Hi everyone, at long last, the final and most amazing part of the Muv-Luv trilogy goes live on steam today! Thanks to everyone’s support and patience, the official localization of Alternative is now available to the public on the steam store!
All you amazing backers should have gotten a key code last month on the 23 Aug 2017 to download the game, but if you haven’t claimed your key yet, do check your backer kit account for your steam code.
Whether you are a long term fan, or a new comer to the series, the team hopes that you have a fantastic time with the Alternative experience!
Gentlemen, Alternative Projects is pleased to announce the release of Aspiration from Chronicles 02! This side story covers the international exchange of Pilot Cadets between Japan and Germany, and the events that occur when one Makabe Seijyurou is attached to the West Germany Zeberus Battalion.
This patch was brought to you by Albedo and his team, so do send him your appreciation in the comments. Without further ado, please enjoy the story here.
This patch also comes with TDA01 which was previously released, with some minor edits to the lines. Please remember to support the Kickstarter for the localization of the trilogy as well, if you want to see more of the side stories translated! Continue reading →
Welcome back everyone! Before we begin, I wanted to give a huge Thank You! to everyone who backed the Kickstarter! Thanks to you all, we hit the base goal of 250k in 5.5 hours, surpassing the 8 hours of KS death! And even now as I post this we have already hit 650k in 21 days! Congratulations everyone, you made this dream come true!
And now on to our exciting release of the Alternative Radio Global Podcast #1, containing an information packed interview with Mitch and Jason from Degica!
In this interview, we ask several questions pertaining to the inner workings of the Kickstarter, updates on the current goodies on the KS, and what comes next now that the last stretch goal is before us.
After the interview we have the updates for the month, so do continue to read on! Continue reading →
It’s time people! The most important milestone for the Muv-Luv English speaking fan-base is now live! The Kickstarter is up, and it’s up to YOU to do your part!
The KS starts on 24 Sep, and ends on the 03 Nov 2015. <!–more–>
As you know, Alternative Projects has always been a free fan-translation group, as our goal has been to promote and maintain interest in the franchise. Therefore, I and the team would like to ask all of you who have been supporting us to help make this Kickstarter a success! Once this KS is successful, we can expect to see much more of the franchise, media and goods become available in the official international language, which makes this event an important turning point for the franchise.
I cannot stress how important it is that you and us, the community, the fan-base, help make this KS take off. I hope those of you who are able to help contribute to this undertaking do so, and those who are not, please help to spread the word, to people who like VNs, Sci-fi, Military fiction, Anime, Manga, anyone whom you think will be interested. Be more than an on-looker, be a part of this with us!
Thank you all! Spread the news, and pledge your support! Please DO YOUR PART!
~The AP Team
P.S. The KS will be the first time we can get something so close to our hearts, a Destroyer-class Plushie! You know what to do to get this -15 Mohs of softness.
Hi everyone, we’re back with another round of updates for our translation projects for the month of August 2015. We’ve had quite a bit going on since June with the announcement of the kickstarter and our regular podcasts in association with Kiminozo Guy, but here’s an update of our line up of fan-translation projects and some news in the Muv-Luv franchise since our update in July. Continue reading →
People, I am very pleased to announce that Mu-Luv is finally getting a kick-starter for an official English localization! During the AX 2015 event held in LA, Ixtl and Degica announced that they will be opening a kick-starter to bring Muv-Luv to the West in English.
During the event, Ixtl opened a booth, and the creator of Muv-Luv Kouki Yoshimune and the official artists of the team made an appearance at the booth, greeting fans and giving out sketches and autographs.
For the localization, it is understood that they will be using Amaterasu’s fan translation as a base, and updating the translations to be more accurate. Also implied is the update of graphics and content to match those used in the PS3 and Windows 7 releases of the games, with 18+ content possible as a stretch goals.
The kick-starter will officially open in End Aug – Early Sept2015, so we shall have to see what shows up. It was hinted that additional games and anime are possible stretch goals as well.
As a long term fan of the franchise, I have no words sufficient to express how I feel at finally seeing this day that an official English release is made possible. The years of effort I and the teams has put in has finally paid off. I would like to reach out to all fans of Muv-Luv who have enjoyed our releases to help make this kick-starter a success.
