Hello SteamGifts, happy holidays!
I haven't done a puzzle giveaway in years, 5 years acutally...it feels like 1-2 years ago.

During the holidays I remembered a song that was big hit when I was little kid and was playing during the New Years Eve family party and with it made me remember show I really liked to watch on TV every (working) day, so I said hmm this could to be interesting, but hard puzzle.
As times flies I will add hints, however I will be happy if someone solves it without hints,

Puzzle:
Guess the name of the tv-show from only random song from YouTube ?
Question: What is the name of the tv-show that I really loved when I was little kid ?
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hol9Fa_1VW8

Link of the puzzle: http://www.itstoohard.com/puzzle/H8cGr1bV

2 active giveaways (1 giveaway ended)

Hint 0: The song contains something that it's related to the tv-show.
Hint 1: It is an animated tv show, I watched it dubbed in my native language on local TV.
Hint 1.1: The show birth place is far far away from the song birth place (which is Serbia).
Hint 1.2: It's Anime series/show.
Hint 2: I might have liked the toy(s) inspired from the show more than the show itself. There were kids that never watched the show, but had the toy.

Since the giveaways ended here is the answer to the puzzle: Beyblade (or Bakuten shoot beyblade).
Since adding the 2nd hint, a lot more people solved the puzzle, I guess its easier to brute force 10-20 anime show names than 100+.

2 years ago*

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Idk if this is a hint, but is the answer written in English? Bc I haven't been putting in the English names but would like to know if I should be.

2 years ago
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Yes, the answer is in English.

2 years ago
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3 hours and a combined 400 guesses later, nobody (except you) has guessed correctly. That's impressive.

For me, the first few seconds brought to mind a "game show" with kids (maybe on Nickelodeon?) that had an Aztec- or Mayan-type theme, but I can't remember the name of the show. Am I even on the right track?

2 years ago
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Legends of the Hidden Temple?

2 years ago
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That's the one I was thinking of! ... Although, after looking it up, I have no idea why. lol.

2 years ago
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Thank you for trying. Sorry you were not close, added hint 1. Will add more hints in few hours.

2 years ago
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What is the game in the GA?

2 years ago
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A game from most recent HB monthly, I wasn't expecting to be this hard, so I will add more game(s).
Added hint 1.

2 years ago
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Thanks for the hint, I think I'm getting closer :)

2 years ago
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The song made me think of a few cartoons, but i dunno if it's suggesting a song in one of the episodes, or if the words in the song describe something that makes you think of the show.

Guess I'll look for a translation of this.

Thx for the headache XD

edit: the only hint the translation seems to repeat over and over again is, 'green eyes'

2nd edit: Just was looking at the translation again, and I must have gotten the song wrong before, because now I see repetition of spinning like a top, and nothing about green eyes.

2 years ago*
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Thank you for trying so hard. You were close with the cartoon category, added hint 1.
Happy steamgifts birthday or happy cake day (idk which one is correct).

2 years ago
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u mean this song was played in show so we need to find which show? or song is not even correlated ?

2 years ago
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No, the song isn't in the show, the show birth place is far far away from the song birth place (which is Serbia). Added hint 1.

2 years ago
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Can we share ideas here or is it supposed to be an individual effort? Obviously no direct hints, as nobody knows the answer, just thoughts about the meaning of hints you are providing.Considering the unusual form of the puzzle I'm not sure if you're more interested how fast the connection can be found, or rather how many people will see it

2 years ago
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Yes you can share ideas here. Thanks for trying to solve it, I might went overboard with the difficulty.

2 years ago
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Thanks, so let's see how creative the SG community can be

2 years ago
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Let's sum up what we know
The song is from 2004 so most likely the TV series is also from around that time, probably older as we also know that it was translated and aired on local TV and that takes time
It's and animated TV show
There might be multiple ways the song connects to the series(theme, lyrics etc), but considering it's an animated one, the guess about green eyes by @GeoSol seems to be a shot in the right direction
We also know that it was aired daily, so that had to be a longer series. 20-30 episodes at least, but I would go for 50+ episodes

2 years ago
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Been looking through the most popular anime from the aughts, and throwing anything more popular at this puzzle, but no luck so far.

Also not sure what was with the first lyric translation I ran across, because now it mentions spinning like a top or cigar, and a descending storm, but nothing about green eyes.

2 years ago
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Found the correct transaltion - that helped a lot

2 years ago
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About the song related, is it about the TV show in general or about some episode in particular?

2 years ago
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About the TV show.

2 years ago
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hmmm, Was the TV show at the general public or rather at an adult audience?

2 years ago
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iznenadi me miloš bojanić

2 years ago
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inače, bump for solved

2 years ago
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Bravo!

2 years ago
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Just want to double check, but is the show name the same as it appears on MAL?

2 years ago
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I went with the IMDB name. Also happy cake day

2 years ago
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It reminded me of this :D (I know that's not it though)

2 years ago
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Bump for solved

2 years ago
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Congrats! You are the 2nd guy to solve it with only 1.5 hint, the first guy got it from 1st try, but I assume you needed some time. Care to explain in the giveaway comments section how you approached it to solve it ?

2 years ago
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2 years ago
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Bumping for solved, it was a tough one!

2 years ago
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Bump :)

2 years ago
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Bump for solved!

2 years ago
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Bump for solved, Only took 10 hours

2 years ago
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Bump for solved. It took me a while to realize it.

2 years ago
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Bump! for solved.
I think I learned a new language ^^
Thanks!

2 years ago
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I have been writing all the animes of the 2000's without success so far.

The translation of the song hasn't helped so far. Friends? Crazyness?

Google hasn't helped me with dubs of that time.

I wonder if maybe the imdb name is different from MAL's, or how the rest of the world knows the anime. OP, maybe you could check that, and write both options?

2 years ago
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I tried many from the top 20 in years from 2003 to 2009, and no luck.

Supposedly the translation of the song has had a dozen people discover the right answer today.
https://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58325&p=304598&viewfull=1#post304598

Spins, friends, dances, craziness, storm... These words inspire several anime, but no luck so far.

Now i'm thinking it's a less popular show.

2 years ago
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Happy cake day!

2 years ago
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My subtle hint: that link is actually helpful.

2 years ago
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I've figured it out. I've figured it out and now I hate myself. I especially hate the way I figured it out. It was a fantastic little puzzle but now I need something to stop myself from feeling old and dumb. Thanks

2 years ago
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No idea bump!

2 years ago
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i guess being serbian helps

2 years ago
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No idea, even with hints and translated lyrics. Bump !

2 years ago
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Bump for solved

2 years ago
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