About
“YO-KAI Disco” is an audiotrack from a Japanese shoot’em up game Mamorukun Curse! (Japanese: まもるクンは呪われてしまった!) developed by G.rev and Gulti.[1] This song has been a popular musical reource for MAD videos and Youtube Poop Music Videos (YTPMV’s) on YouTube and Nico Nico Douga (NND) since 2013.
Origin
Mamorukun Curse! was released for the Japanese arcade in 2008, and then ported to XBOX360 in 2009 and to PlayStation3 in 2011. Additionally, it was localized and released in the North America in July 2013. This song “YO-KAI disco” is written as background music for the stage “Entrance to the Netherworld” by a Japanese composer Yousuke Yasui.[2] This electro-pop tune played with nostalgic age-old sounds is known as the representative song of this game.
Spread
The earliest instances in this MAD video series were uploaded to NND in 2010 which features A Certain Scientific Railgun[3] and El Shaddai.[4] Meanwhile, the video that led to a substantial increase in popularity of the series was “HAPPY Disco” which parodies Ryuho Okawa[5], the founder of Japanese new religious group Happy Science[6] known for his passionate speeches and incomprehensible interviews with guardian spirits. The original post in January 2012[7] was soon taken down due to the copyright infringement, but its reprint posted in December in that year (Shown below) finally became popular on NND and succeeded to earn many followers.[8] Because of this, subsequent MAD videos uploaded after the following year usually use the sped-up version of this song as same as this video.
In addition, “YO-KAI Disco” has been occasionally used in YouTube Poop Music Videos (YTPMVs) since the middle of 2013.[9]
Various Examples
Niconico はっ！自分は家畜以下のミーナ・カロライナでありますっ！！
Left: Attack on Titan | Right: Kotoura-san
Left: Team Fortress 2 | Right: Boxxy
BLU-RAY Disc Series
BLU-RAY Disc Series (BLU-RAY Discシリーズ) is a series of Yo-kai Disco MAD videos fearturing anime Blu-ray/DVD TV commercial movies. The trigger of this small fad was a MAD video uploaded to NND on May 24th, 2014, which features a Blu-ray/DVDTVCM for anime Saki.[10]
Niconico 【咲-saki-全国編】BLU-RAY Disc
Dozens of videos following this video’s style have been uploaded on NND.[11]
Niconico 【まど☆マギ】BLU-RAY DiscNiconico 【イカ娘】BLU-RAY Disc
Left: Puella Magi Madoka Magica | Right: Squid Girl
Search Interest
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External References
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[1]Wikipedia – Mamorukun Curse!
[2]VGMdb – Yousuke Yasui
[3]niconico Douga – YO-KAI Kuroco【音MAD】 / 09-13-2010
[4]niconico Douga – イーノックンは呪われてしまったが大丈夫か？【エルシャダイ】 / 09-29-2010
[5]Wikipedia – Ryuho Okawa
[6]Wikipedia – Happy Science
[7]niconico Douga – HAPPY Disco / Posted on 01-21-2012 (defunct)
[8]niconico Douga – Search results for the tag YO-KAI_Disco
[9]YouTube – Search results for the keywords yo-kai disco ytpmv
[10]Wikipedia – Saki (manga)
[11]niconico Douga – Search results for the tag BLU-RAY_Discシリーズ