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26 Apr 2008, 7:45 pm

I watched the first little bit of the latest Death Note on YouTube, mostly to listen to the voice artists for Mello and Near.

Mello wasn't what I had in mind for him, but it is an appropriate voice. Near, however, was almost exactly how I envisioned him, even being played by a female voice actress. Just a little lower pitched, that's all.


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27 Apr 2008, 5:18 am

Oh, and I have just translated the lyrics of The WORLD and ALUMINA into one that can be sung. I've seen a few fandubs (on YouTube), and I've deliberately kept away from their interpretations, instead making a translation that keeps close to the original song translations.

The WORLD wrote:
Within this darkness
Spreading all around us
We vowed a revolution
I won’t let anyone get in the way of the future,
for me and the world.


The future the forbidden fruit tells of,
Will turn, from dream, to reality
This is the end,
All shall want, and I shall send.


Within this darkness
Spreading all around us
We vowed a revolution
I won’t let anyone get in the way, and you will see,
In time, I will show you this world of ours,
And it will be an ideal world.



ALUMINA wrote:
I have dreamed a dream that no-one else but me could see,
I have disposed of all things that I never will need
Those things I cannot throw away, I keep in my heart, you see.

Even if I’m caught between my ideals and reality,
Even if I’m dragged down by fetters of sacrifice,
I will strive to the bitter end to make my dreams true,
My heart won’t let me stop until all is complete.

Deception and vanity and grief and fear,
All of these great negative things,
I won’t ever allow myself to be caught with these feelings,
I am a solitary trickster.


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27 Apr 2008, 1:46 pm

Quatermass wrote:
Oh, and I have just translated the lyrics of The WORLD and ALUMINA into one that can be sung. I've seen a few fandubs (on YouTube), and I've deliberately kept away from their interpretations, instead making a translation that keeps close to the original song translations.

The WORLD wrote:
Within this darkness
Spreading all around us
We vowed a revolution
I won’t let anyone get in the way of the future,
for me and the world.


The future the forbidden fruit tells of,
Will turn, from dream, to reality
This is the end,
All shall want, and I shall send.


Within this darkness
Spreading all around us
We vowed a revolution
I won’t let anyone get in the way, and you will see,
In time, I will show you this world of ours,
And it will be an ideal world.



ALUMINA wrote:
I have dreamed a dream that no-one else but me could see,
I have disposed of all things that I never will need
Those things I cannot throw away, I keep in my heart, you see.

Even if I’m caught between my ideals and reality,
Even if I’m dragged down by fetters of sacrifice,
I will strive to the bitter end to make my dreams true,
My heart won’t let me stop until all is complete.

Deception and vanity and grief and fear,
All of these great negative things,
I won’t ever allow myself to be caught with these feelings,
I am a solitary trickster.



I have both of those songs (the full version, not the TV opener-closer size versions) along with the full version of "What's Up People?" by Maximum the Hormone.

By the way, has anyone seen Code Geass? It's on right after Death Note, last night was the first episode. It's awesome. I'm goning to write about it in a separate thread, so look for it.


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