(L) Strike Witches TV (Mecha Musume)

[Guppy]

Originally Posted by Lord Ryo

Just my personal opinion. Strike Witches had a great story but I honestly doubt the inclusion of sex would affect the story in a good way.

Not so sure about that one. IMHO the Strike Witches novels are definitely superior to the anime as far as story/plot goes, and, er... well...

...

...let's just say that the novels don't leave quite as much to subtext as the anime does. And I think this is actually a good thing, since it helps develop a number of the characters in ways we'd be unlikely to see otherwise, and ends up being fairly integral to the plot in the later volumes.

[Lord Ryo]

Originally Posted by Guppy

Not so sure about that one. IMHO the Strike Witches novels are definitely superior to the anime as far as story/plot goes, and, er... well...

...

...let's just say that the novels don't leave quite as much to subtext as the anime does. And I think this is actually a good thing, since it helps develop a number of the characters in ways we'd be unlikely to see otherwise, and ends up being fairly integral to the plot in the later volumes.

I haven't actually read the light novels myself so I'm strickly going by the manga and anime, mostly the anime since I haven't even finished reading the manga either. So I'll have to take your word on that one.

[Krubone]

Originally Posted by selkirk

Some translations, of the himegoe CD that was included with the LE DVD1. It has the characters answering some questions, and also saying some Windows sound lines and some other lines. Here's Perrine's versions, translated.

Spoiler:

Track 50 - Self-introduction
I am Perrine Clostermann. I am from Pas-de-Calais in Gallia, where my father is a nobleman. No, well, was a nobleman. My height is 152 cm... eh? My three sizes? Why would you need to know that? I can't believe it, you're just so rude.

51 - Rank
I hold the rank of Flying Officer, um, in your language that would be Chuu-I, I believe? In Gallia we go by the rank Lieutenant. Normally that rank would qualify me to be the lead in a rotte, but unfortunately there are just too many high-ranking witches in this unit. But, because of that, I get to be the Major's wingman, so I guess I can put up with that.

52 - Dreams for the future
Dreams for the future? Without a doubt, that would be to retake Gallia. To have that beautiful land occupied by those Neuroi monsters... Ahh, I can't stand it any more! Once Gallia is free, I would be pleased to help other countries afterwards.

53 - Home unit
I am stationed with the 602e Groupe Aériennes of the Forces Gallaises Libres. Because Gallia itself was occupied, we had no choice but to reassemble our forces here in Britannia, as the Forces Gallaises Libres. The Forces Gallaises Libres first made the 601e Groupe, and later my own 602e. I had been undergoing training as a witch since I was a child, so I signed up right away. That's our duty as nobles, wouldn't you agree? What did you say? My first sortie? W-Who cares about that? W-Well, it might be true that I was almost shot down, and almost ran out of time, and just avoided crashing, but everyone makes mistakes!

54 - Concerning Minna
Wing Commander Minna? I'm... always a bit nervous around her. She's competent, talented, and notices everything around her, so I just can't stay calm when she's looking at me...

55 - Concerning Lynne
Sergeant Lynette? That girl who doesn't stand out? Hmm... Maybe because the two of them are both new, so she's always together with Miyafuji, but she's never really made an impression on me. However, she seems to be somewhat capable in a battle, so I wouldn't mind having her watch my back.

56 - Concerning Yoshika
Oh, what is with that Miyafuji Yoshika! She's always clinging to Major Sakamoto... getting all of her attention during training, and even in the bath! So what if they're from the same country, she should show some respect in what she calls the Major!

57 - Concerning Mio
Ahh, Major Sakamoto... oh, she's so wonderful. Her dignified face, her long and slender legs, her beautiful and exotic black hair... and finally her precise orders during battle... officers as good as that just don't exist!

58 - Concerning Lucchini
Pilot Officer Lucchini...! Oh, when she's more lacking herself, to have her calling others flat-chested! That's the very definition of rude! All she does is nap throughout the day, this is why Romagnans are all so troublesome... Well, she does show some promise in battle though.

