The Music of Nintama Rantarou Other CDs Nintama Rantarou: Nintama Theme Song Collection PCCA-00943, 96-6-5, Pony Canyon This CD has some of the same songs as the soundtracks. It's a good CD to get if you can't get the first soundtrack. This was the first Nintama Rantarou CD I bought. And actually, I really like the song Sing!! and the orchestral version of Yuuki 100% (you've gotta love that song - if you don't, you will by the time you listen to all the soundtracks) Track Title Vocal Length 1 Koushichairarenai Junichi & JJr 3:46 2 Yuuki 100% Hikaru Genji 4:10 3 Shaking Night Hikaru Genji Super 5 4:01 4 Owaranai School Days Junichi & JJr 3:52 5 Don't Mind Namida Hikaru Genji Super 5 4:16 6 Hohoemi wo Azukete Hikaru Genji 3:21 7 0-ten Champion Junichi & JJr 3:50 8 Nin Nin Nintama Ondo Say-S & Nintama Family 4:02 9 Sing!! Junichi & JJr 5:00 10 Yuuki 100% (Orchestra Inst Slow Version) Nintama Orchestra 6:26 Nintama Rantarou: Nintama Family Daishuukai (Big Get-together) PCCA-00944, 96-6-5, Pony Canyon "Nintama Family" cast: Rantarou: Takayama Minami Kirimaru: Tanaka Mayumi Shinbei: Suzuki Mie Yuki: Tange Sakura   Kouda Mariko (M2,M7) Tomomi: Emori Hiroko Shige: Muta Akiko Gakuenchou: Tsujimura Mahito Doi Hansuke: Seki Toshihiko Yamamoto Shina: Kobayashi Yuuko Shokudou no Obachan: Tomoe Seiko Hemuhemu: Matsuo Ginzou Yamada Denzou: Ootsuka Chikao This CD was released at the same time as both the one above, and is a perfect companion CD. While the CD above features the main themes, this one features many character vocals. But the best thing included on this CD is the Dancing Junk Nintama Up Version, which is probably as close as you can get to the feel of the original ending credits. Track Title Vocal Length 1 Jumon no Obenkyou Rantarou, Kirimaru, Shinbei, Yamada Denzou 4:53 2 Nintama Family Goshoukai no Dan Nintama Family 4:07 3 Tadashii Dengon Rantarou, Kirimaru, Shinebi, Yamada Denzou 2:13 4 Regge de Hemuhemu Hemuhemu and Little Jamaicas 4:48 5 Yuujou wa Wasurenai Rantarou, Kirimaru, Shinbei, Yuki, Tomomi, Shige 4:08 6 Nintama Go! Go! Rakudai Song Rantarou, Kirimaru, Shinbei 3:04 7 Fushigina Telepathy Yuki, Tomomi, Shige 4:10 8 Dancing Junk (Nintama Up Version) Ninjaaz 4:00 9 Shihou Happou Hijideppou (Nintama Dance Version) Ninjaaz 3:49 10 Oishii Kuranosuke Shinbei, Shige, Shokudou no Obachan 4:10 11 Nintama no Uta Rantarou, Kirimaru, Shinbei 3:12 12 Nintama Hoshuujugyou Rantarou, Kirimaru, Shinbei Doi Hansuke 2:17 13 Sekai ga Hitotsu ni Naru made Nintama Family 4:23 Nintama Rantarou: Nintama Daiundokai PCCR-00205, 96-6-5, Pony Canyon This CD is almost (but not quite!) as strange as the Hemuhemu Classics CD below. This CD has no vocal tracks. Nor is it backgroud music from the tv show. It consists of several "adaptations" of the main themes from Nintama Rantarou, specifically intended to be used as bgm during a school undokai, or athletic festival. Japanese schools hold these sports festivals every year. It starts with a parade of athletes around the field, followed by not only the actual athletic events, but also by a (very formal) cheering contest, finally ending with the award to the winning group and closing ceremony. Listening to this CD, I could definitely imagine an elementary school using some of this as background music during the ceremonies and events. Track Event Title Length 1 Kaikaishiki (Opening Ceremony) Run Run Rantarou 3:31 2 Junbiundo (Warmup) Radio Taisou Daiichi Bansoukyoku (Radio Calisthenics Song Number 1) 3:11 3 Nyuujou Koushinkyoku (Entrance Parade) Yuuki 100% 4:26 4 Nyuujou Koushinkyoku (Entrance Parade) Shihou Happou Hijideppou 3:01 5 Kyougiyou Ongaku (Contest Music) Owaranai School Days 2:43 6 Kyougiyou Ongaku (Contest Music) 0-ten Champion 3:29 7 Ousetsuyou Ongaku (Reception Music) Yuuki 100% 3:43 8 Ousetsuyou Ongaku (Reception Music) Motto Dekkaku No. 1 3:13 9 Taijouyou Ongaku (Exit Music) Don't Mind Namida 3:39 10 Hyoushoushiki (Recognition Ceremony) Yuuki 100% 2:14 Nintama Rantarou: Hemuhemu no Classic Nyuumon (Hemuhemu's Intro Guide to the Classics) PCCG-00444, 98-2-18, Pony Canyon This is, without question, one of the weirdest CDs I've ever bought. Are you familiar with the CDs featuring dogs and cats recorded on a sythesizer, barking and meowing Christmas carols? This CD features synthesized classical music with Hemuhemu's "voice" singing along. "Hemu