History Main / KaraokeBox

* The ending theme for ''Manga/GrandBlue'' takes place in a karaoke box, with Iori and Kohei singing the theme (evendently an in-universe anime ending theme) as a duet while Shinji and Ryuujirou cheer them on.

* The ending theme for ''Manga/GrandBlue'' takes place in a karaoke box, with Iori and Kohei singing the theme as a duet while Shinji and Ryuujirou cheer them on.

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%%* ''LightNovel/{{Haganai}}''

* Episode 26 of the anime version of ''Anime/TheIdolmaster'' had Haruka, Chihaya, Makoto and Yukiho visiting a karaoke box.

* ''Anime/MaiHime'' has one in Episode 16 for the party of the newly-formed Hime Sentai. Mai is quite excited about it, but is disappointed to have to go last (interestingly enough, Natsuki and Nao, who hate singing and their costumes, and [[HollywoodToneDeaf sing badly]] have to go first). At the end of the series, Mai sings the opening song in the newly-formed Karaoke club.

* An early episode of ''Manga/UltraManiac'' involves the characters going to a karaoke bar and singing snippets of the [[ThemeTuneCameo opening and ending themes]] as duets. Singable lyrics were written for the dub. Nina, a transfer from the Magic Kingdom, sings a song from ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'', since it's the only one she knows.

* ''Manga/{{Kannagi}}'' dedicated the tenth episode, "Karaoke Senshi Mic Takako", to the main cast visiting one. Odd song choices and awkward romantic tension both happened, as well as a ''Lucky Star'' cameo.

%%* ''LightNovel/BokuWaTomodachiGaSukunai''

* ''{{Manga/Kochikame}}'' has one with the police officers singing. It shows how horribly loud Ryotsu's singing is and him trying to tamper the karaoke player to get a higher score, but fails.

* ''Anime/Aggretsuko'': Retsuko likes to blow off steam from her SoulCrushingDeskJob by singing death metal at a karaoke bar. When she befriends Washimi and Gori, they start going to karaoke with her.

* ''Anime/AggressiveRetsuko'': Retsuko likes to blow off steam from her SoulCrushingDeskJob by singing death metal at a karaoke bar. When she befriends Washimi and Gori, they start going to karaoke with her.

* The whole of the ''Series/InsideNumberNine'' episode "Empty Orchestra" is set in an office party in such a box, with characters singing thematically appropriate songs while the non-singers conduct affairs, backstab & bully each other, and try to figure out which one of them is getting made redundant...

%%* ''Manga/AyashiNoCeres''

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* The Live Action ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'', whose secret base is actually a mystical Karaoke Box.

* The VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} series has a [[RhythmGame rhythm minigame]] based around this, where Kiryu and other playable characters can visit a karaoke box and sing various songs, complete with an ImagineSpot (or depending on the song, just sit and cheer along to the song). You can also visit with certain other characters, and bring hostesses there on dates.

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* In the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series, the Karaoke Box is one of the mainstay date locations. One of the {{Bad Ending}}s of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' also takes place there, as the player and his two friends are venting their frustration of not getting a girlfriend after their 3 years of High School, by singing a karaoke.

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%% ''Kiss x Sis'' was removed from the wiki for violating the content policy.

* The third ''Kiss x Sis'' OVA starts with the sisters and Keita in a karaoke booth, with the goal of countering his depression. [[{{Fanservice}} To that end]], they also wear {{Sexy Santa Dress}}es. (The first song turns out to be the [[AnimeThemeSong opening theme]].) It's also the setting for the rest of the OVA.

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%%* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''

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* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'': A karaoke box is one of the ways to raise your courage stat. In the game's bad ending, everyone gathers at the karaoke box to celebrate the end of the school year. It's the bad ending because the world ends ten seconds after the FadeOut, not because it involves karaoke.
* In the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series, the Karaoke Box is one of the mainstay date locations. One of the {{Bad Ending}}s of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' also takes place there, as the player and his two friends are venting their frustration of not getting a girlfriend after their 3 years of High School, by singing a karaoke.