59 - Concerning Shirley
Flight Lieutenant Shirley, well, she's a superior so I won't say much, but must that Liberian be so carefree? What's more, bigger is not better... well, I wouldn't mind being a bit bigger...

60 - Concerning Barkhorn
Flight Lieutenant Barkhorn... I hate to admit it, but she's better than me. I can't catch up to her in amount of experience or firepower. As a person, she's a bit hard to get along with though.

61 - Concerning Hartmann
I can't rival Flying Officer Hartmann in the sky either. Well, fighting is a disagreeable practice... it's a specialty of Karlsland after all. I'll just leave that to her.

62 - Concerning Sanya
Sanya? That girl you never know whether she's there or not? It's almost like she's a ghost. However she serves in an important role for the sake of the unit, so I'll commend her for that. It's not something I can do myself.

63 - Concerning Eila
Eila... hmm... I really don't know much about her. Believing in something as unscientific as fortune telling... well, even I would like to see the fortune between the Major and me... but what if, what if a bad result came up!? Oh, I could never do something so frightening.

64 - Aspirations
Before anything else, to take back Gallia no matter what! There is nothing other than that. Father's magnificent château... until I can restore it to its former glory, I will never give up!

65 - Concerning your Striker unit
What do I use as my Striker unit? Well that would be the pride and joy of Gallia, the Arsenal de l'Aéronautique's VG-39! Eh? Is that a prototype? My, how rude! I'm using it a live war now. It's true that my homeland was occupied before it could be formally adopted, but the development continued without a hitch where we evacuated. Furthermore, with the Quadra 12Y-89 magic engine this Striker uses, it won't lose to other Strikers!

66 - Concerning your weapon
Why do I use a Britannian gun, you ask? Well, I would have liked to use a Chatellerault MLE 1924-II myself, but I just can't get one here. I don't have much of a choice except to use something similar, right? Well, the Bren light machine gun is very accurate, so I'm quite happy with it. But much better than that is this ancestral rapier! Those Neuroi will go down easily so long as I have this.

67 - Concerning your homeland
My homeland, Gallia, is the most beautiful, the most civilized, and the most advanced place in the world. We may not be good at such disagreeable practices as fighting, but with our reputation as a cultural country, I suppose that's to be expected.

68 - Cooking specialty
My... my homemade cooking, you say? As a young noblewoman of Gallia, I know all about proper etiquette, but because I always had a chef to cook so... eh? Can I not cook? Oh, how dare you, that's not true at all! It's just cooking! Just cooking... Oh, I wish I could let Major Sakamoto eat some of my homemade cooking... but what if I made her sick...? Ahh...

69 - Concerning the Witches' base
It's located on the Britannian side of the Dover Straight, so my homeland of Gallia is just near by. And yet... it's still so far away...

70 - Concerning the Witches' lifestyle (official stance)
I don't need training myself, but I'll go along for the sake of the new recruits so they don't get in the way. In order to protect our world, this is the duty of a noble. It's known as "noblesse oblige", you know?

71 - Concerning the Witches' lifestyle (real opinion)
Ah, for crying out loud! That raccoon-dog! Why is she always clinging, clinging clinging, clinging everywhere to Major Sakamoto! Even I'm afraid and can't approach her so easily! And just because they're from the same country, calling her by name...! They go to the bath together, and they're ALWAYS together during training... How is that possible? How? How? I'm so jealous...!

72 - Morning greeting 1
It's already morning, you know? Shape yourself up already.

73 - Morning greeting 2
Wake up. At least be a bit grateful, since I came to wake you up.

74 - Meal
Itadakimasu.
Gochisousama. Well, that was quite good.
It's time to eat. Why did I have to make this for you...
My, this is better than I expected.
There's no way I can eat this, is there!?

75 - Afternoon greeting
Bonjour.

