She’s been through a lot to deserve the respect of acknowledging her hardwork through the years, so no 17-yo jokes please (at least not in this blog lol).

Well I’m not doing anything special this year, just celebrating Nana’s birthday with everyone else in Twitter (it’s funny how everyone gets more excited about Nana’s birthday more than their own xD) … then watched the 1-hour NHK Music Japan special documentary, covering many aspects of a “Nana Live” behind the scene (mostly Castle footage).

Right after that, Summer Tour schedule is out (14 lives from end of June to early September..) and I’m spending the day planning for it while watching Livedom Birth that happened exactly 6 years ago on her birthday.

Thank you for being born and for giving meaning in my life.

Happy birthday, Nana!

Sooo.. last event of 2011 and first event of 2012! Minori Chihara Live 2011 Final & Countdown Live 2011-2012 in Kanagawa Kenmin Hall.

First, setlist!

Minori Chihara Live 2011 Final

1. HYPER NEW WORLD
2. Tomorrow’s chance
3. 雨上がりの花よ咲け (Ameagari no Hana yo Sake)
4. Voyager train
5. 君がくれたあの日 (Kimi ga Kureta Ano Hi)
6. Melty tale storage
7. PRECIOUS ONE
-costume change-
8. 通し道歌 (Tooshi Douka)
9. TERMINATED
10. raison pour la saison
11. Planet patrol
12. Final Moratorium
13. Defection
14. 輪舞-revolution (Rondo-revolution)
15. 赤い棘のギルティ (Akai Ibara no Guilty)
16. Paradise Lost
17. 純白サンクチュアリィ (Junpaku Sanctuary)
-ENCORE-
18. Flag medley (Lush march!!～Best mark smile～Lush march!!)
19. 巡り逢い～かけがえのないもの (Meguriai~kakegaenaimono)
20. Freedom Dreamer

Minori Chihara Countdown Live 2011-2012

1. Tomorrow’s chance
2. 詩人の旅 (Shijin no Tabi)
3. Voyager train
4. 君がくれたあの日 (Kimi ga Kureta Ano Hi)
5.  優しい忘却 (Yasashii Boukyaku)
6. PRECIOUS ONE
-costume change-
7. 通し道歌 (Tooshi Douka)
8. TERMINATED
9. raison pour la saison
COUNTDOWN
-put on happi coat-
10. HYPER NEW WORLD
11. KEY FOR LIFE
-took off happi coat-
12. Final Moratorium
13. Defection
14. 輪舞-revolution (Rondo-revolution)
15. 赤い棘のギルティ (Akai Ibara no Guilty)
16. Paradise Lost
17. 純白サンクチュアリィ (Junpaku Sanctuary)
-ENCORE-
18. Flag medley (Lush march!!～Best mark smile～Lush march!!)
19. 巡り逢い～かけがえのないもの (Meguriai~kakegaenaimono)
20. Freedom Dreamer

Difference marked in blue.
My FC seats were pretty good, row 12 center (Final) and 14 right-side (Countdown). Hall was pretty small with decent sound system, so it was great. :3 Would be perfect if I didn’t have a fever lol.

Songs/setlist

-There were many mini-TV on stage, which should be for countdown use, but apparently affected the song choices too… they chose songs with music videos so they have something to stream on those tiny screens…. orz. ^^;; I was hoping for rarer songs but it was like a single compilation live..

-I haven’t watched Horizon (oops) but Tooshi Douka (IN song?) acapella was nice.

-Right after New Year Countdown, as the confetti exploded everyone shouted AkeOme (meanwhile Minorin put on a happi coat) then intro to Hyper New World!! First song in 2012!

-Very happy to get Moratorium (tho its obvious) and especially enjoyed raison, tho I’ve been in love with it since KFD Live ^^;

-People were expecting Sunshine flower (although its freezing cold winter) but in the end we’re just happy with Key For Life (yellow cyalumes not going to waste! xD)

-Guilty‘s choreography is JUST. DARN. HAWT. AND. AWESOME. What nosebleed? Those made me vomit blood. +that “Ah~” was FFFFFFFF(;´Д｀)’ハァハァ you’ll understand when the footage is out, I’m NOT overreacting.

-Minorin asked us to sing along during Junpaku. Most people remembers the lyrics, way more than purest note during its PV recording in Summer Camp lol.

