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Mizuki Nana 21st single "PHANTOM MINDS"

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:02:53 GMT

Update 1: Single name released on Smile Gang 396, but since it's audio only I have no idea on the actual capitalization and miscellaneous stuff like that. It's... not what I would expect for a Nanoha song name?

Edit: Boohoo. Even NANA PARTY has updated now. So much for the suspense.

~~http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=KICM-1299~~ Preorders have started on their English site (CDJapan) too.

PHANTOM MINDS
Release date: January 13, 2010
Label: King Records
Catalog No.: KICM-1299
Price: ￥1,300 (tax included)

Movie Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st theme song
Movie Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st insert song
Arcade version Shining Force Cross theme song
one other song, for a total of 4 songs (NOT an all A-side single)

First press edition: Special package (temporary)

Well I guess we know what the big announcement is now, lol. Quite amusing to see an announcement for a new single in the same week the 20th one was released. I guess my wallet is going to be even emptier now ;A;

According to Neowing/CDJapan, this includes the Nanoha movie OP & IN and something to do with Shining Force Cross.

Yukarin's 17th single announcement should be coming soon also? What would really be awesome is if all the Nanoha songs are released on one CD, so I don't have to contemplate on whether I should get Yukarin's ED or not... but yeah. That's not going to happen.

Can't write anything besides these short little posts until at least past tomorrow, tests galore >: back to studying.

Mugen @ Music Japan

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:34:43 GMT

So my grad photos are coming up in less than five hours, and of course instead of preparing for it, I am watching Music Japan! That sounds splendid.

I think it's pretty safe to call Nana-san a MJ regular now. Compared to that first time she sung on TV (Trickster @ Music Fighter) this is pretty awesome. Sometimes I feel like the instrumentals are waay too loud but yeah, it's not the first time it's happened.

In other news, why the hell did KinKi Kids and UVERworld release their singles on the same day ;A; whatever. I'm just happy to see that Mugen is basically going against the currents and is swimming upstream ATM. Third place should not be impossible, though Momusu beat them on the first day.

[Lyrics] Mizuki Nana - Mugen, Tenkuu no Canaria, Dear Dream & STORIES

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:26:58 GMT

Uhoh, my backlog is piling up! Better clear some of this!

As I was reading over the lyrics, I noticed something interesting: besides for the title song Mugen (fantasy), all three of the other songs have the word "mugen" (infinite) in the lyrics. It's a neat little touch; makes me wonder if that ever happened in STARCAMP EP and I missed it?

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Mizuki Nana joins Kouhaku Supporters

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:30:51 GMT

Instead of studying for a Chem test tomorrow, I strolled by NANA PARTY and HOLY SHIT, is this the big announcement that Nana-san talked about yesterday on SmaGang?!

Apparently, she's been added to the line up of the 60th Kouhaku Digital Ouentai (something like supporters).

It seems like all she has to do is blog about the latest info for Kouhaku this year... but isn't this just completely a lead up to an announcement on her participation in Kouhaku!?! Holy shit, this is pretty huge if it does turn out this way. Are we gonna get revenge for Shokotan beating us there first or what!?

It kind of sucks that her official website spoiled it before she even got a chance to say it (if this is the thing she is gonna say this week), lol.

The announcement is on this page. It doesn't have much except for a pretty photo of her and a short profile. Anyway, the Kouhaku blog link is over here. One more thing to add to my feed orz

WHITE ALBUM - Page 17

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:58:59 GMT

THIS.

THIS IS WHAT WHITE ALBUM SHOULD BE.

We're past the shitty boyfriend stage right? Let's dive into the yuri now——

... is what I want to say.

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Kämpfer - 04

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:31:31 GMT

If only every episode could be like this.

Last week skipped because there was ~~no seiyuu neta~~ computer problems that I've mentioned previously. It wasn't all that important or amusing anyway.

This episode was basically testing how far they can go with the (pseudo) yuri stuffs... I think pictures is enough to show what's happening most of the time already. Oh, and chara song advertisements too. HOLY CRAP PLEASE GIVE ME BUNNY x CAT CHARACTER SONG. I'll buy it no matter how crappy it is.
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Radio StrikerS episode 2

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:28:17 GMT

It was uploaded on time this time around, but my motherboard fried a couple of days ago and it's been hectic trying to recover my previous files + homework m(_ _)m

wow they have a semi-decent looking header image this time!

Abstract: hyperactive three-year-old + sexy dynamite older sister (!?!?!)

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Mizuki Nana 20th single "Mugen" preview (Update 5: 4th song unlocked!)

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:05:30 GMT

Cast of WHITE ALBUM 2. what.

Update 5: STORIES aired. Dear Dream has been floating around on Nico a couple of weeks too, but it's from the ending of the show that it is a tie-up to and not a streaming version from SmaGang.

Update 4: Tenkuu no Canaria (Canary) aired on Smile Gang. Preview is inside. AWSM SONG IS AWSM. As a side note this week's SmaGang is legendary. Includes chikan Nana-san going "mmmmmm female high school students' buttssssss" <_<.

Update 3: Added super tie up for 4th song. Apparently this show is going to be broadcast nationally live so shockingly this is THE tie up of the single. It's about girls from universities... running. Yeah.

Update 2: CD jacket released! It's reminding me of stuff like EtaBure/JasuBiri!

Update 1: details of the second and fourth track have been released on the official site

So a preview of Mugen finally aired on today's Smile Gang episode!

Currently known information about the single from the official site (this post will be updated as more information is released):

"Mugen"
Release date: October 28, 2009
Label: King Records
Catalog No.: KICM-1294
Price: ￥1,300 (tax included)
1. Mugen

TV Anime WHITE ALBUM OP theme/Ani-melomix TV-CM song
Lyrics: Mizuki Nana / Composition: Agematsu Noriyasu (Elements Garden) / Arrangement: Fujita Junpei (Elements Garden)

2. Tenkuu no Canary

Anime Tales of Symphonia THE ANIMATION Tethe'alla Arc opening theme
Lyrics: Hibiki / Composition, Arrangement: Katou Yuusuke

3. Dear Dream

TBS Card Gakuen ending theme
Lyrics, Composition: Shihori / Arrangement: Saitou Shinya & IPEMOTO

4. STORIES
Nippon TV 27th Mori no Miyako Zen-Nihon Joshi Daigaku Ekiden image song
Lyrics: Kanda Leo & Saita Kazunori / Composition: Saitou Yoshihiro / Arrangement: Furukawa Takahiro
First press edition: Special navy case
Preorder: CDJapan

Downloadable preview + Nico link are inside.

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Radio StrikerS episode 1

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:57:12 GMT

<a href="http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/zb8464771" rel="nofollow">【ニコニコ動画】RADIOアニメロミックス～ラジオStrikerS</a>
for those without accounts

The program premiered this past Saturday (October 10) and was to be uploaded on Monday (October 12) on the NicoAni channel, but because of the incompetence of Nico Nico's anime channel staff, I didn't get a chance to listen to this until today. Anyways, let's forget the unhappy things and move on!

The opening song is Fate's character song, "Endless Chain".

Our host for this show is Takahashi Mikako, who plays young Chrono and Caro. It's been a long time since she's hosted a radio show that actually gets broadcasted over radio stations (as opposed to web radio), so she's very nervous. Luckily she has someone who regularly hosts a non-web radio show — today's guest is Tamura Yukari!

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Kämpfer - 02

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:08:45 GMT

Kanden Yamaneko KITA──────ヽ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ──────

I don't know why but I feel a lot better about this second episode. This anime is actually pretty freaking hilarious. I'm guessing it's because the only one thing I really didn't like about the first episode was the lack of continuity in the very beginning. I take back everything I said about not seriously looking forward to this every week now (´∀｀*)

Being both a seiyuu and anime fan, sometimes it's hard to separate a character from the voice. This anime just happens to make it twenty times harder. The Akane == Hocchan parallel has already hardwired itself into my brain. Ohgodohgod Akane is such a dirty little girl I swear I'm gonna bust a gut watching her.

Basically the anime has already caught up to where I stopped reading (chapter 10), which is pretty damn fast. Lots of stuff were changed or skipped though. It would've been nice if they kept the whole "Natsuru's voice doesn't change" thing.

And Nana-sama appeared! Obviously they didn't let this chance go to waste. They used the same technique as last time (explicitly stating names). Even though Kanden Yamaneko only had like... two lines or something, it was a pretty awsm moment.

Oh, yeah... DO THE AHO AHO DANCE └(･ω･)┐

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