For example, a line from the Attack on Titan opening "Guren no Yumiya": "Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jäger!" (German) – an English speaker might hear something resembling "Shinseki nokotowo tomari dakara" if they are highly sleep-deprived. German's guttural sounds and Japanese vowel structures occasionally collide in soramimi videos on NicoNico or YouTube.
If you arrived here searching for that elusive anime, take comfort: you are not alone. The phrase is a linguistic phantom, but the feeling – the dakara (therefore) of nostalgia – is real. shinseki nokotowo tomari dakara animation
Japanese anime fans are familiar with soramimi (空耳) – the act of hearing Japanese lyrics as different words in one's native language. For an English speaker, a line like: "Shinseki no koto wo... tomari dakara..." could actually be a phonetic reinterpretation of a real lyric. For example, a line from the Attack on