ef Opening Parodies

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About

ef Opening Parodies (Japanese: ef-OPパロ) refer to a series of parody video remixes for opening credit movies in the anime adaptations of an adult visual novel game ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two. released by a Japanese video game developer Minori.^[1] Highly-motivated amateur illustrators/animators have been challenging reproducing these well-made animations with their own hands on the Japanese video sharing service Nico Nico Douga (NND) since 2008.

Origin

The TV anime series for ef was produced by Japanese anime studio Shaft. Its 1st seasn ef – a tale of memories. and 2nd season ef – a tale of melodies. were aired in the fall season of 2007 and 2008 in each. The opening movies are known for its impressive rendition that slightly change its visuals and the song's lyrics along with the stories progress. Each season's opening theme song "euphoric field" and "ebullient future" is sung by Japanese pop singer Elisa^[2] in both English and Japanese.

Left: 1st Season | Right: 2nd Season

Spread

Fan-made remake videos inspired by these opening credit movies began to be uploaded to NND during the 1st season. The first hit video is a hand-drawn animation reproducing the last episode's version by the characters from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. It was posted on February 27th, 2008.

Inspired by pioneering challenges by motivated users like this, this hand-drawn animated video meme finally took off around the end of the 2nd season, and it has been continuing modestly even after the anime ended.^[3] Because of this, almost all videos in this series are made by reference to the 2nd season's one.