76 - Evening greeting
Bonsoir. What, you don't what that means? It means "good evening".
TL note: <3 this one for some reason

77 - Before bed
Go to sleep already, you need to get up early tomorrow, right? What, I'm not going to come wake you up!

78 - Sending off
Y-You can just leave by yourself. I don't care.
I, I'm not really hoping you come back soon. I've got lots of things to do myself.

79 - Reception
W-What did you come here for? It's, it's not like I asked you to come. That's right, I definitely didn't ask you to come!

80 - Other lines
What? You want to be friends with me? Hm, well, if you say it like that, I'll think about it.
Well, um... Just this once now, you hear!? Um... thank you.
Hard work does not fit my image! I'm always elegant and graceful. But... if you insist, maybe I can help you.
Um, well... I'm sorry.
Don't worry. There's no way that would have been a problem for me. But... I'm a bit glad.
I'm cheering you on here! Now give it your all!

81 - Incoming mail
You've got mail. So even you have people that would write you letters.

82 - Start up
I'll let you turn on the PC.

83 - Shut down
Eh? What? You're leaving already? Wait, I didn't hear anything about that!

84 - Error
Oh, now, that's why this is worthless!
What did you do to make it turn out like this!?
Oh, I can't go on...
W-What now?
What? What is this? Who said you could do that!? Ahn, ngg, stupid.
Now, look at that. I told you that wouldn't work.
D-D-D-D-Don't look! No, no matter what happens, I'm telling you you musn't look!
T-There's no way I could have made a mistake! This stupid thing!

85 - Zoom in
What? You want to make it bigger?
You should know, bigger isn't always better.

86 - Zoom out
Ahaha. Making it smaller...?
Now isn't that small?

87 - Maximize
Well, even I can't make this any bigger right away.

88 - Minimize
If I made this any smaller, you won't even be able to see it...

89 - Delete
I'll give you my permission to clean that up.
Eeew, look at this trash, throw it all away!

90 - Download
You want something like this? Eh? Why do I have to do it? Now, really... There, it's done.

91 - Message
I'll be happy to transfer you.
I'm hanging up!

92 - Call
Someone's looking for you, so come out already!
You've got a call. I'm telling you, so come and take the phone already.

93 - Answering machine
He's (She's) not here. If you have business with him (her), just tell me.

94 - Fanservice 1
E... Ecchi. Mou... ecchi nandakara...

95 - Fanservice 2
I, I, I, I... I love you.
Only this one time, you hear? I won't ever say it again! ...Suki.
Honestly... just for a bit... stupid.

96 - Fanservice 3
I hate you!
You... oh, I haaaaate you!
Oh, you're such a fool.

97 - Panties
Pa-Panties, you say!? No, these aren't pa-panties! So, of course it isn't embarrassing!

98 - Combat
Perrine Clostermann, taking off.
Enough already, now give up!
Something like that isn't going to work!

Tracks 1-49 in DVD 1 were Mio, but she's kinda boring. DVD 2 will probably have Lynette and Barkhorn. DVD 3 will probably have Sanya and Shirley?/Eila? Well, I can imagine the fanservice tracks will be popular for Sanya...

Did you translate that? Any chance that the rest of them are translated too?

[einhorn303]

It's a shame, seems the translation of the light novels has stalled. Seems there hasn't been an update in, what...one month? Two months?

That should really get translated before anything else.

[selkirk]

Originally Posted by einhorn303

It's a shame, seems the translation of the light novels has stalled. Seems there hasn't been an update in, what...one month? Two months?

That should really get translated before anything else.

I updated it a few days ago actually . Not much, but some.

I translated a part of Sakamoto's version a while back.

Spoiler:

Track 1 - Self-introduction
I am Shousa Sakamoto Mio. I am stationed with the Fuso Imperial Navy European Expeditionary Fleet, 24th Air Flotilla, 288th Flying Corps. I am 5 shaku 4 sun tall, and weigh 23 kan. Oh, don't worry about the details. Hahaha. Especially for things like breast size, which aren't of consequence in combat. I've never measured it.

