Tatakae! Otaking
Something fun I thought I’d start. So this may the be first it may be the last I dunno, we’ll see. Tatakae! Otaking is the theme song to the classic OVA Otaku no Video. A mocumentary about otaku in Japan in the early to mid 80s, we are presented with the protagonist Kubo on his rise in (or fall to) otakudom.
One of my favorite anime, I remember purchasing the DVD back in 2003 at Ohayocon from the AnimEigo booth. Sadly I have no idea where it is now. Ok, I know where it is as in what building (parent’s house) but where in said place? It is a mystery. One I will solve with the determination of a parent ripping apart a car to save their child!!! Or something like that.
Lyrics after the jump
Arrangement by Fujiwara Ikuroo * Performed by Tsujiya Kooji
| (Serifu) Yami ni ugomeku hitotsu no kage. Otaku, sore wa yameru gendai ni tanjooshita ankoku no shoochoo de aru. Kokorohisoka ni shinobiyori hito no kansei o washitsukamu. Sono sadame kara wa dare mo nigerarenai no da! Hatenaki kooya hitori hitabashiru mono mada minu sekai haruka kiboo idaite. Shinjiru mono wa tada hikaru joonetsu. Itsu no hi ka meguriau ai no shinjitsu. Yuujoo de musubareta. Jama wa sasenai! Aisuru hito o sutete kakenukeru mono T-shirt nurasu ase Nagareyuku toki o koe umarekawaru sa. Seishun no shunkan o tsunagitomeu ze! Jama wa sasenai! Eien ni kawaranai Jinsei no nani mo ka mo Mezasu wa sekai! |
(Spoken) A single shadow squirming in the dark. That is Otaku–a black symbol that has appeared in these sick modern times. It steals inwardly and grabs hold of one’s sensitivity. This is a fate from which no one can escape! Over the endless wasteland I run alone for all I am worth embracing the hope of an unseen world far away. The only thing I believe in is glowing passion. One of these days, I will find out the truth of We’re bound together by friendship. I won’t let anyone block me! I abandon the one I love and keep on running The sweat that soaks my T-shirt I will rise above the drifting time and be reborn. I will bind fast the moments of my youth. I won’t let anyone block me! It will remain unchanged forever, I’ve thrown away My goal is the world! |