Lucky Star music discussion (OP/ED & OST, etc.)

[monir]

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[Asai]

I really like the OP for this series. Not only is it crazy, lyrically, but the animation is great, too. I'm not generally a fan of OP/ED sequences, usually either the music or the animation puts me off, however with Lucky Star... KyoAni did good.

It disappoints me a little that there's no real ED, since so far it's just been that karaoke stuff, but that's pretty neat in its own right.

Still a little too early to give much comment on the general OST, but I doubt I'll be disappointed in how it pans out, unless it's like Haruhi and there's a million character albums and no apparent/obvious real OST released. -.-

[Shiroth]

unless it's like Haruhi and there's a million character albums and no apparent/obvious real OST released. -.-
All the music has been released for Haruhi. You just have to track down the CD's that came with the DVD's. But yeah, no official OST --- though it happens.

[Blue Reverie]

Is it just me or do these lines from the start of the opening make anyone else go :twitch:


Ganbacchau?
Just work it?

yacchacchau?
And do it?

son tokkya KYACCHI ANDO RIRI-SU yo
Don't forget to catch and release yo!

Hopefully I'm just reading a little too into this... :o

[Skane]

Is it just me or do these lines from the start of the opening make anyone else go :twitch:

Hopefully I'm just reading a little too into this... :o
You lost me.

Eh?

[Blue Reverie]

It probably is just me then, I dunno I guess the "Catch and release part" after the first two lyrics made me think of all those idiots/jerks in highschool who'd work their way into the pants of the girls and then immediately dump em. *shrug*

[Risaa]

The "catch and release part".. that really is weird, but I really can't think it to mean what you're saying. After all, the entire OP lyrics are random and crazy, just sort of thrown together to make a really catchy song. Hmm... Make that extremely catchy. *thinks about how I play it 500+ times a day* :heh:

[Simon]

The "catch and release part".. that really is weird, but I really can't think it to mean what you're saying.
Think of fishing, where you throw back fish that are too small so they can grow larger. I've heard it used to mean being attracted to someone who's too young to "catch", so you "release" them with an eye to hooking up when they're older (i.e. legal). Which makes this line extremely dodgy when sung by highschoolers! (Though it's still more subtle than the guy lurking behind the lamppost.)

And maybe this belongs in the merchandise thread, but the OP single is out May 23rd: CDJapan (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=LACM-4362) - Amazon JP (http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B000NO2BVO/)

It's currently Amazon's third top seller in music :)

[Takeru]

IMO the a.f.k. translation and setup are just unappealing. But that still doesn't deter me from enjoying the song any, and I agree with Simon on the whole PoV on the "catch and release" part. Can't wait for the official OP CD release so I can buy it.

[mukansa monkey]

So I've been working on my karaoke to the OP. Which as a non-native speaker of Japanese is... interesting. In order to learn to speak all the words properly I hadta transcribe the lyrics. I mostly used AFK's translation, with some alterations from other sites as well as some googling. This is the current results:

aimai san-senchi!
sore puni tte koto kai? chou
na kyuu-bunka seifuku
nara furitte koto nai? buun
ganbacchau? yacchacchau?
son tokkya-cchi ando ririsu yo
ase (hoo) ase (hoo)
no tanima ni darling darling please!

around 3cm!
Looks peachy doesn't it? Supah
Old fashioned uniform
is a turn-off, isn't it? buun
give your best? go at it?
Don't forget to catch and release yo!
Sweat (hoo) Sweat (hoo)
And throw in a darling darling please!

nan kataru, nanka deru, ai shiteru
are? ikko ga chigatterun run
nayaminbou koutetsubou oishinbou
ii kagen ni shinasai
tondetta aitsu mo moteru ka na
datte iwayuru futsuu no onna no ko
odoroita? atashi dake?
tonkatsu harigane okawari dadadada da

Time for talking, something's coming, I love you!
Oops, I screwed one upsie-up?
A nail-biter, steel beater, gourmand!
... please stop that already
Is the new gal popular or what?
Since I'd call her a regular girl
I'm surprised! is it just for me?
pork chops, firm noodles, fill it again!

bon bon, ouendan
let's get cherry pie
ran ran kangeikai
you've got sensation high!
sonzaikan, ten-ten shouwakusei
butsukatte tokemashita bouzen ooi ni utatte
Sing and dance!

bon bon, cheering squad
Let's get cherry pie
run-run welcome party
You've got sensation high!
leaving an impression, scattering asteroids
Crash burned dazed, break into song
Sing and dance!

motte ike saigo ni waracchau no wa atashi no hazu
sailor-fuku dakara desu ketsuron
getsuyoubi na no ni kigen warui no dou suru yo
natsufuku ga ii no desu kawaii

Take it! I'll be the one to laugh in the end
Because it's a sailor-uniform, that's the proof
It's monday and I'm already in a bad mood, what can you do?
I'd rather wear my summer uniform, cause it's cute

seihin sanpi
sorya mattete chuucho da, yan
ganbatte! yeah! harikitte! yeah! my darling darling please

Products (3piece/yes or no)
That's a tough choice, yan
do your best! yeah! at full swing! yeah! my darling darling please

There are a few places where I disagree with AFK's translation. The "catch and release" phrase is actually missing a syllable, the word tokkya blends into "catch" so that it's tokkyatch. Near the end of the first section it makes more sense for the word to be "ase!" (sweat) rather than "I say!", given the suggestive nature of the first stanza. Finally there's the big beast, the first line of the last stanza. I don't hear a fu or a ku in that line, it's just two syllables. seihin means products or goods (stuff), sanpi literally means a request for approval or rejection, but I think is simultaneously short for san pi-su, or three piece. So the item description and the question are inherent in the same words... nice trick that.

Seems like the whole first stanza is a jab at the industrywide practice of having romantic OPs to shows where it's really inappropriate, as well as mockingly throwing up some fanservice before getting to the parts of the song that actually tell us something about the characters. KyoAni is basically saying "We know we'll get the attention of all you otaku out there by putting pics of lolis in short skirts in front of you along with lyrics talking about sex, so here's some over the top naughtiness. Now let's move on to something that the show is actually about." The "catch and release" line, as someone noted before, is just way overboard. Heh.

Two RFI's here. First, can anyone who's read the manga identify the policewoman onscreen at the "cherry pie" line? She reminds me of Konata, both the mouth and the eyes. Secondly, I'd reeeeally like the original words for the bridge section, where only their legs are visible. In particular, Miyuki's lines about looking for her glasses. Romanization pleez, I can't read Japanese.

[mukansa monkey]

Somewhere in the original thread it's noted that "catch and release" means to take a fish out of water, then put it back in before it, um, dries out. Any way you look at it, it's a terribly suggestive line. too suggestive really, like KyoAni is deliberaly starting the song with something crude in order to mock all the OPs out there that are coyly suggestive and cutesy. As well as mocking all the pervs hoping for fanservice.

I disagree that the rest of the OP is all that random, if you look over the lines sung by the individual girls in the middle sections they actually say a good bit about the characters. Konata screws up her line (with an acdcidental H-game line?), and says she messed upsie-up in a close parallel to the "mixy-wixie" line in Ep. 1. Tsukasa says weirdish stuff, and the other girls tell her to cut it out. Miyuki is excited about ehr food, which leads to being overrun by Konata's uber-excitement. And later on the bit with scattering asteroids that crash and burn, reminds us that we're walking straight into a bunch of otaku-friendly material.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Not the kind of song I'd have on a playlist or a loop, but it doesn't have me scramblings for the fast forward key either. I let it play out before the episode and I like the cheerleading sequence very much big time (Konata's Magical Hair Growth Sequence).

[WanderingKnight]

In particular, Miyuki's lines about looking for her glasses. Romanization pleez, I can't read Japanese.

She says "Megane! Megane wa doko desu ka!?". I think it's what I hear most clearly from that messy mixture of voices. If you wear headphones, Miyuki's first two lines are clearly heard on the left headphone. I can't get the last sentence, sorry.

I *think* I can hear some of Konata's rumblings, but I'd need to edit the sound to hear more. I also hear Tsukasa saying "Atashi ne,...", like she's starting a sentence.

[Julius Firefocht]

Is the new gal popular or what?
Since I'd call her a regular girl


Haruhi reference? Or am I reading way too much into this?

[Michael Hopcroft]

Think of fishing, where you throw back fish that are too small so they can grow larger. I've heard it used to mean being attracted to someone who's too young to "catch", so you "release" them with an eye to hooking up when they're older (i.e. legal). Which makes this line extremely dodgy when sung by highschoolers! (Though it's still more subtle than the guy lurking behind the lamppost.)


I haven't seen the term, but I've seen that plot in numerous anime series -- an older man and a much-too-young girl obviously in love, perhaps even engaged, but holding off on marriage and/or intimacy until she's old enough to handle it. There's a really controversial example in Card Captor Sakura, and a relationship of that nature is one of the major plot points in the legendary shoujo dramedy Marmalade Boy (blowing up in the faces of those involved with devastating results). In both examples, fans tend to conclude that the older guy was a bit of a jerk.

Kona-chan, of course, would know all about both these examples. And has probably written ecchi fanfics about both.

[Deathkillz]

the OP song is just awesome :D the pace is fast but surprisingly the movemnts are being kept up with O.o i just love those sharp crisp moves of the dance and the way kona points up 3 fingers is just epix :3

as for the ED song...erm is there even one? (completely ignoring the karaoke)

the first line/statement of the song translated by a.f.k is unique tho...not everday i read slang and it works surprisingly :3

[DragoonKain3]

If there is one non-tokatsu song one would like Konata to sing for her third song, what would it be? I personally would like her to sing Macross OP just because I love Macross, but considering Kona's exhuberance I think Voltes V's OP would be best.

I mean the beginning of the chorus (Borutesu Faibu ni) and the end of the chorus (mou chikai) would be awesome to hear in Konata's screeching yelling voice. XD

[MakubeX2]

ED 3 :-

Aya Hirano sings Sorega Ai Deshou in her so not Konata Voice.

Anticipating :-

Tori No Uta, Last Regret, Megu Meru.

[Kaioshin Sama]

If there is one non-tokatsu song one would like Konata to sing for her third song, what would it be? I personally would like her to sing Macross OP just because I love Macross, but considering Kona's exhuberance I think Voltes V's OP would be best.

I mean the beginning of the chorus (Borutesu Faibu ni) and the end of the chorus (mou chikai) would be awesome to hear in Konata's screeching yelling voice. XD

Ugh I hate the Voltes V theme. What's one that is good, hmmmm..... Maybe Tobe Gundam... no too expensive and dangerous to do, not worth it.... hmmm.....maybe Tetsujin 28-Go. I'd like to see what she does with the bullet noise (dadadadadaan to dangan ga kuru bababababaan to haretsusuru Byuun To Hindeku Tetsujin, Nijuu Hachi Gou.

On the FMP one. I'm willing to bet if she had done the normal mangling of the FMP: Fumoffu opening there would have been riots. I get the feeling that the more otakuish fans of shows Kyoto Animation has been involved in have less of a sense of humour about matters than Kyoto Animation itself seems to have. It's alright if they do it with old songs that nobody remembers, but if its a series that involved Kyoto Animation (Even if the song is licensed out from Flight Master for this episode) there'd be hell to pay from the fans. As strong as Kyoto Animation has been made by its specific fanbase I get the sense they could turn on the company at the drop of a hat (which they almost did with the Kanon ending apparently).

[Kaoru Chujo]

I've said it before in the episode thread, but I love Aaya's singing in the ep3 ED. Her voice is thin, but expressive and in tune. Check this blog (http://animedesho.animeblogger.net/?p=2458) for some shocking but amusing news about which singer Aaya likes (hint: it's Avril), with photos and text from Aaya's blog. ...On the FMP one. I'm willing to bet if she had done the normal mangling of the FMP: Fumoffu opening there would have been riots. I get the feeling that the more otakuish fans of shows Kyoto Animation has been involved in have less of a sense of humour about matters than Kyoto Animation itself seems to have....Kaioshin, no matter what the situation, you conjure out of thin air some way of criticizing KyoAni and its fans, lol. Not that I disagree with you about the possibility of the fanbase turning on KyoAni. That happened to some extent with episode one. Maybe some people are not fans of KyoAni so much as of that highly detailed animation style, and when they didn't get it, they were disappointed. But the show itself seems to be winning people over, on its own terms.

[Wavedash]

As is often the case with us, it seems, I must disagree with Kaoru. Hirano does get the right notes (with an acceptable amount of error), and does put expression in it...but it's still a mediocre singing of "Sore ga ai deshou" because she can't lay off the vibrato for even a moment. This is overall a weakness with her method because for changes in pitch, she doesn't get to the correct frequency quickly...she has to oscillate her way there.

[Vexx]

I'm quite okay with *any* amateurish qualities in the singing since this is supposed to be a karaoke session of high school girls --- not "Japan Idol Super". Frankly, most VAs are only professionally "passable" in their singing -- after all, they were all hired as multi-talents (act, dance, sing, spokespeople, etc). Lots of people in Broadway do quite nicely with "passable voices".

[outcast_within]

I've said it before in the episode thread, but I love Aaya's singing in the ep3 ED. Her voice is thin, but expressive and in tune. Check this blog (http://animedesho.animeblogger.net/?p=2458) for some shocking but amusing news about which singer Aaya likes (hint: it's Avril), with photos and text from Aaya's blog. Kaioshin, no matter what the situation, you conjure out of thin air some way of criticizing KyoAni and its fans, lol. Not that I disagree with you about the possibility of the fanbase turning on KyoAni. That happened to some extent with episode one. Maybe some people are not fans of KyoAni so much as of that highly detailed animation style, and when they didn't get it, they were disappointed. But the show itself seems to be winning people over, on its own terms.

I did not now konata was the same person as suzimiya haruhi and others. I've read some stuff in your link, saw some stuff on youtube. She is quite surprising.

The reason i started looking was that i also really liked the unexpected melodical karaoke ED in ep 3 :)

[Kaoru Chujo]

ED collection (http://www.animate-shop.jp/ws/commodity_param/ctc/cd/shc/0/cmc/4063673/backURL/http%28++www.animate-shop.jp+ws+main) on the way, to be issued in July. Since it says "dorama," I suppose they'll string it together from the show, with maybe extended versions of the songs. Not sure.

Vexx is certainly right about seiyuu, and that includes Aya. My favorite singer in the world is Onitsuka Chihiro, who is (or at least was) superior in all respects to any seiyuu singer I know of. And Wavedash is right about the technical points he mentions, although I would of course put it a little differently, lol. But those are, within limits, immaterial to my own enjoyment. I'm getting sweetness and some feeling, as well as real melody. As in some of her seiyuu work, the fragility of it all is also attractive.

I have said before that I think originality is overrated. I'd say the same for professional skill. I think seiyuus who are "professional" can sometimes be boring, and the same goes for singers. I don't know if Kotoko is considered skillful, but I find her work quite boring and unsubtle. Of course, the same goes for bands. Garage bands can be more enjoyable than top pros.

[Vexx]

Some VAs put a lot of passion into it even if they aren't "that great". Hirano sings with a great deal of passion.

One of my favorite VA-singers is Asakawa Yuu (Motoko:LH, Sakakie:AzuDa, many others). She put out several CDs with a band that has some surprisingly experimental rock on it rather than the "usual sugar pop talent contest singing".

I like some of Kotoko's stuff (her Tweeny Witches tune and some of the stuff on ~Hane~) typically the harder-edged tracks.

One of my favorite non-VA singers though is UA. She does a wide variety of blues, beat music, rock, avant-garde, and some beautiful little tunes. I will also admit getting attached to ZONE (like the Monkees only cuter) and a terribly guilty pleasure in the euro-jpop group Hinoi Team (doomed... I'm doomed).

[mukansa monkey]

I agree with Vexx on this one, although for slightly different reasons. Not only is the ED not supposed to be a real song, it's actually part of the show. Thus it would be wrong if Hirano sang as well as she can, and it'd be even worse if she sang like some operatic goddess. IMHO it's *supposed* to be bad, it's a regular girl overenergetically trying to karaoke cheesy old songs. It takes more skill to do that as a VA than merely singing something cleanly and properly.

I love how the ED and OP both poke fun at conventions of generic OP/ED sequences. The ED basically says screw it, let's have the characters trying to sing instead of actual singing. And the OP, well where to start. First we're given weirdly inappropriate suggestiveness, but isntead of the usual gratuitously pseudo-romantic goo, we're slapped upside the head with it like the sorry loli-loving fanboys we are. Then there's the character intros, where they rap with lines that make sense to the chars, while kinda sorta dancing to backgrounds of their real neighborhood. Instead of dancing to goofy backgrounds with lyrics that are totally irrelevant, like most OPs. Cheerleading is done really well (I've been making animated GIF's of parts of that, and it averages 18 unique frames a second which is kind of high). And quite frankly, you want bad singing? The last "darling darling please" at the end of the song is hair-raising. Yet it makes sense, because it's actually the characters singing. I just got done reading a bunch of people complaining that the jpop OP to Seirei no Moribito is a really lousy way to start an otherwise excellent show. KyoAni didn't make that mistake here.

[VRMN]

I've been seeing a bit of complaining (mostly in the episode three thread) about Hirano Aya-as-Izumi Konata's performance of "Sore Ai Ga Deshou," saying it's "too good" for Konata to have done.

But as I looked in the credits, it seems that the OP is also supposed to be the girls singing in character [the OP is credited to "Izumi Konata (Hirano Aya), Hiiragi Kagami (Kato Emiri), Hiiragi Tsukasa (Fukuhara Kaori) and Takara Miyuki (Endo Aya)," as is each ED, despite it only being Konata/Aya singing].

From that, I'm taking it as a sign that all the girls are supposed to have moderately-passable-to-decent singing voices should they try. So I don't see it as a big deal that Konata was able to "flip the switch" from awful/grating to decent/passable.

[Risaa]

I've been seeing a bit of complaining (mostly in the episode three thread) about Hirano Aya-as-Izumi Konata's performance of "Sore Ai Ga Deshou," saying it's "too good" for Konata to have done.

But as I looked in the credits, it seems that the OP is also supposed to be the girls singing in character [the OP is credited to "Izumi Konata (Hirano Aya), Hiiragi Kagami (Kato Emiri), Hiiragi Tsukasa (Fukuhara Kaori) and Takara Miyuki (Endo Aya)," as is each ED, despite it only being Konata/Aya singing].

From that, I'm taking it as a sign that all the girls are supposed to have moderately-passable-to-decent singing voices should they try. So I don't see it as a big deal that Konata was able to "flip the switch" from awful/grating to decent/passable.

The thing is that it felt OOC. If Kona-chan had been a really great singer at the start, it would make sense that she had continued to sing in a professional manner in the third ED. You could just tell Kona-chan was putting her heart (and enthusiasm, keke) into the first two ED songs, and she sounded like a normal person (well, as normal as Kona-chan can sound). It felt to me like Hirano Aya was singing as herself rather than as Kona-chan in the third ED. I guess I'm annoyed with the inconsistency in Kona-chan's singing when she is normally a fairly consistent character.

[aorta]

Do you think we'll have 2 ed soundtracks, one to cover the first half of the show and a second to cover the last half? The July release date seems to suggest this; I doubt they would want to spoil what the other ending songs were.

[dkellis]

For some reason I'm finding myself somewhat addicted to a certain BGM. It's the one which plays at, for example, episode one when Miyuki was describing how she was dojikko.

There's something about easy-listening piano-and-trumpet pieces that seem to hook me. First "Itsumo no Fuukei" from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and now this.

[SnakeLegend]

well just watched the 3rd episode...
Hirano Aya singing Sore Ga Ai Deshou o.o
is it gonna be in the OST too?
what a remix if it is :S

[Shiroth]

ED collection (http://www.animate-shop.jp/ws/commodity_param/ctc/cd/shc/0/cmc/4063673/backURL/http%28++www.animate-shop.jp+ws+main) on the way, to be issued in July. Since it says "dorama," I suppose they'll string it together from the show, with maybe extended versions of the songs. Not sure.
Its also appeared over at CDJapan (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=LACA-5658) --- time for a preorder!

Also, its listed on CDjapan that the first Limited Edition DVD shall come with a BGM CD --- just like with Haruhi, so thats where the music shall appear. Time for another preorder. :3

Also, i love that they used the Gunbuster launch theme three times this episode. :3

[Deathkillz]

well just watched the 3rd episode...
Hirano Aya singing Sore Ga Ai Deshou o.o
is it gonna be in the OST too?
what a remix if it is :S
knowing how much a company can milk a series i wont be surprised if they released each "EDs" as a full ridiculous versions voiced by yours truly kona and co :heh:

[MakubeX2]

Lucky Star Ending Theme Drama

Release Date 11th July. Featuring all the current Karaoke ED Drama in one go tied up by all the ful version of the ED Songs.

http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=LACA-5658

[Shiroth]

Erm MakubeX2 --- Me and Kaoru Chujo have already mentioned about the ED release.

