History Awesome / KeitAi

* Although ''Keit-Ai's'' association with the hit movie is dubious at best[[note]]some anon made a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1084094 troll edit]] of a textless ''Your Name'' teaser poster that claimed it was ''Keit-Ai the Movie'', so now everyone at 4chan refers to it as such[[/note]], anons were tickled pink when against all odds, ''Anime/YourName'' by Creator/MakotoShinkai became the [[https://kotaku.com/your-name-is-the-highest-grossing-anime-worldwide-and-1791278393 highest grossing anime movie of all time]] on January 2017, beating ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki.[[note]]It has since been surpassed by Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Mugen Train in 2020 and ''again'' by Spirited Away care of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_anime_films inflation]], thus making it the third highest grossing film of all time.[[/note]]

* According to the 4chan archive known as [[https://desuarchive.org/ "Desuarchive"]], anons have posted about and mentioned ''Keit-Ai'' on [[https://desuarchive.org/_/search/text/keit-ai/ 4chan]] for [[Memes/DragonBall over 9000 times]].[[note]]Or to be more specific, around 17,106 times since 2011.[[/note]]

* Although ''Keit-Ai's'' association with the hit movie is dubious at best[[note]]some anon made a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1084094 troll edit]] of a textless ''Your Name'' teaser poster that claimed it was ''Keit-Ai the Movie'', so now everyone at 4chan refers to it as such[[/note]], anons were tickled pink when against all odds, ''Anime/YourName'' by Creator/MakotoShinkai became the [[https://kotaku.com/your-name-is-the-highest-grossing-anime-worldwide-and-1791278393 highest grossing anime movie of all time]] on January 2017, beating ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki.[[note]]It has since been surpassed by Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Mugen Train in 2020 and by Spirited Away care of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_anime_films inflation]], thus making it the third highest grossing film of all time.[[/note]]

* For a [[{{Vaporware}} nonexistent]] [[{{Animesque}} anime]] and [[OELManga manga]], the [[AwesomeMusic/NewMedia tracks]] chosen for the mock ''Keit-Ai'' OST sure are some of the [[EarWorm catchiest]] [[Creator/Deco27 DECO*27]] (and [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} otherwise]]) Japanese pop songs around, which includes an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycfdfinG_P8 opening]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXDNGS9V4Us two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4DyTjrruVo endings]].

-->'''[[https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/162771909/#162785522 Anon:]]''' Where were you when /a/ [[MemeticMutation memed]] hard enough to turn a pasta to the [[Anime/YourName best selling anime movie]] AND a [[LiveActionAdaptation Hollywood flick]].

* For a [[{{Vaporware}} nonexistent]] [[{{Animesque}} anime]], the [[AwesomeMusic/NewMedia tracks]] chosen for the mock ''Keit-Ai'' OST sure are some of the [[EarWorm catchiest]] [[Creator/Deco27 DECO*27]] (and [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} otherwise]]) Japanese pop songs around, which includes an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycfdfinG_P8 opening]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXDNGS9V4Us two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4DyTjrruVo endings]].

* The copypasta's fake anime has an impressive and theme-related OST that includes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycfdfinG_P8 "Love Distance]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NShEKYoPXw Long Affair"]] by [[Creator/Deco27 DECO*27]] feat. Topi, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXDNGS9V4Us "Heart's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIX9aoN7g4o Homing Instinct"]] by DECO*27 feat. Creator/AoiYuuki, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4DyTjrruVo "Persecution Complex]] [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm23229863 Cellphone Girl"]] by Otamin feat. [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Gumi]].

[[quoteright:350:[[http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/keit-ai/list?title_no=36825 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/keit_ai_webtoon.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[HilarityEnsues Hijinks ensue]] as the [[MatchmakerCrush two]] tell each other their [[DarkSecret darkest secrets]] to conquer the [[ThePowerOfLove hearts]] of their [[AlternateUniverse other selves.]]" - Keit-Ai Webcomic'']]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/keit_ai_webtoon.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[HilarityEnsues Hijinks ensue]] as the [[MatchmakerCrush two]] tell each other their [[DarkSecret darkest secrets]] to conquer the [[ThePowerOfLove hearts]] of their [[AlternateUniverse other selves.]]" - [[http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/keit-ai/list?title_no=36825 Keit-Ai Webcomic]]'']]

* Although ''Keit-Ai's'' association with the hit movie is dubious at best[[note]]some anon made a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1084094 troll edit]] of a textless ''Your Name'' teaser poster that claimed it was ''Keit-Ai the Movie'', so now everyone at 4chan refers to it as such[[/note]], anons were tickled pink when against all odds, ''Anime/YourName'' by Creator/MakotoShinkai became the [[https://kotaku.com/your-name-is-the-highest-grossing-anime-worldwide-and-1791278393 highest grossing anime movie of all time]] on January 2017, beating ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki.[[note]]It has since been surpassed by Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Mugen Train in 2020 and by Spirited Away care of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_anime_films inflation]], thus making it the third highest grossing film of all time.[[/note]] They could now [[{{Troll}} "claim"]] that they've meme'd a copypasta into becoming the highest grossing anime movie of all time [[AchievementsInIgnorance completely]] [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting by accident]]. Perhaps a Main/DeusExMachina is at play here too, like in the copypasta?

* Although ''Keit-Ai's'' association with the hit movie is dubious at best[[note]]some anon made a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1084094 troll edit]] of a textless ''Your Name'' teaser poster that claimed it was ''Keit-Ai the Movie'', so now everyone at 4chan refers to it as such[[/note]], anons were tickled pink when against all odds, ''Anime/YourName'' by Creator/MakotoShinkai became the [[https://kotaku.com/your-name-is-the-highest-grossing-anime-worldwide-and-1791278393 highest grossing anime movie of all time]] on January 2017, beating ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki.[[note]]It has since been surpassed by Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Mugen Train in 2020 and by Spirited Away care of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_anime_films inflation]], thus making it the third highest grossing film of all time.[[/note]] They could now claim that they've meme'd a copypasta into becoming the highest grossing anime movie of all time [[AchievementsInIgnorance completely]] [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting by accident]]. Perhaps a Main/DeusExMachina is at play here too, like in the copypasta?

* Although ''Keit-Ai's'' association with the hit movie is dubious at best[[note]]some anon made a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1084094 troll edit]] of a textless ''Your Name'' teaser poster that claimed it was ''Keit-Ai the Movie'', so now everyone at 4chan refers to it as such[[/note]], anons were tickled pink when against all odds, ''Anime/YourName'' by Creator/MakotoShinkai became the [[https://kotaku.com/your-name-is-the-highest-grossing-anime-worldwide-and-1791278393 highest grossing anime movie of all time]][[note]]that has since been surpassed by Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Mugen Train in 2020 and by Spirited Away care of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_anime_films inflation]][[/note]] on January 2017, beating ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki. They could now claim that they've meme'd a copypasta into becoming the highest grossing anime movie of all time [[AchievementsInIgnorance completely]] [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting by accident]]. Perhaps a Main/DeusExMachina is at play here too, like in the copypasta?

* Although ''Keit-Ai's'' association with the hit movie is dubious at best[[note]]some anon made a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1084094 troll edit]] of a textless ''Your Name'' teaser poster that claimed it was ''Keit-Ai the Movie'', so now everyone at 4chan refers to it as such[[/note]], anons were tickled pink when against all odds, ''Anime/YourName'' by Creator/MakotoShinkai became the [[https://kotaku.com/your-name-is-the-highest-grossing-anime-worldwide-and-1791278393 highest grossing anime movie of all time]] on January 2017, beating ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki. They could now claim that they've meme'd a copypasta into becoming the highest grossing anime movie of all time [[AchievementsInIgnorance completely]] [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting by accident]]. Perhaps a Main/DeusExMachina is at play here too, like in the copypasta?

* Although its association with the hit movie is dubious at best[[note]]some anon made a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1084094 troll edit]] of a textless ''Your Name'' teaser poster that claimed it was ''Keit-Ai the Movie'', so now everyone at 4chan refers to it as such[[/note]], anons were tickled pink when against all odds, ''Anime/YourName'' by Creator/MakotoShinkai became the [[https://kotaku.com/your-name-is-the-highest-grossing-anime-worldwide-and-1791278393 highest grossing anime movie of all time]] on January 2017, beating ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki. They could now claim that they've meme'd a copypasta into becoming the highest grossing anime movie of all time [[AchievementsInIgnorance completely]] [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting by accident]]. Perhaps a Main/DeusExMachina is at play here too, like in the copypasta?

* ''Keit-Ai'' finds a way again, this time with ''Kimi no Na wa'' finally receiving a [[https://kotaku.com/great-your-name-is-getting-a-live-action-remake-1818866026 live-action adaptation]] produced by Creator/JJAbrams!

** It gained the height of its popularity around the time hype for Anime/YourName reached its fever pitch on June 2016.[[note]]The film itself was released the following month.[[/note]]

** ''Keit-Ai'' spamming started gaining momentum around the time the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVGDV67L-g fake anime preview]][[note]]taken from a [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-01/the-garden-of-words-studio-animates-public-service-campaign-commercial/.89957 public service commercial]] made by [=CoMix=] Wave Films or Makoto Shinkai's animation studio[[/note]] was released. Meanwhile, the video itself netted tens of thousands of views and was followed up by a fake [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_rz1bluG_k anime]] episode that ran with the same theme.

* According to [[https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=keit-ai Google Trends]], ''Keit-Ai'' spamming started gaining momentum around the time the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVGDV67L-g fake anime preview]][[note]]taken from a [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-01/the-garden-of-words-studio-animates-public-service-campaign-commercial/.89957 public service commercial]] made by [=CoMix=] Wave Films or Makoto Shinkai's animation studio[[/note]] was released. Meanwhile, the video itself netted tens of thousands of views and was followed up by a fake [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_rz1bluG_k anime]] episode that ran with the same theme. ''Keit-Ai's'' popularity then first peaked on January 2016, leading to the creation of its [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keit-ai-finds-a-way Know Your Meme page]] soon after on February 2016. It gained the height of its popularity around the time hype for Anime/YourName reached its fever pitch on June 2016.[[note]]The film itself was released the following month.[[/note]]

* According to [[https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=keit-ai Google Trends]], ''Keit-Ai'' spamming started gaining momentum around the time the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVGDV67L-g fake anime preview]][[note]]taken from a [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-01/the-garden-of-words-studio-animates-public-service-campaign-commercial/.89957 public service commercial]] made by [=CoMix=] Wave Films or Makoto Shinkai's animation studio[[/note]] was released. Meanwhile, the video itself netted tens of thousands of views and was followed up by a fake [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_rz1bluG_k anime]] episode that ran with the same theme. It then first peaked on January 2016, leading to the creation of its [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keit-ai-finds-a-way Know Your Meme page]] soon after on February 2016. It gained the height of its popularity around the time hype for Anime/YourName reached its fever pitch on June 2016.[[note]]The film itself was released the following month.[[/note]]

* According to [[https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=keit-ai Google Trends]], ''Keit-Ai'' spamming started gaining momentum around the time the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVGDV67L-g fake anime preview]][[note]]taken from a [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-01/the-garden-of-words-studio-animates-public-service-campaign-commercial/.89957 public service commercial]] made by [=CoMix=] Wave Films or Makoto Shinkai's animation studio[[/note]] was released. Meanwhile, the video itself netted tens of thousands of views and was followed up by a fake [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_rz1bluG_k anime]] episode that ran with the same theme. It then first peaked on January 2016, leading to the creation of its [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keit-ai-finds-a-way Know Your Meme page]] soon after on February 2016. It gained the height of its popularity around the time hype for Anime/YourName reached its fever pitch on June 2016[[note]]the film itself was released the following month[[/note]].

* According to [[https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=keit-ai Google Trends]], ''Keit-Ai'' spamming started gaining momentum around the time the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVGDV67L-g fake anime preview]][[note]]taken from a [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-01/the-garden-of-words-studio-animates-public-service-campaign-commercial/.89957 public service commercial]] made by [=CoMix=] Wave Films or Makoto Shinkai's animation studio[[/note]] was released. Meanwhile, the video itself netted tens of thousands of views and was followed up by a fake [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_rz1bluG_k anime]] episode that ran with the same theme. It then first peaked on January 2016, leading to the creation of its [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keit-ai-finds-a-way Know Your Meme page]] soon after on February 2016. It gained the height of its popularity around the time hype for Anime/YourName reached its fever pitch on June 2016 (the film itself was released the following month).

* According to [[https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=keit-ai Google Trends]], ''Keit-Ai'' spamming started gaining momentum around the time the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVGDV67L-g fake anime preview]][[note]]taken from a [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-01/the-garden-of-words-studio-animates-public-service-campaign-commercial/.89957 public service commercial]] made by [=CoMix=] Wave Films or Makoto Shinkai's animation studio[[/note]] was released. Meanwhile, the video itself netted tens of thousands of views and was followed up by a fake [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_rz1bluG_k anime]] episode that ran with the same theme. It first peaked in January 2016, leading to the creation of its [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keit-ai-finds-a-way Know Your Meme page]] soon after on February 2016. It reached the height of its popularity around the time hype for Anime/YourName reached a fever pitch in June 2016 (the film itself was released the following month).

* According to [[https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=keit-ai Google Trends]], ''Keit-Ai'' spamming reached the height of its popularity around the time the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVGDV67L-g fake anime preview]][[note]]taken from a [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-01/the-garden-of-words-studio-animates-public-service-campaign-commercial/.89957 public service commercial]] made by [=CoMix=] Wave Films or Makoto Shinkai's animation studio[[/note]] was released. Meanwhile, the video itself netted tens of thousands of views and was followed up by a fake [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_rz1bluG_k anime]] episode that ran with the same theme.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[HijinksEnsue Hijinks ensue]] as the [[MatchmakerCrush two]] tell each other their [[DarkSecret darkest secrets]] to conquer the [[ThePowerOfLove hearts]] of their [[AlternateUniverse other selves.]]" - [[http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/keit-ai/list?title_no=36825 Keit-Ai Webcomic]]'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[HijinksEnsue Hijinks ensue]] [[MatchmakerCrush as the two tell each other]] [[DarkSecret their darkest secrets]] [[ThePowerOfLove to conquer the hearts of]] [[AlternateUniverse their other selves.]]" - [[http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/keit-ai/list?title_no=36825 Keit-Ai Webcomic]]'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[["HijinksEnsue Hijinks ensue]] [[MatchmakerCrush as the two tell each other]] [[DarkSecret their darkest secrets]] [[ThePowerOfLove to conquer the hearts of]] [[AlternateUniverse their other selves."]] - [[http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/keit-ai/list?title_no=36825 Keit-Ai Webcomic]]'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[HijinksEnsue Hijinks ensue]] [[MatchmakerCrush as the two tell each other]] [[DarkSecret their darkest secrets]] [[ThePowerOfLove to conquer the hearts of]] [[AlternateUniverse their other selves.]] - [[http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/keit-ai/list?title_no=36825 The Keit-Ai Webtoon Webcomic]]'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[HijinksEnsue Hijinks ensue]] [[MatchmakerCrush as the two tell each other]] [[DarkSecret their darkest secrets]] [[ThePowerOfLove to conquer the hearts of]] [[AlternateUniverse their other selves.]]'']]

* Although its association with the hit movie is dubious at best[[note]]some anon made a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1084094 troll edit]] of a textless ''Your Name'' teaser poster that claimed it was ''Keit-Ai the Movie'', so now everyone at 4chan refers to it as such[[/note]], anons were tickled pink when against all odds, ''Anime/YourName'' by Creator/MakotoShinkai became the [[https://kotaku.com/your-name-is-the-highest-grossing-anime-worldwide-and-1791278393 highest grossing anime movie of all time]] on January 2017. They could now claim that they've meme'd a copypasta into becoming the highest grossing anime movie of all time [[AchievementsInIgnorance completely]] [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting by accident]]. Perhaps a Main/DeusExMachina is at play here too, like in the copypasta?

* According to [[https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=keit-ai Google Trends]], ''Keit-Ai'' spamming reached the height of its popularity around the time the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVGDV67L-g fake anime preview]][[note]]taken from a [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-01/the-garden-of-words-studio-animates-public-service-campaign-commercial/.89957 public service commercial]] made by [=CoMix=] Wave Films or Makoto Shinkai's animation studio[[/note]] was released. Meanwhile, the video itself netted tens of thousands of views and was followed up by a fake [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_rz1bluG_k anime]] that ran with the same theme.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[HijinksEnsue Hijinks ensue]] [[MatchmakerCrush as the two tell each other]] [[DarkSecret their darkest secrets]] [[ThePowerOfLove to conquer the hearts of]] [[AlternateUniverse their other selves.]]]]