The cover flow phailed hard after upgrading it.

So yeah, gonna reorganize my songs and downgrade it later. Sadly my iMac can’t help me this time, the HFS partition is set to 100GB(thanks to my dad)… which is not enough for my songs.

Acid Black Cherry - Re:Birth

It was love at first sight, the first time I heard it and I’m already mesmerized. Re:Birth by Acid Black Cherry probably among the best song of the year. A song for the latest installment for the Another Century Episode series “Rebirth” , filled with fast and delicious guitar riff, double guitar solo harmonic, soothing Janne Da Arc vocal and overall it’s a really nice arrangement. The wait is killing me ( about 3 month I think ) but once it was released, can’t stop headbanging to it until now. Already tabbed it out, but not in the mood to write it down unless requested. The game itself is not worth much mentioning but this song is a must try.

うたかた花火 - Supercell

Oshit it’s Naruto song but NO! Don’t discriminate it like that. Kudos to Ryo again for making such a wonderful song. It’s the continuation of the series Kimi No Shiranai Monogatari >> Sayonara Memories >> Utakata Hanabi , all telling about the same thing, memories of a girl about a boy but in a different expression. Unlike the previous 2, the song is a ballad, with Nagi as the vocalist, sorry vocaloid fans out there, I still can’t accept the synthesizer feel of a vocaloid song yet. The PV is less attractive as the previous one but it’s really artistic in a supercell kind of way. The second song is the theme song for Mahou Tsukai No Yoru, Hoshi ga Mabataku Konna Yoru ni, a fast tempo song, again with intricate chord progression.

Walkの約束 - Nangi

Ignored it during the first time I listen to it, but after a while, starting to like it after putting it in my driving playlist. The ED theme for Shiki, melancholic in a way and the chord progression during the chorus is awesome. In a weird way, the lazy ass voice is kinda soothing to listen to. Same like Supercell’s, the PV is really artistic and not really enjoyable for most people.

SPARKY☆START　- 片手☆SIZE

片手☆SIZE is a trio group starring Aya Hirano, Horie Yui, and Maeda Ai. And yeah, I like most songs performed by all three of them so having them combined is something to look forward to. ED for Nurarihyon no Mago, a youkai + yakuza like story, didn’t watch it until I listen to this song. Yukionna/Tsurara, the character voiced by Hocchan is really dazzling, her eyes captivated me during the first look on the album art. And yeah, after listening to Hocchan voice in the song totally sold me out. The anime wasn’t all that good in terms of quality, but they got a good female seiyuu lineup and enjoyable story. The manga give a lot more chivalrous feel to it though.

It's A Wonderful World - Mr. Children

Forgive me for being a slowpoke but Mr.Children is really awesome, much more awesome than Radwimps and  Bump Of Chicken. I’ve fallen in love with their song after listening to Kurumi. But this album here doesn’t have that song, but it contains my favourite song ‘Fastener’. Their song pattern is pretty much the same and gave a feeling of nostalgic and melodic. Enjoyable if you’re listening to it while reading a slice of life novel or manga.

H.O.T.D - Maon Kurosaki

Kurosaki Maon is a newcomer to the anisong music industry, though from reading her profile, she already debuted in Akihabara as a performer. Up until now, she already performed the song for HoTD and the new Index series installment ( can check out the PV for that here ). Okay, the album consisted of all 13 H.o.t.d ED recorded in full version. Overall I give it a 3 star except for ‘Fuss Fuzz’ which deserve 5 full star from me. The song might me normal during the first time you listen to it, but once you put on your headphone and listen to the detail, it was really an exploding experience. The guitar arrangement is really awesome and somewhat producing an exploding sound from the palm mute, making you wanna headband right away. Though, I think one with less music instrument proficiency couldn’t notice it well so it’s not really a strong argument.

Venus to Jesus - Yakushimaru Etsuko

Weird song for a weird series, Venus to Jesus is a really premelodic kinda song where it’s the combination of cuteness + slow rock + ballad. Yakushimaru Etsuko voice is really cute and gave off a peaceful sensation, quite ‘windy’ like Hanazawa Kana’s voice. Kinda reminds me that I still haven’t watch S2 of the series.

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Inferiority doesn't make a loser.

Since the dawn of human kind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing power of rock and bone, blood has been spilled in the name of everything, from God to justice to simple, psychotic rage.

In the year 2077, after millennia of armed conflict, the destructive nature of man could sustain itself no longer. The world was plunged into an abyss of flatten lands to valleys and mountains. But it was not, as some had predicted, the end of the world. Instead, the apocalypse was simply the prologue to another bloody chapter of human history. For man had succeeded in finding the best breast size – but war, war never changes.

