In honor of Caroll Spinney’s passing today, I would like to remind you all of the time when this brave and wonderful man put on his Big Bird costume and sang Jim one final song at his funeral, all those many years ago in 1990…
Darn it, Doraemon…stop making me feel sad again about the voice cast switch, even though it’s been nearly 15 years since it happened…
(Clips taken from the 1998 adaptation of Goodbye Doraemon and Noriko Ohara’s final farewell message to the audience that aired as a part of the Doraemon anime’s 25th anniversary.)
1) “Remember Me” (Coco): Even just listening to the first chords of the song is enough to make my eyes start watering. Just the fact that this was a special song that Hector wrote for his daughter and his bastard of a “friend” Ernesto de la Cruz stole the song and perverted it into a generic romance song is heartbreaking. And then there’s Miguel playing the song as a final attempt to help an elderly Coco remember her deceased father when Hector was in the threat of being forgotten…
2) “Won’t You Be My Neighbor”: I grew up watching Mister Roger’s Neighborhood as a child. Fred Rogers really felt like a genuine person. He wasn’t just putting on a face when on television, but he also actively tried to make the world a better place. Just listening to the first and last time he sang the theme for his show easily makes me start tearing up.
3) “Time Adventure” (Adventure Time): After having not kept up with the series for a long time, I decided to watch the finale of the series Come Along with Me and then BMO starts to sing this song when Golb comes into play and he corrupted many of the contributing parties in the final war. It just reminded me of what I loved about the series growing up.
4) “Kimi ni Furete” (Bloom into You): This one is primarily because of the lyrics and beat of the song, again. But the show was great.
5) “Aozora” (AIR): Misuzu’s death was tragic, man.
6) “The Next Right Thing” (Frozen II): My personal feelings about the sequel aside, probably one of the most heartbreaking songs I’ve heard in a Disney animated film in a long time. I won’t give away the context as to why, but trust me when I say it’s sad.
7) “Are You Satisfied With Your Care?”: A fan song for Big Hero 6 about Baymax’s sacrifice.
He’s Gone (Parody of Whatsername by Green Day)
Thought I ran into you down on the street
Then it turned out to only be Yugi
I made a point to hide all of the games he played
He went away and then I took a different path
I remember the face and I do recall the name
Now I wonder how my Atem has been
Seems that he disappeared without a trace
Did he ever marry old what’s her face?
I made a point to hide all of the games he played
He went away and then I took a different path
I remember the face and I do recall the name
Now I wonder how my Atem has been
Remember, whatever
It seems like forever ago
Remember, whatever
It seems like forever ago
The regrets are useless
In my mind
He’s in my head
I must confess
The regrets are useless
In my mind
He’s in my head
From so long ago
(Go, go, go, go)
And in the darkest night
If my memory serves me right
I’ll never turn back time
Moving on, but not forgetting.
Even though I don’t consider the events of Frozen 2 canon, I do still think that even non-goddess Elsa has a magically enhanced lifespan.
So unfortunately…I do think Elsa will end up outliving Anna.
Not by that much though. I do headcanon that they both live to be over one hundred years old. I just picture Anna passing while in her late hundreds, like around 105, whereas Elsa lives until her hundred tens.
And on the day that her true love passes from the world Elsa is sourended by her children, and her grandchildren, and her few great-grandchildren, and her niece, and grand nieces and nephews, who are all practically her own child and grandchildren as she was almost a second mother to them. They comfort her during the service and cry when she speaks such beautiful words about how magical her sister was and how lucky she was to have her in life.
Then, once the service is over, she goes to each of her family members. She gives them a big hug, a loving kiss to the forehead, and a heartfelt goodbye. And then she leaves for the northern mountains to spend the rest of her days in her ice palace among her creations, coming down only for holidays, birthdays, and the birth of new great-grandchildren. For while she loves her family, with the one she loves most gone she feels she can no longer stay in Arendelle.
