[X] My Assistant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDc-dNcPDZY / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63hvgikEJO0&t=70s / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJQ9ig_d8yY&t=47s : same key, same chorus progression, very similar drum rhythm, especially right before the chorus, somewhat similar instrumentation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLEFjQW-Z8U / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtBoAqkIJzI : this is just outright plagiarism. Or I guess a tribute is a better word. The first song is just an inferior arrangement of Yuurei Toukyou. Jesus fuck he even copied the song name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmIcg1EHIac : another Ayase clone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ0E3Rkv0NA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9EAOc-GWxY / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKu3LjLW4CQ : 1 semitone off. pretty much same song lol. the idol song is 100% inspired by Uso.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbtgsmXa1Yk&t=96 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN6kSahZlLc&t=87 brief passage of identical melody, I think also same key, 2020 vs 1998 release, new song makes me think of hentai game bgm it's probably stolen from one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1EAWVLKfrA chicken version, what is this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTKmZ65gACQ / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g52X_W_tSA chicken yoasobis, not on yoasobi train yet, I probably need to see an anime with yoasobi first
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuIyj2hQfcw / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoKluzn07eQ this chicken yoasobi reminds me of something, is it this? quick instinct grab, no idea why
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6GNI2edz-o&t=158 I feel like this clip sounds like Hiroyuki Sawano music in general but I haven't found the particular song to match correctly, it might be some bgm

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLYVqdekt6s&t=15s / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EX2KSgNS8s&t=79s : exactly the same progression, same tempo, 3 semitones apart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ApXFXZTdyA&t=20s / [youtu.be] https://youtu.be/swqbfMh467A?t=24 : pretty similar rhythm and melody but diverges after 16 bars. 1 semitone apart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOlfE7ILlO0&t=63s / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AGMvhn__XU&t=54s : same melody and rhythm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOlfE7ILlO0&t=114s / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB75e7vzX0I&t=76s : don't think I need to explain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwjUmhAk3Hc&t=50s : feels like it's one of the medley songs but I can't remember which one, maybe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Z-48EbLu4&t=54s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwjUmhAk3Hc&t=50 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btth9Fk6KVg Maybe this? Not vocalized and the medley never used this section, although it's the most recognizable part of the song to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9FSBdY6MHo&t=60 For some reason this song also sounds like the one above to me. I had recognized it in the medley but couldn't identify, and in my secret answer sheet I had written it was the song above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwjUmhAk3Hc&t=50 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9b4hzYdHNE Sounds like this, too. Same key, so this might be the better match. Some Aoi Eir songs sound the same to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6GNI2edz-o&t=158 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_PWdjym25g&t=79 This same anime also has Hiroyuki Sawano music. I was thinking some bgm from Seraph of the End or Attack on Titan would match better.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwjUmhAk3Hc&t=50 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9b4hzYdHNE Sounds like this, too. Same key, so this might be the better match. Some Aoi Eir songs sound the same to me.

yea that's the one. how did i miss it. I did think Sirius but didn't make the connection to the artist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9FSBdY6MHo&t=60 For some reason this song also sounds like the one above to me. I had recognized it in the medley but couldn't identify, and in my secret answer sheet I had written it was the song above.

same tbh. I initially thought https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwjUmhAk3Hc&t=50 was similar to azurite or Asuiro, the latter song being sung by the same girl who sang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9FSBdY6MHo&t=60
the funny thing is Asuiro is very close to INNOCENCE in the medley [medley.bepis.io] https://medley.bepis.io/wiki/Kakenukeru_Anison_Medley_VI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6GNI2edz-o&t=158

it doesn't have that Sawano production for me so I don't think it's that similar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOBI3kU4YwM / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKHGAuNaGuA : the first few notes are so similar I almost put the wrong lyrics in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYX9SZfDF8o / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3LvZe5rTE : you will know from the first few seconds. Both are kinda similar but can't really call it a copy. It's just a full scale down piano thingy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH1y8-HJCM0&t=46 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCMEO8-XSYM&t=54 Easy identification for me, same key and so same this part but it's short then gets different. 2019 vs 1998 release. Terrible show to watch makes me suffer. Wonder if it's for girls or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN_m24pcJjI Best song from that terrible anime. Guitar is kind of like that guitar/drum rhythm I was talking about some pages earlier.

