Animelo Summer Live 2008 – Saturday Highlights
The full track listing can be found here for those who can read Japanese, I might get around to translate it later. In the mean time just some moments worthy of mention:
* Concert kicks off with – what?? Yukarin’s “Koiseyo Onnanoko”! But wait, there’s one more person! OMG it’s a duet with Nana-chan!
* Nanoha Yukarin and Fate-chan Nana-chan than sang Nana-chan’s “Anone – mamimume☆mogacho”, wow, Yukarin doing the monkey too!
* First solo performer is Yukarin, despite this being her first Animelo appearance. She did three songs in her usual top performance. She even got the entire stadium to do the melon stick wave, it’s a great act to get people to warm up for the concert.
* AAA is a very well packaged mainstream Avex J-pop young band – complete with the pretty boy singer, rapper, girl vocal formula sang to eurobeat songs topped with well chronographed dances. Bonus for them being actually able to pull it off.
* Karen Girls were not bad, but still a very painful act to watch.
* yozuca, Minorin and savage genius sang FictionJuction YUUKA’s “nowhere”. That really came out of nowhere.
* savage genius sang a new song “Just Tune” which is the opening to one of the autumn show “Yozakura Quartet”, not a bad tune.
* Akino! 愛してる (Aishiteru)!
* bless4 were pretty amazing with their a cappella. Really talented group of young people.
* GRANRODEO (lead vocal is Taniyama Kishou) replaces Takahashi Naozomi as THE male seiyuu act of Animelo. They brought with them some pretty heavy J-Rock which is a welcome change. While Takahashi Naozomi is by no means a bad performer, one has to admit that one thing Animelo doesn’t lack are feminine acts.
* Suara sang the only slow song for the night. Her performance is still so perfect.
* Kuribayashi Minami covered up even more parts of her body this year, even though she’s still wearing a really skimpy skirt. I guess the organisers still think she’s wearing too little?
* Minorin got a big share this year, performing 3 (4 if you count Contact which IMO isn’t really a song) solo pieces.
* Minorin Makkun Rondo Revolution duet! But they sang it to the inferior Makkun tribute album remix of the song, so last year’s Nana-chan/Makkun duet is still the one to top.
* Nana-chan’s super-awesome Dancing in the Velvet Moon performance complete with sexy costume. Every year she still simply OWNS the show as she bursts onto the stage.
* The last piece is Eternal Blaze, ZOMG it’s a Nana-chan/Arika (Ali Project) duet! They kept their promise!
* Mic volume level problems during the final 3 group songs. Hope its just a live-mixing problem such that they can fix it for the DVD release.
One more day to go!
August 31st, 2008 at 03:08
I want to hear more about Ali project Can you go into more detail?please!!!!
August 31st, 2008 at 09:16
OM EM GEE
btw Nanachan blog has pix of costumes :x
August 31st, 2008 at 09:21
I can do one better.
http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h51/dodgethis_sg/P1010982.jpg
http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h51/dodgethis_sg/P1010983.jpg
How do the Japanese do the light stick waving and jumping for four and a half hours and still have the energy at the end to chant encore for ten minute?
I really enjoyed myself yesterday. Highlight for me would be Akino. I was almost in tears hearing her start of with Genesis of Aquarion, the english version.
August 31st, 2008 at 09:25
And I have to say this about Gran Rodeo. It’s the Rolling Stones, baaabeeeeeeeee.
August 31st, 2008 at 14:53
aww yet another concert which i cannot attend because i am not living in japan. have to wait for the dvd.
one day, i am going to see one of these concerts live.
September 1st, 2008 at 00:25
Well, I’m not from Japan and I just came back from day two of the concert. It’s all about how much you want to watch it.
September 1st, 2008 at 21:44
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September 2nd, 2008 at 01:46
>Suara sang the only slow song for the night.
CooRie also did a ballad (存在)
>>dodgethis
OMG sneak shots?!
>How do the Japanese do the light stick waving and jumping for four and a half hours and still have the energy at the end to chant encore for ten minute?
My personal experience: keep going to this kind of concerts and your physical fitness will improve a lot XD
>Well, I’m not from Japan and I just came back from day two of the concert. It’s all about how much you want to watch it.
Me too. w
I went to day 1 only though
September 2nd, 2008 at 23:25
I love melon stick wave. <3
@ dodgethis:
that was my first big concert and I managed to do that too. It was the excitement that gives u power. After the show my body felt like just got hit by a truck though.
September 3rd, 2008 at 18:05
I actually have more pictures from the second day, after the encore when they went around the stage waving to everyone. My seat on that day gave me a much better position to take pictures. I am in the process of uploading them.
September 3rd, 2008 at 21:42
>dodgethis
Do you have anymore pictures from saturday?
September 4th, 2008 at 01:18
Nah, the rest of the time I was too busy doing what everyone else was doing. So I only got pictures at the end.
September 4th, 2008 at 01:58
>dodgethis
Can you tell me what kind of costumes ali project wore this year? Did they do well?
November 13th, 2008 at 21:20
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November 22nd, 2008 at 10:36
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January 1st, 2009 at 09:40
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April 26th, 2009 at 14:03
Awww, Alika-san made mistakes on Eternal Blaze… LOL… but seeing them dueting again is really fun.. :)