-Flag medley was great!! Rearranged only the best parts (those with flag waving lol) ^^

Notes/MC

-Scheduled to start 3 pm (Final) / 10.30 pm (Countdown), both started 15 mins late.

-A staff appeared on stage to read the rules because nobody did, and emphasized on the new rules: 1) NO custom penlights (cyalumes, official penlights, those not-so-bright sold in shops are OK), 2) 1 light in 1 hand at 1 time, and 3) NO excessive moves.

I’m happy with 2 and 3 (annoying when it’S like seeing Minorin behind windscreen wiper), but kinda ;_; on rule 1.. as much as I like breaking cyalumes, they are expensive.

-Can’t remember the 1st costume well besides it being ugly and colorful lol. The 2nd costume though, was really good. Black/yellow checkered and showed enough legs. =D

-Band members: Dai-sensei (violin), Nabe-chan (guitar), Dai-chan (guitar), Naoyan (bass), Kenny (keyboard, leader), and Gan-chan (drum). It got hilarious when people start calling Dai-sensei “Musshu” (=Monseiur in Engrish or should I say Frenrish), his new nickname as a member of Nana’s band (since Live Castle).

-MC topic for member introduction (includes Minorin): 2011 reflection (Final), and 2012 resolutions (Countdown). Minorin mentioned Summer Camp 3 was a hard challenge.. and I’m still hating myself for not attending the first day when she covered AKB’s Ponytail to Shushu.

-Liked Minorin being the usual airhead… she said “2011 yoroshiku!!” after New Year then Kenny corrected her “It’s 2012….” LOL I love this girl. She also still hasn’t done her year-end cleaning (and had no intention too).

-Minorin established a new routine that she will wear her favorite yellow sneakers for encore.

-Both lives lasted about 2.5 hours, shorter than usual but it’s understandable since she has to perform twice. Glad it gave me just the right break time to watch Kohaku in electronic shop Yodobashi in Yokohama. ^^; Well huge TV is much better than the mobile phone alternative, and I’m just happy I can make it to watch AKB’s and Nana’s solo parts.

Goods

Only got a flag, a penlight-flag (flag is switchable), and a charity band.

Many interesting stuff like 3D poster, karuta (card-game) and candy drops, or wtf stuff like smartphone-use gloves, very ugly T-shirts, and ultra expensive girls pack (hairband and mirror for 4000 seriously?).

Announcements:
1. New single out 21 March 2012!
Composer Agematsu (EleGa) and lyricist Takarano Alika (ALI Project).. yep gonna be an epic song with very complicated lyrics lol. Title was written in flyer “Celestial Diva“, tie-up with Square Enix iPhone game “Chaos Ring II”.

2. New album is titled “Dream World Formation”
After both lives, we got a first-hand PV screening of the lead track “D-Formation“. It’s the usual fast-paced Elements Garden song (Defection-style), but what intrigued me was how strikingly similar the PV was with Nana’s Synchrogazer. The only problem was who the hell suggested a purple skirt for a cyborg orz. Tempted to do another Nana/Minorin crossover post lol.

Later we found out the price from the flyer.. wtf is 6300 for Bluray set! I want my Acoustic Live in full glory but still wtf.

3. Live tour 2012 “D-Formation”
Crazy schedule here. FIFTEEN lives within 2 months. Best of luck for friends who are going to all lives (and Minorin’s health too). ^^; For now I’m planning to attend Kanagawa (7 April, opening day) and Tochigi (21 April) since they’re not far. I don’t dare to plan for May before Nana’s summer tour schedule is out.. would like to attend Saitama (6 May) too. I hate Tokyo’s NHK Hall (bad sound system). Everyone’s betting there’s an addition final live sometime in June, could be 2 days in Budokan?

Oh, as usual Minorin closed both lives with “Min~na~~~ daaaaaisuki♥”
(and the rest of us screaming insanely)

Spent the magical night with Minorin and my friends, came home in the morning and slept peacefully until a nasty earthquake woke me up orz. It’s Magnitude 7 in Pacific Ocean and affecting Tohoku-Kantou a bit (my calendar fell off -_-) but no tsunami danger wtv. People even made joke about M7 = Mizuki Nana lol.

So yeah, before my school starts this Thursday (can you believe that shit), thought of (sort-of) sticking to my blog NY resolution with the first post in 2012! Don’t get your hopes high on Minorin’s report yet xD

Synchrogazer PV is up officially on GyaO! but overseas people can’t watch it so yeah.