[MakubeX2]

Erm MakubeX2 --- Me and Kaoru Chujo have already mentioned about the ED release.

Oh well, forgive me. It about 7 am now here and I'll still a bit drowsy. At least the little extra bit at Neowing mentioned about tieing up everything with full versions of the ED Songs.

[MakubeX2]

Ep 4 ED :-

Sailor Uniform and Machine Gun.

Surprised that they manage to sneak in a J-POP song. So we might see something totally unexpected in the future.

[Kaioshin Sama]

What the heck happened with Ep 5's Chala Head Chala, I mean holy crap the others were bad on purpose, but this one is just outright painful on the ears. I think they went way overboard on the bad karaoke with this one such that I can't think of any reason why anyone would want to buy and listen to a single of it.

[nadare]

^I disagree. I kinda liked this one better than the previous 4. I think I looped it more than 30 times already >.<

[outcast_within]

I disagree even more. To me The ED's are all about listening to sth funny and energetic (and in episode three, sth surprisingly sensitve and unexpected)

And cha-la head cha la does that wonderfully

http://www.hiranoaya.com/cgi-bin/diary/sfs6_diary/811_1.jpg

[Kaioshin Sama]

After the debacle with episode 3 versus episode 5's ending I've decided that if Kyoto Animation is going to play favourites with their series music I will do the same in kind. For that reason I'm putting the following songs on a protection list from the characters of Lucky Star:

By Decree of Moi The Following Songs Are Now Hereby Off Limits For Lucky Star Karaoke

Howling from Darker Than Black
Uninstall from Bokurano
Tobe Gundamu from Mobile Suit Gundam
Colours from Code Geass
Yakusoku Wa Iranai from Tenkuu No Escaflowne.
Any Legend of The Galactic Heroes Song
Yuusha Ou Tanjou from King of Braves GaoGaiGar
Beyond The Time from Char's Counterattack
Any Eureka 7 Song
Radical Dreamer from Chrono Cross
Any City Hunter Theme
Any Further Jam Project Song
Rewrite from Full Metal Alchemist
Ushinawareta Yume o Motomete from Genesis Climber Mospeada
Trust You Forever from Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Tsuki No Mayu from Turn A Gundam
Any song from Gravitation
Eternal Wind from Gundam F91
Tough Boy and Ai Wo Tormodose from Hokuto No Ken
Any Song From Kimagure Orange Road
Cloud Age Symphony from Last Exile
Any Two Mixx Song From Gundam Wing
Any Macross song
Mazinger Z No Theme
Any Metal Armor Dragonar Song
Any Super Bestial Machine God Dancougar Song
Naked Flower and Hikari Sasuhou from Murder Princess
Any One Piece Song
Over! from Overman King Gainer
Pegasus Fantasy from Saint Seiya
Hemisphere and Yume No Tamago from Rahxephon
Shippu Xabungle from Sentou Mecha Xabungle
Fukatsu Ideon and Cosmos Sora Wo Kakeru Kete from Spacerunaway Ideon
Melos No Youni Lonely Way from SPT Layzner
The Winner, True Shining, Men of Destiny and Evergreen from Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Any Tekkaman Blade Song
Now or Never and True Blue from Tetsuwan Atom 2003
Ten Years After From The 08th MS Team
Any Song from Victory Gundam
Any song from Yu-Gi-Oh
Any Song From Zeta Gundam
Yuusha Raideen No Them from Yuusha Raideen

That is All.



So if any of these songs are sung and butchered the show gets a Game Penalty from me unless they do one of their own series songs in an off-key fashion, in which case I'm dropping my protection ring around these songs. This is about the only way I can square things regarding the inconsistencies in the shows ending bits.

[Ascaloth]

After the debacle with episode 3 versus episode 5's ending I've decided that if Kyoto Animation is going to play favourites with their series music I will do the same in kind. For that reason I'm putting the following songs on a protection list from the characters of Lucky Star:

By Decree of Moi The Following Songs Are Now Hereby Off Limits For Lucky Star Karaoke

Howling from Darker Than Black
Uninstall from Bokurano
Tobe Gundamu from Mobile Suit Gundam
Colours from Code Geass
Yakusoku Wa Iranai from Tenkuu No Escaflowne.
Any Legend of The Galactic Heroes Song
Yuusha Ou Tanjou from King of Braves GaoGaiGar
Beyond The Time from Char's Counterattack
Any Eureka 7 Song
Radical Dreamer from Chrono Cross
Any City Hunter Theme
Any Further Jam Project Song
Rewrite from Full Metal Alchemist
Ushinawareta Yume o Motomete from Genesis Climber Mospeada
Trust You Forever from Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Tsuki No Mayu from Turn A Gundam
Any song from Gravitation
Eternal Wind from Gundam F91
Tough Boy and Ai Wo Tormodose from Hokuto No Ken
Any Song From Kimagure Orange Road
Cloud Age Symphony from Last Exile
Any Two Mixx Song From Gundam Wing
Any Macross song
Mazinger Z No Theme
Any Metal Armor Dragonar Song
Any Super Bestial Machine God Dancougar Song
Naked Flower and Hikari Sasuhou from Murder Princess
Any One Piece Song
Over! from Overman King Gainer
Pegasus Fantasy from Saint Seiya
Hemisphere and Yume No Tamago from Rahxephon
Shippu Xabungle from Sentou Mecha Xabungle
Fukatsu Ideon and Cosmos Sora Wo Kakeru Kete from Spacerunaway Ideon
Melos No Youni Lonely Way from SPT Layzner
The Winner, True Shining, Men of Destiny and Evergreen from Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Any Tekkaman Blade Song
Now or Never and True Blue from Tetsuwan Atom 2003
Ten Years After From The 08th MS Team
Any Song from Victory Gundam
Any song from Yu-Gi-Oh
Any Song From Zeta Gundam
Yuusha Raideen No Them from Yuusha Raideen

That is All.



So if any of these songs are sung and butchered the show gets a Game Penalty from me unless they do one of their own series songs in an off-key fashion, in which case I'm dropping my protection ring around these songs. This is about the only way I can square things regarding the inconsistencies in the shows ending bits.

Kaioshin-chan, this is one of those times when that unknown guy who keeps cheapshooting you with the "who cares what you say" refrain actually HAS a point.... (-_-")

[Kaioshin Sama]

Kaioshin-chan, this is one of those times when that unknown guy who keeps cheapshooting you with the "who cares what you say" refrain actually HAS a point.... (-_-")

Yeah well Я делаю это не для любого еще, я делаю это для меня

[Kyuusai]

What the heck happened with Ep 5's Chala Head Chala, I mean holy crap the others were bad on purpose, but this one is just outright painful on the ears. I think they went way overboard on the bad karaoke with this one such that I can't think of any reason why anyone would want to buy and listen to a single of it.

I have to disagree completely. :D

The original wasn't exactly sung by Luciano Pavarotti, and relative to the original performance Konata didn't really do terribly until the "CHA-LA, HEAD CHA-LA" pieces... and while those were bad, they were ADORABLE. I just can't listen to it without cracking up!

It wasn't until this one that I had any anticipation of the future CD edition. :D

[Kaioshin Sama]

I have to disagree completely. :D

The original wasn't exactly sung by Luciano Pavarotti, and relative to the original performance Konata didn't really do terribly until the "CHA-LA, HEAD CHA-LA" pieces... and while those were bad, they were ADORABLE. I just can't listen to it without cracking up!

It wasn't until this one that I had any anticipation of the future CD edition. :D

I'd probably have felt the same way initially were it not for the Sorega Ai Deshou thing. In fact there's no doubt about it, that I'd be totally into the spirit of the whole thing if it weren't for the fact that last time we heard Konata she had a completely different singing voice. Like you said though I'll let it slide this time.

[FatPianoBoy]

I'd probably have felt the same way initially were it not for the Sorega Ai Deshou thing. In fact there's no doubt about it, that I'd be totally into the spirit of the whole thing if it weren't for the fact that last time we heard Konata she had a completely different singing voice. Like you said though I'll let it slide this time.

I remember something about singing the song in the spirit of the anime. Everything except for that one came from an action show with testosterone-driven songs. Seems consistent to me.

[Kaioshin Sama]

I remember something about singing the song in the spirit of the anime. Everything except for that one came from an action show with testosterone-driven songs. Seems consistent to me.

I don't buy it, there's more to it than that. I'll believe it if I see them do another slow song by Konata that isn't from Kadokawa Shoten and is sung true to the opening. Aside from that, what makes an action song more open to complete butchering than a sappy love song, that's what I want to know. I can't help but accuse the writers of that line of seriously faulty thinking and reasoning. The kind that results from trying to find a quick fix to explain away conflict of interest (You know like the kind politicians give).

I don't think anyone will ever be able to convince me that "Singing the Song In The Spirit of The Anime" is a good enough excuse for butchering action openings, but being faithful to cheesy love song openings. I also think there's a huge distinction from what I see as bad karaoke versions of the action songs and a lounge singing performance of another. The disparity in overall quality is just to great to call both being in the spirit of the anime. To me if I were singing something like Chala-Head-Chala I would be aiming to sing on key and to do the song justice, just as much as if I were trying to sing a slow melodic song.

The message I got from their "Singing Songs In The Spirit Of The Anime" was that Action series are inferior to Romantic Comedy (Which as much as Fumoffu is from a larger continuity of mecha action is really what it is in its own right) and undeserving of an all-out effort. To me that was at least initially, a pretty huge insult to a person that happens to be a fan of said genre, so they might as well have been better off not trying to explain it through Konata's mouth at all, because it backfired horribly in my opinion and only served to upset me.

Lately though I've been wondering if I can blame them really. Recently I have said that Kyoto Animation/Kadokawa Shoten have become legendary to me for their lack of tact in dealing with people respectfully and honestly (including their own staff) other than their direct fanbase to the point where I'm becoming desensitized to it. That's why I'm willing to let it slide as the onus is on them to prove to me convincingly that they aren't playing favourites, not on my to buy their explanations at face value. Since they regularly fail to do this, I have nothing left to say and will just laugh derisively in their direction the same way I do whenever Bush does something ridiculous. To me their policies are more approaching sad and amusing than annoying as the days go by.

[MakubeX2]

Full version of Motteka Seerafuku! has been leaked, a week ahead of release.

[iamandragon]

PV of Lucky Star OP:
Recently I've found this:

The post starter claimed that it is the PV version--can anyone verify it for me? Is it the real one, or is it just a re-mix?

link deleted--sorry forgot to read the rules first--we'll see in the future, I'll hold on to the file until it's been officially released.

[MakubeX2]

The entire thing sounds too authentic to be a remix.

[Nemo_N]

Found out thanks to Moetron blog, and yes, it seems to be the real thing.

Longer sounds weirder :eyespin: :eyespin:.

Nice though :p .

[Kaioshin Sama]

Full version of Motteka Seerafuku! has been leaked, a week ahead of release.

Oh that's not going to be good for what is destined to be a chart topper (I mean in the Popularity Sense the "Oh My God It's From Lucky Star BUY IT! BUY IT!, not the "Oh My God, This Song Is Very Well Composed And Sung Beautifully, Therefore I Will Buy It" sense). I should also mention that it sounds identical to how it sounded out in my head (since I've listened to countless anime openings I'm able to plug in the holes as to how it should sound in full verison just by listening to the TV Size). As catchy as it is it has no place on my playlist however as it gets annoying after even one loop.

As long as some trampling occurs on the street release date though it'll still be worth it.

[Meophist]

I'm kinda addicted to the song now. I feel like if I listen to it enough and actually try to listen to the words, my Japanese listening comprehension can improve, somehow.

[Michael Hopcroft]

Or, at they very least, you'll be giving the Jimmy Dean company more of your business.

[Michael Hopcroft]

After the debacle with episode 3 versus episode 5's ending I've decided that if Kyoto Animation is going to play favourites with their series music I will do the same in kind. For that reason I'm putting the following songs on a protection list from the characters of Lucky Star:

So if any of these songs are sung and butchered the show gets a Game Penalty from me unless they do one of their own series songs in an off-key fashion, in which case I'm dropping my protection ring around these songs. This is about the only way I can square things regarding the inconsistencies in the shows ending bits.

Speak for yourself. Kona-chan butchering "Just Communication" or "Carnival" (from Blue Seed, a song about going out to the clubs hunting sex partners introducing a show about the battle against elemental evil) would be funny as hell.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Speak for yourself. Kona-chan butchering "Just Communication" or "Carnival" (from Blue Seed, a song about going out to the clubs hunting sex partners introducing a show about the battle against elemental evil) would be funny as hell.

Hmm, I though I had replied to this.

Anyway, Just Communication would require a massive technobeat in the background. I'd tolerate no less than disco lights flashing around outside that door in the ending.

Unfortunately the game Another Centuries Episode already has dibs on butchering Just Communication. Anything this series does would be a step up from that version.

[Ascaloth]

Hmm, I though I had replied to this.


Not everyone can recognize Russian at first glance, Kaioshin-chan. Heck, I searched through several fonts in Microsoft Word before it hit me that I should be trying Babelfish instead. :heh:

[Asrialys]

I wondered how the full version of the opening theme would sound. And wow...

But I think I prefer the short version. But I like all the sound effects they make ^_^

[Telliamed]

As long as some trampling occurs on the street release date though it'll still be worth it.

I'm sure enough people will still want to buy it, if only to get the lyric sheet. (And how many will be disappointed to discover it's not a song about sausages?)

Then there are the uber-otaku who will buy multiple copies just to boost the rankings.

And I'm expecting next week's episode will be filled with subliminal and superliminal advertisements for the single.

[WanderingKnight]

Then there are the uber-otaku who will buy multiple copies just to boost the rankings.

Remember: You buy one for yourself, one for loaning, and a last one in case of the first one disappearing ;)

[MakubeX2]

It will be a slap in the face for Oricon if this song manage to reach No.1.

[bayoab]

PV of Lucky Star OP:
Recently I've found this:

The post starter claimed that it is the PV version--can anyone verify it for me? Is it the real one, or is it just a re-mix?

link deleted--sorry forgot to read the rules first--we'll see in the future, I'll hold on to the file until it's been officially released.
PV version would make sense. It has new lyrics, but it doesn't sound fluid at all. (There are various changes in the audio that can be heard.)

Oh that's not going to be good for what is destined to be a chart topper (I mean in the Popularity Sense the "Oh My God It's From Lucky Star BUY IT! BUY IT!, not the "Oh My God, This Song Is Very Well Composed And Sung Beautifully, Therefore I Will Buy It" sense).This is much better than HHY where the full version was absolute crap. I seriously doubt being a week early will hurt the sales that much, if not help the sales because people aren't worried about a repeat of HHY. (Then again, it seemed the Japanese weren't too put off by the full version.) Heck, its bizzareness should boost sales.

I'm sure enough people will still want to buy it, if only to get the lyric sheet. (And how many will be disappointed to discover it's not a song about sausages?)I would think by now everyone knows it is not about sausage.

It will be a slap in the face for Oricon if this song manage to reach No.1.How? Oricon is just a measure of how many cds are sold. That is all it is. It doesn't determine quality or popularity.

[MakubeX2]

How? Oricon is just a measure of how many cds are sold. That is all it is. It doesn't determine quality or popularity.

I was thinking along the lines of the entire song being a cesspool of random uncohrent nonsense to the ears of the commoners....

If the sales figures generated is high enough, the commoners will like get to hear parts of it and wonder just how it manage to be ranked highly compare to other more....likeable composition.

[Sheba]

After the debacle with episode 3 versus episode 5's ending I've decided that if Kyoto Animation is going to play favourites with their series music I will do the same in kind. For that reason I'm putting the following songs on a protection list from the characters of Lucky Star:

By Decree of Moi The Following Songs Are Now Hereby Off Limits For Lucky Star Karaoke

Howling from Darker Than Black
Uninstall from Bokurano
Tobe Gundamu from Mobile Suit Gundam
Colours from Code Geass
Yakusoku Wa Iranai from Tenkuu No Escaflowne.
Any Legend of The Galactic Heroes Song
Yuusha Ou Tanjou from King of Braves GaoGaiGar
Beyond The Time from Char's Counterattack
Any Eureka 7 Song
Radical Dreamer from Chrono Cross
Any City Hunter Theme
Any Further Jam Project Song
Rewrite from Full Metal Alchemist
Ushinawareta Yume o Motomete from Genesis Climber Mospeada
Trust You Forever from Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Tsuki No Mayu from Turn A Gundam
Any song from Gravitation
Eternal Wind from Gundam F91
Tough Boy and Ai Wo Tormodose from Hokuto No Ken
Any Song From Kimagure Orange Road
Cloud Age Symphony from Last Exile
Any Two Mixx Song From Gundam Wing
Any Macross song
Mazinger Z No Theme
Any Metal Armor Dragonar Song
Any Super Bestial Machine God Dancougar Song
Naked Flower and Hikari Sasuhou from Murder Princess
Any One Piece Song
Over! from Overman King Gainer
Pegasus Fantasy from Saint Seiya
Hemisphere and Yume No Tamago from Rahxephon
Shippu Xabungle from Sentou Mecha Xabungle
Fukatsu Ideon and Cosmos Sora Wo Kakeru Kete from Spacerunaway Ideon
Melos No Youni Lonely Way from SPT Layzner
The Winner, True Shining, Men of Destiny and Evergreen from Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Any Tekkaman Blade Song
Now or Never and True Blue from Tetsuwan Atom 2003
Ten Years After From The 08th MS Team
Any Song from Victory Gundam
Any song from Yu-Gi-Oh
Any Song From Zeta Gundam
Yuusha Raideen No Them from Yuusha Raideen

That is All.



So if any of these songs are sung and butchered the show gets a Game Penalty from me unless they do one of their own series songs in an off-key fashion, in which case I'm dropping my protection ring around these songs. This is about the only way I can square things regarding the inconsistencies in the shows ending bits.


Screw that protection list BS, I actually want them to sing City Hunter songs, You WA Shock or Heart of Madness, or Saint Seiya songs, or Space Adventure Cobra.

I don't care if you get a heart attack from it, but as a big time nostalgic I have the right to enjoy how they gonna sing it.

Hell, if they pull any Queen's songs, I'd die, of happiness. Not because they are LS or KyoAni characters but because someone in the anime world remembered how awesome were these songs.

I have rl friends who are as much of Hokuto no Ken fanboys as I am, who never heard or saw what is moé and want Konata to sing You WA Shock after hearing DBZ's OP.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Then there are the uber-otaku who will buy multiple copies just to boost the rankings.

And I'm expecting next week's episode will be filled with subliminal and superliminal advertisements for the single.

Hahaha very funny, paranoia and what not....

@Sheba: It's called Ai Wo Tormodose, You Wa Shock is just something they scream during the song.

@MakubeX2: Why would it be a slap in the face, it has people's "goddess" singing the opening theme from a relatively (?) popular show. It's meant to sell mostly on the back of name recognition (because if I weren't told who was singing it I would have assumed it was chattering monkey's), in fact I'd be surprised if it wasn't a chart topper. All they need is to have her name plastered on it, let people know its in stores and watch a flood of dreary eyed folk storm through the store, maybe a few ritual killings for the last disc and then count their money.

Personally I'm interested in hearing what the off vocal version of the song sounds like (actually no I'm not and if they have any musical taste they'll never ever subject us to it on a single disc).

[krln99]

It will be a slap in the face for Oricon if this song manage to reach No.1.

Why?! a) Oricon is reportedly under investigation for being "rigged" and b) it's not like other anime theme songs haven't done well the chart before. For example, the No. 2 last week was the theme for "Kirarin Revolution."

I personally like the "surprises" in the Oricon chart. It's usually predictable to the point where I just need to look at the release dates and I can pencil in the Top 5. But once in a while you'll just get something out of the blue that does well on the charts for whatever reason.

BTW, does anyone have the lyrics (or an approximation thereof) for the full OP, yet? Japanese link is fine. Thanks in advance!

[iamandragon]

BTW, does anyone have the lyrics (or an approximation thereof) for the full OP, yet? Japanese link is fine. Thanks in advance!


Aimai 3 cm
sore PUNI tte koto kai? chou!
na kyuubunka seifuku
na furitte koto nai? BOON!
ganbacchau?
yacchacchau?
son tokkya KYACCHI ANDO RIRI-SU yo!
I SAY! WHOO! I SAY! WHOO!
no tanima ni DARLING! DARLING! PLEASE!

nan kataru
nanka deru
aishiteru!
are?
ikko ga chigatterun run!
nayaminbo, koutetsubo, oishinbo!
iikagen ni shinasai!
tondetta aisu mo moteru ka na,
datte iwayuru futsuu no onna no ko!
odoroita!
atashi dake!
tonkotsu, harigane, okawari!
DA-DA-DA-DA-DA!

