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NHK’s annual new year’s eve 4 ½ hour countdown extravaganza is just a few days away and I trust Mizuki Nana’s appearance this year will pull in the otaku crowd, most of whom probably never even thought of watching it before. I have been watching it every 31st December for the last 10 years, even though it’s mostly terribly cheesy entertainment with very little musical merit on display – I keep coming back, and I can’t explain why.

I’m sure there’s a lot of first-timers with regards to Kohaku so I’ll do a long-winded, down-and-dirty guide to get you up to speed with the whole event. Perhaps you might find it useful when trying to explain to your mom why you’re watching 5 hours of middle-aged ojisan and obasan wailing as if they’re constipating.

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I think I wasted most of my breath on raving about MURAMASA☆ this week so you know I think something is awful if the review is only one line long. Also doesn’t help that there a lot of high-profile Jpop releases out at the same time…
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Next in my series of 2007 lists is video game songs, though it could almost be called ‘Top Ten Eroge Songs’ instead.

Hardly anybody outside of Japan plays Japanese games, therefore hardly anybody outside of Japan knows how good Japanese game songs can be. Funnily enough I don’t hold much interest in J-games myself either, apart from the odd yuri visual novel (stuff like the Sono Hanabira Kuchizuke o series).

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05 December 2007
Looks like another bland week again – no big anime CD releases. Ho-hum.

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28 November 2007
This week’s not too bad in terms of releases as the anime record labels (Lantis/Starchild) take a breather. I’m actually more interested in the fact that Mizuki Nana’s announced a new as-yet-untitled single scheduled for release on 6th February 2008 (My…God…that’s so far away), I wonder what sort of tie-up it might be for. Moving on~~~

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21 November 2007
When it rains it pours….. Curse you record labels for making me listen to so much stuff this week! Which means another round of speed listening -_- I never thought I’d have a week as busy as the last week of last month but I’m proven wrong.

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14 November 2007
There’s not much Jpop out this week actually, and Mizuki Nana has taken up most of my time. Though I’m constantly being reminded that Christmas is just ’round the corner with a bunch of bad Japanese Xmas songs…..

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