| 1:00pm | May’n at AFA’09 | | | | click the image to go to the AFA May’n pageMay’n will once more go to Singapore for the Anime Festival Asia this year at November 21-22, as she has done last year to a very warm Singapore audience. Yoshiki Fukuyama and Aniki are also coming! As you see, it also coincides with the airing of... |
| 12:44pm | Kewpie Tasty Salad CM | | | | It’s salad heaven!click the image to view the CM videoI remember this brand name because of their mascot. The new CM of Kewpie entitled “Infinite Salad” Volume has music by Kanno. And what do you know, it’s jazz! |
| 2:36pm | Macross F Movie Sheryl Nome Pink Monsoon CD Single | | | | UPDATE: Track details added. Source.I’m not sure if this is such a good marketing tactic, but I think they might intend to make people familiar with the song before the movie is aired.Details:Title: Macross Frontier Movie The False Diva Insert Song “Pink Monsoon” / Sheryl Nome starring... | | |
| 12:42am | Kobato OP Single with Empty the Pocket Live Track | | | | UPDATE: Release date, description, pre-order links added.click to go to Maaya’s HP The Kobato OP CD single will contain the live version of Poketto Kara ni Shite (Empty the Pocket) which was performed in the Tokyo International Forum Hall A last January 24, 2009 as one of the bonus tracks. This... |
| 1:52pm | Ring of Gundam = Kanno, Tomino | | | | I have been waiting for an announcement like this!!! click to go to the Gundam Expo home pageIt has been announced in the Gundam Big Expo that Kanno will be in charge of the music to the “Ring of Gundam” short film to be directed by no less than Yoshiyuki Tomino. The film is also |
| 8:03am | Macross Ultimate Frontier Music News, and others | | | | UPDATE: Cover, music details, and Amazon Japan link added.Thanks to Yyrkoon for the news and the translation! A French website GameKult.com recently published news about the Macross Ultimate Frontier game, and it included some news about the music. Translation, by Yyrkoon:Music is an integral part in... |
| 1:31pm | Other Emotion the best Downpriced Releases | | | | Still waiting for the CCS and Jin-roh movies, but the Escaflowne one has been announced. The Esca movie used to sell for Y8190.Details:Title: Emotion the Best Escaflowne the MovieCatalog No.: BCBA-3717Format: DVDRelease Date: December 22, 2009Price: 1900yen (1995yen Tax incl.) [US$ 19.84]Purchase through... |
| 1:50am | May’n at Music Japan Anison Special | | | | UPDATE: Thanks to Midnight Reverie once again for the news! The full version of the Anison special has been broadcast. Please check the links below. A-I-SHI-TE-RUuuuuu The Music Japan full Anison Special aired last night (August 24, 2009) and broadcast May’n’s live performance of Don’t... |
| 7:30am | Ghost in the Shell:SAC Emotion Re-releases | | | | A handful of down-priced Ghost in the Shell:SAC releases are being distributed by the end of October. I made a short research, and some of these movies were previously sold at 4x the price or more, so the current sale price of Y1995 seems to be a good deal. To be specific, SSS used to |
| 9:01am | Macross F Galaxy Tour Final DVD/BD! | | | | UPDATE: CDJapan has announced that they have the DVD, released by Happinet Pictures, has a catalog number, and is 240 minutes?! Anyway, it’s mine Thanks to Tochiro, Len for the lead!click the image to go to the websiteThe Macross F Tour Final held on November 11, 2008 will be screened simultaneously... |
| 12:53pm | English Versionization Project for Macross F Songs, Anyone? | | | | UPDATE: Mei’s Aimo (Sheryl) up!!!ENTRIES:UNFINISHED:PROGRE SS: Song SingerLyricsStatusAi Oboete Imasu Ka (Deculture)NaddieBluWackyRecor ding: PendingLyrics: DoneAimo~Tori no Hitokireinaxsora(?)theeternalm indRecording: PendingLyrics: DoneAimo (Sheryl) MeitheeternalmindRecording: DoneLyrics: DoneAnata... |
| 10:48am | Kanno Co-wrote the lyrics of Spice & Wolf ED?! | | | | UPDATE: Chris Mosdell has answered my email:Hi Mai,Thanks for the “spicy” enquiry, and for the complimentary comments on my lyrical lunacy.Umm, as for Yoko’s involvement in the composition of “Ringo Hiyori: The Wolf Whistling Song” I think that somehow the Ink Music website... | | |
| 9:29am | Chris Mosdell Documentary | | | | Wow, thanks to Spoony for sharing this over at YKDB *__* Chris Mosdell is an artist who also wrote some really memorable lyrics in Kanno’s works. In the video below, Maaya Sakamoto and Kanno both comment on his work:The video is also available in Ink Music Movie. Kanno and Sakamoto are both in... |
| 4:27pm | Animax’s Third Japan Anime Song Grand Prix | | | | I just stumbled on this, and it looks like the American Idol of anime music Apparently, the winner of this contest will be given a contract to sing for an anime, and the previous winner Himeka sang the OP to Valkyria:I think she sounds quite good Some of the current contenders can be |
| 2:23pm | MikuMikuDance… Deculture! | | | | I didn’t know that this software existed until my friend Chris pointed this out to me today. Nice, very nice Seikan Hikou:And, remember Megumi’s viral video?Be Myself: |
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