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Musician's English Cover of your name's Theme is Beautiful

posted on by Lynzee Loveridge

Singer and cover artist Rebecca Watanabe took on the task of translating RADWIMP's theme song “Zen Zen Zense” from Makoto Shinkai's your name. anime film and the results are beautiful. First, here's the original version.

The original song delivers the lyrics and a pretty difficult tempo, starting slow and then quickly speeding up. Watanabe manages to mirror the flow in an eloquent way her cover.

Besides covering the song, fans have also re-edited your name.'s trailer to make it look like a horror film.

your name. tells the tale of two seemingly ordinary youngsters who switch bodies in their dreams and become determined to meet each other in real life. It has struck a chord with Japanese audiences and earned 10 billion yen (about US$99 million) at the box office, a record for an anime film unassociated with Studio Ghibli. This intake tops what both Frozen and Ponyo made in an equivalent amount of time.

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[Via KK Miller at Rocket News 24]


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