My opinion on the upcoming I've Sound releases

Hmm it has come to the point that I've Sound is going to release three weeks in a row! And it really intrigues me who's going to get most of the sales and recognition... Is it:

- KOTOKO's Loop-the-Loop single? [10/20 out]
- MELL's MIRAGE album? [10/27 out]
- Mami Kawada's No buts! single? [11/03 out]

Katana to Saya [full + PV]

Since the whole single is still not leaking [since almost all of their releases leaked in the net after a day or two from its release date], I woke up this morning receiving a message from the ALI PROJECT fan page from Facebook that the full PV of Katana to Saya is out. :D And it made me quite excited since it has been awhile since they made a full PV [since Senritsu no Kodomotachi and Datengoku Sensen only has a 90sec PV which was kinda dissatisfying].

As for the PV:


And as for the PV rip [full version HQ]

I love the full version of the song since Arika's voice is as powerful as ever — not too draggy like in Ranse Eroica. Plus the instrumentation was very playful as they used more traditional Japanese instruments to make it more oriental and there are also some dialogue-like lines in the PV [and I don't know if it is included in the single recording since I only have the PV rip]. Haizakura is of course, the B-side and I already heard the preview — per as usual of the slow and darker neoclassical theme but somehow, I'm liking it more than Ude Kaina. Hmm the last great coupling songs that I've heard from them are Ware Kimi Omou Yue ni Ari Ikirei to Narite [from the single Jigoku no Mon] and Takarajima [from the single Datengoku Sensen].

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mood: hyped
rhythm: "Hishoku no Sora" - Mami Kawada

ALI PROJECT - Katana to Saya

Wow I'm afraid I'm a tad too late to post this one. But there's a saying, "It's better to be late than never" right? *bricked*

And so now, for the info.

[CD+DVD]

[CD only]

Katana to Saya (刀と鞘, Sword and Sheath)

ALI PROJECT 28th single

LASM-34065~6

LASM-4065

2010.08.25 OUT

1. Katana to Saya (刀と鞘) [4:38]

(TV anime "Katanagatari" OP2 theme)

2. Haizakura (灰桜) [4:21]

3. Katana to Saya (instrumental) [4:37]

4. Haizakura (instrumental) [4:18]

wow I already know the song lengths.=3 thanks to Jbook as usual! Already heard the TV size of the titular track and it sounds great! :D I like this one better than their previous single Ranse Eroica. It sounded more oriental than Asura Hime and the rhythm is quite good! I hope the coupling song would be good as well since Ude Kaina did not made a great impact on me. And even their ending theme contribution (Yuki no Onna) to the same anime did not made me any happier.

The single covers were also pretty great! I'm really impressed with the clothing and the design of the jackets! Bravo!

Here's the 90-sec (also the TV size) version of the song! Enjoy! :)

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mood: a bit bored

rhythm: "Boukoku Kakusei Catharsis" - ALI PROJECT

"Kagayaku Sora no Shijima ni wa" single info

[CD only]

[CD+DVD]

Kagayaku Sora no Shijima ni wa (輝く空の静寂には)

Kalafina's 8th single [Kuroshitsuji II insert song]

SECL-901~4

2010.09.15 OUT

01. Kagayaku Sora no Shijima ni wa (輝く空の静寂には) [4:12]

02. adore [5:13]

03. Kagayaku Sora no Shijima ni wa (instrumental) [4:12]

Hmm... I didn't really like the song when fellow Kalafina fan Yuki-chan posted a preview of the song. It was like a sapphire meets Haru wa Koganei no Yume no Naka. =__=' But after hearing the preview from the PV (which happens to be a preview as well), I've come to like it - a little. It's like sapphire meets red moon. XD *stoned to death* And while I appreciate the titular track since it sounded like a B-side song, adore is very much likeable! Though it kinda resembled fantasia. I'll still be looking forward to this single.

