Song of the Week for 2/28/10

Don — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:00:29 +0000

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

Lyrics by Kanda Yoshimi * Music by Tanaka Koohei
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.
Atsuku moetagiru ze!
Dare ni mo tomerarenai!
Kokoro no beat

Itsu no hi ka meguriau ai no shinjitsu.
Kono sekai no nani mo ka mo ore no mono.

Yuujoo de musubareta.
Atsui kizuna yo.

Jama wa sasenai!
(Jama wa sasenai!)
Waga michi yuku ze!
(Waga michi yuku ze!)
Tatakae! Tatakae!
Tatakae! Tatakae!
Tatakae! Otaking!

Aisuru hito o sutete kakenukeru mono
kagayaku mirai shinji
yume o takushite.

T-shirt nurasu ase
otoko no kunshoo.
Namida tomaranai ze!
Tokimeki wasurenai ze!
Kokoro no refrain

Nagareyuku toki o koe umarekawaru sa.
Otaku to yobareru toki ga
itsuka kuru.

Seishun no shunkan o tsunagitomeu ze!

Jama wa sasenai!
(Jama wa sasenai!)
Waga michi yuku ze!
(Waga michi yuku ze!)
Tatakae! Tatakae!
Tatakae! Tatakae!
Tatakae! Otaking!

Eien ni kawaranai
ore no shinnen.
Furimuki wa shinai sore ga
otaku michi.

Jinsei no nani mo ka mo
sutechimatta ze

Mezasu wa sekai!
(Mezasu wa sekai!)
I’ll be the greatest man!
(I’ll be the greatest man!)
Tatakae! Tatakae!
Tatakae! Tatakae!
Tatakae! Otaking!

(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.
I will be a raging inferno!
No one will be able to stop
my heart’s beat!

One of these days, I will find out the truth of
love. Everything in this world will be mine.

We’re bound together by friendship.
It’s a thick bond.

I won’t let anyone block me!
(I won’t let anyone block me!)
I will go my own way!
(I will go my own way!)
Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight!
Fight! Otaking!

I abandon the one I love and keep on running
believing in a shining future
and staking my dreams on it.

The sweat that soaks my T-shirt
is the medal of a man.
My tears won’t stop!
I won’t forget the beating
of my heart’s refrain!

I will rise above the drifting time and be reborn.
The time will come someday when I
will be known as Otaku.

I will bind fast the moments of my youth.

I won’t let anyone block me!
(I won’t let anyone block me!)
I will go my own way!
(I will go my own way!)
Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight!
Fight! Otaking!

It will remain unchanged forever,
this determination of mine.
I won’t look back; such is
the way of Otaku.

I’ve thrown away
everything in my life.

My goal is the world!
(My goal is the world!)
I’ll be the greatest man!
(I’ll be the greatest man!)
Fight! Fight!
Fight! Fight!
Fight! Otaking!

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