "Hare Hare Yukai" gives me hives...), and songs sung at Utau-zo and MoJoMoJo Nodo Jiman, and songs worked on in MIQ's class--and "Gyakuten Ippatsuman," which Masayuki Yamamoto sang at Anime Fes Japan's Super Anison Spirits concert last August. After its second verse, Yamamoto-sensei had surprised us by announcing he'd just written a third verse in memory of my favorite voice actor, "Ippatsuman" narrator Hirotaka Suzuoki, who'd passed away the previous week. The new verse was also in memory of Kei Tomiyama, the voice of Ippatsuman and so many other anime heroes, who'd been claimed by cancer in 1995. Tears were everywhere, and the passion was so tremendous when we all roared the "Sa!"s in the chorus, just remembering it got me weepy all over again.
This time a year ago, I never could have dreamed what all would happen before the next marathon. Each year I'll just keep trying to sing more songs, to make more time for the memories!
| Song (SERIES/MOVIE, op= opening theme, end=ending theme, ins=insert song or character song) | Score (1-100) |
|---|---|
| 12:28pm1. "Kodoku No Tabiji -Lonely Journey-" (GO VARIAN op) | 89.878 |
| 2. "Koutetsu Jeeg No Uta" (KOUTETSU JEEG op) | 90.463 |
| 3. "Blaze Away" (EYESHIELD 21 end) | 84.838 |
| 4. "Melos No You Ni -Lonely Way-" (SPT LAYZNER op) | 87.691 |
| 5. "Akuukan Daisakusen No Theme" (SRUNGLE op) | 92.443 |
| 6. "Fighting On" (SRUNGLE op) | 91.443 |
| 7. "Ashita No Joe -Utsukushiki Ookami-tachi-" (ASHITA NO JOE movie) | 91.581 |
| 8. "Kizudarake Eikou" (ASHITA NO JOE 2 op) | 91.355 |
| 9. "Hateshinaki Yami No Kanata Ni" (ASHITA NO JOE 2 end) | 92.053 |
| 10. "Change The World" (INUYASHA op) | 90.224 |
| 11. "Captain Harlock" (CAPTAIN HARLOCK op) | 94.098 |
| 12. "Warera No Tabidachi" (CAPTAIN HARLOCK end) | 88.100 |
| 13. "Tekkaman No Uta" (TEKKAMAN op) | 95.095 |
| 14. "Uchuu No Otoko Raigaa" (DAIKENGOU end) | 93.125 |
| 15. "8-Man No Uta" (8-MAN op) | 86.729 |
| 16. "Ougon Senshi Gold Lightan" (GOLD LIGHTAN op) | 92.166 |
| 17. "Mechanical Dancing Fight" (GOLD LIGHTAN end) | 91.770 |
| 18. "Koisuru Kimochi Wa Donuts No Naka" (STARZANS end) | 92.276 |
| 19. "Gaiking" (GAIKING LEGEND OF DAIKUU MARYUU op) | 92.529 |
| 20. "Technoboyger" (TECHNOBOYGER op) | 89.197 |
| 21. "Uchuu Wa Hitotsu" (TECHNOBOYGER end) | 93.700 |
| 22. "Gatchaman No Uta" (GATCHAMAN op) | 94.513 |
| 23. "Taose! Gallactor" (GATCHAMAN end) | 89.785 |
| 24. "Warera Gatchaman" (GATCHAMAN II op) | 91.802 |
| 2:39pm 25. "Ashita Yume Mite" (GATCHAMAN II end) | 85.217 |
| 26. "Gatchaman Fighter" (GATCHAMAN FIGHTER op) | 91.455 |