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mood: a bit sleepy and hungry~
rhythm: "Kyrie" - Kalafina

Datengoku Sensen details

Forgot to update this one. I already know this information several days ago but didn't had much time to post so since it's the weekend, I'll better post this. xD


堕天國宣戦 (Datengoku Sensen, eng. Corrupted Kingdom of Heaven War Declaration)
ALI PROJECT 26th single
LHCM-1070
2009.10.21 OUT

1．堕天國宣戦 (Tatakau Shisho - The Book of Bantorra OP)
2．寶島 (Takarajima, eng. Treasure Island)
3．堕天國宣戦（instrumental）
4．寶島（instrumental）

Liking the cover. xD It's so pirate theme and exotic. I wonder what they will have for the PV... :D The TV size is also out in YouTube already. x) Now I kinda understand why they described it as a hyperactive version of the gothica Baragoku Otome. :D I'm so in love with the song! It starts real mediocre then suddenly it bursts out with high energy. XDDD I wonder how will the coupling song will be? TBH, I can't read their minds on what neoclassical darkwave concept they have on this song but I sincerely hope it'll be a good one!

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感情: full
音楽: "Kinjirareta Asobi" - ALI PROJECT

More J-pop releases to look forward

Posting again! *whew* After a long and cursed day, I'm going to post some more J-pop releases I'm surely going to anticipate. ;D

Surely, it has been fast because it's already October and many anime series like Tatakau Shisho, Fairy Tail, Shakugan no Shana S, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun will be aired! Though to tell you honestly, have not watched any of them up to now because of you-know-what.

And as for J-pop, it's also kinda the same. Though I still keep on updating myself no matter how hectic my sched will be. And I already told in my earlier entries one of those I will be keeping my eye with right? Like Epsilon no Fune (10/14), Datengoku Sensen (10/21), progressive (10/28) and Prophecy (11/18). And as for this post, I will include MORE releases from my fave J-pop artist. :D

夢幻 (Mugen, eng. Visions)
Nana Mizuki 20th single
KICM-1294
2009.10.28 OUT

01. 夢幻 Mugen (White Album 2nd season OP / TV-CM song for Animelo Mix)
02. 天空のカナリア Tenkuu no Kanaria eng. Canaria of the Sky (Tales of Symphonia the Animation: Tethe'alla-hen OP)
03. Dear Dream (Card Gakuen [drama] Theme Song)
04. STORIES


赤い糸 (Akai Ito, eng. Red Thread)
Suara 9th single
KICM-94031 (limited Blu-spec CD) / KICM-4031 (CD-only)
2009.10.28 OUT

01. 赤い糸 (White Album 2nd season ED) (4:35)
02. 私だけ見つめて Watashi Dake Mitsumete (5:07)
03. 赤い糸 -instrumental- (4:35)
04. 私だけ見つめて -instrumental- (5:07)


Dear My Friend -まだ見ぬ未来へ- (Mada Minu Mirai e)
ELISA 5th single
GNCA-149~50
2009.11.04 OUT

01. Dear My Friend -まだ見ぬ未来へ- (To Aru Kagaku no Railgun ED)
02. SMILE -You&Me-
03. Dear My Friend -まだ見ぬ未来へ- E.M ver.
04. Dear My Friend -まだ見ぬ未来へ- (instrumental)
05. SMILE -You&Me- (instrumental)
06. Dear My Friend -まだ見ぬ未来へ- E.M ver. -instrumental-

DVD will contain the PV for Dear My Friend -まだ見ぬ未来へ-.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

I'm totally excited for ELISA! I just heard the ED theme and it was better than the airy Wonder Wind with a touch of let's say Spyglass with the progressive rock feel. ;D It's very refreshing rather than IKU's ending themes. :P Lovin' it at first heard. And the single cover looks really pretty, as usual!

Mugen is like a powerful dramatic rock-ballad for an OP theme -- is White Album that of a dramatic anime?! D; Shin'ai was also the same but more of an orchestral feel with the harp strings. I like the latter better but Mugen is not that bad.

