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Epic duets are epic

Posted by houkoholic on Thursday, November 29th, 2007 at 20:09

These should be enough to convince some of you to buy the Animelo Summer 2007 DVD.

“Rondo - Revolution” - Okui Masami and Mizuki Nana
“Revolutionary Girl Utena” OP - Original vocal by Okui Masami

“Seishoujou Ryouiki” - Takarano Arika (ALI Project) and Mizuki Nana
“Rozen Maiden Traümend” OP - Original vocal by ALI Project

Animelo Summer Live 2007 DVD - the short review

Posted by sent on Thursday, November 29th, 2007 at 00:40

Let’s get the bad bits out of the way first:

The video is bad, as in “zomg I see pixels”. Packaging leaves much to be desired as well for the full price. But get over it.

The sound is still linear PCM Stereo. OK, not 5.1, but the mixing is good and consequently the awesome songs are still awesome.

Rewatching all the songs, the awesome feeling is still there.

Multi-angle for the duets and last encore is epic win. They’ve finally discovered the DVD spec.generation-a2.jpg

Must see acts: Suara, Jyukai, Nana (of course), all the duets, JAM Project, move, Takahashi Youko, Okui Masami. (Actually it’s really hard to leave people out of this list.)

Skippable: Bouken Desho Desho ~ Punk Desho version.

Major disappointment: They took out Dekaranger.

Verdict: Buy (Better with discount)

Link: Amazon.jp / CD Japan

Mizuki Nana’s new album ranks second on Oricon

Posted by houkoholic on Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 at 19:45

Mainichi JP had broke the news - Nana-chan’s sixth album “Great Activity” ranked second on the Oricon Weekly Charts, bested her previous third ranking setted by her previous album “Hybrid Universe” and created a new record for the highest seiyuu album ranking on the Oricon Weekly Charts. While the official numbers aren’t out yet, I’d guess that the album must have sold around 28-30k copies in total (it sold 15k on the first two days before slowing down during the weekend). Congratulations to Nana-chan, and this is just yet more prove that she’s the top seiyuu artists out there at the moment, as no ones else is even coming close to the numbers she is selling - as she is selling almost double triple the amount of albums to her closest rivals.

As for the album itself, it’s a very solid album. It’s got good variety - a quality which I always value very highly - even though I may not necessarily agree with the genre of the songs they were mingling with. Though as always Nana-chan shows her incredibly singing ability and was able to handle anything that was thrown at her, and I’m most surprised by her dabbling into popular mainstream Japanese-style R&B music in Promise on Christmas. Although personally I have a deep loathing of any sort of Christmas love songs, but if I just switch off my Japanese part of the brain I can at least enjoy the vocals. I also really like the two other ballads in the album - ラストシーン (Last Scene) and Sing Forever. Others like Nostalogia and Chronical of Sky are not bad too. In general, it seems to me that the trademark hard-beat high tempo Nana songs had taken a backseat for once and the mellower songs were the highlights of this album - in contrary to the energetic title of the album - which makes this album much less instantly impressionable than the previous album “Hybrid Universe”. I personally applause that they carry over their willingness to experiment and change from “Hybrid Universe” onto this album, as even Elements Garden is losing a bit of their magic in Orchestral Fantasia, which did not live up to their previous offerings like Eternal Blaze, Justice to Believe etc., and don’t even get me started on Yabuki’s involvement in “Great Activity” again.

Also for those interested in album, do yourself a favour and pick up the first press edition with the DVD, the digest of Nana Summer Festa is well worth the little extra.

EDIT: Oricon news indicates that Great Activity sold 43k, looks like I’m off too, but in a good way.

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Mizuki Nana - Orchestral Fantasia PV

Posted by houkoholic on Thursday, November 1st, 2007 at 20:51

Fresh out the gates - starting today at 7pm Tokyo time, Kingrecord’s web radio portal “Oh! sama” is running a limited time, one day only, streaming of the full PV for Nana-chan’s new song “Orchestral Fantasia” with all the usual locks and limitations. But since this is the age of Internetz 2.0 so naturally all videos gets archived at you-know-where. Enough rambling, video below.

“Orchestral Fantasia” will be the November theme song for Nippon Television’s mainstream music varity program “Ongaku Senshi Music Fighter“.

Mizuki Nana’s new album title announced

Posted by houkoholic on Friday, September 28th, 2007 at 05:41

An update to Nana-chan’s official webpage has revealed the title of her long-awaited 6th original album, currently scheduled for a November 14th release. Named “Great Activity”, the titles of two new tracks on the CD were also released - “Orchestral Fantasia” and “Nostalgia”. “Orchestral Fantasia” instantly got my attention, since it’s a song by Agematsu Noriyasu of Elements Garden (Eternal Blaze, Brave Phoneix, Heart-shaped Chant, Pray etc), and having been so addicted to Heart-shaped Chant’s beautiful composition, I really hope the title reflects the style of the song. “Nostalgia” is written by an unfamiliar name - TLUST, might be a sign of something new from Nana-chan.

Also from Nana-chan’s blog, on the entry of the 26th she mentioned that she’s in the process of making her “third child” - this is of course referring to her writing her third song (first being Super Generation and second being Violetta). I liked Super Generation, but wasn’t particularly impressed with Violetta, so thus far it’s been a hit and miss with me for her own music. Let’s see whether she’s gotten better at this game or not.

This should be an interesting album.

Animelo Summer Live 2007 DVD out in November

Posted by sent on Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 at 18:00

Ah you’ve all been waiting for this, including me. Yes, the Animelo Summer Live 2007 DVD will be released this November. It’s a bit pricey at 8,900 yen but you do get three discs and there’s a good chance they’ll get it right this time. It’s still cheaper that last year’s debacle that’s for sure.

Anipara happened to do a quick recap of the event which I’ve embedded below. Enjoy!

We are Generation-A

Posted by sent on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 at 18:44

Getting tickets to Animelo 2007 proved to be a much more difficult task than last year. With none of the fan clubs getting any allocation and the tickets in general moving to a tiered pricing system, competition was hot at the ticket box and internet sales. So auctions it was, but I must say it was a great score bettering the great tickets we got for the first Animelo.

They're going in!

This was the second time at Budokan and I hope the last. While Budokan has a cozy atmosphere almost akin to a live house, Animelo really demands a bigger venue. As usual the place was packed by the time we got there and the goods this year looked pretty enticing. I ended up getting a t-shirt since I didn’t have enough cash for the suede hat they had.

The usual rabble outside. Oh look, flower stands.

Things were looking up after getting inside. This year’s stage setup had a centre extension out into the arena. They also retained most of the side stages although there were not as long as last years. The arena people would definitely get a good show. Sure, we weren’t able to see what was going on from in front, but I think we were in for a much better treat. Now on with the show!

Possibly the best seats in the house.

After a short introduction where all the artists were plugged accompanied by some dazzling lights and graphics, Okui Masami burst on to the stage with 「輪舞-revolution」 (Rinbu revolution). And wait she’s singing duet with someone, who is it? It’s Mizuki Nana! Rinbu was already a great song and in duet form with Makkun and Nana-chan live, it was a phenomenal opening number.

A short MC followed with Makkun and Nana talking about how great it was to be doing Animelo again, stuff about the duet… to be honest I don’t remember much of it clearly since I was still reeling from the how fantastic the opening was. Nana then made to leave the stage and as we hoped started heading in our direction. We called out to her but she headed straight down the stairs and our attention turned back to Okui Masami at centre stage.

Makkun then performed her set, 「-w-」 and 「空にかける橋」 (Sora ni kakeru Hashi) from Tales of Eternia. Okui Masami has really come a long way, establishing her own independent label and becoming just an excellent live artist. She definitely seemed at ease and in her own element at Animelo.

Next up was Momoi Halko with her set, 「Romantic Summer」and 「WONDER MOMO-i」. I’ll admit I’m not a Momoi fan but as a live artist she is pretty damn good and the crowd really ate it all up. She was singing with her famous dempa style and doing a great job. Recently at houkoholic’s suggestion, I’ve listened to her cover album, which is actually pretty good. Her cover of 「ゆずれない願い」 and 「God knows…」 is damn good and I kind of wished she would sing like that more often. Unfortunately Momoi left the stage on the other side so we didn’t get to wave at her.