BON! BON!
ouendan!
LET'S GET CHERRY PIE!
RAN! RAN! kangeikai!
YOU HAVE SENSATION!
HIGH!
sonzaikai, tenten shouwakusei!
butsukatte! tokemashita! bouzen! ooi ni utatte! SING AND DANCE!

motteike, saigo ni waracchau no wa atashi no hazu!
SE-RA- fuku dakara desu ketsuron!
getsuyoubi na no ni kigen warui no, dou suru yo?
natsufuku ga ii no desu! KAWAII!

seifuku in 3 PI-SU!
sorya matette chuucho da! YAN!
ganbatte!
YEAH!
harikitte!
YEAH!
MY DARLING! DARLING! PLEASE!

mori jou ga rin mori ka ga rin koishi tarin mada naisho ni shi te tte rin rin
amaenbou youjinbou tsuushin bo choushi koi te gyokusai!
fun de tta aitsu ni koyubi itai tte oogesa chira ri kuro niihai
zettai jan ryouiki jan ?sei ashi tsuru pika o nedari DADADADADA ?

MON - MON mousou den Let ' s Go! paru shinden
YAI - YAI sooran bushi What ' s UP tenputeeshon
oi! soushitsu kan ( zen zen) arubaito
sagashi tara mitsukatte to zen jinsei maru tto kenennaashi

yatte mina! shinki ni neracchau no ha atashi no chousen
Sera fuku gi ga e te mo atashi
shuumatsu ha dou yo chira mise nante ari ki tari!
seifuku ha kan ta n yo rakuchin

fuusoku 3 meetoru dakitsui te gaman da GYU
mune dokkin koshi zukkin I'm Sugar sugar SWEET!!

BON - BON MON - MON Day Let's get! Uh Uh Ah!
RAN - RAN chop chop kick look up! Fu Fu Ho!
HI! Education!! Love is ABC
un da ka da un da ka da uni unya hare tte hore tte hire n ra

motteike, saigo ni waracchau no wa atashi no hazu!
SE-RA- fuku dakara desu ketsuron!
getsuyoubi na no ni kigen warui no, dou suru yo?
natsufuku ga ii no desu! KAWAII!

yappari ne saigo ni waracchau no ha atashi no hazu
SE-RA- fuku dakara desu ketsuron!

aimai 3 senchi sorya punitte koto kai WAO!
ra ppinguga seifuku yo shi furi tte ko ta nai pon
ganbacchaccha yacchaccha an to kyaa ppu & jaaji de ha

I say ( Hoo!) I say ( Hoo!) ase de suke tara Darlin ' darlin ' A M U S E!!

曖昧3センチ　それってプニってことかい？ちょ！？

ラッピングが制服だ　らぶりー(不利)ってことない？　ぶん！

がんばっちゃう？　やっちゃっちゃう？　そんときゃキャッチ&リリースよ

I say(Hoo！)　I say(Hoo！)　谷間にダーリンダーリン　フリー！

なん語る(なんかだるぅ)　なんか出る(なん食べる)　愛してる　あれ1個が違ってるんるん♪(るん？むー )

悩みん坊　鋼鉄棒　おいしん坊　いい加減にしなさいっ

飛んでった　アイツの(も)火照る体って　いわゆる普通の女の子

驚いた　アタシだけ！？　豚骨　針金　おかわりだだだだだー！


つかさ「んーとね、アタシね！えーとね、あっ！それでね！それとね、あのね」

かがみ「もー！アッタマにきて右フックしたわ！シュッシュッシュッシュッ！隙アリー！」

こなた「でも最近はいろんなとこで同じ作品やってるんだ」

みゆき「めがね、めがね、めがねはどこですか？あれがないとぉ…アイタ☆」


ぼんぼん　応援団　Let's get!　cherry pie！

らん♪らん♪　歓迎会　You've got a Sensathion！

(はーい！)　存在感　てんてん　小惑星

ぶつかって溶けました(こけました)　呆然　大いに歌って　sing and Dance！！


持っていけ！　最後に笑っちゃうのはあたしのはず

セーラーふくだからです　結論

月曜日なのに機嫌悪いの　どうするよ？

夏服がいいのです　可愛い（きゃわいい）

制服in3ピース　そりゃ待てって躊躇だ やーん

頑張って（Yeah！)　張り切って（Yeah！)　マイダーリンダーリン　プリーズ☆



盛り上がりん　盛り下がりん　恋したりん　まだ内緒にしてってりんりん？

甘えん坊　用心棒　通信簿　調子こいてギョクサイ！

踏んでったあいつに小指痛いって　大袈裟ちらーり　黒ニーハイ

絶対じゃん？　領域じゃん？　生足ツルピカおねだり　DADADADADAー！

MON-MON　妄想伝　Let's Go!　パル神殿

YAI-YAI　ソーラン節　What's up?　テンプテーション

おい！　喪失感￥￥(ぜにぜに)アルバイト

さがしたら見つかってとーぜん　人生まるっとケネンナーシ


やってみな！　新規に狙っちゃうのはあたしの挑戦

せーらーふく着がえても　あたし

週末はどうよ？　チラみせなんてありきたり！

制服はかんたんよ　ラクチン

風速3メートル　抱きついてがまんだ　ぎゅ☆

胸どっきん　腰ずっきん I'm Suger suger S W E E T!!


かがみ
「最近新しいお菓子でてるよね」　「ん？そっ、そんなに食べてないわよっ！」

みゆき
「ひざが痛いんですか？そうですね...」　「それでしたらグルコサミンがいいですよYOYOYO」　「グ ルコサミン酸は目と鼻とお腹に...」　「関節の痛みや非延熱の役割もあるんですよ」　「万能 ですねー」

こなた
「まぁ最近のアニメ」　「そう、こんなだよ、こんんあのがあるんだよ！」　「どっちを先に観るかすごく迷う んだDADADADA」

つかさ
「わたしね、あっ、うーんと、あー、うーんと、えーと…」　「あぁー！そうそうそう！昨日ね、わたしこの… 」　「えーっと、えーっと、えーっと、えと。えと。えーっと…」


BON-BON MON-MON Day Let's get! Uh Uh Ah!

RAN-RAN chop chop kick look up! Fu Fu Ho!

HI ! Education!! Love is ABC

うんだかだーうんだかだーうにゃうにゃ　はれってほれってひれんらー


もっていけ！　最後に笑っちゃうのはあたしのはず

セーラーふくだからです　結論

月曜日なのに機嫌悪いの　どうするよ？

夏服がいいのです　可愛い（きゃわいい）

やっぱりね　最後に笑っちゃうのはあたしのはず

セーラーふくだからです　結論

曖昧3センチ　そりゃぷにってコトかい？　わお！

らっぴんぐが制服…よぉし不利ってこたない　ぽん

がんばっちゃ　やっちゃっちゃ　あんときゃーっぷ＆ジャージで　ハッ

I say(Hoo！)　I say(Hoo！)　汗々で透けたら　Darlin' darlin' A M U S E!!

[Risaa]

Aimai 3 cm
sore PUNI tte koto kai? chou!
na kyuubunka seifuku
na furitte koto nai? BOON!
ganbacchau?
yacchacchau?
son tokkya KYACCHI ANDO RIRI-SU yo!
I SAY! WHOO! I SAY! WHOO!
no tanima ni DARLING! DARLING! PLEASE!

nan kataru
nanka deru
aishiteru!
are?
ikko ga chigatterun run!
nayaminbo, koutetsubo, oishinbo!
iikagen ni shinasai!
tondetta aisu mo moteru ka na,
datte iwayuru futsuu no onna no ko!
odoroita!
atashi dake!
tonkotsu, harigane, okawari!
DA-DA-DA-DA-DA!

BON! BON!
ouendan!
LET'S GET CHERRY PIE!
RAN! RAN! kangeikai!
YOU HAVE SENSATION!
HIGH!
sonzaikai, tenten shouwakusei!
butsukatte! tokemashita! bouzen! ooi ni utatte! SING AND DANCE!

motteike, saigo ni waracchau no wa atashi no hazu!
SE-RA- fuku dakara desu ketsuron!
getsuyoubi na no ni kigen warui no, dou suru yo?
natsufuku ga ii no desu! KAWAII!

seifuku in 3 PI-SU!
sorya matette chuucho da! YAN!
ganbatte!
YEAH!
harikitte!
YEAH!
MY DARLING! DARLING! PLEASE!

mori jou ga rin mori ka ga rin koishi tarin mada naisho ni shi te tte rin rin
amaenbou youjinbou tsuushin bo choushi koi te gyokusai!
fun de tta aitsu ni koyubi itai tte oogesa chira ri kuro niihai
zettai jan ryouiki jan ?sei ashi tsuru pika o nedari DADADADADA ?

MON - MON mousou den Let ' s Go! paru shinden
YAI - YAI sooran bushi What ' s UP tenputeeshon
oi! soushitsu kan ( zen zen) arubaito
sagashi tara mitsukatte to zen jinsei maru tto kenennaashi

yatte mina! shinki ni neracchau no ha atashi no chousen
Sera fuku gi ga e te mo atashi
shuumatsu ha dou yo chira mise nante ari ki tari!
seifuku ha kan ta n yo rakuchin

fuusoku 3 meetoru dakitsui te gaman da GYU
mune dokkin koshi zukkin I'm Sugar sugar SWEET!!

BON - BON MON - MON Day Let's get! Uh Uh Ah!
RAN - RAN chop chop kick look up! Fu Fu Ho!
HI! Education!! Love is ABC
un da ka da un da ka da uni unya hare tte hore tte hire n ra

motteike, saigo ni waracchau no wa atashi no hazu!
SE-RA- fuku dakara desu ketsuron!
getsuyoubi na no ni kigen warui no, dou suru yo?
natsufuku ga ii no desu! KAWAII!

yappari ne saigo ni waracchau no ha atashi no hazu
SE-RA- fuku dakara desu ketsuron!

aimai 3 senchi sorya punitte koto kai WAO!
ra ppinguga seifuku yo shi furi tte ko ta nai pon
ganbacchaccha yacchaccha an to kyaa ppu & jaaji de ha

I say ( Hoo!) I say ( Hoo!) ase de suke tara Darlin ' darlin ' A M U S E!!

Sorry for being picky, but there are no English lyrics... that's romanized Japanese. :)

Thanks for posting the lyrics. (Now I can REALLY annoy the roommates!) :D

[Mizuno]

Anyone know what's the song that was played at the end of ep 4? when miyuki/kagumi was singing?

[Ascaloth]

Something's been bothering me for a while now....just what exactly is the song used in the Ep06 Initial D parody? It has a sound characteristic of M.O.V.E. , the band which does the Initial D OPs and EDs, but this one isn't one of theirs, as far as I could see...

[DragoonKain3]

@Kenta
Been said before, but its Sera Fuku to Kikanjuu (Sailor Suit and Machine Gun), from the show of the same name. You can find the latest remake of it with English subs somewhere around the net, though I wouldn't bother since its one of the crappiest j-dramas I've ever had the displeasure of seeing. I can hazard a guess that the 80's movie is better, since the pacing was just horribly slow; thank God it was only 7 eps.

[iamandragon]

Sorry for being picky, but there are no English lyrics... that's romanized Japanese. :)

Thanks for posting the lyrics. (Now I can REALLY annoy the roommates!) :D

......meanie

[kenjiharima]

Aimai 3 cm
sore PUNI tte koto kai? chou!
na kyuubunka seifuku
na furitte koto nai? BOON!
ganbacchau?
yacchacchau?
son tokkya KYACCHI ANDO RIRI-SU yo!
I SAY! WHOO! I SAY! WHOO!
no tanima ni DARLING! DARLING! PLEASE!

nan kataru
nanka deru
aishiteru!
are?
ikko ga chigatterun run!
nayaminbo, koutetsubo, oishinbo!
iikagen ni shinasai!
tondetta aisu mo moteru ka na,
datte iwayuru futsuu no onna no ko!
odoroita!
atashi dake!
tonkotsu, harigane, okawari!
DA-DA-DA-DA-DA!

BON! BON!
ouendan!
LET'S GET CHERRY PIE!
RAN! RAN! kangeikai!
YOU HAVE SENSATION!
HIGH!
sonzaikai, tenten shouwakusei!
butsukatte! tokemashita! bouzen! ooi ni utatte! SING AND DANCE!

motteike, saigo ni waracchau no wa atashi no hazu!
SE-RA- fuku dakara desu ketsuron!
getsuyoubi na no ni kigen warui no, dou suru yo?
natsufuku ga ii no desu! KAWAII!

seifuku in 3 PI-SU!
sorya matette chuucho da! YAN!
ganbatte!
YEAH!
harikitte!
YEAH!
MY DARLING! DARLING! PLEASE!

mori jou ga rin mori ka ga rin koishi tarin mada naisho ni shi te tte rin rin
amaenbou youjinbou tsuushin bo choushi koi te gyokusai!
fun de tta aitsu ni koyubi itai tte oogesa chira ri kuro niihai
zettai jan ryouiki jan ?sei ashi tsuru pika o nedari DADADADADA ?

MON - MON mousou den Let ' s Go! paru shinden
YAI - YAI sooran bushi What ' s UP tenputeeshon
oi! soushitsu kan ( zen zen) arubaito
sagashi tara mitsukatte to zen jinsei maru tto kenennaashi

yatte mina! shinki ni neracchau no ha atashi no chousen
Sera fuku gi ga e te mo atashi
shuumatsu ha dou yo chira mise nante ari ki tari!
seifuku ha kan ta n yo rakuchin

fuusoku 3 meetoru dakitsui te gaman da GYU
mune dokkin koshi zukkin I'm Sugar sugar SWEET!!

BON - BON MON - MON Day Let's get! Uh Uh Ah!
RAN - RAN chop chop kick look up! Fu Fu Ho!
HI! Education!! Love is ABC
un da ka da un da ka da uni unya hare tte hore tte hire n ra

motteike, saigo ni waracchau no wa atashi no hazu!
SE-RA- fuku dakara desu ketsuron!
getsuyoubi na no ni kigen warui no, dou suru yo?
natsufuku ga ii no desu! KAWAII!

yappari ne saigo ni waracchau no ha atashi no hazu
SE-RA- fuku dakara desu ketsuron!

aimai 3 senchi sorya punitte koto kai WAO!
ra ppinguga seifuku yo shi furi tte ko ta nai pon
ganbacchaccha yacchaccha an to kyaa ppu & jaaji de ha

I say ( Hoo!) I say ( Hoo!) ase de suke tara Darlin ' darlin ' A M U S E!!

曖昧3センチ　それってプニってことかい？ちょ！？

ラッピングが制服だ　らぶりー(不利)ってことない？　ぶん！

がんばっちゃう？　やっちゃっちゃう？　そんときゃキャッチ&リリースよ

I say(Hoo！)　I say(Hoo！)　谷間にダーリンダーリン　フリー！

なん語る(なんかだるぅ)　なんか出る(なん食べる)　愛してる　あれ1個が違ってるんるん♪(るん？むー )

悩みん坊　鋼鉄棒　おいしん坊　いい加減にしなさいっ

飛んでった　アイツの(も)火照る体って　いわゆる普通の女の子

驚いた　アタシだけ！？　豚骨　針金　おかわりだだだだだー！


つかさ「んーとね、アタシね！えーとね、あっ！それでね！それとね、あのね」

かがみ「もー！アッタマにきて右フックしたわ！シュッシュッシュッシュッ！隙アリー！」

こなた「でも最近はいろんなとこで同じ作品やってるんだ」

みゆき「めがね、めがね、めがねはどこですか？あれがないとぉ…アイタ☆」


ぼんぼん　応援団　Let's get!　cherry pie！

らん♪らん♪　歓迎会　You've got a Sensathion！

(はーい！)　存在感　てんてん　小惑星

ぶつかって溶けました(こけました)　呆然　大いに歌って　sing and Dance！！


持っていけ！　最後に笑っちゃうのはあたしのはず

セーラーふくだからです　結論

月曜日なのに機嫌悪いの　どうするよ？

夏服がいいのです　可愛い（きゃわいい）

制服in3ピース　そりゃ待てって躊躇だ やーん

頑張って（Yeah！)　張り切って（Yeah！)　マイダーリンダーリン　プリーズ☆



盛り上がりん　盛り下がりん　恋したりん　まだ内緒にしてってりんりん？

甘えん坊　用心棒　通信簿　調子こいてギョクサイ！

踏んでったあいつに小指痛いって　大袈裟ちらーり　黒ニーハイ

絶対じゃん？　領域じゃん？　生足ツルピカおねだり　DADADADADAー！

MON-MON　妄想伝　Let's Go!　パル神殿

YAI-YAI　ソーラン節　What's up?　テンプテーション

おい！　喪失感￥￥(ぜにぜに)アルバイト

さがしたら見つかってとーぜん　人生まるっとケネンナーシ


やってみな！　新規に狙っちゃうのはあたしの挑戦

せーらーふく着がえても　あたし

週末はどうよ？　チラみせなんてありきたり！

制服はかんたんよ　ラクチン

風速3メートル　抱きついてがまんだ　ぎゅ☆

胸どっきん　腰ずっきん I'm Suger suger S W E E T!!


かがみ
「最近新しいお菓子でてるよね」　「ん？そっ、そんなに食べてないわよっ！」

みゆき
「ひざが痛いんですか？そうですね...」　「それでしたらグルコサミンがいいですよYOYOYO」　「グ ルコサミン酸は目と鼻とお腹に...」　「関節の痛みや非延熱の役割もあるんですよ」　「万能 ですねー」

こなた
「まぁ最近のアニメ」　「そう、こんなだよ、こんんあのがあるんだよ！」　「どっちを先に観るかすごく迷う んだDADADADA」

つかさ
「わたしね、あっ、うーんと、あー、うーんと、えーと…」　「あぁー！そうそうそう！昨日ね、わたしこの… 」　「えーっと、えーっと、えーっと、えと。えと。えーっと…」


BON-BON MON-MON Day Let's get! Uh Uh Ah!

RAN-RAN chop chop kick look up! Fu Fu Ho!

HI ! Education!! Love is ABC

うんだかだーうんだかだーうにゃうにゃ　はれってほれってひれんらー


もっていけ！　最後に笑っちゃうのはあたしのはず

セーラーふくだからです　結論

月曜日なのに機嫌悪いの　どうするよ？

夏服がいいのです　可愛い（きゃわいい）

やっぱりね　最後に笑っちゃうのはあたしのはず

セーラーふくだからです　結論

曖昧3センチ　そりゃぷにってコトかい？　わお！

らっぴんぐが制服…よぉし不利ってこたない　ぽん

がんばっちゃ　やっちゃっちゃ　あんときゃーっぷ＆ジャージで　ハッ

I say(Hoo！)　I say(Hoo！)　汗々で透けたら　Darlin' darlin' A M U S E!!

Thanks for the Lyrics...It really helps to memorise when you read it rather than follow it on tv. :heh:

[Angel Wings]

AAAAARRRRG!
the intro is so adicting, my darling, darling please! ~______~

[Kaioshin Sama]

AAAAARRRRG!
the intro is so adicting, my darling, darling please! ~______~

Try isolating the vocals from the instrumental part and you'll see why I don't think there will ever be a Karaoke version. Don't say I didn't warn you though. :eyespin:

[Kaoru Chujo]

1. You can't isolate the vocals from the music, since the vocals are the music. It's candy-pop rap.

2. Bought for name recognition? How about every second #1 hit anywhere in the world?

3. As poetry, the words are better than most pop songs. Just complex and bizarre, both in meaning and in syntax.

4. I just listened to the full version, sans images, and there is no reason except anti-otaku prejudice for Oricon to be embarrassed about this song becoming #1, when I think of other songs that have hit that spot. This isn't like them, but it isn't worse, just totally different.

There are quite a few photos from the shops of Akihabara in this post on Akiba Blog (http://www.akibablog.net/archives/2007/05/rakisuta_070518.html) about the campaign (click photos to enlarge). And here are photos (left) of a poster of the words, and (right) of a display saying the aim is to get the OP to #1 on Oricon and for this store (Toranoana main store) to sell more copies than any store in Japan. It also says they're taking orders for the first DVD:

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/8110/20070519102acvt9.th.jpg (http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/8110/20070519102acvt9.jpg) http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4284/20070518507ng9.th.jpg (http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4284/20070518507ng9.jpg)

I don't think the proponents of the campaign are thinking of profits for KyoAni (of course the shops are thinking of profits for themselves), I think it's more like supporting a sports team: you want the team you support to win, and this is an aspect of winning. I have to say, however, that I will be amazed if they get anywhere near #1. The SHnY OP only got to #5, and my sense is that that was a much bigger hit than this show. But we'll see by next Thursday.

