Overview
パンダヒーロー (Panda Hero) is a Vocaloid track by producer ハチ (Hachi), sung by the GUMI voicebank. It originally appeared on Hachi's 2010 album OFFICIAL ORANGE and was one of the launch titles for the first maimai arcade cabinet on July 11, 2012, making it one of the longest-tenured songs in the game's catalog. Clocking in at 190 BPM, the track pairs distorted guitar and glitchy production with a driving beat, while the lyrics paint a surreal tableau of scrap metal, rusty wheels, and a "panda hero" who steps in as a pinch hitter swinging a metal bat through a corrupted carnival world. The chorus is built around the percussive refrain "パッパッパラッパパパラパ" (pa-pa-pa-ra-pa-pa-pa-ra-pa).
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Trivia
- パンダヒーロー was one of the launch titles for the original maimai arcade game, added on July 11, 2012, and has remained in the series across all subsequent version updates.
- The song features the GUMI voicebank (Vocaloid 2, developed by Internet Co., Ltd.) as the vocal source.
- The in-game music video in maimai uses a character dancing routine, rather than the original animated PV created for the song.
- The MASTER chart (level 12, constant 12.4) was designed by ニャイン (Nyain), a notes designer known for challenging charts in the maimai series.
- The EXPERT chart was designed by maimai TEAM, the in-house design group credited for many early maimai song charts.
- Over its lifetime in maimai, the chart levels for パンダヒーロー have been adjusted numerous times. The MASTER chart started at level 10 in the original maimai, dropped to 9 through the PiNK PLUS era, then gradually climbed to its current level 12 (12.4) beginning with UNiVERSE PLUS.
- In Asian English versions of maimai, the song is displayed as 'PANDA HERO' by Hachi.
- The song's genre classification has shifted across maimai versions: it debuted under VARIETY, was changed to niconico in GreeN PLUS, and finally settled into niconico & VOCALOID from PiNK onward.
- The song has also appeared in the Chinese version of maimai (舞萌).
- The total in-game length of the track is approximately 1:36.
FAQ
- Who composed パンダヒーロー (PANDA HERO)?
- The song was composed, arranged, and written by ハチ (Hachi), with vocals provided by the Vocaloid GUMI.
- When was パンダヒーロー added to maimai?
- It was added to the very first maimai arcade cabinet at its launch on July 11, 2012, making it one of the original songs in the series.
- What difficulty is the MASTER chart for パンダヒーロー in maimai?
- The MASTER chart is level 12 with a difficulty constant of 12.4 and was designed by ニャイン (Nyain).
- What album is パンダヒーロー originally from?
- The song was originally released on Hachi's Vocaloid album OFFICIAL ORANGE, which debuted in 2010.
- What Vocaloid is used in パンダヒーロー?
- The song uses the GUMI voicebank (Vocaloid 2 engine, developed by Internet Co., Ltd.).
- What is the English title of パンダヒーロー in maimai?
- In Asian English versions of the game, the title is displayed as 'PANDA HERO' by Hachi.
- How long is パンダヒーロー in maimai?
- The in-game version of the song has a length of approximately 1 minute and 36 seconds.
- What BPM is パンダヒーロー?
- The song runs at 190 BPM.