Whee new Sailor Star Song is out! Actually now I found out that there have been a bunch of decent versions of this song over the last decade that I didn't pay any attention. But why do they keep messing with the melody at a few parts of the song?
Spot A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5S34ldKXyE&t=34 versus original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk260b4pg8s&t=34 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-hEDDj75iw&t=34
Spot B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5S34ldKXyE&t=22 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk260b4pg8s&t=22 and maybe all versions versus mutant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYcgAr2_9k&t=21

Maybe the original singer was so out of tune that they can't even tell what some notes were supposed to be (I still think her voice is awesome anyway). Upon further research, all the instrumental bgm versions of Sailor Star Song used in the original TV series have the altered melody in Spot A that the new song uses, while the original melody was reserved for the vocal opening as well as one instrumental bgm on the old CDs that was not used in the show.

I don't know why but Sailor Star Song is almost surely in my Top 5 anime songs of all time, quite possibly my number one. I don't even like or watch Sailor Moon. No IV V iii vi in the whole song but it feels quite cartoonish, so what kind of song does it resemble? Like 80's american cartoon music or something? Hmm I hear some canon progressions maybe, a lot of my favorite anime songs have that, but usually they are like more relaxed songs.

Wait, is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYcgAr2_9k&t=173 a (weird) IV V iii vi after all?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH1y8-HJCM0&t=46 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCMEO8-XSYM&t=54 Easy identification for me, same key and so same this part but it's short then gets different. 2019 vs 1998 release. Terrible show to watch makes me suffer. Wonder if it's for girls or something.

different keys though lol, 1 semitone apart.

I don't know why but Sailor Star Song is almost surely in my Top 5 anime songs of all time, quite possibly my number one. I don't even like or watch Sailor Moon. No IV V iii vi in the whole song but it feels quite cartoonish, so what kind of song does it resemble? Like 80's american cartoon music or something? Hmm I hear some canon progressions maybe, a lot of my favorite anime songs have that, but usually they are like more relaxed songs.

No 4536 but 456, which kinda is the reduced version of 4536. Some musician youtuber believes 456 is the real basic of jpop chord progressions.

Wait, is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYcgAr2_9k&t=173 a (weird) IV V iii vi after all?

that's a very distinctive artstyle for the album cover, I would recognize it any day [vndb.org] https://vndb.org/s415
no, that's very far away from being anything close to 4536. The first 3 chords are some kind of descending chromatic progression then back to tonic (Am Abaug Gm C). It feels quite nice to play on piano since all the notes are close together.

No 4536 but 456, which kinda is the reduced version of 4536.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5S34ldKXyE&t=82 Is this the IV V vi? If it is, what's the fourth chord afterward?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5S34ldKXyE&t=95 Is this ii V I?

I've always thought it was one of the weirdest anime openings I'd ever heard, and listening to the latest version of Moonlight Densetsu I noticed for the first time that it sounds like an enka. Aside from the modern instrumentation, it's like old Japanese samurai music or something, which you'll generally never hear in anime unless they are making a parody like this.

Internet says enka uses only 5 notes, and when I [en.wikipedia.org] play this it does sound enkish to me. Do those two examples follow enka rules in the melody? I assume some chords may break out.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5S34ldKXyE&t=82 Is this the IV V vi? If it is, what's the fourth chord afterward?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5S34ldKXyE&t=95 Is this ii V I?

I've always thought it was one of the weirdest anime openings I'd ever heard, and listening to the latest version of Moonlight Densetsu I noticed for the first time that it sounds like an enka. Aside from the modern instrumentation, it's like old Japanese samurai music or something, which you'll generally never hear in anime unless they are making a parody like this.

Internet says enka uses only 5 notes, and when I [en.wikipedia.org] play this it does sound enkish to me. Do those two examples follow enka rules in the melody? I assume some chords may break out.

I know jack shit about enka so I can't answer the later questions.