[Kaioshin Sama]

1. You can't isolate the vocals from the music, since the vocals are the music. It's candy-pop rap.

2. Bought for name recognition? How about every second #1 hit anywhere in the world?

3. As poetry, the words are better than most pop songs. Just complex and bizarre, both in meaning and in syntax.

4. I just listened to the full version, sans images, and there is no reason except anti-otaku prejudice for Oricon to be embarrassed about this song becoming #1, when I think of other songs that have hit that spot. This isn't like them, but it isn't worse, just totally different.

There are quite a few photos from the shops of Akihabara in this post on Akiba Blog (http://www.akibablog.net/archives/2007/05/rakisuta_070518.html) about the campaign (click photos to enlarge). And here are photos (left) of a poster of the words, and (right) of a display saying the aim is to get the OP to #1 on Oricon and for this store (Toranoana main store) to sell more copies than any store in Japan. It also says they're taking orders for the first DVD:

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/8110/20070519102acvt9.th.jpg (http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/8110/20070519102acvt9.jpg) http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4284/20070518507ng9.th.jpg (http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4284/20070518507ng9.jpg)

I don't think the proponents of the campaign are thinking of profits for KyoAni (of course the shops are thinking of profits for themselves), I think it's more like supporting a sports team: you want the team you support to win, and this is an aspect of winning. I have to say, however, that I will be amazed if they get anywhere near #1. The SHnY OP only got to #5, and my sense is that that was a much bigger hit than this show. But we'll see by next Thursday.

I guess it's the same as campaigning for Oscar's. I'm going to be honest and say I'm not entirely sure what kind of standards Oricon has though, but actively campaigning somewhat cheapens things in my opinion, just like with the Oscars (Where it does have an impact). All I can say is I have no idea why Lucky Star is Akihabara's pick, I can understand the drive for profit, but I don't understand the reasoning behind picking a specific song to push. I don't think there's anything to be embarassed about at all other then perhaps an overly aggressive market approach. I would think the girls who sang the song would vastly prefer their song to achieve success on its own and land where it lands on the charts rather than have their song lifted by a massive campaigning effort. I would feel a bit guilty and unsure of myself if I were the artist. I wonder if people truly enjoyed my music or only bought it because they were told its what everybody else is doing. Then again I guess that #2 point is the answer again. This is one of the reasons I never paid attention to music all throughout middle school and high school, the popularity always trumped the musical effort itself and I just tended to avoid any and all conversations about music for that reason. I listened to what I liked, I didn't buy based on the artist or any industry push, but on my enjoyment of the song, and I stayed out of the loop. Still do.

Also the words are hysterical and unusual, but the tune is actually the key to a song for me. Tune and Beat are most important and they are only augmented by the lyrics. A song with a good tune will always be popular with me and even more so with good lyrics, but a song with good lyrics and an awful tune will never be a favourite. I think this song lands somewhere in the middle, funny lyrics and decent tune, but not playlist material. A lot of J-Pop falters in this regard be it both a crappy tune/beat and cliche lyrics or an alright tune/beat and crappy lyrics. Lucky Star is a probably but one step above in each category in my view.

Oh and popularity pushs have always been a huge huge turnoff for me. Having the same product advertised to me constantly from all directions is one of my pet peeves, so I tend to come on a little strong when one of these types of campaigns emerges. I just don't like that style of aggresive advertising at all. Sometimes I also wonder if those Lightspeed Brief ads from Futurama that advertise to you in your dreams are even a decade away let alone a millenium. That last sentence was a joke by the way (I hope).

[FatPianoBoy]

I have to say, however, that I will be amazed if they get anywhere near #1. The SHnY OP only got to #5, and my sense is that that was a much bigger hit than this show. But we'll see by next Thursday.

I thought that was because there simply weren't enough copies made for it reach number one. It was sold out within hours, If I recall correctly.

[Kaioshin Sama]

I thought that was because there simply weren't enough copies made for it reach number one. It was sold out within hours, If I recall correctly.

I wonder if there was any trampling. Somehow I imagine fistfights breaking out and a grab fest with one guy triumphantly grabbing the CD with a ripped shirt and pants and taking off out of the store with a police officer and several others chasing after him, because he forgot to pay in his attempt to get away from the other buyers.

[Kaoru Chujo]

I wonder if there was any trampling. Somehow I imagine fistfights breaking out and a grab fest with one guy triumphantly grabbing the CD with a ripped shirt and pants and taking off out of the store with a police officer and several others chasing after him, because he forgot to pay in his attempt to get away from the other buyers.kj1980 or someone will have to confirm this, but I believe Japanese public restraint even extends to otaku, so I don't expect there are many such scenes, which might be more common in North America. Japanese otaku may save their aggression for 2channel, lol.

[Ayu-ayu]

There are quite a few photos from the shops of Akihabara in this post on Akiba Blog (http://www.akibablog.net/archives/2007/05/rakisuta_070518.html) about the campaign (click photos to enlarge). And here are photos (left) of a poster of the words, and (right) of a display saying the aim is to get the OP to #1 on Oricon and for this store (Toranoana main store) to sell more copies than any store in Japan. It also says they're taking orders for the first DVD:

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/8110/20070519102acvt9.th.jpg (http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/8110/20070519102acvt9.jpg) http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4284/20070518507ng9.th.jpg (http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4284/20070518507ng9.jpg)

.

Regarding the first image, the lyrics shown there appear quite different from the ones that were quoted here a couple of posts back. Given that this one assigns different kanji (rather than katakana) spellings to each "fuu", and "Darlin' Darlin' FREEZE!" instead of "please" or "furii", I assume that the image is of the correct official lyrics while the posted transcribed one is a "gisting"?

It would be nice to finally get the real lyrics from the CD liner notes rather than go by the 2ch consensus transcription... :D

[Konata-chan]

http://www.akibablog.net/archives/img-mouse/2007-05-19-102.html

Another link featuring the full lyrics. I've listened to the full OP, and I'm not too impressed with it. Then again, only half or even less of all the OP's are even worth repeating in full.

[WanderingKnight]

Given that this one assigns different kanji (rather than katakana) spellings to each "fuu"

Well, what you're seeing there is not two different kanji, but the repetition of a single one. a.f.k. understood that part as "I say (uuh!) I say (uuh!)", when it's actually saying "汗(Fuu)汗(Fuu)” ("ase [fuu!] ase [fuu!]"), which roughly means "sweat (fuh!) sweat (fuh!)". The little 々 symbol you see there actually indicates a repetition of the immediate previous kanji.

[bayoab]

I assume that the image is of the correct official lyrics while the posted transcribed one is a "gisting"?

It would be nice to finally get the real lyrics from the CD liner notes rather than go by the 2ch consensus transcription... :D
The image is the official lyrics. The one that was pasted above was the 2ch guess.

[Asai]

I'm quite happy to have the OP single, with a 4:18 full version, and most importantly, an off-vocal version. Yay! Excellent stuff.

[Bakayaro.II]

Anyone got the translated lyrics for the OP?

[krln99]

The c/w song "Kaeshite Knee Socks" is pretty fun.

[Choo!]

The opening is pretty cool. I still dont have the CD though

Oh, If you want the Translated Lyrics I have it. But only enough to fit the TV Version

[strusic]

Can someone rewrite lyric to romanji?
Scan of lyric (http://www.sendspace.com/file/x21bcp)
It will be helpful for making karaoke ^_^

[Telliamed]

Off-vocal is actually quite nice. I've put it in rotation.

I'm glad they're doing the karaoke skits instead of an ED theme, since Kaeshite Knee Socks would probably have been the ED and I don't like it at all.

I wonder if all the songs on the OST will be about clothing?

[Ayu-ayu]

Well, what you're seeing there is not two different kanji, but the repetition of a single one. a.f.k. understood that part as "I say (uuh!) I say (uuh!)", when it's actually saying "汗(Fuu)汗(Fuu)” ("ase [fuu!] ase [fuu!]"), which roughly means "sweat (fuh!) sweat (fuh!)". The little 々 symbol you see there actually indicates a repetition of the immediate previous kanji.

Doh! (slaps forehead) You're absolutely right, I should have known that, too. :heh: I totally misread that line.

[itzfurrball]

romaji lyrics:


aimai san senchi sorya puni tte koto kai? cho
rappingu ga seifuku... daaa furi tte kota nai - pu
ganbaccha♥yacchaccha
sontokya catch&release gyo
ase (fuu) ase (fuu) no tanima ni Darlin' darlin' F R E E Z E

Nanka daru~ nanka deru~
ai shiteru~ are ikko ga chigatterun ru~
nayaminbo~ koutetsubou~
oishinbo~ ii kagen ni shinasai

tondetta aitsu no hoteru karada tte
iwayuru futsuu na onnyanoko
odoroita atashi dake? tonkotsu harigane okawari dadada

BON-BON　ouendan
Let's get!　cherry pie
RAN-RAN　kangeikai
Look up!　sensation
hi sonzaikan tenten shouwakusei
butsukatte tokemashita bouzen
ooi ni utatte shirenjaa

motte ike!
saigo ni waracchau no wa atashi no hazu
seeraafuku dakara desu←ketsuron
getsuyoubi na no ni!
kigen warui no dou suru yo?
natsufuku ga ii no desu←kya? wa! II

sekkin san-pikuto suru made tte chuucho da yan☆
ganbatte harikitte My Darlin' darlin' P L E A S E!!

moriagari~ morisagari~
koi shitari~ mada naisho ni shite oite rinri~
amaenbou~ youjinbou~
tsuushinbo~ choushi koite gyokusai

fundeta aitsu ni koyubi itai tte
oogesa chira~ri kuro knee-high
zettai jan ryouiki jan? nama ashi tsuru pika onedari dadada

MON-MON　mousou den
Let's go!　baru shinden
YAI-YA!　souran bushi
What's up?　temptation
ai!　soushitsukan ￥￥(zenzen?) arubaito
sagashitara mitsukatte touzen
jinsei marutto kenen na~shi

yatte mina!
shinki ni neracchau no wa atashi no chousen
seeraafuku kigaetemo=atashi
shuumatsu wa dou yo
chira-mise nante arikitari!
seifuku wa kantan yo=rakuchin

fuusoku san metre dakitsuite gaman da gyu☆
mune dokkin koshi zukkin I'm Sugar sugar S W E E T!

BON-BON　MON-MON　Day
Let's get!　Uh Uh Ah!
RAN-RAN　chop chop kick
Look up!　Fu Fu Ho!
HI!　Education!! Love is ABC
undagada~undagada~unya-unya
harette horette hirenra~

motte ike!
saigo ni waracchau no wa atashi no hazu
seeraafuku dakara desu←ketsuron
getsuyoubi na no ni!
kigen warui no dou suru yo?
natsufuku ga ii no desu←kya? wa! II

yappari ne
saigo ni waracchau no wa atashi no hazu
seeraafuku dakara desu←ketsuron

aimai san senchi sorya puni tte koto kai? wap
rappingu ga seifuku... yo~shi furi tte kota nai - po
ganbaccha♥yacchaccha
antokya kyappu ando jaaji (cap&jersey) de ha
ase ase de suketara Darlin' darlin' A M U S E!!

[Mr. Monday]

Can someone rewrite lyric to romanji?

Motteke! Sērā Fuku

Aimai san senchi, sorya punitte koto kai? Cho'!
Rappingu ga seifuku ...daaa furitte kota nai Pu.
Ganbatcha♥ yatchatcha
Son-tokyātchi and release Gyo'
Ase (Fū) ase (Fū) no tanima ni darlin' darlin' freeze!!

Nanka darū nanka derū
aishiterū, are ikko ga chigatte-runrū
Nayaminbō, kōtetsubō
oishinbō, iikagen ni shinasai

Tondetta aitsu no hoteru karadatte
iwayuru futsū no onya-no-ko
Odoroita, atashi dake? Tonkotsu harigane okawari da da da

Bon-bon Ōen-dan
Let' s get! Cherī pai
Ran-ran Kangē-kai
Look up! Sensēshon
Hai! Sonzaikan Ten ten, shō-wakusei
Butsukatte tokemashita bōzen
Ōini utatte shirenjā

Motte ike!
Saigo ni waratchau no wa atashi no hazu
Sērā fuku dakara desu ←Ketsuron
Getsuyōbi nanoni!
Kigen warui no dō suru yo?
Natsu-fuku ga ii no desu ←Kya? wa! ii♥

Sekkin san pikuto suru made-tte chūcho da Yan☆
Ganbatte Harikitte! My darlin' darlin' please!!

Moriaga rī, morisaga rī
koi shitarī, mada naisho ni shitoite rinrī
Amaenbō, yōjinbō
tsūshinbō, chōshi koite gyokusai

Fundetta aitsu ni koyubi itaitte
ōgesa chirāri kuro nīhai
Zettai jan, ryōiki jan? Namaashi tsurupika onedari da da da

Mon-mon Mōsō-den
Let' s go! Baru shinden
Yai-yai Sōran bushi
What's up? Tenputēshon
Oi! Sōshitsukan En en, arubaito
Sagashitara mitsukatte tōzen
Jinsei marutto kenen nāshi

Yatte mina!
Shinki ni neratchau no wa atashi no chōsen
Sērā fuku kigaete mo =Atashi
Shūmatsu wa dō yo?
Chira-mise nante arikitari!
Seifuku wa kantan yo =Rakuchin

Fūsoku san mētoru, dakitsuite gaman da Gyu☆
Mune dokkin, koshi zukkin, I'm suger suger sweet!!

Bon-bon Mon-mon day
Let' s get! Uh uh ah!
Ran-ran Chop chop kick
Look up! Fu fu ho!
Hi! Education!! Love is ABC
Undakadā undakadā unyaunya
Harette horette hirenrā

Motte ike!
Saigo ni waratchau no wa atashi no hazu
Sērā fuku dakara desu ←Ketsuron
Getsuyōbi nanoni!
Kigen warui no dō suru yo?
Natsu-fuku ga ii no desu ←Kya? wa! ii♥

Yappari ne
Saigo ni waratchau no wa atashi no hazu
Sērā fuku dakara desu ←Ketsuron

Aimai san senchi, sore punitte koto kai? Wao!
Rappingu ga seifuku ...yooshi furitte kota nai Po.
Ganbatcha, yatchatcha
An-tokyāppu & jāji de Ha'
Ase ase de suke tara darlin' darlin' amuse!!

[Mr. Monday]

Oops. I was 30 minutes late.

[Panzer Bandit]

I'm actually looking forward to getting some of BGM from the series. I find them really catchy...particularly this one simple piano piece (it plays every episode, but it's around 4:17 in episode 5 when Konata and the gang run into Yui).

I always find myself humming that piece when I'm reading or studying. It increases my powers of cognition by a factor of 40%. :p

[strusic]

Thanks for romanji ^_^

[Li Jianliang]

Anyone got the translated lyrics for the OP?I'm working on them. They're hard (mostly creative words) enough that I'm planning to pull aside a native speaker into translating the lyrics with me.

[Ascaloth]

I'm working on them. They're hard (mostly creative words) enough that I'm planning to pull aside a native speaker into translating the lyrics with me.

Where did you go!? And how did Boston go!? :D

[AniOta]

「もってけ！セーラーふくFull Ver」日本語歌詞

曖昧3センチ　そりゃぷにってことかい？　ちょっ！
らっぴんぐが制服･･･だぁぁ不利ってこたない　ぶ。
がんばっちゃ　やっちゃっちゃ
そんときゃーっち&Release ぎょッ
汗（Fuu）々（Fuu）の谷間にDarlin' darlin' F R E E Z E!!

なんかダるー　なんかデるー
あいしテるー　あれ一個が違ってるんるー
なやみン坊ー　高鉄棒ー
おいしん棒ー　いーかげんにシナサイ

飛んでったアイツの火照るカラダって
所謂ふつーのおにゃのコ
驚いたあたしだけ？　豚骨ハリガネおかわりだだだ

BON-BON おーえん団
Let's get! チェリーパイ
RAN-RAN かんげー会
Look up! せんせーしょん
はい！　存在感・・小惑星
ぶつかって溶けましたぼーぜん
大いに歌ってシレンジャー

もっていけ！
最後に笑っちゃうのはあたしのはず
セーラーふくだからです←結論
月曜日なのに！
機嫌悪いのどうするよ？
夏服がいいのです←キャ？ワ！イイｖ

接近3ピクト　するまでってちゅーちょだ　やん☆
がんばって　はりきって　My Darlin' darlin' P L E A S E!!

もりあガりー　もりさガりー　恋したりー　まだ内緒にしといて倫理ー
あまえん坊ー　用心棒ー
つうしん棒ー　ちょーしこいてギョクサイ

踏んでったアイツに小指イタイって
大袈裟ちらーり黒ニーハイ
絶対じゃん領域じゃん？　生足ツルピカおねだりだだだ

MON-MON もーそう伝
Let's go!　パル神殿
YAI-YA!　そーらん節
What's up?　てんぷてーしょん
おい！　喪失感￥￥アルバイト
さがしたら見つかってとーぜん
人生まるっとケネンナーシ

やってみな！
新規に狙っちゃうのはあたしの挑戦
セーラーふく着替えても＝あたし
週末はどうよ？
チラみせなんてありきたり！
制服はかんたんよ＝ラクチン

風速3メートル　抱きついてがまんだ　ぎゅ☆
胸どっきん　腰ずっきん　I'm Sugar sugar S W E E T!!

BON-BON MON-MON Day
Let's get! Uh Uh Ah!
RAN-RAN chop chop kick
Look up! Fu Fu Ho!
HI! Education!! Love is ABC
うんだかだーうんだかだーうにゃうにゃ
はれってほれってひれんらー

もっていけ！
最後に笑っちゃうのはあたしのはず
セーラーふくだからです←結論
月曜日なのに！
機嫌悪いのどうするよ？
夏服がいいのです←キャ？ワ！イイｖ

やっぱりね
最後に笑っちゃうのはあたしのはず
セーラーふくだからです←結論

曖昧3センチ　そりゃプニってことかい？　わお！
らっぴんぐが制服･･･よぉし不利ってこたない　ぽ。
がんばっちゃ　やっちゃっちゃ
あんときゃーっぷ＆ジャージで　ハッ
汗々で透けたらDarlin' darlin' A M U S E!!

[illogicalcow]

Something's been bothering me for a while now....just what exactly is the song used in the Ep06 Initial D parody? It has a sound characteristic of M.O.V.E. , the band which does the Initial D OPs and EDs, but this one isn't one of theirs, as far as I could see...

reposting someone's question. i tried, but ultimately my resourcefulness failed me. :(

[Kaoru Chujo]

If anyone's interested in the sales saga for Motteke Seeraafuku, akibablog has an article (http://www.akibablog.net/archives/2007/05/lucky_star_070523.html) (several, actually) in Japanese on the subject, with photos of the action at stores in Akihabara. There is an online campaign by fans to get enough copies sold to have it reach #1 on the charts.

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8878/20070523108me4.th.jpg (http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8878/20070523108me4.jpg)

There are some "sold out" signs and one store clerk said it seemed to him to be selling better than HareHareYukai (the SHnY ED), which got to #5 last May. At Toranoana, which had proclaimed its determination to sell more than any other store, apparently about 8 out of 10 people coming to the cash at 7pm Tuesday were buying a copy. The CD is officially released on Wednesday, so of course it goes on sale Tuesday. Of course.

[Kaioshin Sama]

If anyone's interested in the sales saga for Motteke Seeraafuku, akibablog has an article (http://www.akibablog.net/archives/2007/05/lucky_star_070523.html) (several, actually) in Japanese on the subject, with photos of the action at stores in Akihabara. There is an online campaign by fans to get enough copies sold to have it reach #1 on the charts.

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8878/20070523108me4.th.jpg (http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8878/20070523108me4.jpg)

There are some "sold out" signs and one store clerk said it seemed to him to be selling better than HareHareYukai (the SHnY ED), which got to #5 last May. At Toranoana, which had proclaimed its determination to sell more than any other store, apparently about 8 out of 10 people coming to the cash at 7pm Tuesday were buying a copy. The CD is officially released on Wednesday, so of course it goes on sale Tuesday. Of course.

Still don't understand why the fans are doing this. Are they getting paid to raise awareness or something? Personally I would be asking for money. I can't think of anything I like that much to take time out of my day to actively promote it for free. If it's for some sort of cause, like the proceeds are going to charity I'd consider it, but if I'm just helping already well off record companies make profit for themselves, why bother?

The classy thing to do here would be if it does hit #1, set aside something like 20% of the profits for some sort of charity. That would be a good reason for someone to work towards getting it in that slot. They can feel good about themselves and about the show at the same time.

[Ascaloth]

Still don't understand why the fans are doing this. Are they getting paid to raise awareness or something? Personally I would be asking for money. I can't think of anything I like that much to take time out of my day to actively promote it for free. If it's for some sort of cause, like the proceeds are going to charity I'd consider it, but if I'm just helping already well off record companies make profit for themselves, why bother?

