danie’s journey in 2012 part 1 Mizuki Nana

Annual log of live/event I participated in 2012!
Yes, despite not updating much about the details ^^;;;

Previous logs: 2010, 2011.

This year my otaku life was quite overwhelming.. so splitting the post into 3 parts.
Part 1: Mizuki Nana
Part 2: AKB48 (and sister groups)
Part 3: Others & total summary

Let’s start with..

..full list of all Nana-related events in 2012!
(including those I couldn’t attend)

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*Dates in blue marks those I attended.

January (0)
No Nana-related event on January.

February (1)
2/4. Girls Factory Live 0204 @ FujiTV Odaiba
2/17. Music Fair 2400th anniversary concert @ Kokusai Forum A
2/26.  Doraemon movie premiere screening @ Kokusai Forum C

March (0)
3/3. Doraemon movie Opening-day @ Toho Nichigeki
(was on a snowboarding trip with friends ^^; ..)

April (4)
Nana appeared in 3 RED stages during Anime Contents Expo (ACE):
4/1. ACE Program 2: Symphogear (Synchrogazer live) @ Makuhari Messe
4/1. ACE Program 4: Nanoha The Movie 2nd A’s 12:30 (talk & games)
4/1. ACE Program 5: Blood-C The Last Dark 13:40 (JunPara live)
4/22. Blood-Carnival (first Metro Baroque live) @ Mellpark Tokyo

May (3)
5/5. FujiTV Girls Factory 0505 @ FujiTV Odaiba. 70% less people than 0204.. orz.
5/12. Shining Fan Festa 2012 Spring (noon) @ Mellpark Tokyo
5/12. Shining Fan Festa 2012 Spring (night) @ Mellpark Tokyo
5/21. Sekai Saisoku! 「BLOOD-C The Last Dark」 advanced screening @ Nakano ZERO
5/22. Shin Domoto Kyodai recording @ FujiTV Wangan Studio

June (2)
6/02. Blood-C The Last Dark premiere @ Shinjuku Piccadilly(1), Movix Saitama(2)
6/24. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 1 @ Shimane Kenmin Kaikan
(first live of Bright Stream, Jiku Sapphire, Party!Party!, ONE, Zetto Ame no Habakiri)
6/30. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 2 @ Sekisuiheim Super Arena

July (7)
7/07. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 3 @ Green Dome Maebashi
7/09. Music Japan “Bright Stream” @ NHK Hall
7/14. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd 11:30 show @ Shinjuku Milano 1
(didn’t attend the other 3 screenings: Shinjuku 07:30, Keisei Rosa 12:00 & 15:30)
7/15. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 4 @ Osaka-jo Hall
7/16. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 5 @ Osaka-jo Hall
7/21. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 6 @ Fukui Phoenix Plaza
7/22. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 7 @ Takaoka Shimin Kaikan

August (6)
8/1. WOWOW The Prime Show @ WOWOW Shibuya Station. I was overseas.
8/4. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 8 @ Nippon Gaishi Hall
8/5. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 9 @ Nippon Gaishi Hall
8/8. FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri @ Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogi-jo
8/11. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 10 @ Nagasaki Brick Hall
8/12. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 11 @ Saga-shi Bunka Kaikan
8/18. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 12 @ Akita Kenmin Kaikan
8/19. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 13 @ Aomori-shi Bunka Kaikan

September (2)
9/08. Nana Mizuki Live Union 2012 Session 14 @ Chiba Marin Stadium
9/23. KyoMAF 2012 “Mizuki Nana Heian Jinguu Hounou Kouen ~Sougetsu no Utage~” @ Heian Shrine

October (1)
10/06. Symphogear Live 2012 @ Zepp DiverCity
(first live of Koi no Okehazama and First Love Song)

November (0)
11/3. NHK Nodo Jiman Preliminary (greetings only) @ Ehime-ken Seiyo-shi
11/4. NHK Nodo Jiman @ Ehime-ken Seiyo-shi.
11/9. Ai no Kuni Egao no Ehime Festival @ Yurakucho Station
11/25. Dog Days -Furonya Matsuri 2012- @ Tokyo Dome City Hall

December (0)
12/13. Tokyo FM “Synchro no City” recording @ Shibuya Spain-zaka Studio
12/31. NHK Kohaku Utagassen @ NHK Hall

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Total ………………… 26 out of 45 

Solo live ……………….. 14 /14
TV recording …………. 2 / 9
Movie screening ……. 2 / 10
Others (with perf) …. 5 / 6
Others (no perf) ……… 0 / 6

-Last year was 34 out of 44 (77%), down to 58% this year.
-Quantity decreased but quality-wise it was a fulfilling year by completing another long tour (Jun~Sep), was present during first live performances of new songs, and fair amount of important events like Girls Factory to ACE to Heian to Symphogear.

-Instead of splitting into hall-mode and arena-mode, Union’s schedule was a good mix of both. The lack of ballad songs was disappointing, but there’s full orchestra live to make it up next year. ^^

-Missing many movie screenings since I personally don’t want to leave before the movie ends just to catch another stage greetings.
-And God forbid those TV recording’s ticket lottery. Girls Factory got stricter on May, Shin Domoto Kyodai only picked impossibly lucky 2-3 Nana fans orz (majority KinKi Kids fans), and popular music shows like Music Fair and FNS.. orz.

-Quite ashamed of myself in the past 2 months, for choosing school over some free events in weekdays’ broad daylight (Ehime Festival, TFM radio).. and money over Nodo Jiman (Ehime..) and Dog Days (tripled their price to last year)..

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Seven memorable events.

1. Live Union Session 13 @ Aomori
Miraculously pulled 2nd row center and experienced heaven. Hands down the best seat I’ve ever pulled in Nana’s solo live.. it was like dream come true. xD; Also caught Itaruvic’s thrown wristband! ^^

2. Nana outside events @ Sendai & Aomori
Happened to be in the same shinkansen on my way back from Sendai and same airplane from Aomori. Would be lying if I say it wasn’t freaking awesome. In Aomori I almost bumped into her since I was walking backwards while talking to friends.. ^^;; Following the privacy manner I did not talk to her though. Just bowed out of courtesy, and she waved back when I (and friends) said otsukaresama, but that’s about it lol.

3. Live Union Session 3 @ Sendai
Beyond expectations. Even after getting used to Hall lives, it was top notch for an Arena live. Prob similar effect to Journey’s Tochigi last year when Nana suddenly sings really old songs ^^

4. Girls Factory 0204 @ FujiTV Odaiba
Despite the fact that I almost died, it was great to experience Nana’s all-standing live. Many Nana-fans aren’t used to it, so manners were breached and all the pushing / head-hitting were deplorable.. really too bad Nana had to see a fangirl fainted and had to be lifted through the front bar. But, the close range between audience and stage, the heat and adrenaline were worth risking lives. xD

5. 100th & 101st live @ Saga and Akita
Like last year’s 77th anniversary in Niigata, this year witnessed another Nana history of her 100th solo live in Saga, and as of 101st live in Aomori she conquered more than half of Japan! (26 out of 47 prefectures now)

6. Sougetsu no Utage @ Heian Shrine
The ticketing system was a total nightmare, but everything was worth it as she did Hime Murasaki in full glory. Oh and the miko costume!

(Traditional Kyoto snack “otabe” and Nanette teacup)

7. Symphogear Live 2012 @ Zepp DiverCity
Next day after my birthday. It was all-standing, but we secured the perfect position on first-row center of the higher area, same height as the stage so it felt like she was singing for us. ^^ Koi no Okehazama was the perfect gift.

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Session 6 in Fukui’s special acoustic version of Shin’Ai, and Union final’s Hoshizora to Tsuki to Hanabi no Shita under real fireworks in Chiba Marin almooost made it to the list…

Next year is promising with Live Grace II kicking off on January!

2013, kakatte koi!