But if you think the first season theme songs are better, then you're wrong! Akai Ito was much better than the dramatic and mushy Mai Ochiru Yuki no Youni. A soft-rock clear performance none other than by my favorite Suara. ;D

If you want to hear the TV sizes, you can go to YouTube. :P They're all available there.

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感情: a bit tired
音楽: "Houyoku no Prophesia" - ELISA

progressive single details, blossomdays (short ver.) now available

Ok, so I'm late with the news because I assume you know the reason, right?

And so ε～Epsilon～ full ver. leaked as well. =S And I was a bit late for that. Did not even know where it came from. Anyway, this one is NOT a total high quality rip. Someone just posted this at aibublog. I don't think the one who uploaded won't mind if I use his/her link. I was just a pissed off with the Engrish. 6:06 is so love for me. x3 but totally not impressed with the long version. Only the first 4 mins. were impressive. Or maybe the mp3 was not that high quality that's why I didn't like it. :P

And btw, I ripped the blossomdays short version from the demo in the lupinus website. Not totally liking the song although it's eurobeat. Kinda sounded like the techno-trance-euro group m.o.v.e's work if you ask me -- it's too generic and nothing astounding.

But THE MOST EXCITING NEWS FOR ME IS THIS...


progressive [CD+DVD]


progressive [CD-only]

progressive
Kalafina's 6th single
SECL-814~6
2009.10.28 OUT

Yes I may be too late with the covers but take a look at this!

01. progressive (5:41)
02. うつくしさ Utsukushisa (4:50)
03. progressive -instrumental- (5:41)

Info courtesy of JBook. :D

ヽ(´▽`)/ ヽ(´▽`)/ ヽ(´▽`)/

What's exciting? Because progressive will be a long song!!!! XD storia was great but it's too short for me. :P The coupling song is moderately long as well! I'm kinda longing for a new Kalafina single and it will be full-packed! Though haven't heard any preview of progressive. x__X But I know it will be great because Yuki Kajiura IS EPICALLY GREAT!! 8D And it's a good thing the terrible cover was the CD-only version, gotta love the CD+DVD!!! ♪┏(・o･)┛♪┗ ( ･o･) ┓♪┏ ( ) ┛♪┗ (･o･ ) ┓♪┏(･o･)┛♪

And by the way you can access the Kalafina website through http://www.kalafina.jp/ and not the Sony Music website anymore!! It's kinda long for me to memorize!!! (((( ；ﾟДﾟ))) Too many slashes... At least I memorized all the Geneon Website of the I've Girls. :P *gets shot*

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感情: just woke up and hungry. :P
音楽: "Tougenkyou" - HALCALI

Kalafina's progressive single cover exposed!

Now, the Kalafina's long-awaited 6th single progressive has now revealed its single cover! It's a good thing someone from last.fm uploaded it and of course, as a paparazzi, I snagged this! xP *totally bricked*

The trio is now back! *o* Although not the best cover that they've really had. I like Lacrimosa's single covers more. But it's not that bad to try out other concepts nee? Well knowing Yuki Kajiura, who is more of an experimental person, would've agreed with it. xD

But they still maintained the beautiful dresses. 8D that I really like. :D



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感情: hungry to the highest level
音楽: "storia" - Kalafina

AliPro's 26th single title revealed

After a while, now the title for AliPro's upcoming 26th single is now revealed!! XD

Otome no Inori LJ community described this in their post as a hyperactive version of the gothica single Baragoku Otome (Rose Jail Maiden) - the OP theme for Rozen Maiden Ouverture. And I love this song~ so probably I'm going to like this song as well. :P


Datengoku Sensen (堕天國宣戦) (Corrupted Kingdom of Heaven War Declaration)
(editor's note: OnI had a typo so I'll just follow. :D)
ALI PROJECT 26th single
LHCM-1070 (MellowHead)
Tatakau Shisho - The Book of Bantorra OP
2009.10.21 OUT (but the main website says Oct.24)

information courtesy of Otome no Inori LJ Community and Tatakau Shisho main website.

The ending theme will be by Annabel entitled Light of Dawn. The single for this will come out in November 6, 2009 under MellowHead as well.

Gyaah~ I missed singing Hizamazuite in the karaoke. x3 (hears my BGM) *random nothings*

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感情: sleepy
音楽: "Hizamazuite Ashi wo Oname" (Kneel Down and Lick my Feet) - ALI PROJECT

Mami Kawada's 8th single confirmed, Kalafina's 6th single coupling song revealed, C.G mix's "true eyes" short version available for hearing

YES FINALLY AFTER SOME EONS!!! [ﾟдﾟ]

Everyone (who has money! *bricked*) could now avail through pre-order, Mami Kawada's 8th single entitled Prophecy through Amazon!

I think it's the Opening Theme for the Shakugan no Shana S which will be her fifth tie-in over-all with the series. :D The coupling song will be the ending theme (which is untitled for now) for the same series. Well just like the JOINT single format nee? But will this be equally as great as JOINT? I don't know but I'll keep you posted here whenever a preview comes up! ;D

Prophecy
Mami Kawada's 8th single
GNCV-0007
Shakugan no Shana S (OVA) OP/ED single
2009.11.18 OUT

And in other news, the coupling song for Kalafina's upcoming 6th single entitled progressive is now revealed! It is entitled Utsukushisa and it is rumored that Wakana will do the main vocals on this one! Another dark song! Info courtesy of canta-per-me.net. ;D

progressive
Kalafina's 6th single
SECL-814~5 (CD+DVD), SECL-814-6 (CD-only)
2009.10.28 OUT

CD:
1. progressive
2. Utsukushisa
3. progressive -instrumental-

DVD:
1. progressive PV
2. love come down,Ongaku and Mata Kaze ga Tsuyokunatta Live video (from Kalafina Closed Premium Live on May 19th)
3. TV programme”utatane” on July 18th (Kalafina version)

And the short version for C.G mix's true eyes is now available for hearing! WARNING: NOT SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE YAOI. XD (Well I don't like it either... I just closed my eyes while listen to the music. :P)



Here's the ripped short version of the song (for those who don't want to watch).

And some unsure news but I read in ivemusic.net that there will be a ひとりごと2009ver which will also be contained in KOTOKO's 4th album Epsilon no Fune. Sorry, I already used google translate but the translation was kinda shitty and vague so I'm not kinda sure about that but definitely there will be a hitorigoto 2009 ver. (^ ^)

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感情: a bit perplexed
音楽: "肉体の悪魔" - ALI PROJECT

KOTOKO's 14th single announced

Yes, my dearest KOTOKO and I've Sound fans. After KOTOKO releases her 4th album Epsilon no Fune, she'll have another single to make us proud! (But I really don't know about that. xP) Here's the details:

SCREW
KOTOKO's 14th single
Theme song for the movie 「アサルトガールズ」 (Assault Girls)
GNCV-0022~23
2009.12.02 OUT

Here's the 45-sec. trailer of the movie.




This will be KOTOKO's second movie tie-up and guess what?! It's directed by Mamoru Oshii - the one who's responsible for the movie Kiru ~KILL~ -- MELL's first movie tie-up.

Still no other information (nor it has been scheduled for pre-order) leaked but by the looks of it, I've Sound king Kazuya Takase will be handling this one (probably).

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感情: a bit hungry again~
音楽: "Valtica" by Yousei Teikoku

Getting over this week

First of all, I would like to congratulate Pi-Pi-Pi for winning the I've Sound Karaoke Contest although I'm aware that she won't be able to read this one.

Okay, so after a week full of anticipated release (refer to the singles I've said in one of my earlier posts), this week will have another big downloads for me. Yeah, although it may not be big for some, but for me, it's already this big because of my HDD problem.

