Insomniac Olympics

[brucelee7150]

haha wow i just watched this movie like last week wat a coincadence

[MsXenyy]

What's the film name?

[imthefly]

@MsXenyy Grave of the Fireflies

[lewisjohnson7382]

True, the Japanese paint this beautiful peaceful picture of themselves, but in reality, they worshiped the dragons (demons) in their past, and were actually a pretty ruthless society, both towards outsiders and their own people. In my opinion, the beauty of their landed is tainted by the over repressive family dynasties of their past.

[bencallanownz]

@skyppyt its called grave of the fireflies

[skyppyt]

From what movie is this?

[DeeEssBuffalo]

who rapped over this beat?

[Nater142]

Legacy you sure are leaving a legacy for your self, grow up.

[Ragman205]

ummmm shouldn't have bombed Pearl Harbour? I'm just saying because this is the story of American bombers, bombing Japanese towns and it's meant to be kinda anti-American and 'Why are they doing this! Boo hoo!' but they bombed Pearl Harbour

[Legacy241]

@Ragman205 FYI we provoked Japan by cutting their supplies and freezing their assets in America. The government also knew about the Pearl Harbor attack but refrained from telling the commanders stationed there. I'm not siding with either country but man, war is dirty.

[Ragman205]

@Legacy241 Your Mum is Japanese and I raped her

[Pancerni]

@Ragman205 You know,I have always admired the people of Great Britain for being the upholders of good manners and having a beautiful grasp of the archaic German language we call English.Great Britain has always led the way in social graces followed by the Japanese(even if the Japanese hate you,they are still polite).You,young jackanape,are the shame of the Kingdom.What in the hell would provoke you to say something like that??,seriously.Do the world a favor,die young.

[Ragman205]

@Pancerni Oh dear oh dear. Yet another Americanfag that can't grasp the internet. TITS OR GTFO

[RavingLoonatic]

@Ragman205

Did you really just compare the bombing of a military base to the bombing of a civilian center? I'm just gonna let you think about that for a minute.

[Ragman205]

@RavingLoonatic I'm going to let you think about how much of a noob you are for a second.

[RavingLoonatic]

@Ragman205 Pity, I was hoping for a better comeback than that.

[Ragman205]

@RavingLoonatic Pity, I was hoping you'd become less noob than you still are.

[chicksdigpenguins]

tragic this should have never happend but you get what you give. Also great song and great video.

[turning4040]

How is this sad? They survived. They live to tell their story.

[PigInPJs]

@turning4040 You obviously has not seen the movie..

[zackworrell]

WWII was an over rated stage show. Look at the shit that has come from it.

[SuperSkateguy]

@zackworrell dude, what that movie shows is the fire bombing of japan a little before the atom bomb, that stuff really happened

[zackworrell]

@SuperSkateguy

Yes, I am well aware of that these things happened. You obviously missed my point. By stage show I mean that WWII was just to please the powers in charge at the time. The US specifically, worked very hard to create a "image" of righteousness to it's public so that we would continue supporting the war. This has never ended since then. Our country has been promoting war for over 60 fucking years. Maybe its time people consider this and think about asking for something different!?

[SuperSkateguy]

@zackworrell oohhh, yeah ok i see what u mean

[reedurr]

What is the movie that the clips are taken from?

[PigInPJs]

@reedurr it's called 'tombstone for fireflies'.. if you haven't seen it you definately should :)

[reedurr]

@PigInPJs thank you so much :)

[lamorsavineporti]

Enemy napalm airstrike inbound

[MurkSquad5150]

Fuck war

[franklintheturtle455]

Oh my god Grave of the Fireflies is the saddest movie ever made. I watched it last night :P

[jonh013]

I am always going to think of the bandaged guy at 1:33 when i hear this now....

[franklintheturtle455]

@jonh013 that's the protagonist's mother...

[MrMrhuw]

this is incredibly well done.. it fits so well.. blockhead would literally love it.. just really powerful combination. hits anyone hard

[Bagheera2]

I watched that anime after i stumbled over this vid...I have to say its the SADDEST DAM MOVIE ive ever watched...yet beautifully done....

[carrier32]

looks alot like Barefoot Gen too.

[enterthafatass]

Is this video of Tokyo getting firebombed? In a way it's sad, but in my opinion was completely necessary. Very well made video though.

[LolNinja1234]

what movie is this?

