Listen to songs from flower and Butterfly on the radio!

Many people have been anticipating the release of flower and Butterfly, and you’ll be pleased to know that both singles are now available via torrent and other means *cough* forums *cough*. For various reasons, we won’t be directly linking to any files here, but if you’re keen on listening to the singles, we’ve now uploaded all the songs from both flower and Butterfly on to the Music Radio!

Hope you enjoy listening to the songs! :) Please let us know what you think!

p/s: Of course the message is – if you like the songs, please do consider buying the singles :D

p/s2: A big thanks to Yakhobian of CrystalNova for the original files! Please continue to watch this space for the lyrics.

Murder Princess OAV IV has been released, why not watch it online?

Apologies for the sudden silence with regards to news updates. Alas it was moving time last week, and I’m sure others would agree when I say that it is unbelievable how much (rubbish) one can really accumulate in a year! Anyway, spring cleaning aside, it hasn’t left much time for writing up news updates although I’m still following the news!

Today’s update will be the announcement that Murder Princess OAV 4 has just been released! :) I’ve been able to watch the raw version thanks to [Q-R], but as usual, most of the dialogue is a bit beyond my understanding, but you can look forward to a few revelations, action-scenes and also some flashbacks. ^^ The best part is they’ve finally started using some really interesting BGM, and it really does make a difference imho!

You can now also watch it without having to download/torrent the file with thanks to Aroduc! He/she has uploaded the file to Youtube, and you can watch it below!

BACK-ON – Hikari Sasuhou ヒカリサスホウ (FK Metal ver.) [Murder Princess OVA OP version] | Lyrics and Translation

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.

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.

Download the ED version of A day dreaming… and torrent file for Eyeshield 21 Episode 101

With thanks to the anime group [S^M] (I haven’t been able to find their website) we’ve just been able to get hold of Eyeshield 21, Episode 101 RAW, featuring Back-on‘s A day dreaming… as the ending theme.

My first impression of the song is that it is indeed mellow and very chilled out. Definitely a summer tune suitable for roadtripping! Those expecting a New World, Chain or Hikari Sasuhou from A day dreaming…will instead be pleasantly surprised to find that the song is more similar to ~feel~ from Baby Rock, or そのままで (Sono mama de) from Adachi Tribe. The ED is only 1:15 min in length but I would be interested in finding out what you all think about the new song?

Murder Princess OVA Volume 1 Goodies aka. torrent and mp3 download!

Since the last news post about the Murder Princess OVA (Volume 1) being available in 3 parts on Youtube, like others – I discovered a torrent of the dvd on Tokyo Toshokan courtesy of Quantum Raws. The full file name and direct info link of the torrent can be found below:

[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/