Some violinists had been gathering at the stairs during Momoi’s performance and there had been some speculation who would be appearing next. As we’d hoped Chihara Minori entered the stage from the centre lift to perform 「 純白サンクチュアリィ」(Junpaku Sanctuary) and 「君がくれたあの日」(Kimi ga Kureta Ano Hi). Her performance on 「Junpaku Century」 seemed a bit weak but Minorin picked it up for an excellent 「Kimi ga Kureta Ano Hi」. We had been expecting to hear this one live and it was a complete thrill to hear it performed flawlessly.

Minorin then introduced the next act, Cy-Rim rev. The lead singer ,miru, came out with this lightsaber of a microphone stand. There was a short bit of banter with Minorin who pointed out that miru’s glasses didn’t have lenses in them. Cy-Rim rev. then performed 「恋のDice☆教えて」(Koi no Dice Oshiete). I had never heard this song before but they did a pretty good job of it.

After that, the stage stayed dark as the long intro for the next song was played. It was Takarano Arika of ALI PROJECT and Nana(!) singing the Rozen Maiden Träumend opening theme 「聖少女領域」 (Seishoujou Ryouiki). It was an awesome duet topped off with complementing goth outfits, Arika in white and Nana in black.

Another short MC followed with Nana-chan saying it was a great experience singing one of ALI PROJECT’s song in a duet, and Arika said that she would like to sing one of Nana-chan’s songs and perhaps next time they can sing one together, and the crowd errupted into an enourmous cheer. Nana-chan followed the crowd’s reaction turning it into something of a promise. So maybe we will get to hear them singing together at the next Animelo.

Next up was Takahashi Naozumi. While I’m not particularly interested in his songs, there’s no denying he’s a great performer. He did his set of 「てのひら」(Tenohira) and 「君に会えてよかった」 (Kimi ni Aete Yokatta) with a great gusto, though to be honest I think his selection last year was more interesting, at least for me.

Kuribayashi Minami came out next with 「Yell!」 the ending theme Super Robot Wars OG and 「翼はPleasure Line」 (Tsubasa wa Pleasure Line) the opening for Chrno Crusade. The crowd loved this and made me regret for the second time that I hadn’t gotten around to watching it.

Suara then took the stage as we waved excitedly at Minami as she went passed us. While I had heard 「夢想歌」 (Musouka) a few times, it left a fairly ordinary impression. However, live, was another story as Suara earned plenty of respect, especially when she sang 「キミガタメ」 (Kimigatame) and really nailed the performance. It was something to behold.

Following Suara was Oumi Tomoe. Tomoe made her first appearance at the first Animelo back in 2005. She’s actually signed on to Makkun’s label and Makkun produced her first single. She performed 「Float~空の彼方で~」 (Float ~ Sora no Kanate e ~) the ending theme for SoltyRei which incidentally she was cast as a seiyuu. Tomoe then sang a cover of 「ロックリバーへ」 (Rock river e) which was cute. She seemed to have quite a few fans in the crowd judging by the reaction she got and overall she’s not bad.

Next up was the duet with Kuribayashi Minami and Momoi Halko. Momoi was dressed in her famous school uniform brandishing her keytar. Minami also wore a school uniform as they sang 「うしろゆびさされ組」(Ushiro Yubi Sasaregumi) which is actually by a unit of the same name made up of two Onyanko Club members, Takai Mamiko and Iwai Yukiko (Yuuyu). I didn’t really know the song but it was cute and prompt some back stage antics from m.o.v.e rapper, motsu.

While Minami and Momoi were on stage, I noticed the m.o.v.e guys had come out to check out the stage as they were coming up next. motsu was already getting in the mood pumping his hand in the hard, then he started mimicking the girls dancing on stage while t-kimura checked over his 6 keyboard setup. It looked like they were getting pretty hyper and they didn’t disappoint!

The m.o.v.e set was one of the high points of the concert. I hadn’t seen them live before but, damn, they were good. yuri is just as good live as in the studio and motsu is just crazy hyper. Whatever’s he’s on, I want it. How t-kimura could keep playing without missing a beat while motsu destroyed his keyboard stands is still amazing. They performed their new single 「Systematic Fantasy」 and then rocked the house with 「Gamble Rumble」 from Initial D: Third Stage. Awesome? You betcha.

The first of the special guests, Yabeno Hikomaru (Denchu) & Kotohime (MOMOEIKA), were up next with 「レッツゴー!陰陽師」 (Let’s Go! Onmyouji). You might have seen the video clip before on niconico douga or youtube and it’s just as funny live. The audience really got into too, singing along with the chorus.

Then it was Psychic Lover with the Dekaranger theme song 「特捜戦隊デカレンジャー」(Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger) and 「XTC」 the Witchblade opening. They guys had great energy and worked the crowd really well. Everyone was singing along with the Dekaranger theme song.

Jyukai then took the stage with a change of pace that was just perfect. Manami’s live rendition of the Fate/stay night ending 「あなたがいた森」(Anata ga ita Mori) was something to behold. But she was not done yet as she then topped that with an awesome performance of 「咲かせてはいけない花」 (Sakasete wa Ikenai Hana) which I hadn’t heard before but I really want now.

With a smoke filled entrance and men dancing in drag, ALI PROJECT returned with one of the songs we’d been waiting to hear all night. The Code Geass ending theme 「勇侠青春謳」 (Yuukyou Seishunka). At this point I’m starting to run out of synonyms for “awesome” but it was simply that. 「暗黒天国」 (Ankoku Tengoku) and 「跪いて足をお嘗め」 (Hizamazuite Ashi o Oname) were great as well but Yuukyou Seishunka took the cake.

Then something unexpected happened. A familiar opening started playing. It was 「魂のルフラン」 (Tamashii no Refrain) and Takahashi Youko appeared. The crowd too hadn’t expected this but immediately started cheering. Takahashi Youko went on to complete what turned out to be a medley with 「残酷な天使のテーゼ」 (Zankoku na Tenshi no These). I knew I always thought she was an awesome vocalist and to finally hear her live is just mind-blowing. I was a little surprised that she immediately and quickly left the stage as soon as she finished. I guess her duties for the Eva hype machine were done.

Next was the last of the special guests. There were some technical difficulties with her guitarist unable to get sound and she’d been standing there in the dark for a while. I was tempted to call out to her but I wasn’t sure. But no one else is that thin, so it had to be, and it was Hirano Aya. I’ll be honest, it took me a good 30 seconds and houkoholic yelling the song name at me before I realised it was a heavily mangled grunge remix of 「冒険でしょでしょ?」 (Bouken Desho Desho?). Unfortunately, this was not a good mix. The new electric guitar heavy version doesn’t suit what is now a famous anime-pop theme at all. Aya was practically shouting most of the song and the crowd didn’t know what was going on at the time. No one could really get into since this version hasn’t had the exposure of the original and definitely not as catchy. Poor Aya-chan, between bad remixes and technical difficulties, nothing seems to put her in a good light for live performances and this doesn’t come close to living up to Episode 11 「God knows…」and 「Lost my music」 awesomeness even though that was faux live.

But not to be derailed, JAM Project stormed on stage next with three crowd-busting songs in the form of 「Break Out」 (the SRWOG anime opening theme), 「VICTORY」(SRWMX PS2 opening theme) and, of course, 「SKILL」. JAM Project is truly one of the best live acts. There’s just so much energy when they take the stage. 「SKILL」 is pretty much something they have to sing every time as the audience is completely swept up in it. This time is was super long extended with the “I can fly” chorus with the audience joining in lasting for a good 3 minutes on its own. Their set was fantastic, especially since houkoholic called out to Fukuyama-san while he was waiting to go on stage. He kept coming back over to our section of the stage because our entire section was going crazy. With the crowd all pumped again, it was time for our favourite act of the night.

Nana-chan returned to the stage with 「Justice to Believe」and 「Secret Ambition」and the energy just hit the roof. 「Secret Ambition」 was totally expected as it’s the Nanoha StrikerS opening and hearing it live for the second time raises it’s enjoyment immensely. There was a short MC next where Nana-chan announced she was going to sing something live for the first time. When she mentioned it was from a PS2 game, we were already cheering. And then she revealed it was Shining Wind and we knew it was the song we’d been hoping to hear her sing live, 「Heart-shaped chant」. I pretty much lost it at this point. 「Heart shaped-chant」 is already an awesome song that really shows off Nana’s vocal ability. Hearing it performed live, well, it’s beyond words. Everything melted together at that point and I was transported to a sea of swaying lights as Animelo reached it’s climax.

Makkun joined Nana on stage and called out the artists for the final song, Animelo Summer Live 2007’s theme song, 「Generation-A」. On it’s own 「Generation-A」 is fairly plain and I’m thinking last year’s theme song, 「OUTRIDE」, is still a better song. But what made it on the night was when motsu from m.o.v.e started rapping in the middle of the song and suddenly it leapt from being ordinary to something I really wanted. It’s too bad that I’ll have to wait for the DVD to get it since I don’t think they’ll be clued in enough to re-release the single with the live version on it.

After that they waved to everyone and started leaving the stage with all of them heading towards our stage exit. Of course, we didn’t let this opportunity slip by and called out to everyone who we could remember the names of. And this time, Nana-chan finally turned and acknowledged us with a wave.

Of course, it wasn’t over yet. With the lights still dimmed, the requisite 「An-ko-re」 (encore) chanting started. It was probably a good 5 minutes before everyone returned to the stage for last year’s theme 「OUTRIDE」. The rest of the band members were then called out and everyone was introduced. Then each artist got to say their thank yous and a short comment to the audience before they finished with 「Generation-A」 one more time. motsu once again rapping to the beat and getting the crowd involved this time with “Everybody say Ho~oh!”. A grand finale with a shower of silver streamers and ticker tape. All the artists took a tour of the stage to wave to all sections of the audience and for the second time everyone left using our stage exit and so we called and waved to everyone again picking a few more names missed the first time around. And then it was over.

This year’s Animelo was such a rush. An unforgettable experience, with many, many awesome moments. Last year’s DVD was a bit of a mess but there’s no doubt that I want this year’s on DVD. Here’s hoping for a 5.1 soundtrack. There were certainly enough mics setup for it! Maybe even HD! (OK, I’m getting carried away.)

For more pics go to seiyunews.com. I’d steal his pics but hey.

Nana Summer Festa 2007

Posted by houkoholic on Monday, July 23rd, 2007 at 05:20

Ever since the first summer tour back in 2003, it’s became a tradition that Mizuki Nana will hold a live tour during summer. It came as a shock to Nana devotees that nothing was announced for the year 2007, as in many ways 2007 is a special year to Nana-chan due to all the 7-related ties (Note: “nana” is a reading for the number seven in Japanese, this year is 2007 which is the year of nana, which also happens to mark Nana-chan’s seventh year as a singer since her official debute). Fans waited, months came and went, and finally just mere weeks ago, they announced that they will hold an event titled “Nana Summer Festa 2007″ at Zepp Tokyo, and the cruncher was that there was only going to be one session. One session? After the massive turn outs of the other concerts - the latest “Live Museum” with 12,000 people at Yokohama Arena for one session - trying to cram addicted fans hungry for Nana’s summer appearance into a venue that holds no more than 2000, in this special year no less? How could they? Shortly after they made another announcement that there would now be two sessions - a morning one and an afternoon one, probably because they don’t want angry mobs to gather outside the King Records building. Either way, it reeks of a hastily put together event, so even though I had good tickets in hand (269 out of 2000) for the afternoon session I still had to brace for the worst.

Thankfully, the event itself turned out quite alright, but then again you really can’t go wrong if you just give Nana-chan a mic, a decent sound setup and let her sing her heart out. On top of that, since they ran a poll on what songs the fans wanted to hear Nana-chan sing and did a top 10 countdown style event, only the best of the fan favourites are left. The top 10 fan-voted favourites are:

10. You have a dream
9. suddenly ~meguriaete~
8. New Sensation
7. Super Generation
6. Tears’ Night
5. Heart-shaped Chant
4. Crystal Letter
3. Eternal Blaze
2. Powergate
1. Innocent starter

Apparently only one vote separated first and second place. As I voted Heart-shaped Chant myself, it was great to see the song ranked high on the list when the song is fairly recent.

