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Goodbye ZARD!

May 30th, 2007
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zOMG I am sad. Who cares about Odex suing people? The voice behind ZARD, Izumi Sakai, passed away from an accident on Saturday. T_T ZARD (Izumi Sakai) Singer Izumi Sakai has died after sustaining head injuries in a fall from the edge of a hospital building in Tokyo, her management agency has announced. Sakai, a member of [...]

Korean music video rips off FF7:AC

April 11th, 2007
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Anyway, Korean pop artiste Ivy recently had a music video “Temptation of Sonata” banned from TV because it ripped off recreated a scene from Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children without Square’s consent. Here’s a comparison made by some bored person: You can also view the original music video here. It’s actually a pretty cool live action recreation. [...]

Happy Birthday Maaya!

March 31st, 2007
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Phew, I made it! Today, 31st March (ending in Japan in another 30 10 minutes), is Maaya Sakamoto’s birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! お誕生日おめでとう！ Yay! For the uninitiated, Maaya is the talented singer whose songs are featured in Escaflowne (she also voiced Hitomi), RahXephon and Wolf’s Rain. She also happens to be my most favourite-st artiste ever. (I own [...]

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu - COOL EDITION

December 26th, 2006
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Ryouko’s character image song. Enough said. Read on for the lyrics.

Ryouko’s Hare Hare Yukai comparison

December 12th, 2006
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Ryouko’s character CD came out about a week ago and I’ve been really enjoying her songs. I loooooved Natsuko Kuwatani’s “Sweet Connection” (especially the acoustic version) from the game True Love Story Summer Days, and yet.. so I had been looking forward to more of her. And I wasn’t disappointed. Not only did her rendition of [...]

Sumomo mo Momo mo - Saikyou OX Keikaku

October 30th, 2006
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So, instead of spending last night dong last minute revision for the Higher Chinese O’level paper which I just took a few hours ago, I decided that it was a futile struggle and translated the OP of Sumomo mo Momo mo instead. This song has the coolest lyrics that I have ever seen. Seriously. But before [...]

Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora OP - Aoi Koufuku

September 22nd, 2006
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This song came up in my playlist shuffle today and I suddenly felt like translating it. Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora is a story of love and hope about a girl who suffers from a terminal illness. The lyrics of the OP song to the OVA do a good job of conveying the bittersweet [...]

Aya Hirano - Ashita no PRISM

September 20th, 2006
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I translated it. Yup. I do realize the inherent irony, but it’s just about the only single that I’ve downloaded recently. When boredom attacks, anything at hand works. Tomorrow’s Prism Vocal: Aya Hirano The sweet chimes ring in my heart, the signal to start. I bid farewell to the days spent waiting for the wind’s arrival. I just want to [...]

Song titles that don’t make half sense

September 7th, 2006
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I’m sure you have encountered plenty of song titles that sound cool at first but don’t seem to make much sense when you think about them. I’m not talking about Engrish titles (e.g. “Can you feel crying alone?” by tiaraway) because you can still make out the general meaning of the title, I am instead referring [...]

Aya Hirano can’t sing

September 6th, 2006
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That’s the truth and you know it. Well she certainly sings better than me, but so does most of the entire population of this planet! I will be lying if I say that I don’t like “God knows…”, but I think Aya’s over-hyped popularity comes almost entirely from her role as Haruhi. So anyway, Aya’s 3rd Single [...]

Neowing has caught up with my trickery

September 4th, 2006
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My perfect strategy for saving up on CD/DVD shipping has been flushed down the infinite void of a JR train station toilet by the insidious conspiracy known as Neowing (better known as CDJapan).

Don’t Download This Song!

August 23rd, 2006
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Cool song from Weird Al Yankovic’s MySpace page. Go listen to it there if it’s too slow here. You can download a higher quality version of the song from http://www.dontdownloadthissong.com Now excuse me while I go rob a liquor store while selling crack and running school kids down with a car. :P Anyway, before you go wtf over [...]

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