Although Tetsuyama was born the second son of a fairly minor regional lord and was infamous for a youth of excess and erratic behaviour, he was thrust into a position of leadership when his elder brother took monastic vows and renounced the clan's leadership.
"I followed a girl who showed me the way, an incantation of the shimmering haze. And high upon the hill appeared the nameless field I'd yearned for."
Possibly a reference to the crazy party that saved the cosmos in Japanese mythology.
There is, as far as I can tell, no connection between the song and famous Takeda clan of Feudal-era Japan. The lullaby and the clan are written differently in Japanese.
Buckle up, because today you're going to learn more about singing Japanese robots than you've ever wanted to know.
Cute Girls Doing Metal Things.
Now, obviously, a stupendously popular anime series about pirates is the perfect recommendation to post during a Tales of the Sea Giveaway.
Despite being set in Space, it's actually a very traditional depiction of piracy…
I don't actually know what this song is about, but I dig it.
"I would quickly quit here and go back. To the other side (of the mountain) I can see, my parents' house."