| 27. "Pure Stone" (ZILLION op) | 88.712 |
| 28. "Attack No. 1 No Uta" (ATTACK NO. 1 op) | 88.685 |
| 29. "Oshiete" (HEIDI op) | 86.705 |
| 30. "Grand Prix No Taka" (ARROW EMBLEM GRAND PRIX NO TAKA op) | 91.068 |
| 31. "Circus Game" (IGAINO KABAMARU op) | 90.559 |
| 32. "Tonchin Kanchin Ikkyuu-san" (IKKYUU-SAN op) | 85.871 |
| 33. "Uchuu Majin Daikengou No Uta" (DAIKENGOU op) | 91.696 |
| 34. "Umi No Toriton" (UMI NO TORITON op) | 91.480 |
| 35. "Uchuu Wa Taihen Da!" (URUSEI YATSURA end) | 92.057 |
| 36. "F" (F op) | 87.762 |
| 37. "Kanashimi No Destiny" (AREA 88 ova) | 91.839 |
| 38. "King Gainer Over!" (OVERMAN KING GAINER op) | 91.746 |
| 39. "Show Me Your Space -Kimi No Uchuu O Misete-" (STARZANS op) | 93.101 |
| 40. "The Real Folk Blues" (COWBOY BEBOP end) | 92.854 |
| 41. "Kamui No Ken" (KAMUI NO KEN movie) | 90.273 |
| 42. "Galient World" (GALIENT op) | 92.632 |
| 43. "Ginga No Seishun" (DAIRUGGER XV op) | 94.588 |
| 44. "Yume Iro Chaser" (DRAGONAR op) | 93.330 |
| 45. "Starlight Serenade" (DRAGONAR end) | 88.890 |
| 46. "Ushinawareta Yume O Motomete" (MOSPEADA op) | 88.935 |
| 47. "Blue Rain" (MOSPEADA end) | 83.331 |
| 48. "Kishin Douji Zenki" (ZENKI op) | 89.478 |
| 49. "Toki No Musoubana" (MOEYO KEN op) | 93.530 |
| 4:35pm 50. "Tobe! Gundam" (GUNDAM op) | 91.038 |
| 51. "Eien Ni Amuro" (GUNDAM end) | 90.676 |
| 52. "Suna No Juujika" (GUNDAM I movie) | 94.010 |
| 53. "Kaze Ni Hitori De (GUNDAM II movie) | 94.970 |
| 54. "Ai Senshi" (GUNDAM II movie) | 92.789 |
| 55. "Beginning" (GUNDAM III movie) | 94.730 |
| 56. "Meguri Ai" (GUNDAM III movie) | 89.707 |
| 57. "Z -Toki O Koete-" (ZETA GUNDAM op) | 95.872 |
| 58. "Hoshizora No Believe" (ZETA GUNDAM end) | 88.024 |
| 59. "Mizu No Hoshi He Ai O Komete" (ZETA GUNDAM op) | 95.287 |
| 60. "Anime Ja Nai -Yume O Wasureta Furui Chikyuujin Yo-" (GUNDAM ZZ op) | 91.437 |
| 61. "Winners Forever -Shourisha Yo-" (VICTORY GUNDAM end) | 92.472 |
| 62. "Don't Stop! Carry On!" (VICTORY GUNDAM end) | 90.691 |
| 63. "Just Communication" (GUNDAM WING op) | 90.026 |
| 64. "Rhythm Emotion" (GUNDAM WING op) | 88.296 |
| 65. "Mind Education" (GUNDAM WING: BLIND TARGET op) | 89.353 |
| 66. "White Reflection" (GUNDAM WING: ENDLESS WALTZ ova) | 89.969 |
| 67. "Wild Wing" (GUNDAM WING img) | 89.688 |
| 68. "Dreams" (GUNDAM X op) | 88.353 |
| 69. "Flying In The Sky" (G GUNDAM op) | 86.333 |
| 70. "Eien No Tobira" (GUNDAM 08 MS TEAM MILLER'S REPORT ova) | 89.634 |
| 71. "Men Of Destiny" (GUNDAM 0083 ova) | 88.488 |
| 72. "Eternal Wind -Hohoemi Wa Hikaru Kaze No Naka-" (GUNDAM F91 movie) | 88.243 |
