Starting in 2004, I've spent each birthday on a day-long quest, trying to set a new personal best for the number of anime songs sung at karaoke (the entire song, natch, not just one verse). The marathon is gruelling, but it's also a unique way to reflect on life, with the songs evoking a steady stream of memories from throughout the nearly three decades that I've been a fan. And at marathon's end, there's the satisfaction of having achieved something new.
In 2005, I'd reached the 150-song goal with strength to spare. The 2006 edition had me a little worried, though--not so much about reaching its goal of 175 songs, but about the chance of not being able to recover in time to sing at Utau-zo, coming up five days later. So I sang as gently as possible, took a break after song 106 to eat a birthday meal of cake and tomato-sauce-topped omurice that friends brought by--and suddenly had no voice! Dropping down five keys from usual helped the sound get out, but for the first time ever, it was looking like the goal might not be possible. By song 133, I could barely croak in any key; that got a score of 80, and I decided that if there were two sub-80 scores in a row, that would be the end.
Didn't want it to end, and battled through the next song, the Go Lion opening theme, determined not to "give up say." ;^) Scores stayed above 80, and gradually, after passing the 150-song mark, my voice started to come back. Managed to reach song 175, plus one to grow on--but man, what a night-long struggle! (Will it be possible to sing 200 songs next year? Glad there's a year to train...!)
| Song (SERIES/MOVIE, op= opening theme, end=ending theme, ins=insert song or character song) | Score (1-100) |
|---|---|
| 1:15pm 1. "Ashita No Joe ~Utsukushiki Ookami-tachi~" (ASHITA NO JOE movie) | 93 |
| 2. "Melos No You Ni -Lonely Way-" (SPT LAYZNER op) | 88 |
| 3. "Akuukan Daisakusen No Theme" (SRUNGLE op) | 88 |
| 4. "Fighting On" (SRUNGLE op) | 86 |
| 5. "Harukana Tomo Yo" (SRUNGLE end) | 96 |
| 6. "Ashita No Joe 2 No Theme ~Ashita He No Sakebi~" (ASHITA NO JOE 2 movie) | 91 |
| 7. "Kizudarake Eikou" (ASHITA NO JOE 2 op) | 89 |
| 8. "Hateshinaki Yami No Kanata Ni" (ASHITA NO JOE 2 end) | 90 |
| 9. "Midnight Blues" (ASHITA NO JOE 2 op) | 79 |
| 10. "Seishun No Period ~Joe...Forever~" (ASHITA NO JOE 2 movie) | 89 |
| 11. "Attack No. 1 No Uta" (ATTACK NO. 1 op) | 90 |
| 12. "Circus Game" (IGAINO KABAMARU op) | 90 |
| 13. "Change The World" (INUYASHA op) | 88 |
| 14. "Captain Harlock" (CAPTAIN HARLOCK op) | 91 |
| 15. "Mukashi Mukashi" (CAPTAIN HARLOCK ins) | 94 |
| 16. "Waga Tomo Waga Inochi" (CAPTAIN HARLOCK ins) | 91 |
| 17. "Warera No Tabidachi" (CAPTAIN HARLOCK end) | 90 |
| 18. "Ashita Ni Ikiro Baldios" (BALDIOS op) | 90 |
| 19. "Tekkaman No Uta" (TEKKAMAN op) | 90 |
| 20. "Umi No Toriton" (UMI NO TORITON op) | 93 |
| 21. "Uchuu Wa Taihen Da!" (URUSEI YATSURA end) | 91 |
| 22. "8-Man No Uta" (8-MAN op) | 84 |
| 23. "F" (F op) | 87 |
| 24. "Jama Wa Sasenai" (F end) | 85 |
| 25. "Show Me Your Space -Kimi No Uchuu O Misete-" (STARZANS op) | 88 |
| 26. "Koisuru Kimochi Wa Donuts No Naka" (STARZANS end) | 83 |
| 27. "Technoboyger" (TECHNOBOYGER op) | 93 |
| 28. "Uchuu Wa Hitotsu" (TECHNOBOYGER end) | 91 |
| 29. "Gatchaman No Uta" (GATCHAMAN op) | 87 |
| 30. "Warera Gatchaman" (GATCHAMAN II op) | 90 |
| 31. "Ashita Yume Mite" (GATCHAMAN II end) | 91 |
| 32. "Gatchaman Fighter" (GATCHAMAN FIGHTER op) | 89 |
| 33. "Ginga No Seishun" (DAIRUGGER XV op) | 91 |
| 34. "Yume Iro Chaser" (DRAGONAR op) | 89 |
| 35. "Starlight Serenade" (DRAGONAR end) | 92 |
| 36. "Ushinawareta Yume O Motomete" (MOSPEADA op) | 82 |
| 37. "Kishin Douji Zenki" (ZENKI op) | 82 |
| 38. "Dreams" (GUNDAM X op) | 88 |
| 39. "Resolution" (GUNDAM X op) | 90 |
| 40. "Winners Forever -Shourisha Yo-" (VICTORY GUNDAM end) | 86 |
| 41. "Don't Stop! Carry On!" (VICTORY GUNDAM end) | 91 |
| 42. "Tobe! Gundam" (GUNDAM op) | 92 |
| 43. "Eien Ni Amuro" (GUNDAM end) | 91 |
| 44. "Suna No Juujika" (GUNDAM I movie) | 93 |
| 45. "Kaze Ni Hitori De (GUNDAM II movie) | 88 |
| 46. "Ai Senshi" (GUNDAM II movie) | 86 |
| 47. "Meguri Ai" (GUNDAM III movie) | 88 |
| 48. "Z -Toki O Koete-" (ZETA GUNDAM op) | 84 |
| 49. "Mizu No Hoshi He Ai O Komete" (ZETA GUNDAM op) | 84 |
| 4:55pm 50. "Anime Ja Nai -Yume O Wasureta Furui Chikyuujin Yo-" (GUNDAM ZZ op) | 87 |
| 51. "Eternal Wind -Hohoemi Wa Hikaru Kaze No Naka-" (GUNDAM F91 movie) | 89 |
| 52. "Eien No Tobira" (GUNDAM 08 MS TEAM MILLER'S REPORT ova) | 86 |
| 53. "Flying In The Sky" (G GUNDAM op) | 85 |
| 54. "Just Communication" (GUNDAM WING op) | 87 |
| 55. "Rhythm Emotion" (GUNDAM WING op) | 89 |
| 56. "Turn A Turn" (TURN A GUNDAM op) | 90 |
| 57. "Tsuki No Mayu" (TURN A GUNDAM end) | 93 |
| 58. "Anna Ni Issho Datta No Ni" (GUNDAM SEED end) | 84 |
| 59. "Cat's Eye" (CAT'S EYE op) | 84 |
| 60. "Derringer" (CAT'S EYE op) | 88 |
| 61. "Yume No Funanori" (CAPTAIN FUTURE op) | 84 |
| 62. "On The Wing" (LENSMAN op) | 89 |
| 63. "Cutey Honey" (CUTEY HONEY op) | 84 |
| 64. "Yuke Yuke Hyuuma" (KYOJIN NO HOSHI op) | 88 |
| 65. "Ginga Sempuu Brygar" (BRYGAR op) | 85 |
| 66. "Taiyou No Kora" (BRYGAR ins) | 86 |
| 67. "Abayo Fly Bye" (BRYGAR ins) | 87 |
| 68. "Ginga Reppu Baxingar" (BAXINGAR op) | 90 |
| 69. "Asteroid Blues" (BAXINGAR end) | 83 |
| 70. "Ginga Shippu Sasuraigar" (SASURAIGAR op) | 88 |
| 71. "Ginga Tetsudou 999" (GALAXY EXPRESS 999 op) | 89 |
| 72. "Aoi Chikyuu" (GALAXY EXPRESS 999 end) | 91 |
| 73. "The Galaxy Express 999" (GALAXY EXPRESS 999 movie) | 79 |
| 74. "Sayonara" (ADIEU GALAXY EXPRESS 999 movie) | 86 |
| 75. "Nagareboshi Gin" (GINGA op) | 87 |
| 76. "Hello Vifam" (VIFAM op) | 84 |
