To Aru Kagaku no Railgun – Episode 7

Hardcore audio can be hazardous to health.

Pancake Teatime

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Don’t ask me what on earth is that stuff Takagaki Ayahi concocted at the end :p. All I know is:
1. She was supposed to make a pancake.
2. She forgot to add eggs earlier but dumped it in later anyway (She thought the eggs were for making sunny-side-ups).
3. The finished half-cooked “cake” looked like a 3D representation of something you’d see in Kobayashi Yu’s sketchbook.

Can’t blame Shiraishi Ryouko for quipping that even okonomiyaki looks better than whatever Takagaki made. Gotta give credit for the latter’s positive thinking though lol. Anyway, the video was an episode from Stacha-Chick!, a StarChild WebTV series hosted by said two seiyuu in 2008. This ep was mostly about Shiraishi promoting her Hatch single, but Takagaki’s amzng cooking skills ended up stealing the limelight as usual (For folks who haven’t seen her nikujaga challenge, I recommend it ;) – Part 1 and Part 2). Now you know where the model reference for Regios’ Nina Antalk being FAIL at making pancakes comes from…

Original video from NicoNico. I wanted to upload and write about the ep which had Takagaki eventually whipping up an okonomiyaki (with almost disastrous results) but as my stupidity and ignorance had it, my external hard disk decided to die on me one fine day and I forgot to back up the data. Well, there goes my work of collecting Anime and seiyuu TV shows over the past years. ><

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun – Episode 6

Cuddly death traps.

K-ON! Character Image Song Series

With a peppy opening theme, a fantastic ending as well as fun inserts, K-ON! looks to be strumming all the right strings in the Anison industry. As for the character image songs?

They seem to be doing equally well; in the CD market at least. After all, this is KyoAni + Pony Canyon we’re talking about…

Prayer†

『Prayer†』

「Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single – Takagaki Ayahi come across Feldt Grace」

Lyrics & Music ： KOKIA
Arrangement ： Ura Kiyohide
Vocals ： Takagaki Ayahi

Even though I’m dwelling in such sorrows, why is it that I feel warm?
Is it because I know I’m enveloped by your love?

I promise you, the vow I share with you will continue to live in my heart

Every time I feel your presence beyond the endless skies
The love I found is within the cherished things I lost
No matter how painful it may be, it tells me to move on

I promise you, the vow I share with you will continue to live in my heart

I promise you, the vow I share with you will continue to live in my heart

May my prayers of wishing for happiness reach you…

I promise you…

Japanese Lyrics : 祈り†

Notes
I took a lot of artistic liberty with the translation such as substituting the common term for some words with another, using nouns instead of adjectives etc. Several sentences also feel disconnected when you take them into literal context but I joined a few of them anyway in order to smooth the flow and make them sound more complete.

祈り†

『Inori†』

「Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single – Takagaki Ayahi come across Feldt Grace」

Sakushi ・ Sakkyoku ： KOKIA
Henkyoku ： Ura Kiyohide
Uta ： Takagaki Ayahi

Konna ni kanashii no ni atatakai no wa naze?
Anata no ai ni tsutsumareteiru koto shitteiru kara?

I promise you anata to no yakusoku kono mune ni iki tsudzuketeiru

Hateshinai sora no mukou ni kehai o kanjiru tabi ni
Ushinatta daiji na mono sono naka de mitsuketa ai
Donna tsurakutemo mae ni susumu to

I promise you anata to no yakusoku kono mune ni iki tsudzuketeiru

I promise you anata to no yakusoku kono mune ni iki tsudzuketeiru

Shiawase negau watashi no inori todokimasu you ni…

I promise you…

English Translation : Prayer†

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun – Episode 5

It’s 100% aphrodisiac-free…except for lolipedocons.

Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single – Takagaki Ayahi come across Feldt Grace