DailyMotion or NicoNico Douga.

I loved Nana’s aquamarine eyes… and she had some really nice facial expression there.
And that headphone is just sick!! Where can I get one!
The dark-side dude is cool but I prefer to see Nana doing that part as well. I’m sure she can pull it off really well.. (yep masochist in me talking).

A bit interesting trivia. Minorin’s new album’s lead track “Dream Wonder Formation” PV was shown after yesterday’s live… and it has striking resemblance to Synchrogazer PV ^^; cyborg-themed, bright+dark room, inactive Nana/Minorin lying there, even the electric scan on their face.. Props-wise I think Nana wins with the mad costume + cables while Minorin wore a long purple skirt (wut). When DWF is out I should make a comparison post like Massive Wonders vs Paradise Lost.. xD

A friend pointed this out when 15sec CM was out, but I forgot about it until Amelala reminded me in comments. xD; The “blue-eyed cyborg girl with cool headphone” thing is kinda very similar to AKB48′s Beginner PV xD; the theme and execution are totally different though, Nana protecting herself from the dark influence, AKB girls liberating themselves.. but the costume is enough to make some fans happy. Btw Minorin didn’t wear headphone but everything else was similar xD;

Yep enough fandom clash to make me happy. xD (Right: my oshimen Yuuko <3)

What do you think about Synchrogazer PV?

Spending New Year with Minorin tomorrow so posting this before it turns 2012. ^^;

2010‘s log was only half-year, so this is the first full-year log in Japan.
I thought of going to less events but nope not at all. xD;

*Red dates mark when I actually see Nana.

January (5)
1/09. Ayane Live 2011 @SHIBUYA AX
1/10. THE IDOLM@STER 2 H@PPINESS NEW YE@R P@RTY!! @Pacifico Yokohama
1/21. Nana’s birthday. Shin’ai book release.
1/22~23. LIVE GRACE 2011 ORCHESTRA @Yokohama Arena
1/30. AKABEiSoft2 Live 2011 (Faylan) @Kanagawa Kenmin Hall

February (5)
2/06. Billboard Japan Music Award 2010 (Nana). Live broadcast on TV.
2/09. Minori Chihara LIVE FILM (screening + greeting) @Yokohama BLITZ
2/12. Minori Chihara Key for Defection @Zepp Sendai
2/20. Shin’ai handshake event (Nana) @Fukuya bookshop Shinjuku. FML, just FML.
2/26 (day + night). HIBARI 7 DAYS @Setagaya Public Theater. First time front most!
2/27. Bushiroad Live 2011 (Faylan) @Pacifico Yokohama

March (1)
3/07. MUSIC JAPAN 2011 Haru Matsuri (Nana+AKB48) @NHK Hall
3/11. Earthquake disaster. My heart goes out to the victims.
3/19. Starry Tales Planetarium reopening. Met KAGAYA.
3/27. Mizuki Nana Charity Program. Live broadcast in Nico Nico Douga
3/28. Should be MUSIC JAPAN recording for Scarlet Knight but it was canceled.. when I actually won the lottery ticket orz.

April (2)
Many events canceled due to earthquake. During the event break, I got sucked into AKB48 blackhole and will probably never (want to) get out..
4/13. Scarlet Knight & Pop Master release.
4/15~16. Tamura Yukari LOVE LIVE 2011 SPRING *Mary Rose* @Budokan

May (8)
5/01. Still overseas, couldn’t attend Minorin’s KFD live @Zepp Tokyo
5/07. LIVE JOURNEY 2011 Station 1 @Fukuoka Sunpalace
5/14. LIVE JOURNEY 2011 Station 2 @Kurashiki City Hall, Okayama
5/15. Faylan. Live Tour 02 Happy Soul Dance @Nagoya
5/19. Okui Masami. Self Satisfaction II @Shibuya O-East
5/21. LIVE JOURNEY 2011 Station 3 @Utsunomiya Culture Hall, Tochigi
5/22. Hourou Musuko event (Nana). No money to buy BD / apply.
5/24. AKB48 Minogashita Kimitachi E. Team K5th Stage @TDC Hall
5/28. Faylan. Live Tour 02 Happy Soul Dance @Shibuya O-East
5/29. AKB48 “Everyday, Kachuusa” HS event @Yokohama Stadium.
First time attending event in raincoat + first handshake with Yuko <333

