Casey Rankin: The Japanese-American || The Story of the Man who Sung the Orguss Theme
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- The story of a musician, a Vietnam veteran, and composer of one of the greatest mecha openings of all time.
------------About this video--------------
I first started looking into Casey Rankin around 2017 and was shocked to find how scarce any information was on him. He didn't have an English wikipedia page and his Japanese wiki page only gave a brief glimpse into his life. After a year of writing this, finding Japanese articles and interviews and having them translated, as well as contacting Casey's son Eric, I finally got a dynamic look into Casey's life.
At first, I felt this story was too special for just a video and considered making it a panel at an anime convention. Those don't exist anymore so I pitched it to Crunchyroll when they announced open submission. They were interested at first then ghosted me. Wanting to get back into making regular content I decided to just buckle down and start recording.
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Casey was a cool dude! He taught me how to write songs. His friendship was a real blessing. Miss that dude a lot! I know the SHOGUN story.
That is really cool!
Orguss has always been my favorite anime opening sequence.
It was plagiarized by a Korean singer and became a hit in Korea
８０年代ドラマやアニメで彼の曲は私の心にしみて残っている。特にオーガスのoped素晴らしかった。同時代のアニメの水準を超えていた。
Wow, I was wholly unaware he had died, and so long ago. We worked together in Tokyo and I knew him well enough. He smoked a shit ton of cigarettes. I never realized how much he sounded like David Crosby in places. Interesting to know about his life before Japan. 62 is too young. RIP, Casey.
I'm sorry you had to find out this way
@@MercuryFalcon I'm not sure who you are, but you know I did the main voice for Ridge Racer, right? I just noticed that on your CZcams site and was curious if we know each other.
Holy shit, I had no idea he was the Toot Toot Sonic Warrior guy. You've enlightened me once again John, I'm actually reeling
I liked You Can Do Anything the first time I heard it.
RIGHT?! i never expected this, so cool
The opening is literally the only reason I watched orguss lmao
Yep!!!
This man wrote my favorite anime OP and ED songs! Orguss! Sky Hurricane and Gypsy!! He was a genius that deserved more popularity than he got!
Orguss is one of my favorite mecha show and I love the Songs rankin did for it, though I never knew a lot about him before so this was really insightful. Hearing how he passed away honestly makes me sad since he went through what seemed like a lot. But at the very least his legacy lives on and still is remembered after his passing.
Fantastic video, honestly might be my favorite of yours that you've done.
That ending made me cry.
素晴らしい！
ケーシー・ランキンの詳細なプロフィールをこれでようやく知ることができました！
ありがとう！
I've been going down a lot of rabbit holes lately learning about Casey Rankin, he was such a fascinating person. Thank you so much for making this video.
Where are you going, when are you coming home...........
This is my 3rd time watching this video, I can't believe he did the themes for Orguss..I always thought it was a Japanese person.. but the songs always seemed so different now I know why!
Great video. Dude is certainly an unknown legend. The Orguss theme is one of my favorite anime songs. I now have a greater appreciation for the man who wrote it.
BTW, when you said he was born in Kansas, you showed a picture of Kansas City, Missouri. It borders Kansas and there is a Kansas City, Kansas on the other side of the border but if he was born in Kansas, that was the wrong picture to show. Just thought I’d let you know that in case nobody has already.
Keep up the good work.
This was dope man is a legend Rankin peace 🙏🏿
I had no clue he did the theme for Ninja in the Dragon's Den, crazy prolific and I'm glad you did your part to spread info on this guy.
Legend of the ninja or "ninja in the dragons den" ? hong kong movie with japanese actor hiroyuki sanada and conan lee. Amazingly entertaining movie.
DUDE DID TOOT TOOT SONIC WARRIOR?
AMAZING!
He died from cancer? Goddamn...
Godspeed.
I have been learning about behind the scene to Japan animation with your channel, thank you for your hard work and dedication!
Theres just something about some of Casey's songs and compositions that just feel like a warm hug from a pal or a family member you haven't seen in many years. The kind where the tears flow but theres no sobbing.
Another case of Sonic the Hedgehog introducing me to amazing musicians. Very cool video.
Thank you for this, I’ve been waiting on a video on Casey Rankin for a while now. Undiscovered legend
damn, he would've been about 63 years old today if it wasn't for cancer. His story is so interesting and his songs sound great. would've been so cool to meet him irl.
This was a great video I love the clip where he explains the meaning of I believe in you. I thought this video was very well-done. However you said he was born in kansas. I believe the picture you showed was Kansas City Missouri. There are two Kansas Cities, or one separated by the state line depending on your perspective. Basically if you were stuck in the area or came for a weekend trip, most of the cool stuff would be on the MO side (union station, art museum, neat little aquarium next to Lego land) and some really neat architecture.
I know this is nit-picky, but it seemed like a lot of work went into this video I though you might want to know. I don’t know for SURE, but that picture really does look like the KCMO skyline
Someone mentioned it before, I am beating myself up over it even all these years later
that was genuine. thank you.
Appropriate the Rankin plays Bass.
I see what you did there!!!
This video makes me feel deep things. Thank you.
1:20 holy shit he did that one!?
its one of my all time favorites!
I mostly about orgus from super robot taisen
@@saint-g7449 that is where I first learned about it, then I looked it up and feel in love with its opening and overall desing.
Oh wow, thanks for making this. First found Shogun a couple of years, either through chance or through hearing Bad City, and had a hard time finding out what this bizarre Japanese band with an American vocalist was. And then once I managed to find out the name of that voice, Rankin, the only English source I could find was on the Sonic wiki. Very cool to hear more about his life and career. Shame he's not that well known, but his hits clearly landed well judging by how many others have expressed their appreciation in the comments.
this video was great, thanks for sharing , ive heard the songs but never actually knew who made them,it was quite fascinating
Thanks for this video. I always wanted to know more about Casey Rankin, but never could find much. I didn't know he had a successful music career in Japan, I just assumed his work on Orguss was a one-off thing. I'm glad people are still talking about him, and I'm sorry to hear that he passed away.
this is an impressive documentary -- subscribed
Cool video! Subbed.
Love the Sonic connection.
Wow, this guy was connected to a handful of stuff I like in some way or another. A shame Orguss was never integrated as part of the Robotech franchise (which might be for the best to some people). It would've been nice to hear what a fully english version of the opening and ending would've sounded like.
Man what a great artist. It’s sad to know about the struggles he faced in his life and hear that he passed away so soon in his life. His music still touches my soul personally to this day which many artists can’t do. The man was sent down from Heaven to create such music. Bless him and his family. Great video MercuryFalcon!
What a great watch. Thank you for the video
this is a fantastic video/tribute and i still come back and watch it from time to time. thanks for introducing us to rankin and the story of his life.
What a wonderful video, thanks for all the research you did! I always loved Mr. Rankin's work ever since I heard the Orguss OP.
Sonic Warrior.....
Oh my god.
Great video, I love finding videos this informative about the history of anime.
you always make amazing videos, very informative and well researched
I hope the low views doesn't shy you away from making content, keep it up my man !!
CASEY RANKIN WORKED ON THE SONIC CD INTRO????
great video John, love when you dig into the not as well known history of anime like this.
I'm glad I got a chance to talk to him back in the 90s
Great video! Was really curious about Casey and his past, and was glad to find a video about it.
I miss your Orguss spoofs.
I still find it hard that he did the rap for the sonic CD intro and outro, i legit thought it was a black guy at first lol
He has been through a lot.
I have the Orguss opening and end themes on a 45 record, got it at a convention. It's loads better sounding on vinyl. I loved that opening song since I first saw that anime. Now I know everything about Casey Rankin thanks to your video. Truly a talented guy who found his niche. 👍
Thank you for this biography, this was really interesting
Lovely tribute!
