This is a sound effect commonly used in anime. It is unknown where the this Japanese alarm siren was originated, but it was also used by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department from the 1970s to the 1990s, and possibly, the early-2000s.
Used In
TV Shows
Movies
- Battle Royale (2000)
- Megalopolis Expressway Trial (1988)
- Mikadroid (1991)
- Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
- Return of Godzilla (1985) (Mono mix only)
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Anime
- Beast King GoLion
- BNA: Brand New Animal
- Bride of Deimos (1988)
- Calimero (1972)
- Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel
- Crying Freeman
- Cutie Honey
- Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (1997)
- Digimon Adventure 01
- Digimon Tamers
- Digimon Fusion
- Dragon Ball Z
- Dream Hunter Rem
- Ganso Tensai Bakabon
- GeGeGe no Kitaro (1985) (low pitched)
- GeGeGe no Kitaro (2018)
- Goldfish Warning!
- Jungle Kurobe
- KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops
- The Laughing Salesman
- Magical Princess Minky Momo
- Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden
- The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya
- Megazone 23: Part II
- Osomatsu-kun (1988)
- Perfect Blue (1997) (Used for ambience in nighttime scenes.)
- Sailor Moon
- Saint Seiya (Heard in episode 16.)
- Shonan Bakusozoku: Bomber Bikers of Shonan
- Space Patrol Luluco
- Tensai Bakabon
- Transformers: Victory (Heard in episodes 3 and 17.)
- Variable Geo (OVA)
- VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream
Video Games
PlayStation 2:
- Brave Wars/Shinseiki Yuusha Taisen (high-pitched)
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Audio Samples