June (6)
6/04 LIVE JOURNEY 2011 Station 4 @Honda no Mori Hall, Ishikawa
6/05 LIVE JOURNEY 2011 Station 5 @Niigata Kenmin Kaikan. 77th live!
6/07 AKB48 Minogashita Kimitachi E. Team K3rd Stage @TDC Hall
6/12 LIVE JOURNEY 2011 Station 6 @Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
6/18 LIVE JOURNEY 2011 Station 7 @Nitori Bunka Hall, Hokkaido
6/25 LIVE JOURNEY 2011 Station 8 @Himegin Hall, Ehime
6/26. First time visiting Niihama’s Minetopia Besshi!
6/26. Koukousei Quiz @Okinawa. Not rich enough to go ^^;

July (9)
7/01. Blood-C premiere event @Shinjuku Milano 1. Didn’t win, glad Nana didn’t sing.
7/02. AKB48 “Everyday Kachuusa” theater HS (Yuko, Sayaka, Mariko) @Big Site
7/04. MUSIC JAPAN. Not Yet “Naminori Kakigoori” @NHK Hall
7/09~10. LIVE JOURNEY 2011 Station 9-10 @Gaishi Hall, Nagoya
7/16. (Black + White – morning) Pokemon Movie premiere event @TOHO Nichigeki
7/16. (Black + White – afternoon) Pokemon Movie premiere event @Odaiba.
Didn’t go because I chose to pay some respect and watch the movie instead of stalking..
7/17. Koukousei Quiz @Shonai-ryokuchi Park, Nagoya. Free!
7/18. LIVE JOURNEY 2011 Station 11 @Osaka-jo Hall
7/24. LIVE JOURNEY 2011 Station 12 @Saitama Super Arena
7/31. Koukousei Quiz +AKB48 (Paruru, Haru, Ranran) @Shiokaze Park, Odaiba. Free!

August (8)
8/01. MUSIC JAPAN. Junketsu Paradox +SKE48, SDN48 @NHK Hall
8/03. Junketsu Paradox release.
8/06~07. Minori Chihara SUMMER CAMP 3 @Kawaguchiko Stellar Theater
8/07. Koukousei Quiz @Hattori Ryokuchi Park, Osaka. Didn’t go.
8/12. AKB48 (Team K) summer live AKB ga Ippai @Sendai Sunplaza
8/13~14. LIVE JOURNEY 2011 Station 13-14 @Sendai Sunplaza
8/23. Poterich campaign #1 = Family Mart war.
8/27. Anisama 2011 -rainbow- Day 1 @Saitama Super Arena. Special guest: Nana!
8/28. Anisama 2011 -rainbow- Day 2 @Saitama Super Arena.

September (6)
9/03. Mizuki Nana Fan Club Event IV @Budokan
9/04. Faylan. ALIVE Tour 00 @Sunshine City. Free!
9/09. AKB48 (no3b) “Kuchibiru Furezu” release event @Yokohama BLITZ
9/20. AKB48 Janken Taikai @Budokan. First-time front most!
9/24 (day + night). CLAMP FESTIVAL @Ajinomoto Stadium

October (4)
10/02. DOG DAYS Flonya Matsuri @TDC Hall. My birthday event! =D
10/05. Live Grace BD/DVD release on my birthday =D
10/10. Tamura Yukari Fan Club Event 10th Anniversary @Pacifico Yokohama
10/15. Akagane Marine Music Festival @Niihama
10/16. Niihama Taiko Festival (day & night) +Minetopia Besshi again.
10/23. AKB48  ”Flying Get” HS event (Miichan, Umechan) @Seibu Dome
10/25. Poterich campaign #2 = Lawson war.

