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Boring news is boring

2008-08-12T21:00:54Z

I has myself a tegaki now lawl. Go there and check out my random mouse doodles that I put little to no effort into!

FUTURE DUEL HEATS YOU UP

2008-08-10T13:18:51Z

Lol 5D's with Engrish

It's like someone crammed a pre-5D's spoiler clipping through Babelfish and got the whitest guy they could find to read it aloud.

My Geekiest Accomplishment to Date

2008-07-29T01:16:27Z

Behold.

Why does my voice sound like a testosterone-deficient pro boxer? .__.

Wish me luck!

Shocking! No Yugimons For You and A Contrived Idea Becomes Reality...!?

2008-07-19T05:10:09Z

(Yes, the title is in the style of your generic anime standard overly long episode title. Sowat?)

Lol Conami

Well, it doesn't make much sense. Of course, the NA versions of Tag Force games are like playing a fighting game on permanent mute with elevator music playing in the background. But, if Konami (lolkonami) thinks that it's a good idea, then more power to them. They probably want to wait until the next arc gets rumbaped to release it, or something, so...yeah, I can somewhat see that. Still, good luck on the 70 dollar import cost, AMERIKA! lolololololo

I can imagine playing a motorcycle-based duel could be interesting or completely broken depending on how they do it, because Riding Duels in the anime mainly just consist of playing a normal duel with a certain set of restrictions that are based on turn-based actions (not even the aspect of "speed" as you would think.) Plus, the only duelists to date who actually Riding Duel are Yusei, Jack, Enjo, Ushio, maybe Saiga, maybe Himuro, and that's about it. Unless you're going to go around having motorbike battles with Random Schlubs X Y and Z (lol WC,) you're going to have a really short game on your hands.

Besides, as I've seen others state before me, Konami doesn't have the best track record for mixing two different genres very masterfully. Shin Duel Monsters II was mediocre, Falsebound Kingdom was lame (and how exactly do you mess up a YGO RPG? You would think that'd be one of the first things they'd do right considering YGO's history,) Sugoroku no Sugoroku isn't even something I'll comment on because we all know how that was, DDM was faithful to the game (IE: a pointless distraction from Duel Monsters since they incorporated so much of it in for the Konami version,) and blah blah blah whine whine whine.

So, I'm expecting the mutated spawn of Mario Kart and World Championship(insert year here) with plenty of generic trance and disco lights and that really funny phallic-haired MC voiced by Bernard Ackah. I'm just patiently awaiting until Konami makes "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Battle Millennium" which features all three series in one big dueling extravaganza for the PS3 and XBox360....? *crosses fingers*

Oh, and that site totally got that picture from Wikipedia. Not only is it the same picture, but you can tell its been stretched in what seems to be MSPaint...Yeah...Okay...

PS: I haven't forgotten about Start's lyrics...unless someone else has already posted them somewhere else.

START Translation

2008-06-04T08:58:55Z

I'll post the Japanese and Romaji later.

START (スタート)
Sung by Masataka Nakagauchi

Japanese Translations: Tatsunoboshi Horoko

Lyrics: Kosaka Naomi
Music: Ueda Koji

What are you grasping for? What good will it do you?
We're moving forward and we'll make sure to discover what.

Unstoppable sentiments, the passionate beating of our hearts--
and the voice of truth are all we heard.

We got busted up and we learned.
Of where we can get stronger.
I'll pile the dreams in the palm of my hand
and one day I'll lead them all to you.

Shouting the signal for the start, we'll do what our hearts want
and vault over our cramped and mediocre lives.
We'll make a dash and obtain every bit of our brilliant futures.
Embracing the bonds we so believe in, we'll go toward tomorrow to race on.

How far will you go? Where are you going to?
I'm sure we're close to the answer.

Unbeatable thoughts, turn the lights on now.
We're holding on to the courage to push forward.

We learned from the pain.
What it means to keep standing.
I'll always go face
any new moment with you.

The signal for the start resounds, and as it burns the sky,
We'll chuck any hesitation or doubts far away!
We'll make a dash and we might happen to cross the best of what we'll be.
Right for the wishes we so envisioned, we'll go toward tomorrow to make it to them.

We got busted up and learned.
Of where we can get stronger.
I'll pile up the dreams in the palm of my hand
and one day I'll lead them all to you.

Shouting the signal for the start, we'll do what our hearts want
and vault over our cramped and mediocre lives.
We'll make a dash and obtain every bit of our brilliant futures.
We'll spark things up and we might happen to cross the best of what we'll be.
Right for the wishes we so envisioned, we'll go toward tomorrow to make it to them.

Kizuna by Kra Translations

2008-05-16T21:14:53Z

Even though I'm not a big fan of this song, alas...it is YGO and I must translate it. Just link to this page if you want to repost the lyrics somewhere else. (Or at least accredit me.)

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's First Opening Song
Kizuna (絆 -キズナ- )

Japanese Translations: Tatsunoboshi Horoko

Lyrics: Keiyu
Composition: Mai
Arrangement: Kra, akira masubushi

Original Japanese:

どんなに離れたって途切れることは無いさ
より深くへ刻まれていく

どんな世界にいたって　どんな場所にいたって
またそれぞれの運命がもつれ合ってゆく

惹かれあうように

僕らはこの星で出会うために生まれてきたのだろう
この先に待つどんな困難をも越えてゆくために

どんなに離れたって途切れることは無いさ
より深くへ刻まれていく

だから傷つく事を恐れずに

僕らはこの星で出会うために生まれてきたのだろう
くじけそうな時も手を差し伸べあえる二人であるように

もっと駆け抜けてゆく信じてるものその胸に抱きしめて
真実はいつだって一つだから心の声を感じて
揺ぎ無い気持ちを掲げて明日への兆しを掴め

Japanese Romaji:

Donna ni harareta'tte togireru koto wa nai sa
Yori fukaku e kizamareteyuku

Donna sekai ni ita'tte donna basho ni ita'tte
Mata sorezore no unmei ga motsureatteyuku

Hikareau you ni

Bokura wa kono hoshi de deau tameni umaretekita no darou
Kono saki ni matsu donna konan o mo koeteyuku tame ni

Donna ni harareta'tte togireru koto wa nai sa
Yori fukaku e kizamareteyuku

Dakara kizutsuku koto o osorezu ni

Bokura wa kono hoshi de deau tameni umaretekita no darou
Kujikesou'na toki mo te o sashinobeaeru futari de aru youni

Motto kakenuketeyuku shinjiteru mono sono mune ni dakishimete
Shinjitsu wa itsudatte hitotsu dakara kokoro no koe o kanjite
Yuruginai kimochi o kakagete ashita e no kizashi o tsukame

Japanese Translation:

No matter how far we are apart, I'll still go on.
I'm going to engrave it even deeper.

No matter what world we live, no matter where we are,
Our fates will get entangled once again.

As if being attracted to one another...

Were we born to meet on this planet, I wonder.
As to go and overcome any hardship that awaits us ahead.

No matter how far we are apart, I'll still go on.
I'm going to engrave it even deeper.

So, don't be afraid of getting hurt, and...

Were we born to meet on this planet, I wonder.
As if we're a pair outstretching their hands to each other even through daunting times.

Go forth, race even harder and take your beliefs into your embrace!
The truth always comes in ones, so sense the voice inside your heart!
Hoist your sentiments firm and grasp the signs for tomorrow!

"The Super Long Interview with Kazuki Takahashi-sensei" Translation

2008-04-17T17:32:18Z

First in a long series of translations I'm doing (or, to be specific, "have done,") from the Gospel of Truth character guide. This part covers some of the finer and more obscure details of the Kaiba Corporation and its history.

Chapter 7 - The Super Long Interview with Kazuki Takahashi-sensei

An interview with the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh, Kazuki Takahashi-sensei. Setups and stories behind things during the series and a fervent message from the Sensei himself make them a must read!

Yu-Gi-Oh, currently a big hit in places like America, has concluded its Battle City Arc in Weekly Jump and his much anticipated new chapter is finally making its start! We had a hard-hitting interview with Takahashi-sensei, who is entering his seventh year in serialization and surfing right along, about the secrets of Yu-Gi-Oh and its future developments!

The Greatest Kaiba Corporation in Yu-Gi-Oh!?
--Please tell us some secrets behind the exceedingly mysterious Kaiba Corporation.
Kaiba Corporation was established by the father of Gozaburo, Seto's adoptive father, and was originally known as "Kaiba Heavy-Machinery Industry." It was a so-called "war profiteer." Then, after Gozaburo inherited the company, he patented components like IC-chips and shifted its focus over to a high-tech industry, but once he adopted Seto, little by little, the wheels started to fall off.

After Gozaburo's death, Seto utilized the high-tech industry and started to put the technology he had been fostering all towards gaming. Seto had the idea that war and games were one in the same. However, he placed a lot of emphasis on "fighting on one's very own to win," so he didn't hold any interest in corporate wars.

