Yuusha-Oh Tanjou!

"Yuusha-Oh Tanjou!" (勇者王誕生！, "The King of Braves is Born!") is the opening theme song of the Brave Series anime "The King of Braves GaoGaiGar". There are several versions of this song.

A "demo" version was sung by "GaoGaiGar" series music director Kohei Tanaka with synthesizer accompaniment in 1996 during the show's production. It was likely recorded as a proof-of-concept for the director Yoshitomo Yonetani. This version (known officially as "Yuusha-Oh Tanjou! -Demo Tape-") is found on the "GaoGaiGar"-related album "Yuusha-Oh Tanjou! 10-Renhatsu!" This version uses significantly different lyrics—some lines paying homage to theme song lyrics from the original "Kamen Rider" and "Mazinger Z"—and provides insight into the Super Robot musical traditions that this theme was written to carry.

The official theme song for the show was performed by Masaaki Endoh. The first verse is used in the opening sequence of episodes 2 through 31; the second verse (with the last stanza of the song replacing the last stanza of the regular second verse) is used for the opening sequence of episodes 32 through 48. The first verse would be used one last time to open Episode "FINAL" (49), the final episode of the television series.

For the sequel OVA "The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL", a new version of this song (with differing lyrics and arrangement) was written, called the "Mythology Version". Though it benefits from a new set of lyrics and its arrangement is enhanced somewhat to be subtly more orchestral in tone, its basic composition is essentially unchanged from the original version. Two variants of the song exist. The "Ultimate Mythology Version" incorporates a children's chorus backing the artist, Masaaki Endoh. The "Grand Glorious Gathering Version" (used exclusively in the television re-airing of "The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL -Grand Glorious Gathering-") incorporates timpani and an adult male chorus backing Endoh.

The first verse of this song was used as the opening of episodes FINAL.01 through FINAL.06. For FINAL.07, the second verse (with the last stanza of the song replacing the last stanza of the regular second verse, and the "Goldion Crusher" line omitted) from the "Ultimate Mythology Version" was used. For the episode "FINAL OF FINAL" (the final episode of the OVA), a solo piano version of "Yuusha-Oh Tanjou!" was used.

Also, in the second OST of "GaoGaiGar Final" is another version of the theme song called "Yuusha-Oh Tanjou ~Bonus Version~". This version incorporates the original and the "Ultimate Mythology Version" of the theme songs, played one after the other, while intersplicing sound clips of the main hero, Guy Shishioh, his rival, Soldato J/Pizza, and the members of the Strongest Brave Robot Corps, shouting out their attacks, as well as other characters adding in sound clips, including the famous "Final Fusion, APPROVED!" sound byte.

Credits

These credits are for the two official versions, not the demo.
*Performed by: Masaaki Endoh
*Lyrics: Yoshitomo Yonetani
*Composition: Kohei Tanaka
*Music: Takayuki Negishi

ee also

* The King of Braves GaoGaiGar
* The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL