Sunday, December 02, 2007
Today I finished watching an anime called Ginban Kaleidoscope. It is short but really nice. It's about ice/figure skating. It's really cool and touching. Go watch it. :P
Here's a little summary:
16-year old Sakurano Tazusa is a Japanese figure ice-skater who considers herself to be worth $10 billion in beauty. While executing her moves in the Women's Figure Skating Grand Prix, she stumbled and landed badly, hence resulting in her loss in the competition. At the same time, in the same city, a Canadian youth by the name of Pete Pumps was performing an air stunt when his plane crashes and he dies. Tazusa starts to hear a strange voices and realises that the Canadian ghost now resides in her body. After futile attempts to get rid of Pete, Tazusa decides to get accustomed to his presence and in the meantime, improve on her techniques in order to get selected for the Olympics.
Here's our main character: Sakurano Tazusa
Here's Peet Pumps.
And here's the ending theme, Energy by Inoue Marina. Hope you enjoy.
Energy by Inoue Marina
Motto motto chikaku ni kanjitetai yo
Kimi no sono taiyou wo
Hira hira kaze ni mau
Kareha no sei de itsumo to chigau
Komusaaka kimi to deatta toki ni wa
Tada midori no TONNERU ga tsuzuite ita
Itsumo kayoinareta basho datta no ni
Kyou wa hitori ga sabishiku natta
Kimi ga tonari ni inai dake de
Kotto yuku sekai ni
Kurushiku naru no
Motto motto chikaku ni kanjitetai yo
Kimi no sono tsuyosa made zenbu
Sugoku tooku hanarete basho ni ita tte
Tsunagatte iru kara
Yasashii sono koe mo watashi wo mitasu Energy
Kira kira ame sasou yuugure no machi ni
Kasa wo motazu ni dete kita
Issho mune watashi o mite kimi wa ijiwarui ni waratte ita
Mizutamari wo wazato futari de funde ano hun no mitsume
Yakusoku shita ne kimi no daisuki na fuyu ga kitara
Futari no kioku ni kagi wo kakeru to
Ne zutto zutto soba de dakishimetetai yo
Kimi sono yowasa datte zenbu
Donna ni kimi ga tsuyogatte nisete datte tsutawatte kuru kara
Onaji yozora no shita kimi ga naite iru koto
Zutto zutto soba de dakishimeteite yo
Watashi no kumai tami wo nokotta
Tatoe kimi ga watashi wo wasurechattemo zutto matteru kara
Motto motto chikaku ni kanjitetai yo
Kimi sono taiyou wo itsudemo
Sugoku tooku hanarete basho ni ita tte
tsunagatte iru kara
yasashii sono koe mo atatakai sono ondo mo
kimi no sono subete ga watashi ugokasu Energy
English [only the anime-cut version]:
Hia hia kaze ni mau kareha no sei de [Beacuse of the dried leaves dancing in the wind,]
Itsumo to chigau kono saka [the hill is different from usual.]
Kimi to deatta toki ni wa [When I first met you,]
Tada midori no tonneru ga tsuzuiteita [there was only a green path ahead.]
Istumo kayoi naretabasho datta no ni [Though we always used to come here,]
Kyou wa hitori ga sabishiku natta [today I'm lonely here by myself.]
Kimi ga tonari ni inai dake de [Just because you're not beside me,]
Koote yuku sejai ni kurushiku naru no [I begin to suffer in this freezing world.]
Motto motto chikaku ni kanjitetai yo [More and more, I want to feel closer to you,]
Kimi no sono tsuyosa made zenbu [and to your strong feelings]
Sugoku tooku hanareta basho ni itatte [Even though you went far away,]
Tsunagatteiru kara [we're still connected.]
Yasashii sono koe wa [That soft voice,]
Watashi wo mitasu enajii [fills me with energy.]
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