About
Rozen Maiden Ending Parodies (Japanese: ローゼンメイデンEDパロ) is a series of parody video remixes for the ending credit movie in the 3rd TV anime season for a Japanese manga Rozen Maiden written by Peach-Pit.[1] Many videos mimicking this movie by hand-drawn animation had been uploaded to the Japanese video sharing service Nico Nico Douga (NND) between 2007 and 2009.
Origin
As of 2014, TV anime series of Rozen Maiden have aired 4 seasons in total. Among them, the subject for parody videos is mainly the ending credit movie in the 3rd season Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre which aired 2 episodes in December 22nd and 23rd, 2006. The song “Ustusemi no Kage” (空蝉の影, lit. “This world’s shadow”) was sung by a Japanese band Kukui.[2]
Spread
After NND was launched in the following year, many user-made videos mimicking this movie became to be created by amateur illustrators inspired by its quite simple movie rendition which just scrolls up one long still-illustration.[3] Additionally, dozens of fan illustrations were posted to pixiv tagged under the song’s name.[4]
This hand-drawn illustration/animation trend had continued till a similar style parody fad Durarara!! Ending Parodies occurred in 2010.
Various Examples
Niconico 涼宮ハルヒの鬱蝉ノ影／オーベルテューレＥＤNiconico 【手書きMAD】ひぐらし罰ゲームでローゼンED
Left:The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya | Right: When They Cry
Niconico コードギアス 空蝉のルルーシュの螺旋律Niconico 【手書きトレス】 サンホラでローゼンOP・ED
Left:Code Geass | Right: Sound Horizon
Search Interest
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External References
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[1]Wikipedia – Rozen Maiden
[2]Wikipedia – Kukui (band)
[3]niconico Douga – Search results for the tag ローゼンメイデンEDパロ