KAWAII ! Yeah, I remember that at this time last year I made a post about it. And now, what a coincidence, there's a really Kawaii song by a Kawaii voice in this AGM month's top. You will easily find out it, or you have already known it by that hot chick's image, lol. But that's not all about last month's AGM. The quality of songs is approximately at average whereas there are many different music genres to enjoy: from modern trance to traditional folk, from the light-heated playful one to the serious thoughtful one. Well, all of them together have made a lively and lovely image of the first month of this year's AGM. Let's enjoy it in this lively and lovely time. Lunar new year is coming near!
OST: Little Busters! Ecstasy image song
Album/Single: VA Compilation CD Vol.1 Panorama
Released Date: December 29, 2009
Download: Mediafire
I think this lastest remix version sounds better than the original one and moreover, Lia's voice always has "place utility" in this trance genre (listen to Tori no uta and you will understand). Because the song is originally melting and soothing like a lullaby, so when remixed into this dance genre, it becomes really interesting to listen.
OST: Sora no Otoshimono ED2
Album/Single: Sora no Otoshimono Ending Theme Collection
Released Date: December 29, 2009
Download: Mediafire
Too much flying panties, lol. However if you've never watched that episode, you will think it's a certain decent folk song. For me, I totally enjoy the naughtiness in this traditional song, both in its meaning and in Mina's seem-to-be-innocent voice.
OST: Mystic Square Bad Ending Theme
Album/Single: Hoshikage no Ama no Hara
Released Date: December 30, 2009
Download: Mediafire
I can say this is the best song in this C77 album. It makes a haunting ambience and have a clearer melody than the others.
OST: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1st OP
Album/Single: Phantom Minds
Released Date: January 13, 2010
Download: Mediafire
Maybe the most well-known song here. Mizuki tried to make a good stimulating OP and she really has made it though the song's too typical to get more impression.
OST: Bakemonogatari OP4
Album/Single: Bakemonogatari OP4 single - Ren'ai circulation
Released Date: January 27, 2010
Download: Mediafire
Yeah, it's KAWAII time. I usually ignore too much playful and weirdly girlish song like this (e.g Lucky star OST), but Ren'ai circulation is an exception. What I can say about it is...yes, you guess right: KAWAII. I'm looking forward to more songs from this "Kobato girl".
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
AGM January 2010
Monday, July 27, 2009
AGM Show 5: Smile of Youth
Yeah, youth, there is nothing more beautiful than youth. People love youth and they always want to keep their mind young by many ways. One of them is listening to "young music". Consequently, it's not strange that songs about youth and love are so easy to become popular that they are called Pop songs.
Another way to keep your mind young is smiling. It's simple but very effective method because when you smile (honestly), that means you can overcome any problem in your life. So, "let's smile more", that's an important advice when you come to a doctor.
So, there is really a relation between music, smile, and youth. But what will happen when they are combined into one? In this fifth show, you will see that combination. I will introduce you some upbeat Pop songs form anime. They are really "young" song so you don't need to understand the lyrics to feel the youth in them. And because the topic is very clear so I think there is no much things to say about them. Just listen, smile and enjoy youth!
1. Popcorn - Mikuni Shimokawa (HunterxHunter OVA ED)
Let's start with this light pop song. Mikuni has many songs similar to this song, but I think this is the "youngest" one: innocent and playful.
2. Jet boy jet girl - Hitomi Takahashi (Terra e... OP 2)
Hitomi Takahashi - Pop Shounen winner in an upbeat and uplifting song. You can sense the spirit of the beginning of a long adventure.
3. Email more - Tommy February6 (Paradise Kiss OP Single)
Yeah, a very catchy and listenable song. Even when you don't understand all the lyrics, you can guess what this song says easily.
4. Rottara Rottara - Buono (Shugo Chara ED5)
This is my Buono favorite songs. It starts in a light-hearted way and then turns into a very nice chorus. A song to inspire spirit!
5. Egao no Riyuu - meg rock (Asu no Yoichi OP)
Another exhilarating song with more rock!
6.Sunny side hill - Round Table feat. Nino (Uninhabited Planet Survive ED)
It's Nino in an upbeat and fast tempo song. Her cuteness and young spirit are the things make this song memorable.
Well, that's all. Have you felt the young spirit and smile from these songs? I hope that those songs can help your mind relaxing, happy and younger. Although they are not the main part of AGM wotld, I often listen to them when I feel bored and I always respect them because they are something that the artists have given their youth, their smile into them. Youth is invaluable. Therefore, if you are young, just smile often because you are now in your happiest period of your life and if not, you also should smile because it will always keep you young.
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Monday, February 2, 2009
Pop Shoujo Poll Result
Just like I have compared before, a Pop shoujo song is like a girl, so this poll is like a contest of beauty, and kawaii. Finally, after two weeks's voting, now we have the result - the winning girl.As you can see the title and the spoiler, the winner can't be any other than Catch you catch me. It's easy to understand, 'cause most of voters are Vietnamese and CCS Sakura is very well-known there. However, this is really a nice song and really worthy of the first prize. The innocent emotions, the jubilant melody, and the very lovely singing voice, all of them have made a memorable song, and I think we will remember this song for years as well as the series.
Sadly, this poll is not as exciting as the previous poll. There're just 7 voters, and in fact, the competition has ended at the first week. It seems that this competition is not as interesting as I thought, or you don't know that voting is the best expresion of support?
However, I really don't care that much. The AGM Award will go on, but halt now. It will come again soon. I will introduce songs more carefully before make a new poll, so that you will not be confused in choosing. If you have different ideas, please post comment here.
Final result:
- Catch you catch me (3 votes)
- Be your girl - My star (2 votes)
- Dark Side Ni Tsuitekite (1 vote)
Let me be with you
Otome wa do my best deshou - God knows... (0 vote)
Groovin' Magic
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Monday, January 19, 2009
AGM Show 2: All these Kawaii songs
Now, I am wondering if it is okay to introduce lots of exciting, joyful, girlful songs in a while. Maybe that makes people tired and confused. And from the last poll, I receive some complaint that I gave much priority to "Aozora no namida" and "No regret" when making a whole post for each of them. Therefore, now I will talk about all candidates.Please choose the part by clicking on the below links.
Let's begin with this jubilant pop song - Groovin' Magic - Gunbuster OP2 given to us by Round table band and vocalist Nino.
This song can be described in one word:"joyful".Nino has a cute, cool voice. Everytime I hear her voice, I imagine that it's Chii singing or maybe that's a kind of obsession when listening to Let me be with you (Chobits OP) so much. Let's take a look at it:
Isn't it a great OP? I am never get tired of it.
Now we leave Nino there and enjoy another cute songs: Catch you catch me. This famous song is the 1st OP of Cardcaptor Sakura:
Gumi's voice appropriates very well with Sakura's character, I find in her voice something innocence, playfulness. Really a nice OP!
After 3 great song, we can realize one things. Pop shoujo song usually has something we call the "cute highlight" that affect very much to that song and is something that we remember most after listening to that song. In Let me be with you, that's her repititive word:"Yeah" through that song. In catch you catch me, it's the statement at the end of Chorus:"ma - yo - wa - na - i ". We will see something like that in next songs.
Let's take a rest, I won't give it all in a while.
Okay, let's continue with Dark Side Ni Tsuitekite, a slow, light, oldstyle pop song, included in Welcome to NHK! ED2 single.
The song is given to us by the pleasant, sweet vocal of Makino. Unlike the other Pop Shoujo songs, this song is not very exciting and noisy. Its steady and old style sonority make me relaxed and melted down. Makino's voice within the chorus is so sweet and lovely. In my way of speaking, it's the cute highlight of this song.
Be your girl is something different, it's a typical new pop song. I am kinda surprising when knowing that's the ending of Elfen Lied, 'cause its opening is super serious. Chieko Kawabe version is much better than other versions and the chorus is somewhat irresistibly loveable.
Chieko's a charming lady, isn't she? And now, Chobits again. This anime's OST is really among the best. There're many nice songs, sad and happy. It's among the best happy one:
This song is not very exciting, it's a light pop song. Just like its name - Raison d'etre, the melody is somehow French and life-enjoyable. Rie Tanaka did well, her voice is unaffected and relaxed. Unexplainably, everytime this song is played, an image of Chii walking and smiling in the bright morning's sunlight appear in my head. Maybe that's because I love Chii so much?
Let's halt here. We should enjoy the beauty progressively.
So, here is the last part. Let's enjoy Mika Kikuchi's My star:
This exciting and joyful song is also the 4th ED of Capeta series. In fact, I didn't know much about Mika until one day I heard this song and quickly fell in love with her voice. Such a girlful and lovely voice! I can say her singing voice is the cute highlight of this song. Just close your eyes and feel the gentleness, the sweetness, and the gracefulness in her singing, you will love it for sure. Or you can listen to another song from her - the Ending theme of Mai-Otome series - Otome wa DO MY BEST deshou:
This's really a hilarious and middle school girl song, a typical Pop Shoujo. I think both Mika Kikuchi and Ami Koshimizu did well in this remarkably cute ending theme.
And now we end this show with a very famous and merry song - Hirano Aya God knows... (Insert song of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya):
There have been many people talking about this song, so I just talk in brief here. This song shows we how talented and capable Hirano Aya-san is. Her dancing, her singing...everything goes great, but the crazy guitar solo part is the greatest . I can understand why this song become the favourite song of many people. It really rocks!
How do you feel after watching this whole show? I think some will say these're just for the teenage merry girls. Maybe they're right, or maybe that's a conservative opinion. Anyhow, Pop Shoujo is really the beauty and the charm of anime music. If we can enjoy the innocent beauty of a girl, why can't we enjoy these kawaii songs at ease? Just love it if you can!
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
AGM Genre 2: Pop Shoujo
After the Pop Shounen Contest ended, now we come to next artice: Pop-Shoujo. It's also a genre myself thinking out. If you was after the previous posts carefully, you can somehow guess out the feature of this genre.
Pop Shoujo is somewhat opposite to Pop Shounen. Although both are exciting, energetic, but when Pop Shounen focuses on expressing the willing, the strengh to overcome anything and a little epic(little serious, isn't it?), Pop Shoujo tends to express the happiness, skittishness, peacefulness and sometimes innocence. We can compare Pop Shounen and Pop Shoujo with an active boy and an unaffected girl.
Pop Shoujo songs is usually happy, girlful and sung by the cute-vocal female singers.That's the reason why the boys and the serious ones don't like them much. In fact, we can only be able to enjoy the beauty and cuteness of these songs completely if we open our minds.
Here are some of best Pop Shoujo songs. they are also the candidates for AGM 2009 Award.
We will have 2 weeks to enjoy and vote for these songs. The deadline is set to the end of this month. Please vote for your favourite songs!
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