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God never plays favourites…or does He? – seiyuu edition

At some point in everyone’s life, I’m sure they’ve said this to themselves, “Damn, God must really like this person, she/he is so much more talented than me.”  Well, ladies (and gents who happen to stumble across this page), let me provide you with some insight – using my dear seiyuu as examples.

Let me explain how this works: when you are a seiyuu, voice and face is pretty much all that is important (skill is something that everyone can eventually obtain to an acceptable degree after training, so I won’t factor this into my evaluation).  So… with that said, let’s take a look:

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Mizuki Nana’s Trickter
September 20, 2008, 7:50 pm
Filed under: Mizuki Nana, music, seiyuu | Tags: , ,

OMG I’m so lame… right after I post about Discotheque, I suddenly remembered that I forgot to watch Trickster.  So I went and watched it… and I fell in love all over again XD.

Ok… I think I must say I ultimately fall for more rockish songs… take KitaEri’s Realize for example… I adored that song.  Trickter was great… great instrumentals, great voice, great singing, great melody, great everything.  The PV was ok too, though it seemed pretty much like all other normal music videos (the ones where you see the artist walking around and singing and kinda has no storyline).

What I really really really liked about this song was that last a capella bit.  Honestly, it takes guts to sing ANYTHING a capella, and Nana nailed this one (though I must say I’m still not the biggest fan of her voice).  I would just like to totally congratulate her on a job well done, erm… or maybe I mean a song well sang XD.

Once again… linked from your trusty buddy youtube… Trickster



Mizuki Nana’s DISOTHEQUE
September 20, 2008, 7:40 pm
Filed under: Mizuki Nana, music, seiyuu | Tags: , ,

Ok… once again, I’m late in terms of reporting news… but this blog isn’t really NEWS anyway, it’s more of a REVIEW.

So I finally got a chance to watch the Discotheque PV after being informed of its existence by my dear friend Stappy. I can only say one thing: I’m SO in love.

I’ll admit FIRSTHAND that I didn’t hate Cosmic Love as much as some people did. So when I heard Discotheque for the first time properly, and saw the PV, I was in RABU.

Nana’s higher-pitched singing voice was actually pretty cute, and wasn’t as annoying as I remembered it to be. The song itself is really catchy, and the PV a lot better than many of the other seiyuu PVs I’ve seen so far.

Let me point out that Nana’s PV actually consisted of 6 people other than herself. Compare that to any of say… Minorin’s PVs. See the difference in production costs? XD I really loved Nana’s whole disco outift, she looked tremendously cute in them. I was just talking to Stappy yesterday about how some seiyuu are less appealing as they age, but DAMN, Nana keeps looking better and better. I personally found her MUCH more attractive than usual in this PV with her high energy, radiant smile, and just overall cuteness.

Enough said… linked from youtube: Discotheque



Burn-up Scramble really… burned me out =_=

This is an series that aired in my pre-seiyuu-loving days.  After I started falling in love with my dearest Noto Mamiko, I started digging up series that she voiced a lead in.  After a while, I came across Burn-up Scramble.  Of course, it was from a while back and thus did not appeal to me.  However, after watching Marimite, I wanted to see more Mamiko x Megumi action, and thus my desire to watch Burn-Up Scramble was ignited.

Whatever expectations I had for this series… were sorely left unmet.

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I apologize… Ameagari no Hana yo Sake does rule XD
August 16, 2008, 9:24 pm
Filed under: Chihara Minori, music | Tags: , ,

After listening to the stupid song 2038420938409x (somehow it keeps popping up when I turn shuffle on), I’ve come to the conclusion that the song is just as catchy, if not even MORE catch than Melty Tale Storage. My favourite minorin song of all time is probably still Shinjin no Tabi, with Melty Tale Storage coming in a close 2nd, and Junpaku Santuary probably in 3rd.

After reading seiyuu3’s most recent entry (by houkoholic) and watching the PV, I think Ameagari no Hana yo Sake just kicked Melty’s ass. I don’t know… the happy music and happy but clearly cheaply produced video really clicked with me. One thing bugged me immensely though.

Someone clearly overdosed minorin’s hair with extra-strength hairspray =_= It hardly even moves in the wind =_=



Minorin: Ameagari no Hana yo Sake vs Melty Tale Storage
August 12, 2008, 12:11 pm
Filed under: Chihara Minori, music, seiyuu | Tags: , ,

I really can’t understand why so many people hate Melty Tale Storage.

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ALL MINORIN FANS!!! TO ARMS!!!
July 25, 2008, 7:24 pm
Filed under: Chihara Minori, random, seiyuu | Tags: ,

*picks up a pitchfork and prepares for war*

You’d think I’d pick a more formadible weapon… but no, a pitchfork will serve my purpose. I will cause as much pain as I can before my victim dies.

Why am I in such a foul mood? I was at school today, and since there was still time before I was to meet Stappy, I went up to the computer lab and youtubed.

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Kyouran Kazoku Nikki 11: Hyouka’s First Love
July 23, 2008, 7:43 pm
Filed under: Ryo Hirohashi, anime, seiyuu | Tags: ,

I rarely ever do posts on individual episodes of anime (for people who have read my blog in the past), however, I really liked this episode of Kyouran Kazoku Nikki. Hyouka has been my favourite character in KKN since the beginning, so it was nice seeing an episode dedicated to him.

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Kitamura Eri’s debut single: Realize
July 22, 2008, 11:33 pm
Filed under: Kitamura Eri, music, seiyuu | Tags: , ,

j1m0ne already has a post on KitaEri’s single… though the link only links you to the newest one she’s got.  She’s commented previously on the songs.  However, here’s my two bits after listening to her single. Read more