| 77. "Kinnikuman Go Fight!" (KINNIKUMAN op) | 86 |
| 78. "Kinnikuman Sensation" (KINNIKUMAN op) | 90 |
| 79. "Honoo No Kinnikuman" (KINNIKUMAN op) | 87 |
| 80. "Ore Wa Great Mazinger" (GREAT MAZINGER op) | 83 |
| 81. "Getta Robo!" (GETTA ROBO op) | 88 |
| 82. "Fumetsu No Machine Getta Robo" (GETTA ROBO G end) | 87 |
| 83. "Genshi Shounen Ryuu" (GENSHI SHOUNEN RYUU op) | 87 |
| 84. "For Real" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI op) | 85 |
| 85. "Tightrope" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI end) | 83 |
| 86. "Still Time" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI op) | 81 |
| 87. "Alone" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI end) | 90 |
| 88. "Open Up Your Mind" (GENSOUMADEN SAIYUUKI ins) | 87 |
| 89. "Hikari No Tenshi -Children Of The Light-" (HARMAGEDDON movie) | 88 |
| 90. "Koutetsu Jeeg No Uta" (KOUTETSU JEEG op) | 85 |
| 91. "Toki No Yuuwaku" (GOD MAZINGER end) | 90 |
| 92. "Daydream Romance" (SPACE ADVENTURE COBRA movie) | 86 |
| 93. "Ougon Senshi Gold Lightan" (GOLD LIGHTAN op) | 85 |
| 94. "Mechanical Dancing Fight" (GOLD LIGHTAN end) | 83 |
| 95. "Yukuze! Goudamu" (GOWAPPA 5 GOUDAMU op) | 89 |
| 96. "Saikyou Robo Daiooja" (DAIOOJA op) | 89 |
| 97. "Taga Tame Ni" (CYBORG 009 op) | 92 |
| 98. "Sailing Mirai He" (SUBMARINE SUPER 99 op) | 88 |
| 99. "Kagayaku Hitomi -Bright Eyes-" (GIANT GORG op) | 91 |
| 8:35pm 100. "Savannah O Koete" (JUNGLE TAITEI op) | 86 |
| 101. "Ikari No Juushin" (JUUSHIN RYGAR op) | 86 |
| 102. "L-Gaim -Time For L-Gaim-" (L-GAIM op) | 83 |
| 103. "Zankokuna Tenshi No Thesis" (EVANGELION op) | 86 |
| 104. "Tatakae! Casshan" (CASSHAN op) | 84 |
| 105. "Cosmos Dream ~Uchuu O Kakeru Yume~" (QUEEN OF 1000 YEARS op) | 86 |
| 106. "Cobra" (SPACE COBRA op) | 85 |
| 107. "Pegasus Fantasy" (SAINT SEIYA op) | 83 |
| 108. "Go Shogun Hasshinseyo" (GO SHOGUN op) | 83 |
| 109. "21 Century -Ginga O Koete-" (GO SHOGUN end) | 89 |
| 110. "Shippuu Xabungle" (XABUNGLE op) | 88 |
| 111. "Kawaita Daichi" (XABUNGLE end) | 86 |
| 112. "Honoo No Sadame" (VOTOMS op) | 85 |
| 113. "Tiger Mask" (TIGER MASK op) | 89 |
| 114. "Daikuu Maryuu Gaiking" (GAIKING op) | 83 |
| 115. "Saraba Yasashiki Hibi Yo" (DOUGRAM op) | 92 |
| 116. "Taiyou No Shisha Tetsujin 28-go" (TETSUJIN 28 op) | 86 |
| 117. "Takarajima" (TAKARAJIMA op) | 86 |
| 118. "Touch" (TOUCH op) | 89 |
| 119. "Heats" (CHANGE! GETTA ROBO ova) | 85 |
| 120. "Hoshi No Deja Vu" (SOUTHERN CROSS op) | 86 |
| 121. "Macross" (MACROSS op) | 85 |
| 122. "Chichi O Motomete" (VOLTES V end) | 89 |
| 123. "Voltes V No Uta" (VOLTES V op) | 84 |
| 124. "ComBattler V No Theme" (COMBATTLER V op) | 84 |
| 10:35pm 125. "Devilman No Uta" (DEVILMAN op) | 84 |
| 126. "Kyou Mo Dokokade Devilman" (DEVILMAN end) | 83 |
| 127. "Fukkatsu No Ideon" (IDEON op) | 87 |