In the past, even though Gozaburo would hold chess tournaments, with him being the sponsor, he would have a trophy ready for himself when he won. Seto paid attention to that in detail...He seemed to think that no matter how high you stood on or how much you controlled of the corporate ladder, it just wouldn't be done on your own. In time, Seto searched for the meaning in fighting said to take down your opponent down in a game on your own. Fighting, and, for example, what's known as war, is a battle between two nations, while Seto considers fighting a personal war to the bitter end. That's why I think Yugi's character is so significant. Seto, without Yugi as his rival and without an enemy that he must topple, would not be able to exist.

[Panel Text] Kaiba Corporation
Send requests from cradles to missles to Kaiba Corporation!

Incidentally, Kaiba Corporation has a workforce of 2,000 and makes and makes 150,000,000,000 yen (around $1,400,000,000) a year. However, when Seto lost in his duel with Yugi, the price of Kaiba Corporation's stock took a noticeable plunge, and they even started some corporate downsizing, at a time. Seto always shows his stockholders him dueling on his own. Even in that matter of speaking, Seto has to keep winning in games, it seems.

It wasn't a matter of the past, but rather, of six months ago...
[Panel Text]
Kaiba: As of today, Kaiba Corporation belongs to me! This is the methodology I learned from you, though.

Gozaburo VS Kaiba: A Family Feud
--Would you have referred to Gozuboro and Seto Kaiba's relationship as one between father and son?
To Kaiba, he was a father, but he just wasn't a "typical" father. When he carried out his administration shift, Seto didn't think that Gozaburo would die. Now without a foe due to Gozaburo taking his own life, he slowly started to lose his sanity. He himself felt guilty of committing "patricide." Being an important keyword in this series, the word "patricide" always haunts him. You could say Gozaburo implanted the design that "games equal death" into Seto.

In the beginning, it was simply chess. That was when he won against Gozaburo and became his adopted son. However, Seto's game of chess had extended far beyond just that. The strife within the company had also created a schematic which pitted Seto against Gozaburo as an extension of chess, in the end. Gozuburo then lost and chose death. This would tie in with Kaiba's idea that "games equal death." He even ended up receiving the Penalty Game, Experience of Death, from Yugi, I believe. By doing that, the loser of the game believed that they had to experience certain death. That is what started Seto's manic obsession toward "games" and "death," no doubt. Seto normally battles his father complex. With him just going ahead and dying, he wasn't able to score a complete and utter defeat against his father. However, maybe meeting Yugi shifted his objective. After all, he's the type who couldn't live without a foe he must defeat around for him.

Yugi and Kaiba Shake Hands!?
--Are Yugi and Seto bound by ties of friendship?
Hmmm, that's a tough one. You could say they're rivals and close friends, I guess...Seeing how it's connected to them both gaining something through fighting, and all. The one scene where he passes his card (Devil's Sanctuary) over to Yugi before fighting Malik was pretty difficult. They have a touchy relationship where they redeem and repel what the other one lacks. Even when Yugi initially dueled against God (Osiris) and got himself into a fix, it was Seto Kaiba who offered him a helping hand. Neither of them probably want their self-proven rivalc to lose to anybody else, in the end, though.

[Panel Text]
Kaiba: This is what we'll use to win...the power of unity...

[Panel Text]
Sugoroku: !! No other choice but to go!!
He's like In**ana Jo**es

Foxy Uncle Sugoroku!
--How did Sugoroku get the Millennium Puzzle and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon?
Sugoroku was once a gaming master who tried all sorts of games all over the world and won every single one of them. When he was forty, he faced a legend talked about amongst his companions, which was the Shrine of the Game of Darkness said to be in Egypt.

The back of the shrine held the space for the game, and though many people had tried in the past, with neither curse lifted or game solved, they all failed and suffered death. All the traps that had been laid were part of the Game of Darkness. Sugoroku attempted and almost lost his life, but, as if being guided, he got the Millennium Puzzle. So, he entrusted it to his grandson, Yugi. Sugoroku got his Blue-Eyes White Dragon from a friend. That friend might have been acquainted with Pegasus. He probably recieved from him saying that it was a special card.

[Panel Text]
Sugoroku: The Millennium Puzzle transcends human comprehension! I doubt you can do it.

My Coherent Ramblings

2008-04-11T02:11:26Z

Well, two weeks have passed. I quit my bullshit job with its bullshit hours and its bullshit management making bullshit last moment bullshit changes to the bullshit schedule and...wait, these were supposed to be "coherent" ramblings, right? Well, then, anyway, let's get off Personal Story Avenue on to Let's Get Down to Business Lane.

Last week I wrote a rant about my first impressions of 5D's, and, well, you can pretty much see the end-result of 10 min worth of shitstorming can do. (I basically let my inner cynical fanboy throw fling his poo until he was bone-dry.) Now, sure it was biased as all hell, and sure it was about as fair as beating a paraplegic in a three-legged race, but, hey, I promised a part two to my GX rant and I wrote a part two.

Whether it was enough to incite a revolution or monger enough hate to turn people to the "dark side," I wouldn't really know...but all I know is, it was funny, my friends thought it funny, and some others thought it was funny, so just take it for the satirical good time it was and nothing more.

If it offended you, I guess I'm sorry. But, if I say that I hate 4Kids, that doesn't mean I'm automatically dissing all of its fans. I'm just saying that I hate the company and what it tries to pass off as "a reasonable effort."

Well, anyway, like I said, a good two weeks have passed, and the shitstorm has quelled to a moderate level shitdrizzle. I'm still all cranky and "BAAWWWW" over 5D's even existing, but, I think I've said that enough times to pass the message along to Jupiter, if you know what I mean. And, besides, something happens when you work on something that makes you feel a sense of...appreciation...no...respect...no...lethargy! Yes, lethargy! It just makes you think, "Well, genius, you're in this for the long haul, so roll up your sleeves and get ready to swim in shit river!"

Maybe I should save all my cynical ranting and raving for 4Kids, but ranting about 4Kids is easy enough as it is. Maybe I should rant about the technical and aesthetic aspects of their Uncut DVDs...*wink wink* *hint hint*

So, yeah, episode 2 of 5D's aired yesterday, and despite its ridiculously bad animation (Damn you, Korean animators!,) it was actually...pretty...okay? Ushio is basically a dueling highway patrol man and the whole damn thing reminds me so much of S-Cry-Ed it's not even fucking funny, but fist fights are always cool! ...Right?

Okay, maybe I'm being a bit facetious, but all in all, it wasn't a bad episode. (And the first episode wasn't all that bad either on reflection. If you can get passed all the non-YGO'ish elements that make it...non-YGO'ish. Though, that could be the lethargy talking...) Anyway, Uryu could probably kick HAGA!'s ass......in a fist fight...(which is true as true can be and you all know it!)

Bah, I've been so busy with 5D's, I've been neglecting some of the smaller projects I wanted to complete. Don't worry, the GX manga isn't being affected by this. Shriek has been busy with schoolwork and hasn't had any time to work on it. I, on the other hand, have had the scripts translated for little under 2 months now :P

I'm also hoping we can release the Pyramid of Light movie's script soon, because Shriek found a rip that wasn't TV-ripped and I've had the dialogue translated for a while now (which now just needs editing.) In addition to this, I'm hoping to fix all the spelling errors and whatnot in the movie's novel which I translated a while ago and put it in a nice, easy-to-read PDF with pictures and a page for translation notes and sparklies and macaroni and everything :D

Well, I've rambled on long enough. Just wanted to throw this out there for the sake of throwing it out there!

My Incoherent Ramblings (Pt. 2)

2008-04-02T20:07:49Z

-My Thoughts on 5D's-

Well, I'll be damned, three minutes into the show and I already despise its guts. However, this was until I heard the most underwhelming excuse of a theme song ever. However, expecting mass amounts of rock and ass-rulery out of a Visual Kei band is like expecting peanut butter out of a mayonnaise jar, so I won't fault the show for that (although, I secretly will.) Oh, and the ending was horrible too, so let me just say that now so I don't forget about it later. (Maybe it's just that they follow Psychic Lover and fucking Hiroshi fucking Kitadani. That's like following Hironobu Kageyama with one-legged singing circus clowns.)

So, now that I'm done bitching and moaning about the opening and ending, let me say something about the actual episode. First it starts off with Mr. JACK ATLAS ("I'm da King! LOLOLOLOL") and his mono-wheel dildo bike dueling what seems to be a reject out of The Road Warrior 2 which involves them activating their Field Spell (Speed World, it's what they use to Riding Duel, apparently) while the funny-voice MC explains the ridiculous rules of the Riding Duel that make no sense. Blah, blah, blah, we're treated to the main cast of ragtag vagabonds watching TV, some girl (Rally) with Phoenix Wright's hat and Olga Orly's hairstyle comes in and gives Mr. Stoic Badass (aka. Mr. Kenshiro Wannabe) Yusei a chip for his extremely phallic dueling monstrosity which broke down as he was casually crusading the streets for some unknown reason, Ushio and the others bust in ('sup criminals :D',) yada yada yada, duel begins and I fall asleep, so basically 5D's has gone far and beyond my expectations.