| 73. "Turn A Turn" (TURN A GUNDAM op) | 92.834 |
| 74. "Tsuki No Mayu" (TURN A GUNDAM end) | 87.872 |
| 6:46pm 75. "Anna Ni Issho Datta No Ni" (GUNDAM SEED end) | 89.301 |
| 76. "Gyakuten Ippatsuman" (IPPATSUMAN op) | 89.077 |
| 77. "Cat's Eye" (CAT'S EYE op) | 89.888 |
| 78. "Derringer" (CAT'S EYE op) | 92.305 |
| 79. "Yume No Funanori" (CAPTAIN FUTURE op) | 90.582 |
| 80. "Candy Candy" (CANDY CANDY op) | 94.529 |
| 81. "Cutey Honey" (CUTEY HONEY op) | 92.054 |
| 82. "Yuke Yuke Hyuuma" (KYOJIN NO HOSHI op) | 91.255 |
| 83. "Ginga Shippu Sasuraigar" (SASURAIGAR op) | 94.121 |
| 84. "Ginga Sempuu Brygar" (BRYGAR op) | 86.934 |
| 85. "Taiyou No Kora" (BRYGAR ins) | 88.916 |
| 86. "Abayo Fly Bye" (BRYGAR ins) | 91.242 |
| 87. "Sasurai Kid" (BRYGAR end) | 89.824 |
| 88. "Ginga Reppu Baxingar" (BAXINGAR op) | 89.109 |
| 89. "Asteroid Blues" (BAXINGAR end) | 90.921 |
| 90. "Ginga Tetsudou 999" (GALAXY EXPRESS 999 op) | 91.909 |
| 91. "Aoi Chikyuu" (GALAXY EXPRESS 999 end) | 91.824 |
| 92. "Taking Off!" (GALAXY EXPRESS 999 movie) | 90.173 |
| 93. "The Galaxy Express 999" (GALAXY EXPRESS 999 movie) | 95.103 |
| 94. "Nagareboshi Gin" (GINGA op) | 92.567 |
| 95. "Hello Vifam" (VIFAM op) | 89.106 |
| 96. "Kinnikuman Go Fight!" (KINNIKUMAN op) | 93.525 |
| 97. "Kinnikuman Sensation" (KINNIKUMAN op) | 88.640 |
| 98. "Honoo No Kinnikuman" (KINNIKUMAN op) | 90.119 |
| 99. "Ore Wa Great Mazinger" (GREAT MAZINGER op) | 92.544 |
| 8:39pm 100. "Yuusha Wa Mazinger" (GREAT MAZINGER end) | 91.725 |
| 101. "Getta Robo!" (GETTA ROBO op) | 89.766 |
| 102. "Gattai! Getta Robo" (GETTA ROBO end) | 87.362 |
| 103. "Fumetsu No Machine Getta Robo" (GETTA ROBO G end) | 89.807 |
| 104. "Getta Robo Gou" (GETTA ROBO GOU op) | 88.105 |
| 105. "Genshi Shounen Ryuu" (GENSHI SHOUNEN RYUU op) | 93.323 |
| 106. "For Real" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI op) | 90.598 |
| 107. "Still Time" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI op) | 90.092 |
| 108. "Tightrope" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI end) | 94.458 |
| 109. "Alone" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI end) | 94.031 |
| 110. "Open Up Your Mind" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI ins) | 90.222 |
| 111. "Freedom" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI img) | 92.439 |
| 112. "Game" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI img) | 88.607 |
| 113. "Infinity" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI img) | 92.673 |
| 114. "Tightrope" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI: REQUIEM movie) | 88.808 |
