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Cloe
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:58 am Reply with quote
In Kemonozume, there are several scenes in which a crazed lunatic named Ooba says absolutely despicable things while a catchy little jingle plays in the background.

One such example is here, starting at 05:11 (right after "Happy new year!"). Ooba is talking about rolling an enormous concrete sphere into the middle of a city, releasing a gas that will turn the entire population into flesh-eating monsters... while he dances around the light-hearted tune. A juxtaposition similar to this one is also used in episode 10, and that one is slightly more disturbing.
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Kruszer



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:17 am Reply with quote
Hellsing offen has some really good happy-ish music set to some Vampire and Zombie killing goodness.
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sykosteve



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:11 pm Reply with quote
a specific example being in hellsing ultimate episode 2.

there was a light jazz mix as luke valentine was slaughtering some hellsing organization soldiers with his blade.

also there was a latin type mix when seras was destroying the hellsing soldiers turned ghoul.
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zombie828



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:48 am Reply with quote
Okay, I have seriously now watched every anime that's been mentioned (most of them not being quite enough violent for my tastes :P), my favourite being Gantz and its music playing while people's heads are exploding :D. Anyone got anymore? Or is that it for this artistic combination? :)
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Dante80



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:24 am Reply with quote
Nothing like Narutaru Shadow Star... Very Happy

We're talking about happy tunes gone berserk... Laughing
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blind_assassin



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:00 am Reply with quote
From Cowboy Bebop there is semi-violent scene after Spike first encounters Vicious. spoiler[When he is shot out the church and is falling] the song Green Bird plays. It's not super happy but it conflicts with whats happening.
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Murasakisuishou



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:32 pm Reply with quote
blind_assassin wrote:
From Cowboy Bebop there is semi-violent scene after Spike first encounters Vicious. spoiler[When he is shot out the church and is falling] the song Green Bird plays. It's not super happy but it conflicts with whats happening.


I loved the way that scene was done. I nearly cried.

Another great example from Cowboy Bebop is in episode 20 when spoiler[Spike is fighting Tongpu or whatever that guy's name was; the homicidal maniac with the mind of a child guy] and they had the creepy carnival music playing in the background. I think that was the most disturbing thing I have ever seen.
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v1cious



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:13 pm Reply with quote
Dante80 wrote:
Nothing like Narutaru Shadow Star... Very Happy

We're talking about happy tunes gone berserk... Laughing


HAHAHAHA i completely forgot about this series. just the intro alone could sell it on 4kids tv
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