And before I post my anticipated singles/albums this week, I'll display the result of the first-week sales of the last week's anticipated singles/albums:

singles:
ALI PROJECT (Senritsu no Kodomotachi, Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ OP2) = #23 (4,845 copies sold)
savage genius (Watashi wo Mitsukete., Pandora Hearts ED2) = #85 (1,016 copies sold)

albums:
m.o.v.e (anim.o.v.e) = #19 (7,702 copies sold)
RYTHEM (Best Story) = #22 (6,939 copies sold)
Suara (Kizuna) = #45 (2,359 copies sold)

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And the Oricon dailies for this week:

singles:
KOTOKO (daily-daily Dream, Hayate no Gotoku!! Second Season OP2) = 13→13
KOKIA (Transparent, Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ ED2) = below top 50 (for two nights)
Sachi Tainaka (Unmeibito) = below top 50 (for two nights)

albums:
ALI PROJECT (Poison) = 14↑10
Yousei Teikoku (Gothic Lolita Doctrine) = 31↓39

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For now, I'm listening to ALI PROJECT's Poison album and will make a review after a proper listen to all of the songs. But I'll be giving a hint that there's a high probability that I will give this album a high five rate because of the songs. I'm liking all of them and the album is much greater than their previous album Kinsho since most of the songs here in their new album are quite upbeat and experimental -- and they fitted.

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感情: "poisoned" by Poison. :P
音楽: "処女懐胎、あるいは白骨塔より少女達は飛翔する" by ALI PROJECT

I didn't know that betting a banana for a competition was good...

Having the daily-daily Dream single downloaded, nothing but bad images are coming out from my head while I wait for the PV to finish its download.

Truly granted, the single itself worthwhile to download especially upon marking Message as the "highest" priority. I should hear the coupling song first to know if the single will be saved by this one. And I was right. It was something... outstanding for a SORMA No.1 remix. A mixture of pop-rock to soft rock w/ some hints of punk-rock in the instrumental.

But what made this download a ridiculous one is the PV itself. I did not bothered myself uploading it on YouTube since I already saw two users uploaded it and so I'm just going to embed it.



I thought the CM/previews for the PV was really ridiculous but wait till you see the full one. It just started on a baseball showdown in which, the winner to be awarded with just one banana. Now that's kinda nonsense. Who wants to do that in the first place?

And in the end, KOTOKO wins but the referee (or umpire?) eats the banana so KOTOKO and her enemy, chased him out.

Oh my, what a ridiculous banana story.

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感情: o_o
音楽: "Schwarzer Sarg" - Yousei Teikoku

Amazing...

Just wanted to spam on my blog since I just checked the Oricon dailies for tonight. And I was shocked that all of my anticipated singles/albums are all there. AS IN ALL!!! o,O But I'm not quite sure if they will remain in the top 30's in the next few days but at least, they debuted higher than expected. XD Here's what I saw:

Oricon dailies:

singles:
Senritsu no Kodomotachi - ALI PROJECT @ #20

albums:
anim.o.v.e 01 - m.o.v.e @ #13
BEST STORY - RYTHEM @ #15
Kizuna - Suara @ #27

*bold letterings signifies that I really followed this single.

Kyaah! I'm late for this Sachi Tainaka news! o_O

ZOMG!! I'm so late with the news!!! o_O Why didn't I look up when I had the time. Gomen nasai, Sachi-chan! T__T

But anyway, just wanted to share that Sachi-chan will actually release her 10th single (finally!) next week, August 26, 2009 together w/ the other releases I'm waiting for! Gyaaah~ it's been a while since you've released a single, really. It's almost a year after your release w/ Mata Ashita ne/code.

