Random Update
Just showing signs of life. Dunno if I’m gonna get round to acquiring/uploading the Emma raw this week - have exams on Wednesday and Thursday. As usual, self-imposed anime ban ^^; Thankfully I can only study when there’s noise on in the background (otherwise my bed looks oh so inviting) so my music/radio hobbies don’t suffer. The rain has also been good I guess. Prevents me from watching the French Open and the cricket…..
Some other random bits and pieces:
1. BACCANO! cast announced
I hadn’t really been thinking of watching this anime (starts in July), but the cast list somewhat piques my interest. My two favourite Kobayashis (Sanae & Yu), Onosaka Masaya, Saito Chiwa etc. Romanizing the names was a rather amusing exercise, I’m sure I got at least half of them wrong….
Yoshino Hiroyuki - Filo Procenzo (フィーロ・プロシェンツォ)
Aoki Sayaka - Milia Harvent (ミリア・ハーヴェント)
Arimoto Kinryuu -Cerrad Quetz (セラード・クェーツ)
Kobayashi Sanae - Ennis (エニス)
Kobayashi Yu - Nice Holystone (ニース・ホーリーストーン)
Miyamoto Mitsuru - Maizer Avarro (マイザー・アヴァーロ)
Morita Masakazu - Crea Stanford (クレア・スタンフィールド)
Onosaka Masaya - Isaac Dian (アイザック・ディアン)
Saito Chiwa - Carol (キャロル)
Sakaguchi Daisuke - Jacuzzi Sprott (ジャグジー・スプロット)
Wakamoto Norio - Gustave St. Germain (ギュスターヴ・サンジェルマン)
2. New Nagasarete Airantou ED
By Horie Yui again, called Koisuru Tenkizu (恋する天気図) - single out 18th August. Wonder what Hocchan’s next project will be, now that Aice5’s dissolution has been confirmed. Hopefully an album, though she still has that Kurobara Hozonkai DVD single due out at this summer’s Comic Market.
3. Tetsudo Musume Character CDs
I haven’t a clue what Tetsudo Musume really is, I’m not into trading figures (too expensive). The site seems to tell me that it’s a collection of figures (all female, unsurprisingly) dressed in railroad/train-related clothing (conductors etc). They have thin arms and elephant legs ¬_¬ I’ve never understood all this obsession with maids etc. What’s so sexy about train conductors anyway?
Er I digress. Character CDs - three volumes announced so far, all released on 26th June;
Vol. 1 - Kurahashi Minami (Hirano Aya)
Vol. 2 - Kuji Alice (Fujimura Ayumi)
Vol. 3 - Takano Miyuki (Matsuki Miyu)
4. Other random release news
i) Polyphonica Character Vocal Album (25th July)
- Makes me happy, cos Mizuki Nana & Satou Rina are on it ^_^
ii) Motteke! Sailor Fuku remix single (8th August)
- Oh dear. Milking the otaku crowd now, are we?
iii) New Nogawa Sakura album (1st August)
iv) New Idolmaster XENOGLOSSIA OP (8th August)
- Singer unknown.
v) New Nonaka Ai single (8th August)
vi) New Misato Aki album? (8th August)
vii) Love☆Sensation (らぶ☆センセイション) (17th August)
- 2 separate new versions (Negi/Asuna & Konoka/Setsuna) of a rubbish song. Are Negima fans still that gullible? There’s some cast commentary and PV extras included on both CDs.
Rumours abound of a new Nanoha StrikerS ending…. I wouldn’t hold my breath for a new opening though, Nana-chan has a pretty dire record of about 2 singles released every year since her debut.
Anispa
Don’t normally listen unless there’s guests on that I’m interested in - and the last two weeks saw line-ups of Ito Shizuka and Kobayashi Yu so I just had to tune in. Shizuka-sama was mainly there to talk about El Cazador, but there was a free talk session about some of her ‘incidences’ with close friends Ueda Kana and Nabatame Hitomi spilling the beans.
