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TWO-MIX is Back!

YoU — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:30:37 +0000

According to Shiina Nagano‘s (永野椎菜) blog, he will reunite with Minami Takayama (高山みなみ) to reform the band TWO-MIX around November 2012. For fans, this is a great news. TWO-MIX is one of the first band I knew when I first attracted by the Anime industry. They are probably best known for the performance for Anime GUNDAM W. As for Minami Takayama, as usual, she is the voice of Conan of Detective Conan and as most of you have already learned, she married to the original creator of the series two years ago. Meanwhile, the specific date has not been released, but both the band and fans cannot wait for the legend again.

Source: Yaraon

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Kimi to Boku. OST on April 25

YoU — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:41:59 +0000

I was so happy to learn that they finally going to release the original soundtrack of the series. If you don’t know which series I am talking about, then you probably missed something. Kimi to Boku (君と僕。) is a TV Anime series aired in fall last year, with a main focus on five high school bogs (yes, all of them are male) and their interesting yet heartwarming daily life. And guess most of the fans who watched the series would fall in love with the music. Performed by Shouta Aoi (蒼井翔太), the music attracted my attention right from the beginning.

Unfortunately, the OST will be bundled with the release of Vol.5 of the Blu-ray (store) of the Anime. The second season of the series was announced and will be aired starting next month. You can preview the tracks on the official website (including my favorite track Tomorrow). If you haven’t checked out the new series this spring, it’s time now! Read the schedule and new series guide post.

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Guilty Crown OP2: The Everlasting Guilty Crown

YoU — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:50:40 +0000

The music of TV Anime Guilty Crown is always a highlight of the series. Performed by EGOIST, the new OP of the series The Everlasting Guilty Crown will be released next week on March 7 in Japan. Meanwhile, we managed to discover the full version of the track on Nico Nico Video. Though the quality of the source is not a pleasure to your ears, it might be just as good as a gift for those who are waiting impatiently for the full Single to come out, just like me. Note the new ED of the series will also be released on the same day. You can pre-order the new OP on CDJapan, Play-Asia and Amazon Japan.

Haven’t paid attention to the series? It’s among the top of the ranking of Fall 2011 series and top 5 of the best TV Aime of 2011 on TheAkiba. Or you can read more about the reviews of the series from our bloggers.

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Guilty Crown OP Full PV: My Dearest by supercell

YoU — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:24:46 +0000

I am quite excited to learn that the PV of the OP of TV Anime series Guilty Crown was finally streamed on Nico Nico. Though it is quite different from the TV size version, it’s one of my most expected track of the season. Performed by supercell, the Single My Dearest will be released next week on November 23, sweet enough to be one day ahead of Thanksgiving. You can pre-order it on Amazon Japan or CDJapan. The ED Departures ~Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta~ (Departures~あなたにおくるアイの歌~) will be released one week after the OP, which is also available on Amazon and CDJapan.

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K-ON! Movie ED Singing Unveil

YoU — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:17:10 +0000

Anime series K-ON! has just unveiled their ending theme song for the movie on the official website. With a title of Singing, the ED is quite an impressive track compared with all the songs the cute band performed. Together with the opening theme and insert track Unmei wa Endless!, the ED will be released on December 7. You can find the related order information on Amazon Japan.

We have talked about the movie of the series which is coming this December, with a story around the graduate trip of the club to London, the city of music. The trailer was already out, which provides you a bit insight of how the story is going to be.

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Fate/Zero ED Memoria by Eir Aoi Streamed

YoU — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:40:12 +0000

The official website of singer Eir Aoi (藍井エイル) has just put up a preview version of Memoria, the ED of the upcoming October TV Anime series Fate/Zero. Eir Aoi is a new singer from SONY and is ready to release your debut Single Memoria on October 19 (Amazon). We have already brought a brief introduction about her last month, with her face being covered and entitled as a mysterious singer. However, the company (or Aoi herself) seems to continue with the fashion and decides not to reveal her look even in the coming debut single. You can also listen to some of her songs on the post we mentioned.

Fate/Zero will sure to be one of the best TV Anime of the Fall season, but there are also lots of powerful competitors, like Guilty Crown (my personal favorite) and Mirai Nikki. We will bring up the list of TV Anime coming this Fall, stay tuned.

[Links: Source, Official Website]

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Eir Aoi: Mysterious Singer of Fate/Zero ED MEMORIA

YoU — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:06:47 +0000

Long before the coming of TV Anime series Fate/Zero in October, we have the ED (ending theme) of the series being confirmed. Performed by Eir Aoi (藍井エイル), the latest singer from SONY Music. If you say that she is lucky enough to have her debut song as an Anime ED which will more or less increase her popularity even before the release, I would like to ensure you how talent she is. It’s a bit difficult to tell whether a singer is good or bad before the release of her first single, luckily, we have a track that is actually performed by Eir as a bonus of the 6th volume of Risuani! (リスアニ！) from SONY MAGAZINES ANNEX No.536. The title of the track is アヴァロン・ブルー (Avalon Blue, I think). After listening to the first the first time, I fell in love with her voice. BARKS gives the comment that her ability to sing is surprising.

Folks who did not purchase the magazine, don’t be sad since Eir is so kind that she actually posted this track up to Nico Nico for a two minutes preview and you can listen to it here. It appears to me that Eir has already produced several tracks and they are up on Nico Nico, you can get a overview on her account.

The single MEMORIA which will be used as the ED of Fate/Zero will be released on October 19, you can pre-order at Amazon Japan.

[Links: Source, Official Website, Twitter, Offical Blog]

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Ore no Imouto OP by ClariS: irony

YoU — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:58:41 +0000

The third week of October and have decided what Anime to follow among all the spectacular shows. Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai (俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない) is one of my favorite among all and was surprised how I was disappointed about the Manga of the series in the first place. The series is way better than I expected, and the music is also nice, especially the OP irony by ClariS. Attracted by the tune from the beginning and was glad it was released in a timely manner. Must check out.

You can get this Single at Play-Asia and CDJapan.

Linkin Park Transformers 2 Theme Song: New Divide

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Girls Dead Monster starring LiSA: Day Game

YoU — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:39:29 +0000

Angel Beats! is back?! Not really. This is a nation tour by the band from the series Girls Dead Monster together with LiSA known as Keep The Angel Beats!. Guess it will bring back some happiness to the early ended series. The tour started from August 3rd to Sep 2nd, and below is a new Single released half way of the tour. Day Game, a new Single of band Girls Dead Monster starring LiSA. You may want to check out the official website for more related news and PV here. For more details about the tour if you are in Japan, check out tour’s official website.

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K-ON!! ED2: NO,Thank You!

YoU — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:54:57 +0000

Here is the second ending theme of the second season of Anime series K-ON!!. Somebody has mentioned that the new ED is quite enjoyable as the first one. Well, sure thing that it’s better than the OP while still not outperform a lot. Personally I don’t have much passion on Mio’s voice as others while I did found that she quite cute after the strawberry was taken by Mugi Still it’s a nice track of the series. You can get this Single at Play-Asia and CDJapan.

Tracklist:

No,Thank You!
Girls in Wonderland
NO,Thank You!(Instrumental)
Girls in Wonderland(Instrumental)

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