Oh, and the music for the actual episode sucked as well. It sounds like it was mixed straight out of Mike Egon's basement and shipped over to Japan where Mike Egon's Japanese relative added some more synthesized drums to give it that extra "flava." There was one track that sounded sort of all right, but the rest of the time, it was unneeded background noise. I'd lol if this music is replaced in the Eng version because this sounds exactly like something they would come up with. You can't make bad music worse, you just make yourself look stupid.

Well, anyway, that's basically it. The first episode seemed like a big steamy pile of Cream O' Wheat and I can already imagine what future episodes have in store. Two things I can say, though. The animation was quite nice (except when everything runs through the Tron-filter and my eyes start trying to force themselves out of my skull,) and, at least in the next episode they are dueling on solid land...so maybe my detest can finally quell to a moderate level.

Oh, and nice Nazca lines, 5D's. Are we finally giving the South American's their push out into the YGO limelight? It's not like you've convoluted the base storyline enough with your asshat'ery *COUGH*DOMA*COUGH*

Edit: WSJ has confirmed Rally, the little girl...err...emm...yeah, is actually a boy. Weird shit, Yugioh...Weird, weird shit...

My Incoherent Ramblings (Pt. 1)

2008-03-26T20:21:19Z

It didn't end up as long as I thought. It kind of gets tiring and tedious stating the horribly obvious. There should be a part 2 as soon as we see 5D's episode 1. Oh, as a bit of a forewarning, I will be saying the word "shit" quite a lot. XD

-My Thoughts on GX's Ending-

Well, it started off as inane as humanly possible and ended as inane as humanly possible. These two episodes alone summarize why I dislike GX's writing staff. It seems that whenever they do something cool, they automatically make it not cool by making the ending one gigantic load of insane, impossible shit. The Seven Stars Arc: Diaperman wanting eternal youth. Saiou Arc: Megalomaniac and misunderstood outcast possessed by evil space radiation that wants to destroy the entire universe. The entire Yubel Arc: Hermaphrodite Duel Spirit's interstellar love affair with an under-aged boy. Darkness Arc: Wakame and Goat-head. Seriously, it's like they start off with a well enough premise, but slowly but surely, the plot starts to falter under all of the CARD GAMEZ LOL and they're left with a disorganized mess.

...Where in the hell are Misawa and the others?! Did they live, did they survive?! Will they be in 5D's?! Are they safe and sound back in their respective homes?! What about Satou?! What about Cobra?! Did they all just die? It seems that once everything is back to "normal," everyone forgets that these people even existed. Which means they are either the world's biggest gathering of narcissistic morons, or the writers are too busy making sure Judai gets yet another duel with someone else.

So, for all of you who don't know or just don't plain care. GX's ending was just as insane and dumbfounding as the actual series has been. Yugi explains that he gave Judai Winged Kuriboh to "test him" which sounds about as reasonable as me giving some random stranger on the street my keys to "test" they won't break into my house and steal my shit. It then continues with Judai using its magic time traveling abilities, or with Yugi slipping Judai a mickey and making him trip unbelievable amounts of balls, to go back in time.

Judai's cavalcade into this drug-induced, baron, fantasy world Domino City allows him to meet a younger Yugi with a Millennium Puzzle. The duel happens and blah blah blah. All you really need to get from this is that Dark Yugi pops out (with a rather underwhelming remix of a DM song), summons Osiris, and Judai, smiling like he just saw Asuka's boobies, attacks with Neos and then...he's in the desert...

...Wait, what!? What in the hell happened!? Did he win? Did he lose? Why is he in the middle of the damned desert!? Wasn't he in a time slip!? I can understand if they were trying to emulate Yugi and Jonouchi's duel at the end of Battle City, but there's a difference between not showing the duel and leaving it open-ended and not showing the last half of a duel in progress (which Judai seemed bound to lose if he was attacking with Neos anyway.) That's got to be the most ass-backwards conclusion I've ever seen.

All of that so Judai could regain his love for dueling? Couldn't have Yugi dueled him personally, considering he was about two feet away from him? Might I also add, why in the hell is Judai in the desert!?

Some people are wondering why I'm so negative about 5D's. One of the reasons lie in the fact that it's not necessary at all. They could have easily stretched GX out for a good 20-30 episodes and wrapped up some loose ends (half of which can be traced back to the Seven Stars arc.)

But, instead, they opted to go even further in the future and deal with a completely new storyline just to push some shitty cards. Not to say that YGO in general hasn't been about pushing cards, but if you can't see that 5D's is a business move used to grab more kids into "what's shiny and new", then you're absolutely blind. This ending proves that they were just trying to end the series at an even number.

It's quite funny, too. Because four years ago, I was at the forefront for "GIVE GX A CHANCE U GUYZ" and now I'm extremely pessimistic because of how GX let me down so badly. Another would probably have to be because GX actually had a "closure to an old and herald to a new" sort of vibe about it when it was first introduced while 5D's has a "buy our cards, buy our cards, buy our cards" sort of vibe about it right now.

As a long time YGO fan, I'm extremely disappointed. Not only did the ending not make any semblance of sense, but the shit that happened before that didn't make much sense either. Almost everything that doesn't pertain to the current story doesn't exist anymore, including people.

And we never do see Misawa's Fire Dragon. Bastards.

And in the Beginning, There Were Four...Piles of--

2008-03-26T08:48:49Z

Riding Duel! Acceleration!
Episode 1 Airing Date: 04/02/2008
Domino City several years after the times in which Yugi Mutou dwelled has been turned into Neo Domino City, a hierarchical society parted in the differences between the rich and the poor. Yusei Fudo, who lives in the Satelitte Area, has been gazing at the Tops Area where his rival and current Riding Duel Champion, Jack Atlas lives. He swears to go there and accomplish his goal. Yusei's friend, Rally, has gotten parts for the D-Wheel, an evolved system of the Duel Disk, and makes his way to Yusei. Taking them, Yusei is then surrounded by the Public Order Bureau Security. Sticking up for his friend Rally, Yusei challenges the Security to a duel. A Riding Duel with Yusei against Ushio, a member of Security, has gotten underway.

Power-Insect Deck! Ant Lion Trap
Episode 2 Airing Date: 04/09/2008
Uryu and his gang have come from the city to pick a fight with Nerve, Taka and Blitz while they work at the Satellite Plant. Nerve and crew are provoked into a fight by having their home turf of Satelitte being ridiculed. Meanwhile, Yusei runs maintenance on his D-Wheel to get something back from Jack. Uryu comes up to Nerve and crew who have come to Yusei's. They've coerced Yusei into having a duel with his D-Wheel on the line. Yusei and Uryu's duel begins. Uryu summons the 2400 attack power Chainsaw Insect right off the jump and Yusei summons Shield Warrior in defense mode.

Escape! Nitro Warrior VS Goyou Guardian
Episode 3 Airing Date: 04/16/2008
Yusei heads off the the heart of Neo Domino City where Jack is located. Rally has handed him his own most valuable card One-Shot Booster and cheers him on. Speeding towards the only pipeline connecting Neo Domino City and Satelitte, Ushio of Security appears before Yusei once more. Ushio imposes a duel as he uses his Special Pursuit Deck. Ushio summons Gate Blocker, who cannot be affected by Speed World's effects, against Yusei, who needs to break through the pipeline in time. Yusei counters by summoning Speed Warrior in order to break through the barriers.

Fated Showdown! Stardust Dragon Blocks the Way
Episode 4 Airing Date: 04/23/2008
Jack stands before Yusei, who has made it through the pipeline. Each in their own spirits, they hold a Riding Duel with Yusei's ace card, Stardust Dragon, at stake. Yusei and Jack confront one another in a spectatorless Duel Stadium. Amidst the silence, two D-Wheels set out. Yusei summons Bolt Hedgehog in defense mode while Jack summons Mad Demon and launches an attack. Yusei summons Junk Synchron and conducts a Synchro Summon to Synchro Summon out Junk Warrior.

Yep, this seems like quality watching already. They literally could have put "YUSEI DUELS [INSERT DUELIST HERE]! VROOOOOOOOOOM! (Part [Insert Number])" and the message would have been the same.

EDIT: I believe from the 2nd ep preview we learn of three characters. Nerve, Blitz, and Taka. However, I confused the last for a name because...well, they used the seperator generally used for names AND listing.

5D's...Anime Series or Crazy Bad Fanfic Come to Life?

2008-03-22T02:22:59Z

I'll leave my commentaries until later, but here's a scan from V-Jump:

http://janime.info/card/YugiohGX/VJ05_08/05.jpg

From the First Episode, Ushio's Cards As Well!!
The cards of the detective persistently hot on Yusei's tail, Ushio, are in here as well!! Defensive tactics to contain opponent monsters' movements with card effects are his forte.

