CLANNAD Image Vocal Album: Sorarado – Sora ni Hikaru

Shining in the Sky
Vocals: riya
Lyrics: Key
Composition: Togoshi Magome
Arrangement: Takumaru

Space shines, the stars shine
The sky keeps turning
The sea shines, the earth shines
We’re an ancient species

CLANNAD Image Vocal Album: Sorarado – Tooi Tabi no Kioku

Memory of a Distant Journey
Vocals: Riya
Lyrics: Riya
Composition: Orito Shinji
Arrangement: Takumaru
Adapted from original BGM track “Yukinohara”

A reflection appears on the water’s surface
The color of the sky is bright

The atmosphere shimmers
To the end of silence

CLANNAD After Story Ending Theme – Chiisa na Te no Hira

Pulling this post back out from March 2008.

Rating: 9/10. ★★★★★★★★★☆

Little Palms
Vocals: riya
Lyrics: Maeda Jun
Composition: Maeda Jun
Arrangement: Togoshi Magome

Far, far away, there’s a swaying sea of rice grains
Raise the sails, raise the sails, and go to the memories that we aimed for
Do we still remember all of the sad things up to today, or have we forgotten them?

CLANNAD Image Vocal Album: Sorarado Append – Hitohira no Sakura

Rating: 9/10. ★★★★★★★★★☆

A Single Sakura Petal
Vocals: riya
Lyrics: Key
Composition: Maeda Jun
Arrangement: Takumaru
Adapted from original BGM track “Haruka na Toshitsuki”

One day I walked with you on this slope where the sakura blooms
You were a person who was like a single flower petal

Inside of my dreams, I stood at this place when I chased after you
You said, “Please live without regrets”

CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ Insert Song – Komorebi

Sunbeams Streaming Through the Leaves
Vocals: riya
Lyrics: Key
Composition: Togoshi Magome
Arrangement: Takumaru
Adapted from original BGM track “Ushio”

Tears spill and fall because of what?
It’s because we’ve aged too much

There’s nothing we can give you anymore
Go find your own flower
and advance, advance to the future

CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ Insert Song – Shoujo no Gensou

Despite a credited lyricist, the CD with the song Shoujo no Gensou did not come with lyrics. The below lyrics were transcribed aurally by fans.

The Girl’s Fantasy
Vocals: riya
Lyrics: Key
Composition: Togoshi Magome
Arrangement: Takumaru

Flying bird dances
Flying bird lands
On the ancient road

Merchandise Tidbits – November 19th, 2008

Max Factory 1/8 Suzumiya Haruhi (Extravaganza ver.)
Max Factory 1/8 Nagato Yuki (Extravaganza ver.)
Max Factory 1/8 Asahina Mikuru (Extravaganza ver.)

- At the recent Miyazawa Models Expo 2008 Fall, Max Factory unveiled posters of 1/8 scale figurines featuring Haruhi, Yuki, and Mikuru from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in their Extravaganza attire. The Haruhi figurine will be the first to be released, currently scheduled for March 2009 and at 7,800 yen. Preorder for it will open on November 21st, JP time. It stands approximately 210mm tall. The Yuki figurine will be released in April 2009 and the Mikuru figurine will be released in May 2009; both are about 200mm tall and the price tags for these two are still undetermined.
- Wow, wow wow wow. That is amazing. The figurines look stunning in the poster. I am right to have passed on the Alter Haruhi, because the new Max Factory Haruhi looks incredible. I hope all three figurines will look as good in their mass-production incarnation without the photoshop. As an afterthought, I’d still say the face on the Alter Haruhi is better, but this MF Haruhi trumps it in nearly every other department.

CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ Ending Theme – TORCH

TORCH
Vocals: Lia
Lyrics: Kai
Composition: Orito Shinji
Arrangement: Fukushi Kentaro

I was watching the drifting clouds
I felt the changing color of the sky
For we who have come to a standstill, we notice
The song that the shifting world constructs

CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ Opening Theme – Toki o Kizamu Uta

Such a sad song.
This song is sung from Tomoya’s perspective.

A Song that Ticks Away Time
Vocals: Lia
Lyrics: Maeda Jun
Composition: Maeda Jun
Arrangement: ANANT-GARDE EYES

I’m only looking at the spilling hourglass
When I turn it upside-down, look, it starts going again
I wonder if I’ll be able to someday enter
the advancing time that only ticked away

Merchandise Tidbits – November 9th, 2008

CLANNAD Athletic Jacket

- Animate recently put up a jacket made in the likeness of the one that girls wear in Clannad for preorder. The backside features a poster reprint of several Clannad girls. The jacket will be released on January 22nd, 2009, and it will retail for 6,090 yen. Only one size will be available, which is men’s size L.
- This was almost a cosplay item…until I saw the back art. Gah. Plus, it’ll only be available in men’s size L, which definitely won’t fit me.

Merchandise Tidbits – November 4th, 2008

In this update:
CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ Valentine Set
Macross Frontier Valentine Set
Toradora! Valentine Set
ACOS The Black Knights Uniform (Kallen Ver.)
ACOS Yamabuki High School Uniform (Girls)
Recent GETs

CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ Valentine Set
Macross Frontier Valentine Set
Toradora! Valentine Set

September 2008 Loot Box

11,800 yen for shipping. Dang.

- Izumi Konata Plush
- Code Geass Stage 1 Special Chara Fortune Set (for someone else)
- Code Geass Stage 25 Special Chara Fortune Set (for someone else)
- Vampire Knight Cross Academy Day Class Girls’ Uniform
- Kodomo no Jikan Mini-Randoseru
- Ouran High School Host Club Original Production & Settings
- Ouran High School Host Club Original Production & Settings Cosplay Edition
- Ouran High School Host Club Binder
- Fujioka Haruhi Student ID
- Clannad Visual Fanbook
- Hatsune Miku Leather Wallet Chain
- Tsukimiya Ayu’s Winged Rucksack
- Max Factory 1/8 Tsukimiya Ayu (for a friend)
- Geass Swing 2 Anya
- Max Factory 1/8 Sawatari Makoto (for a friend)
- Prop Plus Lelouch Lamperouge
- Prop Plus Kururugi Suzaku
- Kotobukiya 1/8 Kawasumi Mai (for a friend)
- Zero’s Mask
- Animage October 2008 Issue
- 9 X Code Geass R2 Dokidoki Chara Fortunes

There is so much stuff that I’m having a hard time keeping them straight. I’ve already put away most of the items for storage and I’ll try to write up evaluations of individual things in the coming week or two. I’m too busy with schoolwork to do so now.

figma Hatsune Miku, CLANNAD Visual Fanbook

Preorder opened earlier today for the figma Hatsune Miku from the voice synthesizer program Vocaloid series. She stands 140mm tall and comes with two face parts, various hands, microphone, mike stand, and two sprigs of leeks. According to her product info page, her joints are newly designed and should function better than that of older figma action figures. 2,000 of her will be available for sale at Chara Hobby 2008 on Aug. 30th and 31st and public release will be September 10th. figma Hatsune Miku will retail for 2,500 yen.

Wonder Festival 2008 [Summer] Garage Kits

Ultimate moe, I almost died ;_;

Wonder Festival 2008 [Summer] has come and gone and many major figurine blogs have updated with photos of the event. I’ve browsed through hundreds of photos now and, like always, some of the garage kits that were the best in show are ones that I can never get, since I don’t know how to paint or assemble garage kit figurines. The figurines in this post are ones that I’d definitely considering purchasing if they were ever produced completed (as opposed to unpainted/disassembled). I’m not posting any major company’s merchandise since they have plenty of coverage already.

CLANNAD the Movie Image Song – Yakusoku

Promise
Vocals: Lia
Lyrics: Kosaka Naomi
Composition: Omori Toshiyuki
Arrangement: Omori Toshiyuki

The fluttering flowers turn into snow
And I’m lost in an endless dream
Within the loneliness called ‘eternity’
The pedals that I pressed on were heavy