Recently I was introduced to a new anime. Actually a friend played one song and asked me if it was an old Japanese pop, which it was.

The song called "Taiyou ga kureta kisetsu (太陽がくれた季節 / The season the sun gave us)" was released in 1972 by a group called Aoi sankaku jougi (青い三角定規), means blue set square in Japanese. Obviously they are no longer in the music chart and I don´t even know if they had more hit songs. The song was used as a theme song for a Japanese drama in that time. I mean this song was a big hit in Japan for my mum´s generation.

It´s a high school drama, "Tobidase seishun (飛び出せ青春 / Shoot out, youth)", a story about this passionate teacher and the students who can´t keep up with the others. It´s cheesy and the teacher is too atsui.

Someone is atsui (熱い) means someone is too passionate, enthusiastic or hopeful, and as he/she is so passionate that it seems to be burning, so we call them atsui person. Most of the time these type of people are just idling like a car engine but you know, it was a typical theme for the dramas in 60´s and 70´s.

Emm, actually in any perid, TV dramas are quite tacky and we like them like that.

So here is the clip of "Tobidase seishun". Be careful not to burn.

So back to the song.

The song was a remake of the original version and used in this anime, "Sora no Otoshimono (そらのおとしもの / a lost article from the sky)"

The story is about the main character, Tomoki, a high school student in a very small quiet village somewhere in Japan who loves a peaceful life.

His peace was ruined since the day he found a lost article from the sky, which was a pet android, Ikaros.

As I´ve just started to watch this series , I won´t make a comment about it here. Only I can tell you now is despite of my first impression of "silly imaginary stories", Sora no Otoshimono actually tells you about humanity, our life and relation to others. I´ve found it´s quite interesting.

So here is the song and translation of the song "Taiyou ga kureta kisetsu", the Sora no Otoshimono version and the original version.

Original song by Aoi Sankaku jougi in 1972.

Most of the songs used in Sora no Otoshimono are Japanese pop in the early 70´s as far as I think, perhaps a little older even. I know them from the music TV programs such as "good old J-pop" etc… As soon as it starts playing, of course my mum begins to sing…. terribly. The anime gives me some nostalgia in this sense and that´s why I´ve decided to continue watching it.

Sora no Otoshimono has proved that the boom always comes back in a certain cycle. 

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