Kouhaku-related News.

Summing up so you can skip this post entirely:
1. Nana’s first English newspaper article is titled “An animated Kohaku singer”. Riiite.
2. Nico Live with Domo-kun.
3. Intoduction to Nana @ Kouhaku Flash (12/28) was good.
4. Would kill to get MJ Kouhaku SP clip.
5. Schedule of upcoming shows on NHK World Premium down.

So here is Daily Yomiuri, out Dec 25.

Online article available.
Still think the title is WTF but the article itself isn’t that bad.

When Mizuki played the song at Seibu Dome in July, she was accompanied by Mika Agematsu on the arpa or Latin harp, and a repeat performance by the two of them at Kohaku would certainly be a crowd pleaser.

Is this a giveaway that Mika-chan will be there? Well she was also there in Nana’s first MJ.. if performers are allowed to bring musicians, I’m pretty sure she’ll be there. Or not, since she’s married lol.

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Nana guest-starred again in Nico Live “Toriaezu Namachuu” on Christmas Eve, mostly talking about Kouhaku. Obviously with my crap internet I didn’t bother trying to get in, but someone uploaded a short LQ clip. I hope someone uploads the full 30 mins later, I kinda want to stare longer at that huge-ass hat. May’n was there (no idea for what) and also.. fark Washizaki I’m still haunted by his Moka crossplay.

Nana and NHK mascot Domo-kun. Its size (and Nana’s) kinda remind me of Pedobear.

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For those with NHK World Premium, we can haz extra Nana!
I tuned in to Kouhaku Flash on Dec 28.. it was just a brief 3 minutes “Nana for dummies” that we’ve heard countless times, but still it had a fresh interview. And Sekine Mari as presenter is always a plus. <3

Took shots with my camera. Everyone is busy ripping Diamond to upload this to Youtube? Oh well. The segment started with Shin’ai PV which leads to her seiyuu job, hence showing clips from NHK anime Allison & Lillia ..

.. her singing talent / enka background that started since she was loli,

.. putting singer+seiyuu both together, equally! I start to love NHK.

.. showing off the Dome concert,

.. and happy interview clips in between.

Nothing we didn’t know already, but I like this coverage for introducing Nana’s best qualities. Good job, NHK!

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My only complaint is Music Japan Kouhaku SP didn’t get to NHK WP.. and I missed the upload (NHK lives in Youtube), so gotta wait for torrent. Found this blog post (Jap) on the show, and it sums up why I really want to loop it 10x now.

Started with self-introduction voice-over Eternal Blaze in Seibu Dome.
Emphasis on (as written on text):
- Queen of Anison
- Album tops Oricon Weekly Ranking
- Seibu Dome live with 30k audience

But the real deal starts after. We get a video with two familiar faces..

November 23rd, Mishi-P and Nana were having a normal morning at the studio.
Mishi-P: “There’s something I’d like to tell you before work.”
Nana: “Eh? What is it? What happened?”
Mishi-P: “You are performing in the 60th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen.”
Nana: “EEH?! Unbelievable, that’s great! …….. is it real?”

This.

Some exclusive videos for Kouhaku Press Conference, and… the Digital Ouentai. Don’t tell me it’s the Countdown photoshoot/recording footage?! AAAAARGH.

Gambarimasu! ♪

Get the bigger res on from the blog. WHERE’S VID.

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Not too late to catch these. Here’s official NHK-WP schedule (all times in JST):

Dec 30 (Wed)
18:05 – 18:47 いよいよ明日！紅白完全ガイド (Finally Tomorow! Kouhaku Complete Guide)
19:30 – 20:45 紅白歌合戦　A to Z (Kouhaku Song Battle A to Z)
Nana will be in charge of alphabet I. A to Z is not listed in the schedule, but the time slot is there. Hopefully it will~! >_<

Dec 31 (Thu)
9:30 – 9:35 Kouhaku Flash
14:50 – 14:55 Kouhaku Flash (rerun)
Different broadcast from Dec 28.