Track 2 - Rank
My rank? I am being treated as a Major in the Allied Forces. Of course, the lowest rank a unit commander in a wing would need is captain, and since Witches are all one rank higher, I became a major. So, if I go back to my former unit in Fuso, my rank would go down again. I'll be sad when the pay cut comes...

Track 3 - Dreams for the future
Dreams for the future... When I think about it, I've been fighting the Neuroi all this time. The end of my career as a Witch is getting closer, and I have no idea how much longer training will let me draw it out... If possible, I suppose I would like to train up a competent subordinate to carry on my work.

Track 4 - Home unit
My unit is the Imperial Fuso Navy European Expeditionary Fleet, 24th Air Flotilla, 288th Flying Corps. The units in the 200-series Flying Corps are expeditionary units fighting on the front lines, so the caliber of our guns are made to match the bases we are stationed at.
(GRAH. IIRC still missing a part.)


Track 5 - Concerning Minna
Wing Commander Minna is the cornerstone of the Witch unit. The care she shows to her captains, and the attributes necessary for a commander... she has everything that a unit leader needs. On top of that, she is an excellent soldier in an air battle. She can be a bit soft on the new recruits, but I suppose that's where I come in. *laugh*

Track 6 - Concerning Lynne
She's a kind girl who finds no joy in fighting, but she joined up recently to protect her homeland when she wanted to be of use to everyone. I'll have to do everything I can to help her become a full-fledged witch as a response to that spirit, I suppose. She has the makings to become a good commander, with her ability to keep an eye on the whole situation from the rear.

Track 7 - Concerning Yoshika
Her latent ability is impressive indeed. Not only with regards to her magic, but she also has perseverance and determination. It's my mission and duty to guide her on her path to becoming a full-fledged Witch, for the sake of my, no, the world's benefactor, Dr. Miyafuji.

Track 8 - Concerning Perrine
She's of great help to me, helping out with training the rookies, among other things. She used to often be paired with me in a rotte during combat, but she'll be able to handle herself fine without me soon. She can be a bit harsh with Miyafuji, but that's probably because she worries about her. She's a good person. I don't really know why she always speaks so awkwardly around me though...

Track 9 - Concerning Lucchini
Ugh, she's an unbelievable little devil. She doesn't follow the rules, and always does as she pleases. However, it is true that Lucchini is a big part of the reason why everyone doesn't lose heart. Somehow, you just can't hate her. She's good friends with Shirley, and their abilities are a good match for each other in a rotte, so those two make a fine pair.

Track 10 - Concerning Shirley
I suppose in Fuso we'd call her a true-born child of Edo? I enjoy straight-forward people like that. With regards to Striker outfitting, she's got the abilities to match any mechanic, so she's almost like a poster girl for Liberion, the undisputed king of the automobile. Strangely enough, she's gets along very well with Lucchini.

Track 11 - Concerning Barkhorn


Track 12 - Concerning Hartmann


Track 13 - Concerning Sanya


Track 14 - Concerning Eila


Track 15 - Asprirations


Track 16 - Concerning your Striker unit


Track 17 - Concerning your weapon


Track 18 - Concerning your homeland


Track 19 - Cooking specialty
Cooking...? Uhh... well, since I started training as a witch early in life... Oh, that's right! I'm good at making onigiri! But somehow, I just never seem to be able to make them triangular, and they always end up round. I wonder why that happens...

Track 20 - Concerning the Witches' base
It's a perfect location to mount our defense, being secure and located at the closest point to the enemy. I hear that it's a copy of a castle in Gallia, but built by a Britannian king long ago too...

Track 21 - Concerning the Witches' lifestyle (official stance)


Track 22 - Concerning the Witches' lifestyle (real opinion)

Track 23 - Morning greeting 1
Good morning! Wake up, it's morning! Hahahaha!

