About
Durarara!! Opening Parodies (デュラララ!!OPパロ) refer to a series of parody video remixes for the opening credit movies in Durarara!! 1st anime season. Though not so much as the ending parodies, many MAD videos mimicking the movies’ rendition have been posted to Nico Nico Douga (NND) since 2010.
Origin
The 1st TV anime series Durarara!! was aired from January to June in 2010 which was produced by the same staffs of the TV anime adaptation for the author’s another title Baccano!. And, both of its 1st (shown below, left) and 2nd (shown below, right) opening credit movies are made in the same way to that of Baccano! which also caused a parody video remix fad on NND in before. Hence, it resemble the opening title of 2000 American film Snatch directed by Guy Ritchie as well.
The 1st opening theme song “Uragiri no Yūyake” (裏切りの夕焼け; lit. “Sunset of Betrayal”) is sung by Japanese funk rock band Theatre Brook[1], and the 2nd one “Complication” (コンプリケイション) is the debut single of Japanese band ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D.[2]
Spread
Fan creations mimicking the opening credit movie began in , and it has been continually posted to NND even after the series ended. Most of parody videos in this series are made in MAD video style, and they try reproducing its characteristic rendition inserting the previous episode’s highlight during the footage. On NND, both parodies for the 1st one and the 2nd one are basically tagged under the same name[3] though the latter has its own tag.[4]
Various Examples
1st OP Movie Parodies
Niconico ムダヅモモモ!!OP「Ура切りの夕焼け」Niconico 【MAD】キルラキル×デュラララ!!【ＯＰパロ】
Left: Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku[5] | Right: Dangan Ronpa
Niconico 【デュラララ!!OPパロ】アララギの夕焼けNiconico 【流出】 ○ラララ!! 没OP 【！？】
Left: Bakemonogatari in Monogatari Series | Right: Wrresling Series[NSFW!!]
2nd OP Movie Parodies
Niconico 【MAD】化物語【デュラララOP】Niconico 【MAD】ヱヴァ新劇でデュラララ!!OPパロ
Left: Nisemonogatari in Monogatari Series | Right: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Niconico 【MAD】 とある魔術の禁書目録 × デュラララ!! 【OPパロ】Niconico 【MAD】キルラキル×デュラララ!!【ＯＰパロ】
Left: A Cetain Magical Index | Right: Kill la Kill
Search Interest
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External References
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[1]Wikipedia – Theatre Brook
[2]MyAnimeList.net – ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D
[3]niconico Douga – Search results for the tag デュラララ!!OPパロリンク
[4]niconico Douga – Search results for the tag DRRR!!_OP2パロリンク
[5]Wikipedia – Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku