This is actually sort of in-conjunction with Sowon‘s Back-on Music Competition on the Forums, where each time, participants have to sing one particular song (TV size version) from Back-on‘s repetoire. (Please consider entering the competition, minna! :D) Usually, it does help to ‘record’ with the song in question playing in the background, which brings me to the main topic:

where can I find TV size mp3s of Back-on‘s songs?

It would probably be helpful to first provide a list of the songs, so without further ado in the order of Anime Title | Type | Song Title :

Aside from Chain, most of the mp3s are available for download somewhere on Back-on Online, and since this is a summary post, you can find the direct-links to the posts in question below:

• ヒカリサスホウ Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal ver.)
• BLAZE LINE
• a day dreaming…

But where can you find Chain? This only happens to be one of the most popular Back-on songs ever. The answer is simple: visit Japtard.com. Or more specifically,

view the post Air Gear OST – What a Groovy Trick!

You can the entire OST available for download (at 320kbps) – either as a zip file, or individual mp3 files. Chain (TV Size) is the first song on the 34-track album. The download has kindly been provided by Frox, who has credited Nipponsei for the original release.

Hopefully this post will be helpful to those searching for ‘that’ opening/ending theme by Back-on. Almost every single one so far also has their corresponding lyrics posted on the site somewhere, so take a look at the Lyrics section if you’re interested, particularly if you’d like to participate in the competition!

I thought I’d write abit more about these songs, since it’s hard to explain everything on the Music page itself! You may have read a previous post about recent updates to Back-on‘s Discography, and details about a CD compilation – Survive – were added, in which Back-on contributes 3 songs:

1. NUTS TRIBE
2. ヒカリサスホウ (Hikari Sasuhou)
3. GRAB

The CD compilation was released on June 8th 2005 with songs from Back-on, Airstrike and , and some fans will already know that both Nuts Tribe and ヒカリサスホウ (Hikari Sasuhou) are songs available from Baby Rock and New World.

Since Nuts Tribe has already been included in another album, I’ve decided not to write more about the song. However, the ヒカリサスホウ (Hikari Sasuhou) in Survive is very different from the version found in New World. The lyrics differ slightly, as well as the arrangement of the music, and is not unlike Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal ver.), a new variation by Back-on for the OP of the anime, Murder Princess.

So for the sake of convenience, this version will be referred to in the future as Hikari Sasuhou (Survive CD ver.) or something like that, at least on this site!

How about Grab? I personally love the music from the verse(s) more than the chorus, and it seems to be a firm favourite by listeners, judging by the reponses so far. Oddly, this song hasn’t yet been included in any of Back-on‘s own releases so far, but it has been featured on another compilation – BASTA LA FESTA – sun face side - – which was released on October 25th 2005.

First thoughts on both songs?

Hikari Sasuhou (Survive CD ver.) is probably the closest (at the moment) to a full version of Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal. ver.), which is one of my most favourite Back-on tracks, so it’s impossible (for me) to dislike! However, it’s quite clear that Back-on‘s music has improved since 2005 as the Survive CD ver. has quite a raw sound – ie. less polished. The introduction is a little long (58 seconds?), the singing is rather less polished than it’s recent counterpart and there are fewer ‘special’ effects. Nevertheless, it’s a damned good song which also provides an insight into Back-on‘s earlier work.

I also love Grab – it has an upbeat-intro and the underlying melody is fantastic. Alot of emphasis is made on the guitar work and the rap-part of the song, which really carries the entire song, even if the chorus doesn’t quite make the same benchmark in my humble opinion. So overall, the song is very strong in the sense that it’s just makes for great listening, and I hope that Back-on will consider re-recording it to include in their own album at some point.

If you haven’t already listened to the two songs, they are available for streaming from the Radio on the Music page. It would be interesting to find out what other people thought about these two songs in particular, and whilst I still maintain that we should all support Back-on by buying their CDs, one could probably make an exception for compilation tracks, so we at Back-on Online will be providing download links at some point for the songs!

