by Chaos Angel » Thu Nov 21, 2002 10:39 am
Well, I've seen several videos in non-English languages where they used the song more for the feeling the song as a whole evokes than what the lyrics are actually saying. An example of this is House on the Moon by aluminumstudios. It uses the second ending theme from Outlaw Star, Tsuki no Ie, with Outlaw Star and is essentially a look at all of the characters that focuses on mood and style and rather then telling as story. It's very dreamy and slow, and I love it.
As for lyric matching, I say go for it if you want. However, if people don't speak the language, they may not get the significance of the synch. That goes for English-language songs as well as Japanese, German, Italian, whatever. It's up to you if you want to post a lyric translation or not. That might be rather lengthy and tedious if not done properly.