August 2008

Just kill me. Seriously. My seat was really good, 6th from front, in the block to the right of the middle platform. After the encore, Nana smiled back to me. So did Minami, Minorin, and Okui. xD Srsly I have nothing left to regret in this world.

Highlights of the day:
- Ultimate duet, Nana + Yukarin opened the live with overly cute Koiseyo Onnanoko and Mamimume Mogacho. Their hardcore fans (and me) went crazy. Yukarin’s one especially.
- Ishida Yoko’s Strike Witches OP stuck in my head now.
- yozuca* was great. And she did a trio with Minorin and Aa~
- Minorin sang a lot. Rinbu-revolution duet with Okui.. way better than the tribute CD.
- Best singer was Suara. Beautiful voice.
- Minami sang all the songs I wanted. Love Jump <3
- Nana was AWESOMEAWESOMEAWESOME. Dancing in the velvet moon live was.. *nosebleeds*
- ALIPRO’s Arika did fulfil her last year’s promise, duet with a Nana song, ETERNAL BLAZE..

More details sometime later.. I’ve never been this tired, being overly excited somehow gave enough stamina to jump and scream for 4 hours~ a Japanese guy next to me didn’t believe me when I told him this was my first real concert~ xD need lotsa sleep for tomorrow’s Momoi and Hocchan~

This event calendar actually serves as a travel guide for myself.. so it’s seriously messy and confusing. Don’t bother reading, just wait for the reports later
..if I manage to go there.

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Did anyone buy the CD?

I totally forgot about it, as I’ve stopped watching Shugo Chara! past episode 13. I could stand one whole season of cool-and-spicy-ness because Hoshina Utau’s first single was great (Blue Moon!) and because she looks like a shoujo version of Fate. *ahem* Nanotard speaking here.

I’ve listened to both version of BLACK DIAMOND. I prefer the major arrangement, it feels more.. dramatic compared to the indies one. Pretty good, it’s Nana’s voice after all, so definitely putting this to the shopping list. I still remember the pain when I delayed to order Meikyuu Butterfly and the limited edition ran out the next day. -_- I still see it in Yahoo! Auction for 5000+ yen. But I don’t think BLACK DIAMOND will be as successful as the predecessor.. :-/

Anyway, I’m going to Japan in a few days. Staying for Comiket (uhm, I might put my weeaboo cosplay pics.. or not), laughing/drooling on Yakai na Nakamatachi, and of course, enjoying the two best days of my life: Animelo. And so, this idiotic blog is on hiatus now.. ^_^

Originally a popular shoujo light-novel by Tani Mizue started in 2004, I didn’t have any idea what it was before Nana voiced the leading female in its drama CD adaptation last year. I wasn’t that interested until I knew its anime version will be airing next season.

Set in England during the Victorian era of 19th century, the fantasy tale follows a fairy doctor and a blue knight count in their journey to find a legendary sword. Despite their stupid job names and seemingly shallow plot, this might be a good alternative to replace Allison to Lillia to get my weekly dose of decent Nana anime.

Staff

Original character design

Animation by Artland and directed by Soutome Kouichiro, I’m expecting this to be at least as good as Bokura ga Ita. They brought us the awesome Mushi-shi and likeable (but brainless) Umisho too. Composer Gokita Takehito is responsible for music, and apparently J-pop band AciD FLavoR gets the OP. The character design looks very shoujo, but it’s pretty good.

Cast

Midorikawa Hikaru and Mizuki Nana will lead the cast as count Edgar J.C. Ashenheart and fairy doctor Lydia Carlton. Yuuki Hiro as Nico, Lydia’s fairy partner in a cat’s form. Koyasu Takehito as Kelpie, a tall-dark-bishonen fairy. Sugita Tomokazu as Raven, the count’s loyal servant. Kamiya Hiroshi as Paul Firman, an artist who likes to draw fairies.

The rest of the cast hasn’t been confirmed, but the drama CD line-up looks good. I spotted Kugimiya Rie, Asano Masumi, Miyake Kenta, Chafurin, Ohkawa Tohru, Miyano Mamoru, Sendai Eri, Yonaga Tsubasa, Sasaki Yuko, etc. Dunno who will make the cut though.

More information in the official site.

..and also Mishima’s, actually, but I dunno how old he is now because I don’t give a damn about that lucky bastard. I’m sure fans who follow Nana and Yukarin would have recognized him as the not-so-appealing guy who appears almost everywhere in their making of DVDs.

And so, the story was Nana tricked both of them, asking Suara to come for “Mishima’s birthday party” and did the same for Mishima. That night Nana and Suara wore yukata, I wish I could get a bigger picture than the one in Nana’s blog so I didn’t have to force my poor eyes to see it. And I saw crews cosplaying as Nanoha (is that Mika-chan?) and Fate. Okay, so Nana has access to Fate’s barrier jacket.. ahem.

Anyway, the party was 2 days ago but Suara’s birthday is today.. So, happy birthday, Suara-chan! (ﾉ￣∇￣)ﾉ~~ Wishing her for a better year (and maybe a couple of kilos). Btw, her newest album will be out in 3 weeks. Buy it, people.