Zankoku na tenshi no these

残酷な天使のテーゼ

Song Information

Old Cover

残酷な天使のテーゼ's pop'n music banner, as of pop'n music 16.

Artist: 高橋洋子
Arrangement: Jun Wakita
Vocals: Yoko Takahashi
BPM: 79-128
Length: 1:34
pop'n music Genre: EVA (エヴァ)
pop'n music Character: Mimi [TV-EVA]
うたっち Character: Kagome [16-1P]
pop'n CG design: shio (character design/retouching), Production I.G. (animation)
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 12 いろは
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

New Cover

残酷な天使のテーゼ's うたっち banner.

残酷な天使のテーゼ's jacket.

Artist: ♪♪♪♪♪
Arrangement: Jun Wakita
BPM: 79-128
Length: 1:34
pop'n music Genre: ZANKOKU NA TENSHI NO THESE (残酷な天使のテーゼ)
pop'n music Character: Mimi [TV-EVA]
pop'n CG design: shio (character design/retouching), Production I.G. (animation)
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝
Other Music Game Appearances:

• GITADORA OverDrive
• REFLEC BEAT limelight
• REFLEC BEAT plus MUSIC PACK 02
• ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom
• うたっち

Lyrics

Japanese

　残酷な天使のように
　少年よ、神話になれ

　蒼い風がいま
　胸のドアを叩いても
　私だけをただ見つめて
　微笑んでるあなた
　そっとふれるもの
　もとめることに夢中で
　運命さえまだ知らない
　いたいげな瞳

　だけどいつか気付くでしょう
　その背中には
　遥か未来　めざすための
　羽根があること

　残酷な天使のテーゼ
　窓辺からやがて飛び立つ
　ほとばしる熱いパトスで
　思い出を裏切るなら
　この宇宙を抱いて輝く
　少年よ、神話になれ　

Romaji

zankoku na
tenshi no youni
zhonen yo
shinwa ni nare

aoi kaze ga ima
mune no door wo tataitemo
watashi dake wo
tada mitsumete
hohoenderu anata
sotto fureru mono
motomeru koto ni
muchu de
unmei sae
mada shiranai
itaikena hitomi

dakedo itsuka
kizuku deshou
sono senaka ni wa
haruka mirai
mezasu tame no
hane ga aru koto

zankoku na
tenshi no thesis
madobe kara
yagate tobitatsu
hotobashiru
atsui patosu de
omoide wo
uragiru nara
Konoto wo
daite kagayaku
shonen yo
shinwa ni nare

Song Connections / Remixes

• 残酷な天使のテーゼ received a new cover in pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝, replacing the old cover version. This new cover was also used in pop'n music portable.
  • This new cover is also used in the REFLEC BEAT series and ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom.
• An 8-bit version of 残酷な天使のテーゼ can be found in beatmania GB ガッチャミックス2.
• A cover of 残酷な天使のテーゼ appears in Toy's March 2. It is currently unknown if the Toy's March cover is the same one for other games.

Trivia

残酷な天使のテーゼ's pop'n music 12-15 banner.

• 残酷な天使のテーゼ is the opening theme of the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime. Yoko Takahashi, the original vocalist, resang it for the pop'n music 12 いろは cover.
• 残酷な天使のテーゼ is the only TV&ANIME license that has been in more than one CS release of the pop'n music main series.
• According to wac, 残酷な天使のテーゼ was one of the first anime licenses up for candidacy during production of pop'n music 6, but he didn't put it in due to its popularity already in pachinko slots and other places.
  • wac also notes that prior to doing the cover, he hadn't heard 残酷な天使のテーゼ since Neon Genesis Evangelion first came out.
• As of pop'n music Sunny Park, 残酷な天使のテーゼ is the only license from pop'n music 12 いろは still in the pop'n music arcade games.
• Before pop'n music Sunny Park, 残酷な天使のテーゼ's songwheel genre was エヴァ (EVA).
  • pop'n music portable was the first game to change 残酷な天使のテーゼ's songwheel genre.
• 残酷な天使のテーゼ received an EASY chart in pop'n music Sunny Park, replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.
• 残酷な天使のテーゼ was added to the BEMANI Category folder in pop'n music Sunny Park.

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Character Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 through Sunny Park.
REFLEC BEAT difficulty rated from 1 to 10+.
うたっち difficulty rated from 1 to 5 stars. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and pmdream.net.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drums				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	81	257	455	-	125	204	394	-	91	185	236	-
GITADORA OverDrive→Present	1.20	3.40	4.55	-	1.90	3.50	6.70	-	1.80	3.30	5.70	-

pop'n music

Game	Standard				Battle		PSP-Exclusive
	5 Button	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper	5B Hyper	7B Normal	7B Hyper
Notecounts	126	166	421	550	148	302	?	?	?
pop'n music 12 いろは→20 fantasia	5	12	23	31	6	12	-	-	-
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	※2	↑18	↑29	↑37	6	12	-	-	-
pop'n music 12 いろは CS	5	12	23	31	6	12	-	-	-
pop'n music portable	6	12	23	31	6	-	10	16	27

※ The notecount of this chart is different from the old 5-Buttons chart (total notes: 98).

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard
Notecounts	102	159	248
REFLEC BEAT limelight→Present	2	4	6
REFLEC BEAT plus	2	4	6

うたっち

Game	Single
	Easy	Hard
Notecounts	118	210
うたっち	★★★☆☆	★★★★☆