[BoodaOfDoom]

@LolNinja1234 Grave Of the Fireflies



[Pitra212121]

The anime is Takahata Isao's acclaimed 'Grave of the Firelies', an adaptation of Nosaka Akiyuki's same-titled memoir.

And if you've seen the film, fortunate as you are, then you'd realise that it provides a fitting visual counterpoint to Blockhead's 'Insomniac Olympics' - a synergy of sorts.

[ItsCorrineSoScream]

What movie is this?

[AtiaRotias]

My grand father almost got killed one of those bombing. Elementary school kid he was then. He said it was either F4F or F6F but not sure. They collected the empty machinegun shells to metal shops for some cash afterwards.

[sandj777]

THIS MOVIE IS FUCKING HILARIOUS! FUCK ALL DEM NIGGERS!

[Necromonger27]

they should show the part where the japanese tortured all their prisoners... : |

[AtiaRotias]

@Necromonger27 yeah some guy who fed one of prisoners Daikon (plant root) as his personal help and he was sentenced to death after the war because that was recorded as torture, (forced to eat raw plant or something) I don't say they didn't torture, but sometimes they need to look what they are doing themselves.

[nerdyharry]

@Necromonger27 no the chinese should make a movie about the japanese invasion prior to WWII as good as this.

[franklintheturtle455]

@nerdyharry I don't think the movie was meant to point finger so much as it was just meant to be anti-war.

[nerdyharry]

@franklintheturtle455 i wasn't taking sides. and yeah industrial war is the bane of humanity.

[NenadSSS]

what Anime is this, can someone find me a link from IMDB for thsi movie/anime

[BoodaOfDoom]

that movie made me cry.

[rewya999]

hey man i just wanted to say thanks, this video was the reason i watched grave of the fireflies and it was an amazing movie. Also this video is very well made.

[aderandie2]

THEY MUST ALL BE DESTROYED!!!!

[TDFKI6BNP]

subliminal pic at 1:36? anyone?

[TheKenowherePunk]

@TDFKI6BNP I saw that too!

[jessicaharrison21]

piano sheet music needed for disss!!

[MultiZippoman]

the bass ruins the start. turn down the bass level for that

[SandinaAg]

whats the name of the movie?

[RAHdub1]

really nice setup, song goes great

[blistermania]

Meh, someone put the ubiquitous "phat beat" with the Deep Space 9 theme. The DS9 theme is awesome... this song is annoying.

[SwaggerLikeUz]

Great Video !!!

[Devon187]

i hate anime... but shit this wasn't too bad...

[lewisjohnson7382]

this is a depiction of the US firebombing of Japanese cities at the end of WWII.

More innocent civilians were killed in these fire bombings than in both atom bomb attacks combined.

awesome upload.

PS

raise your hand if your tired of killing each other and want to go to space :D!

[Andythecat11]

@lewisjohnson7382

Interesting but it seems no-one would make a film about the atrocities Japan committed in mainland China about which Japan is very much in denial. It seems a little disingenuous to me to focus on your own plight whilst ignoring others, at your hands no less.

[mondotwistedmojo]

@Andythecat11 I think you're missing the point of the movie. Just because one *nation* commits atrocities against another and v.v. doesn't discount the suffering and death of innocent people. When you say that the atrocities were committed at "your hands", who do you mean? Nations are not *beings* that commit crimes and deserve to be revenged for those crimes - countries are just constructs composed of many people, including families like the one in the film who die for no reason at all.

[Andythecat11]

@mondotwistedmojo

Well it is a piece of the plight of the Japanese during world war two, I cant comment whether this is given a wider focus in japanese culture but has any heed been paid to the suffering of the chinese? I would say that whilst countries perhaps are human consutructs that is is, or atleast was endemic of Japanese culture to look down up 'gaijin' (outsiders) and this culture led to the maltreatment of millions

[ILLER121]

i have this on dvd, its so depressing, but so beautiful as well! works great with the Blockhead beat

[goldenticket]

@ILLER121 yeah its a sad movie, thanks

[nunchuckbuddies]

@goldenticket Which movie is it?

[TheKenowherePunk]

@goldenticket what movie is it? I've seen it before but can't remember the name of it for the life of me.

[thetoecutterr]

@ILLER121

whats the dvd called?

[ILLER121]

@thetoecutterr grave of the fireflies

[thetoecutterr]

@ILLER121

thanks

[hiphopkiosk]

super-tight video!

[flamingeffigy]

This is a ridiculously MASSIVE tune... big love for blockhead. I don't care much for the anime, but does it matter? Put another video on mute if you want different visuals.