November (6)
11/11. Misora Hibari Memorial Concert “Daijoubu, Nippon” (AKB48) @Tokyo Dome
11/15~16. AKB48 Team Ogi Matsuri @TDC Hall
11/18. Minori’s Birthday 4 (FC event) @Zepp Tokyo
11/20. Minori Chihara Acoustic Live @Nippon Seinenkan
11/23. The Museum II release.
11/23. Animax Musix Fall (Minorin, Faylan) @Yokohama Arena
11/30. LIVE CASTLE 2011 Goods Sale @Saitama Super Arena

December (10)
12/03. LIVE CASTLE 2011 Queen’s Night @Tokyo Dome
12/04. LIVE CASTLE 2011 King’s Night @Tokyo Dome
12/05. MUSIC JAPAN. AKB48 “Ue Kara Mariko”, no3b “Pedicure Day” @NHK Hall
12/07~08. Takarazuka Moon Troupe “Alice no Koibito” @Nippon Seinenkan.
12/11. AKB48 “Kaze wa Fuiteiru” theater HS (Wasamin, Sayaka, Mee, Yuko) @Messe
12/11. Suara Live Tour 2011 ~Karin Fugetsu~ @Shinagawa Stellar Ball
12/20. AKB48 Kohaku Utagassen. Live screening @TOHO Roppongi
12/25. Imai Asami. Aroma of happiness @SHIBUYA-AX
12/26. Symphogear premiere event @Shinjuku Milano 1
12/31. Minori Chihara Live 2011 Final @Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
12/31. NHK Kohaku Utagassen. Of course no money to go.

*Minori Chihara Countdown Live 2011-2012 will be included in 2012 log.

Statistics.
-Number of events attended… 70 (+36 from last year)
Last year was only 6 months, so it’s normal to double up? ^^; Averagely 6 lives a month… It’s more focused compared to last year though. Stopped going to random events.

-Number of times stalking Nana…34 (+25 from last year)
Very satisfying year for a Nanatard. I fulfilled my dream to complete a tour (happens to be her longest..). It was a really busy year for Nana with 18 solo lives + many other appearances. Couldn’t go to some events, but still managed to attend lots of it, so no regrets. =D
And I saw Nana 7 times in July.. yay 777 xD;

-Number of times stalking 48 clan… 17. (newcomer lol)
Live screening in cinema is listed but not counted since I didn’t see them in person. ^^;
…aaand a bit more than I thought ^^;; Money-wise they don’t cost that much tho.. 4x handshake events (CD purchase), 4x Music Japan (mostly free), events.. Only 5x full lives.

-Number of times seeing Minorin… 9 (+4 from last year).
-Number of times seeing Yukarin… 4 (= last year).
-Number of times seeing Faylan… 7 (-3 from last year).
One can’t love so many people at once.. so yeah gotta admit I kinda lost interest in exchange of 48 girls ^^; I don’t watch many anime too so yeah..

-Most visited hall.. Tokyo Dome City Hall (5 times).
-Number of times I spent the night in a bus… 15.
-Number of times I promised I’ll write a report… ∞. m(_ _m)

-Best Nana live… Live Grace Day 1.
-Best live without Nana… AKB48 Team K “AKB ga Ippai”.
-Regret of 2011… not watching AKB Kohaku live.

2012 expectations (NOT New Year Resolution lol)
-At least post something about the event… even just a setlist or short impression.
-Watch moar Takarazuka. I was really blown away by their performance.
-More Nana and AKB.. and less others.

..

And since this is the last post of 2011….

Happy New Year 2012! =D

Oh wow didn’t realize I haven’t updated my blog since my birthday orz. I’m way too spoiled by how practical Twitter is.. Done writing year-end post tho not sure how many people still cares ;_;

Anywayyy… I just attended Symphogear premiere screening event yesterday (Dec 26) in Shinjuku Milano 1 cinema.. My last Nana event of this year (Kohaku is impossible orz). :3

戦姫絶唱シンフォギア Senki Zesshō Symphogear
(Battle-Princess Superb-Song Symphogear)

1000 lucky people chosen out of 5000+ applicants to attend the screening for free. 1:5 is pretty low ratio but expected from a Monday event..

Exactly at 7pm, Washizaki Takeshi greeted us.
The event menu is the screening then talk session with guest seiyuu.

I suck at reviewing anime so bear with it or skip to the talk session?

Anime spoiler warning. I use spoiler tag for the biggest troll but I don’t know your boundaries so read at your own risk.

Started with a flash-forward of Miku (Iguchi Yuka) crying in front of Hibiki (Yuuki Aoi)‘s grave who died in a war.

Jump back 2 years before..
Futuristic settings. Background was pretty well-drawn. Hibiki was in a queue to attend a live concert, on the phone with Miku who couldn’t make it to the live.

