Lots of websites are started up every day, and just a little over a year ago, BOO was started and joined very shortly by BOO Forums. With the upcoming release of Back-on‘s new song, Sands of Time, it seemed like a great opportunity for us to celebrate our very first birthday and also their new work at the same time!

After some discussion, we’ve opted for April 6th 2008 as our official birthday, and we’ve already started planning a number of things to mark the occasion! As BOO+Forums is fundamentally a fan community built for Back-on fans by fans, one of the major areas that we are focusing on is the:

Fanwork donation request!

This is where we would humbly like to ask everyone for their contribution! And what we are looking for, as ookami, one of our forum moderators (who came up with the idea) so excellently put it: (everyone’s) own little tidbits of Back-on goodness!

So, it can be art, writing, sketches, music, singing, covers, wallpapers, videos, literally just anything that you’ve made as a fan of Back-on. Please don’t hesitate to submit your work, as they will be appreciated, since you have spent time on it!

In addition to this, we are also going to do a:

Banner Rotation

To celebrate this event, and for the forseeable future, we will be randomly rotating the forum banner (the large image at the top!) using member-contributed work! The idea is with thanks to Sesshy, and I really hope everyone will be kind enough to submit their work!

The current banner featuring flower and Butterfly was kindly created for us by Sound-Ex/Nao, which I think is a fantastic example! Simple yet so very effective. So long as the banner is less than 850px in width and has a suitable height (minimum 150px) then please send them in! The minimum criteria (of course) is that it should say the forum name somewhere.

Another thing that we will be doing includes:

The New BACK-ON Dictionary in WIKI format

Originally a concept started by ichiban (forum moderator) as a forum thread where users contributed their definitions and collaborated to form the content. We’ve decided it’s time to make it ‘official’ and neat and tidy by making it like a WIKI! This will form part of the main site and will be editable only by forum members. The original forum thread will still remain though!

And as with every website, the time comes for a new fresh look, so we will be introducing:

New website and forum theme

This is still very much in the works, and we will/are working with some members to ensure this goes well and on-time! At the moment the new forum theme has already been approved by Sowon (co-admin of the BOO Forums) but the site theme is progressing a bit more slowly, so on that note, we would be very grateful if you could let us know what you would personally like to see on Back-on Online! This can be done by commenting at the end of this post, or by getting in touch via the Contact Form.

We also have other ideas in the works that are coming along, but our focus is primarily on donated fanworks, so if you do have something that you’ve done with Back-on’s music, pictures – literally anything – please do let us know! Any work can be submitted to us by emailing:

submissions(AT)backon-online.com

This is a big event for us, and we very much hope you can join us in celebrating our first birthday! :) Thanks!

The aim for us this year? For BOO to become better! :) We definitely have something to look forward to, as BOO will be celebrating its very first birthday very soon! It would be an understatement to say that it has been a brilliant time, where the definite highlight was the opening of the BOO Forums by Sowon in April 2007!

I’ve met some seriously amazing Back-on fans through there, and if you do have some time, I would really encourage you to pay a visit and have a look around! A big thanks must go to the members for their great support, and if you did have any questions about the band (and band members) this is the place to ask as there are lots of experts! :)

Because the new year is a time of reflection:

Finally, a big thank you to everyone who has supported the site in some way or another, whether as a fantastic fellow admin (Sowon) or by providing site content (MJtheOne for the wallpapers, funbari for the lyrics, and guitar chords by Avalonstar12) including the images found in the Gallery (particularly ichiban) and also the special Back-on videos provided by gangangan03, blueblueblue and SoundEX amongst others. Of course the thank you must extend to the many people (who I’m sorry to have not mentioned here) who have made the site so much richer by posting comments and writing about their experiences both on the Forums and the main site. THANK YOU!

And before I forget: THANK YOU, BACK-ON, FOR BEING SO EXTRAORDINARY!

Happy new year everyone!

p/s: And for some really yummy news, rumour has it that Back-on will be releasing a brand new single on January 30th 2008. We don’t have much detail to go by at the moment, but will definitely keep you posted! If you would like to follow the latest developments, feel free to read the forum thread about the new release created by slipknot240.

You can watch the video by visiting The Anime Network at:

http://www.theanimenetwork.com/animeaccess/index.php?access_num=8

Update 27th June 2009: As the video is no longer available at the original link above, we have decided to upload the clips relating to BACK-ON to our Youtube account. You can watch the video below or by visiting this link:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XzPa0wqQP8

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but if you want to take a peek at the contents, we’ve taken a few screenshots from the video of scenes with Back-on. Take a look below (there are 12)!

Teeda is alittle cheeky during the interview ( :D) but it is a really great clip to watch, as they’re all smiling at one point or another, and we also get to watch their full performance of Chain! Thanks Akari and Ichiban!

p/s: If you do decide to post this first attempt elsewhere, please give some credit to this page, even if it is a first draft! ^^

ENGLISH

[Introduction]
Ladies and gentleman, the battle of love will now begin. Let’s get ready to BACK-ON!
*chokes*
I’m sorry!

[Verse 1]
キーンコーンカーンコーン！ 休み時間のチャイムの音！
Ding-dong-dang-don! It’s the chime of the recess/breaktime bell!

ターゲットは斜め前の席の子！
The target is the child(or person in this case?) in the seat diagonally to the front! (?)

超キュート！ んでもって最高にボンキュッボン！
Super/ultra cute! The most voluptuous! (?)

マヅでたまらん！ フェロモンバンバン！
‘mazu’ (Must?) be patient! The pheromones are banging away!

雄猿達の視線 like a 弾丸！
The male monkeys’ eyes are like bullets!
(I think in this context it means that they have eyes only for a certain target?)

ちょっと待って Every body~！ 挑む奴ぁ~Step up！ 1 歩前に！
Everybody, wait a moment! (Take up the) Challenge, fellows ~ step up! (???) (Take) one step forward!

紳士的に掴んでこうぜ！ 女神の微笑み~！
A gentlemanly grasp(?) A goddess’ smile!

You know what I mean？ おわかり！ さぁバトル開始！！
You know what I mean? (Do you) understand? The battle begins!

[Interlude 1]
Now, there are two sides of the story, and here’s both!
Oh! x3 Oh yeah!

[Verse 2]
1 時間目から、あっ！！ ヤベー！！ 俺宿題忘れ！
From the first hour, ah! I’m in trouble!! I’ve forgotten my homework!

絶対絶命ビンチたぜ！ だけど隣の席に座る！
A desperate situation, a crisis! However, the (person) sitting beside me,

君、救いの手くれてハート ドッキドッキ！
You, give (my) heart dokidoki with your helping hand!
(literally: You, (use) your helping hand to give my heart doki doki)

[Verse 3]
2 時間目体育で俺様の出番だぜっ！
The second hour is PE (physical education) and it’s my turn (to perform?) !

見てなべイべー！ マヅで惚れちゃうぜ？
Look (here) baby! Aren’t you/haven’t you fallen in love?

君にドライブシュート！ なんちゃってマチガイないぜ！
You’re in the driving seat! Just joking, I am certain/I have no doubt (???)

言葉はいらない目でおとす！ Aaight
(These are) words, (you) don’t need to lose your eyes(???) Aaight

[Chorus - 1]
BURN！ BURN！ こじ開け~ろトビラ！
BURN! BURN! Wrench open the door!

君のハートは誰の物なんだ！？
Who does your heart belong to!?

BURN！ BURN！ 燃やせ恋の炎！
BURN! BURN! The flames of passion!

チャンスは一度でキメてみせろぁ~！！
There is only one chance to decide!!

[Chorus - 2]
かっとばせ Every body！ Step up！ 1 歩前に！
Knockout/slam Everybody! Step up! (Take) one step forward!

めざせあの女神 You know what I mean？ おわかり！
Aim for that goddess, you know what I mean? (Do you) understand!

BURN！ BURN！ 燃やせハート！！ かませ恋の魔法
BURN! BURN! Burn the heart!! (Cast?) the spell of passion/love

超高鳴る鼓動！キメる放課後！
Superfast (rhythmic) beats! (It starts) after class!

[Verse 4]
3 時間目、教科書忘れたフリして！
In the third hour, (I) pretended to forget my textbook!

『チョット見せて！』と言って！ 急接近して！
『chotto顯示！說』！ 急接近！
“Wait, (let me) show (you)!” Because! (She’s) suddenly closer! (???)