Btw, here's the details of the single:



運命人 (Unmeibito, lit. Destined Person)
Sachi Tainaka 10th single
GNCX-0017
2009.08.26 OUT

1. 運命人
2. RE:TRAIN
3. 運命人 (instrumental)
4. RE:TRAIN (instrumental)

My comment on the song? It's sounds pretty good than her previous releases, I'd say. Although it's sounding pretty poppish but as long as it's good, I'm good with it as well. And the single cover -- it's a totally different image, really. I was kinda shocked! But I'm glad the BoA-look-a-like was already gone. o_o



And don't think the news is finished! After 3 weeks, Sachi will also release her 3rd album!!! Here's the details:





Destiny
Sachi Tainaka 3rd Album
GNCX-1007~8
2009.09.16 OUT

01 運命人 (Unmeibito)
02 さよならを言えばいいのに (Sayonara wo Ieba ii no ni)
03 誰にも言えない気持ち (Dare ni mo Ienai Kimochi)
04 夕映えのシネマ (Yuubae no Cinema)
05 守りたいもの (Mamoritai Mono)
06 もう キスされちゃった (Mou Kiss Sarechatta)
07 My HERO
08 code
09 Orange
10 また明日ね (Mata Ashita ne)

First Press Edition will also come w/ a 16-page mini-photobook!

I like the CD+DVD edition cover (2nd pic) because it's a bit "seductive" while the CD-only was kind of a mishap. o_o But the tracklisting looks a bit generic -- probably will contain some of her everlasting ballads, as usual -- but it's already a trademark from her because she works better with ballads but I hope not too generic ones. ;)

Mami for Shana OVA, I've Sound not for OP/ED themes for To Aru Railgun

Yay for this news! I was praying that Mami Kawada will do the theme song for Shakugan no Shana S and it did come true! I've Sound Database already confirmed this news! No title, credits and releasing date though but it is confirmed that it'll be Mami for both OP/ED songs and will come out in a single. :D More news will come up once some news will be revealed. ;D

On other news, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun, the sort-of sequel to the I've-Sound-managed anime series To Aru Majutsu no Index, will still be managed by I've but through music production only (meaning the BGMs and not the OP/ED themes) in which Maiko Iuchi holds responsible once again. As for the OP/ED themes:

"only my railgun" by fripSide -- OP
"Dear my friend -Madaminu Mirai e-" by ELISA -- ED (yes!!! finally ELISA!!!)

As you can see, no I've on the theme songs but who knows? Maybe the 2nd OP/ED will another by Mami Kawada!!! XDDD *bricked* or anyone in the I've Sound group probably... AND I'M ALSO EXCITED FOR ELISA!!!! YAY!! AJKWQYBWJCYTWVDSUW I'll be reaching to you ELISA! =D

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感情: filled w/ excitement
音楽: "Time heals all sorrows" - KOTOKO

New layout (again), and more on ALI PROJECT news and late KOTOKO 4th album tracklist

Grr, it has been a few days when I can't do what I want because of the sudden slowdown of the internet connection but I think it has been restored and normal for now. *thank God*

And once again, I changed my layout since I, myself was a bit dissatisfied w/ the iframe layout that I made. I'll make a better layout next time.(For those reading this somewhere, I'm referring to my main blog in blogger).

Anyway, on other news, the TV size for ALI PROJECT's upcoming single Senritsu no Kodomotachi is now available for hearing purposes (in low quality though). I'm not saying I'm liking the song very much because it does sound quite different from their previous works. It sounded odd actually. Plus it'll be having a PV. YES you read it right. Although it won't be included in the single since it'll be released in a regular CD-only version (w/ no DVD). Even the PV itself is quite odd, if I may say. The full PV version is already out in the ALI PROJECT Official Fanclub but as you can see, this beggar cannot afford to be a member there so I'll have to wait until someone will post in YouTube so I can only see the PV. And good thing moichispa from last.fm upped the PV preview of the song.

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I'm still not liking it very much and I don't know if my perception about the song will change once I got the long version. Hopefully, it's coupling song Hell's Maria will be a great song.

Even the lengths of the songs in Poison are now available c/o JBook.

