Title: DAYBREAK FRONTLINE -Rap arrange-
Song and Lyrics: Orangestar (蜜柑星P)
Vocals: Fantastic Youth — LowFat, おん湯 (Onyu)
English Translation: shiguremachi (link in reblog)
Since the original YouTube video with millions of views was taken down, I figured I’d upload one of my favorite TPN AMVs with some English lyrics. This was the first AMV I saw after watching S1, and I know the song has been around for half a decade now, but it’s forever associated with this series in my mind. Words can’t describe how well it captures the series’ message of hope while giving a nice chronological recap of the season. Forever grateful to the original creator who uploaded it to niconico shortly after it aired.
Ah, yes.. August 22nd.. *tosses out a three year old edit she never posted as compensation for not having any ideas to create something new for the sunshine child* Happy Birthday Emma
🎵 akutagawa + the little leaf guy [don?] + the yellow haired one [emily??] + ray!!!!
soda i love you for trying so hard to remeber my lityle tpn guys <3
Currently the only songs on my aku playlist because iam Picky <3 soo many florence. Sorry
Don and his lil sister conny are so 2015 two birds on a wire amv coded <3 to me <3 Emma (her name is emma) is ribs by the crane wives forever and ever <3 Ray (Ray!!!!!!!) ummmm i have so many lol but right now im rotating cry wolf by luna shadows around in my brain
here is my buzzcut season tpn amv from a while ago :]] this is still my favorite thing ive ever made
explanation of scenes matching lyrics under the cut for fun! because its fun to analyze stuff
"the men, upon, the news, they try to tell us all, that we, will lose"
this was the first time i had ever made an amv and when i saw that line the first thought i had was isabella, so i just used the first clip i saw of her. i also used the ray right after and tried to edit it so it synced with the rhythm.
"but it's so easy, in, this blue..."
thought process: blue. norrayemma. yes.
"...where everything is good."
ray hands norman the thing hes been working on for the past six years, the tool that will help them escape and find a "good" place for themselves. he's giving norman another chance. to symbolize the start of this, i added the clip where norman activates the tool.
after this, theres a short instrumental break where it flashes between scenes of characters interacting, and i wanted it to represent the strength of their bonds and the desperation in normans attempt.
"and i'll never go home, again"
MY FAVORITE PART. again with the desperation, i edited two clips of norman running up the wall and then cut to an unsteady shot of the house, trying to represent how easily their plans could fall apart.
i then let it cut to my favorite shot in the anime which is norman standing at the top of the wall, with nothing but a giant cliff in front of him. and in that moment, norman realizes he will never go home again. that his fate truly is sealed, and all he can do is accept it and help emma and ray and the others as best he can.
"place the call, feel it start."
i cut between emma and ray while theyre at the tree hoping for norman to succeed. to them, this is only the beginning. the plan will succeed. but to norman this is the end.
"favorite friend. and nothing's wrong when nothing's true."
the first part, "favorite friend," doesnt really match the lyrics with the scene itself that well but i will say that i tried VERY heard to sync rays smirk and emmas blink with the beat of the song.
the second half, "and nothing's wrong when nothing's true," is another one i really like, where emma and ray's confidence is immediately torn to shreds at the sight of isabellas smirk. there is no being ignorant anymore. everything is wrong when everything is true, and norman giving them their last perceived group hug is what makes it official.
"i live in a hologram with you."
my favorite lyrics in any song ever. honestly this was also more just a visual thing, with ray expressing silent contentment, norman expressing shock and horror, and emma expressing confidence and her steel-will. i think the hand holding is norman putting his hand on emmas, which reinforces the "hologram" emma finds herself with when norman is gone.
i also had to add ray and norman laughing because i love them and its a cruel juxtaposition to what just happened 0.2 seconds earlier.
"we're all the things that we do, for fun"
this part is meant to be a flashback of sorts to when they were still blissfully unaware and happy just playing tag in the forest all day. i also didnt realize how norman-centric this amv was until now lol
"(and i'll breathe, and it goes.)"
i think in the original song this is meant to be calming in a way. like after taking a deep breath you forget your worries for a little bit. in the amv i segwayed from happy fun moments to the horror of discovering connies body because i imagined the horror of trying to take a normal breath after that. its like how you always blink unconsciously but the moment you start thinking about it, it becomes a task.
"play, along. make believe it's hyper-real."
the first part is easy, emma playing along with isabella so she doesn't suspect her.
i love the second line, "make believe it's hyper-real," because that line basically encompasses tpn as a whole. before they knew the truth, they lived in their own little world with artificial rules and limitations. but they were happy. and now they know too much to be blissfully ignorant once more, no matter how much they'd like to return to their old lives. i wanted to show this by contrasting their first plans to escape with norman getting shipped out.
(it also reminds me of emma saying "e-magic-nation" instead of "imagination" in a letter to norman, so i love it even more)
i included the ringing of ray's bell after this to kind of snap the viewer out of it before the final lyrics played. i tried to sync it as best as i could but movie maker is so mean
"but i live in a hologram with you."
the last part of this amv shows emma turning the tables on ray who is fully ready to martyr himself. when ray is holding the lit match, there is no reflection in emmas eyes. but when she's holding it theyre fully ablaze, and it cuts to a determined emma and a shocked ray reacting to norman's "hologram."
norman will always be there, will always be there to guide them, even if only in mind and spirit. the lyrics suggest something darker, but i wanted to end it on a positive note where emma and ray are able to overcome their setbacks and push forward with norman to guide them.
Once upon a time I inspired @the-silliest-idiot to draw something so cursed and wonderful. Now, the time has come for me to fulfill my end of the bargain and lift the curse (or make it worse).
more than a week late posting about it but little kona recently turned 3. feels like it’s been so long and yet it hasn’t at the same time. it’s weird but she remains as adorable as ever. and small. love that you can still just pick her up with one hand. i couldn’t imagine having a large dog after how convenient and easy it is to take her places. she’s the best. truly.