Track 24 - Morning greeting 2
Alright, wake up, it's morning! We're starting the day right away with training, training, and more training!

Track 25 - Meal
Itadakimasu.
Gochisousama. Mmh, that was delicious.
The meal is ready. My cooking should be fine, every once in a while.
Ohh, this is good.
Hmm, this is... not really to my taste.

Track 26 - Afternoon greeting
Konnichiwa.

Track 27 - Evening greeting
Konbanwa.

Track 28 - Before bed
Well then, excuse me. Good night.

Track 29 - Sending off
Are you going out? Give it your best shot.
Come back soon. It's a lot harder waiting than I expected.

Track 30 - Reception
Good of you to come! There's lots of special training lined up for today... Hey, get back here!

Track 31 - Other lines
If you please.
Yes, thank you.
I'll be doing my best to work you over from head to tail. Got it?
Sorry.
It's alright. No problem.
Good luck. I know you have what it takes. You can do it if you try.

Track 32 - Incoming mail
Your mail has arrived.
It's a letter.

Track 33 - Start up
I'll turn on the computer. Hahaha.

Track 34 - Shut down
I'll turn off the computer. No regrets, right?

Track 35 - Errpr
Hmm, a failure.
Ng, even I make mistakes. Well, don't worry about it! Hahahahaha!
Hmm, it's not working.
It's troubling to think of what to do...
W-What are you doing! You can't do that!
See for yourself. I told you that wouldn't work.
Got it? Don't look no matter what. That's an order.
Sorry. Even I make mistakes. Forgive me.

Track 36 - Zoom in
You want to make it bigger?
Hmm, that's quite large.

Track 37 - Zoom out
You want to make it smaller? Mh-hmm (small laugh)
This is... quite small.

Track 38 - Maximize
It's impossible to make this any bigger...

Track 39 - Minimize
I can't make this any smaller!

Track 40 - Delete
Neatness is training for the spirit.
I'll throw everything away without exception. No complaints?

Track 41 - Download
What? Take this? Right, let's try that. Mission complete.

Track 42 - Message
I'll transfer you now. Are you ready?
I'm hanging up.

Track 43 - Call
Hey, someone's calling you. Are you sure you don't have to answer?

Track 44 - Answering machine
He's away at the moment. If you have business with him, please leave a message after the tone.

Track 45 - Fanservice 1
Hmm, how lewd... hahahaha, this guys a real lewd bastard!

Track 46 - Fanservice 2
Ngg, this is rather embarrassing... I love you.
S...S...S...uki da.
Just... for a bit.

Track 47 - Fanservice 3
This isn't to my liking.
I hate people like you!
Fool.

Track 48 - Panties
They're not panties so it's not embarrassing. Hahahahaha!

Track 49 - Combat
Sakamoto Mio, commencing attack!

[Icarisain]

About the himegoe tracks - DVD 2's were Lynette and Barkhorn; DVD 3's Shirley and Lucchini; and DVD 4's the commander and Hartmann. DVD 5, which will be out soon iirc, will be Eila and Sanya.

Personal favorite was Hartmann, because it gave her character development almost on par with episode 7 xDDD

[Keroko]

Awesomeness demands to be posted:



God I love Beurling.

[Midonin]

I am extremely excited, for a set of five character song CDs have been announced for release between March 18th and April 15th, and will cover the entire 501st. In order:

CD 1 - Yoshika and Mio
CD 2 - Sanya and Eila
CD 3 - Mina, Barkhorn and Hartmann
CD 4 - Lynette and Perinne
CD 5 - Charlotte and Francesca

[selkirk]

Originally Posted by Midonin

I am extremely excited, for a set of five character song CDs have been announced for release between March 18th and April 15th, and will cover the entire 501st. In order:

CD 1 - Yoshika and Mio
CD 2 - Sanya and Eila
CD 3 - Mina, Barkhorn and Hartmann
CD 4 - Lynette and Perinne
CD 5 - Charlotte and Francesca

One problem is that most of the VAs can't really sing <_<.
Also, 2500 yen each? Gah .