The classy thing to do here would be if it does hit #1, set aside something like 20% of the profits for some sort of charity. That would be a good reason for someone to work towards getting it in that slot. They can feel good about themselves and about the show at the same time.

Much to learn you have about the otaku mindset, young padawan. :p

[Kaioshin Sama]

Much to learn you have about the otaku mindset, young padawan. :p

They devote their whole lives to the series of the now don't they...... :(

[Ascaloth]

They devote their whole lives to the series of the now don't they...... :(

Not that much difference from how you practically devote your whole life to the series of then. In fact, I think I'm starting to see a generation gap within the otaku ranks here... :p

[MakubeX2]

Otakus are on the same scale as religious fanatics.

They do strange and incomprehenable things in the name of the cause they have devoted themselves to.

You do not need to understand their reasonings at all.

[Baka-yuki]

Wow, didnt know Motteke Serafuku was that popular. Was planning on importing it, so i just hope i get a copy before they sell-out. What is happaning for an ED cd? a collection of the clips or the full songs as the charcters sing them? or am i just getting a little to far ahead for myself?
Must bridge the Otaku gap!

[pariah164]

What is happaning for an ED cd? a collection of the clips or the full songs as the charcters sing them? or am i just getting a little to far ahead for myself?
Must bridge the Otaku gap!

Now that would be awesomesauce.

[DJ_RockmanX]

ED collection (http://www.animate-shop.jp/ws/commodity_param/ctc/cd/shc/0/cmc/4063673/backURL/http%28++www.animate-shop.jp+ws+main) on the way, to be issued in July. Since it says "dorama," I suppose they'll string it together from the show, with maybe extended versions of the songs. Not sure.

Its also appeared over at CDJapan (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=LACA-5658) --- time for a preorder!

Also, its listed on CDjapan that the first Limited Edition DVD shall come with a BGM CD --- just like with Haruhi, so thats where the music shall appear. Time for another preorder. :3

Lucky Star Ending Theme Drama

Release Date 11th July. Featuring all the current Karaoke ED Drama in one go tied up by all the full version of the ED Songs.

http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=LACA-5658

You guys need to read moar.

[Baka-yuki]

You guys need to read moar.
sorry, but "more". i blame my friends not letting me type incorectly.
Anyway, as for this i cant wait. I'm preordering this ASAP.
Getting the OP from Amazon today

[MakubeX2]

There's no need for a mad rush.
The disc will be readily avaliable once the hype died down.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Otakus are on the same scale as religious fanatics.

They do strange and incomprehenable things in the name of the cause they have devoted themselves to.

You do not need to understand their reasonings at all.

PHEW! :D Thank god for that!

@Ascaloth: I'm only a year older than you so I don't think there's a generation gap. I know I act like an 80 year old bitter as hell angry old man, but I'm only 22.

I prefer to say I devote myself to the series of the "When". Whatever I like it doesn't matter what decade it comes from. Though I tend to find more stuff I like in the 80's and 90's. Still the first decade of the 21st isn't even close to being over and things are booming right now like they haven't been since the 80's.

Let's have look at the decade tall of my Anime Music Collection:

2000: 143 songs
80's: 185 songs
90's: 279 songs
70's: 30 songs

So while the 80's and 90's win, the 2000's are catching up and since there can never be another song from the 80's (unless I find buried treasure) there's a good chance the 2000's could surpass it.

And Yes I did just spend about 40 minutes tallying my collection.

[Ascaloth]

@Ascaloth: I'm only a year older than you so I don't think there's a generation gap. I know I act like an 80 year old bitter as hell angry old man, but I'm only 22.

You are only as old as you act. :p J/K

[Kaioshin Sama]

Wow, didnt know Motteke Serafuku was that popular. Was planning on importing it, so i just hope i get a copy before they sell-out. What is happaning for an ED cd? a collection of the clips or the full songs as the charcters sing them? or am i just getting a little to far ahead for myself?
Must bridge the Otaku gap!

You just have to connect the dots to see the popularity:

Aya Hirano<-------->Kyoto Animation<------->Dance Theme<------->Hare Hare Yukai<------->Suzumiya Haruhi No Yuutsu<------>Greatest Anime Ever Made!------>GREATEST SONG EVER MADE!------> BUY IT! :joke:

[Telliamed]

Those of us who don't read japanese appreciate the updates, Kaoru.

Still don't understand why the fans are doing this. Are they getting paid to raise awareness or something? Personally I would be asking for money. I can't think of anything I like that much to take time out of my day to actively promote it for free.

People will pay you to tell them what they believe.
Welcome to the consumer culture. Next time you're at a mall, count the number of brands, sports logos, and names of rock/rap bands you see on peoples' t-shirts and baseball caps.

They devote their whole lives to the current fad......
bit of an edit, hope you don't mind
That's one for the oxymoron hall of fame.

I'm rather hoping they make a full-length video for the OP. It really doesn't have the same impact without the animation.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Those of us who don't read japanese appreciate the updates, Kaoru.



People will pay you to tell them what they believe.
Welcome to the consumer culture. Next time you're at a mall, count the number of brands, sports logos, and names of rock/rap bands you see on peoples' t-shirts and baseball caps.


bit of an edit, hope you don't mind
That's one for the oxymoron hall of fame.

I'm rather hoping they make a full-length video for the OP. It really doesn't have the same impact without the animation.

Only if they all passout after doing the song and start drooling on the floor.

[innominate]

They devote their whole lives to the current fad......
bit of an edit, hope you don't mind
That's one for the oxymoron hall of fame.


I don't see the oxymoron... >.<"
I dunno, more of a tautological expression?

I'm rather hoping they make a full-length video for the OP. It really doesn't have the same impact without the animation.

Somehow the full version doesn't seem as succint as the original OP, even if I listen to both without the animation. The rhythm doesn't flow as smoothly I suppose; it isn't as catchy.

Also, I'm trying to figure how to play the OP on the piano >_>. It's kinda impossible, I guess, but if any of you figures out how... heh! =D
The chorus is okay... But I think there's a rolling at the rapping part which I can't really get. ><

[FatPianoBoy]

sorry, but "more". i blame my friends not letting me type incorectly.

I lol'd :p


I think the best explanation of the otaku mindset was when someone (too lazy to look back to find out who) likened it to sports fans' joy seeing their team win a game.

[Kaoru Chujo]

Haven't seen any sales figures yet, but I did come across an even better page of pictures of the Akihabara "Motteke Seeraafuku Festival" Wednesday of people buying the OP:
http://akiba.kakaku.com/event/0705/23/235000.php

Great shots like these:

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/64/akiba200705238001eb8.th.jpg (http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/64/akiba200705238001eb8.jpg) http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7187/akiba200705237809lv7.th.jpg (http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7187/akiba200705237809lv7.jpg) http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1522/akiba200705237960jc4.th.jpg (http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1522/akiba200705237960jc4.jpg) http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4128/akiba2007052379212vd9.th.jpg (http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4128/akiba2007052379212vd9.jpg)

One guy bought ten copies (for friends, I hope), another bought twelve. The cost of a CD would be worth it just to be there for the carnival. Come to think of it, maybe the extra nine (I mean seven) copies were for hikikomori who couldn't stand the crowds, lol.

[krln99]

http://www.oricon.co.jp/

It scored #3 for the day. I don't see it scoring #1 for the week because the popular boyband V6 also released on the same day. I do see it possibly rising to #2, though, which would be outstanding for an anime OP not sung by a major artist.

[aorta]

The 2nd song on the single is cute. Something about knee socks.

The off vocal version of the OP is pretty weird. Can't wait for the fan remixes.

[cardslash02]

Well I did my part for the otaku campaign and went and bought it on Wednesday in the DenDen Town Animate. It was kinda funny that they were blasting it all over the store from mulitple directions, so it was on continual offset repeat. I must admit being surprised at the significant difference between the CD lyrics and the 2ch ones. The full version is also not as good as I thought it was going to be, but oh well.

Oricon #1 wo Mezase!!!!!!

[Simon]

Getting the OP from Amazon today

You mean it's shipping, or you're ordering it? I ordered mine April 15th, but I still got an e-mail from them yesterday saying it's been delayed due to the CD's popularity. (Not that I mind, because it wouldn't have shipped until the 30th anyway - it's bundled in with an order for Marimite (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=GNBA-7364), which you have to admit is kind of ironic...).

[Kaioshin Sama]

http://www.oricon.co.jp/

It scored #3 for the day. I don't see it scoring #1 for the week because the popular boyband V6 also released on the same day. I do see it possibly rising to #2, though, which would be outstanding for an anime OP not sung by a major artist.

Well apparently it's in #7 now. It did beat Haruhi though. Come to think of it, isn't V6 the group that did the Inuyasha opening them Change The World. Do they have that many groupies?

[Kaoru Chujo]

It's interesting to learn how this works. The chart where Motteke was #3 was dated Tuesday. The #7 day is dated Wednesday, the day of the Akihabara "Motteke Festival." I guess it just goes down from here, but we'll see. The #1 song by V6 sold 16,600 units Tuesday and 9,900 Wednesday. Motteke sold 5600 Tuesday and the number wasn't reported for Wednesday. Only two of Wednesday's top ten songs were not Wednesday releases.

Whatever the case, getting as high as #3 is outstanding. I'll bet the seiyuus are thrilled to see their names so high on the charts (the singers are all given by character and seiyuu name). KOTOKO's Hayate OP was released the same day and "only" reached #6, then dropped to #9.

Fukuhara Kaori (http://blog.livedoor.jp/kaorin_f/) (Tsukasa) and Katou Emiri (http://blog.livedoor.jp/clovercafe/) (Kagami) both have pieces in their blog about the release.

V6, the #1 song's artists, are, have been around for 11 years and have had 31 singles and 9 albums. Of those, 15 singles and 8 albums have reached #1. So I guess they're fairly popular.

[Kaioshin Sama]

It's interesting to learn how this works. The chart where Motteke was #3 was dated Tuesday. The #7 day is dated Wednesday, the day of the Akihabara "Motteke Festival." I guess it just goes down from here, but we'll see. The #1 song by V6 sold 16,600 units Tuesday and 9,900 Wednesday. Motteke sold 5600 Tuesday and the number wasn't reported for Wednesday. Only two of Wednesday's top ten songs were not Wednesday releases.

Whatever the case, getting as high as #3 is outstanding. I'll bet the seiyuus are thrilled to see their names so high on the charts (the singers are all given by character and seiyuu name). KOTOKO's Hayate OP was released the same day and "only" reached #6, then dropped to #9.

Fukuhara Kaori (http://blog.livedoor.jp/kaorin_f/) (Tsukasa) and Katou Emiri (http://blog.livedoor.jp/clovercafe/) (Kagami) both have pieces in their blog about the release.

V6, the #1 song's artists, are, have been around for 11 years and have had 31 singles and 9 albums. Of those, 15 singles and 8 albums have reached #1. So I guess they're fairly popular.

Hayate didn't have a massive fan and industry campaign to promote it though so it had a handicap vs Sailor Fuku. They also seemed to have forgone a 1 Disc Per Customer Policy, which kind of sucks for people who went to get the disc and saw it was sold out because some guy bought like 12 of them in one go just before they got there. The buying frenzy seemed to outweigh peoples collective desire to enjoy the music.

Anyway I wonder if they ponder their place on the chart on the blogs. I'm sure they are happy, but I also wonder if there's any doubt in their minds as to whether it was the fact that people enjoyed their music or the Otaku campaign that earned them the spot.

Well I read the blog through a translator and it seems that they are just mentioning that it was out and they talked a little bit about the song from their end.

[Kaoru Chujo]

Hayate didn't have a massive fan and industry campaign to promote it though so it had a handicap vs Sailor Fuku. They also seemed to have forgone a 1 Disc Per Customer Policy, which kind of sucks for people who went to get the disc and saw it was sold out because some guy bought like 12 of them in one go just before they got there. The buying frenzy seemed to outweigh peoples collective desire to enjoy the music.

Anyway I wonder if they ponder their place on the chart on the blogs. I'm sure they are happy, but I also wonder if there's any doubt in their minds as to whether it was the fact that people enjoyed their music or the Otaku campaign that earned them the spot.You know, Kaioshin, sometimes your constant negativity makes me so mad. (Especially since there is always a smidgen of truth in what you say.) However, consider the facts that (1) Hayate is a weekend morning anime with (2) a top cast and (3) has the best-known anime singer doing its OP. In addition, (4) part of the PV was featured yesterday on Oricon's front page: in fact it may have had bigger publicity than Motteke. This all gives it a big advantage over a midnight anime with only one known cast member, and which elicited strong negative opinion when it first aired. The fact is that the excellence of the show has won a lot of people over, as has the uniqueness of the OP.

If I were the seiyuu, I wouldn't care a whit whether the otaku campaign helped me. I'd realize that my own performance in the anime helped stimulate the campaign, for one thing. And professionals don't have time for worrying how they succeeded, they are just focussed on succeeding. This is not some academic game for them, but their real lives. You often make statements of this kind, and they always seem completely beside the point to me, just a way of finding negativity in something positive. That also goes for your hint that V6 wasn't very popular. I noticed that you didn't comment on the stats I gave that seemed to indicate it was very popular, but just sought some other way of denigrating the LS seiyuus' achievement. I'm not saying not to do that, just saying that it makes me mad, lol.

None of the seiyuus has yet commented on the Oricon chart.

[Kaioshin Sama]

You know, Kaioshin, sometimes your constant negativity makes me so mad. (Especially since there is always a smidgen of truth in what you say.) However, consider the facts that (1) Hayate is a weekend morning anime with (2) a top cast and (3) has the best-known anime singer doing its OP. In addition, (4) part of the PV was featured yesterday on Oricon's front page: in fact it may have had bigger publicity than Motteke. This all gives it a big advantage over a midnight anime with only one known cast member, and which elicited strong negative opinion when it first aired. The fact is that the excellence of the show has won a lot of people over, as has the uniqueness of the OP.

If I were the seiyuu, I wouldn't care a whit whether the otaku campaign helped me. I'd realize that my own performance in the anime helped stimulate the campaign, for one thing. And professionals don't have time for worrying how they succeeded, they are just focussed on succeeding. This is not some academic game for them, but their real lives. You often make statements of this kind, and they always seem completely beside the point to me, just a way of finding negativity in something positive. That also goes for your hint that V6 wasn't very popular. I noticed that you didn't comment on the stats I gave that seemed to indicate it was very popular, but just sought some other way of denigrating the LS seiyuus' achievement. I'm not saying not to do that, just saying that it makes me mad, lol.

None of the seiyuus has yet commented on the Oricon chart.

I would have looked at the stats, but there is not enough information to comment on, thus it's to early to tell. Once there are Wednesday figures for Sailor Fuku, I can look at them.

There's an even larger picture I want to look at, but maybe it would be best if I didn't as it might come across as negative. There are a lot of things I could be discussing on this particular subject that I won't because I don't think people will be comfortable with hearing them.

I will add just one thing and that is that we don't entirely know what stimulated the campaign. Reading the Otaku mindset as somebody said is very difficult and confusing, it could very well be that they enjoy the anime, but it could also be something else entirely to go along with that enjoyment that sparked the drive and gave it steam. (Damn, I keep doing this and there's no way to make it not look like I'm undermining things). As for the uniqueness of the opening, nowadays yes, back in the day though I can remember this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jimQoWXzc0Q). I like both this song and the Lucky Star song. I'm pretty sure Ultra Relax was the forefather of Hare Hare Yukai and Motekke Sailor Fuku.

If I were a successful musician though, I would ponder both my success and how it was achieved, but maybe that's because I think to hard about things. It's not that they don't deserve a lot of credit for scoring a hit, but I think there is a lot more to it that bears discussion. Though maybe I oughta do a little Les Thinkin and a little more relaxin.

[CrowKenobi]

If I were a successful musician though, I would ponder both my success and how it was achieved, but maybe that's because I think to hard about things. It's not that they don't deserve a lot of credit for scoring a hit, but I think there is a lot more to it that bears discussion.What is it with you and conspiracy theories? :confused:
Though maybe I oughta do a little Les Thinkin and a little more relaxin.Or to put it another way: "Don't worry, be happy!" (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=943837&postcount=3) ;)

:cool:

[Baka-yuki]

You mean it's shipping, or you're ordering it? I ordered mine April 15th, but I still got an e-mail from them yesterday saying it's been delayed due to the CD's popularity. (Not that I mind, because it wouldn't have shipped until the 30th anyway - it's bundled in with an order for Marimite (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=GNBA-7364), which you have to admit is kind of ironic...).
Buying, I was finally able to order a copy. I just hope it isnt delayed. Haven't gotten that email. Yet.

[Ascaloth]

What is it with you and conspiracy theories? :confused:
Or to put it another way: "Don't worry, be happy!" (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=943837&postcount=3) ;)

:cool:

Or. in other words,

Hit it!!!

http://sfon.tv/Images/ringlogo_Lion_King.jpg

Hakuna Matata!
What a wonderful phrase!
Hakuna Matata!
Ain't no passing craze!
It means no worries,
for the rest of your daaaaays.
It's our problem-free,
philosophy....
Hakuna Matata!

:D

[Michael Hopcroft]

The line "Education! Love is ABC!" is extremely dirty (and thus very Kona-chan) in this context.

Heck, it's dirty is just about any context.

[FatPianoBoy]

The line "Education! Love is ABC!" is extremely dirty (and thus very Kona-chan) in this context.

Heck, it's dirty is just about any context.

Forgive my naivetés, but I can't manage to twist my brain around enough to make this dirty.

[Risaa]

Forgive my naivetés, but I can't manage to twist my brain around enough to make this dirty.

Same... Feeling like Tsukasa at the moment. :heh:

(When I see "ABC"... I think of "Already Been Chewed".)

[Kaoru Chujo]

Another piece on Akiba Blog (http://www.akibablog.net/archives/2007/05/lucky_star_070525.html), with pictures, about sales of Motteke. They say that some stores sold out and got restocked. Another blog (http://blog.livedoor.jp/ustan777/archives/50936269.html) suggests that, as FatPianoBoy said about HareHareYukai, the lack of stock contributed to the drop in sales from Tuesday to Wednesday. We'll see how things go tomorrow. Over the past couple of hours, Motteke has been the top, then the second-best seller on Amazon Japan.

The Akiba Blog post says that Motteke sold 4000 units in two particular stores in Akihabara on its opening day, almost double the 2200 that HareHareYukai sold.

A post on 2channel makes me more sure that KOTOKO's OP for Hayate actually got more commercial publicity than Motteke: the poster said he went to Karaoke and the Hayate song was available, but not the Lucky Star song. KyoAni seem to have mastered viral advertising, as someone said a while ago.

By the way, the KOTOKO PV (http://www.oricon.co.jp/tv/pvj/070523_05.html#movie), which is on Oricon's front page (http://www.oricon.co.jp/) right now, is pretty entertaining. Good cuts and good dancing. I'm not a huge fan of the singer, but she's okay, too.

[DragoonKain3]

I was sure that someone more knowledgeable in the Japanese language (I know zilch, or close to it anyway) was going to answer soon, but so far no answers, so here goes.

To those who haven't been exposed to it, ABC is the Japanese equivalent of the 'four bases' in the western world. Basically, its a euphemised way of describing how far one is in a relationship. My memory is pretty hazy on this one (I haven't come across it in at least a year or two), but IIRC it's exactly what the baseball one stands for except for leaving out third base. (A = 1st, B=2nd, C=home run)

[kingsky123]

er... what is the song for the initial D lucky star?

[Kaoru Chujo]

Motteke is back up to #5 in the charts for Thursday (http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/). So Tuesday #3, Wednesday #7, Thursday #5. The Hayate OP is down to #10 (so 6-9-10), with its PV still prominently displayed on the Oricon charts' front page (http://www.oricon.co.jp/).

[Vexx]

DragoonKain3 is indeed correct... but I wasn't going to answer til I had some reference --- oddly enough, I haven't spotted a reference to cite outside of a book on Japanese slang.

[Risaa]

To those who haven't been exposed to it, ABC is the Japanese equivalent of the 'four bases' in the western world. Basically, its a euphemised way of describing how far one is in a relationship. My memory is pretty hazy on this one (I haven't come across it in at least a year or two), but IIRC it's exactly what the baseball one stands for except for leaving out third base. (A = 1st, B=2nd, C=home run)

Ah, thank you. Now I fail to see how that is *extremely* dirty (I don't consider the baseball euphemism dirty), but I guess that's just me.

[Vexx]

'Church lady' syndrome: thinking about sex is dirty (see puritanism, cults) :)

[DragoonKain3]

Again, I don't claim I'm an expert in Japanese culture, but if kissing in public is extremely frowned upon (so much more so than in the west), I guess even talking about ABCs is considered 'dirty'. I hear they lean on the conservative side of things over there.