hemu hemu hemuuu, hemu hemu hemu. . . .." It's scary. It's also amusing, in a bizarre sort of way. I admit that I'm not all that familiar with all these songs, and I don't know the correct spelling of some of the composers. If you can help out, let me know! I'll give you full credit. ^_^ The main reasons to buy this CD are 1. for the gorgeous jacket art (shame there's only a couple of pictures though), 2. for the card that comes with it (see above), with room to write your school schedule on the back and instructions on how to draw Hemuhemu on the front, and 3. for the bonus track 11, a version of Hemuhemu's theme from the anime. Track Title Composer Length 1 Omocha no Hemuhemu ~ Omocha no Heitai Yesseru 2:49 2 Hemuhemu no Waltz ~ Koinu no Waltz Chopin 2:14 3 Hemuhemu Koushinkyoku ~ Toruko Koushinkyoku Beethoven 1:55 4 Haru no Hemuhemu ~ Haru no Uta Mendelsohn 2:08 5 Hemuhemu no Minuet ~ Minuet Beethoven 2:23 6 Hemuhemu no Shanikusai ~ Kumikyoku "Dobutsu no Shanikusai" Hakuchou San=Saans 2:23 7 Hemuhemu wa Tobu ~ Kumabachi wa Tobu Rimsky=Korsakov 1:22 8 Kuchibuefuki to Hemuhemu ~ Kuchibuefuki to Koinu Puraiaa 2:22 9 Odoru Hemuhemu ~ Odoru Koneko Anderson 2:51 10 Hemuhemu no Toroimerai ~ Toroimerai Schumann 2:10 11 Hemuhemu no Ekaki Uta Bonus Track 3:45 Nintama Rantarou: Nintama Super Best Theme Shuu (Collection) PCCG-00482, 99-3-3, Pony Canyon This CD is a compilation of CD singles. It includes a more upbeat version of Dancing Junk than on the first soundtrack (but it's still a different track than the first ending credits version), and a few other tracks that I hadn't heard before (Memory & Melody and Itsudatte Yell). Because it's so recent, it's much easier to find this CD than some of the older soundtracks, so this might be a good purchase if you only want one CD. It's also nice that it has 14 tracks where all the others only have 10 or 11. I just wish the cover wasn't so ugly. Track Title Vocal Length 1 Yuuki 100% Hikaru Genji 4:10 2 Don't Mind Namida Hikaru Genji Super 5 4:16 3 0-ten Champion Junichi & JJr 3:50 4 Koushichairarenai Junichi & JJr 3:46 5 Shaking Night Hikaru Genji Super 5 4:02 6 Owaranai School Days Junichi & JJr 3:53 7 SING!! Junichi & JJr 4:59 8 Nin Nin Nintama Ondo Say-S & Nintama Family 4:03 9 Hohoemi wo Azukete Hikaru Genji 3:21 10 Memory & Melody Splash 4:12 11 Dancing Junk (Splash Version) Splash 4:04 12 Shihou Happou Hijideppou (Splash Version) Splash 4:00 13 Itsudatte Yell Nakayama Emily 3:34 14 Memory & Melody (Instrumental)   3:39 Nintama Rantarou: Zoku (Continued) Nintama Family Daishuukai (Big Get-together) Best Selection PCCG-00498, 99-6-17, Pony Canyon "Nintama Family" cast: Rantarou: Takayama Minami Kirimaru: Tanaka Mayumi Shinbei: Suzuki Mie Yuki: Tange Sakura Tomomi: Emori Hiroko Shige: Muta Akiko Yamada Denzou: Ootsuka Chikao Shokudou no Obachan: Tomoe Seiko This cd is like a companion cd to the above theme song best collection. This is the Nintama Family vocal best collection. It also contains songs that were on other albums, but fortunately it also has some new songs too!! Some of the new songs are what I would call "image songs" for certain characters. The first one, Kaizoku no Uta, is obviously for Daisankyoeimaru, Rantarou-tachi's pirate friend. The second, Komatta Komatsuda, is probably my favorite. But that's because I love Komatsuda, so any song about him is cool! And another, Rikichi no Theme, is actually a really pretty song. All in all, if you like character vocals and image songs, this CD is well worth buying. Another ugly cover, unfortunately, and surprisingly there are no pictures of either Daisan-kyoeimaru, Komatsuda, or Rikichi. :-P Track Title Vocal Length 1 Hemuhemu no Ekaki Uta (can't read the kanji ;_;) 3:46 2 Nintama Ekaki Uta Warabyuuko 4:43 3 Kaizoku no Uta Ninjaaz 5:12 4 Pink no Fuku Yuki, Tomomi, Shige 4:23 5 Koi no Yokan?! Yuki, Tomomi, Shige 3:56 6 Komatta Komatsuda Ninjaaz 3:20 7 Koi wa Shinkeisuijaku Yuki, Tomomi, Shige 3:41 8 Ki ni Naru Aitsu Yuki, Tomomi, Shige 3:30 9 Rikichi no Theme Ninjaaz 3:50 10 Hensou wa Tanoshii Yamada Denzou 3:23 11 Nintama March Rantarou, Kirimaru, Shinbei 3:03 12 Nippon Zenkoku Yurushimahendee! Shokudou no Obachan & Chouuchikai no Minnasan (the people in the neighborhood) 4:19 13 Sekai ga Hitotsu ni Naru Made SPLASH, Nintama Family 4:30 Return to Level 5: The Music of Nintama Rantarou