History SuspiciouslySimilarSong / Anime

** The opening to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4v3xvUY4dM Sarutobi]], the Third Hokage's {{Battle Theme Music}}, is an almost exact copy of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfso3CiHwN8 Ozzy Osbourne's 'Bark at the Moon']]...

** Another example of this, also from the soundtrack of "Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance", in which the track "L'Agresseur (2EM03)" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bzLh0UCKrU]] sounds pretty much the same like "Dennis steals the Embryo" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67kUTkrB_sY]] from the soundtrack to Jurassic Park.

* The TrainingMontage in the first episode of ''[[GunBuster Gunbuster]]'' uses a musical cue essentially ripped off from Vangelis' theme from ''Chariots of Fire''. So much so, in fact, that StudioGainax ordered the US distributors to replace the music in the North American re-release.

** The guitar riff in "Say Yes" from OVA 7 resembles U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name".

** And the 1942 beat used a few times... And TwentyFour, and... A lot of others.

* The BGM track from ''Manga/KOn'' called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6amYBsNtWM "Pinch Daisuki!"]] is suspiciously similar to the 1970s synthesizer piece [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y_VHOCp7Lw "Popcorn"]].

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV_KYL62kaw# t=0m59s first opening]] of ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' lends some notes from 1960s singer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5aeeSmkPwQ# t=1m52s France Gall]].

* One of the pieces of music from ''Anime/{{Read or Die}}'' sounds like the stock music piece "Valse Aux Champs-Elysees", which was used on RenAndStimpy.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RprSeqWwUM This parody scene]] of ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' from ''Anime/{{Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt}}'' has a Suspiciously Similar Song to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7eH9qnH8TM "I'm Kissing You" by Desiree]].

* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD2xSdMaxy0 The Anger of Crimson Lotus]]'' from ''FairyTail'' sounds as if composer took Grass Theme from ''[[HeroesOfMightAndMagic Heroes of Might and Magic IV]]'', cut it in pieces, sew them randomly together, and added rock-style accompaniment over all of it.

* LightNovel/{{Toradora}} has very short song that's suspiciously similar to Vangelis' {{Chariots of Fire}} in episode 8, when Taiga is practicing swimming for the competition.

* As mentioned in the entry for ''FullMetalPanic'', "Tokkou Yarou", a background theme used in that series is incredibly similar to the theme from ''Series/TheATeam''.
** Lampshaded with a ThemeTuneCameo as a cellphone ring tone and someone says it's sounds like an old American TV show.
** This one was definitely intentional, seeing as the series was called ''Tokkou Yarou A-Team'' when broadcast in Japan.
** Also, in ''Fumoffu'', the ending song, "Kimi Ni Fuku Kaze" sounds VERY similar to Music/{{Santana}} and MichelleBranch's "The Game of Love".

* The main melody in ''[[Anime/PanzerWorldGalient Panzer World Galient]]'''s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-dRu_CNo_o opening song]] has some similarities to the Beatles song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3RYvO2X0Oo While My Guitar Gently Weeps]].

** Shinji's theme, "I. Shinji" is basically a minor-key version of "God Save the Queen" mashed-up with "TheGodfather Waltz".

* ''[[RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]''' first opening theme, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKIpzkoAqC0 "Stardust Eyes"]], borrows heavily from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf3Ay1Y2Kks "It's A Sin" by The Pet Shop Boys.]]

* The ''KodomoNoJikan'' ending "Hana Maru Sensation" sounds almost exactly like TheOffspring's One Fine Day.

* The main melody in ''[[Anime/PanzerWorldGalient Panzer World Galient]]'''s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-dRu_CNo_o opening song]] has some similarities to the Beatles song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3RYvO2X0Oo While My Guitar Gently Weeps]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RprSeqWwUM This parody scene]] of ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' from {{Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt}} has a Suspiciously Similar Song to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7eH9qnH8TM "I'm Kissing You" by Desiree]].

* One of the pieces of music from ''{{Read or Die}}'' sounds like the stock music piece "Valse Aux Champs-Elysees", which was used on RenAndStimpy.

* The main melody in''[[Anime/PanzerWorldGalient Panzer World Galient]]'''s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-dRu_CNo_o opening song]] has some similarities to the Beatles song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3RYvO2X0Oo While My Guitar Gently Weeps]].

* The GingaDensetsuWeed song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcIugqglkp4 "Dash!"]] sounds somewhat similar to the DigimonAdventure02 opening theme.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'', the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1607KKfaU Suteki Meppou]] by Kousaki Satoru has a jazzy piano chord progression and rhythm that sounds like Paul Desmond and the Dave Brubeck Quartet's ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpnWuk3RjU Take Five]]'' There's also ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZjvybtoDJs Hyouri]]'', which sounds quite a bit like ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7yjB08yCLw Tubular Bells]]'', of ''TheExorcist'' fame.

** Speaking of ''{{Rocky}}, the boxing OVA ''Bewitching Nozomi'' featured a Suspiciously Similar Song to "Eye of the Tiger".

* For whatever reason, Gojou Shioji from ''ExcelSaga'' appears to have "[[{{Queen}} Another One Bites the Dust]]" as his theme song, with a few courtesy notes thrown in.

* The GingaDensetsuWeed song [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcIugqglkp4 "Dash!"]] sounds somewhat similar to the DigimonAdventure02 opening theme.

* There's a series of Youtube videos from a Japanese cartoon that are suspiciously similar to various western rock songs. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zei1LXw1qfU NOT "Separate Ways" By JOURNEY]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvVK77gC6EU NOT "Don't Look Back" By BOSTON ]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG_CyNfjUZs NOT "All You Need Is Love" by BEATLES]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9yCA5uCnJo NOT "Europa" by SANTANA]], and many others. They can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/yusacinosh on this Youtube channel]].

* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', one of DeathNote Mello's themes sound like the ''{{Terminator}} 2'' theme.

* A track on the ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' soundtrack, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOYA5zb6dbA Yurumikatta Kannou no Dance]]", sounds distinctly similar to the famous "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whFUUFo1eXQ Habanera]]" from Suite No. 2 of Bizet's ''Carmen''.

* ''AirGear'' was inspired by the JetSetRadio series, and has several background songs that are soundalikes to the music used in those games. Compare: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUvBiG1U7yM Not Hummin' But Vibin']] (Air Gear) vs. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EElSzVpbHeg Hummin' The Bassline]] (Jet Set Radio); [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNpiuVzJHbE Sky 2 High]] (Air Gear) vs. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QywxbS4pzsM Fly Like A Butterfly]] (Jet Set Radio Future)
** AirGear also has a ''non''-JSR example in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4o0XpIF3yQ Rise Electric]]", which is suspiciously similar to Europe's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZkllM8znx4 The Final Countdown]]".

* Episode 7 of SetoNoHanayome has a Suspiciously Similar Song to Wagner's "RideOfTheValkyries".
** So does ''{{Ponyo}}''; or rather, JoeHisaishi reworks the ''Ponyo'' theme InTheStyleOf "RideOfTheValkyries".

* Near the end of the AhMyGoddess OVA, a Suspiciously Similar Song to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27amour_est_bleu "L'amour est bleu"]] shows up in the scene where Keiichi works several part-time jobs to buy Belldandy a ring.

* One episode of ''{{Gintama}}'' has a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfiLVdEceO8 Suspiciously Similar Song to the Rocky theme]]. This gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Gintoki and Kagura.

* In ''UltraManiac'', a JHV of the theme song of ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' plays whenever Nina's cousins arrive. The creator of the manga, by the way, ''loves'' the PPG.

* LightNovel/{{Toradora}} has very short JHV of Vangelis' {{Chariots of Fire}} in episode 8, when Taiga is practicing swimming for the competition.
* There's a series of Youtube videos from a Japanese cartoon that blatantly JHVs various western rock songs. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zei1LXw1qfU NOT "Separate Ways" By JOURNEY]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvVK77gC6EU NOT "Don't Look Back" By BOSTON ]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG_CyNfjUZs NOT "All You Need Is Love" by BEATLES]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9yCA5uCnJo NOT "Europa" by SANTANA]], and many others. They can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/yusacinosh on this Youtube channel]].

* ''Nandemo Q'' was a children's television show which aired on NHK between 1995 and 2004 that featured educational Jimmy Hart versions of popular western songs that often featured {{Pun Based Title}}s such as "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20cAmTQgwrU Hotaru California]]".

* One of Sagisu Shirou's pieces ("Decisive Battle") for ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is TheJimmyHartVersion of a JohnBarry composition, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTSg-k-f9VU "007,"]] used in the early JamesBond films.
** Another example ("Barefoot in the Park") is TheJimmyHartVersion of "The Girl from Ipanema" used when the characters are having a coffee break.

* One episode of ''{{Gintama}}'' has a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfiLVdEceO8 Jimmy Hart version of the Rocky theme]]. This gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Gintoki and Kagura.
** Speaking of ''{{Rocky}}, the boxing OVA ''Bewitching Nozomi'' featured a Jimmy Hart version of "Eye of the Tiger".
** Another Jimmy Hart Version of the same often accompanied the Bear's appearance in GakuenAlice.
** In Gintama, there's also a Jimmy Hart Version FistOfTheNorthStar's ''Ai wo Torimodose''. Hilariously, the song lyrics only consist of the parts of "You Wa Shock" changed into "I Am Shock"
** Gintama's DragonBall parody ep introduced the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbyVUdeCY0g&feature=player_detailpage#t=588s "Dondake"]] (basically a Japanese "WTF?"), a Jimmy Hart of Hironobu Kageyama's Dragon Ball themes.

** AirGear also has a ''non''-JSR example in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4o0XpIF3yQ Rise Electric]]", which is TheJimmyHartVersion of Europe's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZkllM8znx4 The Final Countdown]]".