AND I should be really sleeping, since I'll be spending 13 hours more at Anime North tomorrow. >_>

[Kaoru Chujo]

In the Oricon chart for Friday (http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/), Motteke Seeraafuku is up to #4. So from Tuesday to Friday, it has been #3, #7, #5, #4.

The Hayate OP is out of the top ten, and KOTOKO's PV is still on the Oricon front page.

Also, a new CD has been announced for August called "Motteke Seeraafuku Remix." As I understand the article on it, (http://www.akibablog.net/archives/2007/05/lucky_star_remix_070526.html) it will include a number of remixes of the song. The Japanese isn't totally clear to me, but I think it says there will be six tracks, including at least one remix by a well-known remixer, along with a number of parodies. Maybe someone with better Japanese can confirm from the article.

There are links (more or less in English) to some good remixes on that article page.

[Risaa]

I received word from a goon yesterday that another goon on SA forums (scary place, it is) is working on remixing it as well.

I'm very interested in hearing the parodies. :)

[Kaoru Chujo]

In the Oricon chart for Saturday (http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/), Motteke Seeraafuku has jumped back up to its highest place, #3. So from Tuesday to Saturday, it has been #3, #7, #5, #4, #3.

[Kaioshin Sama]

In the Oricon chart for Saturday (http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/), Motteke Seeraafuku has jumped back up to its highest place, #3. So from Tuesday to Saturday, it has been #3, #7, #5, #4, #3.

If they want it to hit number one, this is the point where they should start buying indiscriminently. V6 is falling and if each person buys like 5 more copies today, regardless of whether they have one or not, they can push it into the top slot. You only need 1000 people to buy 5 copies and it's there.

Although this 桑田佳祐 guy apparently released on the 16th and he's still selling strong. Who is he anyway, anyone know?

[Kaoru Chujo]

If they want it to hit number one, this is the point where they should start buying indiscriminently. V6 is falling and if each person buys like 5 more copies today, regardless of whether they have one or not, they can push it into the top slot. You only need 1000 people to buy 5 copies and it's there.

Although this 桑田佳祐 guy apparently released on the 16th and he's still selling strong. Who is he anyway, anyone know?Google, YouTube, and ja.Wikipedia are your friends. He is Kuwata Keisuke (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%91%E7%94%B0%E4%BD%B3%E7%A5%90), leader of Southern All Stars (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%B6%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%8 3%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA), which has over 50 singles and 13 albums since the late 70s. Here is the PV (http://youtube.com/watch?v=zcaova6wKyI).

I don't think Motteke can hit #1, but maybe: it sold 2750 copies Saturday, compared to 3000 for V6 and 5000 for Kuwata. Maybe a possibility of #2 for a day, #3-4 for the week. Anyway, the comeback seems fairly remarkable, as if people have actually bought it after hearing it on TV or radio. I seem to recall that Hare Hare Yukai started at the highest place it ever gained and never got back to it.

EDIT: It's down to #7 in the chart for Sunday (posted Monday).

[Kaioshin Sama]

Ah damnit I thought I had gotten to the announcement first and didn't see the edit. Well they sure love to update when I'm sleeping. Anyway 3rd place is still a bronze.

[Kaoru Chujo]

I'm not sure how this works, but the Oricon site's news (http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/44985/) says that for its first week, Motteke Seeraafuku has placed #2 on the weekly (as opposed to daily) singles chart, with sales of 66,000 units, only 2000 behind the first-place song by V6.

Not #1, but a tremendous achievement. Posts on 2channel claim that it is the highest sales ever by any anime-related song in its first week:

GSD (Fiction Junction Yuuka) 45,064　2005/9/22
Nanoha StrikerS (Mizuki Nana) 38,538 2007/4/18 #2
Code Geass 24,494　2006/11/8
Mahou Sensei Negima 45,324　2005/5/11 #4
Haruhi ED 34,881　2006/5/10 #5

Kotoko's Hayate OP came in at #7, with sales of 20,000, which isn't too shabby either.

[Kinny Riddle]

I'm not sure how this works, but the Oricon site's news (http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/44985/) says that for its first week, Motteke Seeraafuku has placed #2 on the weekly (as opposed to daily) singles chart, with sales of 66,000 units, only 2000 behind the first-place song by V6.

Not #1, but a tremendous achievement. Posts on 2channel claim that it is the highest sales ever by any anime-related song in its first week:

GSD (Fiction Junction Yuuka) 45,064　2005/9/22
Nanoha StrikerS (Mizuki Nana) 38,538 2007/4/18 #2
Code Geass 24,494　2006/11/8
Mahou Sensei Negima 45,324　2005/5/11 #4
Haruhi ED 34,881　2006/5/10 #5

Kotoko's Hayate OP came in at #7, with sales of 20,000, which isn't too shabby either.
And I was wondering why my post concerning this on the Merchandise thread was being ignored. :upset:

Looks like the distributors learned their lesson from Hare Hare Yukai (Haruhi ED) selling out too rapidly and produced plenty in reserves just to allow the song to last that little bit longer in the chart.

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/

As of writing, the current weekly chart is still up to May 28th, hopefully we'll see it pop into 2nd place come next week's chart.

[Kaioshin Sama]

So the secret to success is the dance opening then. Get ready folks because we are about to see a whole lot of fidgeting and flailing in the future. I'm moving to Japan to compose my own dance opening (only this time the girls are in bikinis in the video), get 2channel all fired up by using my legendary charisma and get rich and smash all the records. I can see it now, the universal formula, the equation.....for success.... hold on it's coming to me....Lolis.....dancing....a popular Seiyuu....hnnngg....focus...focus...a....n....d... ...power of suggestion towards consumers! *Takes off out the door so fast it creates a wind tunnel in the hallway* I'm Off to Japan!

Seriously though, something doesn't seem right about those numbers, I was counting 5000 copies a day usually at it's peak and if you multiply that by 7 you get about 35000+ maximum (but you'd also know what it was lower than on the day's it was below the #3 mark and it didn't report the sales). Unless I'm forgetting the numbers on the first day and they were so high it was crazy, but it's to late to go back and the numbers seem low now. I'm also wondering if they aren't reporting all the numbers sold on the daily charts because for yesterday the numbers seem really low. V6's number of units sold for the week also looks far to high compared to the number of units they were selling daily.

[robertness]

Seriously though, something doesn't seem right about those numbers, I was counting 5000 copies a day usually at it's peak and if you multiply that by 7 you get about 35000+ maximum (but you'd also know what it was lower than on the day's it was below the #3 mark and it didn't report the sales). Unless I'm forgetting the numbers on the first day and they were so high it was crazy, but it's to late to go back and the numbers seem low now. I'm also wondering if they aren't reporting all the numbers sold on the daily charts because for yesterday the numbers seem really low. V6's number of units sold for the week also looks far to high compared to the number of units they were selling daily.
If Oricon works similarly to Billboard, the discrepancies could be the caused by limits in the reporting system. Billboard numbers are based on reports from retailers. Big stores can report daily because their computers can just dump figures to the reporting agency's computers. Smaller stores only report sales weekly because they need a higher degree of manual tabulation and are given to the reporting agency by phone or fax.

[FGSFDS]

/r/equesting the name of the song played in Episode 6 during the Initial D reference.

[Shiroth]

/r/equesting the name of the song played in Episode 6 during the Initial D reference.
Its a made up track by the artist behind Lucky Star's musical score, Satoru Kousaki. Its also played in episode 08, for Miyuki's run.

[Asai]

Episode 8's ED really took me back. That track was the first I ever taught myself to play (by ear) on piano. ^^;

[Kaoru Chujo]

If Oricon works similarly to Billboard, the discrepancies could be the caused by limits in the reporting system. Billboard numbers are based on reports from retailers. Big stores can report daily because their computers can just dump figures to the reporting agency's computers. Smaller stores only report sales weekly because they need a higher degree of manual tabulation and are given to the reporting agency by phone or fax.This seems the most likely explanation to me. I do know that certain stores advertise themselves as Oricon reporting stores, or words to that effect.

And I think the success of this OP shows that, whatever his deficiencies as an overall director, Yamamoto Yutaka really knows how to make OP/ED animations. Like everything else, it's not as easy as some might think.

[Kaioshin Sama]

This seems the most likely explanation to me. I do know that certain stores advertise themselves as Oricon reporting stores, or words to that effect.

And I think the success of this OP shows that, whatever his deficiencies as an overall director, Yamamoto Yutaka really knows how to make OP/ED animations. Like everything else, it's not as easy as some might think.

You still can't discount the fact that he seems to know exactly what the people want and his guess payed off remarkably well. The way I see it he didn't comission some masterpiece of music so much as that he connected the dots as to what would sell (Aya Hirano and a Dance theme that evokes images of Hare Hare Yukai from the best anime of all time).

Also I hope he doesn't get lazy now that he's discovered the Key to Success and that he will attempt to evolve his style or try other things if he ever gets another shot.

[CrowKenobi]

You still can't discount the fact that he seems to know exactly what the people want and his guess payed off remarkably well. The way I see it he didn't comission some masterpiece of music so much as that he connected the dots as to what would sell (Aya Hirano and a Dance theme that evokes images of Hare Hare Yukai from the best anime of all time).

Also I hope he doesn't get lazy now that he's discovered the Key to Success and that he will attempt to evolve his style or try other things if he ever gets another shot.Must you keep up with this conspiracy theory thing? Why can't you just give the guy his due and move on? Is that just so hard to ask? :)

:cool:

On top of that, could you do any better? :p

[Kaioshin Sama]

Must you keep up with this conspiracy theory thing? Why can't you just give the guy his due and move on? Is that just so hard to ask? :)

:cool:

On top of that, could you do any better? :p

I did give him his due, I said he called the whole thing perfectly and organized the song to make things work. There's no conspiracy here, just good judgement. I'm just saying I don't think the song is especially well-crafted.

A conspiracy theory by the way would be something like this...Ahem:

2channel representatives and KyoAni employees met in secret to organize the success of Motteke Sailor Fuku. The 2channel representatives promised to organize a mass buying frenzy and a campaign to influence the sales of the Single by posting about it on the message board and spreading the word among peers. In return KyoAni promised to give them a 10% cut off the top of the profits made from the sales of Motteke Sailor Fuku. As a result the sales of Motteke Sailor Fuku were far higher than they would have been otherwise.

That's a conspiracy theory.

Could I do better? I'm in no position to do better, I have no sponsor, no studio, no access to singers. I can't do jack all because I'm not even in the industry. I do know enough about these things though to give an opinion on them as I am a social sciences graduate who has studied business, economics, sociology and psychology. If you look at the culture of Japanese music right now, Idol singers are at the apex of popular music. Kyoto Animation had the most popular idol singer on staff for this project and knew exactly how to put her to use. Plus they knew how popular the Hare Hare Yukai meme was, so with a second chance at gaining a superhit they did another dance theme. They of course were right. Honestly, anybody could have seen the success of this song coming the second it was proposed if they looked at the popular music culture, the name recognition and popular association the song had in its arsenal, but it couldn't have worked as well without all three of those pieces. If you want to see this as a conspiracy theory be my guess, but I prefer to call it an examination of circumstances.

[CrowKenobi]

I did give him his due, I said he called the whole thing perfectly and organized the song to make things work. There's no conspiracy here, just good judgement. I'm just saying I don't think the song is especially well-crafted.Except your "giving him his due" wasn't as sincere as it could've been since your "anti-Kyoani & Aya Hirano bias" was still showing through your sarcasm. ;)

:p

[Kaioshin Sama]

Except your "giving him his due" wasn't as sincere as it could've been since your "anti-Kyoani & Aya Hirano bias" was still showing through your sarcasm. ;)

:p

It's not gonna get much better than "Good Call KyoAni" from me. I'm not going to lie and say I think the song is a masterpiece or that I think it was a divine bit of inspiration. I'm just going to say that Kyoto Animation did a good job in gauging the market, and that it paid of remarkably well.

I've also never been biased against Aya Hirano. I actually think this is her best role ever and she's doing wonders with the character in a loli-moe sort of way, which I didn't even know she could do. At least in my opinion. I still think her singing needs work though.

There's also no anti-Kyoani bias either, just a dislike of the fanboyism that tends to surround their work.

[CrowKenobi]

It's not gonna get much better than "Good Call KyoAni" from me. I'm not going to lie and say I think the song is a masterpiece or that I think it was a divine bit of inspiration. I'm just going to say that Kyoto Animation did a good job in gauging the market, and that it paid of remarkably well.I agree, except for the "gauging the market" thing which I believe that Kyoani didn't do. :)

I've also never been biased against Aya Hirano. I actually think this is her best role ever and she's doing wonders with the character in a loli-moe sort of way, which I didn't even know she could do. At least in my opinion. I still think her singing needs work though.Well put. :D

There's also no anti-Kyoani bias either, just a dislike of the fanboyism that tends to surround their work.All the fans, or just the more rabid ones? In either case, a well placed barb in their direction will do more than criticizing Kyoani when they don't deserve it. ;)

:cool:

[Kaioshin Sama]

I agree, except for the "gauging the market" thing which I believe that Kyoani didn't do. :)

Well put. :D

All the fans, or just the more rabid ones? In either case, a well placed barb in their direction will do more than criticizing Kyoani when they don't deserve it. ;)

:cool:

This one has nothing to do with the rabid fans (The one's that are like Mr. Smithers to KyoAni's Mr. Burns). I'm being completely honest about my view on the opening single.

[FatPianoBoy]

Except your "giving him his due" wasn't as sincere as it could've been since your "anti-Kyoani & Aya Hirano bias" was still showing through your sarcasm. ;)

:p

Okay... now you're just grasping for straws.


Personally, I think the MSF sequence had a lot more thought put into it than HHY. Also, the lyrics are much better and more interesting (and freakin' dirty, if you think about it: "Bon-bon (= bounce-bounce, IIRC) cherleaders, let's get cherry pie! Ran-ran, welcome party, you've got a sensation; HIGH!) that HHY. I still maintain that, as much as I love Haruhi and often find myself humming that omnipresent jingle, I think it's popularity comes solely from being attached to such a popular franchise rather than its actual merit as a song.

[Kaoru Chujo]

Kaioshin, I think you are wrong in your judgment of how hard it is to do what Yamamoto did in this OP. You seem to think you could do as well if you had the resources. This is ridiculous, in my opinion. The commercial calculation piece of the puzzle was important, but would have meant nothing without the artistic creation piece. If it were so easy, other people would have done it since HHY, and they haven't. Of course, subtly suggestive lyrics never hurt, lol.

And although I agree that Aaya is not the greatest singer, that is impossible to judge from this OP, where the voices are pretty well indistinguishable, at least to me. Moreover, to say that Aaya is the "most popular idol singer" seems an exaggeration. She probably isn't even the most popular idol seiyuu, although that's conceivable right now.

I do have to say that I respect your openness to this show, despite it being by a studio you have a (somewhat justified) grudge against, and I appreciate that you are giving your honest opinions, although I disagree with most of them, it seems.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Kaioshin, I think you are wrong in your judgment of how hard it is to do what Yamamoto did in this OP. You seem to think you could do as well if you had the resources. This is ridiculous, in my opinion. The commercial calculation piece of the puzzle was important, but would have meant nothing without the artistic creation piece. If it were so easy, other people would have done it since HHY, and they haven't. Of course, subtly suggestive lyrics never hurt, lol.

You know as much as I'd like to believe that artistic creation still plays a part in a songs success, recently that feeling has been all but killed as I've seen countless pieces that I've felt were incredibly well composed (such as Abingdon School Boys Howling) fall by the wayside to the latest song sung by a popular Idol Singer that sounds like about 10 other songs.

Basically it's like this. The state of music in Japan is that if you are Male Singer in the anime industy you're chances at success are crippled from the start unless you were an established act before the idol-pop trend kicked into full swing (like V6). Even the strongest effort is only likely to net you a middle tier success in sales and appreciation. By contrast even the weakest of efforts from someone like Nana Mizuki will result in mass popularity and lower high tier success in sales.

There's a definite gender bias (look at any blog or poll dealing with anime music and try to find a male singer name on the list where they are given a positive impression, you'll be lucky to find 1 in 50) in Japanese anime music these days and basically if you're a male anime singer, artisic creation honestly means nothing, if you're up against a female idol singer on the day of release, even if you've put together the best work of your life, it doesn't matter, your going to get smoked. However, if you're a female anime singer it can help somewhat. I guess in the case of Sailor Fuku since it was an all female effort the creativity probably had a bit to do with it (which is why it beat out Kotoko's Hayate song), but the market trends and the fact that Aya Hirano was singing (it didn't even matter that her voice was indistinguishable) had a lot more to do with it's overall success.

If at some point I even get the slightest indication that people even know who any of the male anime singers in the industry are, and that they appreciate their artisitic creativity this opinion will change. Until then though as far as I'm concerned artistic creativity means almost nothing in the anime music industry unless your an idol singer (in which case it's only enough to push you above the next most popular idol singer).

[Kaoru Chujo]

1. The #1 songs for the past four weeks have been by male singers. Stop thrashing around like this, coming up with new "dancing on the head of a pin" arguments about before and after some imagined trend began to justify your own preferences. You can't just invent things and deem them true without actually knowing.

2. Whether or not there is a bias against male singers, some songs by females outdo other songs by females.

3. There is always both a commercial and an artistic component. That you don't like the same songs other people do is beside the point. For me, the best OP/ED right now -- especially in terms of singing skill -- are from Hitohira, but I don't expect them to be in the top ten, since they are my taste and not others'.

4. In some Japanese polls, like the Animage one posted recently in the General Anime/Voice Actor thread, males occupied the top positions. We are far more interested in female seiyuu on AnimeSuki and 2channel, but Japanese magazines, etc., have the genders in much closer balance.

[Kaioshin Sama]

1. The #1 songs for the past four weeks have been by male singers. Stop thrashing around like this, coming up with new "dancing on the head of a pin" arguments about before and after some imagined trend began to justify your own preferences. You can't just invent things and deem them true without actually knowing.

2. Whether or not there is a bias against male singers, some songs by females outdo other songs by females.

3. There is always both a commercial and an artistic component. That you don't like the same songs other people do is beside the point. For me, the best OP/ED right now -- especially in terms of singing skill -- are from Hitohira, but I don't expect them to be in the top ten, since they are my taste and not others'.

4. In some Japanese polls, like the Animage one posted recently in the General Anime/Voice Actor thread, males occupied the top positions. We are far more interested in female seiyuu on AnimeSuki and 2channel, but Japanese magazines, etc., have the genders in much closer balance.

#1: Fair enough, but V6 is also one of the most established group in Japan so they had just enough of popularity to push them ahead to the top. As you said though it happened so maybe I was thrashing around a bit and here's why (This ties in nicely to the second part of your first point). I haven't justified my preferences, I never will be able to since they are so far outside the norm of the average anime fan that I'll always be getting "are you right in the head" toned posts from other posters across the internet. I should probably stop trying. As a result for the first time in a while I'm am genuinely upset and so I made my previous post in this thread without considering a number of things. Sorry.

#2: Yes.

#3: Yes, but I sincerely think the that the ratio is 80% commercial and 20% artistic.

#4: I've noticed regarding AS and 2channel, and well.... I hope someday that the male seiyuu and singers get a better reputation or at least people learn who they are. That would be nice.

My main worry here isn't that my favourite song didn't win though, what I'm more worried about is that as a result of the songs record breaking success, that studios are going to jump on the bandwagon and start a copycat thing going. Then, as a result my culture of anime music is going to be beaten back even further by idol-pop (which I only care for a very specific type of) and I'm going to have nothing new to listen too regarding my preferences for the next couple of years at least. Also if idol-pop isn't the current trend and the mainstream of anime music, what is? :confused: Whatever the case if it is indeed imagined and there isn't an idol-pop trend, there sure as heck is gonna be one now. As long as they allow some room for music that appeals to my taste though I couldn't care less.

[Kaoru Chujo]

I thought that Motteke would just drop out of sight after week one. Kotoko's Hayate OP has been gone from the top 20 since Monday. And Motteke started on Monday down at #8, then plummeted to #16 on Tuesday. But it has climbed steadily since than, and is suddenly back at #4 on the chart for Friday: #8 --> #16 --> #14 --> #12 --> #4.

Of course, you can put all this in perspective when you realize that the comeback single by Onitsuka Chihiro -- the best pop singer in the world, in my opinion -- never got higher than #5. She has been out of action for almost two years with throat problems, but I can't hear it in her new song, everyhome, which was released Wednesday, the same day as L'Arc-en-Ciel's Seventh Heaven and aiko's Shiawase.

