So, it seems like Yoko’s signing some CDs for this coming TGS…
「ＴＧＳでＣＤ売るからサイン書いて」って言われて岡部さんと書きました。オッサン二人のサインが欲しい奇特な方向けです。＞TOKYO GAME SHOW 2018 SQUARE ENIX MUSIC SHOP https://t.co/2CVLv3W1pG
— yokotaro (@yokotaro) September 7, 2018
…maybe it’s the new Orchestral Arrangement Albums…!?
…or maybe it’s the new NieR Music Concert -Memory of Dolls- CD?
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…and here I go waiting in line from 5am…omg
For the most part, I’ve finished decoding and translating the angelic script that appears inside the new necklaces of Grimoire Weiss and Noir that are currently available for pre-order on the Square Enix e-STORE Web site.
Here’s a quick glance at what they look like. Click on the images to go directly to the product page of the e-STORE.
> Grimoire Weiss
> Grimoire Noir
So, you can see that there are two pages of angelic script. In the most recent livestream that showcased the NieR Orchestral Arrangement Soundtrack, we were shown a couple close-ups of the text that proved to be a godsend to even attempt to translate these before their release since the images on the SQEX e-STORE page were much too small to read.
Pictured below is the text that’s printed inside the boxes for the necklaces: Grimoire Weiss (left) and Grimoire Noir (right).
And here’s the tentative decoding / translation:
There are still several parts that I can’t figure out, so if you have any idea what any of the (?) parts are supposed to be, please let me know and I’ll update it! And I just noticed that there’s a line that I didn’t translate, so I’ll get on that shortly… orz
Lastly, when I was decoding the text for Weiss, Twitter user Riv helped me by pointing out that the last segment was actually…the words spoken by Weiss at some point… (spoilers). This made it much easier, then, to translate and locate the spoken line by Noir. Firen_hawk also helped me out with sending me some screenshots of the angelic script before I had a chance to watch the livestream (I couldn’t watch because I was performing in two separate concerts that weekend) and also reminding me that I hadn’t worked on this yet! Thanks a lot for getting me in gear! 😀
> EDIT: 09/07/2018 3:17:59 AM
As an added bonus, I just spent several hours decoding and translating the additional angelic script that is within the top cover of the NieR:Orchestral Arrangement Special Box Edition.
From an image that Goto Takanori shared earlier on Twitter, we knew that a portion of it said “from Beepy”… but I never imagined that there would be an entire alloquy, a prayer to those who have been lost…
☆ There was some confusion regarding the fourth line,
but if you take a look at this page, you will see that the last
word of that line 「与えん」has the same meaning as「与えよう」.
It is not meant to be a negative but actually a positive,
“I shall give thee” sort of thing.
According to the official concert Twitter account (as shown below), voices of 2B (Ishikawa Yui) and Emil (Kadowaki Mai) will act as MCs at the concert’s evening show!
9/17開催『NieR:Orchestra Concert 12018』に、エミール役：門脇舞以さん、2B役：石川由依さんの2名がナビゲーターとして出演することが決定いたしました。
ニコニコ生放送にて夜公演（18時開演）のネットチケット販売中です。https://t.co/zqwCnRqWT5#NieR pic.twitter.com/3lBvX8YALm
— SQUARE ENIX MUSIC (@sem_sep) September 5, 2018
Also, the evening show is available to watch online via NicoNico for 2,500yen.
There is a scheduled livestream on NicoNico to first broadcast the bonus CD that comes with the Premium Edition of the NieR Orchestral Soundtrack followed by an hour and a half talk segment with Yoko Taro, Saito Yosuke, and Okabe Keiichi.
Saturday, August 18 – 6:00-6:30pm (JST)
Saturday, August 18 – 6:30-8:00pm (JST)
The 30 minute segment where they will stream the bonus disc is *not* free. You have to be a member of the Famitsu Channel (864 yen/month).
The talk show on both NicoNico Douga and YouTube is free to watch. They will discuss the process of recording the soundtrack (which just wrapped up on July 31st), let us hear a couple audio samples, plus relay some new information regarding the orchestral concert to be held on Monday, September 17 in Yokohama.
There will be appearances by:
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＊ This is going to be a brief post for right now, but I intend on adding more to it soon!
Updated: June 7, 2018 – 7:24am
We heard about a couple new NieR goodies that will be released later this year. Here’s a quick look at what to expect!
▲ The key visual for the concert was illustrated by Koda Kazuma yet again!! He does some amazing work!! Here’s a high res version, although I don’t think the quality is very good.