23:11
Quite frankly, I haven’t found a single translation of this song - which is actually quite awesome [for me at least]. Space Sheriff Gavan, better known in Malaysia as Space Cop Gaban, or simply just Gaban, was a popular tokusatsu show back in the late 80’s and early 90’s [for Malaysian TV, that is].
I remember spending my childhood watching BM dubs of these tokusatsu shows, alongside BM dubbed anime of the time. Tokusatsu at the time that I remembered loving were Gaban, Flashman, Maskman, Jetman, Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Black, and of course, the various types of Ultraman [the first Ultraman, and Ultraman Ace, mostly]. Unfortunately though, out of all of these shows, I only remember the songs from Jetman and Gaban.
Here’s a gripe, though - the OP songs for these old shows were EXTREMELY hard to find. I had to scour the net for days to find a working link for the full song, instead of an audio rip of the TV clip sequence [which is abundant around Youtube]. Another thing is that while the lyrics to the full song is available, it’s in romanized Japanese, and there is no proper translation, except for the occasional lazyshit work done with Babelfish or Google’s Language Tools.
So I figured, I can do a decent guesslation, based on the Babblefish output and my basic Japanese skills. I took a stab at it, and figured that it turned out pretty well - except for maybe a weird sounding line or two. So, here it is, a translation I offer for the fans of the old days. Improve upon it as you see fit :D
Uchuu Keiji Gavan
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Japanese [Romaji]
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English
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Otoko na n’ darou? [hey, hey, hey, hey] Wakasa, Wakasa tte nan da Gavan! Abayo namida Warui yatsu-ra wa tenshi no kao shite [hey, hey, hey, hey] Wakasa, Wakasa tte nan da Gavan! Abayo kinou Wakasa, Wakasa tte nan da Gavan! Abayo namida |
Aren’t you a man? [hey, hey, hey, hey] Youth, oh what is youth? Gavan! Overflowing tears Evil ones bear the face of an angel [hey, hey, hey, hey] Youth, oh what is youth? Gavan! Overflowing pasts Youth, oh what is youth? Gavan! Overflowing tears |
I bestow upon thee some old-school gar, For Great Justice!
Chapree
23:27
Gaban for PM!! XD