I said I would try and make a subtitle file out of yesterday's translation attempt. Well, here it is. Matching the English text to the voices helped correcting a few glaring mistakes in the translation, but don't expect it to live up to any sort of quality standards. You will surely notice that my skills at timing are abysmal, too (heck, this has to be my second sub, and then the first one was Angel's Egg ;-).

Tentative translation and transcript below.

Director Shinkai Makoto's latest piece, Byousoku 5 Centi, a collection of three short movies connected by a common theme, is easily one of the most anticipated animated features of 2007. It is scheduled to hit the theatres in Japan starting from March 3rd. This week-end, Yahoo made the first of these three parts, entitled Oukashou (桜花抄, or Extract of cherry blossom), available to premium users for streaming—so that it is safe to assume the segment is all over the Internet by now.

SaiMoe, le modèle

Connaissez-vous le Anime SaiMoe Tournament? Il s'agit d'une manifestation organisée chaque été depuis 2001 sur le forum de discussions japonais 2channel, dans laquelle s'affrontent les personnages féminins les plus populaires des séries animées de l'année écoulée. Les fans votent pour élire, au terme d'un tournoi qui s'étale sur plusieurs mois, le personnage le plus charmant, le plus mignon, celui qui les aura le plus fait vibrer pendant l'année : en somme, le plus moé.