| Many of you who watched the movie in its entirety may have noticed this. It of course bugged me to no end, so I took the initiative to decode it. This is what I got. Amusingly enough, if would appear that the message was corrupted rather than encoded. Given the missing letters filled in by "?" and several occurrences where letters were omitted all together; I even had a duplicated word (the last "we" if you are curious). I took the liberty of cleaning it up as well. Also, for all curious, this is the location of the coordinates mentioned in the letter. http://tinyurl.com/llfz9b3 Not quite sure how this adds to the story, but it definitely seems its contents are of some significance. edit [5/11/20]: fixed the broken image. Thought I ought to clean up after making my last post. To anyone reading this for the first time, well met! And have a nice day. |
Weapon_MasterMay 11, 2020 10:29 AM
| Hi! I'm really impressed that You've decoded the letter! I watched Sakasama no Patema today and it bothered me sooo much! Of course I searched for codes and decodes... I tried also square cipher method and some letters came out perfectly...but not the all... Can I ask how you've solved it? What method have you used? I would be grateful if you could answer asap XD Thanks |
| Well done! I certainly appreciate your efforts! |
Levi18 said: Hi! I'm really impressed that You've decoded the letter! I watched Sakasama no Patema today and it bothered me sooo much! Of course I searched for codes and decodes... I tried also square cipher method and some letters came out perfectly...but not the all... Can I ask how you've solved it? What method have you used? I would be grateful if you could answer asap XD Thanks Its' a pretty simple code when it comes down to it. I can tell you that the only things you need are the image, a note pad, and a knowledge of the alphabet. See if you can get it on your own. It's a very satisfying experience. I'll go ahead and write out the answer for future generations and if you give up. |
Weapon_MasterMay 15, 2014 2:59 PM
| You are brilliant!! Thank you so much!! When I looked at it, I was sure algorithms were involved. Just the thought of that possibility made me break out in hives and get sick to my stomach. I have a very bad case of Arithmophobia! |
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| Nice job. Kudos to you. I was bothered by that email too. So if the coordinates are right and they are on the opposite side of Earth then they are in the middle of Atlantic Ocean or rather somewhere in the east coast of America. |
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Blue_Qbe said: Nice job. Kudos to you. I was bothered by that email too. So if the coordinates are right and they are on the opposite side of Earth then they are in the middle of Atlantic Ocean or rather somewhere in the east coast of America. The exact opposite side of the Earth would be just off the coast of Uruguay/southern Brazil. So give them some leeway on "exact" and call it Uruguay. |
Interesting. I thought it was a machine code of some sort; just didn't know what. |
Ishoku said: Well done! I certainly appreciate your efforts! Hannah_Ana said: You are brilliant!! Thank you so much!! +1 |
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| Amazing! Thanks for figuring it out, is indeed nice to know what's actually written there! |
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| Yeah, great work man! That letter was gibberish. |
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| Awesome, and impressive. Thank you for taking the time to decode the message. I was wondering what is said. Awesome work! =^-^= It was indeed a refreshing and lovely movie. It's nice to see something original from time to time. |
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| wow dam that's amazing |
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| Wow man, that's awesome, thanks for decoding it :) I guess you really liked Sakasama no Patema XD. This movie is freaking awesome indeed. Maybe it's an e-mail from the people above Aiga. I think they saw that flying machine of Age's father coming, then they put the letter/e-mail on his journal, thinking he would return to his flying machine. Or maybe Age's father somehow received that from the people above or under Aiga when he was alive. It's pretty interesting. I wish they could make a sequel or an epilogue of it. Wanted to see more of Patema x Age XD and what happened after the end of the movie and about that weird world/city above Aiga. |
| Nice catch! I was curious when I saw that but not enough to go look. Thanks for doing the leg work for us:) |
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| Thank you for the job !So, they survived. I loved this movie, but now I love it even more. |
| Thanks for decoding :') |
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| Good job. Thanks! |
| thank you! |
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| Good job with that. I had a hunch that it pretty much meant some kind of cure or something. Nice to see the message. |
| Thanks for decoding! Some interesting info. Guess Patema 2 can be made when rebuilding of the new civilization starts :) |
| I was starting to decode it, and then figured out that it could have already been done here =P Glad I came soon enough... For those wondering about the coordinates, could be more of a message to everyone watching the animation. Consider that the author is japanese and his expected audience is also japanese in general. He then chooses that location in Japan so that it looks reachable in the real world to most of his audience (it's at least an area slightly isolated and maybe stars can be seen there). Anybody there can look at the sky and imagine another world, as if there was someone up there waiting to be found. It's meant to be spread to everyone in the world. It's an email and they are using all networks still operating. Maybe the author just wants that whoever understands the message to spread it all over the world. A message of hope maybe... Please, I'm not talking about aliens. Think something more poetic... |
rzippertNov 20, 2015 7:22 PM
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| It almost seems like the opposite of where that location was , was either somewhere in canada or upstate NY. DAMN you google maps lol. Gj on the decode of the message btw. THe story was fairly predictable, but still it was nice enough. |
LittleStar said: Likewise, glad people that aren't as lazy as myself are still around ;DIshoku said: Well done! I certainly appreciate your efforts! Hannah_Ana said: You are brilliant!! Thank you so much!! +1 |
