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The theme song of 5cm/s(秒速5センチメートル byousoku 5 senchimetoru) by Yamasaki Masayoshi-san. If a picture worth a thousand words, then this video will be enough to sway you to waste 30 minutes watching the sneak preview (hopefully fan-subbed by now?)!


The chinese translation in the video is spot-on! However some could argue that ホーム can also means a train platform.
The lyrics:

One more time, One more chance
歌手：山崎まさよし
作曲：山崎将義
作詞：山崎将義
編曲：森俊之

これ以上何を失えば 心は許されるの
どれ程の痛みならばもういちど君に会える
One more time 季節ようつろわないで
One more time ふざけあった 時間よ

くいちがう時はいつも 僕が先に折れたね
わがままな性格がなおさら愛しくさせた
One more chance 記憶に足を取られて
One more chance 次の場所を選べない

いつでも捜しているよ どっかに君の姿を
向いのホーム路地裏の窓
こんなとこにいるはずもないのに
願いがもしも叶うなら今すぐ君のもとへ
できないことはもうなにもない
すべてかけて抱きしめてみせるよ

寂しさ紛らすだけなら誰でもいいはずなのに
星が落ちそうな夜だから 自分をいつわれない
One more time 季節ようつろわないで
One more time ふざけあった時間よ

いつでも捜しているよどっかに君の姿を
交差点でも夢の中でも
こんなとこにいるはずもないのに
奇跡がもしも起こるなら今すぐ君に見せたい
新しい朝これからの僕
言えなかった｢好き｣という言葉も

夏の想い出がまわる　ふいに消えた鼓動

いつでも捜しているよ どっかに君の姿を
明け方の街桜木町で
こんなとこに来るはずもないのに
願いがもしも叶うなら今すぐ君のもとへ
できないことはもう何もない
すべてかけて抱きしめてみせるよ
<>いつでも捜しているよ
どっかに君の破片を
旅先の店新聞の隅
こんなとこにあるはずもないのに
奇跡がもしも起こるなら今すぐ君に見せたい
新しい朝これからの僕
言えなかった｢好き｣という言葉も

いつでも捜してしまうどっかに君の笑顔を
急行待ちの踏切あたり
こんなとこにいるはずもないのに
命が繰り返すならば何度も君のもとへ
欲しいものなど もう何もない
君のほかに大切なものなど

Don't take the romaji from the youtube page though... and the engrish translation there is just...(what do you expect a chinese to english translation for a japanese song?)

my rough translation:
願いがもしも叶うなら 今すぐ君のもとへ
if my wish can be granted; I'll come for you immediately
できないことはもう何もない
There's nothing I wouldn't do
すべてかけて抱きしめてみせるよ
I'll put everything on the line to hold you tightly

Cherish the time we have together, for we might not see each other tomorrow. Otherwise you have to sing sad song like this when your love ones(and yours truly) are no more.

In other words, instead of watching stupid break dance video on youtube or playing FF XI by yourself, you could spend more time playing Halo2 or Street Fighter with me while I'm still around! Of course you can cook me food if you are not into video games, lol.

Anime Odd Thoughts Lot (Week of Feb/25/07, time for anime talk again)

秒速5センチメートル 第1話 桜花抄 (5 centimeter per second, or in american english: 2 inches per second)

One of the most stunning visual from any anime I've seen. It's a shame that the preview comes in a somewhat low-definition 640x360 version. This will probably be the first HD-DVD or Blu-ray disc I'll get later this year. What interesting about this somewhat ordinary love story is that it started in the early 90's (the first episode or first part, 90-94 to be precise... see below) It is a piece consist of three short stories on the long distance relationship between Takaki and Akari in different perspectives.

In the early 90's, it was an era just before the cellular phone became popular. It brought back memories of the time when I have to physically wrote letters and mail it to my friends back in my old home. Eventually it has switch to electronic mail and message, and then my busy life here make me lost contact with them for quite a long period of time. I assume that is what happen in the later episodes which I have yet to see. (In theater March 3rd in japan, the rest of the world probably won't see it until the DVD comes out)

I won't spoil it for you since I'm sure some fan-subbers are already working on this. Here's the proof that the first part of the story happened in between 90-94:

Monday, April 9,1990

Monday, April 8, 1991

Friday, March 4th, 1994

NARUTO ナルト 疾風伝 Naruto Shippouden 1-3

I'm no shounen series fan, but I have known enough about Naruto to enjoy the prologue of the "new" series. That eight minutes was very exciting since we get to see "him" again... I assume they(TV Tokyo and ぴえろ) really put more production values into this to lure the old Naruto fan back. The episode looks a bit better than the "old" series (so far). However the pace is painstakingly sloooooooowww. So if you have a problem sleeping or staying asleep, tune in for the many staring contests.

コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ 第18話 枢木スザクに命じる Code Geass 18

Words can't descripe how much fun this series really is. I have two words and punctuation marks for you: orange-kun?! (love his evil grin in the OP)

武装錬金 第21話 Busourenkin 21 Gone into flame

Now this's some fast pace shounen action here. This episode introduce another one of my favorite charaters 坂口照星大戦士長 (Sakaguchi Shousei the Great Chieftain).

獣装機攻ダンクーガノヴァ Dancouga Nova 1-2

Way too cheesy...if you know what I mean. The chance of me dropping this series is high, and it speaks volume coming from a Mecha-nuts. But then I bet no one will subtitle this for you neither.

