Macross Frontier new ending – Northern Cross
It’s artsy
Episode 16 of Macross Frontier gets a new ending theme Northern Cross performed by May Nakabayashi. It’s a really beautiful song written to fit Sheryl’s image. YouTube video and my rough guesstimation of the song lyrics after the jump.
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May’n
旅の始まりは もう思い出せない
気付いたら ここにいた
季節が破けて 未発見 赤外線
感じる目が 迷子になる
大切な失い物が 命がけの想い
戦うより恋したい ひたすら夢を追った
その惑星に降りたかった 君の空に飛びたかった
誰か空虚の輪郭を そっと撫でてくれないか
時から取り消されて 救えなかった愛の言葉
だからもう一度答えがほしい
宿命に貼り付けられた 北極星が燃えてる
君は君を知って憎ませた なのに可憐に笑うとこ
君は君を知って憎ませた なのに可憐に笑うとこ
スキだったよ
Northern Cross
May’n
tabi no hajimari wa mou omoidasenai
kidzuitara koko ni ita
kisetsu ga yabukete mihakken sekigaisen
kanjiru me ga maigo ni naru
taisetsu na ushinaimono ga inochigake no omoi
tatakau yori koishitai hitasura yume wo otta
sono hoshi ni oritakatta kimi no sora ni tobitakatta
dareka kuukyo no rinkaku wo sotto nadetekurenai ka
toki kara torikesarete sukuenakatta ai no kotoba
dakara mouichido kotae ga hoshii
shukumei ni haritsukerareta hokkyokusei ga moeteru
kimi wa kimi wo shitte nikumaseta nano ni karen ni warau toko
kimi wa kimi wo shitte nikumaseta nano ni karen ni warau toko
suki datta yo
The song is awesome and really powerful. It foretells the second rise of Sheryl Nome who shall overcome the unwashed masses’ paedophilic preference for young green-haired loli klutz and retake her rightful place as the star of the show. XD
It will be out on 20th August as the B-side of the new OP single, “Lion”. Even if you are a Ranka fanboy—shame on you Omo—you shouldn’t miss this wonderful CD! I can’t wait to listen to the new opening theme too. (Although Maaya is still much loved.)
The first pressings are all sold out, but you still can preorder the regular version from CD Japan or Amazon. Of course, I already have my first press copy preordered some time ago. :)
July 25th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
What! I :wub: Sheryl too!
July 25th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Hail Sheryl, I hope to see her concerts again. =)
July 25th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
“Too” is not good enough! Sheryl worship is monotheistic!
July 25th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
“It foretells the second rise of Sheryl Nome who shall overcome the unwashed masses’ paedophilic preference for young green-haired loli klutz and retake her rightful place as the star of the show”
Well said!
July 26th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Musically speaking, this song blows whatever we have heard so far, way out of the water; It just is at another level above everything we have heard so far from Macross Frontier unless they will run the original soundtrack of First Macross movie,’ Love, Remember? ‘. It is hard to foretell whether this will mean rebirth of Sheryl, story wise, but unless Ranka sings something new, this is as find a ‘musical revenge’ as we can get for Sheryl’s fan.
July 26th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Sheryl really gets me in a pinch here. I love her but I’m a Haruhi-ist too. so what do I do now? when worsphiping Sheryl has to be monotheistic it seems I have to convert…
@maglor: I like the song but in my opinion 9pm don’t be late is the best song so far.
July 26th, 2008 at 3:15 am
Now I know how Alto feels.
July 26th, 2008 at 3:45 am
But my preference has always been more inclined towards said green-haired loli klutz….
July 26th, 2008 at 9:54 am
@ big_eye
I will not argue about which song is better. Northern Cross song involves more change of pace, mood, and ‘vocalization’, thus I believe would be harder song to perform successfully. In another word, it is more difficult song, not better song, and if we are to compare Ranka and Sheryl’s fictional singing ability in Macross world, I would present this song as proof that Sheryl is more skilled and confident singer. Please again, just because somebody is technically better doesn’t mean that somebody is better: this is an argument that is one of central motive in the famous series ‘Glass Mask’.
July 26th, 2008 at 11:35 am
lol…
but frankly, i don’t really like the ‘dancing shadow’… simply because i think the dance just looks weird…
maybe if the real dance will look better… maybe…
July 26th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
“Green haired loli klutz”
Very well said indeed. *grins with approval*
I’ll add “always in distress” to that.
And Yes! “All Hail Sheryl!”
You should blog Macross F too. I’m sure I’d enjoy it.
July 26th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Northern Cross? What is this, some kind of Robotech joke?
July 26th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
@maglor: true dat!
@Yukiruchan: DM can’t start to blog Macross F because there’s almost nothing to rant about. I enjoy his CG entries because he states all the stupid/funny stuff of the show, I sometimes happen to overlook.
July 26th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
This song is indeed a sign of something big that is going to happen with Sheryl, but i hope it will not be anything like her joing “Dark Side”. I’m a little bit worried what will now happen when “Super Dimension Cinderella”, attractive Diva, Ranka-chan replaced her as the main songstress…
Damm, Sheryl definetely deserve more and as DM said she have to reclaim her position as main star :) She is the famous “Galactic Fairy” after all!
PS.: Since the beginning of the show i wondered if she will end up with Alto but now I’m starting to have the feeling that it doesn’t matter to me anymore and as there is no other “right” character for her I really wish that she will have at least her comeback as a very very important character in the show. ;)
July 27th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Green Hair Loli Klutz FTW!!!
July 27th, 2008 at 2:31 am
“This song is indeed a sign of something big that is going to happen with Sheryl, but i hope it will not be anything like her joing “Dark Side”. I’m a little bit worried what will now happen when “Super Dimension Cinderella”, attractive Diva, Ranka-chan replaced her as the main songstress… ”
I think Sheryl’s going to switch her career from pop idol superstar to mecha porn. There’s some lineart of Sheryl in an SMS flightsuit and helmet near the end of the ED. And immediately following, a VF-25 flies into the camera. The colored stripes on its wings don’t appear to match the colors of the four members of skull team that we’ve seen so far, though the bright glare makes it difficult to tell exactly what shade they are. The suggestion to me, at any rate (and I’ve been speculating on this for a while, actually), is that Sheryl’s going to join SMS as a pilot.
July 27th, 2008 at 4:36 am
I also noticed it, but I think it is just another character design screenshot like others in the new ED. I have seen her in the pilot suit with the helmet at least twice during the show. And Sheryl is “The Songstress” in the first place, so there is no way they will make her the full time pilot :)
July 27th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Ranka’s the songstress now…
I don’t know if Sheryl will regain her title, but at the moment I’m not overly hopeful. Without saying too much, part of that comes from the “preview leaks” regarding the upcoming episodes (particularly episode 19). And unlike the Code Geass rumors, the ones about Macross Frontier have tended to be fairly accurate. There’s a sentence or two that’s been floating around regarding each of the episodes up through 21. People have been posting them over at Macrossworld, and they’ve been copied over at the episode list on Wikipedia by one of the Macrossworld members. Like I said, so far as I know they aren’t necessarily official. But they’ve been pretty accurate so far. And things aren’t looking good for the possibility of Sheryl regaining her title.
On the other hand, I don’t know that it’s necessarily such a bad thing given Macross precedent. Minmei’s the songstress of SDFM and DRYL, and Misa’s the one who got Hikaru. Basara’s the singer of Macross 7, and everyone hates him. So Sheryl gets Alto and Ranka gets the songstress title as the consolation prize?
I can live with that.
July 27th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Frankly I can’t say I like the visuals they put alongside the song, and can’t really say anything about it being more interesting than the other songs so far without hearing the entire thing.
However, turning the Aimo song into a march made it seem flat, dull and boring. And they chose it to say she was the songstress?!!?
Just absurd. I honestly like it when Sheryl and Ranka sing Duets because their voices compliment each other in the songs to an extent that the backing music for the rest of the songs rarely does.
(Despite saying that I think there’s a few of the songs that do sound good in general and are well done. Some are just filler.)
July 28th, 2008 at 7:24 am
junior:
Me too…. one can not have everything :D ( but I hope for better ending )
July 28th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Am I the only dude around who thinks May’n's kind of hot?
July 28th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Considering what happened in the original Macross, I’d say that this is the most likely ending because it avoids hard feelings on both sides. Being fresh and young(er), Ranka has a long road of self-discovery ahead of her, while Sheryl, being the more mature character, is probably more serious about Alto than Ranka’s infatuation.
That or Alto dies.
July 31st, 2008 at 4:07 am
I think that she’s going to get killed ! (Green haired loli)
Dunno why
Galatic Fairy ftw
August 10th, 2008 at 1:13 am
actually the best speculation would be that Ranka and Sheryl will end up singing together, a big hint would be all he duet songs we can hear during comercial cuts, and random scenes where they try and make Alto choose…
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August 18th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Hi,
I love macross frontier! and thanks for posting info on its soundtracks! greatly appreciated
by the way, what software and codec do you use for uploading to youtube? it has great picture and sound quality
thanks
kit
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February 19th, 2009 at 8:12 am
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May 26th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
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December 5th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Thank you for your insight. The article was worth every minute reading it (and the upcoming re-reads). Brilliant post.
December 6th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
*Sigh* you Sheryl fanatics you are pathetic !!!
Just because i find Ranka as a lovely and cute female character does not mean that i am sexually obsessed with her. I am not a paedophile you idiots !!!
For me Sheryl is just a self-obsessed Diva with plastic looks like Britney Spears kind of way. I am just tired of seing overrated singers that look like cheap sluts and think that they are the center of the world
For me RANKA >>>> SHERYL
April 20th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
^ Bwahahahaha! Butt-hurt Ranka fan spotted. XD