| 115. "Kousoku Denjin Albegas" (ALBEGAS op) | 91.278 |
| 116. "Toki No Yuuwaku" (GOD MAZINGER end) | 90.830 |
| 117. "Yukuze! Goudamu" (GOWAPPA 5 GOUDAMU op) | 89.970 |
| 118. "Cyborg 009" (CYBORG 009 op) | 90.595 |
| 119. "Tatakai Owatte" (CYBORG 009 end) | 92.793 |
| 120. "Taga Tame Ni" (CYBORG 009 op) | 94.737 |
| 121. "Itsu No Hi Ka" (CYBORG 009 end) | 88.538 |
| 122. "Baribari Saikyou No. 1" (JIGOKU SENSEI NUUBE op) | 88.607 |
| 123. "Kagayaku Hitomi -Bright Eyes-" (GIANT GORG op) | 90.977 |
| 124. "Savannah O Koete" (JUNGLE TAITEI op) | 94.729 |
| 10:38pm 125. "Kiseki No Juushin" (JUUSHIN RYGAR op) | 89.967 |
| 126. "L-Gaim -Time For L-Gaim-" (L-GAIM op) | 92.443 |
| 127. "Shounen Kenya" (SHOUNEN KENYA movie) | 90.705 |
| 128. "Zankokuna Tenshi No Thesis" (EVANGELION op) | 92.706 |
| 129. "Tatakae! Casshan" (CASSHAN op) | 91.681 |
| 130. "Cosmos Dream -Uchuu O Kakeru Yume-" (QUEEN OF 1000 YEARS op) | 92.723 |
| 131. "Cobra" (SPACE COBRA op) | 93.470 |
| 132. "Dunbine Tobu" (DUNBINE op) | 93.442 |
| 133. "Pegasus Fantasy" (SAINT SEIYA op) | 92.369 |
| 134. "Eien Blue" (SAINT SEIYA end) | 93.661 |
| 135. "Soldier Dream -Saint Shinwa-" (SAINT SEIYA op) | 91.942 |
| 136. "Go Shogun Hasshinseyo" (GO SHOGUN op) | 92.049 |
| 137. "Namida No Housoku" (GO SHOGUN ins) | 92.527 |
| 138. "Shippuu Xabungle" (XABUNGLE op) | 94.093 |
| 139. "Get It!" (XABUNGLE GRAFFITI movie) | 89.136 |
| 140. "Honoo No Sadame" (VOTOMS op) | 92.822 |
| 141. "Tiger Mask" (TIGER MASK op) | 95.146 |
| 142. "Saraba Yasashiki Hibi Yo" (DOUGRAM op) | 91.567 |
| 143. "Touch" (TOUCH op) | 87.602 |
| 144. "Heats" (CHANGE! GETTA ROBO ova) | 89.972 |
| 145. "Hoshi No Deja Vu" (SOUTHERN CROSS op) | 92.040 |
| 146. "Hoshi No Stranger" (CHOUJIN LOCKE movie) | 93.788 |
| 147. "Voltes V No Uta" (VOLTES V op) | 88.106 |
| 148. "ComBattler V No Theme" (COMBATTLER V op) | 91.402 |
| 149. "Devilman No Uta" (DEVILMAN op) | 91.899 |
| 150. "Kyou Mo Dokokade Devilman" (DEVILMAN end) | 90.192 |
| 151. "Yakusoku Wa Iranai" (ESCAFLOWNE op) | 91.104 |
| 152. "Kimi O Nosete" (LAPUTA movie) | 87.086 |
| 153. "Fukkatsu No Ideon" (IDEON op) | 92.121 |
| 154. "Cosmos Ni Kimi To" (IDEON end) | 89.324 |
| 155. "Tate! Toushou Daimos" (DAIMOS op) | 88.687 |
| 156. "Chikyuu Ni I Love You" (DORVACK op) | 91.269 |
| 157. "Dokonjou Gaeru" (DOKONJOU GAERU op) | 83.340 |
| 158. "Tonari No Totoro" (TOTORO movie) | 89.307 |
| 159. "Makafushigina Adventure!" (DRAGON BALL op) | 92.438 |
| 160. "Roller Hero Muteking" (MUTEKING op) | 88.513 |
| 161. "Shouri Da! Big Sightron" (NURSE WITCH KOMUGI-CHAN ins) | 91.588 |
| 162. "Love Survivor" (TOBIKAGE op) | 93.161 |
| 163. "Shinobi No Theme" (NINJA KAMUI GAIDEN op) | 88.507 |
| 164. "Melissa" (FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST op) | 93.560 |
| 165. "Patalliro!" (PATALLIRO! op) | 86.849 |
| 166. "Babel II" (BABEL II op) | 90.665 |
| 167. "Haruka -Sailing For My Dream-" (B'T X op) | 89.675 |
| 168. "Tatakae! Go Lion" (GO LION op) | 93.727 |
| 169. "Blue Water" (NADIA op) | 88.069 |
| 170. "Bara Wa Utsukushiku Chiru" (ROSE OF VERSAILLES op) | 89.656 |
| 171. "Moonlight Densetsu" (SAILOR MOON op) | 87.856 |
| 172. "Ai O Torimodose!" (HOKUTO NO KEN op) | 87.657 |
| 173. "Wild Challenger" (BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO op) | 91.074 |
| 174. "Yuzurenai Negai" (RAYEARTH op) | 90.555 |
| 175. "Butchigiri Battlehackers" (MACHINE ROBO BUTCHIGIRI BATTLEHACKERS op) | 88.966 |
| 176. "Mazinger Z" (MAZINGER Z op) | 90.996 |
| 177. "Sora Tobu Mazinger Z" (MAZINGER Z VS DEVILMAN movie) | 91.868 |
| 178. "Bokura No Mazinger Z" (MAZINGER Z end) | 90.470 |
| 179. "Mazin Kenzan!!" (MAZINKAISER: SHITO! ANKOKU DAI SHOGUN ova) | 88.889 |
| 180. "Hashire Makibaou" (MAKIBAOU op) | 88.807 |
| 181. "Midnight Submarine" (URASHIMAN op) | 90.332 |
| 182. "Macross" (MACROSS op) | 92.926 |
| 183. "Runner" (MACROSS end) | 89.280 |
| 184. "Takarajima" (TAKARAJIMA op) | 89.766 |
| 185. "Ashita Ni Ikiro Baldios" (BALDIOS op) | 96.060 |
| 186. "Asu He No Toushi" (RING NI KAKERO op) | 90.633 |
| 187. "UFO Senshi Dai Apollon" (DAI APOLLON op) | 86.871 |
| 188. "Uchuu No Ooja Grendizer" (GRENDIZER end) | 90.592 |
| 189. "Uchuu No Ooja! God Mars" (GOD MARS op) | 90.797 |
| 190. "Yuusha Raideen" (YUUSHA RAIDEEN op) | 93.763 |
| 191. "Lupin III Sono 2" (LUPIN III end) | 90.025 |
| 192. "Sexy Adventure" (LUPIN III PART 3 op) | 95.537 |
| 193. "We Are!" (ONE PIECE op) | 91.187 |
| 194. "Yamato!! Aratanaru Tabidachi" (YAMATO NEW JOURNEY movie) | 91.133 |
| 195. "Yamato Yo Towa Ni" (SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO III end) | 94.995 |
| 196. "Hoshi No Pendant" (BE FOREVER YAMATO movie) | 90.718 |
| 197. "Kodai (Ore) To Yamato" (FINAL YAMATO movie) | 90.856 |
| 198. "Yamato Yori Ai O Komete" (SARABA YAMATO movie) | 93.507 |
| 199. "Makkana Scarf" (SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO end) | 92.536 |
| 200. "Uchuu Senkan Yamato" (SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO op) | 92.913 |
| 201. "Joe No Komoriuta" (ASHITA NO JOE end) | 89.182 |
| 4:59am 202. "Ashita No Joe" (ASHITA NO JOE op) | 94.989 |
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