Backstage, Zwei-Wing duo appears!
Tsubasa (Mizuki Nana) looked kinda nervous before the live. Kanade (Takayama Minami) gave her a “moral support” with the only obvious way: hugging Tsubasa from behind and holding her hands, and Tsubasa nods as she blushes… darn that was cuuuute. *yuri radar pings really hard here*

Live scene was darn cool. It’s a huge Dome, all audience had orange lights and cheered really loud… actually a bit too loud I couldn’t hear the song properly orz. Takayama Minami is a really good singer (well, TWO-MIX) so her voice balanced Nana’s awesomely (duet CD out Jan 25). *_*

Then alien (I think they’re called “Noise”) started rampaging out of nowhere. Killjoys. They seems to have various types, but the huge insects are just plain disgusting! D= At least they’re all in fancy colors ala Haruhi’s alien, but still disgusting. Their attack turns humans into ashes.

Kanade and Tsubasa transformed to their battle-mode and start fighting them. Battle scenes are okay, it’s pretty cool to see idols wielding swords while singing (seems to enhance their power?). The battle focused on Kanade and I had goosebumps. Minami m(_ _m)

Magically tens thousands of fans managed to escape (or just died) leaving just Hibiki stoned there like an idiot waiting to be killed. Kanade ran to protect her while fighting the alien but Hibiki’s DFC got struck by a huge stone and splat blood like mad. Kanade ran to hold her screaming “Don’t give up on living!!” as the aliens patiently waited for the Kodak moment. I honestly thought it’d be hilarious if Hibiki splat blood from her nose too there… I mean HER IDOL IS HUGGING HER. I’d thank the aliens. D=

Battle over, jump into a peaceful entrance ceremony of The Classy All-Girls Boarding School of Lilies with Hibiki and Miku among the freshwomen. I didn’t expect the school setting so yay?

Jump into Hibiki and Miku’s room. So Hibiki is still alive though she has Ruroni Kenshin mark on her chest now. I’m more interested with the fact that they share a single bed together…

Also revealed that Hibiki enrolled to the school to stalk Tsubasa who is a senior there. Also noticed that Miku stares at Hibiki way too long as she totally fangirled Tsubasa. I foresee delicious drama ahead.

It’s Tsubasa’s new CD release day, so Hibiki dashed to buy it before the tokuten disappears (No kidding, she was humming “CD! CD! Tokuten! CD! CD!” while running)…. then she noticed there are more ashes on the street than usual. Then we heard a little girl scream.

Hibiki and unnamed loli ran for their lives (super slow Noise type this time), until they’re cornered… Hibiki remembered Kanade’s “Don’t give up living!” and something awakened inside her. She grew metal wings…. Synchrogazer intro starts and “to be continued”.

Credits roll. Yuuki Aoi’s name was listed first before Nana… confirms that we were tricked into thinking it was an anime about Nana and Minami, while actually it’s Yuuki’s. The official website is still listing Nana first! orz

Noticed FOUR insert songs were credited (not including OP/ED) so expecting a full-blown live next year!

…

Talk session starts. Wasshi is back as MC.
Guests: Yuuki Aoi, Mizuki Nana, and Iguchi Yuka. Yes introduced in that order.

Nana wore a hot-pink/black checkered one-piece with big green ribbon belt..
thank you for dressing as my Christmas present. (*´д｀*)

Wasshi threw a theme and the girls answer in order of who raised their hands first… ’twas cute.

Theme: Anime impressions.
Nana liked the live scene, especially when the Dome opens up as the song reaches climax… QFT. The audience calls were voiced by the anime’s seiyuu! They were cheering and jumping in recording studio… now I want to see that footage! xD

Yukachi confirmed that Miku cares about Hibiki more than just a friend. And that she will get jealous in the future too… (yandere yuri FTW). Of course Hibiki is too thick to notice that and continues fapping to Tsubasa in front of her.. sigh.

All seiyuu had to sing as a part of their audition. Yukachi failed the test hence Miku isn’t getting a song. xD There are more seiyuu will sing too. From the cast list we can count on Ayahi and Miyukichi? Toyama Nao wasn’t too bad as Kanon (Kaminozo) too. I just wonder about the male characters… quite a number of male cast on the web list but only 1 appeared/talked this episode lol.

Hibiki will start fighting too which means Aoi will sing a lot. I think she sings okay, but not sure if she can hold a duet with Nana.