OVA watch:

2/23: 舞-乙HiME Zwei (Mai-Otome Zwei) Vol.2
Not a single appearance of Mai or Mikoto here, I think I'll skip it...

2/25: 苺ましまろ (Ichigo Mashimaro) OVA Vol.1
Cute Loli series are a dime a dozen these days. But Ana-chan and Miyu are simply irresistable, no?

Other stuff I look forward to in February:
Master Grade Hi-v(v is the lower case Greek nu) Gundam from Bandai, so a MG Nightingale is in the works too?

That's all the time I have for this week, you'll see more in the coming week since I have cached up many post in the back log.

Anime Odd Thoughts Lot (Feb/11/07, lazy edition)

a line or two on anime episodes I watched in the past two weeks... (since I didn't do one last week)

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コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ 第17話 Code Geass 17 騎士

Another full episode of mecha action... hmm, I thought one way or another that Lulu knew Suzaku was Lancelot's pilot? Why didn't CC told him already? She knew, right?
btw, I think Toudou's unit looks a bit like the good old Griffin (from Patlabor)... may be it's just me

幕末機関説 いろはにほへと 第18話 Irohanihoheto18 宿命哀れなり

It finally happened, but I suppose everyone expected it already... No, I wasn't talking about Rook's fate... I guess Enomoto's Geass is too powerful for the poor Rook.

武装錬金第19話 Busourenkin 19 君さえ守れれば

I miss a few episode and it's already heading to Captain Bravo and Kazuki's second battle! The series is moving really fast, not to mention the many changes from the original story. At this pace, Xebec could certainly finish the series in 26 episodes. I'll tune in this week too for the Bravolous action.

のだめカンタービレ 第4,5話 Nodame Cantabile 4,5

The freshness has worn off but still enjoyable. For the first time they have skipped one chapter in the manga. These two episodes are still quite faithful to the manga. The new professor Franz fall into one of the classic anime stock character type: a famous old legend who happens to be a pervert. In other words, he's the "real type" ero-sennin(エロ仙人: Kamesennin, Jiraiya...), lol.

REIDEEN ライディーン先行放送版(と原作) Reideen(remake) preview(plus the original Reideen...)

Big difference from the original... I like it so far, at least the animation looks better than the original. It is a complete makeover, even the mecha design has nothing remotely resembles the original Reideen. Of course you won't see Akira in his oh-so-colorful costume in this one. In fact, the ladies might appreciate the new hero Saiga Junki wearing nothing in the "cockpit" (no pun intended).

月面兎兵器ミーナ 第4,5話 Getsumen Tohenki Mi-na 4,5

New Mi-na yay! The cherry weapon gets its own launching sequence too (in ep. 5)

Anime Odd Thoughts Lot (week of Jan/28/07, attack of the cold weather)

Not much is going on in Iroha (Hijikara the ex-shinsengumi make an appearance tho) I have miss Busourenkin and Major 3rd season for two weeks now... Kinda upset that Mao's fate didn't turn out to be the way I expected in Code Geass... so I'll put the spotlight on two of my current favorites Nodame and Mina:

のだめカンタービレNodame Cantabile Lesson 3:
A truly faithful adaptation from the original manga. The tiny changes only makes the anime series more enjoyable. I have read the manga of Deathnote and now I have almost zero interest in watching the anime series or the live action movies. Since a lot of the interest generated from the sense of suspense in the plot. I'm not watching the anime series to "relive the moment" since I have no emotional attachment to Yagami or L like someone I know(you know you are!). The same can't be said for Nodame though, I can watch it again and again just to hear "Gyapo~~~~"(ぎゃぼぉぉ~, the goofy noise Nodame makes), as much as the classical music. This is a series that you will enjoy even if you have read the manga.

Here's an example of the subtle humor that the manga readers will appreciate (from ep2, changed from the original food stealing scene):

sneaky sneaky...

mission accomplished!

the original(click to enlarge), which was cut in the anime
wait, I never discuss anything on episode 3... oh well...

月面兎兵器ミーナ Getsumen Toheiki Mina ep3 やくそくの魔球
(I just don't know how to translate 魔球... think of it as magical balls, really, amazing nuts anyone? lol)
My odd thought is on the secret identity of Ootsuki Mina, a lot of fans suspect that 甲州翠怜(Koushou Suiren), the anchor of "Sports Luna", is Ootsuki Mina(大月ミーナ) because of this (drawing featured in the ending):

I think GUNZO is trying to confuse you innocent viewers. You see, on the left, Ootsuki is Tsukuda/Tsukishiro's senpai. On the right, Suiren is Tsukuda's senpai in Sports Luna!

definition of crossplay: a male dress up as a fictional female character or vice versa.
In this case, I think 羽蝉寛治(Hazemi Kanchi) might be crossplaying Ootsuki Mina, check this out

the last three are the one in question...(left to right, Ootsuki, Kanji, Suiren) just who's Ootsuki Mina? now tell me 寛治(Kanchi) doesn't look like Ootsuki more than 翠怜(Suiren)... Look at the rest of the rabbit force, their hair don't change much after they transform.

I haven't find any evidence to prove or disprove the Suiren theory or my theory so far. Come on, I want to meet other members of the rabbit force!

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