Also, in the purple box, I mistook "第一話" for "chapter 1" instead of "episode 1"...it actually talks about him being a character in episode 1 in the last sentence...which still leaves a bad taste in my mouth like none other.

Bah, anyway, there it is...in all of its "glory."

やったな．．．お疲れた～

2008-03-16T19:35:55Z

Spring Break is here! Wooooooooooooooooooooooo-hooooooooooooooo!! I'm probably gonna waste it ~~eating ice cream naked and~~ playing Smash Bros. I got my ear chewed off by my boss because I "didn't show up" for my third time (which is complete bullshit because I happen to know whoever opens the store was just not there when they were supposed to be.) But, I digress, it seems like it's a whole week of video games and mindless lounging for me! Anyway, wanted to update on some things.

First, for our group: Symbion and I are finally getting ready for hardsubbed DM releases! W00T! Don't worry, the softsub scripts will still be released first, but it'll be nice to get something out as opposed to nothing. Oh, and we're also going to be picking up 5D's, so don't worry Motorcycle Duelist Enthusiasts! And, since Symbion will be in Japan during 5D's run and whatnot, I'm gonna ask him to get some pics of the Duel Terminals, because I know all 6 of you are interested.

In addition to the anime, shriek and I are also working hard on the GX manga. I've got the script for Chapter 27 almost done and am in the final phases of editing the lines for GX Volume 1 (I expect you all to mentally go, "Jesus Christ, just release the damn thing already, you slow bum!"...or something like that.) Maybe once this massive workload on me ends (もうたえられんぞ!!!ってことかな．．．) I can get started reediting that damned movie novel (because the spelling errors are OVER 9,00--*shot*) and find one of my other neglected YGO-related projects to resume work on.

Now, this isn't any kind of news, or anything, but these were just things I happened to pick up in my notes for some of the cards in my Master Card Database (which is nary complete.) It's just a few things that most people might not know due to lack of understanding of the Japanese language and some good ol' Konami-bitching! Yee-haw!

紫炎の影武者/Shien no Kagemusha
"Shien's Double"/"Kagemusha of the Blue Flame" (TCG)
Shien ni tsukaeru kagemusha. Surudoi kireaji no meitou o motsu. ("A double who serves Shien. He wields a sharp-edged and fine sword.")
Serving as a double for the Ruler of the Blue Flame, he's a master swordsman that wields a fine blade.

Basic translation preferences aside, because Konami (or whoever they had translating the cards) did not know who this "Shien" was, they basically took the name "Shien," broke its name in the kanji "blue" and "fire," and said, "Well, here we go!" They even changed "Shien" again in his flavor text (which is spelled in katakana, by the way,) to "Ruler of the Blue Flame" to hide their mistake...lol.

翻弄するエルフの剣士/Honrou'suru Erufu no Kenshi
"Trifler Elf Swordsman"/"Obnoxious Celtic Guard" (TCG)

Poor Elf Swordsman...he's the only card I ever know of to have 4 name changes over the span of 2 cards. The weirdness in this card's name actually comes from its flavor text. However, you would have never had known this if you didn't read the original Elf Swordsman's flavor text. ("Kenjutsu o mananda erufu. Subayai kougeki de teki o honrou'suru."/"An elf who's learned to wield a sword. He trifles with his foes with his agile attacks.") So, yeah, if you ever wondered why Elf Swordsman has that name, this is the reason.

ヴァルキリー/Varukirii
"Valkyrie"/"Dark Witch" (TCG)

Wow, is this one confusing. So, basically, the card's original name is "Valkyrie"...but then, when they find out there's a "Dunamis Valkyria" (note "-kyria",) they go with "Dunames Dark Witch." However, ever since then, every card with "Valkyria" has been kept as "Valkyria" and all cards with "Valkyrie" as "Valkyrie." The problem now arises with "Dark Valkyria" (LOTD card) which is already a Dark Attribute monster...when all the other times the "Dark Witch" has been "Light." An interesting predicament, indeed! And when you add that the dub of the anime calls Sieg's "Walkure" cards "Valkyries," you open up a new can of worms. (However, to be fair, it seemed nobody except Mr. Edo got ahold of that one. Even I used "Valkyrie" for a while until I found out that was utterly batshit confusing.)

ゴキボール/Gokibooru
"Roachball"/"Gokibore"

I just like how they screwed up the romanization. Oh, and "Gokiboru" is a pun off of "Gokiburi", or cockroach, and "ball" (roach.) It makes you wonder where some of these weird ass names come from. Of course, I could have a whole livejournal devoted to Konami's screwy romanization translations (BASTA RANCHER!!!!111)

Well, that's about all. Till next time. 以上！！

The End of the Week and Mooore 5D's...Stuff?

2008-03-01T00:19:16Z

Well, it's Friday and I have a day and a half before I have to repeat the endless cycle that is a college student, so I might as well try and get as much as I can done during that time (haw, fat chance...) But, yeah, nothing else beside that. Here's the little info blurb from the official TV Tokyo site. Evil Bakura sent it to me because my computer has been eternally ghey'ed up and hates Flash. Reading through it, the "Dragon's Birthmark" (Ryu no Aza) reminds me of the "Mark of the Dragon" from that godawful 80's Double Dragon cartoon. I guess there's another reason for me to hate it. XD

STORY:
Domino City several years after the times when Yugi Mutou once lived there--It has changed into the futuristic city "Neo Domino City," one that has adopted a stratified society. The protagonist, Yusei Fudo, on his advanced-form of Duel Disk, the D-Wheel, speeds off from the lower-class area with his sights set on the upper-class area. With his sights set on the Duel Stadium, where his former rival and Riding Duel Champion, Jack Atlas, who has stolen the Stardust Dragon so important to him and his friends, is at. Yusei and Jack finally face off. Their hearts packed with their own emotions, their ace monsters, Stardust Dragon and Red Demon's Dragon, clash! The dragons' battle causes a mysterious red dragon to appear and the Dragon's Birthmark on Yusei's arm to arise to the surface. The many different fates being led by the Dragon's Birthmark are about to be set in motion. What awaits Yusei as he fights for his friends?! And, just what exactly is it that the Dragon's Birthmark possesses?!

So, yeah, whoot! I should have done this the day it freaking came up on the site, but better late than ever. Anyway, beside this 5D stuff, I recently took some sketches out from my sketchbook and scanned them. They're not all that great, but, I'm the worst critic ever for my art in any caliber, so...

Mecha Destruction King - Syxx Loader (メカ破壊王－ＳＹＸＸローダー)
Dark/Machine/9/2800/3200
This card cannot be Normal Summoned. This card can only be Special Summoned by sacrificing 1 Level 5 or higher Machine-type monster. When this monster attacks an opposing monster, roll 1 die, depending of the results, activate 1 of the following effects.
1: Increase this monster's attack power by 800 during the Damage Step.
2: Decrease the opponent's monster's attack power by 800 during the Damage Step.
3: Negate this card's attack. Then, draw 1 card.
4: If this monster with higher attack power attacks a monster in defense mode with lower defense power, inflict Battle Damage to your opponent equal to the difference.
5: Skip Damage Calculations and destroy that monster.
6: If this monster destroys the monster designated for attack by battle, destroy 1 card on your opponent's side of the field.

Devil Mole (デビル・モグラ)
Earth/Beast/4/1700/1200
When this monster is Normal Summoned, Reverse Summoned, or Special Summoned, place 1 "Bunker Counter" on this card. When this monster is destroyed as a result of battle, remove 1 "Bunker Counter" from this card to negate its destruction. During your Main Phase 1, you can remove 1 "Bunker Counter" from this card to destroy 1 face-down monster on the field.

AM-02 Mechanical Bull (AＭ－０２メカニカルブル)
Fire/Machine/7/2500/2500
By discarding 1 Trap card in your hand during your Battle Phase, destroy 1 face-down card on the field.

Kusujazaku　（クスジャザク）
Dark/Winged Beast/3/800/1000
Reverse: Special Summon 1 Level 3 or lower Winged Beast-type or Fire-type monster from your Cemetery in attack mode.

Gargoyle Punisher (ガーゴイル・パニッシャー)
Earth/Demon/5/1600/1800
For each Demon-type monster in either player's Cemetery, increase this monster's attack and defense power by 200. When this monster is destroyed and sent to the Cemetery, by removing this card and any number of Demon-type monsters in your Cemetery (a maximum of 2,) you can Special Summon "Gargoyle Tokens" (Demon-type/Dark Attribute/ Level 3/1000/500) equal to the amount removed in attack mode.