Habanero-tan

Collecting figures and model kits was considered a very expensive hobby. At some point, one question popped out, “Why do you waste money on this PVC? For love? For hate? For power? For allegiance? For revenge? For dream? For justice? For sin?”. It all depends on a person POV. Here’s a gallery to convey another POV of these PVC model. WARNING! NSFW and bandwidth eating inbound

Gekijouban Macross F -Itsuwari no Utahime- ED & Insert Songs Album - CM Ranka

My iTunes library just hit 7000+ song yesterday, so it was a cool story. Started out with 700 songs in 2006, 4 years of collecting, hope my HDD wont die on me until I get a replacement. Long story short, here’s a review of what I’ve been listening to in 2010. Above is the album for Macross F the movie “Itsuwari no Utahime”. Contains insert songs such as ‘ダイナム超合金’, ‘ファミリーマート・コスモス’, ‘恋のドッグファイト (ちょっとだけ)’, and not to forget ‘ニンジーン Loves you yeah!’. While movie is fukken where, the ending song ‘そうだよ’ is included in this album. Reminds me of Dark Steno Ranka which is not finished yet.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st Theme Song & Insert Song Single - PHANTOM MINDS

Another soundtrack for a movie fukken where, PHANTOM MINDS. I didn’t download this album just because it’s Fate-chan or because she’s an A cup, really! But I really like most of her song, too bad I couldn’t afford the whole collection. Track includes:

1. PHANTOM MINDS
2. Don’t Be Long
3. Song Communication
4. 十字架のスプレッド

Shinkai Makoto Sakuhin Image Album "Promise"

After having a Global Makoto Shinkai Day, this multi award winning director wouldn’t be complete without one or two tribute albums. Performed by Eminence Symphony Orchestra, founded by Hiroaki Yura in 2003 and currently based in Sydney, Australia. The albums holds the most memorable song in Makoto Shinkai works from Byousoku 5cm to Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko. Something you wanna hear when you are drinking your midnight coffee in a dim light. First 3 song are from Byousoku, next 6 songs are from Place We Promised in Our Early Days, 2 more songs are from Hoshi No Koe, last 2 songs are from Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko.

1. One more time, One more chance (Instrumental)
2. 思い出は遠くの日々
3. カナエの気持ち
4. 雲のむこう、約束の場所　メインテーム
5. 二人の計画 / 希望と憧れ
6. サユリ
7. 雲のむこう、約束の場所　メインテーム (Piano Version)
8. 二人の葛藤
9. きみのこえ (Instrumental)
10. THROUGH THE YEARS AND FAR AWAY
11. ミカコからの便り
12. 彼女と彼女の猫 メインテーム
13. 彼女と彼女の猫 (Piano Version)

0079-0088

Gackt album, includes 哀戦士 gundam NEXT PLUS version. I’m not familiar with the other songs so 哀の戦士 is the only song I hear in the album. Prefer the old version of 哀戦士 though.

Fate/Zero Original Soundtrack Return to Zero

I really dislike the game due to VERY complex japanese that my translating machine can’t understand,so my japanese understanding is out of question. Enough talk, I uninstalled it before I can finish. Unlike the other Fate series(or any other Type-Moon series), the game feature full english song for OP (‘Starlit Faith’ by Watanabe Kazuhiro) and ED (‘Beginning Oath’ by Itou Kanako). Screw this I have Melty Blood Actress Again!

Kanamemo ED Single - YAHHO!!

I’m not really a fan of Yui Horie even though I played To Heart, but her role as Toradora’s Minorin changed that. I’ve been following her trails ever since then, superb stalker I am. Kanamemo was good, slice of life with moe-blob humor, not the best but something you can watch without feeling troubled. So do the songs, especially the ED with is kinda modern punk rock oriented. One thing is the drum beat is fun to hear. Filler song ‘daisy’ was more like a typical J-pop tho even with the added guitar solo, probably due to excessive trumpet sounds.

Top wo Nerae 2! Original Soundtrack

Old soundtrack which I found very suggoi in term of melody, composed by Tanaka Kouhei. 2 songs, ‘Tatsu Tori Ato wo Nigosa zu’ and ‘Inazuma Double Kick’  enough to put make me gets a hard on. Tatsu Tori Ato wo Nigosa zu give me the feeling of everything was over for now, and I should really go to bed. Inazuma Double Kick, despite the song title, was actually a symphonic ballad which reminds me of the strong bond between nono and lal’c in the final showdown. Gainax was probably a studio like no other and still irreplaceable up til now.

Bakemonogatari ED Single - Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari

Kimi no Sugoi Monogatari. Supercell is the picture of what anime music will become in 10 more years. They can be said as an inspiration to many song composers in japan, pro or noob. Something simple and feels good to listen to, accompanied with cool graphics, otaku strike zones are critically damaged. Enough of the compliments, album feature various version of ‘君の知らない物語’ , one filler song ‘LOVE & ROLL’, and the theme of ‘CENCOROLL’. That’s it for review, my back is aching from sleeping on the floor last night.

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