Seiyuu appreciation post: Suwabe Junichi

When he was still young. Huu huu~

Seiyuu appreciation post: Fukuyama Jun

Pumpkin's Palette: Valvrave tribute - Cain and L-Elf

The last episode of Kakumeiki Valvrave was so twisted. We'll have to wait another 3 months until season 2.

Uta no Prince sama Maji Love 1000% and 2000% End Card Compilations

Enjoy!

Uta no Prince sama Maji Love 2000% - Episode 13 [v.P]

The last ep! So sad! So many feels. Ah, I'm crying.
Now that season 2 is over, time to host a UtaPri anime marathon! - 13 hours straight of UtaPri☆!!☆

Shingeki no Kyojin Original Soundtrack Download

Some kind hearted soul uploaded the Shingeki no Kyojin OST. You can download it here (aside from the strange file name, I've checked that this is legit). Enjoy!

I expected no less of Sawano's musicianship.

Seiyuu appreciation post: Hirakawa Daisuke

Hirarin has such a versatile and beautiful voice.

Seiyuu appreciation post: Morikawa, KENN and Tomozaku

Morikawa Toshiyuki updated his blog this afternoon and he posted a few interesting pictures, including one where KENN (left) and Tomozaku Sugita (right) were making silly poses.

[Lyrics] IN FUTURE!! - Yuutaku II 「ゆーたくⅡ」

Basic info:

"Yuutaku II" 「ゆーたくⅡ」 is a unit comprised of two seiyuus, Ono Yuuki and Eguchi Takuya. Their two-sided debut single is called 『third Wizard/IN FUTURE!!』. The song "third Wizard" is used as the main theme song of the radio show "What will I do? What will I be!? Yuutaku II" 「どうする?どうなる!?ゆーたくⅡ」, and their second song "IN FUTURE!!" is used as a ending song of the anime Battle Spirits: Sword Eyes.

Comments:

I found these two songs to be very upbeat and catchy. It's full of fun and energy (especially in their PV, they act pretty childish/silly). 

You can download a sample of this single here.

Description: Kanji lyrics and Romaji lyrics of Yuutaku II's song "IN FUTURE!!".

Note: English translation coming soon.

Seiyuu appreciation post: Kamiya Hiroshi

Pumpkin's Palette: 眠ぉ (Goin' back to sleep)

Yes! After two weeks I finally broke my artist block. It's such a good feeling to be able to draw again!

Eren Jaeger from Shingeki no Kyojin.
Ep #12.

Urushihara - Hataraku Maou-sama!

My favourite boy from the anime. (C) to the pictures' rightful owners.

[Piano Sheet Music] Devil Survivor 2 The Animation OST 1 Track 2 何度でも繰り返すと思っていた朝日

More DS2A love!! It's Track 2 of the DS2A OST1: 何度でも繰り返すと思っていた朝日 (roughly: Never ending repeated memories of that morning).
Please show your support for my work here and give me some stars! Thanks.

Brothers Conflict releases anime PV and Twitter icons

Yesterday, the Brothers Conflict anime website updated to include two short promotional videos for the upcoming otome anime to air in July.
Further, to celebrate getting 15,000 followers on their twitter account, they also released a set of twitter icons for you to download.

Seiyuu appreciation post - Shimono Hiro

What more to say but that I really really like him. :)

[Piano Sheet Music] Happiness by Aijima Cecil (Uta no Prince sama Maji Love 2000%)

I'm really on a roll with transcribing songs this week. Here's Happiness, Cecil's second song in his character single of UtaPri Maji Love 2000%. This is a really cool song if you can just ignore Cecil's annoying voice. Also, I think the bass line is really fun and awesome.

Again please support me here by giving me rating stars. Thanks!
Audio sample:

 

 

Hataraku Maou-sama! #12

I can't agree more.

[Piano Sheet Music] Devil Survivor 2 The Animation OST 1 Track 7 終焉への幕開け

I got my hands on a copy of the Devil Survivor 2 The Animation first OST today, and absolutely fell in love with it! So as I'm having an artist block and can't draw, I decided to show my love by transcribing one of the songs. It's track 07 - 終焉への幕開け (From beginning to end).

Also, show your support by clicking here and give me some stars!
Audio sample:

 

Uta no Prince sama Maji Love 2000% - Episode 12 [v.P]

It's titled Heaven's Gate. Why do I have a bad feeling about this.

Seiyuu appreciation post: Miyano Mamoru and Namikawa Daisuke

I have a lack of news to update so have a seiyuu appreciation post: Miyano Mamoru and Namikawa Daisuke.

Follow up post to Miku earphones

Last week I blogged about a pair of Miku earphones here. And Miku's response...?

She is NOT amused.

