:Omoide wa Okkusenman!
{{Infobox song
| name = Omoide wa Okkusenman!
| cover = Okkusenman.jpg
| alt =
| caption = A screenshot from the MAD Movie featuring the song
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| artist = {{nihongo|Blue Fang|蒼い牙|Aoi Kiba}}
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| language = Japanese
| released = February 6, 2007
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| length = 2:49
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| composer = Takashi Tateishi
| lyricist = Unknown
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}}
{{nihongo|"Omoide wa Okkusenman!"|思い出はおっくせんまん！||translated as "110 million memories!" or "Countless memories!"{{r|group=Note|okusenman}}}} is a song that has become an Internet meme in Japan. The original song was composed by Capcom composer Takashi Tateishi 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 {{nihongo|"Blue Fang"|蒼い牙|Aoi Kiba}}.{{cite web|title=Fuckin' Go my way!!|url=http://www.geocities.co.jp/broadway/6153/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002105807/http://www.geocities.co.jp/broadway/6153/|archive-date=2013-10-02|access-date=2009-07-09}}{{cite web|title=Family CoMcert 特設ステージ|url=http://www.geocities.co.jp/broadway/6153/fconrock.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002110653/http://www.geocities.co.jp/broadway/6153/fconrock.html|archive-date=2013-10-02|access-date=2009-07-09}} Lyrics were later written for this version of the song, and then posted to YouTube on February 6, 2007, by the user PiggKingg{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02L3GfMqVpM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/02L3GfMqVpM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=YouTube - ロックマン2 - おっくせんまん|website=YouTube |date=2007-02-06|access-date=2007-07-15}}{{cbignore}} and then posted in full on February 14.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwAM30N0No|title=YouTube - ロックマン2 - おっくせんまん Full ver.|website=YouTube |date=2007-02-14|access-date=2009-07-15}} The song describes the singer reminiscing about his childhood and friends, particularly pretending to be Ultraman/Ultraseven with them, while realizing his life and theirs is nothing like what it used to be.
History
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The first posting of "Omoide wa Okkusenman!" with vocals by an individual known as Gom occurred on YouTube on February 19, 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmaltChJnV0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/XmaltChJnV0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=YouTube - ロックマン２ おっくせんまん！（Version ｺﾞﾑ）|website=YouTube |access-date=2009-07-21|date=2007-02-19}}{{cbignore}} 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",{{cite web|url=http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm46|title=おっくせんまん（HORA☆改） by CHROMES-ニコニコ動画(ββ)|date=2007-03-06|access-date=2009-07-15}} followed by Gomu's minutes later.{{cite web|url=http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm83|title=【ｺﾞﾑ】 ロックマン2 おっくせんまん！（Version ｺﾞﾑ）-ニコニコ動画(ββ)|access-date=2009-07-15|date=2007-03-06}} 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 {{nihongo|"Douro of DNA"|DNAのどうRO|DNA no Dōro}}{{cite web|url=http://dna1014.hp.infoseek.co.jp/movie_02.html|title=DNAのどうRO＞movie＞おもいではおっくせんまん|access-date=2010-02-02}} was uploaded on May 27, 2007, to Nico Nico Douga.{{cite web|url=http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm369808|title=おもいではおっくせんまん-ニコニコ動画(9)|access-date=2010-02-02|date=2007-05-27}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.co.jp/broadway/6153/fconrock2.html|title=備忘録 & 真実|access-date=2009-07-09}} When Nico Nico Douga attempted to discover the song's proper writer to include the song in one of their CDs,{{cite web|url=http://blog.nicovideo.jp/niconews/2008/05/001239.html|title=おっくせんまんの作詞者を捜しています-ニコニコニュース|date=2008-05-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626221058/http://blog.nicovideo.jp/niconews/2008/05/001239.html|archive-date=2009-06-26}} their campaign was unsuccessful and determined that it was written as a collaboration of users in the Nico Nico Douga and Japanese internet communities.{{cite web|url=http://blog.nicovideo.jp/niconews/2008/06/001281.html|title=おっくせんまん！作詞者探索のご報告-ニコニコニュース|access-date=2009-07-15|date=2008-06-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213025559/http://blog.nicovideo.jp/niconews/2008/06/001281.html|archive-date=2009-12-13}}
Commercial releases
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 {{nihongo|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0806/12/news066.html|title=ねとらぼ：ゴムが歌う「おっくせんまん」がCDに 作詞者不詳のまま - ITmedia News|date=2008-06-12|access-date=2009-07-15}} 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 {{nihongo|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.{{Cite web|url=http://listen.jp/newtype/anisonnews_000803.htm|title=JAM Projectがカバーする「思い出はおっくせんまん！」も収録！ ニコニコ動画発、あの伝説のCDが帰ってきた！ アニソンニュース・アニメ・特撮・声優・音楽・歌詞・試聴・アニメソング・アニソンニュース -- Newtype アニメ ミュージック ダウンロード|access-date=2009-07-09|date=2009-06-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630093937/http://listen.jp/newtype/anisonnews_000803.htm|archive-date=2009-06-30}}
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwAM30N0No The original posting] on YouTube
- [http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm369808 The original animation] on Nico Nico Douga