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%%* ''Disney/ChickenLittle''

* ''Anime/StarDriver'' has Takuto in later episodes take a part time job in one. The one that Keito's aunt owns and operates apparently, and Keito works in and, alternatively, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments goofs off]] in. Later, the heroic trio visit it during Wako's birthday and the guys end up the victim of a GrandTheftMe.

* The 2004 ''Theatre/IgNobelPrizeCeremony'' awarded the Ig Nobel Peace Prize to Daisuke Inoue "for inventing karaoke, thereby providing an entirely new way for people to learn to tolerate each other." Inoue-san actually showed up to receive his prize in person and included a rendition of "I'd like to teach the world to sing" [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in his acceptance speech.]] This became a major media event in Japan, as although karaoke is still very popular in Asia, nobody had quite realized who had ''invented'' it.

* ''Anime/AggressiveRetsuko'': Retsuko likes to blow off steam from her SoulCrushingOfficeJob by singing death metal at a karaoke bar. When she befriends Washimi and Gori, they start going to karaoke with her.

%%* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh''

* ''Anime/StarDriver'' has Takuto in later episodes take a part time job in one. The one that Keito's aunt owns and operates apparently, and Keito works in and, alternatively, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny goofs off]] in. Later, the heroic trio visit it during Wako's birthday and the guys end up the victim of a GrandTheftMe.

* The 2004 ''Theatre/IgNobelPrizeCeremony'' awarded the Ig Nobel Peace Prize to Daisuke Inoue "for inventing karaoke, thereby providing an entirely new way for people to learn to tolerate each other." Inoue-san actually showed up to receive his prize in person and included a rendition of "I'd like to teach the world to sing" [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome in his acceptance speech.]] This became a major media event in Japan, as although karaoke is still very popular in Asia, nobody had quite realized who had ''invented'' it.

* No box, but two of the [[AudioAdaptation sound stages]] in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' (The one set in a [[PoolScene pool]] and the one set during the [[FestivalEpisode Hanami Festival]]) had karaoke sets which some of the characters used to belt out their {{Image Song}}s.

A popular pastime in Japan (and as noted later, much of Asia), karaoke is the group activity of singing popular songs into a microphone, usually while the song's music and lyrics are playing and with the original words stripped from the music. The singer is typically graded by the karaoke program (and by onlookers) for his or her ability to match the original song. The activity has spread from Japan to many other nations, and home equipment and song versions are readily available. [[note]]The ''really'' weird thing is that the idea of karaoke, and a prototype system, was first devised in [[OOpNorth Stockport, England]] but sank into obscurity in a wave of utter indifference. If only the originator had thought to patent the idea and got better marketing, "[[http://www.scienceofrock.com/manchester-birthplace-of-karaoke Roy's Singalong Machine]]" might have made millions for mr Roy Brooke.[[/note]]

* The third ''Kiss x Sis'' OVA starts with the sisters and Keita in a karaoke booth, with the goal of countering his depression. [[{{Fanservice}} To that end]], they also were {{Sexy Santa Dress}}es. (The first song turns out to be the [[AnimeThemeSong opening theme]].) It's also the setting for the rest of the OVA.

* ''Manga/LuckyStar''[='=]s endings are the four main characters singing in a karaoke box. Konata hogs the microphone most of the time but the others all get turns and mix it up with some non-anime related songs.
** This makes a surprise appearance when [[ShowWithinAShow Lucky Channel's]] hostess and ex-idol singer Akira first gets a promised concert appearance. As it turns out, this means the producer reserved a karaoke box for her and a camcorder to record it. For ''most'' of one song. Akira grimly - and competently enough to demonstrate the show actually ''is'' underutilizing her - sings through it despite the lack of any live audience and the constant interruptions.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'': A karaoke box is one of the ways to raise your courage stat.
** In the game's bad ending, everyone gathers at the karaoke box to celebrate the end of the school year. It's the bad ending because the world ends ten seconds after the FadeOut, not because it involves karaoke.

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