For the first, it's not 456. If you notice, the 2nd chord has a bit of tension (emo) because it's chromatic. It's ii III (chromatic) vi v (chromatic). This progression has a name and is somewhat common in Jpop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3uqqoBMh34. Super emo progression, this song is the first to come to mind when I think about this progression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adLErmEddS8
For the 2nd, yes it's your standard 251 cadence.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX9xmcCH1T0&t=43s / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdLGjSygZj0&t=62s : not sure why but the first thing I thought of when I heard the chorus of the first song was tomadoi recipe lol. sure, both same key but the chords are not even that similar with only a hint of 4536 near the end. they sure as shit do not sound wrong when slapped over each other, though [files.catbox.moe] https://files.catbox.moe/ggpbq6.mp3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLYVqdekt6s&t=15s / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EX2KSgNS8s&t=79s : exactly the same progression, same tempo, 3 semitones apart

[files.catbox.moe] https://files.catbox.moe/ubhuu1.mp3 lmao

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX9xmcCH1T0&t=43 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw5o2pSrVbQ&t=2 Not sure if chords are same but your clip briefly reminds me of this song, which was all over in the anime medley.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btth9Fk6KVg&t=38 I don't know if this also has similar chords, but it was always right next to the above song in the anime medley, some with just a 1 second clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLYVqdekt6s&t=23 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHzZA7HWYKg&t=135 I think the chords are exactly the same. I didn't fetch this song based on the IV V V#dim vi but what comes after. Although I'm not sure what that is?

I can't find where the 456 are in Sailor Star Song. Is it here or here? (If it is in either of those spots, what are all the chords around there?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX9xmcCH1T0&t=43 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw5o2pSrVbQ&t=2 Not sure if chords are same but your clip briefly reminds me of this song, which was all over in the anime medley.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btth9Fk6KVg&t=38 I don't know if this also has similar chords, but it was always right next to the above song in the anime medley, some with just a 1 second clip.

It's called the bird blues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4F278t62qc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLYVqdekt6s&t=23 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHzZA7HWYKg&t=135 I think the chords are exactly the same. I didn't fetch this song based on the IV V V#dim vi but what comes after. Although I'm not sure what that is?

45 #5 6 yes. After that is ii iii IV. And maybe add a V.

I can't find where the 456 are in Sailor Star Song. Is it here or here? (If it is in either of those spots, what are all the chords around there?)

dunno either, maybe i misremember

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIwSrvHUe9E / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3PwDYh0SIU : same song lmao. Both 290bpm, 1 semitone apart. I shouldn't need to explain why they are similar. Hell, one probably copied from the other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0ioLEIPxZk / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0-Z4JjzoBg : [files.catbox.moe] https://files.catbox.moe/4ahlti.mp3 lol

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBh72acFfVs&t=46 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX4yy7wdrTQ&t=53 Aoi Eir is back again. At least I don't think this one was in the medley. Same key I think (I messed up last time, although I did suspect that one and had tried to check back and forth).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LRnr-PQyqY&t=91 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22IWK81Iqck&t=66 Doesn't seem exactly the same but I think a good enough find considering it's 2021 anime versus 1987 europop. I found the correct song in my memory instantly...thanks to the two songs having the same name!

Hmm, now that I listen to this "Chinese" song more carefully, I hear a lot of extreme similarities in both instrumentation and melody to Oh My Goddess! OAV bgm (1993~1994). Maybe I will find the similar parts later. Wait, I should try to search and listen to more songs by that guy on youtube. I'd only heard this one song before, by random chance.

I'm listening to more songs now, most are different but a couple others seem similar to OMG bgm. It's always been a mystery to me where the OMG bgm came from, because trying to check its composer leads to a dead end. Now that I check on vgmdb, the only thing he did is Oh My Goddess, including all bgm and opening/ending...and a couple Ranma christmas songs...which I had coincidentally remarked in your contest sounded similar. He's done nothing else, at least as a "composer" although he seems to be a big anime producer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBh72acFfVs&t=46 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX4yy7wdrTQ&t=53 Aoi Eir is back again. At least I don't think this one was in the medley. Same key I think (I messed up last time, although I did suspect that one and had tried to check back and forth).

the first song fucking sucks lmao. probably subconsciously copied from ryuusei

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LRnr-PQyqY&t=91 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22IWK81Iqck&t=66 Doesn't seem exactly the same but I think a good enough find considering it's 2021 anime versus 1987 europop. I found the correct song in my memory instantly...thanks to the two songs having the same name!

Both are notes going down but the intervals are actually different. I would say it's just the genre.

[files.catbox.moe] https://files.catbox.moe/z2a0f8.mp3 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrle0x_DHBM : definitely a tribute to the Earth Wind Fire groove.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHB8aTCiePg / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDL3zhB8-MM : somewhat similar instrumentation. Heavy usage of Tresillo rhythm. Chords, well, it's good old 4536. Not sure why but the first few seconds of the 1st song already gives me massive oriental music vibe.