Donned in costumes from her previous concerts (including the fan favourite pink maid outfit), Nana-chan sang the songs in her usual top-quality performance. Short video clips of the number 11 to 50 songs take from various concerts, PVs and events where played on the projector when Nana-chan had to go change. Having been Nana-chan’s fan since her debuting album, there’s lots of nostalogia there watching those songs being played on the projector screen. A bit of trivia was revealed here that Nana-chan is close to having 100 songs under her personal name (no covers and no character songs), fans cheered loudly at the mention of this piece of trivia. Also another bit of interesting scene was that when they originally ran the poll without mention that the songs had to be from Nana-chan’s personal repetoire, and fans flooded in with other requests. The top 3 songs weren’t really a surprise - “God Knows…” by Hirano Aya (would’ve love to hear Nana-chan belt this song live), “Hoshizora no Spica” by Tamura Yukari (fans are all dying to hear Nana-chan cover one of the Yukarin Nanoha songs), and “Love Destiny” by Horie Yui. Other familiar titles like “Little Wish ~lyrical step”, “Sousei no Aquarion” and “Zankoku Tenshi no Teeze” also came up.

Besides the fan voted top 10, two more top 5 countdowns were also done - Top 5 Character Songs and Top 5 Enka, both chosen by Nana-chan herself. The character songs were:

5. Ouji-sama to Amai Hoshi (Aria, Sister Princess)
4. Drive away dream (Seizawa Kaho, Natsuiro no Sunatokei)
3. Tsubasa (Fate Testarossa, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A’s)
2. Hana, Hoshi, Sora (Tamamura Tamao, Shaman King)
1. New Frontier (Suzuki Nana, Shichnin no Nana)

I’m not a knowledgable in Enka so I didn’t remember much about those. Though some really interesting scrolling text did come up explaining her connection with these enka songs. A majority of them where songs which won Nana-chan grand prizes at various singing contests, and the number 1 song was one which won her the chance to come up to Tokyo to become a singer when she was still a junior high school student.

Although Nana-chan didn’t perform any of these songs on the spot, they did show video clips of her singing them at a karaoke, which is fascinating to watch in a way (though cheap). But in the end fan chanting got Nana-chan to perform a verse from her number one enka song list. Totally unplugged, it was really something to hear just how powerful her vocal cords are which puts many artists to shame.

After the countdowns, special guest Fukuen Misato, Nana-chan’s co-host for her radio program “Mizuki Nana’s Smile Gang” came on stage and they did a live stood-up of the program. Not being a regular listener to radio programs in general it was interesting enough. Then, two more special guest - guitarist Kitajima “Kenny” Kenji and keyboard player Oohira “Tom-kun” Tsutomu from Nana-chan’s band Cherry Boys came on for more accoustic goodness, performing “Piasu” (Pierce) and “Hoshizora to Tsuki to Hanabi no Shita”. And finally to round off the event, Nana-chan revealed for the very first time the eagerly anticipated second opening theme song to Nanoha StrikerS “Massive Wonders”. After the final performance it was time to plug the upcoming single for “Massive Wonders”, and Nana dropped another bit of juicy information that the single will also contain a Nanoha insert song titled “Pray”, which apparently will be played during a shocking scene in the series. It’s all very calculated and within expectation as King Records’ plans for the Nanoha franchise reads like an open book, but still it is something to look forward to.

Finally it was the “one last thing”, the final big annoucement was that Nana-chan will be holding a winter tour of 7 sessions which spreads across December 2007 and January 2008. Titled “Live Formula”, the sessions to look out for would be the countdown live at Grand Cube Osaka and the huge session at Saitama Super Arena - which holds anywhere from 12,500 to 22,500 people depending on the setup. Even at minimum capacity this will break the record 12,000 set with Live Museum at Yokohama Arena earlier this year, and I’m sure that’s what they’re going for in answer to my earlier question of where Nana-chan could go on to concert wise.

I guess this is the news that’s suppose to make up for the lack of the summer tour and this good but comparatively lackluster Summer Festa.

Animelo Summer Live 2007 Set List

Posted by sent on Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 at 09:16

Yeah, I’m almost done. Here’s the set list first. It’s a long one.