* In an earlier example of ripping off Vangelis, the music from the first scene in the original ''BubblegumCrisis'' [=OVAs=] is a Jimmy Hart version of the opening theme from ''Film/BladeRunner''.

* Kogarashi's Theme from ''KamenNoMaidGuy'' is the Jimmy Hart Version of the ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' theme (or a pastiche thereof). This doesn't prevent it from being awesome.
* An ImagineSpot in ''Anime/LuckyStar'' of a trip to the dentist as a SuperRobot show is accompanied by a brief Jimmy Hart version of the ''{{Gunbuster}}'' theme "Active Heart".

* It's a lot harder to recognize than most examples, but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgHNzgZn2SM Shinken]] from one of the Love Hina soundtracks is the Jimmy Hart Version of Eye Of The Tiger.

* Is it just me, or does one of [[DeathNote Mello]]'s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZp6cGCFrzM themes]] sound like the ''{{Terminator}} 2'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLq_jfLKKSM theme]]?
** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvnjIEThU-U Death Note soundtrack is actually]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYmIKcP7Nbc quite notorious for this.]]

* Somebody in charge of {{Bleach}}'s soundtrack seems to be [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfyHeQO7-Ww a fan]] of [[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Andrew Lloyd Weber]]...
* Near the end of the AhMyGoddess OVA, a Jimmy Hart version of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27amour_est_bleu "L'amour est bleu"]] shows up in the scene where Keiichi works several part-time jobs to buy Belldandy a ring.
* On the soundtrack for {{Gundam 0083}}, Mitsuo Hagita directly copies, note for note, extensive parts of two pieces from James Horner's ''{{Brainstorm}}'' score: "The Battle of Solomon Sea" was ''Brainstorm'''s "Race For Time", and "Burn Down" was "Lillian's Heart Attack".

** GundamF91 is ''full'' of Jimmy Harts of various ''StarWars'' pieces, most notably the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDiTaoTcoL0#t=0m45s Imperial March]].
** And ZetaGundam's dub theme had to be changed because one of the original openings sounded a little too close to George Michael's '80's hit "Careless Whisper".
*** The opening and ending themes in Japan were written by Neil Sadaka (for which he made Jimmy Hart versions of some of his past works).
* "Rush! Issei and Yohshi" from the score of ''GiantRobo'' OVA 2 is a Jimmy Hart version of the ''How the West Was Won'' theme.

* Episode 7 of SetoNoHanayome has a JimmyHartVersion of Wagner's "RideOfTheValkyries".

** Seto no Hanayome also has a Jimmy Hart version of the ''{{Terminator}} 2'' theme (the iconic metallic beat) because, well, one of the characters IS the Terminator.

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz43HbQA3KU opening theme]] of ''Tenamonya Voyagers'' is possibly a Jimmy Hart Version of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph6GIWOCiO8 theme]] from Mel Brooks' ''Silent Movie''. Both are played by marching bands.

* The BGM track from ''Manga/KOn'' called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6amYBsNtWM "Pinch Daisuki!"]] Jimmy Harts the 1970s synthesizer piece [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y_VHOCp7Lw "Popcorn"]].

** The Jimmy Hart Version of Pachelbel's Canon plays during the graduation ceremony in K-ON!! episode 24, which is peculiar because, again, it's in the public domain.
** When the music store clerk tells the history of Sawako's guitar, images of EricClapton, [[Music/{{ACDC}} Angus Young]], [[Music/BlackSabbath Tony Iommi]] and [[TheWho Pete Townshend]] are shown, along with [[TheJimmyHartVersion Jimmy Hart Versions]] of Sunshine of Your Love, Thunderstruck, Paranoid, and Won't Get Fooled Again respectively.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7fOuZjASLE The track "The Ebb and the Flow"]] in ''DragonBallKai'' is a very blatant ripoff of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWM54LRIstI "War"]] from the ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' soundtrack. It is an almost note for note copy of what you might call the "Human Theme" (as opposed to the Na'vi Theme) from "War".

** This and much more Jimmy Harting from the ''Kai'' soundtrack has actually led to Kenji Yamamoto being ''fired'' as well as his entire score being [[http://www.kanzentai.com/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1299776510&archive=&start_from=&ucat=4& scrapped]] from all re-runs and future releases of the anime, and even recalling the discs that are out, and delaying overseas releases. A lot of this stuff has also been getting called out from ''DragonBall'' {{video game}} soundtracks he's done over the years, leading to plenty of FanDisillusionment against him.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RprSeqWwUM This parody scene]] of ''Romeo+Juliet'' from {{Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt}} has a completely similar Jimmy Hart version of the soundtrack for the same scene, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7eH9qnH8TM ''I'm Kissing You'' by Desiree]].

* In ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'', the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1607KKfaU Suteki Meppou]] by Kousaki Satoru has a jazzy piano chord progression and rhythm that sounds like Paul Desmond and the Dave Brubeck Quartet's ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpnWuk3RjU Take Five]]''