POP TEAM EPIC

"POP TEAM EPIC"
First included in	Taiko no Tatsujin: Blue Version
Song data
Released	January 31, 2018
Genre(s)	Anime, Jpop
Performed by	Sumire Uesaka
Lyrics by	Gin (Busted Rose)
Composed by	Gin (Busted Rose)
Arranged by	Gin (Busted Rose)
Label	King Amusement Creative (King Records)
In fictional works
Featured in	Pop Team Epic
Type	Opening theme song (season 1, ep2 - 10)

"POP TEAM EPIC" (Japanese: POP TEAM EPIC, Poppu Chīmu Epikku) is a song performed by Sumire Uesaka.

About the song

The maxi-single CD release of the same name was released on January 31, 2018 and is Uesaka's 9th major single. The song was later included in Uesaka's 3rd major album "No Future Vacances", which was released on August 1, 2018.

It was used as the opening theme song for the first season of the TV anime adaptation of the self-claimed crappy four-panel manga (kuso manga) Pop Team Epic, considered to be a self-claimed crappy anime (kuso anime). Note that Uesaka had also voiced Pipimi in A-part of episode 3 of the anime.

It was first in introduced in Taiko no Tatsujin: Blue Version since launch firnware on arcade platform, and was later introduced in Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! on console platform.

Unlike other licensed songs, the original audio master was used.

List of games

Arcade

• Taiko no Tatsujin: Blue Version (JP Ver. 0.05/SEA Ver. 0.03) (Debut)
• Taiko no Tatsujin: Green Version
• Taiko no Tatsujin (2020) (Removed on February 21, 2021)

Console

• Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun!

Data

Difficulty	Rating	Combo
Easy ★ x 2 56 Normal ★ x 3 81 Hard ★ x 4 183 Oni / Extreme ★ x 8 423
Genre(s)
Anime

Lyrics

Please be aware that the following is for the TV-size version of the song as it was originally featured in the anime/video game series.

Japanese Kanji	Japanese Rōmaji	English Translation
pi pi pi pi pi pi pi pi pi pi pi pi pi pi pi pi pi pi 見慣れた景色に潜むイデア いつだって君は監視されてる minareta keshiki ni hisomu IDEA itsudatte kimi wa kanshi sareteru A concept hidden in familiar scenery You're always under surveillance 無意識バイアス 誰も知らない存在理由 muishiki BIAS daremo shiranai sonzai riyuu An unconscious bias No one knows our reason for being 繰り返し 思い描くスピログラフ 破壊と創造の幾何学模様 打ち切りの先でまた会えるよ パラレルワールド旅して 散りばめる願いに気付いて 世界をリメイク kurikaeshi omoiegaku SPIROGRAPH hakai to souzou no kikagaku moyou uchikiri no saki de mata aeru yo PARALLEL WORLD tabi shite chiribameru negai ni kidzuite sekai wo REMAKE A repetition The spirograph I pictured a geometrical pattern of destruction and creation We'll see each other again before the end We'll travel to a parallel world take note of all the wishes and remake the world

Trivia

• Although there are several songs ("INSIDE IDENTITY", "GOIN’!!" to name a few) that Uesaka performs as part of the music units, this is Uesaka's first solo song to be included in Taiko no Tatsujin series.
• As a collaboration between the anime and Taiko no Tatsujin series, playing the song in Waiwai Play Mode will shows the song-exclusive lucky notes. Those are: Popuko, Pipimi and the Takeshobo building.
  • As an usual running gag from the manga and anime, hitting the Takeshobo building lucky note will destroy it rather than sent it flying as most lucky notes do.
• Despite being having the same name as the anime series' English title, the song name was pronounced as 'Pop Team Epic' rather than 'Poputepipikku' in Japanese.