Hell-Spawned Zombie King (地獄から生まれた不死王)
Dark/Undead/8/2300/2800
As long as this card is face-up on the field, all Undead-type monsters cannot be destroyed as a result of battle. If this monster is in your Cemetery during your Standby Phase, you can discard 2 Undead-type monsters from your hand to Special Summon this monster to your field in attack mode with its attack and defense power halved.

Anyway, that's all I got.

V-Jump 5D Crap

2008-02-22T21:37:08Z

Been putting it off for a while, but, yeah, here's what was in that 2 page spread in V-Jump.

"The Future of Dueling Heats You Up!" YEAH!!!1

http://www.yumeoidaku.info/5Ds/poster2.png (Link Provided by Cindy)

A New Age of Dueling Begins!

It's the Near Future!?
Duel Disks Have Evolved!?

On April 2nd, a totally new Yu-Gi-Oh anime start its run!!
A newly-created anime, one that will weave new Yu-Gi-Oh history, starts this spring!! It's set in Domino City, where Yugi Mutou and the others were once featured, decades later. What kind of drama shall unfold!?

It's set in Domino City in the Future!?
Domino City of the future, where skyscrapers tower over all. High-tech stadiums house dueling tournaments, where state-of-the-art Duel Disks clash!

Riding Duels are What's In!!
In the era of "5D's," speed-packed duels using the latest motorcycle-modeled Duel Disks, the D Wheel, are what's in and have swept spectators into a frenzy of excitement!!

New Monsters Make Their Debuts One After Another!!
The new anime will, of course, have plenty of dueling scenes!! Monsters never seen before will wreck all kinds of havoc! Check and make sure not to miss any powerhouse monsters!

Yusei Fudou
Duel Rider, Driver of the D-Wheel
A rare duelist who drives a red D-Wheel. Has a cool and clever personality and is also quite capable when it comes to dueling!! The story will play out centered around him!!

Yuya Miyashita-san
A up-and-coming, young actor that, besides the drama 14 Year Old Mother, has appeared in several different musicals.
"This is his voice actor!!"

Jack Atlas
Yusei's Rival who Reigns as King!!
The unconditional ruler of Riding Duels. Feared as the "King," his ingenious dueling eliminates all challengers!!

Takanori Hoshino-san
A strong voice actor who started as playing the role of Jumonji in Eyeshield 21 and has appeared in many other anime.
"This is his voice actor!!"

Aki Izayoi
Mysterious Female Duelist
A young girl who displays her supernatural abilities when dueling. She has had a hard time, worrying over how to use her abilities, but since meeting Yusei, she herself has started to change.

Ayumi Kinoshita-san
A young and popular actress, popularly cast as the role of Seteia in Dragon Quest Sword, who has also been active as a voice actor.
"This is her voice actor!!"

Rua & Ruka
Twins who Trifle with Fate...
Though be they young, they are twin duelists who throw themselves into harsh battles, and who are attached to Ryusei. The cool and collected Ruka follows the active yet blundering boy, Rua!

Ai Horanai-san
Has appeared in such shows as Naruto as a voice actor.
"This is his voice actor!"

Yuka Terasaki-san
A multitalented entertainer that has appeared in movies and the role of Basil in the anime Reborn!.
"This is her voice actor!"

New 5D's stuff.

2008-02-22T04:44:40Z

http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/graph/anime/20080221_2/

Yu-Gi-Oh: "On Par with Dragonball," Praises Jump's Editor-in-Chief Highly. New Anime Installment, "5D's."

Up on stage at the presentation (going from the left) Ackah-san, Miyashita-san, Takanori Hoshino-san, Director Ono, Fujita-san and Oomura of Total Tembos.

A presentation for the internationally popular series' newest installment, "Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's" was held, and appearing was Yuya Miyashita-san, doing the main character; Ayumi Kinoshita, doing the heroine Aki; and the comedy duo, Total Tembos, with their first time in the voice acting business, plus many others. "I believe that, including the world card tournaments, in all of Jump's forty years, this is a work on par with Dragonball." Weekly Shonen Jump's Editor-and-Chief, Masahiko Ibaragi, highly praised.

Yu-Gi-Oh is all based off of Kazuki Takahashi-san's manga. It's documented as an international hit, with the story being about Yugi Mutou, a young boy, who, through his Puzzle's power, becomes a "Keeper of the Right" that judges the darkness, and defeats villians in the card game, and with related publications, such as comics and strategy guides, totaling 3600 units domestically, an anime broadcasting in over 80 countries, and 18.1 billion cards alongside 25 million video game cartridges being produced.

The new series takes place in "Neo Domino City," a present-day city in the hierarchically-advanced near-future. The main character, Yusei Fudo, and King of the "Riding Duel", matches which cross-breed bike racing with card games, are shown going against one another. Total Tembos take up the roles of Yusei's friends, Nerve (Kensuke Fujita-san) and Taka (Tomohiro Oomura-san.) TV personality and fighter, Bernard Ackah-san, will take up the role as the MC (Master of Ceremonies.) When Oomura-san wished that "I'd like to get into fights with the protagonist and do some ad-lib," Director Katsumi Ono 'reversed ordered,' "Think of some material." The broadcast is set for every week on Wedensdays at 6 PM, starting April 2nd, on TV Tokyo. Sale of the manganization and the video games have also been scheduled. [Kawamura Naruhiro]

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For extra lulz, and if you speak Japanese (which I assume most of you don't if you're reading this post,) check out some of the fan reaction to this statement here. (The majority go like "Oh, yeah, financially on par, right?") There are others too and they provide me with infinite lulz indeed. Although, for the record, I do think they mean financially on par with Dragonball.

Latest Yu-Gi-Oh spoiler thingies

2008-02-20T01:41:56Z

Darkness has to be the quickest final boss to go down in the history of evar.

The Last Hope! Judai Yuki
Episode 178 Airing Date: 03/12/2008
Judai fuses togeher Neos and Yubel, summons Neos Wiseman, and attacks Darkness. However, Darkness has a relaxed smile about his face. He revives his Darkness Eye and activates his Nihility and Infinity combo. In the midst of his seesaw offense and defense unfolding, Darkness tells of the shocking truth--which is that Darkness himself is the form of all human's future. Judai battles with the fate of mankind resting on his success.

Farewell, Judai! A Tearful Graduation Ceremony
Episode 179 Airing Date: 03/19/2008
Judai performs the Ultimate Contact Fusion, summoning God Neos, and wins against Darkness. The world has returned to normal and Judai and his friends have safely made it to their graduation ceremonies. That evening, a thank-you party is held, but Judai is nowhere to be found there. In front of Judai, who plans to pack up and venture out, Winged Kuriboh has appeared and led him to a specific area.

By the way, Cindy posted scans of the bunkobans and they're absolutely fangasmigorical. Check them out here.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: WTFs, ROFLs, and some more WTFs

2008-02-18T20:30:13Z

D:

So, some new pictures of 5D's were leaked earlier this morning, and let me tell you, it looks about as stupid and unoriginal and X-TREME as I thought it would be. Mock the premise of a Duel Academia all you want, but the fact of the matter is, that at least it stays true to the formulas set by the old series. This seems to be a mixture of Zoids, Beyblade and Digimon Frontier all clusterf**ked into one unholy package. Oh, and I find the premise of Synchro monsters and the useless changing of terminology absolutely baffling and unnecessary. However, for all of you interested in this new series, I'll provide what info about the characters I've gathered so far considering the blurry-as-hell scans we have currently, so expect more when we get better ones.

Yusei Fudou - Yuya Miyashita (Actor)
Aki Izayo - Ayumi Kinoshita (Actress)
Jack Atlas - Takanori Hoshino (Seiyu/Voice Actor)
Ryua - Ai Horanai (Seiyu/Voice Actor)
Ryuka - Yuka Terasaki (Seiyu/Voice Actor)

So far we have the stoic main protagonist with even more ridiculous hair than the previous two main characters, the set of tits who will serve as useless fodder for the main character, JACK ATLAS the cocky foreign badass no doubt, and the set of annoying twins whose sole purpose in the series will probably be just to declare what move a person made and have 0 screentime. Love how this is apparently set in a futuristic Domino City when GX was supposed to be the futuristic incarnation of the original YGO series. You have to wonder if anybody is even alive anymore. Here's hoping that when this series is over, Konami goes "lawl gotcha" and reverts all this retarded crap back to normal, but that's wishful thinking--extremely wishful thinking--on my part.

Anyway, besides my obvious rant on this tripe, I've also started posting subtitled opening and endings on my Youtube profile. Hopefully I can also get some sample clips for those who want to see how we subtitle the series and whatnot.

So, I thought I'd mention that. As for the translation of GX, I'm still on the filler hell arc. The Tennis duel isn't as bad as I thought it was and the Goblin duel doesn't look all that bad, but I know that Draw episode is going to be a fresh kind of hell for me. I got so bored with the Psycho Shocker duel that I simply stopped timing it and decided to go back to translating it on Word Documents first. (I mean...come on!) But, anyway, if all goes well, I'll be getting to the Seven Stars stuff after the start of March and then I can finally get interested. Oh, and there's always the backlog of current episodes we haven't finished, but I'm not too worried about those just yet.