Please also participate in the survey that was put up by the organizers, for things the fan would like to see in the KS. Link
Hi all, today we have a round of new project updates from Alternative Projects. As AP has started recruitment for more members to help work on more projects in the Muv-Luv franchise, I’m happy to report that our team has grown, and we have a number of new members who have joined us now working on different stories! Without further ado, please welcome our new members and our current projects!
We have other projects planned, such as the rest of Chronicles, Total Eclipse, Ayu Mayu Alternative, and the various side stories, as well as the Schwarzesmarken VN when it’s released.
So we are still looking for more translators, English editors who know also know Russian, and especially programmers/hackers to help with the project. If you are one or know of anyone with these skills, and have an interest in the projects, do drop us an email!
Now, for updates in the franchise.
I’m very pleased to say that this month of May has seen a flood of releases and announcements from Age for Schwarzesmarken, or liberally translated into English, Black Marks. Thus this month has become the Black Month of May.
Age has announced that there will be an Anime for this series! This will be the second anime in the Muv-Luv franchise, following Total Eclipse. The anime will probably be released next year, after the release of the TWO VNs for Schwarzesmarken.
The first VN, titled Crest of Red Blood, is up for preorders, with a release date of Sept 2015, and can be ordered here.
The second, titled Martyrs, is stated as having a release date of Winter this year.
Next, an announcement for a new Light Novel Supplement for Schwaresmarken was also made, covering the side story of Irisdina Bernhard, titled The silhouette of the Bernhards.
On the model kits side, Kotobukia has finally announced the release date of the Non-scale MiG-21 Balalaika Theodor Eberbach Type Plastic Model, scheduled for a Sep 2015 release as well. Orders can be made here.
In addition, apparently this can be done with the new Frame Arms Girl that Koto released as well.
That’s all we have for now. Stay tuned for more updates on our projects, and do spread the word that we are looking for more people to help with the projects!
I hope you enjoy the read, and do leave any comments or feedback here at our website or email: alternative4projects@gmail.com
Please stay tuned for further updates on our next projects. We have a couple of new Translators joining us, and we hope to have something new for you soon.
Hi everyone, before I begin the updates, I would like to mention the passing of a great fan of the Muv-luv franchise, Jilpoong17, in Nov 2014.
Jilpoong17 was a man of great talent, who also had a great passion for the Muv-luv universe, evident by his efforts in giving us awesome fan art of the characters since 2004.
Do visit his page JILPOONG17’S MUV-LUV LIFE to check out his works, and remember this good man.
See you in another loop, fellow Muvluver.
Now for translation updates. TDA01 has reached the 75% milestone, and we expect to be able to release this for the fans in a few more months.
After TDA01 is released, I’ll be going back to complete the remaining 2 untranslated chapters of Schwarzesmarken Vol 1, which has been on my to do list for a while.
There may be some other side story projects that we’ll be working on before going to TDA02, so stay tuned.
Now for updates on new items. We have the first of three Schwarzesmarken figures from 4-Leaves, a Irisdina 1/7 figure, which was previously shown as a prototype, releasing in Apr 2015.
Seems like goods for the franchise are picking up again, so with any luck we will have more good news to look forward to. We still have an unannounced Non-scale MiG-21 and 1/144 F-15 ACTV Eagle pending, together with Katia and Lys figures.
That’s all for the updates for this year. Here’s to more good news in 2015!
Gentlemen, here are the updates for the month of Sept 2014.
I would like to inform you that the translation status of TDA01 is now at 50%, and work will continue to progress as scheduled. We will continue to provide regular updates at key milestones, so kindly continue to be patient as work continues.
In the meantime, I am pleased to present the English translation of the lyrics for the Opening of The Day After, Saigo no Eden (The Final Eden) Artist: Aki Misato. I have added the lyrics to a video for your viewing pleasure, and the lyrics will be listed in the appendix below.
With regards to Visual Novel releases, I am pleased to report that Ixtl has confirmed that the PC release of Total Eclipse is now gold, and will be available from the 29 Sept 2014. Photonmelodies was previously released in Aug 2014 as well. Unfortunately, no further updates for any future VNs have been released, but we have hopes that we will hear more about Schwarzesmarken in the coming months.