Otome no Maki (501st side novel) book 2 comes out March 1st as well. The official fanbook that was recently released seems to have some short stories as well, which I might translate. Haven't gotten my copy yet, though it should be arriving today. (And I accidentally bought 2 )

[Lord Ryo]

I would LOVE to get those CDs! I would like to collect as much Strike Witches merchandise as I can, I really love the anime. I tried to order the official fanbook that was recently released but it was all sold out by the time I got any extra cash. T_T So I'll be forced to go to ebay and try my luck there, I've had nothing but VERY bad luck with ebay, in fact I've only successfully bought from there once, everything else turned out to be a scam or extremely bad communication from the seller.

[Krubone]

Just received my fanbook! It's nice, lots of pictures and everything. Definitely worth the money. There's some short stories and a bunch of character bios and history.

[wavehawk]

Originally Posted by ghazghkull

Oh and just one thing though, it's Shirley, not Charley XD

- I think "Charley" is more accurate, seeing that her name is "Charlotte". And yes, I know that "Shirley" is the official pronounciation, but most people wonder where she got the nickname. Write it in Katakana, I think they sound the same...

[Fnights]

The last C75 sw doujinshi ( Witches no Panties by Takotsuboya) is spectacular, Full Metal Jacket parody + kamikaze. This guy is a genius.

Spoiler for Cover:

[Solafighter]

Originally Posted by Fnights

The last C75 sw doujinshi ( Witches no Panties by Takotsuboya) is spectacular, Full Metal Jacket parody + kamikaze. This guy is a genius.

Spoiler for Cover:

Epic.

[Davyd]

AHahah ! XD

Nice!!

[einhorn303]

I sure hope that S2 is announced before Battlestar Galactica ends its airing run. I've gotten used to this "watch a favorite show religiously every Friday" ritual that Strike Witches started.

Originally Posted by wavehawk

- I think "Charley" is more accurate, seeing that her name is "Charlotte". And yes, I know that "Shirley" is the official pronounciation, but most people wonder where she got the nickname. Write it in Katakana, I think they sound the same...

I agree that Charley makes more sense, but I'd like to point out that in some screencaps you can actually see "Shirley" written down. (Somewhere in ep 5, I believe) I already checked this with the BOST folks.

[wavehawk]

Originally Posted by einhorn303

I agree that Charley makes more sense, but I'd like to point out that in some screencaps you can actually see "Shirley" written down. (Somewhere in ep 5, I believe) I already checked this with the BOST folks.

- I think I -did- mention that I know Shirley was the official pronunciation?

Oh, BTW: Humikane has started doing some new artwork for the manga/light novel characters, as well as for some characters previously only illustrated in poster/spread format. The two most recent ones (As of Feb 3) are Junko Takei (from the 2nd Manga) and Tomoko Anabuki from the light novel. People who've heard of the other characters will probably love this, though the fans of the TV series may be a bit confused.

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/humikane/e-wacs/

FYI: scroll down to the bottom and meet Lynette's elder sister (Wilma). She's actually...pretty hot. ^_^

[Keroko]

*nod nod* But I already knew that. :3 Canadian cutie scores high on my list.

By the way, what does the Japanese description next to her portrait on the new art say?

[Serenity85]

Well I finially finished up watching all 12 eps and reading through 80% of this thread (yes I actually read through it all, very interesting read with all the info about the rl ppl/planes the charaters were based on plus all the other info) and well I'm glad I decided on a whim to watch this series^^ I already new about the fanservices coming into it from pictures .. etc so it was easy to get over it after the first couple eps and focus on the story, battles which were really good^^

I really hope we get a S2^^ I rly loved the show and characters (their just so darn cute)

[Jiyuu]

lately the artist/author of the series have been releasing lots of new arts of characters from the manga etc. maybe the activity is a sign that there is some work going on in the background :P