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My head’s feeling very dizzy right when I found the three additions to the lineup. We have Eien no Loli, Fripside and GRANRODEO. The recording’s scheduled for June the 7th. So book your flights, people.

Excuse me while I continue hyperventilating.

It is a bleak day in office. I was having a bad case of Monday blues combined with the stress of organizing a seemingly endless stream of meetings, while trying to figure out how to hit our sales objective for this month. At some point of time, I went to Youtube, hoping to destress by watching some Nana stuff. Then I recalled that the Music Japan Anison Special should be out already, and I found this:

Talk about an energy boost. There is nothing like having Nana and Minorin around to light up a dark day. Now we just need the full version of Music Japan, I want to hear Pray and SCANDAL’s rendition of Don’t Say Lazy.

This is Julius Firefocht, signing off.

EDIT: Another search reveals more clips. I will post them up as I find them.

EDIT: Nana’s DISCOTHEQUE and Pray added. Pray is epic, just too bad it is TV-sized and does not give Nana enough room to show off her vocal power. A true pity.

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Just came across this site with our dear producer and artist present on the show, giving a fair share of their feelings and thoughts. It’s in Japanese though, so those who are interested can check it out here.

Minorin was surpised about the interview and expressed that she’s actually nervous. She also mentioned about performing at Malaysia, Daicon (which some of us went) and that she had fun alongside with her fans who were there to attend her concert.

Oh yeah~ Don’t forget, Nana is actually the Narrator in the show too. XD

And those who are actually nice enough to translate the text for our English readers, feel free to post it in the comment box and I’ll update here accordingly.

This special is awesome!

The highlight of the show was all about the Dark Horse, HIMEKA and the Queen, Mizuki Nana. I guess HIMEKA had her dreams come true also, to be able to stand beside our dear Nana and shaking her hand brought tears to her eyes. XD

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Rather pre-mature, that title. According to this link, Nana is scheduled to appear on Music Japan alongside famous names like Abingdon Boys School and Perfume. It’s a NHK event so it could be that finally, Nana may get the chance to appear on Kohaku, that yearly music show on New Year’s Eve.

My response? About time!

Correct me if I am wrong, but if it happens,  it makes Nana the first seiyuu-singer to ever appear on Kohaku. Pulling off this stunt will also mean that the mainstream market is finally starting to take notice of her too. Looks like all those high Oricon positions are not for show after all.

This is Julius Firefocht, signing off.

Edit: Sorry to dash your hopes, but we have received more information through Bonkurasu and Danie. The event in question is confirmed to be Music Japan, and it showcases currently popular artistes and Oricon chart toppers. That explains why Nana, Perfume and Abingdon Boys School are in the line-up. The earlier portion of this article was pure speculation that ended up on the wrong side of the moon, and we apologise for giving readers a wrong impression of Nana actually appearing in Kohaku.

So no Nana in Kohaku for us. But having Nana in Music Japan can’t be a bad thing too, right? Though I still want to see Nana in Kohaku.

Our thanks to Bonkurasu and Danie for clearing things up.

This is Julius Firefocht, signing off. Again.

Looks like this is a day for seiyuu-related news. Behold, Nana’s recent performance of Shin Ai on Music Japan.  Nana in that white dress looks absolutely enchanting. Oh, and she sings a single line of enka at the 2:16 mark. A single line, but it was enough to bowl me over.

Nana’s performance of Shin Ai was accompanied by Agematsu Mika’s heavenly harp performance and the Cherry Boys band. What should have been an epic live was hampered by the fact that the song itself was TV-sized. What a waste… though what was performed was already extremely impressive in itself.

This is Julius Firefocht, signing off.

EDIT: Ah well, the video was taken down, due to copyright issues. Can’t be helped, I guess.

EDIT again: Video back up. Our thanks to Fumomo for providing a link!