Theme: Elements Garden.
The anime was based on EleGa’s music, but the talk session was more like gossiping its leader Agematsu Noriyasu behind his back LOL.

Aoi said she expected a silent, quirky genius type, but he’s totally not (silent, still a genius).
Yukachi mocked how big he is (around 185cm I think) and she has to look waaay up just to greet him good morning xD

Nana said they first met 7 years ago. Nana admired his music and was expecting a grand composer.. but he was blond and wore red glasses LOL. Nana said he “matured” now, tho I dunno… the last time I saw him last year, he joined the hardcore fans in the front row of Sato Hiromi’s anniversary live? ^^;;; Nana mentioned how she’s close with his sister too.

Saw a real camera recording it so high chance some footage will be included in the bluray.

..

Conclusion.
I watched it without any expectation, so I think the anime is fairly decent for now. The surprise was shocking, animation was averagely done (not smooth enough, but good camera work), I guess they were focusing on the music, which was flawless. I’m happy with the lack of fanservice and the cool battle scenes.

The plot needs to stand out more though… I mean, in the end people were talking about the surprise, the battle, the music, or the lesbians. Nobody cared about why the aliens are attacking or where they came from ^^;; Well, still too early to judge.

Looking forward to the next episodes!

A joyful day to celebrate the birthday of me (lol) and Live Grace BD/DVD!!!

Like the past few birthdays I spent it watching a Nana live BD/DVD, and this year it’s even way more special since it’s officially out today too!!

The song I picked was Daisuki na Kimi e. I LOVE the rearrangement for GRACE, and Nana smiled a lot while singing… perfect! φ(*´∇)ﾉ[☆

And these are the presents from Nana.

Only 3 BD + 1 DVD this time. ^^;

Only 2 pictured since I took the pics in a hurry to watch it xD Loving the binder a lot!! Didn’t think the quality would be that good, real hard cover B5-sized binder! Perfect to hold some FC bulletins. :3

The middle photo is definitely my favorite. SO ADORABL$!”"!#!$#!

Posters!

Official poster on the left is included in all first-press edition, even for overseas!
Poster on the right from Gamers.

Shop displays. Tora no ana (left) and Gamers (right)!

….I wish I could bring those home.

Okay off to studying for an awful exam 14 hours from now…
My birthday resolution… someday I will catch up with the event reports lolol at least my (closest-to) birthday event Dog Days Flonyard Festival on Oct 2!

Soooo… happy birthday to me and Live Grace!

Go grab a copy of Live Grace NOW to celebrate it (if you haven’t… like srsly? xD)

This is rather sudden, but I was talking with a Nana fan from Hong Kong who wants to make a special fan project for Nana’s Live Castle. It will be great if we can gather fans from various countries!

The point is to show that “Nana gets support from fans around the world“, so this is not limited to those attending Live Castle, but to ANY Nana fans!!

For now, the plan is taking photos of yourself (with or just the Nana goods / CD / message signboard / etc) in a place that can prove you’re not in Japan, preferably something like a famous landmark. Group with Nana fans from your country and be creative!

The photos are going be arranged nicely in a photobook and we will give it to Nana as a present. No plan on distributing it online so don’t hesitate on showing your best smiles! As Nana often says, she wants her fans to always have “muteki na egao” (unrivaled smile)… Only us editors and Nana’s team and *gasp* NANA HERSELF will see it.

All procedures will be done online and it’s FREE for you.
We will cover all editing/printing costs.

It might get too crowded doing it in comments section,
so please email to dan (dot) seth (at) gmail (dot) com
with subject: “Nana Overseas Fan Project”

Name:
Number of people:
City:
Country:

Send it before 30 September 2011.
Sorry for the short notice, it’s just a declaration that you are willing to participate, NO PHOTOS YET. ^^;

We might ask people from the same city to gather for a nice pic together. If you already have your Nanatard clique and feel free to apply together under 1 name.

Depending on the number of applicants, some details in the plan might change, but for now we’re waiting for your application! m(_ _m)

Additions:
- Tentative photo deadline is end of October, hopefully enough time to arrange meet-ups etc. ^^
- I will invite you to Google Project later this weekend (sorry deadlines) to discuss more details between everyone, but for now just the emails please. m(_ _m)
- It doesn’t matter to be alone! And who knows you could find someone

Feel free to post ideas in comments section though!