Eizouken Opening Parodies

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Eizouken Opening Parodies refers to a series of parody videos and images based on the opening sequence of the 2020 anime series Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!. The parodies usually feature characters from various fandoms copying the poses done by the main character trio, posing against red, blue and green backdrops.

Origin

On January 4th, the official social media accounts of the Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (Eizōken ni wa Te o Dasu na!) anime series posted a promo for the series featuring an alternative version of its opening. On Twitter,^[1] the promo received over 56,200 views.

On January 5th, the first episode "The Greatest World!" of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! premiered.^[2] In the episode opening sequence, the main trio of characters Midori Asakusa, Sayaka Kanamori and Tsubame Mizusaki dance and do several poses. In the opening, song "Easy Breesy" by Japanese female rap duo chelmico plays. As of February 20th, 2020, the opening accumulated over 3.9 million views on YouTube.^[3]

On June 6th, 2019, Twitter^[4] user MT_Mogs posted the earliest known fan art based on the opening, with the tweet receiving over 590 retweets and 1,700 likes in one and a half months.

Spread

In the first half of January 2020, the format saw a moderate spread on Twitter, YouTube and other with users posting fan arts, and humorous edits. For example, a January 6th, 2020, fanart by Twitter^[5] user @junvii_arts received over 2,000 retweets and 5,100 likes in six weeks (shown below, left). A January 8th edit by YouTuber^[6] Tai Moya The 2nd received over 430,000 views in the same period (shown below, right).

On January 15th, 2020, Twitter^[7] user @Armand_Gman posted the first known parody of the opening (shown below). In the edit, Super Mario characters performed the dance. The video received over 240,000 views in one month, with the tweet garnering over 7,200 retweets and 28,900 likes.

Keep Your Hands Off Mario! – Opening #映像研#Eizouken_anime pic.twitter.com/UUEnwgM8O5

— Pringus McDingus (@Armand_Gman) January 15, 2020

Starting in mid-January 2020, the opening gained a significiant popularity in parodies and redraws, particularly on Twitter. For example, a January 16th, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure redraw by Twitter^[8] user @lovelykujo received over 900 retweets and 2,800 likes (shown below, left). A January 18th Little Witch Academia redraw by Twitter^[9] user @choku_tsu received over 2,700 retweets and 7,500 likes (shown below, center). In a number of edits, the opening was compared to the Torture Dance from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series (example by @bobamirukuu^[11] shown below, right).

On February 12th, 2020, Crunchyroll's Twitter^[10] account posted an interview with Science Saru animator Abel Gobgora in which he described the creative process behind the opening (shown below). In the interview, Gobgora mentioned that some of the poses were inspired by Drake moves in his Hotline Bling music video.

Watching how the @EizoukenAnime OP was made is EASY BREEZY! 🎶 pic.twitter.com/dpVd4GB2cX

— Crunchyroll (@Crunchyroll) February 12, 2020

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