Okay so last night I was being the usual good girl trying to finish some work… then I thought of checking how MJ Anison SP3 public recording (or you can call it mini Anisama) was……. and I literally screamed at this:

Mizuki Nana + Tamura Yukari.
1. Nanoha Medley (innocent starter ~ Little Wish)

OMGOMGOMGOMGIKR!!! ;A;

Make a rittle wiiiiiii~~~sh! Kya matching shoes. ;A;

I can totally imagine that moment.. holycow they didn’t even do a Nanoha duet in Anisama! Tho I have high hopes for this year’s… but still, the first OP/ED was THE BEST, and I couldn’t be there to witness it.. lol if only Nana wore a blue minidress.. geez I can’t even write a comprehensive paragraph.

Okaaaaay last one. xD

And now that I’ve calmed down, I’ll briefly list the other performances that I wouldn’t really care about if I were there (still hyperventilating over the opening act).

fripside
2. only my railgun (ToAru OP1)
3. LEVEL5-judgelight- (ToAru OP2)

I don’t really get fripside hype but yeah :-/ Funny note that I found only my railgun in a karaoke place in Melbourne. ^^; didn’t sing it tho.

Makino Yui
4. Undine (ARIA OP)
5. Modokashii Sekani no Ue de (NHK ni Yokoso! ED2)

Undineeeeeee~~~

GRANRODEO
6. Infinite Love (Angelique OP)
7. modern strange cowboy (Needless OP)

Looking cool as usual heh.

angela
8. Aoi Haru (Seitokai Yakuindomo ED)
9. Asu e no brilliant road (Stellvia OP)

A little too old for school uniforms?

May’n
10. Ready Go! (Ookami-san OP)
11. Obelisk (Macross F)

I don’t like her so lazy to put pic.

Takahashi Youko
12. Zankoku na Tenshi no These (you know OP)
13. Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no Shiro (Lupan 3rd OP)
14. Tamashii no Rufuran (you know movie theme)

LOOK IT’S A GHOST. Can’t even see her feet.

Chihara Minori
15. Yasashii Boukyaku (Haruhi movie ED)

…even the photo can illustrate how boring it was… ^^;

16. Freedom Dreamer

Woah now THIS, me likey. :3 First live performance for the upcoming single! To be released on July 21st. Described as a powerful song.. so yay again!

Tamura Yukari
17. Oshiete A to Z (B-gata H-kei OP)
18. You & Me

Isn’t it a crime to be this cute? >_<

Mizuki Nana
19. Koi no Yokushiryoku -type EXCITER- (Metal Gear Solid PSP IN)
20. Don’t be long (Nanoha movie IN)

Still dislike Don’t be long but hey looking cool there! And I hope type EXCITER sounds a lot different with the original, not just to fill in a track in the album.

The show will only be aired on the first 2 weeks of August. Let’s wait patiently for the HDTV rip xD

PS. Leech more pics here. Sadly Minorin (#59 to #71) is as usual, not that photogenic.. but Yukarin (#72 to #83) and Nana (#84 to #97) sets are great.

PS2.

Sorry I couldn’t resist. xD

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEe-lanO3-U

(Eternal Blaze starts at 1:42)

To be honest, she looked really constipated suffering, especially when she tried to reach the high notes. If I’m not blind, she sweated a bit too much (or it was really hot?), and her face turned a bit red.. ^^;;;

The show was Animax Musix Countdown, held in May this year. It’s a good try and I actually like it, tho I think it lacks the usual overwhelming spirit. I’d say Endoh did a better job to convey the power.. tho May’n version definitely much superior than Iwao Junko’s wtf-bossa version.

..but still, nothing beats the greatness of the original~!

The highlight this week would be the NHK Music Japan Shinseiki Anime SP that will have 2 segments.

The first one will be aired this weekend, August 16th (Sun) 24:10 in the general channel.. only 43 minutes cos MJ is still a stupid digest music TV show, but I’m happy with the fact that this might be a sign that NHK starts to acknowledge anison musicians!

The order of the performances is still unknown, but they already announced what songs will be aired first on the website. The real treat will be aired on August 24th (Mon) 23:30 in NHKBS2 (satellite channel).. means HD quality~! This 2nd segment (hopefully!) will include all 17 songs performed by the 8 artists.

Here’s the full set list. Songs in red will be performed in the first segment.

