For those who don’t recognize the header, it’s the title of Maximum Hormone’s most famous single, What’s Up People. Used as the second opening for the hit anime Death Note, it’s unique for its apologetically hardcore punk sound, rare in a market overflowing with cutesy rabbit-girl-idols and bubblegum pop. The opening itself is inspired, featuring a psychedelic collage of characters, yet using dystopian film noir shadowing techniques to give that dark gritty feel. No one is innocent, with everyone portrayed in shades of gray.
Original Death Note opening video
The madness began with an innocuous trailer for an AMV contest in 2007, featuring a certain famous yellow animal…
For any Code Geass fan, the term Spinzaku should be as familiar as “ALL HAIL BRITTANNIA!!11one1!”. For those who have been living under a rock though, never fear, Neolistic Journal offers the following “Code Geass for Busy People” entry:
Suzaku’s single habit of wtfpwning anything within the 1st minute of his appearance on the battlefield and his signature spin kick move has earned him the title “Spinzaku”. It has been shown that Suzaku does an average of 0.7 Spinzakus per episode, destroying Lelouch in about 50% of those spinz; they also say that 40.7% of all statistics are made on the spot. Lately there’s been a more literal take on the spin part of Spinzaku…