There were the usual drunken episodes - Shizuka accidentally doing a jumping knee move on a stranger, thinking he was a friend; making someone else’s nose bleed in a separate, but similar kneeing incident etc. Naba and Kana both accused Shizuka of sexual harassment - (common knowledge maybe) Kana said Shizuka probably knows the size and shape of every female seiyuu’s boobs (Oppai Ranking!), groping everyone instead of greeting them ^^;; Naba said she was used to being groped by now………. Host Asano Masumi was already one of Shizuka’s victims, and she let Masumin return the favour (but warned her that there was a lot of padding). They both agreed that groping Nabatame was no fun though, cos she shows no reaction whatsoever ^^;
Kobayashi Yu appeared on the show last Saturday to promote her first single Sora no Kotoba (Saint October ED2) out this Wednesday. She was her usual overly formal and polite self, and as usual they played on her lack of drawing skills. The picture below is her portrait of host Washizaki Takeshi.
Asano Masumi’s comment: 男性器だよね？ (Aren’t those male genitals?) Of course, this made Yu-tan all flustered. For one thing, her parents were listening to the show (AGAIN). She didn’t mention that at first, but when she did after a while - Masumin was embarassed and began apologising profusely (Aa!!! Otosan, okasan, gomen nasai!!!), I guess for her loose mouth ^^;
Washizaki: This isn’t Asano-san, is it?
Asano: If this was me, I’d hit something. HARD.
Kobayashi: No, it’s actually….. my dead pet bird.
Asano: Wait, what are those drops below the bird? Is it having a crap? (feces/shit etc)
Washizaki: Yeah, so it is!
Asano: Look, there’s a piece of crap under Take-chan(Washizaki)’s nose too!
Kobayashi: No!! It was supposed to be some little birds (雛), but after drawing a while they turned into…. snakes (蛇).
Asano/Washizaki: Huh??
I did think Take-chan and Masumin were incredibly amused/impressed by her politeness.
Washizaki(reading from a listener’s mail): Have you ever gotten angry?
Kobayashi: ……er…..I think I will get angry when I should get angry…. (thinks) …..(silence)
Shimizu Kaori asked her the same question on the School Rumble Off-Kai DVD special and Yu gave a similar answer. Kaori remarked that she didn’t believe Kobayashi has a single enemy in the world - and was touched to tears (I’m lying, she was actually laughing her head off) when Yu obliged her request of mimicking Lala Gonzalez’ gorilla mannerisms.
Ah well, back to the books now.
May 29th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Deleted previous comment, but still, thanks! Can I bug you to upload some more Anispa? When the studying’s not too heavy, that is — best of luck for the exams!
May 30th, 2007 at 12:34 am
Ah yes, which ones would you be interested in? That said, most of those I keep are the ones with Nana or Yukarin in them ^^;
I’ve got plans to upload & summarise some of the Ai/Mai ones to help non-moonspeakers along. They appeared on Anispa 3 times last year and were pretty entertaining, with Nakahara insulting Masumin multiple times in one of them; & there was one episode where they discussed the Himitsu Dolls PV (They were sort of aiming for a t.A.T.u. feel, apparently).
That’ll happen sometime next week, my last paper’s next Tuesday and then I have a month’s holiday which I’ll spend doing useless things ^_^
May 30th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Thanks so much for uploading Emma even though u have exams!
And good luck on those exams, hope all that blogging didn’t interfere with your studying ^^
May 31st, 2007 at 2:43 am
Well, I’m no hurry. ^^ Thanks! I guess I’ll listen to anything you recommend, as you’ve been doing for eSnips. I wouldn’t mind some Shizuka-sama stuff though (see, it’s catching on!).
Yup, I watched the Himitsu Dolls specials and heard the buzz. Apparently, the company wanted that feel, neither of them minded, and it was done. -_-
Hope the papers went well….
May 31st, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Got it up on eSnips now. Just cut out the Ito Shizuka bit cos the rest of the show is frankly, very boring.
My first two papers were alrite, though apparently someone on my course got caught for cheating with a bunch of notes. Missed the drama cos I was in the room next door :/ To try such tactics in the final exams of the final year…..if you have enough time to make those notes, then spend that time studying you imbecile.
June 12th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Cool! Thanks for the uploads. Itou Shizuka’s ep was funnier than I’d expected. The format of the show was good.
We don’t know why someone cheats. Probably desperation. Maybe he had his reasons. I don’t think it makes for good scores either way, at the university level.