He is olso known for the sonic cd opening song "you can do anything" (its a banger btw)
Great work as always.
1:49 this is a picture of Kansas City, Missouri not Kansas lol
This was beautiful and heart warming.
My heart goes out to all veterans 🙏
finally he such a great singer
This guy deserved more recognition for his songs. Orguss opening is one of the best openings I ever heard for mecha anime.
I think you guys are forgetting about Orguss ending song by Casey Rankin. It's great! czcams.com/video/7OXTrku0Xb8/video.html
Very nice.
When I heard Orguss OP I thought some japanese dude sang it....
After seeing this, man its a shocker! Thanks for Sky Hurricane in Super Robot Wars and in the A.C.E series!
10:12, that was him?! 'looks at 10:24' Ok,that makes sense.
11:46, jeepers....0_o
12:22,:'(
13:00, I believe. He's a good teacher.
This man made my childhood holy damn,
This was a great tribute to him
I still find it hard to believe that he can rap. He also did the raps for the theme to "Violinist of Hamelin" called "Magic Labyrinth" with a group called Skirt. Take a listen and hear the similarity.
Pardon me, if I am asking rudely, but did you upload a video about a year or two ago about a Fate/Stay Night Podcast? I remember watch it on your channel, and it was very funny. But then it disappear, and I didn't want to be rude to ask about it. It was a Hilarious podcast.
But if you don't know what I'm talking about, then don't mind me. I just wanted to ask...
Glad you enjoyed it, because of its length and lack of visuals it was hurting my youtube analytics so I took it off my channel but it's still available to listen to on chadvision's Soundcloud. soundcloud.com/chadvision
@@MercuryFalcon Oh! Thank you! That's wonderful! Thank you!
Also this is video you made to was really good too.
Such an interesting story
Dude! How the heck do you know all this? Even searching in Japanese returns barely anything for this guy. Incredible video.
Thank you, this video took over a year to make. I did get help from his son Eric though it often took months for him to respond to simple questions.
@@MercuryFalcon Interesting, thanks!
I know him from Macross but now I want to see this detective show. Anyone know if its subbed?
what a great video!
No mention of "Gipsy", still from Orguss? That was a great one too!
Probably because of its poor name
Nice video dude 👍
I still wish this video had more views
Buen cantante, lastima que no fue tan conocido a nivel internacional.
Su tema Melissa tambien es bueno.
What happened to your blog?
I tried to access it for your Genma Taisen discussion, but I only get a connection error.
Amazing video, btw.
It was a friends website they just let me used the space. They quit and the site went down. I’m hoping if my patreon ever takes off Incan just make my own.
@@MercuryFalcon I hope so!
You are making some really interesting content, and I am pretty the positive response of your videos are gonna be noticed by the algorithm.
Good luck!
You can do anything.
Okay so the opening theme to Orguss is great but how do you not cover the real banger that is the closing theme "Gypsy". That song slaps
Looking up if I can find a Spotify Artist page
*he has one*
Fuck Yeah. I have a new artist I like.
お前もジプシー
Could you link me that facebook group for archive? A friend of mine gave me a random anime dvd for おしゃべり太郎 or oshyaberitairou I can't find much about it online but when watching it Casey did the opening apparently but I can't find the song. It was titled power light open up your heart.
So the kenny loggins of anime.
Casey's Birthday is next month.
Why is it always cancer discovered too late. 😫
I think you guys are forgetting about Orguss ending song by Casey Rankin. It's great! czcams.com/video/7OXTrku0Xb8/video.html
jojorama
Casey Rankin official Facebook page, and a guy who claims to be mister Rankin's son Eric Zay say a bunch of the stuff in this video is fake :\
What?
@@MercuryFalconxD
His voice is smooth yet strong.