On model kits and figures, no new model kits of TSFs have been announced since the last update, but samples of new figures starring the cast of Schwarzesmarken were shown during the Summer Wonderfest 2014 event. One has hopes that this is the beginning of a more ambitious project.
That is all for updates in this report. See below for attachments.
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Saigo no Eden Lyrics
Translation: Gabgrave
In the distant burning darkness Burning fragments fall
The power of the throbbing flames
Who would wish for such a thing
Departing without knowing why your heart cries out
Forgetting it, Delaying it
Just wishing for it is useless.
Still confused by pain
Grasping at the falling red red feathers
Stop it, please do not run away
Everything is destined to end even if you hold on to them
Even if hope is burnt to nothing in the future
It will be revived again one day
The shining dreams you lost sight of
Throw your life into it. It’s the Final Eden.
Is it shock, or despair?
“A weak person’s name is called”
It’s dark. Is it dark? I don’t know
Who might it be…is it me?
You hold a light within. You will surely be called
Let’s make it to the end
The wished for place is on the other side
In that beautiful paradise
The spirits of the sick and dying are crushed
Harmonia
Wake up and see the truth
This is only anger over the absurd
Believe in kindness and embrace it closely
Because you’ll be alone before you know it
So as not to forget the crime my eyes saw
I’ll sing for eternity. An Aria of tragedy.
Even if hope is burnt to nothing in the future
It will be revived again one day
Believe in kindness and embrace it closely
Because you’ll be alone before you know it
The shining dreams you lost sight of
Throw your life into it. It’s the Final Eden.
遠い闇が燃える 燃えて沈む欠片に tooi yami ga moe ru moe te shizumu ketsu hen ni
力疼く焔（ほむら） chikara uzuku honoo ( homura )
誰を求める…この手 dare wo motome ru … kono te
叫ぶ君の心 知らぬままに立ち去り sakebu kun no kokoro shira numamani tachi sari
忘れておくれ wasure teokure
望むだけじゃ無理、と。 nozomu dakeja muri , to .
まだ痛みに狼狽える mada itami ni roubai eru
赤い赤い羽が落ちる受けとめて akai akai hane ga ochiru uke tomete
どうか逃げないで douka nige naide
全て失う定め持ちながら subete ushinau sadame mochi nagara
希望が未来を焼き尽くしても kibou ga mirai wo yaki dukushi temo
いつの日にかまた甦る itsuno hinika mata yomigaeru
輝く故に見失う夢 kagayaku yueni miushinau yume
命飛ばせ 最後のエデン inochi toba se saigo no eden
衝撃。又は絶望。 shougeki. mataha zetsubou .
「弱キ者名ヲ名乗レ」. ( jaku ki mono mei wo mei jou re )
暗い。 暗い? kurai .kurai ?
知らない。 shira nai .
誰の事だろう…私? dare no koto darou … watashi ?
君は胸の光 君をきっといざなう kun ha mune no hikari kun wokittoizanau
終わりにしよう owari nishiyou
願う場所は彼方 negau basho ha kanata
あの美しい楽園は ano utsukushi i rakuen ha
病める朽ちる骨を砕くハルモニア yame ru kuchi ru hone wo kudaku harumonia
醒めて気がつくの意味は same te kiga tsukuno imi ha
不条理を越えた怒りだと fujouri wo koe ta ikari dato
優しさ信じて抱きしめるほど yasashi sa shinji te daki shimeruhodo
いつの間にか孤独になるよ itsuno mani ka kodoku ninaruyo
瞳が罪を忘れない為 hitomi ga tsumi wo wasure nai tame
永遠（とわ）に語れ 悲劇のアリア eien ( towa ) ni katare higeki no aria
希望が未来を焼き尽くしても kibou ga mirai wo yaki dukushi temo
いつの日にかまた甦る itsuno hinika mata yomigaeru
優しさ信じて抱きしめるほど yasashi sa shinji te daki shimeruhodo
いつの間にか孤独になるよ itsuno mani ka kodoku ninaruyo
輝く故に見失う夢 kagayaku yueni miushinau yume
命飛ばせ 最後のエデン inochi toba se saigo no eden
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