じーーン@アマギゴエ

A familiar name, yeah? I know her most as Sakura from Tsubasa Chronicles, Hazuki from Sketchbook, and Misaki from Welcome to the NHK. Not to mention theme song performances for those aforementioned series, as well as Sousei no Aquarion’s 1st ED and, my favorite, the OPs for the ARIA series. But I never knew that she sings pretty good live: Read more

While searching for VOCALOID covers again a day or two ago, I remembered kz’s latest hit that have ridden up the VOCALOID Rankings for the past few weeks, Last Night, Good Night. Many recognize this song from its striking PV, courtesy of redjuice graphics (known for his illustrations contributing to ryo’s World is Mine). Of LiveTune fame, kz’s trademark ambient trance style is ever present in this song, while Miku once again reaches for the high pitches. Naturally, the song is hard to sing realistically, but there’s one singer so far that has pulled it off. She goes by the name of ちょうちょ (choucho).

Choucho is another singer that has been compared to gazelle, but there is something in her voice that rings a bell of familiarity. When I heard her version of Seikan Hikou (キラッ☆), I could not help but think of Ishida Yoko. Unfortunately, she is still rather unknown in the Nico Singer sphere, but hopefully with the popularity LNGN (currently the song’s most viewed cover) she will gain a bigger following. There isn’t a nico singer wiki page for her yet, so check out her blog and mylist for more from her. She’s one to keep tabs on.

If there’s one thing Negima you should watch, it’s the Ala Alba ODA. Actually, it’s the only thing you should watch. Forget the Xebec anime, the SHAFT anime, even the OVAs, and especially the Live Action (unless you’re looking for humor); Akamatsu has done something right. This release proves to be the refreshing renewal for the series that it truly deserves. Read more

I found this video on some English IM@S website a few weeks ago. Intially, some nico user found it on YouTube and uploaded it on Nico for shits and giggles. So if you can read moon (even if you can’t, there’s plenty of English), I encourage you to watch this small bit of lulz.

If you’re a smash bros. player, I’m sure you feel much rage.

Natsu da ne…

So, once again I had to move my blog elsewhere. I guess this whole blog-on-tour thing has been like moving out of an apartment into a relatively new house, which is soon battered up by an earthquake, then you’re struggling to retrieve all your belongings and move to another new house. Yeah, I did lose one of my posts in the process of WP exportation and, I forgot WP fails to include any of your links, so I lost them all. Again. And I still have the comment section in Italian. But that’s life, right?

Enough of me complaining. For those of you who missed my lost post, Read more

The Usa Colony (うさころにー/Rabbit Colony) is a group made of several doujin singers, musicians, and artists that produce works surrounding mostly VOCALOID–the headliners being singers Yamai and Usa. Anyone well versed in the VOCALOID nico scene have probably heard of their names. But what makes this dynamic yuri duo so enticing? Read more

One week in Japan is surely not enough, but money sure disappears fast. Three days in Tokyo allowed me to wonder around Shinjuku, Shibuya, Asakusa, and of course, Akihabara. Read more