彼女の香り かなりイイ感じ！
Her fragrance – such a good feeling!

まさに刺激的なひととき！
Definitely a stimulating moment!

[Verse 5]
4 時間目そろそろキメこんでこーか？
Is it gradually now the 4th hour? (???)

君のハートに愛の爆弾投下！
(I’ll) throw a bomb of love towards your heart!

どうだ？ Baby slow down 落ち着いていこらじゃん？
How’s that? Baby slow down (it’s?) quiet, isn’t it? (???)

ささやく Love you! 俺の愛爆発　Yeah~！！
Whisper Love you! My love explodes Yeah!!

Repeat [Chorus 1 & 2]

[Interlude 2]
(Kenji03/TEEDA/Sensei have a conversation about the new teacher)

Repeat [Chorus 2]

Repeat [Chorus 1 & 2]

Click on the pictures below to visit the gallery and view the rest of the pictures!

There are some great shots of Teeda and Kenji03, as well as two taken from the other side of Back-on‘s crowd shot! :D

p/s: The gallery doesn’t support sub-albums fully yet so it’s a little disorganised, but everything will be reorganised when this feature becomes available. Gomen!

First up is a video posted by SoundEX (Nao) on Youtube titled “Kenji’s drinking contest” and features the group (and presumably Anime Matsuri staff) Alas embedding has been turned off (understandably) so to watch the video, please visit the official channel directly by clicking the link below:

Official Back-on Street Team – Youtube channel

More videos after the read more…

The next video has been kindly provided by Ichiban (yes, the same Ichi who has shared her pictures in the earlier news posts :D, thanks!) and is a fabulous clip of Kenji03 waving at the camera and giving a little smile *the effect on a fangirl is quite catastrophic actually* :p

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Also, also… following on from the concert videos posted by happysky, a new user mineralblue, has kindly posted longer videos of Back-on‘s rendition of Chain and New World on Youtube as well! Watch the two videos below or visit mineralblue (organicraver)’s Youtube channel :)

The first video is Chain:

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and the second is New World:

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Last but not least, instead of a video… we have a shot of a short newspaper article from Japan with the photo that Back-on took with the crowd and some introductory text – havea look below, courtesy of the G-F-S blog. (Find out more about it in the next news post where we tell you more about G-F-S)

I’ll update this post at a later time with more info about the content as well as hopefully an embedded video! :)

Anime Matsuri Pictures and such…

The captions underneath each picture are pretty self-explanatory but they are really awesome pictures with great closeups of the band! :D Everyone in the band (especially TEEDA and KENJI03 looked even more gorgeous in these photos! This is what I’ve stayed up for! No really… the other pictures are brilliant too (I must ask about the camera) – they won the Ramune Cosplay Contest as Pocky Boxes that they worked very hard on.

Miyu-chan (a brand new member!) has also kindly shared her photos with everyone from Anime Matsuri as well! :) You can see a few of them below but again, check the link to the thread above for more pictures!

• More lyrics – practice makes perfect and the more I type out lyrics from the album sleeves the faster I can finish it. They do take up time though and with exams on the horizon I can’t promise many, but I will try my best.
• More media – this is one of the most popular areas of the site and Back-on Online will continue to provide as much content and variety as possible.
• More Interesting content – as one of the handful of English sites dedicated to Back-on (here I insert unashamed plugs about Sound EX, JaME and J!-ENT as well as Back-on’s Myspace – where backontokyo has mysteriously disappeared but thankfully we still have backonjapan) it’s important to ensure visitors don’t become bored and continue to maintain their interest in the band! I’m still researching the specifics but would welcome any feedback or even any guest articles such as reviews and others from visitors as well, so please feel to free to contact us if you’re interested!

On that note, I’d like to thank Sowon again for doing such a great job as forum super-mod on the Dedicated Back-on Forums. A special mention must go to Ichiban (or Ichi :p) for being so active as well! She currently holds the title of being top poster! :)

Sound EX and Ichiban (both are members of the Back-on forum) will be at Anime Matsuri, and Sound Ex has started a forum thread for collating questions, both for the Q&A PANEL as well the forthcoming private interview time that Sound EX has arranged with Back-on.

So if you have any burning questions – come forth and post on the forum! You can find the direct url below:

http://www.backon-online.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=34