  • ~Opening~
  • 01 Rinbu-revolution / Okui Masami, Mizuki Nana
  • ~MC~
  • 02 -w- / Okui Masami
  • 03 Sora ni kakeru hashi / Okui Masami
  • 04 Romantic summer / Momoi Halko
  • 05 WONDER MOMO-i / Momoi Halko
  • 06 Junpaku Sanctuary / Chihara Minori
  • 07 Kimi ga Kureta Ano Hi / Chihara Minori
  • 08 Koi no Dice Oshiete / Cy-Rim rev.
  • 09 Seishoujou Ryouiki / Takarano Arika, Mizuki Nana
  • ~MC~
  • 10 Tenohira / Takahashi Naozumi
  • 11 Kimi ni Aete Yokatta / Takahashi Naozumi
  • 12 Yell! / Kuribayashi Minami
  • 13 Tsubasa wa Pleasure Line / Kuribayashi Minami
  • 14 Musouka / Suara
  • 15 Kimigatame / Suara
  • 16 Float~Sora no Kanata e~/ Oumi Tomoe
  • 17 Rock River e / Oumi Tomoe
  • 18 Ushiroyubisasaregumi / Kuribayashi Minami, Momoi Halko
  • ~MC~
  • 19 Systematic Fantasy / m.o.v.e
  • 20 Gamble Rumble / m.o.v.e
  • 21 Let’s Go! Onmyouji / Yabeno Hikomaru (Denchu) & Kotohime (MOMOEIKA) with Bouzu Dancers
  • 22 Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger / PSYCHIC LOVER
  • 23 XTC / PSYCHIC LOVER
  • 24 Anata ga ita Mori / Jyukai
  • 25 Sakasete wa Ikenai Hana / Jyukai
  • 26 Yuukyou Seishunka / ALI PROJECT
  • 27 Ankoku Tengoku / ALI PROJECT
  • 28 Hizamazuite Ashi o Oname / ALI PROJECT
  • 29 Tamashii no Refrain, Zankoku na Tenshi no These / Takahashi Youko
  • 30 Bouken Desho Desho? / Hirano Aya
  • 31 Break Out / JAM Project
  • 32 VICTORY / JAM Project
  • 33 SKILL / JAM Project
  • 34 Justice to Believe / Mizuki Nana
  • 35 SECRET AMBITION / Mizuki Nana
  • ~MC~
  • 36 Heart-shaped chant / Mizuki Nana
  • 37 Generation-A
  • ~Encore~
  • EN-1 OUTRIDE
  • EN-2 Generation-A / All artists and band members

Animelo Summer Live 2007 Generation-A

Posted by seiyuu3 on Saturday, July 7th, 2007 at 23:54

sent: This has got to be the best concert I’ve been to ever.

houkoholic: usually you don’t see us here at seiyuu3 fanboying much, but allow me to do it just this once - this concert is f-ing beyond awesome, and easily the best Animelo thus far.

For me personally, the “zomg that is freaking AWESOME!!!!” highlights were:

  • Makkun and Nana-chan kicks off the concert with a “Rinbu - Revolution” duet
  • Minorin’s flawless performance of “Kimi ga Kureta Anohi”
  • Ali Project and Nana-chan, in full matching black and white goth costume, singing Rozen Maiden Traumend’s “Seishoujo Ryouiki”
  • Suara’s beyond CD quality performance of the two Utawarerumo songs
  • Jyukai’s also beyond CD quality performance of the Fate/Stay Night ending theme
  • Super-special-secret guest - Takahashi Yoko’s EVA medley!
  • JAM Project’s “Skill” never fails to get everyone on our feet and yell till we all lose our voice
  • Nana-chan sang “Heart-shaped Chant” and floored the entire audience

sent: Well that pretty much covers it. XD

Rather than repeating all that, I’ll only add that m.o.v.e. were surprisingly awesome and kicking with “Gamble Rumble” and I crave to hear any of the Fourth Stage songs live.

stage_exit.jpgCheck out the freaking awesome seats we got. That, my friends, is the stage entrance/exit staircase. That’s right we had front row seats next to the entrance/exit and you betcha we were in shouting distance of all the artists entering and exiting the stage. I can tell you we got more than our fair share of waves from Minorin, Nana-chan, Makkun, Kuribayashi Minami and many others.

houkoholic: We got waves from everyone when we called their name as they exit, and that is not a lie. >:) I called out to Fukuyama and Endo from JAM Project as they entered stage and went crazy with calls, they loved our enthusiasm and kept coming back to wave at us even during their performance.

sent: Yayz Nana-chan, Minorin, JAM Project O(≧∇≦)O イエイ!! Freaking awesome.

We had full view on all the backstage antics including m.o.v.e’s motsu getting down with the dancers when Kuribayashi Minami and Momoi Haruko were singing a moe song on stage. XD

Anyway, full report to come later once the set list is in order. We’ll give you guys a song by song breakdown.

Must. buy. DVD.


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