1(4:39) Ｐｏｉｓｏｎｅｒ
2(4:53) 処女懐胎、あるいは白骨塔より少女達は飛翔する
3(4:53) お毒味ＬＡＤＹ
4(4:28) 阿芙蓉寝台
5(4:35) 極色一代女
6(4:48) Ａｎｉｍａｌｓ　ｏｎ　ｔｈｅ　Ｅａｒｔｈ
7(4:38) 上海繚乱ロマンチカ
8(4:46) 世紀末ゲネシス
9(4:58) この國の向こうに
10(3:45) ｄｉｓｃｉｐｌｉｎｅ

Not much long *misses long-length songs* but having almost all in 4:00+ already makes me happy at least it won't be that short. Album will still be out on 08/26.

And also their upcoming "untitled" 26th single is now available in pre-ordering in Neowing and HMV. I'm surprised it'll still be under the Lantis music company again (although going back to the MellowHead sublabel and not GloryHeaven). As usual, all lyric and vocal credit goes to Arika-sama (Arika Takarano) and composition/arrangement credit goes to Mikiya Katakura.

N/A
ALI PROJECT's 26th single
10.21.2009 OUT
LHCM-1070
Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra OP Theme Song

And in a rather late news, the tracklisting to KOTOKO's upcoming 4th album Epsilon no Fune is now available on her Geneon Website. Oh, and also the dumb PV preview for the so-uncute daily-daily Dream!, is now available there. If you don't want to be dumbfounded, then skip the automatic play. Immediately stop when you heard the streaming PV started.

1. リアル鬼ごっこ (Real Onigokko)
2. BLAZE
3. ハヤテのごとく！ (Hayate no Gotoku!)
4. scene
5. ε～Epsilon～
6. RI←SU→KU
7. -∞-DRIVE
8. HELLION
9. Geoglyphs
10. 雨とギター (Ame to Guitar)
11. モネラの絆 (MONERA no Kizuna)
12. 限界打破 (Genkai Daha)
13. LITTLE BABY NOTHING

I'm glad KOTOKO will now have her 4th album and the tracklisting sounds promising. Hopefully, this will make-up for some of her "mishaps" lately (which I'm aware that it's not her entire fault). Will post the credits for the song as soon as it become available. Scheduled to be released on October 14, 2009.

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感情: a bit irritated
音楽: "siren" - KOTOKO

New layout and more ALI PROJECT album news

感情: hungry~
音楽: "北京LOVERS" - ALI PROJECT




First and foremost, I would like to introduce all of you to my 6th scenario, which is You Turn it Into Light. This layout is dedicated to my fave J-pop singer, ELISA and the title is based on one of Kalafina's song Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete Iku. And this is my first "perfect" iframe layout I've done in my entire shitty life. XD Well that's because my other past iframe layouts are kinda incomplete because I have to make a hidden post for my friends, archives and others to exist unlike here, in just one click on one of the menus above, you can go directly w/o any difficulty. =D But I'm hungry right after I finished this layout and there's no food in the fridge. D;

In other news, ALI PROJECT's upcoming album Poison has more details than ever!! XD I'm too excited for this album just by seeing the album cover and promo pic! xD



ZOMG! Arika-sama! You're growing old backwards!!! D; I did not recognized you when I first saw this promo pic of yours!! xO I mean, you're already 45 and yet you can still boldly dress like that?! That is... way too amazing!! Raburabu the smexy bunny outfit. =D



Poison
TKCU-77133
2009.08.26 OUT

All songs composed and arranged by Mikiya Katakura and songs written by Arika Takarano.

Tracklisting:
1. Poisoner
2. 処女懐胎、あるいは白骨塔より少女達は飛翔する
3. お毒見LADY (Odokumi Lady; Poison-tasting Lady)
4. 阿芙蓉寝台 (Ahen Shendai; Opium Bed)
5. 極色一代女 (Gokushoku Ichidai Onna; Woman of a Colourful Lifetime)
6. Animals on the Earth
7. 上海繚乱ロマンチカ (Shanhai Ryouran Romantica; Shanghai Profusion Romantica)
8. 世紀末ゲネシス (Seikimatsu Genesis; End of the Century Genesis)
9. この國の向こうに
10. discipline

Information courtesy of: Otome no Inori

Some are a bit confusing to romanize (especially the long titles) that's why I leave some of them alone for now. XD *bricked* But the tracklisting itself looks promising and as usual, even though Arika remarked it as one of the romantic songs that she wrote, we can't take out the dark lyrics surrounding it since they're already 8 years in the Black Alice phase. They rarely do White Alice songs as they are now.