Oh, I might as well go ahead and mention that the latest GX manga chapter should be done soon. We're in the final lap of editing. Shriek and I still have some stuff to do with it, and cleaning the images of text has been hell for him, so please bear with us, if you all could.

And...I have homework due tomorrow for my Design course...Damn it all.

Wow, what a February...

2008-02-15T04:13:45Z

Well, never use this thing, so, might as well...

Ever since February began, I've been sick beyond all belief, gotten even sicker from taking way too much cough medicine (damn you, Tylenol!,) have got a backlog of work for classes, got chewed off by my boss(es) about not calling out, and had to translate possibly one of the best episodes of GX (Misawa VS Manjoume! Misawa FTW!) and one of the worst episodes of GX (MUNKEY DUEL LOL) with many to follow (damn it, I want to get to the Seven Stars stuff! Or, better yet, do some more DM!)

So, yeah, not much on the homefront. But, I've done some more stuff since my last update. I have a dub comparison video online on my Youtube account. (Check it out and ph33r my awesome typos of doom!) I released a whole bunch of scripts on the TnKP site (more specifically, the forums.) Manga is up and running and we finished R (all three chapters we've done.)

Oh, and as for this week's GX (174,) it was a very...awkward experience. With Fubuki's suggestive dialogue and whatnot and Fujiwara totally pulling a Bakura and reversing time (or...the illusion of rewinding time, to get technical.) Fujiwara's facial expressions were reminiscent of Malik, Saiou, and Yubel mixed into one weird chin-strapped wakame package. By the way, what the hell is he still doing with that stupid chin guard/drool-catcher-for-his-hot-man-crush-for-Bucky anyway? (Oh shi--answered my own question!) I translated a portion of the dialogue before Fubuki's would-be final attack:

Fubuki: I'm so sorry, Fujiwara...
Fujiwara: What!?
Fubuki: I've been wanting to apologize for all this time. Back then...Back then, I wasn't able to save you. But, now I'm with you too. So, if it will save everyone else, I consider that a victory. I'm sorry, Red Eyes. Trap activate, Red-Eyes Burn! When Red-Eyes is destroyed, both players take damage equal to its attack power.
Johan: What!?
Judai: Fubuki-san!
Fubuki: Come, let us go, Fujiwara. You too are irreplaceable to me...I'm so sorry for what I've done. However, now we'll be together.
Yusuke: N-No! Nooooo!!
Judai: Fubuki-san! Fubuki-saaan!
(Everything reverses)
Yusuke: Fubuki, is this the darkness in your heart? You've been suffering all this time because you couldn't save me, have you?

Video Tyme!

2008-01-05T04:36:54Z

"SKILL" - Yu-Gi-Oh

Yep, adding subtitles to already spliced together footage. I'm a big man now.

Naw, but seriously, while I'm here timing away at them episodes for the subbin', you guys can enjoy this kickass video from Nico Nico using the song "SKILL" by Jam Project. (It was used in Super Robot Wars, which explains some of the stuff about steel fists and stuff.)

Bonus Tracks: "Subliminal I Love You" & "Smile"

2007-11-28T05:35:27Z

Both of these songs are tracks from Psychic Lover's and Hiroshi Kitadani's single albums for Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX's opening and ending themes: Precious Times, Glory Days & Endless Dream respectively. Thanks to Janime, I've been able to get ahold of the lyrics sheet for them seeing as usually I don't have a chance to because my money is squandered elsewhere like on cheap booze and loose women...urm...I mean, car payments and school supplies. >_>

Anyway, here is Hiroshi Kitadani's "Smile." I'll have Psychic Lover's bonus track by tomorrow, maybe:

Smile
Artist: Hiroshi Kitadani
Arrangement: Daniiiizu

Japanese Transcription:

過去の傷は胸に刻んで
時間は追われ今日がやってきた
I will change I will change
I will change I will change...

未来*（あした）は来ない？路に迷って
扉を開けて空に訊ねてる
Never change Never change
Never change Never change...

確かなモノはこの胸の中にある
変わらぬ愛と変わらぬ瞳のまま
近すぎて見えなくて忘れてたこの思いを

優しくなろう　君の為に
優しくなろう　僕の為に
優しくなろう　みんなの為に
優しくなろう We will become smile

永遠と言う夢の彼方へ
風を追い越し探しに行こうよ
I will change I will change
I will change I will change...

自分を信じこわがらないで
素顔のままに胸を張ればいい
Never change Never change
Never change Never change...

輝く未来*（あす）は君の手の中にある
飾らぬ愛と飾らぬ願い抱いて
溢れ出す涙には*理由（わけ）なんてないんだから

優しくなろう　花のように
優しくなろう　鳥のように
優しくなろう　平和の為に
優しくなろう We will become peace

La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la...

Romaji Transcription:

Kako no kizu wa mune ni kizande
Jikan wa oware kyou ga yattekita
I will change I will change
I will change I will change...

Ashita wa konai? Michi ni mayotte
Tobira o akete sora ni tazuneteru
Never change Never change
Never change Never change...

Tashika'na mono wa kono mune ni aru
Kawaranu yume to kawaranu hitomi no mama
Chikasugite mienakute wasureteta kono omoi o

Yasashiku narou kimi no tame ni
Yasashiku narou boku no tame ni
Yasashiku narou minna no tame ni
Yasashiku narou We will become smile

Eien to iu yume no kanata e
Kaze o oikoshi sagashi ni yukou yo
I will change I will change
I will change I will change

Jibun o shinji kowagaranai de
Sugao no mama ni mune o hareba ii
Never change Never change
Never change Never change...

Kagayaku asu wa kimi no te no naka ni aru
Kazaranu ai to kazaranu negai daite
Afuredasu namida ni wa wake nante nai'n dakara

Yasashiku narou hana no youni
Yasashiku narou tori no youni
Yasashiku narou heiwa no tame ni
Yasashiku narou We will become peace

La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la...

English Translation:

The scars of the past were engraved on my heart
Time was hunted and today arrived.
I will change, I will change,
I will change I will change...

"Will tomorrow ever come?"I ask the sky
as I open the door, having lost my way.
Never change, never change,
Never change, never change

I have certainty in my heart.
And while my love and my eyes go unchanged,
I'm far too close to see it and forgot these feelings of mine!

Let's become kind. For you.
Let's become kind. For me.
Let's become kind. For them all.
Let's become kind. We will become smile.

Beyond the dream named "eternity,"
Let's pass by the winds and start our search there.
I will change, I will change,
I will change, I will change...

Don't ever be afraid of believing in yourself
You can use your true face and hold your head high.
Never change, never change,
Never change, never change...

A shining tomorrow is within your hands.
Embrace your natural love and your unminced desires.
Because there's no excuse for overflowing tears!

Let's become kind. Like the flowers.
Let's become kind. Like the birds.
Let's become kind. For peace.
Let's become kind. We will become peace.

La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la...

*Here, the kanji for "future" (mirai/未来) are read as ashita/あした and later as　asu/あす.
*Here, the kanji for "reason/excuse" (riyuu/理由) are read as wake/わけ or reason/excuse.

(November 28, 2007) - Well, here's the second song, Subliminal I Love You. Really weird lyrics sheet too...has a bunch of emoticons strewn all over the place. The Engrish is also funny. No matter how many times I look at the lyrics, I still hear "Ghe-Ghe-Ghetto Love!!" which makes no sense. (Or does it...?)

Subliminal I Love You
Artist: Psychic Lover
Lyrics/Composition: YOFFY
Arrangement: Ken'ichiro Ooishi

Japanese Transcription:

SUBLIMINAL I LOVE YOU 一秒に百万回
愛のコトバ囁いて　目一杯精一杯
グルグル回るルーレット　天使よ失を放って！
君のハート狙い定めて　GET GET GET YOUR LOVE!

解けない愛のクロスワードにらめっこしてる
最後のカギはきっと君の胸の中
どうなっちゃってんだよ　Σ（＿口＿；）ii
地球がまるで逆回転してるみたいさ
～MY LIFE IN GREAT CONFUSION～ｗ（￣Д￣；）ｗ

あの夜交わしたKISSは幻なのか？
ロマンチックなムード二人酔いしれたのに
冷めた態度SO COOL!　（￣－+￣）ｙ‐~~
いつもと変わらない顔で指輪回してる
HEY! とっても素敵さ

SUBLIMINAL I LOVE YOU 一秒に百万回
愛のコトバ囁いて　目一杯精一杯
グルグル回るルーレット　天使よ失を放って！
君のハート狙い定めて　GET GET GET YOUR LOVE!

