REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Netizen and especially fans of Japanese anime was surprised with a background music (BGM) of anime Noragami Aragoto. This was because, the BGM, namely Push Buttons, allegedly used Adhan (Islamic call to prayer) in one of episodes of the anime.

The BGM became controversy after a netizen uploaded Push Buttons video on YouTube pages through AeonCaelum account on 28th November. In the video, Adhan voice which was remixed and blended with a music, could be heard quite clearly.

"Ashhadu alla ilaha illa Allah" was the chant piece of Adhan which was heard in the BGM. Then at minute 0:29, other chant piece of Adhan was also heard, "Ashadu anna Muhammadar rasulullah."

Each sentences of Adhan which were the Shahada, was repeated at least twice in the BGM, although it was not perfect because it has been through editing process. In addition to the two parts, other parts of Adhan were also heard in the BGM, which has normal duration of 2:16 minutes.

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Push Buttons videos from anime Noragami Aragoto that was uploaded by AeonCaelum was then reap many comments. Besides gaining a variety of pros and cons, the video also got 3,205 "dislikes" and 730 "likes" per 2nd December 2015.

AeonCaelum account owner was then aware of controversy that occurred at the video he uploaded. However, the account owner said he would not remove the video because the Push Buttons song has a beautiful musical arrangement.

"If you want to express the distaste, just find the song maker. Thank you," wrote the AeonCaelum account owner, Tuesday (1/12).

Push Buttons was arranged and produced by Taku Iwasaki. The song was included on the second CD with the track number 13 in the album Original Soundtrack 2, Noragami No Oto (Meaning: Sound of Noragami).

Noragami is an anime adapted from comic with the same name, published by Kodansha. Currently, the second season of the anime still continued and was entering the tenth episode.

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