Information
- Member: Esrhan
- Studio: Arctic Tribe
- Title: Pieni Paha Noita (Bad Little Witch)
- Premiered: 2007-07-14
- Category:
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Song:
- Mikko Alatalo Känkkäränkkä
- Anime:
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Comments:
Quick Description:
A short, fun story about a bad little witch named Känkkäränkkä. Since the song is in finnish, I included subtitles for the local file.
General Comments:
Who is Känkkäränkkä? Känkkäränkkä is a fictional character described in an old finnish children's song composed by Mikko Alatalo. The song's lyrics talk about the character, as a bad little witch who can only be seen by kids.
This anime music video is my interpretation of what Känkkäränkkä might have been like. Whenever I hear this song it reminds me of Risky from Risky Safety, because she sure looks a lot like a witch with that hat and scythe. What she does in the series fits pretty well with the song about Känkkäränkkä, so it all came together quite naturally and easily.
Technical and editing wise it's a rather simple video. I used direct cuts, a few fades and played around with frame hold in a few scenes. Some unwanted mouth flip flap was edited away with Adobe After Effects, but overall a simple video to edit. Lyric synch is relevant for enjoyment, so I'll include them and the translation.
Lyrics and Translation
Olipa kerran pieni paha noita Känkkäränkkä nimeltään
Once upon a time there was a bad little witch named Känkkäränkkä
Se huvittelee syömällä rusinoita ja iskemällä kepillään
It amuses itself by eating raisins and striking with its staff
Se on niin pieni ettei aikuiset pysty sitä näkemään
It is so small that adults are unable to see it
mutta lasten luokse se mielellään tulee kyläilemään
but it gladly comes to visit children
jos Känkkäränkkä tulee iltaisin ei lapsi pysty nukkumaan
children can't sleep if Känkkäränkkä comes in the evening
koska Nukkumatti pelkää Känkkäränkkää ihan tosissaan
because the Sandman is really scared of Känkkäränkkä
kun Känkkäränkkä tulee ruokapöytään se mussuttaa rusinoitaan
when Känkkäränkkä comes to the table it munches its raisins
ja ruuan se saa lasten suussa pahalta maistumaan
and it makes food taste bad in children's mouths
kyllä kylässä voi käydä Känkkäränkkä kun on känkkäränkkäpäivä
yes, Känkkäränkkä might visit when it's känkkäränkkäday
onhan se kiva että lapsilla on oma vänkkäräsäärinen noita
It is nice that children have their own bandylegged witch
mutta älä tule liian usein Känkkäränkkä tule vain kerran viikossa
but don't come too often, Känkkäränkkä. Come only once a week
kun sä pistät kaiken ihan länkkäkänkkä
since you turn everything upside down!
niin äiti syyttää ipanoita, vaikka kaiken takana onkin vain pieni paha noita
so mother blames the kids, even though behind everything is only a bad little witch
Additional Info:
A big thanks to Fall Child42, FoxJones, Minion, Orwell, Sivis and Kitsuner for helping, testing and improving the translated lyrics and subtitles. On my own the translation wouldn't have turned out so good. I do have to point out that since Mikko Alatalo uses a few madeup words that don't really mean anything, I had to improvise a few sentences.
Local download is an MP4 file with an h.264 video, AAC audio and includes English hardsubs. If you are having trouble playing the video, then I suggest downloading the VLC Media Player or installing the CCCP codec pack.
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- Link Format Bitrate Codec Duration Filesize Link Check Information Comments
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Local
MP4
0/128
H.264/AAC
1:49
11.2 MiB
Local File omishi_magical_theater-pieni_paha_noita(subtitled).mp4 Duration 109.92 seconds Video Track 0 kb/s H.264 [avc1] 640 x 480 @ 24 fps Audio Track AAC @ 128 kbps 44.1 kHz, stereophonic sound