I wasn’t going to update this until around Thanksgiving, but since Chapter 5 is about MOON CHILD and October is the season for vampires, I figured it would be most appropriate to do this now. While it is a relatively short chapter at just 18 pages, I don’t have time to do it all at …
When I first introduced my project to make an unusual bookshelf, I mentioned that it ultimately was to go in a particular corner of my room. While I’ve already unveiled the finished product in the post about my program’s exhibit this past June, I wanted to show what it looks like in situ. I also …
Over twenty years ago, Sailor Moon began airing on TV in the US. I was curious about the show for two reasons. 1. Although I liked American cartoons like The Simpsons and Animaniacs, I was fascinated that there could be a show for children where the characters were drawn so beautifully they actually had elbows …
I have several notebooks labelled 歌詞ノート, (kashi nooto) “Lyric Notebook,” in which I hand-write the lyrics to Japanese songs I like. Perhaps this isn’t a popular opinion these days, but I’m a huge proponent of writing in order to learn how to read. It doesn’t matter whether you write with a pencil on paper or …
I had bought issue #44 of Rock and Read back when it came out in 2012, solely for the GACKT article. In 2013 I learned of YOHIO through his collaboration with GACKT on the song “Sakura, falling.” It wasn’t until this year, when I sat down to translate the aforementioned GACKT interview, that I realized …
This interview comes from the November 2012 issue of Rock and Read (#44). The interviewer is Ayano NISHIMURA. Usually, I don’t mind if someone posts a copy to their own site of a fan translation I’ve done (as long as they link back to me), but given how much work I put into this one …
Eli: The moon is waxing gibbous tonight, which means it’s time to tally the votes from the previous post and see whether you chose Trick or Treat. And the winner is…Trick! Oh, you playful readers you, that’s what I like to see. ^o~ That said my idea of a fun trick is rick rolling people, … Continue reading
I have but one simple question for you, O Readers: Trick, or treat? The light of the waxing gibbous moon shall reveal the effects of your choice. 🎃♪ Play along by leaving a comment saying either “Trick” or “Treat.” Remember, you don’t have to have an account on WordPress to comment on a WordPress blog, … Continue reading
Earlier this month, Archangel Diamond revealed in a tweet that copies of World Maker purchased through them would include an English lyrics card. They certainly get an A+ for thinking of this and adding it to the CD. I think it’s a great step toward getting closer to English-speaking fans. I really do. Unfortunately, however…the … Continue reading
This is it! The last two shows on the Kagen no Tsuki tour, which brings us to the end of Chapter 4. Whew! To read earlier portions, please go to the Table of Contents. ☆ December 20, 2002, Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan (Third Day) “This is the last day the four of us will dance.” … Continue reading
As we draw nearer to the end of this tour, we find ourselves in Fukuoka. I wonder if Hirose himself is from there, considering how much he gets into the specific locales of the city. Because of all the mentions of specific places, I added glosses instead of doing footnotes to explain things like “this … Continue reading
For this song, there are several places where the lyrics as presented on Rock Lyric differ from what’s actually sung. However, due to the nature of the differences, I don’t believe these to be typos (save for maybe the extra “wa” in the first line); these are probably cases of the the sung & written … Continue reading
In these four stops, we get an interview about “12 Gatsu no Love Song,” Chacha’s thoughts on music, lots of airplanes, and Chad mishearing Gackt (maybe). The third venue in this post has no English name noted anywhere, so I wrote “Matsuyama Shimin Kaikan,” which, were it to follow the pattern of other shimin kaikan, might … Continue reading