[Piano Sheet Music] Crystal Time by Ichinose Tokiya (Uta no Prince sama Maji Love 2000%)

The first time I heard Tokiya's character song Crystal Time, I instantly fell in love with it and I couldn't stop hitting the repeat button!
Description: Piano music score transcription of Ichinose Tokiya's (Uta no Prince sama Maji Love 2000%) character song Crystal Time (Intro part/or the short anime version).
Note: I would like to acknowledge Yakinori for helping me test out my transcription. Depending on mood I may continue transcribing the whole song later.
Sample audio:

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Gackt releases PV for his new song Sakura Chiru

Yesterday, Gackt released the music video for his new song Sakura Chiru (Cherry Blossoms Fall) from his compilation album "BEST OF BEST vol.1-MILD-". The video contains footage of Moon Saga Yoshitsune Hiden (Moon Saga: The Secret of Yoshitsune), his stage play collaboration with CLAMP, which Gackt co-created, wrote, directed, and starred in the lead role of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

Enjoy his powerful and beautiful voice~ This song's style reminds me of his older song Setsugekka.

Summer 2013 Anime Previews

With only a few weeks to go before the new Summer (Japan) anime season, it's time to track down which ones will go on my 'to watch list'.
 
Note: you need to sign up to NicoNico to be able to view the video. 
Note 2: I'm in the process of downloading said video and uploading it onto Youtube, please be patient with my snail pace internet.
If you didn't catch all the Japanese in the video above, here's the English picture version (last updated 5/27), note that there are some missing animes in the English version.

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My 'To watch list' (first five in order of excited-ness) is:

• Brothers Conflict
• Makai Ouji
• Free!
• Hakkenden S2
• Kimi no Iru Machi
• Recorder to Randoseru Mi
• ServantXService
• Kin-iro Mosaic
• Senyuu S2
• Fantasista Doll
• Teekyuu S2
• Love lab
• Uchouten kazoku
• Blood lad
• Gin no Saji: Silver spoon
• Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou
• Danganronpa
• Tokurei Sochi Dantai stella jo-gakuin koutou ga-C3 bu
• Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!
• Rozen Maiden
• Kitakubu katsudou Kiroku
• Gatchaman Crowds
• Kami nomi zo shiru sekai S3 (TWOGK)
• Chou jigen Game Neptune the animation
• Kamisama no inai nichiyoubi

Hatsune Miku Goes Behind the Scenes at Good Smile Company in Video

The official YouTube channel for Hatsune Miku posted a subtitled video on Friday of a tour behind the scenes at Good Smile Company, the maker of Nendoroid, Figma, and scale figures. The video features an inside look at how Nendoroids are made, as well as an interview with Good Smile Company CEO, Aki about Hatsune Miku and how he first encountered the virtual Vocaloid idol.

Source: ANN

Karneval #11 Screencaps

Just wanted to post this Karneval appreciation post. While I have said that the storyline of Karneval is somewhat boring and confusing, I have to acknowledge the extremely beautiful and sparkly artwork of this anime.

Get your hands on a pair of Miku earphones

Source: twitter

Uta no Prince sama Maji Love 2000% - Episode 11 [v.P]

MARRY ME TO~KI~YA~N <3

Ichinose Tokiya's character single ranked 6th on first day of release

Kind of disappointed at the result, I was hoping Tokiya would end up around 4th. Where are all the Japan fangirls? What are they doing? They should be buying shipments of Tokiya's CD.

Gackt releases PV for his new song Claymore

He looks so angry >:O
His voice is as awesome as always.

Ono Daisuke to release new mini albums in September

Seiyuu Ono Daisuke will be releasing two new mini albums on 09/25/2013!! They are currently titled SCENE and SHOW. The CDs will both include a DVD with music clip video, and both will be sold for 2600 yen. This will be OnoD's first mini album release in 4 years! 

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Cecil's character single jumps from rank 11 to rank 3 in one day

Yesterday Cecil's (Uta no Prince sama Maji Love 2000%) character single was ranked 11th, and today it jumped to a high rank 3 on the Oricon charts!

Pumpkin's palette: This cake is not a lie

Got kind of hungry...

All done in one layer

Original reference picture

It's been a long time since I last played Minecraft

Maybe I should pick it up again?

Hidden message behind Mikaze Ai's t-shirt design

Remember the UtaPri t-shirt series with Ai's design being a sequence of 1's and 0's in the shape of a love heart? Well someone deciphered the binary code and tweeted that the message is "はつこい" meaning 'first love'. 

 This is so sweet and beautiful, I'm going to sit in the corner and cry now.

Good Smile company reveals new Hatsune Miku nendroid

The nendroid will be available to order in the Good Smile Online Shop between July 8th until August 5th, and will be delivered in October. Miku costs 3,200 yen (about $33 AUD).

Seiyuu info: Heights

I saw the following post while scrolling through twitter:

Heights of Male seiyuus.
Yusa Kouji (遊佐浩二)→173cm
Tatsuhisa Suzuki (鈴木達央)→173cm
Namikawa Daisuke (浪川大輔)→173cm
Fukuyama Jun (福山潤)→170cm
Ono Daisuke (小野大輔)→175cm
Maeno Tomoaki (前野智昭)→176cm
Inoue Kikuko (中井和哉)→169cm
Hino Satoshi (日野聡)→170cm
Hirakawa Daisuke (平川大輔)→167cm
Kishio Daisuke (岸尾だいすけ)→166cm
Terashima Takuma (寺島拓篤)→166cm

O.O Terashi and Hirarin's so short... I'm 166cm myself...