君はつれないけど俄然元気なMY HEART
偶然を装って待ち伏せてバレバレじゃん
どうしようもないでしょう　（￣へ￣¦¦¦）
愛のないMY LIFEなんて　もう淋しすぎるから
～I'M JUST A LONELY BOY～　（p＿；）…

必然的な出会いに君はまだ気付いてない
僕らは河を下って*運命（さだめ）の海へ漕ぎ出す
遭難しちゃうかも？Σ（￣ロ￣|||）
だけど信じたい　信じさせてくれ　君と僕は
LOVE! こっから大変愛

SUBLIMINAL I LOVE YOU 君の感情を独占
ためらわないで突っ走って　目一杯精一杯
グルグル回るルーレット　天使よ失を放って！
君のハート狙い定めて　GET GET GET YOUR LOVE!

潜在意識に訴えて君を手に入れたい
理屈なんかじゃない！
闘争本能呼び覚まして　今夜も眠れない
君の中を土足で踏み荒らしてみたい

SUBLIMINAL I LOVE YOU 一秒に百万回
愛のコトバ囁いて　目一杯精一杯
グルグル回るルーレット　天使よ失を放って！
君のハート狙い定めて　GET GET GET YOUR LOVE!

SUBLIMINAL I LOVE U...GETx3 YOUR LOVE
SUBLIMINAL I LOVE U...GETx3 YOUR LOVE
SUBLIMINAL I LOVE U...GETx3 YOUR LOVE
SUBLIMINAL I LOVE U...GETx7 YOUR LOVE

Romaji Transcription:

SUBLIMINAL I LOVE YOU Ichibyou ni hyakuman kai
Ai no kotoba sasayaite me-ippai sei-ippai
Gurgu meguru rureetto tenshi yo ya o hanatte!
Kimi no haato nerai sadamete GET GET GET YOUR LOVE!

Tokenai ai no kurosuwaado niramekkoshiteru
Saigo no kagi wa kitto kimi no mune no naka
Dounacchatte'nda yo Σ（＿口＿；）ii
Chikyuu ga marude gyaku-kaiten'shiteru mitai sa
～MY LIFE IN GREAT CONFUSION～ｗ（￣Д￣；）ｗ

Ano yoru kawashita KISS wa maboroshi na no ka?
Romanchikku'na muudo futari yoishireta no ni
Sameta taido SO COOL! （￣－+￣）ｙ‐~~
Itsumo to kawaranai kao de yubiwa mawashiteru
HEY! Tottemo suteki sa

SUBLIMINAL I LOVE YOU Ichibyou ni hyakuman kai
Ai no kotoba sasayaite me-ippai sei-ippai
Gurgu meguru rureetto tenshi yo ya o hanatte!
Kimi no haato nerai sadamete GET GET GET YOUR LOVE!

Kimi wa tsurenai kedo gazen genki'na MY HEART
Guuzen o yosotte machifusete barebare'jan
Doushiyou mo nai deshou （￣へ￣¦¦¦）
Ai no nai MY LIFE nante mou samishisugiru kara
～I'M JUST A LONELY BOY～　（p＿；）…

Hitsuzenteki'na deai ni imi wa mada kizuitenai
Bokura wa kawa o kudatte sadame no umi e kogidasu
Sounan'shichau kamo? Σ（￣ロ￣|||）
Dakedo shinjitai shinjisasetekure kimi to boku wa
LOVE! Kokkara taihen ai

SUBLIMINAL I LOVE YOU Kimi no kanjou o dokusen
Tamerawanai de tsuppashitte me-ippai sei-ippai
Gurgu meguru rureetto tenshi yo ya o hanatte!
Kimi no haato nerai sadamete GET GET GET YOUR LOVE!

Senzai-ishiki ni uttaete kimi o te ni iretai
Rikutsu nanka janai!
Tousou honnou yobisamashite konya mo nemurenai
Kimi no naka o dosoku de fumiarashite mitai

SUBLIMINAL I LOVE YOU Ichibyou ni hyakuman kai
Ai no kotoba sasayaite me-ippai sei-ippai
Gurgu meguru rureetto tenshi yo ya o hanatte!
Kimi no haato nerai sadamete GET GET GET YOUR LOVE!

SUBLIMINAL I LOVE U...GETx3 YOUR LOVE
SUBLIMINAL I LOVE U...GETx3 YOUR LOVE
SUBLIMINAL I LOVE U...GETx3 YOUR LOVE
SUBLIMINAL I LOVE U...GETx7 YOUR LOVE

English Translation:

A subliminal I love you. A million times a second.
I'll whisper soft nothings with all my might, with all my soul.
The roulette spins round and round. You angels up there let that arrow fly!
I've set your heart as the target. Get Get Get your love!

I'm locked in a staring match with an unsolvable crossword of love.
The final clue must be inside your heart.
What's going on here!?
It seems like the earth is spinning backwards.
～MY LIFE IN GREAT CONFUSION～ｗ（￣Д￣；）ｗ

Was the kiss we shared that night just an fantasy?
Maybe, since we were drunk off that romatic mood
Your cold demeanor is so cool! （￣－+￣）ｙ‐~~
Your face, no different from any time else, turns the ring.
Hey! You're simply beautiful!

A subliminal I love you. A million times a second.
I'll whisper soft nothings with all my might, with all my soul.
The roulette spins round and round. You angels up there let that arrow fly!
I've set your heart as the target. Get Get Get your love!

You may be cold, but my lively heart
Ambushes your all of the sudden by surprise and makes it painful clear.
I guess it can't be helped. （￣へ￣¦¦¦）
Since my life without love is already too boring.
～I'M JUST A LONELY BOY～　（p＿；）…

You still haven't noticed that our meeting was inevitable.
We're gonna go down the river and out to a sea of fate.
Maybe we'll get shipwrecked?Σ（￣ロ￣|||）
But, there are hopes to believe. You gotta believe me. Those hopes are mine and yours.
Love! Abounding love from here on out!

A subliminal I love you. I'll horde all your feelings.
I'll whisper soft nothings with all my might, with all my soul.
The roulette spins round and round. You angels up there let that arrow fly!
I've set your heart as the target. Get Get Get your love!

I want to appeal to your subconscious and have you!
There's no logic behind it!
When I wake up my killer instinct, I won't be sleeping tonight.
I want to trample what's on your inside with my shoes.

A subliminal I love you. A million times a second.
I won't hesitate and make a swift dash with all my might, with all my soul.
The roulette spins round and round. You angels up there let that arrow fly!
I've set your heart as the target. Get Get Get your love!

SUBLIMINAL I LOVE U...GETx3 YOUR LOVE
SUBLIMINAL I LOVE U...GETx3 YOUR LOVE
SUBLIMINAL I LOVE U...GETx3 YOUR LOVE
SUBLIMINAL I LOVE U...GETx7 YOUR LOVE

Endless Dream (Full Version) Lyrics & Translation

2007-11-21T04:14:18Z

The full version got leaked earlier than usual. (Well, right on time to tell the truth.) So, I decided that I'd transcript the song for those wanting lyrics/translations.

Endless Dream
Artist: Hiroshi Kitadani
Lyrics/Composition: IPPEI
Arrangement: IPPEI

Japanese Transcription:

最強のカードで掴み取れ
輝くデュエル果て無きの夢を

勇気で目覚める奇跡のドラマ
終わることない
ピンチをチャンスに変えてゆこうぜ
きっと出来る

虹の橋を渡り
未来を手に入れろ
Together they fight

扉の向こうに
立ち塞ぐ黒い影
真紅の炎燃やせ

最強のカードで掴み取れ
輝くデュエル果て無きの夢を
どんなにつらい時があっても
信じる仲間の笑顔抱いて

運命を味方につけてゆこうぜ
旅は続く

立ち止まってられない
鼓動を抱きしめろ
Together have a dream

見上げる空には
遥かなる永遠のきらめく明日がある

真実のバトルで探し出せ
心と心の繋ぐ旅を
今こそ僕らは一つになろう
勝利の祈りを胸に刻め

虹の橋を渡り
未来を手に入れろ
Together they fight

扉の向こうに
立ち塞ぐ黒い影
真紅の炎燃やせ

栄光のゴールへたどり着け
消えることない明日へ情熱を
無限大パワーで駆け抜けろ
約束交わした楽園まで

Romaji Transcription:

Saikyou no kaado de tsukamitore
Kagayaku dueru hatenaki no yume o

Yuuki de mezameru kiseki no dorama
Owaru koto nai
Pinchi o chansu ni kaeteyukou ze
Kitto dekiru

Niji no hashi o watari
Mirai o te ni irero
Together they fight

Tobira no mukou ni
Tachifusagu kuroi kage
Shinku no honoo moyase

Saikyou no kaado de tsukamitore
Kagayaku dueru hatenaki no yume o
Donna ni tsurai toki ga attemo
Shinjiru nakama no egao daite

Unmei o mitaka ni tsuketeyukou ze
Tabi wa tsuzuku

Tachidomatte'rarenai
Kodou o daikishimero
Together have a dream

Miageru sora ni wa
Harukanaru eien no kirameku asu ga aru

Shinjitsu no batoru de sagashidase
Kokoro to kokoro no tsunagu tabi o
Ima koso bokura wa hitotsu ni narou
Shouri no inori o mune ni kizame

Niji no hashi o watari
Mirai o te ni irero
Together they fight

Tobira no mukou ni
Tachifusagu kuroi kage
Shinku no honoo moyase

Eikou no gooru-e tadoritsuke
Kieru koto nai asu-e jounetsu o
Mugen dai pawaa de kakenukero
Yakusoku kowashita rakuen made

English Translation:

Use your best card to grasp it...
Your shining, endless dueling dream!

Miraculous dramas awakened by courage
They never end.
We're gonna change a dire pinch into opportunity
We'll be able to do it!

Cross the rainbow bridge
and attain your future!
Together they fight

Behind the door
is a dark shadow blocking our way.
Let those crimson flames burn!

Use your best card to grasp it
Your shining, endless dueling dream!
No matter what tough times you're in,
Embrace the smiles of your trusting friends

We're gonna win destiny over to our side.
The journey continues on.

Not going to stand still.
Embrace the beating of your heart closely.
Together have a dream

In the sky overhead...
Lies an eternal, brilliant tomorrow far away.

In a battle of truth, search for it...
A journey connecting our hearts to one another.
Now is the time when we'll be as one.
Carve your prayers of victory on to your heart!

Cross the rainbow bridge
and attain your future!
Together they fight

Behind the door
is a dark shadow blocking our way.
Let those crimson flames burn!

Reach the glorious goal!
A passion for tomorrow that'll never die out...
Use your immense, unlimited powers to rush through it!
All the way to the paradise we exchanged promises at!

Precious Times, Glory Days (Full Version) Lyrics & Translation

2007-11-17T16:39:02Z

Well, my first real post and it's a translation!

Happy days! Psychic Lover's rocking new theme to DM GX called "Precious Time, Glory Days" and I've transcripted the full version. If you're wondering how I got these so earlier, GymLeaderLance off of Janime pointed out a video on Youtube here. It's a live version of the song, so it might sound better/worse considering on your preferences. (I think it's pretty damn cool myself.) The song is bludgeoned with Engrish and Engrish-Japanese rhyming, though. Hopefully my translation suits all of your fancies.

Original Japanese, followed by Romaji, and then the translation. You guys should know the drill. :)

Precious Time, Glory Days (Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters GX - 4th Theme)
Artist: Psychic Lover
Lyrics/Composition: YOFFY
Arrangement: Ken'ichiro Ooishi

Japanese Transcription:

忘れないよ　はじめての夢
追い続けて　Keep Holding On!

手が届かなくて　諦めかけてた Broken Dreams
置き去りの約束
胸に刺さったまま抜けない君の言葉を
何度も繰り返してる

いま風が背中を押してる
Get Up! Burnning Heart 爆発しそう

生まれ変わる　今を　脱ぎ捨てて
Precious Time, Glory Days
一度だけのLife

色褪せた世界を　紅く塗れ!
Take A Chance, Shout It Loud
自分だけのStyle

忘れないよ　はじめての夢
追い続けて Keep Holding On!

組み上げた防壁の　向こうに横たわる Past Times
錆び付いたBlood Red Sky
*未来（あす）の自分にとって　誇れる今にしたいから
倒れるまで走るんだ

まだ　夢は　蜃気楼の彼方
Look Out! Shooting Star　*眼（め）をそらさないで

閉じ込めてた　ココロ　解き放て
Precious Time, Glory Days
君のもとへFly

消えかけた情熱が　蘇る
Take A Chance, Shout It Loud
One More Try & No More Cry

忘れないよ　はじめての夢
追い続けて Keep Holding On!

Sooner or Later　魂はめぐり逢う
Wake Up! Naked Heart
目を覚ませ Right Now!

生まれ変わる　今を　脱ぎ捨てて
Precious Time, Glory Days
一度だけのLife

色褪せた世界を　紅く塗れ!
Take A Chance, Shout It Loud
自分だけのStyle

忘れないよ　はじめての夢
追い続けて Keep Holding On!

忘れないよ　はじめての夢
終わらせない
Keep Holding On!

Romaji Transcription:

Wasurenai yo hajimete no yume
Oitsuzukete Keep Holding On!

Te ga todokanakute akiramekaketeta Broken Dreams
Okizari no yakusoku
Mune ni sasatta mama nukenai kimi no kotoba o
Nandomo kurikaeshiteru

Ima kaze ga senaka o oshiteru
Get Up! Burnning Heart bakuhatsu'shisou

Umarekawaru ima o nugisutete
Precious Time, Glory Days
Ichido dake no Life

Iroaseta sekai o akaku nure!
Take A Chance, Shout It Loud
Jibun dake no Style

Wasurenai yo hajimete no yume
Oitsuzukete Keep Holding On!

Kumiageta bouheki no mukou ni kotawaru Past Times
Sabitsuita Blood Red Sky
Asu no jibun ni totte hokoreru ima ni shitai kara
Taoreru made hashiru'nda

Mada yume wa shinkirou no kanata
Look Out! Shooting Star me o sorasanai de

Tojikometeta kokoro tokihanate
Precious Time, Glory Days
Kimi no moto-e Fly

Kiekaketa jounetsu ga yomigaeru
Take A Chance, Shout It Loud
One More Try & No More Cry

Wasurenai yo hajimete no yume
Oitsuzukete Keep Holding On!

Sooner or Later Tamashii wa meguriau
Wake Up! Naked Heart
Me o samase Right Now!

Umarekawaru ima o nugisutete
Precious Time, Glory Days
Ichido dake no Life

Iroawaseta sekai o akaku nure
Take A Chance, Shout It Loud
Jibun dake no Style

Wasurenai yo hajimete no yume
Oitsuzukete Keep Holding On!

Wasurenai yo hajimete no yume
Owarasenai
Keep Holding On!

English translation:

Never forget your first dream.
Continue the chase! Keep holding on!

Broken dreams I couldn't reach and almost gave up on,
A promise deserted.
Your words that are stuck in my heart and can't pull out;
I've been repeating them over and over.

And, now, the wind is pushing at my back.
Get Up! My burning heart is about to explode!

Cast aside these times reborn
Precious Time! Glory Days!
You've only got one life to live

Paint this faded world red!
Take a chance! Shout it loud!
In a style all your own!

Never forget your first dream!
Continue the chase! Keep holding on!

Past times lying behind the barrier I pieced together,
The rusted, blood-red sky.
I want to be proud now for myself tomorrow,
so I'm gonna run till I collapse.

Dreams are still beyond mirages.
Look out! Don't take your eyes off that shooting star!

Set your confined heart free!
Precious time! Glory days!
I'll fly towards you.

A dying passion breathes again.
Take a chance! Shout it loud!
One more try & No more cry.

Never forget your first dream!
Continue the chase! Keep holding on!

Sooner or later, our souls will stumble across another.
Wake up! Naked heart!
Open your eyes, right now!

Cast aside these times reborn
Precious Time! Glory Days!
You've only got one life to live

Paint this faded world red!
Take a chance! Shout it loud!
In a style all your own!

Never forget your first dream!
Continue the chase! Keep holding on!

Never forget your first dream!
We won't let this end!
Keep holding on!

* The kanji for 未来 (みらい/mirai/"future") is replaced with the furigana (hiragana over the kanji) for "tomorrow" (あす/asu.)
* The kanji for 眼 (まなこ/manako/"eye") is replaced with the furigana め (目/me/also "eye")

Intro Entry

2007-11-08T01:50:30Z

Hey thar, all. It's me, Tatsunoboshi Horoko (known as Horoko for short in some places) here and I'm fresh off the intertrain and on to Livejournal. Any of you who frequent the Janime forums might know the name, others might not.

My friends used to pester me for a good while to get a Livejournal for some odd reason, so I made an account in April...but never used it. I have no idea why, but for some reason, it was either because I was busy with stuff or I just didn't feel like doing much. Procrastination rocks!!

So, I'm an internet translator of sorts. I've translated stuff primarily for Yu-Gi-Oh and Yu-Gi-Oh related items. I'm proficient in Japanese (after a long and arduous self-taught battle) and I am an aspiring Graphic Artist.

I'm also the co-owner of Tatsu no Kiba Productions, my translations site where you'll find all kinds of neat stuff. And I'm also one of the head translator-type folks for Janime (which is in need of serious overhaul information wise, since a lot of the stuff there is stuff from when I wasn't doing anything with it.) My dream is to translate all of the Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters series (only 9 bajillion more episodes to go!) and get caught up translation-wise with Duel Monsters GX...but, heh, yeah...lol @ my high hopes.

Well, other than my illustrious interweb career, I have nothing more to add. The majority of the stuff that'll be added here will either be stuff concerning translations or just random junk, if that's any consolation.