We will go through each line of the song, translate them, and then discuss the vocabulary and kanji as well as the grammar. (Yakusoku wa Iranai) ? (Yakusoku wa Iranai) How did you like the song? I love singing this song in karaoke and in my car. Don’t worry if you don’t know what a word means or how to read a kanji. The singer is Sakamoto Maaya, the lyrics were written by Iwasato Yuuho, and the song was composed by Kanno Youko.

I picked this song because I love Sakamoto Maaya’s voice and the love story this song tells.

Here we go! Our third episode features Yakusoku wa Iranai, or No Need for Promises, the opening theme song to the Vision of Escaflowne. I have prepared many types of study materials for different kinds of learners, and I hope that you will find them useful. The purpose of this podcast is to study Japanese through anime theme songs by analyzing their vocabulary, grammar, and kanji in an interesting and entertaining way. Hope you enjoy listening to this beautiful song from a beautiful series.Welcome to the third episode of Anime Music Student, or AMS for short. Obviously you can't do Maaya Sakamoto's vocals justice, but I added some reverb to these to try to match the style of the original, so hopefully it sounds at least a little close! And as always, I did my best to keep the meaning as intact as I could. (I always get chills at the parts right before the choruses!) It's so pretty that I've really been wanting to try an English version for a while now, and I finally found time to work on it today! Listening to the original Japanese version of this is always kind of a magical experience for me, haha. Escaflowne's opening theme, 'Yakusoku wa Iranai,' english lyrics and vocals by me.

Escaflowne yakusoku wa iranai