GREEN EGGS AND HAM SPOILERS: This entire exchange between Sam I Am and Guy Am I came off as a pleasant surprise for me, especially with all the weight behind it after seeing what was built up to this exact moment.
(All I can say is that more people need to watch and support this show on Netflix! It deserves more fans and a second season! I personally consider it one of the best readaptations of Dr. Seuss’ works.)
Only diehard Doraemon fans will realize what music track is playing here.
For those who don’t know, it’s the exact same somber music piece that played back in the 1998 version of Goodbye Doraemon, during the scene where Doraemon says goodbye to Nobita and leaves.
Not gonna lie, but this reference hit me pretty hard and is extremely fitting, especially since this is the last episode with both the original voice cast and the 1979 anime artstyle.
(Taken from the 2005 readaptation of Doraemon Takes A Day Off!)
THESE TWO EPISODES HAVE THE EXACT SAME ENDING…
While Hamtaro takes it more positively with the fact that Penelope could see her snowman again when winter returns to Sweet Paradise, Doraemon: Gadget Cat From The Future takes the message far more personally with Shizuka Minamoto/Sue Morris thanking their snowkid for the fun time they had together as he melts away, stating that she’ll always remember him.
(These screenshots were taken from both the 234th episode of Hamtaro, “See You Again, Snowman!” and the Doraemon: Gadget Cat From The Future episode, “Snowkid On The Block.”)
There’s quite a bit of Gian and Suneo angst in this movie.
(Taken from the 2003 Doraemon movie, Nobita and The Windmasters.)
DORAEMON TRIVIA: Here is the 1979 anime’s 10th ending theme, YUME Biyori (which means “The Ideal Weather For Dreaming” in English) that was used from October 10th, 2003 (Episode 1730) to May 28th, 2004 (Episode 1757).
The song was performed by Japanese singer Hitomi Shimatani and was later used as the ending theme for the 25th Doraemon movie, Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey.
I JUST WANT THEM TO BE HAPPY…
(Taken from the 177th episode, The Shooting Star!)
I read more JoJo!
Who is this Blueford person? What is their gender?
Poor Jonathan! ;_;
Whoa, Dio’s father stole Jonathan’s father’s ring? And he didn’t mind?
Ah… Wait, what happened to Dio’s body?
The Hamtaro rerun announcement over in Japan becomes far more depressing when you realize that I’m Parting, Clubhouse (Episode 193) ends with Boss making the decision to leave the Ham Hams in order to become a better person for them and leaves all the rest of the Ham Hams in tears, making a vow to wait for Boss to return to the Ham Ham Clubhouse.
As of right now, Episodes 1 to 193 are the only episodes that have been announced to reair over in Japan, meaning that episodes 194 to 296 will not air again, which means that THIS is how the story of Hamtaro and friends ends over in Japan for a new generation of viewers.
It’s gonna end on a cliffhanger for many younger fans without the inclusion of the second group of episodes during the Sweet Paradise era with Lapis and Lazuli.
((Large ramble ahead for today’s song of the day. If you don’t feel like reading, just enjoy the song ☺️))
This song was what got me into the genre of music i’m into now. This song made me cry as i was sitting on my bed. I listened to this song every day for a month or so.
I love it because it just expresses so much growth in tyler’s character, from spitting… *those* lyrics (if you know, you know) back in the Goblin/Bastard era to expressing such raw emotion in a song, saying
This song changed the way i thought about music, and i think everyone should listen to it.
It’s essentially 3 parts long, the first being the “GONE, GONE”—the first time i heard the
i started crying. That was the most emotional lyric i’d heard in a long time, not in the lyric itself but in the desperation it seemed to carry.
As the song transitions into the “THANK YOU” portion there’s a bit of rap, which i enjoyed, but not as much as the
that was the second thing that made me cry in that song.
The last being, the end of the Thank You portion—
and of course, at the very end,
Again, the emotion in that was just so overwhelming. Like i said, everyone should have the privilege of listening to this song at least once.
just my opinion, because i’m obsessed with the feeling this song gives me.
