"The Shining Road" (光る道 Hikaru Michi?) is one of the ending theme songs for the Japanese version of Sonic X. It was used for the episodes "That's What Friends Are For" to "Defective Detectives" and again for the episodes "A Cosmic Call" to "So Long Sonic" - total 52 episodes. During the show's original run, it was used from 6 July 2003 to 28 December 2003. An instrumental version of the song is played in the ending credits of the French dub of Sonic X.
Staff[]
- Lyricist: Shun Taguchi
- Composer: Masataka Matsutoya
- Arranger: Masataka Matsutoya
- Singer: Aya Hiroshige (廣重綾 Hiroshige Aya?)[1]
Synopsis[]
A shot of the city is shown late at night and the sun begins to rise. The scene changes to Sonic sitting on the edge of one of the buildings of the city watching the sun rise. Sonic is then seen walking through a mist in the park toward a tree. Looking closely, he can see Amy standing next to the tree giving a worried look. Sonic and Amy then stare at each other without saying a word.
Lyrics[]
Japanese | Romaji | English translation |
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私たちの世界は魔法をかけられて |
Watashi-tachi no sekai wa mahō o kakerarete |
Our world is enchanted |
Trivia[]
- In "Defective Detectives", when the Chaotix are watching recaps of the series "The Shining Road" ending plays. However instead of Amy waiting for Sonic, Cheese takes her place. Then in the actual ending of the episode Cheese is shown to have waited for Sonic, he is also standing on the ground instead of flying. Cheese is half Sonic's height.
- During the episode mentioned above, while the Chaotix are watching the ending, the first frame of the night city is shown then it skips to the part with Cheese.
- When this song plays during the ending and special endings, the song's tempo is sped up by a little in which it is slightly faster than the original tempo in order to match up with the scene the song is playing over.
- At around 17:13 of the Japanese version of "Countdown to Chaos", when Sonic becomes Super Sonic and Chris is crying, a synthesized instrumental version of this song (using xylophone/music box) plays in the DVD and streaming releases of the episode. In the TV broadcast, "Kotoba ni Dekinai" plays instead.
- In A Fearless Friend. This song is played in the anime's original dub due to emotional scene where Tails is forced to shoot and kill Cosmo for the sake of the Universe with Eggman's words he's gets on through it.
Video[]
Sonic X Ending 2 Full "Aya Hiroshige - Hikaru Michi ("The Shining Road")" Music
References[]
- ↑ Hikaru Michi / Aya Hiroshige. VGMdb (3 October 2020).