Since it's already 07/30, Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ episode 18 will aire later and I hope it's already OP change time. I'm already itching to hear the Senritsu no Kodomotachi TV size. D:

SPYGLASS song lengths, daily-daily Dream and c/w credits

感情: bloated
音楽: "リフレクティア" - eufonius







SPYGLASS (Mini-album)
GNCV-1009~10
2009.08.05 OUT

1. Ｓｐｙｇｌａｓｓ (5:23)
2. Ｓｈｉｎｉｎｇ　ｓｔａｒｓ　ｂｌｅｓｓ☆ (4:33)
3. Ｃｈａｓｓｅ (3:41)
4. この空の下で (Kono Sora no Shita de) (4:42)
5. Ｌｅｍｏｎａｄｅ (4:59)
6. 星の海 (Hoshi no Umi) (3:50)
7. Ｌａｓｔ　ｓｏｎｇ (4:25)

source: JBOOK

No credits for the songs though. But I'll update once they're all revealed. ^_^ I'm really hunching Kazuya Takase did the Spyglass. :D Of course, Shining stars bless credits still goes to Maiko Iuchi for the composition and arrangement, and KOTOKO and Kaorin did the lyrics. While Chasse credits goes to Kazuya Takase for the composition while Tomoyuki Nakazawa and Maiko Iuchi for the arrangement and as usual KOTOKO for the lyrics. Lemonade is just a re-arrangement of the レモネード song in the Short Circuit II album released years ago so still, credit goes to Kazuya Takase for the composition/arrangement while KOTOKO did the lyrics.

Will come in a regular CD-only edition and a limited CD+DVD edition in w/c the DVD will contain the PV for Spyglass (PV preview as seen on one of my posts).

P.S.: Yay for SPYGLASS!!! It's a 5-minute song! I miss long-length tracks from I've! ;D



daily-daily Dream
GNCV-0005~6
2009.08.26 OUT

1. daily-daily Dream
[Lyrics: KOTOKO; Composition/Arrangement: C.G mix]
Hayate no Gotoku!! 2nd season Second Opening Theme
2. Message
[Lyrics/Composition: KOTOKO; Arrangement: SORMA No.1]
3. daily-daily Dream -Instrumental-
4. Message -Instrumental-

source: KOTOKO GENEON WEB SITE

WOW! IS THIS GOING TO BE AS DENPATASTIC AS SHICHITEN HAKKI SHIJOU SHUGI single?! I'M NOW EXCITED FOR THE SINGLE!! I WANT AUGUST 26 NAO!!! XDDD; And I noticed SORMA NO.1 is in demand to arrange coupling songs for I've Sound singles, nee? First Eiko Shimamiya, and nao KOTOKO?! Maybe next time, she'll work for Mami Kawada.Ö Iyada~! D;

KOTOKO are you a baseball player?!

感情: bloated
音楽: "Birthday Song, Requiem" - Lia

SRSLY, KOTOKO you've been trying out rather weird things these days! Will you just look at daily-daily Dream single cover. OH CMON IT DOESN'T SUIT YOU. YOU LOOK HILARIOUS ZOMG. |D;;

But at least it's better than the U Make Ai Dream, ao-iconoclast/PIGEON-the green-ey'd monster single covers. Coupling song is not revelead yet and I can't say anything more than this but you'd better be sure it kicks ass! Okay, KOTOKO-chan? Ganbatte kudasai~! *waves white tissue w/ lots of sniffles*