Some downside to the movie would be the complexity of the story, which is much much worse in the manga (trust me on this: at the end of the series, I still cannot fully understand who Friend is or his motives.) and the constant flashbacks (which was done in the manga as well). There are too many characters as well, a problem in the manga. But this adds on the a consistent complex story that is entertaining.

If you like complex stories, this movie is for you. You might want to read the manga for a better understanding. 22 volumes + 2 (serialized under the title “21st Century Boys”) volumes. That’s a lot to read. I am looking to forward to seeing how they will compress this much content into three films.

For those who liked this, try Monster by the same author. It features a similarly complex plot with an ensemble cast.

My full collection.

Looks like everything I like nowadays have something to do with the end of the world somehow, in the figurative sense. For those who watch anime, this is the new opening theme for Code Geass.

世界の終わりで生まれた光　
今風の中

綺麗事だけじゃ生きれない
優しさだけじゃ癒せない

奪われたのは何だ
変わらない世界で
聞こえてきたのは何だ
祝祭の歌

Everything is wild

砕け散った夢を明日の果てに響かせるように
世界の終りで生まれた光
僕ら一つに　
今風の中

何者見返笑えない
寂しさだけじや拘われない

立ち止まったものはなんだ
祖恋果てに
聞こえてきたのは何だ
悲しい息叫び

Everything is wild

砕け散った夢を明日の果てに響かせるように
世界の終りで生まれた光
僕ら一つに　
今風の中

誰も待たせないで
変えれ身だけころに
もう何もかも取れて

everything is wild

あの日見た空をでかいの先へ
ここ乾せるように

世界の始はりすろぞろの朝に
僕ら真っ白に
今風になろぅ

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The light that was born at the end of the world
Now is in the wind
I can´t live just by whitewashing
I can´t heal just by kindness

What was stolen?
In this never-changing world
What is it that I hear?
A festival song

Everything is wild

Echoing at tomorrow´s edge are the dreams that are broken and shattered
The light that was born at the end of the world
We will become one
Now in the wind

Someone is looking back he can´t smile
I can´t just wipe away the loneliness

What is that thing standing still?
At the end of this flawed love
What is it that i hear?
A shout with a sad tone

Everything is wild

Echoing at tomorrow´s edge are the dreams that are broken and shattered
The light that was born at the end of the world
We will become one
Now in the wind

Please don´t keep anyone waiting
Change your form just this much
You can take just about everything

Everything is wild

Go to the large beyond in the sky that we saw that day
It´s drying up here

In the world´s beginning, the respective mornings
We are pure white
Now let´s become the wind

Credit: Flow Generation

And so I present four variants to the rap and the lyrics. keke. (This post is mainly for my own reference to the lyrics.)

-Hook
do the impossible
see the invisible
raw! raw!
fight the power!

touch the untouchable
break the unbreakable
raw! raw!
fight the power!

what you gonna do is what you wanna do
just break the rule, then you see the truth
this is the theme of “G” coming through baby!
raw! raw!
fight the power!

-Verse1
power to the peeps, power for the dream
still missing piece scattering, so incomplete
we be the most incredible soldier from underground
see how easy, they all fall down
digging to the core to see the light
Let’s get out of here babe, that’s the way to survive
top of the head, I’m on the set
do the impossible, don’t you wanna bet?
cuz, a lot of things changed, we be waiting in vain

if you wanna get by, no pain no gain
wow! fakers wanna test me again
(damn! suckers wanna test me again)
sorry, my rhyme’s gonna snatch your brain
we gonna make it happen with the crazy rap
(I’m still starving for the straight up shit)
we gonna make it happen with the crazy rap skill (shit)
get ready to rumble, now is the time
if you don’t know, now you know

(good luck fellows! ha ha)

-Hook

-Verse2
2nd verse dedicates to the real peeps
what we got to say is so real thing
(what we got to say is damn real thing)
cuz, revolution ain’t never gonna televise
kicking the mad flow, microphone phenotype
(kicking the dope shit, microphone phenotype)
open your third eye, seeing through the overground
I’m mabout to hit you with the scream from the underground
whole city is covered with the cyber flavor
“G” is in your area, one of the toughest enigma

-Hook

I’m pretty sick of studying now and the title is a definite reflection of how I feel. (I think it means “liberate me from hell”. Probably latin.)

Lyrics and more information

Anyway, I pre-ordered this at the end of September and it finally arrived on Monday. The item is in pretty good condition though it took a little long for them to “source from their suppliers”. The shipping took one week which I guess was alright, since I didn’t need to pay any shipping fee.

It’s a soundtrack anyway.

Recommended Tracks:

• 1 – It’s an English rap anyway.
• 6
• 17
• 19
• 21 – Probably the best track

For those who know what I am talking about, enjoy the art. For those who don’t, just appreciate the nicely drawn art by someone else. (I definitely did not draw this – I can’t draw to save my life!)

My interests in soundtracks can be traced back to the Lord of the Rings soundtrack which I have already written to death here. For those who want to know though, the third Return of the King Complete Recordings is going to be released in the midst of our A-Levels on November 6. For some kind souls who have spare cash, please consider a Christmas gift for me with all three complete recordings

So far, there has only been five “entertainment” (mixture of movies, TV Show and anime) that has wow’d me with their soundtracks:
– Lord of the Rings (duh!)
– Lost
– Eureka seveN
– Death Note
– Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Of course, there is also the once in a while song or two that sounds good but these are my top five in no order. As again, here are some of my selected songs for your listening pleasure. A mix of upbeat, majestic and soft music.

Well, in case you were wondering about the seemingly music themed entries nowadays, let’s just say that I’m in this mood right now to write these kind of posts.

Other than the story, I really liked about the show was one of the insert songs: Brave Heart by Miyazaki Ayumi. The song is pretty cool and I’ve realized, only very recently, that the lyrics are pretty great as well. Definitely helps to bring out one’s “brave heart” in times of need.

You can view a fan’s music video rendition of the song using footage from said anime below:

Run faster than the wind!
Aim farther than the skies!
You can meet a new you
Unknown courage sleeps in your heart, and when you realize
The downpour in your heart
Will surely stop…show me your brave heart

You can find the opening here and the ending here.

The video is encoded in H.264 and the audio is in AC3. If you have problems viewing them, try installing the Combined Community Codec Pack.

And a warning to those who download anime off the net in Singapore. I quote:

The government wants to clamp down on animation downloads effective… this year. Happy New Year. The figures passed down stated that my beloved motherland has 230,000 animation downloaders. We are the top in the world by population percentage, at, uh, 5%? Canada only has 20,000 more households, and yet they have a lot more maple trees than us.

Odex underlined that this sounded like a serious effort on the part of the authorities, who are sick of catching little mama-shops selling pirated batteries. Japanese animation presents a fine opportunity to round up more bodies because there are few legalities to work with (Odex holds most of the licenses for titles in my motherland). They have spoken with the authorities, and I quote, the police have ‘techniques to handle certain things’.

On the other hand, I quote again, ‘it’s not going to look good if the students are caught’. It will not be nice if the local No. 1 tabloid has a 15-page exclusive on 16-year-olds jumping off 20-storey buildings in an attempt to shake off hardened plainclothes raiders. So Odex, in a nice way, is giving us a heads up and telling us to stay down.

As for myself, I hardly download anything beside Death Note these days.

Lastly, Death Note inspired Music Video:

The hasty stroke goes oft astray.