About
Dangerous Series (Japanese : 危険な○○シリーズ, Kiken na MaruMaru Series) refers to a style of MAD videos that use the audio track “Fight Against an Armed Boss” off the 1996 Nintendo game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars soundtrack. The song was written by Yoko Shimomura, a Japanese video game composer.
Origin
The oldest MAD video was uploaded to the Japanese video sharing service Nico Nico Douga on October 27th, 2007 titled “【フタエノキワミ】キワミりゅうせいぐん【アッー!】”.[1] This video was also a derivative of Futae no Kiwami.
According to Nico Nico Pedia, an internet encyclopedia for NND, the first Dangerous series video was introduced as part of the IKZO phenomenon on April 26th, 2008, and was titled “Dangerous IKZO” (Japanese : 危険な幾三, Kiken na Ikuzo).[2][3]
Spread
Other MAD creators began including the “Fight Against an Armed Boss” track in videos with the word “Dangerous” in the title. The video that led to a substantial increase in popularity of the series was “Dangerous Enoch” (Japanese : 危険なイーノック, Kiken na Enoch), posted to NND on September 7th, 2010.[4]
The video was able to reach a large audience partly due to it’s incorporation of the El Shaddai fad. As of May 2011, The amount Dangerous Series videos is over 700 on NND, and many of them have been uploaded to YouTube as well.[5][6]
Auto-replay on NND
Many Dangerous series videos are created with the assumption that viewers will be using NND’s auto-replay feature to watch the video continuously. For example, the video below is a recording of a user watching “Dangerous Enoch” for 5 repetitions on NND:
Notable Examples
危険な佐天さん[7] / 1 million+ views on NND
危険な黒子[8] / 1 million+ views on NND
ジョジョの危険な冒険【マリオRPG×ジョジョ】[9] (See also : Za Warudo/WRYYYYY)
危険なポポポポーン(ACのCM)[10] / 3 million+ views in total YouTube and NND (See also : Greetings Are Magic)
External References
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[1] Nico Nico Douga – 【フタエノキワミ】キワミりゅうせいぐん【アッー!】 / Posted on 10-27-2007
[2] Nico Nico Douga – 危険な幾三 【マリオRPG×吉幾三】 / Posted on 2008-04-26
[3] Nico Nico Pedia – 危険な○○シリーズ (Dangerous X series)
[4] Nico Nico Douga – 危険なイーノック / Posted on 09-07-2010
[5] Nico Nico Douga – Search results for 危険な○○シリーズ (Dangerous X series)
[6] YouTube – Search results for 危険な○○シリーズ (Dangerous X series)
[7] Nico Nico Douga – 危険な佐天さん / Posted on 11-20-2010
[8] Nico Nico Douga – 危険な黒子 / Posted on 12-18-2010
[9] Nico Nico Douga – ジョジョの危険な冒険【マリオRPG×ジョジョ】 / Posted on 01-17-2011