| 128. "Tate! Toushou Daimos" (DAIMOS op) | 85 |
| 129. "Chikyuu Ni I Love You" (DORVACK op) | 84 |
| 130. "Makafushigina Adventure!" (DRAGONBALL op) | 83 |
| 131. "Shinobi No Theme" (NINJA KAMUI GAIDEN op) | 96 |
| 132. "Babel II" (BABEL II op) | 85 |
| 133. "Video Senshi Lezarion" (LEZARION op) | 80 |
| 134. "Tatakae! Go Lion" (GO LION op) | 84 |
| 135. "Blue Water" (NADIA op) | 87 |
| 136. "Bara Wa Utsukushiku Chiru" (ROSE OF VERSAILLES op) | 91 |
| 137. "Honoo No Tenkousei" (HONOO NO TENKOUSEI ova) | 87 |
| 138. "Mazin Kenzan!!" (MAZINKAISER: SHITO! ANKOKU DAI SHOGUN ova) | 84 |
| 139. "Mazinger Z" (MAZINGER Z op) | 87 |
| 140. "Z No Theme" (MAZINGER Z ins) | 89 |
| 141. "Microid S" (MICROID S op) | 87 |
| 142. "Tottemo Umanami" (MAKIBAOU end) | 88 |
| 143. "Hashire Makibaou" (MAKIBAOU op) | 81 |
| 144. "Midnight Submarine" (URASHIMAN op) | 83 |
| 145. "Crystal Knights Necrime" (URASHIMAN ins) | 87 |
| 146. "Come Here! Daitarn 3" (DAITARN 3 op) | 90 |
| 147. "Yuke! Zambot 3" (ZAMBOT 3 op) | 84 |
| 148. "Mune Ga Dokidoki" (MEITANTEI CONAN op) | 84 |
| 149. "Step By Step" (MEITANTEI CONAN end) | 90 |
| 150. "Kita No Ookami Minami No Tora" (YAKYUKYOU NO UTA end) | 87 |
| 151. "Ikou Yo Akira" (YUUSHA RAIDEEN ins) | 86 |
| 152. "Ore Wa Akira Da" (YUUSHA RAIDEEN end) | 82 |
| 153. "UFO Senshi Dai Apollon" (DAI APOLLON op) | 85 |
| 154. "Tobe! Grendizer" (GRENDIZER op) | 86 |
| 155. "Uchuu No Ooja Grendizer" (GRENDIZER end) | 88 |
| 156. "Lupin III Sono 2" (LUPIN III end) | 95 |
| 157. "Honoo No Takaramono" (LUPIN III CAGLIOSTRO CASTLE movie) | 85 |
| 158. "Uchuu No Ooja! God Mars" (GOD MARS op) | 88 |
| 159. "Ai No Kinjitou" (GOD MARS end) | 88 |
| 160. "Waga Seishun No Arcadia" (WAGA SEISHUN NO ARCADIA movie) | 88 |
| 161. "Oretachi No Funade" (MUGEN KIDOU SSX op) | 89 |
| 162. "Harlock No Ballad" (MUGEN KIDOU SSX end) | 86 |
| 163. "We Are!" (ONE PIECE op) | 87 |
| 164. "Caravel Farewell -Susume Going Merry-go-" (ONE PIECE ins) | 84 |
| 165. "Ashita No Joe" (ASHITA NO JOE op) | 88 |
| 166. "Grand Prix No Taka" (AROW EMBLEM GRAND PRIX NO TAKA op) | 86 |
| 167. "Yamato!! Aratanaru Tabidachi" (YAMATO NEW JOURNEY movie) | 90 |
| 168. "Omokageboshi" (BE FOREVER YAMATO movie) | 87 |
| 169. "Hoshi No Pendant" (BE FOREVER YAMATO movie) | 86 |
| 170. "Ai No Inochi" (BE FOREVER YAMATO movie) | 88 |
| 171. "Yamato Yo Towa Ni" (SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO III end) | 93 |
| 172. "Kodai (Ore) To Yamato" (FINAL YAMATO movie) | 94 |
| 173. "Yamato No Fu ~Wadatsumi~" (FINAL YAMATO movie) | 95 |
| 174. "Makkana Scarf" (SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO end) | 90 |
| 175. "Ginga Densetsu" (BE FOREVER YAMATO movie) | 89 |
| 176. "Uchuu Senkan Yamato" (SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO op) | 91 |
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