Through the Years and Far Away

[welkinace]

一个人，一台486，一首歌，完美演绎……

[kawaiikara98]

@creamiorange

You can't blame the singer if they have an accent. That's racism!! You should be thankful that she's singing in english!! Like you can understand japanese anyway!!

ばかり

[Gallowell]

@kawaiikara98 Finally, someone who understands that it's not just about who sings the song!

[SeanHiroshi]

I´m missing someone. I love this person but the feelings never reach.

Yeah...that´s my voice of a distant star... </3

[Gallowell]

@SeanHiroshi Join the club. We all have someone like that, the one who is just outside of our calling range.

[bellzalute]

for the one who dislike this song please dont return

go jump off a cliff if you live near one

do the world a favor

[oricalco]

o cara fez esse desenho praticamente sozinho. e a música é do seu amigo músico que já havia trabalhadoi junto na produção de um jogo. as vozes originais dele e da espósa foram substituidas mais tarde por dubladores profissionais

[mandarinduck]

It'd be completely fine if this song was sung by a native English speaker. Just look at Beck, all the songs in that anime were great in English, maybe even improved by the reworked grammatically correct lyrics.

[Gallowell]

@mandarinduck What is it with everyone wanting songs translated into English? They're better in the ORIGINAL, as they were MEANT to be enjoyed.

You'll also find this song IS in English, which makes your comment quite unnecessary.

[mandarinduck]

@Gallowell I didn't ask for it to be translated. I just meant that it'd be fine if it was sung by a native english speaker, thereby not having an accent.

[creamiorange]

@mandarinduck yeah seriously the accent is so horrible that I can barely understand without the subs. Either get someone with less of an accent or sing in in full japanese. sheesh it sounds horrible this way.

[creamiorange]

@Gallowell English that isn't even understandble due to the horrible accent.

*fixed

[Gallowell]

@creamiorange You just are not listening well enough in that case.

In any event, I find it to be perfect as is.

[mmecharlotte]

English..Japanese...who really cares? If you enjoy it in either language, that's all that matters. I'd love to hear in Russian personally.

[aryanympl]

una verdadera obra maestra

[CelestialStars1000]

Wonderful, wonderful video... Amazing style of mini-movie making... I love this video...

[QualityXmediaDotCom]

Dam... last song I expected to stumble upon on Dec 25th... agrrr... still so dam beautiful...

[gribae]

I just have to say that I loved how you blended the intro scenes into the beginning of the song. So few people ever bother to take the time and effort to do things like that, and it really improves the song quality (for me, at least)

[xxwolfsrainxx]

What's the song in this? Loved the movie.

[fission2]

@xxwolfsrainxx

it's called through the years and far away

[Lagrandiosapizza]

it's called through the years and far away

[drummerx5000]

does anyone know where i can get this song, like mp3 ? i've been looking for it for a wile, thanks.

[gribae]

try mp3raid - just type in 'through the years and far away'

[wind27382]

her ship gets stranded and have to wait for suppposrt. the war is practily over and she is just waiting their patroling. he joins the new army as a mechanic and years go by ut he enlist for the mission to find them. eventualy he finds her mech and starts to fix t but he gives up hope and thiks shes dead. she sees her mecha and don't realize it was him that fixed it. but they en up reuniting. she didn't age so she is 15 but he is now 24 and it ends with them hugging in space.

[victorialau95]

Is this true? Cause, I've seen the whole OVA and it does not show this.

[wind27382]

and you never will Makoto Shinkai wrote, directed, animated, and him and his wife did the voice work. during an interview he said e quite his job and him and his wife took an entire year to create this in his basement. so h wrote a longer story he just didn't have the resources to create it. however after this he won an award and became a big director he created another anime ( the place promised in our early days) which in my opinion is better. but during an interview he released the ending

[victorialau95]

I see. Thank you for this information. It's nice to know how they two of them will finally reunite. Would you mind telling me where you found this information?

(I really hope that Makoto Shinkai will create a new adaption of this, inclusive of the full ending. Or maybe just the ending will do. ^^)

[wind27382]

I'll try to find it again but it was in a magazine where they interviewed him rewarding him becoming famous from creating this. since he created it all by himself. just one man and a computer. he even had to do voice over work with his wife. I believe the entire interview was in an old new type magazine.

[hanslol]

Is there somewhere the japanese version of this song on yt (or elswhere)?

[fog92x]

This and 5 cm/second depresses but I just love em. I seriously need to get the manga for this...

Anyways, thx for the Great video. =]

[manji022]

Oh, I thought she died. My apologies. I have not been able to get a hold of the manga. I thought that when her ship was destroyed that was pretty much it for her. Thanks for correcting me on this, i will certainly grab the Manga now :)

[tenebrasbr]

***SPOILER***

Mikako not dies. When you see it a second time, you understand that the whole narrative of initial Mikako really is the end of anime (more or less after the last scene). While many think is not clear whether Mikako survived, this 'final' shows us that yes, because it ends the narrative that says, 'But now I'm back'. Note also that nothing happened to her at the end of the battle, it only this 'floating' as a fighter or rest after the battle.

(Sorry for my poor english)

[tenebrasbr]

Lysithea (in anime the legend says Risitia but it is Lysithea) ship is the only survivor in the fight of Sirius (Mikako destroyed the enemy mother ship would be responsible for destroying the Lysithea, so she survived) However, the Hyper-drive system is damaged and so the spacecraft back to earth using the sub-light system In 2056 we see the following news in the newspaper: "message comes from 2047: Victory in Sirius 8 years ago! The FENU suffered great losses. Only one ship is likely to return"

[tenebrasbr]

*** SPOILER Read de other coments***

The message from Mikako comes to Noboru in 25/3/2056. The Lysithea, Mikako with the board, comes to Earth in December of that year. Because of time dilation, Mikako has 16 years, and Noboru 24.

[tenebrasbr]

Of course in 25 minutes was not possible for the anime show us all the necessary information. Here is some information found in the booklet of the DVD (they are 27 pages of information on the 'universe' of Hoshi No Koe)

[wind27382]

spoiler

she did not die the battle was won and her ship was stranded so she had to wait at the edge of space for rescue.

[gribae]

If you post spoilers, make sure you post ACCURATE spoilers.

The ship wasn't stranded. It returned home after the battle on its own power.

[wongjjl]

They waited for rescue in the manga, I think that's what he meant

[avetisova]

really?

cuz it wasn't like that in manga

[gribae]

It often changes a lot from manga and anime, in whatever series you watch. I presonally prefer the anime version better - I just the manga variant a little hard to understand at times.

[frozenar]

rescue that will never arrive.

[gribae]

Neg, her ship wasn't destroyed. It was the only one fo the entrie fleet to have survived the attack around Agharta.

[DoY1991]

She doesn't die, and Noboru-kun joins a rescue team to go look for her.

[manji022]

**SPOILER ALERT** She dies in the end. She had to, what else was there for her? One of my favorite animes, and the theme is so damn sad. It made me shed a tear. Great video.

[Lumadil]

thats not what is considered a spoiler, a spoiler gives away something that happens in a movie/show, she doesnt die in the movie or the manga, so its a thought.

[Lumadil]

err, a guess even, not a thought

[sorrisokissyfur]

i saw ending to the anime and manga i don't get either one [sorrisokissyfur's little sister]

[thewindjedi]

is the japanese title 'hoshinokoe"?

[sakurabaka]

Hoshi no koe, yes.

[thedruglord]

what's the title of this anime? is it voices of distant star? y does it look a lot like gundam seed?

[ne0cr0n]

no, it's voices of a distant star. it was released on 02.02.2002, gundam seed on 05.10.2002. so you have to ask why gundam seed looks like voices of a distant star ^^

[Tidus655]

5 out of 5 for both music, video and anime :D

[FighterPlaneAce]

This is definatly one of the best animes tha tI have ever seen.

[dragonlorder]

I wanna give those request-song-in-english guys more thumb downs , but looks like it reached the limit.

[ForceRunnner]

does any one got the the song btw the anime was great

[YTJ06]

This song is sung by Yuuki Mizusawa.

[mankiw2000]

who is the girl who sing this song?

[safire626]

beautiful and amazing... The song was filled with emotion that really made me cry... -sniffs-

Good job on the video!!!

[shyentropy]

Why would anyone ask for this song to be sung by an English person -_- Being sung by someone who is japanese gives it that special sweet sound and tune. Besides it wouldn't be very anime anyway. And if you request it sung by an English person you shouldn't be watching this...

[gribae]

@shyentropy While I agree in principle, sometimes it's also best appreciated in your own native language, so you can carry the actual lyrics in your head as you hear the song.

[CenrionPrime]

@shyentropy yes but if a japanese sing it please in japanese cause its the same a english try to sing it in japanese with a bad outspeaking

[gundamabc123]

@CenrionPrime I prefer this version (Eng sung by Japanese), the special feeling (not prefect English) by this singer just suit this anime

[creamiorange]

@CenrionPrime yeah seriously, people need to imagine if your singing in Japanese and your accent is so horrible that nobody understands you, then would anyone want to listen?

[creamiorange]

@shyentropy Waaaaa what kind of logic is that? I'm a huge fan of the Japanese language but if it's a song in English like this one, I'd rather that I'm able to understand it. I mean come on, the singer's accent is so freakin horrible. Without the subtitles I didn't even understand half of what she was singing. Either sing it in Japanese or in understandable English. Don't sing it with such a horrible accent that no one can understand the words.

[Trollawk]

@shyentropy

He's right, BURN THE WITCH, BURN THE DEVIL WHO SPEAKS OF TRANSLATING STUFF SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND, GRRR1!!!1!!!

No but seriously if the sounds that comes out of someones mouth is more important than its meaning, you need to reevaluate your priorities mister.

p.s.

If you don't know Jap, all your gonna get is high pitched sounds that make no sense and annoy you. ahhhhhhhhhhhhh ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ahhhhhhhhhhhh HO NO SKOUYAKOU MASALA starbucks NO MA TOU YA KONAAAAAAAA!

It's epic...

[Trollawk]

Side note, the burn the witch thing is a reference to the people who say the bible should ONLY be read in Latin.

Food for thought buddy... Substance v Random noises that has no meaning to you.

p.s.

If your thinking "well just learn the language" I have to say yes, that and Russian, German, French, Spanish, Swahili, Arabic, and the various dialects and historical relevance that the subject may have... Looks like I need to hit the books for another 7000 years.

[Varrenify]

@Trollawk oh fuck off. No one is THAT fuckingt serious about the whole language shit. Just a few wankers who enjoy the cut-up garbaged slag that is called a 'dub'

[Trollawk]

Wannabee elitist are the anti-dub club members!

[Urdalibertine]

@Trollawk

I PITY  YO.

[DarkWing494]

there is a japanese song with same music does anyone know what it is or have link of that version of the song? :)

[ne0cr0n]

in the manga it becomes clear that noboru joind a rescue mission... much better ending than in the anime ;)

[QQake]

我就在這裡：I'm right here. 阿升，等等我：Wait, Noboru! 一定可以上同一所高中吧：We can finally be together in the same high school. 阿升，我...要去搭那條船:Noboru. I... have to take that ship. 美加子被聯合宇宙軍選上了嗎？：Has Mikako been selected by the Space Armada? 我會從宇宙傳郵件給你的：I'll send mail to you in space. 郵件從歐特星雲傳到這裡要半年時間：Mails take half year from XX galaxy to travel here. 下一封郵件 到底會什麼時候才能傳來呢？：What day would be the arrival of the next mail? 阿升：Noboru 夏天的浮雲：Floating clouds in summer 冷冽的雨水：Freezing rains.

[QQake]

喜歡那寂靜飄落的雪花：Like snows drifting down with silence.

我們大概是宇宙與地球拆散的第一世代戀人：We probably are the first generation of Lovers departed by the universe and the earth.

~

阿升，我就在這裡：Noboru. I'm right here.

~ forgive my sux English ~

[QQake]

By the way, the title really reminds me of Gary Moore's "Over the Hills and Far Away".

(best cover version by Thyrfing but maybe you consider Nightwish's better:)

[manwithemeraldeyes]

American singers cant sing. They used to be able to sing until the mid 90's. Now they just moan and scream. Jessica Simpson cant sing for instance.

[Fatebreaker90]

At the beginning of this video I heard a japanese version of "Trough the years and far away" ** so cuteeee!

[bigrope]

tight song but whoever is singing this song cant really sing or atleast in english

[DarkWing494]

i don't think it's a matter if you are a guy or not...it's about are you able to show it or not as a guy

as it for me the more beautful the scenes are the harder it is to accept you can't share it with that someone that you really wanted to

[QualityXmediaDotCom]

gosh this movie was awesome, very short but touching never the less ...... killer song too .... I luv it!

[isaacbloodsworth]

i agreed....a though guy like me also was crying when i watching this anime...

this anime was short but touch and the song yet so suit for it...

[Caelestis26]

Tenmon is a great composer ^^

[TsukikoMontsuial7]

This anime makes me cry everytime. I own the movie and I also got the soundtrack with it so I listen to this song alot. The music is just so incredible.

[yasashii2897]

where can i find or buy this vcd??? this is too good to be true...somebody help me... anybody ? ? ?

[lon3lyaznikka]

Makoto Shinkai is my favorite...

[waepo]

Makoto shinkai san created this movie with his MAC computer all by his own! !!!!!

[DoomedEnigma]

Heh, Apple only dominates japan in the mp3 market. Other than that, you wont see alot of macs there, i guarantee it. Plus it looks more of an Avid to me.

Dont you see the MTV sign there? they use avid because of more tools. Makoto only directed and created the story. He didnt make this.

[DiegoChrno]

No Doomed, you're wrong and our friend waepo is totally right. Makoto Shinkai make this all by his own on his MAC. He made everything, including the voice of Noboru-kun, but the female voice was made by his wife.

The only thing that he does'nt made all alone was the theme music. You can check this, that you'll see that is true.

[nipplesmicknzie]

He only did the voice-over for the rough version in the published versions seiyū are used for the voices =D

[DiegoChrno]

really? I didn't know that, because when it was showed in the "amador animation festival"(this isn't the name of the festival, b]i don't remember the name, but i remember that is an festival of amador animators, where he turned "famous" whit this animation) the informations was that he make the voice of noboru and he's wife made the voice of mikako.

Thanks for the information ^^

[Codarl2]

I still think the 25-minute span of the movie is way too short, giving the massive story behind it.. but ahwell.. a VERY good movie, made me shinkai-addicted :)

[Lestatbcn85]

I love the anime and I love the song too.

Makoto shinkai is a genius :)

thx for the video!

[lidlehotti3]

now i know im a strong willed person, there has never been a single anime that has made me teary eyed, cry or want to.... then there came this... and i went from strong to emotional break down in less than 25 minutes... that makoto shinkai is a genius >< to think he made this for his girlfriend that he couldnt see at the time.. wow

[abby724]

ありがとう!

Arigato gozaimasu!

[messyyang]

GOSH.. i jsut love this anime and this song...

[shuzakou]

I cried on this anime... And i cry when i see it again.. And i cry when i remember of this anime.. I love makoto Shinkai.. Don't watch it if you have some problem with your girlfriend.. or it's the end for you..

[ilvchi]

nice work only one of two movie that almost made me cry with the sceneary + the story line of the two characters and the only anime that almost made me cry

[BlackStar345Rose]

omg I LOVE THIS MOVIE i cried so much T_T its so sad

and u did a great job!!! if u have the movie would u put it up please i love this movie

[CodyYaj]

omg god finally, i found this beautiful song.... ahhh i wanted to hear this song so bad... but didn't know the name of the song... haha now i know. thanks

[DarkAnimeBoi]

Its call Voices of A Distance Star(the english name).I have this movie and the soundtrack.This is my favorite movie.I waish that they would made a second one.

[Chibi341]

omgthis is soo cute! i wanna see the movie!!!! its called Hoshi no Koe right?

[hotcell]

really beautiful.. I never cried this much for an anime before

[Ambiance01]

Amazing job. Thank you so much, I love the song and movie!

[mecha2040]

I love this song, thank you ! ! ! ! !