[TheTrueChuckNorris]

this is redone.. the original is alot better in my opinion

[Jemgrover]

There's no sadness in this track, though?

It's the mind-numbing inertia of night after night with no sleep, with a hint of euphoria...

Anime's fucking awful!

[orijimi]

@Jemgrover It's played in minor key, if that doesn't come across as sad to you, that's unusual. But, honestly, it is kind of disappointing that for most people, a specific family of tones is pretty much all it takes for music to sound sad. It doesn't even need good composition.

[orijimi]

Fuck all the haters. This song is perfect with this video. How can you not recognize it as a song tinged with sadness? The video is solemnly dreary as well, and it just fits.

[militarypillz]

The song isn't.. actually tinged with sadness... The song is called insomniac olympics. Not cryingwuss olympics. I don't only listen to this song when I'm sad to make myself happy. It's an amazing song but it does not, at all go well with the movie. The movie was alright, it was sad. But it doesn't go well with this song.

[Ditch2012]

This video doesn't even remotely go with the song.

[BlastingFatHerns]

Awesome song. Shit video.

[MushiePuppet17]

The movie is "Grave of the Fireflies."

[Epblueyes]

This looks like Miyazaki animation- I don't recognize this anime. What is it?

[Arppis]

Love the song. It is really good.

[Daman3554]

good song, video def. brings it down

[blastout11467]

Really nice song,and really good movie.

So sad though...

[tarkinfish]

i love ths video =D

[hardrestart]

anime from ninja land

for ninja tune blockhead

very god clip........thx

[berracchus]

Is this the Itunes version? It sounds different than the video of the guy playing with cards

[povertron]

Excellent video. Not sure about americans bombing london?

[th3dorian]

wasn't london it was japan... the anime movie is called grave of the fireflies and its a really sad and historicly accurate one...

[TheRadiatorHums1]

yea i thought the buildings were a dead give away!

[deanrys]

officially my favorite videos...

[badmojo112]

2:00= awesome

[faytOfDarkness]

nothing interesting happens at 2:00!

[deanrys]

everything interesting happens...

[F1205TY]

is this a vid of the london bombing or some shit?

[DThursty]

the movie, Grave of the Fireflies, is about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (spelling?)

[Ess189]

Great job man :)

[Elizabeth303]

grave of fire flies is the animes name. im pretty confident

[katattak1]

you sent this to me over a year ago and i never watched it. i am an asshole and have missed out. this is truly great. you're pretty cool, you know?

[REDGuerrilla92]

the music goes great with the video

good work, 5*

[maruzow]

that the one I imaged when I listen the song the first time.the video s from a japanese animation HOTARU NO HAKA isn't it? good work.

[NiKeMoOk]

Tres bonne supperposition de la zik avec l'image.. Chapeau

[marcellogentile1]

good cut

and nice sound

[brenbullock]

Can anyone tell me if this movie is on the Tokyo firebombings? I'm kind of curious to see it.

[BillexDoux]

Grave of the Fireflies... love that film, don't know many that would have a dry eye by the end of it.

[spudking]

what video is this??

[AGore88]

I love blockhead...honestly thank you very much for posting this song. Do you know what album "moving on" was off of? Im not sure if that was the title but i remember hearing it and they say "gotta keep moving" alot in it haha but yeah

thanks man

[BAMBOOLOUNGE]

ill beats,good film.........much respect

[VampMan101]

aww I love that movie, it's soo sad..

love that song too..

[ramo701]

im enjoying this alot

[ownbiggestfan]

i am now going to buy that movie and a copy of the album thanks.

[dboe]

DOPE AZ!!!gota love anime it even better when it got some well produced beat behind it...

[Yasek]

i like it fits well, props...

blockhead

[sosly]

Which album is this from? the song is sick man, good luck in your future work.

and Grave is an awesome movie too, very sad though.

[goldenticket]

this is from blockhead's first album on ninjatune called music by cavelight. thanks im working on new stuff now.

[0o0darkcloud0o0]

music by cavelight!?

[zlosyn]

very nice man very nice

[SitPhraNaret]

Did you do the vid yourself? If so nice one!

[goldenticket]

yeah and thanks

[rafacoque11]

whats that name?

[boumaye]

thanks for this video. blockhead music fits perfectly with this movie.

[goldenticket]

Thanks. It's from Grave of the Fireflies.

[AndromechA]

What movie is this btw? Is it by Hayao Miyazaki?

[AndromechA]

Awesome AMV. Great work.