October 2008

A friend just told me about this news.. I checked 2ch and such threads do exist (with many insensitive comments.. screw those losers), but I couldn’t believe it until I saw gillsa’s post (in Chinese) which had a newspapers/magazine scrap on the sad news, this:

It says Kondou Nobumitsu passed away at the age of 75 (never knew he was that old), on Wednesday October 29 8:40 pm, because of some internal organ failure. So this is why she didn’t update her blog since two days ago? I still hope she’ll confirm this news though.. I can’t bear thinking that she’s crying at the very moment.

Deep condolences to Mizuki Nana and family.

Edit:
It’s up on real news website now.. Still nothing from Nana (or Fukuen or Suara, just in case they know anything they are useless) yet.. I don’t know how long I can stand keeping my eyes on 2ch. So many dumbfucks there who started to make fun of the late dad’s age (or accusing Nana is faking hers), and I shouldn’t really look up what メシウマ means.

I’m seriously surprised.

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Finally the game was out few days ago, and one out of all four Mizuki Nana songs had been uploaded in the usual place.

So much for hoping for an epic game, huh? Can’t honestly say I’m impressed with this.. Hopefully someone uploads the other songs soon.. there’s still hope. OK I suck. Should have re-checked in the last minutes. Here’s the links to the four Nana songs:

1. 世には花・夢に星 Yo ni wa Hana, Yume ni Hoshi [watch]
2. ブランニューハート BRAND NEW HEART [watch]
3. スカイハイ！ SKY HIGH! [watch]
4. シューティング☆スター SHOOTING STAR [watch]

.. is it only my ears or they did put some effects on Nana’s voice? :-/ Or maybe it’s just really bad recording from Wii? I don’t think I’ll get the game, but I’m hoping there will be a CD with better mastering than this, or a full version whatever.. track 2 is not too bad.

Rather than this, I’d love to see her latest event in Shinjuku Koma on DVD. I mean..

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Don’t ask how much I’ve spent on all those.

Umm, I got seven items in total.. cheapest was Makkun’s Do-Can, most pricey was Live Rocket book, and most overpriced was the (supposedly free) Seiyuu Datafile. On to the full list and details~ (in random order)

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..is this particular Santa Claus~ <3

lol I wish, but I meant these, are already open for pre-orders.

Mizuki Nana Live Fighter -Blue Side- (DVD) @CDJapan | @HMV | @Amazon
Mizuki Nana Live Fighter -Red Side- (DVD) @CDJapan | @HMV | @Amazon
Mizuki Nana Live Fighter -Blue x Red Side- (Blu-ray) @CDJapan | @HMV | @Amazon

I’ve secured a copy each from CDJapan. Oh God, so I’m not only buying my own bufday presents, but also for Christmas’ (and I don’t even celebrate it). Pathetic huh? T_T But serious, isn’t it nice to see Nana all over Oricon chart on Christmas? Hehe.

Anyway, just fyi HMV has the cheapest offer with its multi-buy discount (3 DVDs at 23% off) and relatively cheap EMS shipping too (be careful of folded posters tho). Amazon doesn’t have them yet already got them up for pre-orders, but even with their usual discount, still can’t cover the handling charges. Alternatively please click the CDJapan links if you feel sorry to me want to give me some Christmas presents too *shameless plug*

PS. Notice the catalog number for Fighter Blu-ray set is KIXM-1, does that mean Nana pwns King Records’ first Blu-ray? Kya~ >_<

Fast CDJapan is fast. Got these yesterday morning, just a day after the release~ sweet.

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A friend of mine mentioned about the striking first-glance similarities just a while ago.. and I have to agree with him. See the Paradise Lost PV he uploaded:

..and I’m sure most of you know how Massive Wonders PV looks like. Otherwise kill yourself watch this.

Compiled few more pics of what I think looks similar (..except that Minorin wears slightly too many layers of clothes) *runs*

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I know I’m the laziest person on earth, as you can see I finally did something to my site.. after six months blogging. But after reading houkoholic’s comment in j1m0ne’s blog (and partly motivated by Trickster’s godly a capella), I finally did what I’ve planned to do since long time ago: rip Nana’s acoustic sessions from the live DVDs..

..and I’m sharing it here. I sorta gave up and accepted the fact that a lot of ‘fans’ don’t really support their idols.. so here I am, for the first (and last?) time, hosting an illegal d/l lol. Hopefully this will encourage them to buy the DVD (if they haven’t)..