[Claies]

My main worry here isn't that my favourite song didn't win though, what I'm more worried about is that as a result of the songs record breaking success, that studios are going to jump on the bandwagon and start a copycat thing going. Then, as a result my culture of anime music is going to be beaten back even further by idol-pop (which I only care for a very specific type of) and I'm going to have nothing new to listen too regarding my preferences for the next couple of years at least. Also if idol-pop isn't the current trend and the mainstream of anime music, what is? :confused: Whatever the case if it is indeed imagined and there isn't an idol-pop trend, there sure as heck is gonna be one now. As long as they allow some room for music that appeals to my taste though I couldn't care less.

Idol-related crap being at the top rankings is by no means restricted to Japan and its anime. Look at Western charts. I used to download English songs from what I see on the Billboard, and by about a couple months ago I stopped trying to filter out the good stuff from the bad. I'm not searching on Wikipedia on bands for 50 songs just to get those 2 that I actually like.

The part about corporate strategy, like any strategy tailored for a large population, is to exploit the idiots as much as possible. It's the same everywhere, and as long as the same big guys keep on producing, they can get away with a Top 10, guaranteed.

It will stay like this till the end of time, as long as there are idiots. I'll give you credit for questioning the trend, which marks you an intellectual. This is exactly why we music junkies don't take the mainstream and instead look elsewhere. Be proud of it.

[Ffenix Rising]

Onitsuka Chihiro -- the best pop singer in the world, in my opinion -- never got higher than #5. She has been out of action for almost two years with throat problems, but I can't hear it in her new song, everyhome, which was released Wednesday, the same day as L'Arc-en-Ciel's Seventh Heaven and aiko's Shiawase.

Oh snap! Onitsuka Chihiro is back?!!? GETTO DAZE!!

Thanks for the heads up. I never would've found out.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Oricon looks to me to be very grounded in popularity, but I did find some opinion pieces written by buyer's on Amazon.jp which I can paraphrase here:

5 out of 5 stars: I've finally received my single of Motekke Sailor Fuku and the rhythm is good after all, dom't you think? Without realizing it is the type of song you can loop over and over again. It's the kind of song that is hard to get out of one's head.

4 Out of 5 Stars: With the lyrics card the song becomes more comprehendible. However, the buyer should be careful not to lose the card as without being able to deciphere the lyrics, enjoyment may suffer a bit.

3 Out of 5 stars: The style of the song is very fast paced and hard to understand, but looking a the lyrics card the overall message becomes much clearer. The overall amount of lyrics is quite extensive for the full version, but overall it felt like a completely different thing. It is not the easiest song to get used to, but after a few playthroughs it becomes more accessible to the average listener. The composer of the instrumental section could use a little practice and this section brings down the overall quality of the song somewhat. If the buyer is looking for a good instrumental piece of music they may be disappointed with this one.

2 Out of 5 Stars: The single is more of an overall commodity and those who are not of a fan of the TV Anime are not likely to be interested. The song count on the CD is somewhat low, compared to the usual 4 songs on the single, there are only three here. Once again if one is not a fan of the TV anime there appraisal is likely to be much lower.

1 Out of 5 Stars: This song is simply put, terrible. The lyrics are shouted out from the beginning to the end without any room for moderation and do not match the melody. The song is merely riding the popularity of the anime and studio. The song is truly offensive to hear and does not come recommended.

Okay it's me again. So these are some of the different viewpoints on the song that I chose to list based off a one per different ranking basis. Hopefully this gives a more qualitative view of the song as it is seen by Japanese buyers compared to Oricon.

[Claies]

I think I'll steer back towards topic.

Is there any word for character albums so far? I hope they don't commit the same faux pas along with the Haruhi character albums (repeating Hare Hare Yukai until they started changing styles around Vol.6). Motteke! Sailor Fuku would sound awkward when sung by a single person anyways.

[Shiroth]

Is there any word for character albums so far?.
The clostest thing at the moment we have to do character albums is the ED album (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=LACA-5658), which shall feature the ED songs we've heard so far --- though i'm not to sure where it'll end, and when a second ED album shall appear.

[Kaioshin Sama]

As of episode 9 Aya Hirano has done 6 of the endings while each of the other girls have done one each. That's 2/3 of the opening going to her. Honestly I hope they give the others more a chance soon, because I think they all have something to show. They are really starting to overuse Konata songs for the ending and if they want to sell any of the other character albums they should move to correct this. Tsukasa is insanely popular, even moreso than Konata it would seem, so they should probably start with her. If the other girls do get a chance it's likely to be Tsukasa again first as if she's not the most popular she's at least the second most popular and I think that's what they are going by when deciding a lot of things for the show.

[Kaoru Chujo]

Actually, it appears that Tsukasa is (or was as of 25 May) the only one of the four who is less popular than Konata among 2channel voters (http://etc6.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/vote/1177494639/), who are probably a better representation of core audience popularity than AnimeSuki is:

rank -- votes -- name
1位 118票　Kagami
2位 106票　Miyuki
3位 85票　Konata
4位 60票　Tsukasa
5位 32票　Akira

Personally, I'm not going to complain about hearing as many Hirano Aya songs as possible, but I agree that they should get the others singing more. I liked Katou Emiri's singing voice, the one time we heard it. But I'm not ready to second-guess the marketing experts just yet. Although I can't believe they're not going to go for character albums at some point.

I don't believe there is any real evidence that the popularity of individual characters is "what they are going by when deciding a lot of things for the show." The show was probably planned out months ago and each episode written at least weeks ago. If they were going by apparent popularity in Japan, we would be seeing a lot more Miyuki.

By the way, today was the first time I saw Hirano actually mention Motteke Seeraafuku in her blog (http://www.hiranoaya.com/cgi-bin/diary/sfs6_diary/), where she thanked fans for making it #2, and said it would encourage her to work even harder on her role in the show. I'm probably imagining it, but I have a strange feeling she's not happy with her performance. Maybe even she doesn't actually get the humor, lol.

About the #2 place, she said なんだか実感わかないです, which I don't quite understand. If someone else does, I'd love to know what it means. Does she mean she doesn't quite believe it, or that she can't figure out why, or something else?

[FatPianoBoy]

About the #2 place, she said なんだか実感わかないです, which I don't quite understand. If someone else does, I'd love to know what it means. Does she mean she doesn't quite believe it, or that she can't figure out why, or something else?

Basically, she doesn't understand someone's true feelings on something. Without context, that's the best I can do.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Actually, it appears that Tsukasa is (or was as of 25 May) the only one of the four who is less popular than Konata among 2channel voters (http://etc6.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/vote/1177494639/), who are probably a better representation of core audience popularity than AnimeSuki is:

rank -- votes -- name
1位 118票　Kagami
2位 106票　Miyuki
3位 85票　Konata
4位 60票　Tsukasa
5位 32票　Akira

Personally, I'm not going to complain about hearing as many Hirano Aya songs as possible, but I agree that they should get the others singing more. I liked Katou Emiri's singing voice, the one time we heard it. But I'm not ready to second-guess the marketing experts just yet. Although I can't believe they're not going to go for character albums at some point.

I don't believe there is any real evidence that the popularity of individual characters is "what they are going by when deciding a lot of things for the show." The show was probably planned out months ago and each episode written at least weeks ago. If they were going by apparent popularity in Japan, we would be seeing a lot more Miyuki.

By the way, today was the first time I saw Hirano actually mention Motteke Seeraafuku in her blog (http://www.hiranoaya.com/cgi-bin/diary/sfs6_diary/), where she thanked fans for making it #2, and said it would encourage her to work even harder on her role in the show. I'm probably imagining it, but I have a strange feeling she's not happy with her performance. Maybe even she doesn't actually get the humor, lol.

About the #2 place, she said なんだか実感わかないです, which I don't quite understand. If someone else does, I'd love to know what it means. Does she mean she doesn't quite believe it, or that she can't figure out why, or something else?

She seems to be saying she's ecstatic, but doesn't think it's right from what I can gather. I get "Is it true, it just doesn't feel right". Maybe she knows about the campaign and harbours a bit of doubt in her abilities, modesty and humility and what not. With this she seems to be grateful and seems to say she wants to convert the support into something she can give her fans.

I'm not trying to detract from her efforts or anything, I'm just guessing as I'm not her.

I'm going to pay for suggesting this I just know it.:(

[Kaoru Chujo]

Basically, she doesn't understand someone's true feelings on something. Without context, that's the best I can do.I knew I should have quoted the whole thing instead of just linking to the blog where it appeared:

曖昧③センチ☆

すごーぃo(＞∀＜)o
『もってけ！セーラーふく』
オリコン②位☆
ありがとぅございます！
なんだか実感わかないです(>д<)
ほんとにすごい事ですよね！！
みなさんに大感謝！！
ありがとぉぉお！！！
この勢いに乗っかって、本編の方も頑張るぞぉ！！

Contrary to Kaioshin's apprehensions, what he understands is what I do (tentatively). I just couldn't quite believe she'd say it -- or that she'd believe it, since I think she's doing great, and I enjoy the song.

[Kaioshin Sama]

I knew I should have quoted the whole thing instead of just linking to the blog where it appeared:

曖昧③センチ☆

すごーぃo(>∀<)o
『もってけ!セーラーふく』
オリコン②位☆
ありがとぅございます!
なんだか実感わかないです(>д<)
ほんとにすごい事ですよね!!
みなさんに大感謝!!
ありがとぉぉお!!!
この勢いに乗っかって、本編の方も頑張るぞぉ!!

Contrary to Kaioshin's apprehensions, what he understands is what I do (tentatively). I just couldn't quite believe she'd say it.

She's probably just showing humility. It's a sign of class. I respect that in people.

[pomps]

It's kinda she's so suprised the song got to no.2 that she doesn't really feel it right. So yes, maybe she's just showing humility and modesty.

[Kaoru Chujo]

In its second week on the charts (http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/), Motteke Seeraafuku continues its amazing sales. It is in sixth place this week, with sales of almost 30,000 units, making a two-week total of 95,667 sold.

This is remarkable, considering that the high-selling Happy Materials, from the first Negima series, only had sales of 51,809 after two weeks, and Hare Hare Yukai, the Suzumiya Haruhi ED, had a total of 47,586 -- less than half what Motteke has sold.

By the way, the little video featured in the middle of the Oricon main pag (http://www.oricon.co.jp/)e this week is the new single by Chihara Minori (Yuki in Suzumiya Haruhi). Click on it to view the whole song in a larger viewer window.

[Kaioshin Sama]

In its second week on the charts (http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/), Motteke Seeraafuku continues its amazing sales. It is in sixth place this week, with sales of almost 30,000 units, making a two-week total of 95,667 sold.

Impressive. Things seem to be working out for it. 29,760 to be exact. It seems to have vanished from the Top 20, unless it's lingering in slot 21 waiting to pop back up again.


This is remarkable, considering that the high-selling Happy Materials, from the first Negima series, only had sales of 51,809 after two weeks, and Hare Hare Yukai, the Suzumiya Haruhi ED, had a total of 47,586 -- less than half what Motteke has sold.

Wasn't Haruhi underprepared? They actually bothered to prepere for this one, they new it would fly off the shelves this time. In this case Hare Hare Yukai almost seems like a test and Sailor Fuku is the real deal. It pays to be prepared for an onslaught of customers. This gentleman still thinks neither are particularly outstanding songs, however he doesn't mind listening to them from episode to episode.


By the way, the little video featured in the middle of the Oricon main pag (http://www.oricon.co.jp/)e this week is the new single by Chihara Minori (Yuki in Suzumiya Haruhi). Click on it to view the whole song in a larger viewer window.

hahaha.....no. :heh:

On a lighter note this is my first post since receiving my degree in paper form. I'm so relieved the pressures of school are finally beyond me and I have something to show for it. My mother says its a $20,000 piece of paper.:D

[Kaoru Chujo]

Your degree is actually a lot less light than the other things we talk of here. Congratulations!

I did click on Chihara Minori's PV. Not my style, to put it one way. I've enjoyed her singing more in other pieces.

Motteke was in sixth place for the past week. It was in ninth place on Monday's daily chart, but slipped out of the top twenty for Tuesday, the day fourteen of that day's top twenty songs were released. We'll see if the new releases sink below it in the days to come.

I will hardly claim it is great music, but it is a charming novelty piece, and quite infectious. It's one of the few OPs that I watch every time I watch an episode, but because of the combination of animation and music, not for the music alone.

Actually, the best music I've heard recently was six guys from two semi-pro bands playing at a party in someone's barn. There's so much good music around, but it's not always on the charts, and not always that easy to find.

[Kaoru Chujo]

Motteke is down to #14 in this week's chart. Not bad, still, with 10,000 units sold, so over 100,000 sold in the first three weeks. In Thursday's daily ranking, it's at #18, up from below #20 the day before.

Chihara Minori's single started at #20 in its first week.

[DragoonKain3]

Behold the power of the otaku, lol. I do wonder if the CD with all the EDs is gonna do as well as this.

Totally OT, but how did Ishikawa Chiaki's Bokurano OP/ED single do? Just curious, since IMO it's the best piece of music I heard this season.

[kingsky123]

The line "Education! Love is ABC!" is extremely dirty (and thus very Kona-chan) in this context.

Heck, it's dirty is just about any context.

i thought its from that song? ABC .. easy as one two three bla bla bla something you and me bla bla ... i forgot the name =P. but there's one part they said love is easy like ABC so i thought they took it from there

[Kaoru Chujo]

...Totally OT, but how did Ishikawa Chiaki's Bokurano OP/ED single do? Just curious, since IMO it's the best piece of music I heard this season.It started on Tuesday at 11 and has moved down a slot or two each day until it was at 19 on Friday's chart (http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/). Its first weekly chart will show up in 3-4 days. I'm not totally sold on the Bokurano OP, but I think Ishikawa Chiaki is great. The PV is around.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Behold the power of the otaku, lol. I do wonder if the CD with all the EDs is gonna do as well as this.

Totally OT, but how did Ishikawa Chiaki's Bokurano OP/ED single do? Just curious, since IMO it's the best piece of music I heard this season.

Yeah Really. It's got all the support in the world behind it. On top of that, behold the power of the popular Idol Seiyuu singing the song, I don't think that hurts.

I know I've said this already, but I think a lot of the songs success owed itself in no smart part to popular association, and it had to do with the image of the song more than it's content (overall that is). There's good sales and then there's "Support Our Troops/Idol" mass rally sales of the L'Arc En Ciel, Nana Mizuki, those groups that always debut in the top spot on name alone etc. variety. I think the latter happened for the most part in this case. It's always been that way. Sailor Fuku had a one (Singer), two (Censored), three (Invocation of A Certain Other Similar Song) punch behind it in terms of reasons to buy it on top of being a decent piece of work, albeit one I think gets old rather quickly. And yes I'll admit I'm not terribly fond of the song (it's lost its lustre with me fairly quickly), but I've tried to leave that out of my analysis as best I can. I'm going to try to be more straightforward from now on, in a good way. Mine is just one persons thoughts anyway.

By the way Uninstall seems to be getting better reviews, but lower sales. It does not seem to have that Mass Support that some songs get. I think it has a 1 hit punch overall in the singer. Who cares though, since when have sales ever been the perfect indication of how people will enjoy a song anyway. I too happen to prefer Uninstall to Sailor Fuku overall. I like that Oricon doesn't just settle for numbers, but gives you some qualitive info to go on for the song to.

Anyway..... *Goes back to listening to Howling*

[QBnoYouko]

Anyone care to romanize/translate these tracks names? They're from the special CD that comes with the LE of Lucky Star DVD 1. I have trouble with the kanji in particular.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4616/rs01ch8.th.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rs01ch8.jpg)

[pomps]

1. Funfunfun dayo
2. Ranranran dayo
3. Unchiku dayo
4. Konata no theme, futsu version
5. Kouken battle, akatsuki ganbatta
6. Anime dai 1 kai housoubun no ato ni...
7. Producer kara no shirei sono 1
8. Iiwake no tensai
9. Anime dai 2 kai housoubun no ato ni...
10. Producer kara no shirei sono 2
11. Moshimo DE Lucky Channel

[QBnoYouko]

1. Funfunfun dayo
2. Ranranran dayo
3. Unchiku dayo
4. Konata no theme, futsu version
5. Kouken battle, akatsuki ganbatta
6. Anime dai 1 kai housoubun no ato ni...
7. Producer kara no shirei sono 1
8. Iiwake no tensai
9. Anime dai 2 kai housoubun no ato ni...
10. Producer kara no shirei sono 2
11. Moshimo DE Lucky ChannelMuch thanks! ^^

[Shiroth]

Finally, Lucky Star BGM CD 01!

I love all five tracks --- the ones we've been hearing since the first. Its also pretty nifty to receive a page telling you when each track was first played.

Kousaki Satoru. <3

[Ottocycle]

Kousaki Satoru. <3

Yeah he wins for being the most efficient composer I know on the scene. His music IMO uses the right amount of subtlety in order not to obscure what's actually onscreen, no more, no less. And yet his themes that do require bombasticity, speed or otherwise impact convey it with ease.

A master of complimentary BGM, I'd say. I wonder if he took classes from Sagisu Shirou.

I'd say its a gift that his OSTs aren't meant to be listened to standalone.

Konata's theme FTW. Looking forward to the other versions too.

[Shiroth]

I'd say its a gift that his OSTs aren't meant to be listened to standalone.
& here i am, listening to his work standalone, & have been doing for a good amount of time now.

[Asai]

I don't know any of his other work (other than Haruhi... and I don't have any of those soundtracks given the crazy nature of them) but this is nice. Simple yet elegant. I like it a lot.

[Ottocycle]

& here i am, listening to his work standalone, & have been doing for a good amount of time now.

I wish I could, but when I actually do, I can't seem to get the music's respective scenes out of my head.

Track 1 in particular, keeps reminding me of Konata going 'Ittehoshii~no? :3' (ep8).

Well actually that whole sequence with the hallway chat :D

[Shiroth]

I have been listening to his other works, like some stuff from Tekken 5 & Suzumiya Haruhi.

[Ottocycle]

Well I haven't listened to his Tekken 5 music, not having played the game. I think Suzumiya Haruhi's music(or at least, just the day-to-day life tracks) also had that melodious, yet minimalist stamp of his inked all over.

Itsumo no Fuukei my best case in point. I love it, and it still stands as his best track for me.

[Noppapana]

i was expecting that the LS crew will be on the CD but i was wrong
its only shiraishi-kun and akira-san

[Shiroth]

Well I haven't listened to his Tekken 5 music, not having played the game. I think Suzumiya Haruhi's music(or at least, just the day-to-day life tracks) also had that melodious, yet minimalist stamp of his inked all over.
If you ever listen to his Tekken 5 work, you'll straight away think 'Nagato vs Asakura'. & yeah, thats pretty much his style.

Itsumo no Fuukei my best case in point. I love it, and it still stands as his best track for me.
Heh, you won't find me naming a favourite track from the Haruhi score. Far to many to choose from that i love.

[QBnoYouko]

Un, Kousaki, definitely brilliant with music. I love how Funfundun dayo sounds and it seems real simple to play on a piano or keyboard. The series is almost halfway done but I hope there will be new music by then once those other girls show up too, of course.

[Chinsuke]

Is it just me, or is no one else anticipating the Lucky Channel Radio OP theme single (http://www.lantis.jp/new-release/data.php?id=270d8cb4b8fbf7f9015edc91fa481cb8)?

And the Lucky Channel bits on the DVD Extra BGM CD were hilarious, it's so easy to imagine Minoru and Akira talking like that...the BGM tracks were nice too, just wish it had some of the parody tracks like the Gunbuster Launch theme too...

[relentlessflame]

the BGM tracks were nice too, just wish it had some of the parody tracks like the Gunbuster Launch theme too...Well, keep in mind that there are 11 more such CDs to come, so they have to save some tracks for later. :p

[QBnoYouko]

So... wouldn't that mean there will be a total of like, 60 BGM? Well, that's a lot for the Lucky Channel segments too, but man...

Although I really enjoy Akira more here, I think her soft side is better. After listening to those tracks, I'm convinced of it. :heh:

[Kyuusai]

I love most of the soundtrack for Lucky Star (excepting the awful, awful synth instrument used in Konata's theme--good tune, BAD SYNTH), but splitting it up amongst so many releases is really, really bad juju.

Otaku exploitation at it's worst.

[Ottocycle]

So... wouldn't that mean there will be a total of like, 60 BGM? Well, that's a lot for the Lucky Channel segments too, but man...


Looking at what happened for the Shuffle! soundtrack CDs, I'd anticipate more than a few useless ones to appear in those though. (Upcoming various versions of) Konata's theme being the most likely indicator.

[saihamaru]

i only have konata, and kagami's bgm, uguu....
i also have some of the lucky channel radio show, but honestly i don't understand most of it

[innominate]

Hmm! After not visiting the Lucky Star subforum for quite a while...

I actually tried playing Motteke Sailor fuku on the piano. I don't even know if it belongs here. But, OH WELL. >_>
006Vp87dfLQ

I know it sounds very bad at the moment but I feel high whenever playing it so I recorded it on whim. I'd be rerecording this for sure ^^""...

[relentlessflame]

I love most of the soundtrack for Lucky Star (excepting the awful, awful synth instrument used in Konata's theme--good tune, BAD SYNTH), but splitting it up amongst so many releases is really, really bad juju.

Otaku exploitation at it's worst.Well, they're only splitting it up across the number of DVDs they're releasing. It's not like they're 12 CDs sold seperately. Now, releasing the series across 12 DVDs would probably also be considered exploitative, but it's a pretty common pricing strategy for Kadokawa. At least it's 1000 yen/release cheaper than Shuffle/Karin/Canvas 2/etc., etc.

[Risaa]

I actually tried playing Motteke Sailor fuku on the piano. I don't even know if it belongs here. But, OH WELL. >_>
Would you happen to have the sheet music for that? :) :) :) :)

[Baka-yuki]

If you ever listen to his Tekken 5 work, you'll straight away think 'Nagato vs Asakura'. & yeah, thats pretty much his style.


Heh, you won't find me naming a favourite track from the Haruhi score. Far to many to choose from that i love.
Is the Yuki-chan vs. Asakura song actually out there? Loved the song, but I couldnt find a name.

On topic- I finally got my Lucky Star Single CD last week. The full Motteke! Sera Fuku! is awsome (I refused to listen till I got my CD). The other song (I cant read the name:() is also a hoot. Cant wait for the ED and anyother songs from Lucky Star.

[Claies]

One thing I hate in Kadokawa soundtrack releases: Radio shows that I can barely understand occupy at least half of the disk. Just release the whole damn thing and be done with it.

Hmm! After not visiting the Lucky Star subforum for quite a while...

I actually tried playing Motteke Sailor fuku on the piano. I don't even know if it belongs here. But, OH WELL. >_>

I know it sounds very bad at the moment but I feel high whenever playing it so I recorded it on whim. I'd be rerecording this for sure ^^""...

That sounds like a BGM for the show itself, especially the rapping part...highly usable in a "wild goose chase" mood.

[Claies]

EDIT: Elementary double posting mistake. You are free to burn me.

[relentlessflame]

One thing I hate in KyoAni soundtrack releases: Radio shows that I can barely understand occupy at least half of the disk. Just release the whole damn thing and be done with it.Well, this may be more semantics than anything else, but it's not really Kyoto Animation's fault -- they just animate the shows. The choice falls to Kadokawa, the publishers; obviously, they're just trying to get people to buy the Limited Edition DVDs. Not saying that it's a good thing or anything, just... know who to blame. :heh:

[Claies]

Well, this may be more semantics than anything else, but it's not really Kyoto Animation's fault -- they just animate the shows. The choice falls to Kadokawa, the publishers; obviously, they're just trying to get people to buy the Limited Edition DVDs. Not saying that it's a good thing or anything, just... know who to blame. :heh:

Now I do. Thank you for the tip. :)

[innominate]

Would you happen to have the sheet music for that? :) :) :) :)
Actually.... I do. But I modified it slightly quite a bit because the original score either didn't sound too right, or was too complicated. ^^''

Do you want it...? It's actually up on josh's anime sheet compilation, so you could just go there and find it somehow ^^.

That sounds like a BGM for the show itself, especially the rapping part...highly usable in a "wild goose chase" mood.

Didn't quite understand... Oh well; perhaps, I guess. o.O

[Risaa]

Ooh, thanks, got it! I knew about Ichigo's site, but I'd never heard of this one before.

The beginning ("ai mai sansenchi" part) and other similar sections sound a bit off, but I really don't know what to change to make it better. :confused: This calls for experimentation. Thanks again, innominate. :)

[Shiroth]

Is the Yuki-chan vs. Asakura song actually out there? Loved the song, but I couldnt find a name.
The track you're looking for is on the second Suzumiya Haruhi soundtrack. You'll have a hard time finding the soundtracks now though --- they came with the limited edition DVD's.

[innominate]

Ooh, thanks, got it! I knew about Ichigo's site, but I'd never heard of this one before.

The beginning ("ai mai sansenchi" part) and other similar sections sound a bit off, but I really don't know what to change to make it better. :confused: This calls for experimentation. Thanks again, innominate. :)

I used to go Ichigo's too! I actually linked to this site from there. ^^

With reference to the bold, are you going to try playing it too ^^ Yays! But it's a pity I don't really know what to change either. >< I know it sounds weird, I think I need faster fingers.:heh:

[Risaa]

Yeah I'm going to play. :) There's no way I'm recording it though - the piano hasn't been tuned in years. >_<

[AVPlaya]

Okay I just finished a huge project and I'm going to use devote sometime today to something which has "interested" me for a long time... the real meaning of the OP.

The following is the first section of the OP, "Motteke! Seira-fuuku" in its official form. I will include my own romanization and a rough translation:

Line 1:
曖昧3センチ　そりゃぷにってコトかい？　ちょっ！
Aimai san-senchi sorya puni-tte koto kai? Chyo!

"The ambigous 3 centimeters; Are you asking me if this is sqeeze-worthy? Hey (you)!"

Line 2:
らっぴんぐが制服…だぁぁ不利ってこたない　ぷ。
Rappingu ga seifuku... daa furi-tte kotanai Pu.

"Since the wrappings are the uniform, then the situation should not be too unfavorable. Pu (sound of laughing with mouth shyly covered with hand)."

Line 3:
がんばっちゃ ♥ やっちゃっちゃ
Ganbaccha ♥ Yacchaccha

"Go for for it and do it ♥ "

Line 4:
そんときゃーっち＆Release　ぎョッ
Sonto kyaacch & Release Gyo

"Like this Catch and Release, Gyo (sound of sqeezing tightly)"


Line 5:
汗(Fuu)々(Fuu)の谷間に Darlin' darlin' F R E E Z E!!
Ase(Fuu) Ase(Fuu) no taniai ni Dalin' dalin' F R E E Z E!!

"(due to the) sweating valley, (my) darling is frozen (from action)!"

My translation of the section:

(My) breasts, are you asking if they are sqeeze-wothy? HEY!
Since they're wrapped in (my) uniform, it shouldn't be too hard, Hee!
Come on and go for it!
Just do this catch and release, and sqeeze tight!
But the sight of my sweating cleavage has freeze my darling (from sqeezing my breats)!

Now when I first read it I really didn't want to believe that it's really about THAT. I thought "aimai 3cm" is reference to the length of skirt some school allow above the knees. But from the rest of the lyrics I've realized that the "aimai 3cm" is a reference to breast cup sizes. Cup sizes are a western import that's the measurement of the distance between the rib cage and the top of the breast in inches. Each inch is a cup size. Since each inches is about 2.54 cm, it's the ambiguous 3 centimeters. The play on aimai (ambiguous) also denote how cup sized fluctuate; some can gain a cup size by special bras (like Kagami's underwire), and some can subtract one by tight clothing.

So it seemed that this song, at least the first paragraph, is an ecchi description of a girl's flirting invitation to her boyfriend to sqeeze her breast, but the poor guy was rendered incapable of the actual squeezing due to the sight of her sweating cleavage. Poor guy, must be a virgin (otaku!?).

I know some of you might disagree with me on it, but based on my research this is what it meant. So if that's true, who's the song for? Not Kona or Tsukasa as they have no said sweating valleys to display, and I can't imagine Miyuki flirt like this. That leaves only Kagami, and we know she cares about her cleavage. I can't see a tsundere sing this song either; maybe to her dearest boyfriend... but ai, I don't know. Out of character. But maybe that's the joke. The song is totally over the top for THESE girls, yet we see them dancing and singing to it... and we all love it. So who cares. Sweating Cleavage FTW!

[relentlessflame]

I know some of you might disagree with me on it, but based on my research this is what it meant. So if that's true, who's the song for? Not Kona or Tsukasa as they have no said sweating valleys to display, and I can't imagine Miyuki flirt like this. That leaves only Kagami, and we know she cares about her cleavage. I can't see a tsudere sing this song either; maybe to her dearest boyfriend... but ai, I don't know. Out of character. But maybe that's the joke. The song is totally over the top for THESE girls, yet we see them dancing and singing to it... and we all love it. So who cares. Sweating Cleavage FTW!Haha... well, yeah, I think the answer here is that it's for... the audience. :heh: A lot of the commentary about this song as it grew in popularity was precisely about how it's really quite saucy and racy, but couched in such a "catchy" tune. So yeah, I think it's poking a bit of fun at the show's otaku audience (precisely the type who'd "freeze") who, in turn, are eating it up.

It actually sort of reminds me of people who find themselves mumbling/half-singing lyrics without ever having thought about what it means. Then, when you actually read the words to them as text, they get flustered. :heh:

[Kyuusai]

[B]そんときゃーっち＆Release　ぎョッ
Gyu (sound of sqeezing tightly)"

While I'm not disputing your interpretation, ぎョ would be "gyo", which is a "shock" sound effect. :)

[AVPlaya]

While I'm not disputing your interpretation, ぎョ would be "gyo", which is a "shock" sound effect. :)

It's my bad... it should be Gyo... but according to my extensive research with native speakers, gyo can be a sound of sqeezing. :)

[Risaa]

It's my bad... it should be Gyo... but according to my extensive research with native speakers, gyo can be a sound of sqeezing. :)
...That sounded a bit wrong (how many native speakers have you squeezed to get the gyo sound?). :)

[AVPlaya]

...That sounded a bit wrong (how many native speakers have you squeezed to get the gyo sound?). :)

None since they're guys.. :(

[Kyuusai]

It's my bad... it should be Gyo... but according to my extensive research with native speakers, gyo can be a sound of sqeezing. :)

Ah, I'm glad to be corrected and learn something new, then!
An edit, to clarify: I didn't assume it was lack of knowledge on your part, I'd just assumed it was an oversight. The kind of thing I do all the time. :)

...That sounded a bit wrong (how many native speakers have you squeezed to get the gyo sound?). :)

Thank you so much for nearly killing me by making me choke on my chips during uncontrollable laughter! :p

*continues to snort and laugh*

[Chi-no]

Interesting .... Very interesting.:)

[HashiriyaR32]

1. Funfunfun dayo
2. Ranranran dayo
3. Unchiku dayo
4. Konata no theme, futsu version
5. Kouken battle, akatsuki ganbatta
6. Anime dai 1 kai housoubun no ato ni...
7. Producer kara no shirei sono 1
8. Iiwake no tensai
9. Anime dai 2 kai housoubun no ato ni...
10. Producer kara no shirei sono 2
11. Moshimo DE Lucky Channel

Where's the edited version of Noizy Tribe?

[relentlessflame]

Where's the edited version of Noizy Tribe?It'll probably be on one of the 11 other CDs. Possibly on the CD accompanying the DVD with the episode where that song first played (episode 6/DVD 3?)

[Claies]

Hmm...very nice, AVPlaya. Can you look into the short segment right after the chorus? There might be something there too.

[AVPlaya]

Hmm...very nice, AVPlaya. Can you look into the short segment right after the chorus? There might be something there too.

I guess I'll do the rest of the lyrics... it's one of those songs where you can show the entire song to a native speaker and they'll be scratching their heads. I'll have to pull from a LOT of sources to do it justice, so it will take some time. Boss just gave me a big project due end of month, so I'll see what I can do...

[tsukasa950]

hmm im realy trying to find this funny bgm it sounds alot like the Konata no Theme, Futsuu Version. but it has like a little voice at the end of the tune bit its in epsode 8 about 16m 50s into the epsode. but im looking for the longer version xD i head it in another epsode but ;-; cant rember which one

[Claies]

hmm im realy trying to find this funny bgm it sounds alot like the Konata no Theme, Futsuu Version. but it has like a little voice at the end of the tune bit its in epsode 8 about 16m 50s into the epsode. but im looking for the longer version xD i head it in another epsode but ;-; cant rember which one

It's not out yet. The soundtracks come with the DVDs, and only one of them has been released.

[tsukasa950]

ah ok ^^ ty for the info ;-; looks like i have to wait lol or keep on playing the little clip over and over xD

[Kaoru Chujo]

To round out the story on Motteke! Seeraafuku, the rankings for June are out and it ended up in fourth place for the month, with sales of 113,115 units in the month. Total sales are now over 119,000.

Not too shabby at all, since that already makes it the best-selling seiyuu single of the 21st century, according to a post in 2channel, outselling songs by Hayashibara Megumi, Fiction Junction Yuuka, and Mizuki Nana, as well as all the Suzumiya Haruhi singles.

[Chi-no]

Well that song itself is a reason for me to buy ... :) Cute and nice song.

[lunamariahwk]

I agree!!! That song is catchy n i can't seem to get it out of my head...hahaha

[Chi-no]

Nice and catchy song are hard to resist .. ;)

[AVPlaya]

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Alright folks, Here's my translation of the lyrics to the world-shattering ED song, "Ore no Wasuremono":

『俺の忘れ物』　作詞・作曲／白石みのる　歌／白石みのる

"My Forgotten Item"
music/lyrics by Shiraishi Minoru
performed by Shiraishi Minoru

（意味なく手拍子）
(Meaningless hand-clapping)

ＷＡＷＡＷＡ
ＷＡＷＡＷＡ
ＷＡＷＡＷＡ・・・

ＷＡＷＡＷＡ忘れ物　俺の忘れ物
wawawasure mono, ore no wasure mono

"wawa the forgotten item... the forgotten item of mine"

あの日あの時置き去りにした　記憶のかけら
ano hi ano toki okizari ni shita, kioku no kakera

"the fragment of memory I have left behind on that day, that time."

消えちまったのさ　あの娘とともに
kiechimatta no sa, ano ko totomoni

"It has already disappeared, together with that girl;"

赤い夕日がやけにまぶしい　恋の城ヶ島
akai yuuhi ga yakeni mabushii, koi no jogashima

"The red setting sun looked especially dazzeling, (on) the Jogashima* of Love"

(Ballon from guy: It's so noisy (here)).
(Ballon from girl: "Don't look at me")

馬鹿な奴だと　笑っておくれ
baga na yatsu dato waratte okure

"If (I'm) a stupid guy, then go ahead and laugh"

(Guy seiyuu started to laugh)
(Arrow: The couple who easily agreed to act as a couple)

それが俺には　お似合いさ
sore ga ore ni wa, oiai sa

"Then to me it is fitting"

(FX: Zabbaan! (sound of wave crashing into reef)
(Flashing Text: "The wall/barrier impossible to cross")

だけど　ルルルル～　ルルルル～ルルル～ル～
dakedo rurururu~ rurururu~ rururu~ ru~

"However.... rurururu...."

(Flashing Text: "The wall/barrier impossible to cross")

時にはやさしく　抱いてくれ
toki ni yasashiku, daite kure

"Sometimes (you) need to be gentle, (oh) hug me!"

(Text as Shiraishi jumps off: "Shiraishi, you're kidding?!")
(Text as Shraishi climbs back up: "Gutless...")

*Jogashima Island (http://jogashima.com/) is a popular vacation spot an hour from Yokohama. The last island on the Miura Peninsula, it's famous for its fishing tours and rocky beaches. Needless to say, the ED MV is filmed at Jogashima.

The floating text is a parody of nicovideo video site, where users get to comment on the video itself.

Many of you may not know, but the song is in the old fashioned "ENKA" style popular amoung the aging Japanese. The sea background of the "MV" is a typical Japanese motif of "A man's power and determination". Such a motif is common for many, many Japanese shows and parodies. It would have been perfect if Shiraishi is in a traditional loin cloth singing with tears in his eye with a brilliant, "Yamato-dama" sunset above the raging sea. Oh! the wonder of burning youth! The lyrics Shiraishi composed is a very typical Enka lyric, filled with sadness, regret, and even an attempted suicide at the end. Bravo.

EDIT: Okay I'm gonna show y'all what ENKA is all about. Here's a great medley of great Enka singers that have appeared on NHK's Kouhaku. You don't have to like it, but Enka is a HUGE part of Japanese culture. Wanna impress your Japanese friends in Japan? Sing an Enka song in Karaoke. They will stop seeing you as gaijin like, forever.

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[Crisu]

Fantastic. Thanks very much for the analysis!

Enka sounds really pretty. I like it. ...But that's probably because I'm Asian, and I'm used to hearing this kind of stuff all the time when I was younger (though in Vietnamese). :P

The ED to the last episode should be one of the L*S girls doing Shiraishi's song.

[katsumi]

A big thank you AVPlaya for the translation & information on Enka.

So do I understand right, unlike the other EDs this one is a complete (Shiraishi)Original?

[AVPlaya]

A big thank you AVPlaya for the translation & information on Enka.

So do I understand right, unlike the other EDs this one is a complete (Shiraishi)Original?

Yes, Shiraishi wrote it himself. He probably dreamt it up as a joke, and the guys just took it and run with it. Lucky Star is a big inside joke for KyoAni and we're just there along for the ride.


Fantastic. Thanks very much for the analysis!

Enka sounds really pretty. I like it. ...But that's probably because I'm Asian, and I'm used to hearing this kind of stuff all the time when I was younger (though in Vietnamese). :P

The ED to the last episode should be one of the L*S girls doing Shiraishi's song.

That's quite interesting.. there are Enka-like songs even in Vietnam? Enka-style songs are popular in Korea and Taiwan due to past Japanese occupation; old folks are always listening to then, most of them translated directly from Japanese enka songs. I didn't know even Vietnam has them too... thank you for letting me know.

You both are very welcome.

[Crisu]

That's quite interesting.. there are Enka-like songs even in Vietnam?
Ah, what I said was probably misleading. I don't think it's called Enka in Vietnam, or if there exactly is any actual "enka" at all. But listening to that music reminded me of Vietnamese music that sounds very similar in style. There's one style called "cai luong," and those songs also have sad and depressed lyrics, mostly inspired from struggles during the Vietnam War.

[Konata-chan]

EDIT: Okay I'm gonna show y'all what ENKA is all about. Here's a great medley of great Enka singers that have appeared on NHK's Kouhaku. You don't have to like it, but Enka is a HUGE part of Japanese culture. Wanna impress your Japanese friends in Japan? Sing an Enka song in Karaoke. They will stop seeing you as gaijin like, forever.

19Xd07G3prk

That first enka piece sounds very familiar to me... Saburo Kitajima? The only reason I know about enka is because I took a class on Japanese popular music a few months ago.

[Cyber_chaotic]

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Is it just me or have i heard this ending 'song' somewhere b4?
One of the eps in Haruhi.............:confused:

The ep where Kyon saved by Yuki from Ryoko..........and just after Yuki re-materialises the room, Taniguchi happens to walk in singing that exact same song.....only the first couple of words though....(funny how Taniguchi and Shiraishi are the same VA.....Shiraishi.:cool:)

Has anyone else noticed this or am i just hearing things?

[Ascaloth]

@Cyber_chaotic,

You haven't been following the thread, have you? :rolleyes:

No, you are not hearing things; this ED IS a parody of that particular SHnY scene, written and sung by Shiraishi Minoru, Akira's floormat in Lucky Channel, AND the actual VA for Taniguchi.

I wonder how many times one of us or other has to repeat this. :rolleyes:

[AVPlaya]

That first enka piece sounds very familiar to me... Saburo Kitajima? The only reason I know about enka is because I took a class on Japanese popular music a few months ago.

The first song was by a female artist named Sakamoto Fuyumi (http://www.fuyumi-fc.com/); one of the most famous female enka singer. It's easy to mistaken one enka song from another... if you listen enough you'll find a formula to most of the enka songs, especially the "hook" at the end. But that's what people liked and they've been singing it for centries. :)

Kitajima-sama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Kitajima) is probably the most famous and senior of male enka artists; I tried to find a clip of him in fact, but I can't find a good one. This is the best I've found on YoUTsuBe, a Kouhaku performance (Kouhaku is almost the only time you'll ever get to see enka on prime time anymore... kinda sad):

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As you can see the sound and video quality is quite terrible. Might give people bad first impression of enka. Don't mistaken me for some Enka expert.. just heard enough to know one song from another. :)


I wonder how many times one of us or other has to repeat this. :rolleyes:

Don't be so hard on him... many people didn't see the billion wawawa parodies on youtube or nicovideo. :) I should have posted that info but I guess I'd just assumed Haruhi fans already know all about Mr.Wawawasuremono. Bad assumption. :heh:

[Kaoru Chujo]

Not only do we have yet another weird and wonderful Shiraishi Minoru ED for ep14, but we have a bit more info about hte first set of EDs.

On a radio show last Saturday, Tsukasa's seiyuu, Fukuhara Kaori, said that they did all the songs in one take, making it like a real karaoke session. The full versions on the soon-to-be-released CD can be previewed on YouTube. Links from my blog post here (http://hashihime.blogspot.com/2007/07/luckystar-kagami-and-tsukasas-radio.html). Hirano Aya previously said that she was asked (at the last minute) to do her songs exactly like the originals, in terms of breathing and phrasing.