This is a rare glimpse (and good quality :D) into Back-on‘s amazing live-performance standards. Apparently their repetoire/set-list included (with thanks to Miyu-chan and xiijelly)

1. NEW WORLD
2. EYES
3. BLAZE LINES
4. Believer
5. Drive
6. a day dreaming…
7. so many tears
8. FLYDOM
9. Hikari Sasuhou
10. Chain

Encore:

1. Colors
2. Kodou

We have now been able to confirm the full list thanks to Miyu-chan and xiijelly (earlier, happysky says there were about 10!) , but let us return out focus to the (all important) videos!

Please click on read on…

In the first video, Back-on performs Chain, and, apart from focusing on the band, it is patently obvious that the crowd are going wild! cstarresurrection does a great pan-shot of the surrounding people as well as the screen behind Back-on playing the opening credits for Air Gear. So a big kudos to happysky for some great (and steady-handed) filming!

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On to the second and very intriguing video, which I believe follows on after the Chain recording – it’s a song I’m fairly certain I haven’t heard (but it’s abit hard to hear the song itself) which leads me to believe that it could be the third song from their soon-to-be-release (June 6th 2007) single BLAZE LINE/a day dreaming… – also known as EYES. Do watch the video and let me know what you think?

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A big thanks again to cstarresurrection for sharing the videos on Youtube with everyone!

The lyrics come courtesy of Yakhobian of the Crystal Nova fansub group, who also kindly shared his recording of the OP from Murder Princess OVA. His fansub group, Crystal Nova, have just released their versions of Murder Princess OVA – Volume 1-4, and they’ve done an excellent job translating the episodes imho, so I would highly recommend downloading their work!

You can find the torrent files from the Crystal Nova Forums and having downloaded the file myself, I can definitely say that the quality of the video is very good. There are two file sizes available – 200mb and 116mb. Yakhobian recommends using CCCP to watch the files as it supports the SSA/AAS subtitling format used by the group for their .mkv files.

Read on for the lyrics…

The lyrics for the OP were translated based on the original Hikari Sasuhou ヒカリサスホウ lyrics so I’m sure they’re as accurate as can be without the band’s official release. Yakhobian has kindly provided Back-on Online with the original kanji, romaji and also the English translation. You can find all 3 on this page, the kanji on page 2, romaji on page 3 and the English translation on page 4.

冷めた顔していたって
sameta kao shite itatte
I knew from the start

初めから僕は分かっていたけど
hajime kara boku wa wakatte ita kedo
why you made such a cold face, but

言葉とは裏腹に歪んでいた
kotoba to wa urahara ni hizunde ita
my words were twisted around.

この思いを消してくれよ
kono omoi wo keshite kure yo
Please erase this feeling.

Uh…glowin’ da dark　闇の中光る
Uh…glowin’ da dark yami no naka hikaru
Uh… glowin’ da dark. A brief ray of light

一筋の閃光
hitosuji no senkou
shines in the darkness.

それはまるで幻想　描く映像
sore wa maru de gensou egaku eizou
It’s like an illusion drawn into the image.

But 真実の栄光
But shinjitsu no eikou
But there you’ll succeed

そこで掴み取る成功
soko de tsukamitoru seikou
to grab the glory of the truth.

Uh…Nobody knows　答えなんて
Uh…Nobody knows kotae nante
Uh… Nobody knows what the answer is.

わからないキリがない　揺れる脳内
wakaranai kiri ga nai yureru nounai
It’s incomprensible. Forever swaying in our brains.

I’m lookin’ for the answer

いつだってそうさ So　blast out da speaka!
itsu datte sousa So blast out da speaka!
It’s always that way so blast out da speaka!

終わらないストーリー
owaranai sutoorii
It’s an endless story.

壊れないように響け
kowarenai you ni hibike
Ring it out like it won’t break.

Rock な Beat 狙う　ピンポイント
Rock na Beat nerau pin point
Aim for the rock beat and pin point.

ヒカリの射す方目指していこう!
hikari no sasu hou mezashite ikou!
Set your sights on where the light shines.

ヒカリサスホウに
hikari sasu hou ni
Even if this voice

この声が届かなくても
kono koe ga todokanakute mo
doesn’t reach as far as the light shines,

Pow! Pow! Pow!

打ち込む My flow like a 弾丸
uchikomu My flow like a dangan
Drive home my flow like a bullet

登りつめる階段
noboritsumeru kaidan
and climb to the top of the stairs.

いつだって君は
itsu datte kimi wa
you’ll always be searching

奥底で探している
okusoku de sagashite iru
in the depths of your heart.

I spent most of yesterday trying to figure out how to type in Japanese, as well as reference Kanji. This particular release is a result of that hard work, so please do not re-post these lyrics elsewhere without prior permission. The lyrics come in the original Kanji format as well as the usual Hiragana and Romaji.

I have tried to pick up as many errors as possible but if you spot anything amiss please let me know! If you like the release, please do make a comment to show your appreciation :) I’m going to continue working on more Back-on lyrics over the next few days so watch this space!

Click to view Hikari Sasuhou ヒカリサスホウ lyrics

Remember you can download and listen to both Hikari Sasuhou and Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal ver.) in the Music section of Back-on Online before the next section update. I’m happy to say that at the moment, Chain has been downloaded 60 times, but Hikari Sasuhou has been the clear favourite at a whopping 112 downloads!

JAPANESE (Kanji)

[Verse]
強く手を握りしめた
あの日か何らも変わりはしないさ
掴めそうで屆かない光を
この目で塗り潰すまでは

[Rap]
腕に卷きつく mic code で放つ flow どうた 振り切れる針 Redzone
uh 一か八かの賭けに出てる俺はなぜ? 今わかるぜ
Life is short だからこそ掴み取れ shinin’ sword 輝く聖剣 YEAH
If you’re ready for this say yeah! 五感研ぎ澄ましで行けよ you know what I’m sayin’?

[Chorus]
終わらないストーリー
壊れないように響け
ヒカリサスホウにこの声が屆かなくても
いつだって君は奥底で探している

[Chorus Rap]
Rock the beat 狙う ピンポイント! 光の射す方へ That’s where we go!
Pow!!x3 右手の microphone でつ flow comin’ through ya headphone

[Verse 2]
冷めた顔していたって初めから僕は分かっていたけど
言葉とは裏腹に歪んでいた
この思いを消してくれよ

[Rap 2]
Glow in the dark but still in the dark, can you see the light in the rhythm
It’s like an illusion, you create the vision, you prove with action, never think of rejection
Nobody knows I gotta know where do I go for the answers I don’t know
I’m lookin’ for the answer (to) continue the saga so blast out the speaker!

[Chorus]
終わらないストーリー
壊れないように響け
ヒカリサスホウにこの声が屆かなくても
いつだって君は奥底で探している

[Chorus Rap]
Rock the beat 狙う ピンポイント! 光の射す方へ That’s where we go!
Pow!!x3 右手の microphone でつ flow comin’ through ya headphone

※6月6日発売のシングルには「Colours」は収録されません。

I haven’t heard the song yet, but I’m a little sad to find that its not included for June 6th 2007… which makes one wonder if it will be the full length Hikari Sasuhou ヒカリサスホウ (FK Metal ver.)? What do you all think?

On another note, I obviously mis-read the news before… but on second viewing it seems much clearer now: Back-on‘s very own Icchan will be presenting a special event on May 10th 2007 focusing on on their (forthcoming) trip to America, entitled “アメリカ帰国ライブ” or literally “America returning home Live“. The event will be held at Shibuya Ruido K2 who haven’t yet updated their listings for May so hopefully we’ll find out more information closer to the time!