So yeah, simply right-click and save here (109 MB).

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Oohkay.

As promised, I scanned the book for whoever wants them to warm up before the Bluray/DVD comes out on Christmas~

A bit late coz I played with the scanner’s settings hundred times –my scanner is the most inconsistent thing after Tomatsu Haruka’s face and Hirano Aya’s song quality.. but I think this time I got the pics quite right.

The book’s concept is interesting, Champion (Red-side) vs. Challenger (Blue-side), with each team having three Nana cosplay~ xD also pics of them fighting each other. My favorite is, of course, the Hitler-like cosplay. Lol yes sorry I’m ignorant.

Well, then..

VS

Enjoy the fight~

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Just when I was still drooling over HD version of Mizuki Nana’s Trickster live in Music Fighter TV.. The best news of the day/week/month/year struck me so hard with excitement that I had to take another bottle of beer (and it’s 8 am in the morning).

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Tho the news is quite outdated, they just updated the page~ <3

..and Nana said thank you in her blog yesterday~ sweet. Feel guilty, you filthy downloaders.

奈々ちゃんシャッス!!

Sorry I didn’t buy your birthday single. AU$ rate is terrible and I’ve spent too much on my own present.

Happy birthday!!

This month’s Pick-up Voice is quite good, with two articles on Mizuki Nana (tho Saito Chiwa kinda stole the highlight with her new look). I only scanned all Nana pics, and one each for the rest.

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Happy (belated) 20th birthday to me!

Finally all my “presents” came.. the 4 CDs I ordered from HMV got stuck in customs (boo!) which explains the late arrival. Thank goodness the CDJapan’s one came on time.. like daylight saving started on my birthday wasn’t bad enough.

After hundreds of loops, I decided that Trickster is my favorite out of the three (despite my obvious fond of the other’s PV). Well, Nana’s lyrics and Agematsu’s tunes combination always work best for me.. like Heart-shaped chant or Dancing in the velvet moon or my #1 Nana song Eternal Blaze. And can’t beat that acapela in the end of the song.. it’s officially somewhere in my top Nana songs now, but I never made a real list anyway, LOL.

DISCOTHEQUE is well, really fun, and I can’t stop thinking how incredibly cute it will be in her live concerts..

Last track Trinity Cross is a great song too. All the strings reminded me of Orchestral Fantasia or Tears’ Night.. and somehow reminded me to watch RosaVam2. LOL why am I still watching those vampire pants. Must be Moka’s “capuchuu~” that appeals to strange fans like me. Hopefully it gets better this time.. oh and don’t forget to pre-order the character song (out 10/29).

Go to next post for pics, or click the jump if you want Trickster’s romaji lyrics. Wanted to do real translation but I’m, well, lazy.

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I was writing a reply for j1m0ne’s another interesting post on seiyuu’s face fixes but somehow ended up having fun putting the pics together.. so I feel like I must display all of them here.

First of all, rather than Kuwashima Houko (which never appeal to me as much as her voice), I’d trash Ueda Kana instead. See how she put those 20 pounds in her face/hands/everywhere (blame XBox?).. she used to be so pretty. More below:

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..or should it be the other way around? Since I’m the one who is spending the $, LOL. Too bad post office don’t deliver orders on Sunday or it would be perfect, as nothing is better than 5 copies of Trickster (and a Pick-up Voice) as birthday presents (uhm, Nana-chan in hadaka apron cooking me birthday curry (LOL) will win by a mile, but it won’t happen outside my dreams).

Trickster is much better than Starcamp EP, in a way that I can’t decide which song I like the most.. Full review after I listen to the CD-quality songs.. which I know will be so outdated by the time they arrived. But as much as I want to download the FLAC, I don’t have internet connection at the moment, LOL. So much for moving to a new house.. >_> and internet speed in uni (my only choice) is rather slow, and they freaking block Nico Nico Douga.

Anyway, looking at the Oricon chart, as j1m0ne also mentioned, there’s *no way* Trickster will outsell Johnny’s gay group NEWS’s Happy Birthday, but at least it outsold the others and is sitting on #2!! Yay!

I just got a premium Yahoo! Auction account, and so far it has successfully made me more broke than usual. And with everyone selling Trickster’s bromides.. I was tempted to get at least one of them, but then buying the CD is a better way to spend my food $.

How I wish to live in Japan so I can pick one five of these: