Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer, "Come, O Eclipse" [Vid]

[melodytree]

Title: Come, O Eclipse
Fandom: Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer,
Song: Ready For The Storm by Dougie MacLean
Contains: Brief shots of violence and self-harm/seppuku preparations
Notes: Premiered at con.txt 2021.

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer is perhaps the best movie you'll ever see about calendar-making. It's got love! Mathematics! Astronomy! Go! Lots of sangaku (mathematical puzzles left at temples)! Intense Edo-era politics over calendars! Extremely dramatic eclipses!

My parents and I loved this movie, and it reminded me strongly of this song, perhaps because of the prevalent metaphor of space as a sea, or perhaps because of my association of the song with this Apollo 13 vid. The last minute of it came out first and went down quickly and easily; some of the middle parts gave me more trouble. I also experimented a bit with effects (mostly layer modes) because of all the lovely astronomy shots, and I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

Youtube's compression seems to have wreaked a bit of havoc on the video quality - sorry about that!

Download: Click here (contains softsubs for song lyrics)
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Comments

[fairestcat]

I really love this! You definitely made me want to watch the source!

[allekha]

Thank you, I'm glad to hear it!

[duskpeterson]

Me too; alas, I'm having difficulty finding the source anywhere. But it's a beautiful vid!

[allekha]

Thank you! Unfortunately, it does seem to be hard to find legally, though it's findable via other means - feel free to hit me up if you can't find a copy.

[aurumcalendula]

I love this! (and am definitely putting the movie on my to-watch list)

[allekha]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy it if you see it :)

[sasha_feather]

Hi, this year we are delighted to show your vid at the WisCon Vid Party! The show will be taking place on Friday May 27, 2022, in person and streaming. More info at https://wiscon-vidparty.dreamwidth.org/ and wiscon.net.

[allekha]

Awesome, thanks for letting me know!

If it's not too much trouble, could the vidder name in the spreadsheet be changed to Allekha?

[sasha_feather]

Absolutely, thank you for the correction.

[neekabe]

I loved this in the Wiscon vid show! I'm definitely going to try and track down the source :D

[allekha]

Thank you!

Good luck finding it, it's a bit obscure - feel free to ask me if you can't find a copy elsewhere.