Kurogane’s Anime Blog

Picture sourced from Heisei Democracy.

Seeing this poster over at Heisei Democracy’s post, this really cements Alto’s androgyny. I remember the last time a male character (technically) was in Megami was OtoBoku’s Mizuho, and we all know what that did to us…

I wonder if Alto-hime is going to tsun-tsun over it or dere-dere over it. Either way, he loves it, I guess.

On a side note, Diamond Crevasse’s single got leaked. Gabriela Robin.com is such cocktease by putting up the samples. Already procured 「射手座☆午後九時 Don’t be late」, now looking for 「ダイアモンド クレバス」.

ツイニキタ―――(・∀・)―――!!

Spice and Wolf OPED is awesome. Horo! \o/

Tabi no Tochuu full version feels more dreamy than the full version, while the Engrishy-ness of Ringo Biyori is rather endearing for some reason… “I’m a little wolf inside a girl~~”

Nana-chan’s new single is out!

Taking a departure from the traditional formats of her singles, this CD contains four full tracks, but weirdly doesn’t include the instrumental versions of the songs. I really want the instrumentals for Astrogation and Dancing in the Velvet Moon.

Track 1: Astrogation
- Initially, I didn’t like the song too much, but after a few listens, this song really grew on me. What I really like is the combination of piano and violin accompaniments of the song, vividly featured in the PV. Speaking of the PV, it’s one of the rare Japanese PV’s that I actually like a lot.

Track 2: COSMIC LOVE
- The Rosario+Vampire OP song. An upbeat and happy song from Nana-chan. It’s quite fun to listen to.

Track 3: Dancing in the Velvet Moon.
- Rosario+Vampire ED. The main attraction for me in this album. It’s another “powerful” song by Nana-chan, with a gothic feel. I love how the song slows down 2/3rds in, and slowly cresendos upwards again.

Track 4: Soradokei
- And finally, to round up the album, a slow song by Nana-chan. Generally, I’m not a fan of her slow songs, because I fell in love with her “powerful” ones, but it’s a pretty good song, but I won’t be remembering it much.

While the show is going down the usual Sunrise trainwreck trail, you gotta admit, the new OP and ED are both awesome.

Been looping Stephanie’s Friends ever since it was out a day or two back. The powerful vocals and meaningful lyrics makes this song rather addictive. Too bad the ED sequence in the show itself is a bit…

Suara’s new ED for Kimikiss is just pure awesome. Every time I listen to it, I just can’t help but feel a little melancholic. The piano background and Suara’s deep and touching vocals makes this one of her best songs I’ve heard yet.

Also, it’s a fitting song for some of the relationships going on in the series right now, mainly Kouichi x Hoshino, Futami-san, and to a certain extent, of Mao-neechan’s feelings towards Kouichi as well. It really just brings to heart the message of this song in parallel to the ongoing storyline.

Holy shit. JAM Project singing Motteke! Sailor-fuku.

Yes, that JAM Project.
Yes, I’m not joking.
Yes, it’s true.
Yes, I know it’s so wrong, but it’s so right as well.

Anyways, listen to it yourself. It’s actually pretty good, IMHO. Apart from that track and the CD’s cover, the whole album sucks as usual. I take that back, Track 6 is actually pretty awesome.

Holy shit.

They actually released Nemuri no Uta on an album. All freaking 27 seconds of it LOL!!!

“Ra~ ri~ ho~ Ra~ ri~ ho~ Ra~ ri~ Ra~ ri~ho~”

I’m so making it my handphone ringtone.

Anyways, MOONLIGHT is rather lackluster and honestly to say…. all the duet songs are really dominated by Momoi Halko. LUNAR only versions sound really… “mono”, while I didn’t notice any difference in the SUN versions lol. Also, Lunar’s only single, Tatakai no Uta, was rather disappointing to hear the album version. She was more… EPIC in the TV series :P.

Just acquired the DVD’s for this year’s Animelo 2007. “Wow it was awesome” just begs to be said.

Best parts of the concert has to be, hands down, the three duet performances. The first one, opening up the concert was Rinbu Revolution duet by Masami Okui and Nana Mizuki, coordinated amirably and giving the audience a brief glimpse of the amazingness to come. The next duet, ALI PROJECT and Nana Mizuki singing Seishoujo Ryouiki is the sole reason why I lusted to watch this concert, after watching it thanks to a friend. And the last one was Ushiro-yubi Sasare-gumi duet by Minami Kuribayashi and Halko Momoi… where they both cosplayed in seifuku to add up to it…

On to the individual perfomances, my favourites include JAM Project’s, Nana Mizuki’s and Chihara Minori’s. JAM PROJECT’s performance was definitely as awesome as their songs are, can’t help but to feel really burned up when they were performing. Nana Mizuki needs no further introduction, as she’s definitely the best single performer of the concert in terms of singing and energy level. She’s no newcomer to Budokan (the venue) as well, and she definitely uses up the stage areas fully. Coming close behind her is Chihara Minori, singing out her two songs, Junpaku Sanctuary and Kimi ga Kureta Ano Hi, with a gracefulness that she only she can exude out fully. Ahh… truly like a real lady.

Other good performers include Momoi Halko, with her signature voice, singing Romantic Summer. Takahashi Yoko also participated, singing a medley of Tamashii no Refrain and Cruel Angel Thesis, kinda wanted her to also perform Yoake Umarekuru Shoujo. ALI PROJECT sung Yuukyou Seishunka, Ankoku Tengoku and Hizamazuite Ashi o Oname in their unique way :P. Suara wow’ed me with her live renditions of Musouka and Kimi ga Tame.

Aya Hirano was also guest performing one song for Animelo, Bouken Desho Deshou ~punk version~. Immediately noticeable is her increased confidence in performing live, and she did perform really well, unlike her back in the Haruhi concert. Unfortunately, the song still kinda sucks. Well, let’s just say Aya Hirano’s current image isn’t at all to my taste…*coughahliancough*.

In conclusion, really awesome concert. Really wished I could’ve been there, but too bad :(.

Suddenly, my life feels a little bit complete now.

/r/ Nana Mizuki cover versions of Seishoujo Ryouiki and Kinjirareta Asobi. Damn, Nana-chan wins.

Man, this song and Furefurepponpon! are too damn addictive >.<. I think I’ve racked up like a 100 repeats for Yubikiri and 150 for Furefurepponpon! already.

Anyways, here’s the lyrics to Yubikiri as well, which is kinda nice after you get used to it. I still love the chorus part of Yubikiri a lot, the lyrics for it are pretty meaningful :). Credits goes 100% to geister.

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