And yet, Iyami was supposed to be just one of the silly supporting characters for the main sextuplet of ne'er-do-wells (known as NEETs in Japan) on "Osomatsu-kun". That one gesture probably upended the hierarchy. I never saw any of the anime variations of the franchise but even I knew "SHEEH!" and the gesture.
Yup, the Technoboys came up with another earworm late last year, and this time, I didn't hear too many of those syn-drums that have become a sign of their work on their another anime. "Same Six Faces" turned out to be the ending theme for the sequel series for "Osomatsu-kun", "Osomatsu-san"(おそ松さん), which came out in October 2015 before finishing its run at the end of March 2016. The original series had the Brothers Matsuno as these six scallywag kids but this new series had them as grownups but still not too mature.
I never got to see the series and reading and watching some of the clips, I have a feeling that "Osomatsu-san" is not really my anime buddy's type of show despite the mostly nutso humour involved. But man, is that ending theme catchy! "Same Six Faces" as it was used in the ending credits had the actual voice cast bantering and singing over the Technoboys' delivery with the seiyuu for Iyami, Kenichi Suzumura(鈴村健一), leading the way (complete with the background chorus coolly crooning the "SHEEH!"). As for the Brothers Matsuno themselves, I was surprised in that it looks like the entire cast of "Shirokuma Cafe"(しろくまカフェ)decided to re-unite to voice the characters. Takahiro Sakurai(櫻井孝宏), Jun Fukuyama(福山潤), Hiroshi Kamiya(神谷浩史), Daisuke Ono(小野大輔), Yuuichi Nakamura(中村悠一)and Miyu Irino(入野自由)go all in.
Released in December 2015, the single went Gold and it went as high as No. 3 on Oricon. Now I feel like grabbing one of my old 80s compilation CDs and searching for S-Express again!
Ah, before I finish off...the current lineup of Technoboys is Tomohisa Ishikawa, Tohru Fujimura and Yohei Matsui(石川智久・フジムラトヲル・松井洋平).
here in the states Osomatsu-san became a surprise hit especially amongst younger women, but "Karamatsu girls" is their matsu meme of choice.
ReplyDeleteHi, Ryan.
DeleteAmongst younger women, eh? I wonder what the attraction was.
self-admitted "fujoshi" :P
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