I promised to scan the New World album sleeve not too long ago, but on the day I actually really go and try it, I can’t actually get hold of a scanner! Instead, I’ve done an ad-hoc photo-shoot for the time being :p Since I want to tell everyone about Sowon‘s forum post, this seems like a good opportunity to share the Hikari Sasuhou ヒカリサスホウ lyrics (or photo at least) with everyone! Click on the thumbnail below to load the full image in a new window!

Moving on to the lyrics of Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal ver. ) – Sowon, Back-on Online’s very own Forum Super-moderator, has posted lyrics for the Murder Princess opening theme, as translated by Ayako Fansubs. You can view a small sample below, but click on ‘more lyrics‘ to view the post in full:

same ta kao shi tei tatte
> the coldness of your voice
hajime kara bokau wa wakatte i ta kedo
> it is the start of my understanding
kotoba to auraharari
> It is the words of the aura
igan deita
> which is not strained
kono omoi wo kesshite kureyou
> This throughts is never what I ask for

more lyrics

For those looking to download Hikari Sasuhou and/or Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal ver.), please refer to the Music page as well as this news post for more information!
Hope this (slightly delayed) but interesting post has added to your day! :D In case you weren’t aware of it already, Back-on Online now hosts the first dedicated Back-on Forums. Credit for the idea goes to Sowon, our new staff Forum Super-moderator, who emailed in with the suggestion and is now doing alot of ‘behind-the-scenes’ work to improve the user experience! Our next site-updates post will collate all of the recent site changes so do look out for it :)

[Q-R] OVA Murder Princess Vol.​1 + NC OPED + CM (DVD XviD 768×432 24fps AC3).​mkv

The file itself is about 410 mbs in size, and has a healthy number of seeders at the moment. If you’re not familiar with torrenting, its a fantastic way for people to share large file sizes. There are some good guides on the net about torrents, such as MattK’s recent explanation – but essentially (for me) they are just information files which contain data to help source the original files for you.

As MattK also recommended, the best way (in my opinion) of utilising these .torrent files is to use µTorrent. Its both lightweight (doesn’t kill your pc/laptop’s memory) and intuitive, and you don’t need to install it.

Run µTorrent.exe after you download the .torrent file from Tokyo Toshokan, and then click on the icon on the top left (a green plus on a file paper) and find the file. Its pretty straight forward from then on. To play the .mkv file, I suggest using VLC Media Player, which plays almost anything you care to throw at it.

Now, moving on from the awful attempt at explaining tech things above, I can safely say that this one will give alot more people joy! Although I did manage to record a better version of ヒカリサスホウ Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal ver.) from this torrent file, it still doesn’t compare to the one kindly sent in to me by Yakhobian.

He has uploaded his recording (2.45mbs) on Rapidshare, and you can find the link to the file download directly below:

Back-on – Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal ver.) recorded by Yakhobian

A big thanks to Yakhobian! :) I believe the lyrics have changed slightly from the original Hikari Sasuhou but I will post more about this at a later date.

p/s: This will be the first mention of the first dedicated Back-on forum for fans, an idea brought to you courtesy of Sowon, who has kindly agreed to fill the position of super moderator. Visit the forums at http://www.backon-online.com/forums/

The opening credits (as mentioned before) features ヒカリサスホウ Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal ver.) – an alternative version of Hikari Sasuhou first heard in the trailer clip. It is approximately 1:30 min long and is really worth listening to in my opinion – I especially love the rap! I’ve managed to record it from the Youtube videos and have decided to post it on the radio for you to listen to as well! I apologise for the bad quality (a result of the original recording and the subsequent compressing), but please let me know what you think of the ‘new’ Hikari Sasuhou! :)

Murder Princess OVA Raw [1/3] uploaded by darkusagi

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Murder Princess OVA Raw [2/3] uploaded by darkusagi

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Murder Princess OVA Raw [3/3] uploaded by darkusagi

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UPDATE – July 11th 2007 – The raw videos are no longer online, but you can still find some English-subtitled versions on Youtube!

Murder Princess OVA Clean Opening Credits uploaded by darkusagi

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Murder Princess OVA Clean Ending Credits uploaded by darkusagi

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