1. May’n – Iteza Gogo Kuji Don’t be Late, Diamond Crevasse

2. Kuribayashi Minami – Precious Memories, Shining Days

3. HIMEKA – Ashita e no Kizuna, Sousei no Aquarion

4. SCANDAL – Don’t say lazy, Shoujo S

5. angela – Spiral, Shangri-la

6. Ishikawa Chiaki – Uninstall, First Pain

7. Chihara Minori – Tomorrow’s Chance, Paradise Lost

8. Mizuki Nana – DISCOTHEQUE, Zankou no Gaia, Pray

..oh well, can’t get any bigger than this pic, but you know how she looks like in that Animelo 2008 costume anyway: hawt.

The set list is mostly predictable, tho I’m a bit surprised Minorin and Nana were allowed to sing non-animu songs in an anison event lol. And oh, May’n song choices is getting old, yawn.

I’m probably more eager in watching SCANDAL girls pulling off K-On ED than the other performances (well cos I’ve better options to watch the rest).. Anyway, I’m saving the comments for the show airs!

Oh btw, I found the group photo of MJ artists really fascinating in a lot of ways..

- For some reasons most of them look rly tired, and Nana’s face looks awsmly huge.
- Minorin’s uneven eyes exposed to the max. And what’s with the exposed thighs? Well, not that I’m complaining..

- Ishikawa Chiaki is the only one without trendy knee-high boots.. generation gap? xD
- The SCANDAL girl standing between Minorin and Nana scared the shit outta me.
- As expected from angela, both atsuko and katsu look crazy in a formal group photo.

- The stools are a bit tall, but everyone seems to have no problem sitting on it nicely.. except Nana that looks like she’s really desperate to touch the floor with her feet like the others..

Well, I wouldn’t say this photo is exceptionally good, cos something is definitely wrong if Kuribayashi Minami looks the best amongst all. *runs* But I really like the feeling of this photo.. let’s hope some kind souls will upload the show next week!

I’m flying back tonight, so this is the last report when I’m still in Japan~ xD

So, I was lucky to get a ticket for May’n Act last night, May’n's first concert tour ever.. though not lucky enough, since tonight’s event is the one getting into DVD.

- I arrived about 6 pm (the concert started at 7), and I was surprised seeing the number of girls there.. quite a lot for a female anime singer.

- BLITZ only fits less than 1500 people, but it was full house. The first floor was a free-standing. I can say the arena audience were divided into the crazy few hundreds who were rocking to her songs near the stage (including me), and the rest who enjoyed the concert in the back.. that’s why I could sneak in quite front though my entry number was 1000+ Another reason to love small hall is that we were really close to the stage.. plus, most Japanese are short so I got the advantage lol.

- The concert was nicely opened by Welcome to My Fanclub’s Night! Sheryl IS on stage!

- Not a lot of people brought lightsticks, so I stood out and she noticed me a couple of times. I only used one long-lasting blue for most songs, and two ultra orange for Iteza and Lion.

- When Iteza’s intro got played, it suddenly became extra cramped up front, but there were no pushing.. and thankfully it’s winter now or the smell would kill my nose first.

Billboard~

- In the first MC, she talked a lot about her favorite subject.. yeah, you guessed it right: taiyaki! It always amuses me when an idol is obsessed with food like taiyaki or curry (Nana) and can’t stop talking about them.. ^^; May’n even said we must be energetic because of Tokyo’s delicious taiyaki..

- Acoustic version of Diamond Crevasse was really a-ma-zing. Now *this* is the reason to get the DVD later..

- I still think May’n☆Space doesn’t really suit her voice, but it was fun live with the special movement for us to follow, spelling M-a-y-n S-p-a-c-e. What’s funny was the audience complained that it was hard, because of “too many alphabets”.. learn some English, people! ^^;

- May’n informed us about her mini-album ranked 2nd in Oricon weekly chart, though almost everyone seemed to know that already. She also told us how she went into auditions since she was very young, and finally got a debut at the age of 15, and now that she’s able to stand on the stage.. everything could happen because of our support.. (I’d say it was Macross, but well). She cried a bit during that time too.

- There were no usual “encore!” shouts.. for May’n it must be “BU-CHO-U!” xD

- Because May’n came out with the 3rd costume for the encore, I knew there would be another encore (to promote the shirt lol), and there was! She asked us what song we’d like to hear for the “real last song”, as expected everyone went “I-TE-ZA! I-TE-ZA!” so there was, the second Iteza Gogo Kuji Don’t be late!

- All songs from May’n Street were sung. Also all Macross songs, only Sheryl’s originals though, so no Triangler or Aimo.. making up a total of 13 songs and 4 encore. (See setlist below)

Wasn’t going to get any goods, but I bought the T-shirt she wore in the encore anyway (there were 3 types in total).. maybe when she gets damn famous later, I can auction this for a high price?

Set List