Round 5’s theme for Project OrgEditor 2022 was “Roll For Initiative” and asked for videos demonstrating one of the Dungeons & Dragons character statistics. I decided that Luck would be my best bet, and decided to do a character profile of one of the unluckiest characters in anime, Ryouga Hibiki from Ranma ½.
This turned out to be a bit of a dumb move on my part, since although I’m familiar with the series, it’s mostly been through the manga, and I haven’t seen most of the TV series. Scrubbing 167 TV series episodes, 11 OVAs, and 3 movies for scenes of a secondary character in less than a week was definitely not the smartest move I’ve ever made.
For the song, while Hee Haw was a bit before my time, but my mother had frequently sung the “Gloom, Despair, and Agony On Me” song it made popular when I was young, so that musical phrase has stuck in my head for many years. I found a few different covers of it, and settled on the version by Starlings, TN to use.
The actual editing was pretty rushed because of how long scrubbing all the footage took, but overall, I like the result.
Anime – Ranma ½
Music – Starlings, TN – Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me
Completed December 2022
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