| Today marks the double anniversary of a weekend passed and many hours spent attempting what I though might be impossible (for my not so problem-solving practiced mind) all when I should have been studying for my Sophomore finals. In the end I thus emerged victorious over the foe I had sought to slay and hath reaped the rewards. Also rewatching the movie this weekend for nostalgia's sake, it's been a while. In all seriousness I look back fondly to that afternoon I spent glued to the computer using all my reasoning skill to try and decode that monster of a letter you are all now familiar with. To all you who've dropped a comment to give your appreciation, I just want to let you know that seeing those notification's and reading your replies made my day on those days. In all honesty I'm not as smart as you've all made me out to be, but I'll take it. On that note (i'm probably being over philosophical at this point, but what'ev) a word of kindness or appreciation is never wasted, and you never know when someone might need it. Senior Finals be next week with college to follow after the summer. In the spirit of such major and scary/exciting changes, here's a word of encouragement for any who read this (not my words). "You are exactly where you need to be to get to where ever you are going." So start walking down the path you want to see yourself at the end of, for it is quite possible to reach it, even if it is as far as the opposite side of the earth's axis. Watashi no yuujin, o genki-ni taizai-ne. ~WM |
| That was amazing, thanks! |
| Thanks .... It really helped a lot ///..... :) |
| Thank you! Thank you! |
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| Really impressive that you decoded Hex Ascii codes without knowing about Ascii or that the numbers were in the Hex base. Weapon_Master said: Senior Finals be next week with college to follow after the summer. In the spirit of such major and scary/exciting changes, here's a word of encouragement for any who read this (not my words). "You are exactly where you need to be to get to where ever you are going." So start walking down the path you want to see yourself at the end of, for it is quite possible to reach it, even if it is as far as the opposite side of the earth's axis. Nice quote, and I hope that college is going well for you. |
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| Really well met good sir! |
| WAKE THE FUCK UP DEADMAN! |
nelson_a said: It's a long time since i stumbled on this forum,just passing by to say thanks You're quite welcome. This also reminded me that the post anniversary was coming up, so double win. And so, here's another trademark rambling for you and anyone else that pops in on occasion. It has been 4 years since the last post, 6 since I first posted. My grammar and word choice has not aged well, lol. Still, it's weird looking back and remembering that I was once a highshool student, having now graduated from college. Makes me feel like I've come a long way, but at the same time I remember the person who wrote this post 6 years ago so well that it feels like nothing has changed at all. I think growing up is a myth. Age and experience is just a thousand imperceptible changes over a large amount of time. I'm bolder, more social, and and a bit wiser than I was back then, but I'm still a romantic that likes to obsess over the imagery in anime movies. Is there a point to this? Probably not, you know what you signed up for. If anything, I guess I'll note that who you are is a running average of who you try to become. Your efforts are not wasted, especially if you put forth that effort every day. I wish I had spent more days putting forth an effort, but now I'm in a position where I understand that, so here's to the next 4 years (kanpai). I watched the film again as per tradition (though I think I've missed a few years). I noticed an unsolved mystery. There's a little note at the back of Age's father's notebook by Lagos, saying his dream is written on the back of the photograph in the notebook. We never get to see the back, but the encoded letter was tucked behind that, so I can only assume it's related. There's a couple other details I noticed again that I found charming, like the little hourglass with inverted sand that is Lagos' keepsake. It was probably made by him and Age's father and then gets carried around by Patema and Age. It's sort of a motif for combining worldviews and accepting differences, which is what the film is about imo. No witty quote this time around. (Unless you want to quote my own ramblings, God help you). Anyway, I got to make a trip to Japan this year, it's a wonderful beautiful place and I'd love to go back some day. Maybe eventually I'll find a way to infiltrate the country club were the letter coordinates are. (maybe they'll let me in if I ask nicely? Better keep practicing my Japanese.) Let's wrap up. I think I'm going to retire this thread as a place to post random thoughts. It's been fun to have ownership of a tiny corner of the internet, but it looks like things have slowed down here. (unless it gets a sudden surge in popularity I have to address.) If I do ever make it to the letter's coordinates, you can expect a new thread by me in the forum. (To my knowledge no else else has done so). To those of you who have left a comment or will leave one in the future, thanks again for making my day a little brighter. Until next time. ~WM. |
Weapon_Master said: Many of you who watched the movie in its entirety may have noticed this. It of course bugged me to no end, so I took the initiative to decode it. This is what I got. Amusingly enough, if would appear that the message was corrupted rather than encoded. Given the missing letters filled in by "?" and several occurrences where letters were omitted all together; I even had a duplicated word (the last "we" if you are curious). I took the liberty of cleaning it up as well. Also, for all curious, this is the location of the coordinates mentioned in the letter. http://tinyurl.com/llfz9b3 Not quite sure how this adds to the story, but it definitely seems its contents are of some significance. edit [5/11/20]: fixed the broken image. Thought I ought to clean up after making my last post. To anyone reading this for the first time, well met! And have a nice day. dayum, thanks for the letter's decode!! Also, I see you with that "location" on your profile |
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| Dude, you are indeed the savior. Thank you! |
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| Whoa thanks a lot man for decoding that letter. It had me interested more than the film's premise (which was already ingenious)... |
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Weapon_Master said: Many of you who watched the movie in its entirety may have noticed this. It of course bugged me to no end, so I took the initiative to decode it. This is what I got. Amusingly enough, if would appear that the message was corrupted rather than encoded. Given the missing letters filled in by "?" and several occurrences where letters were omitted all together; I even had a duplicated word (the last "we" if you are curious). I took the liberty of cleaning it up as well. Also, for all curious, this is the location of the coordinates mentioned in the letter. http://tinyurl.com/llfz9b3 Not quite sure how this adds to the story, but it definitely seems its contents are of some significance. edit [5/11/20]: fixed the broken image. Thought I ought to clean up after making my last post. To anyone reading this for the first time, well met! And have a nice day. awesome work man! Just watched this movie, so thanks for your effort :D. |
| Just created a MAL Account just to thank you man. |
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