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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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Screw the CD. Give me Nana Clips 5 now!! >_<

OK, I admit Trickster PV is kinda cool, but DISCOTHEQUE is on a different level. And since I’m the kind of pervert person who prefers Aoi Iro to, say, Secret Ambition.. obviously this chu-ru-chu-ru-ba discolady thing won hands down.

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The two new releases came on the day it was released, but I was too busy to pick it up until today.

Scans and rants after the jump.

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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.. ^_^

Animelo Update

August 30. AKINO from bless4

So only AKINO is coming? I’m 100% sure she’ll perform that one popular song..
Songs:
- Sousei no Aquarion OP: Sousei no Aquarion, Go Tight!

August 31. Sound Horizon

I was a bit surprised they were invited. This makes Day-2 a NicoNico festival with one orchestra band.. ^^;
Songs:
- I can’t recall any anime song from them.. wiki said Gunslinger Girl image album and few game themes.
- my personal faves: Ark, Eru no Rakuen

Animelo Theme Song

It was out yesterday. Go and buy it too. My CD is so far away from me (this is why I hate going home), I can only see the shiny jewel case and whatever poster I got in September.. Anyway, the song and PV are already available in the interwebz.. couldn’t help not to download them. The song is pretty good.. not memorable like Outride or catchy like Generation-A, but I like it. Still a mystery for me why they didn’t use motsu (m.o.v.e) to do the rapping part..

Hit the jump for screenshots and lyrics.

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Poster and DVD

Weeks late for a review, huh? But who cares anyway.

The live DVD was a pretty enjoyable ride, I’d rank this as good as Kuribayashi Minami’s, minus the good long Making Of.. wait, Minorin doesn’t even have one. >_> Anyway, she sang impressively, although most of her songs sound the same to me.

Few notes before tracklist and snapshots.

- Minorin got a custom jewel case with rounded edges (like Mizuki Nana’s Starcamp EP) but I hate hate hate thinpak. It’s OK for anime, saved me hell lotsa space, but not for my precious live DVD collection.
- Booklet is so-so, I already got most pics from hm3. Head over townberry for scans.

- She only changed costume once. At first this was a real downside for me, but like Kuribayashi Minami’s live, after I stopped being an oyaji got over it, it wasn’t that bad. Nice gowns.
- Two songs were performed twice, given she can only sing her Lantis songs.

- This is Minorin’s first big(ger)-scale personal live to mark the debut album, ignoring non-Lantis work (heroine). She didn’t look nervous, but she didn’t move a lot (except the trademark para para hands) until the second half of the concert.

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Right, they just added more people to the already-cramped line-up.. it’s not that I’m unhappy with it, but I’m afraid this means Nana will sing less. And I paid that much money to see her live more than anything. >_>

Anyway. Da Capo fans must be really happy.

August 30 - CooRie

Songs:
- Da Capo ED: Mirai e no Melody, Sonzai (D.C.)
Akatsuki ni Saku Uta, Kioku Love Letter (D.C.S.S.)
Yasashisa wa Ame no you ni (D.C. II)
Bokutachi no Yuku e (D.C.II S.S.)
- Usotsuki (School Days ED)
- Cross*Heart (Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora OP)

August 30 - yozuca*

Songs:
- Da Capo OP: Sakura Saku Mirai Koi Yume (D.C.)
Sakurairo no Kisetsu (D.C.S.S.)
Sakura Kimi ni Emu (D.C.II)
Sakura Amaneku Sekai (D.C.II S.S.)
- going my way (Girls Bravo OP)
- Kirameku (Joshi Kosei OP)

August 31 - MOSAIC.WAV

Definitely yay. Their crazy denpa-moe style kinda reminds me of Under17, although less awesome, but their songs still get stuck in my mind..
Songs:
- Chousai Kenbo Sengen (Kyouran Kazoku Nikki OP)
- Katamichi Catchball (Potemayo OP)
- Kyun Kyun Panic (Mamotte! Lollipop ED)
- Sumomomo momomo OP: Saikyou x Keikaku, Setsujou! Hyakka Ryouran

Yells ~It’s a beautiful life~ preview

I browsed NND with my lame connection, and found a preview of Yells (kinda outdated, but oh well).. it didn’t win me in the first try, but after few repeats I kinda like it, maybe as good as Generation A.. but no chance to dethrone OUTRIDE as my favorite Animelo song. The first press is running out, secure a copy now!

I’m not going to write a lot (LOL) since there are those who already did much better reviews (and pretty much similar to my opinion), but well, just thought I’d post the poster and rant a bit before I start drooling over Minorin’s Live DVD. On to the track list..

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I’ve read about Horie Yui’s previous concert that followed her adventure in an Alice in Wonderland-like world, but I never thought a story-based live can be so interesting and fun. I like it in the way she’s still showing off her seiyuu skills. And I have to say Hocchan is really good at looking cute. She IS 17.

Um, the only drawback I noticed was the fans’ calls. They were way too loud. Not as bad as Yukarin’s, but it still annoyed the hell outta me.

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Animelo Theme Song

The title will be 「Yells～It’s a beautiful life～」.
As usual, Okui Masami is responsible for lyrics, and this time Kageyama Hironobu is in charge of composition. They did a great job for OUTRIDE, which remains as my favorite Animelo song until now. I have no idea how they gonna put that many artists in one song.. but definitely looking forward to it and the DVD. Longer making-of, please!
It’s up for pre-orders in Amazon and CDJapan. Get it now for a bonus poster.

And Animelo gets two more performers: m.o.v.e and Misato Aki!! Can’t wait until August. Wish me luck for a cheaper arena ticket in Yahoo! Auction.. >_<

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(≧o≦)ﾉ~

Right, after Kurinoco distracted me from my assignment two days ago, Hocchan is going to make me fail my exam tomorrow. Uhm, my dark future aside, I gotta say.. FIRST PRESS ROCKS!! xD

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I know I’m 3 months behind this, but yeah, just got this yesterday.. so I decided to ditch my assignment and do a short review of this instead~

Speaking of Kurinoco, I really can’t wait for her usual compilation album, since I’ve been holding off to buy her singles (except Love Jump because it’s so good), and she had released so many after fantastic arrow album (7th one out next month! She sure works hard).

PS. Hocchan’s DVD was shipped yesterday. That’s early. Yay for CDJapan!

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I just knew that this concert was attended by 16,000 people; which made it her biggest live to date (2007’s Live Museum had 12,000 people). Nice~ I should attend one of her concerts later..

Hum, I might be developing interest on taking pictures of DVD boxes with nendoroid figures now. Weird hobby +1 eh?

Note: I borrowed ron’s studio again for the photos.

Anyway, here is the second part of the review~ Enjoy.

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Even Konata and Kagami are happy with the nice packaging~

FINALLY I got my DVD last Friday. I swear I will NEVER use airmail again for any Nana-related things. I saved a few bucks but was mentally damaged for the whole week.

Anyway, the DVD totally worth the wait (no wonder it topped the Oricon chart). I’ve lost count how many times I’ve re-watched it (I skipped sleeping this weekend~ xD). I wonder why my housemates haven’t kicked me out of the house for looping this through the night.. ^^;

And I really liked the audio commentary. Although my Japanese is on par with Hirano Aya’s English (read: terrible), I grasped few interesting things.. I’ll add some of them in the review.

Note: Thanks ron for helping me to take the pic, and lending the studio.

Edit: I didn’t know moyism had uploaded so many screencaps already, I was going to link his booklet photos coz I’m too lazy to scan mine, lol.

Without further due, here I present you a very biased track-by-track review of Mizuki Nana Live Formula DVD, disc 1..

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