Utada Hikaru – Beautiful World
Utada Hikaru – Beautiful World
Beautiful World by Utada Hikaru is the theme song of the new Rebuild of Evangelion movie. I personally think that it’s her best and most awesome song ever, but maybe the relationship to Evangelion is clouding my judgement. I fell in love with this song after watching the movie trailer on YouTube. Hikki performed this song live on yesterday’s Music Station. I translated the lyrics, available here. Why do I always start translating things when my exams draw close? Sigh.
YouTube video embedded after the break.
Beautiful World
Utada Hikaru
It’s only love
*moshimo negai hitotsu dake kanau nara
kimi no soba de nemurasete donna basho demo ii yo
Beautiful world
mayowazu kimi dake wo mitsumeteiru
Beautiful boy
jibun no utsukushisa mada shiranai no
It’s only love
netemo sametemo shounen manga
yume mite bakka jibun ga suki jyanai no
nani ga hoshii ka wakaranakute
tada hoshigatte nurui namida ga hoo wo tsutau
iitai koto nanka nai
tada mouichido aitai
iitai koto ienai
konjou nashi kamoshirenai
sorede ii kedo
(*repeat)
It’s only love
donna koto demo yatte mite
son wo shitatte sukoshi keikenchi agaru
shinbun nanka iranai
kanjin na koto ga nottenai
saikin choushi doudai?
genki ni shiteru nara
betsu ni ii kedo
boku no sekai kieru made aenu nara
kimi no soba de nemurasete donna basho demo kekkou
Beautiful world
hakanaku sugiteyuku hibi no naka de
Beautiful boy
kibun no mura wa shikatanai ne
moshimo negai hitotsu dake kanau nara
kimi no soba de nemurasete
Translation | Kanji | Printable
Awesome song. T_T You can get the CD from Amazon JP.
September 8th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Rebuilt is showing in theatres here now, one of my colleagues who just watched it say its fantastic. Hope to catch it soon myself.
I wonder if they will screen this in Singapore, considering the wave of anime like Tokikake and Brave Story showing recently.
September 8th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
IIRC, the full version of this PV has not yet been released. Anyways, I agree that it’s a great song and fits the movie quite nicely.
September 8th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
When I first heard the song, I was quite surprised to hear it was going to be the Evangelion theme, but then after seeing the trailers I was quite surprised at how well it actually fit….
September 8th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
awesome indeed. i’ve been looping this so many times the counter on my itunes is gona break 2k soon
September 8th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
>>Why do I always start translating things when my exams draw close?
At least it’s constructive procastination.
The song isn’t bad, but it’s not my favourite Utada song, which still belongs to Deep River.
September 8th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
What is the difference between the movie vers and the original series?
September 8th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
I love the single, but for some reason I like Kiss & Cry more than this XD
THanks for the lyrics though, I do like both songs..
Only thing is that video is terrible! Even I could make a better trailer, Don’t they know repeating footage annoys the viewer XP
P.S. Post Kiss & Cry Lyrics *w*!
September 8th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
I still feel that COLORS is utada’s best song… hmmm
September 9th, 2007 at 6:09 am
Wow, very nice. Sounds like a surprisingly good song, coming from Utada Hikaru.
September 9th, 2007 at 9:01 am
@holybell84: You can probably wiki the Rebuild of Eva and find out. But I’ll say it anyway. 4 movies retelling the original series with the first 3 based on the series and the 4th with a new conclusion.
Now I’m deciding between buying the Kara no Kyoukai dvds or this when they come out… maybe I’ll just buy both movie series.
But the PV for Eva Rebuild sure is good… only thing bothering me is I can’t seem to recall seeing Asuka in it…
September 9th, 2007 at 10:54 am
Thanks for saving me the trouble of translating it, time to leech.
September 9th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
thanks … save me the trouble of searching for the lyrics
September 10th, 2007 at 11:03 am
@miyamiya: I believe Asuka isn’t in this 1st movie. Wiki states that this movie follows the story from episode 1 through 6.
Well, considering the nature of this film, regardless of it’s popularity, it’s safe to say that this movie, most definitely will NOT be shown in Singapore’s theaters.
Singapore, with it’s “anime = cartoon = younger target audience” mentality, this show will not be able to make it past the local film censors and even if it did, it’ll probably be slapped with a big “Restricted Audience” (R21) sign, allowing only those above the age of 21 to be entitled to watch it.
Ghost in the Shell, the 1st movie, was shown in Singapore about 11yrs ago, in 1996 or 1997, with R21 rating, the 1st time I’ve ever heard of an animated film with such a rating. Even with the popularity of Ghost in the Shell, it’s 2nd movie, Innocence, didn’t make it to the big screen here. I’m not even sure if Studio Ghibli’s latest film, Gedo Senki, made it to the big screen in Singapore.
So, don’t expect too much. I’ll be watching it IF it ever reaches here, but I won’t keep my hopes up.
p.s. I believe the youtube video above is fanmade. Not an actual PV.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Yes, after thinking about it, it’s obvious Asuka won’t be featured in the trailer for the 1st movie.
And I agree we may not be fortunate enough to see Ayanami Rei’s nipples in Singapore cinema.
As for the PV. I agree it is fanmade, but almost 99% is from the actual PV with just a few screenshots changed/edited.
Here’s the link to the actual full commercial PV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btkl5lQSRyU&mode=related&search=
Actually u can find it after a few searches on youtube
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September 10th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
so much for democratic singapore.
BOFC should know better that anime is not just for kids.
anime as good as eva should be shown in all its glory, without censors.
Hey, showing women’s nipples is unlikely to result in moral collapse of sg citizens overnight. bah!
September 10th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Anyway, it’s not up to the government to decide whether Eva gets shown in Singapore.
It’s more like up till Cathay’s recent experiment with TokiKake, Brave Story and Paprika, no cinema was willing to take the commercial risk.
Censorship isn’t a problem… 300 went through fine didn’t it? It’s about money. And GAINAX has been known to be greedy. It took a long time for End of Eva to be licensed in America because GAINAX was asking for like bajillion tons of gold for the DVD rights.
Stop blaming the government for everything. =_=
September 11th, 2007 at 12:07 am
Utada Hikaru performing Beautiful World Live in HEY! HEY! HEY!
http://stage6.divx.com/JWAVE-SAROON/video/1606740/utada-hikaru-/-beautiful-world
*takes time to load..
i think it’s only a matter of time before eva reaches singapore. Unless someone calls cathay to pick this up fast, or we have to wait around 10 months or so..T_T
September 11th, 2007 at 1:23 am
o_o;; I think I just had an orgasm….
September 11th, 2007 at 8:00 am
Hmm I think there was some nudity in Paprika. Did they show Paprika uncensored in Cathay here? I didn’t watch it though. Could be a good sign if they did.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Argh… Kawaiis neh…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clANY6il8PA
September 12th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
The Rebuild of Evangelion’s 1st movie is awesome. Especially towards the end of the movie when the movie’s graphics start to get better and better.
I can’t wait for the next movie ^^
September 13th, 2007 at 1:59 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiRTrFYw9-Q
Did a Fate Stay Night AMV after watching the Eva PV linked from your site.
Hope u all enjoy :)
September 13th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
OMG! She owns people at tetris!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2lQ5smMZOsA&mode=related&search=
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September 20th, 2007 at 12:20 am
I LOOOVVEE this song:D is there any english translations?
September 20th, 2007 at 12:21 am
lol i just catch it upper XD
srry ^^
September 20th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
I’m definitely going to have to agree with you about Beautiful World being the most awesome (ever) song by Utada Hikaru! I also heard it when watching the ‘Rebuilt of Evangelion’ video on Veoh and really liked it, but now that I’m listening to the full song, I love it even more! :) Thanks for the lyrics!
September 27th, 2007 at 11:42 am
I fell in love this song the first time I heard it from Music Station. ‘Beautiful World’ is Utada Hikaru’s most awesome song to date! I think it perfectly suits the mood of the new ‘Rebuilt of Evangelion’ anime. This song too is currently making my Winamp go crazy! (Too much repeating makes it go crazy. I s’pose. :P)
October 5th, 2007 at 12:25 am
Wow what a sad song!! My favourite of hers. She really is amazing….
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:32 am
re: reply 13 from
Errr… do you not know that “Paprika” was shown in the Cathay Cinemas a few months back? Along with Brave Story????
I do not hope much from Singapore threathers but, lets not slack them off too much.
“ghost in the shell” was release back when Singapore first started their R21 ratings, and with that in mind, everything then was subjected to that rating. Very few stuff passed.
As for the recent Studio Ghibli Flim, it wasnt shown because it wasn’t an oringal creation by Hayao Miyazaki. It was done by his son with him only over seeing the project. And with the sales of ‘the cat returns’, Singapore Cinemas didn’t find the point to bring the anime here. Unlike ‘Howel’s moving Castle’ which was done orignally buy Hayao Miyazaki.
November 5th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Lawl
well yeah this is (i’d have to agree) Utada’s best song :D
and i’d also have to say that the owner(s) of this site really like the mealoncholy oh Suzumiya Haruhi XD
meh
neway thxx so much for the lyrics :D
and D: for singapore.
but i live in australia, therefore anime films are never shown in theatres :l.
December 1st, 2007 at 11:12 am
Why do I always get the sinking feeling that Beautiful World’s lyrics are directed at Shinji by one of the male cast, especially with the ‘boku’ in there?
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