As promised, here's the links to all the Miku songs played at Mikupa 39s Live in Singapore back on 11 November 2011:
http://mikubook.com/setlist/mikupa2011inSingapore
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Sunday, 13 November 2011
AFA 2011 Day 3
Caught the Full Metal Alchemist movie today. Pretty good. The Cosplay Regionals were impressive, to say the least. Singles was won by a Zaku 1 Custom from Indonesia. For group category, Indonesia won 3rd place, with Kamen Rider Kiva Emperor mode and the Bat Fangire. 2nd place was won by Final Fantasy 13-2, comprising of Lightning in her new armour and that new blue haired guy she duels in the trailer(forgot which country they came from). Top was taken by The Philippines , with Warrior of Light and Judge Gabranth from Dissidia. I took many, many pictures of the 3 day event. Will upload them at a later date together with a review of Day 3's concert. May'n rocked the house!
Saturday, 12 November 2011
AFA 2011 Day 2
Wow. One heck of a tiring day. I certainly spent a lot lesser monies than expected. As I'm tired beyond belief, I'll post my day 2 experience probably on Monday. It'll be 3 separate posts:
Shop Area + Live dubbing by Chiwa Saito
Mobile Suit Gundam UC Episode 4
Anisong concert(PS: Ichiro Mizuki and Lisa were AWESOME).
With that, I head to bed.
Shop Area + Live dubbing by Chiwa Saito
Mobile Suit Gundam UC Episode 4
Anisong concert(PS: Ichiro Mizuki and Lisa were AWESOME).
With that, I head to bed.
Friday, 11 November 2011
Mikupa 39 Live in Singapore 2011! My review!
Damn. Best. 2. Hours. Of. My. Life. Seriously. It was a great concert, easily comparable to that of say, Jay Chou or Lady Gaga. Miku's choice of songs are possibly among the best, fighting with Live in Sapporo for best track list. The band was great, and they interacted with the audience. It was hilarious as hell to see them take part in the Popipo dance.
Awesomeness:
As mentioned, music choices made were excellent. While it was obviously similar to Live in Sapporo, they made some changes. For example, Live in Sapporo started with a high energy song and ended with a slow one, while Live in Singapore did the exact opposite. Also, order of songs were swapped, with a couple added, and others removed. Luka got 3 songs this time, which was better than having 2. The place was packed. It was a full house sell-out, even after opening more slots to both VIP and normal tickets. Shows how much fans Miku has. Even the crowd sang along. Truly a memorable night. The cast too got a graphical update. Those pixels aren't visible unless you strain really hard to look for. But if you were doing that, why the hell are you even there? I could be wrong here, but it sounded like they were using Luka's Append set, which Live in Sapporo did not, yet another plus point. Miku also introduced the band, which was another awesome part for me. Speaking of which, the band were seriously dynamic. IMO they performed way better than they did in Sapporo. Thank god they used the glass panel this time, not that bullcrap black box from the Tokyo concert. Next time, I'll be getting better seats.
Gripes:
Some dances were cut short, most noticeably on Munsunde Hiraite Rasetsu To. While Sapporo had the screen above, Suntec did not, and the glass panel did not give enough space for Miku to dance. Secondly, the ridiculous lack of duets. There was only ONE duet between Miku and Rin, which was also the first appearance made by Rin. If anything, I was honestly expecting a duet between the Kagamines. Sapporo did it very well, where Rin sang Daughter of Evil, while it cuts off half way and Len continues with Servant of Evil, and they both end it with their songs at the same time. Thirdly, the lack of "interaction" between Miku and the audience. This is probably due to the language barriers, as Miku would ask the audience a question, to which the answer was expected. Fourthly, no final appearances made by all 4 Vocaloids in the closing song. Admittedly, it didn't really allow them to appear based on the song. Overall still a great experience which could be better. There was only one song which I actually disliked.
Others:
God, the que was massively long, just to redeem stuff. Additionally, Miku's merchandise were OOS at an incredible rate. It's like these kids were made of money or something. Also, this hilarious malay girl was attempting to dance like the Vocaloids(key word: attempting). She actually span right into the wall. There were lots of parents with kids around, but only one pair of parents were actually singing along. Pretty cool huh? I also saw this old grandparents with their grandchildren(they were in front of me). They knew their stuff, that's for sure. They sang, educated their grand kids in the mystical knowledge of Vocaloid. The grandpa was even dancing, very, very well. For an animated diva, Miku and Co's music sure has touched many many people. Including me. Call me an otaku for coming to this concert. I'll be proud of it.
Below is the set of songs performed. Will add links later on. Need my sleep for more AFA goodness later.
1. When love first love ends by Ryo2.(supercell)
3.Rolling Girl by Wowaka
4. Two Breaths Walking by Deco*27
5. Albino By BuzzG
6. Love Colored Ward by OsterProject
7. Ee? Ah, sou - Papiyon
8. Musunde Hiraite Rasetsu to Mukuro-9. hachi
10. Intense singing of Hatsune Miku -CosMo@bousou-P/GAiA
11. Rip=Release - Ryusei-P
12. Double Lariat - Ago-anikiP
13. Luka Luka Night Fever - Samfree
14. My Time by KuchibashiP
15. Popipo - LamazeP
16. Hello, Planet - Sasakure. UK
17. Kocchi Muite Baby - Ryo(supercell)
18. Yellow - kz(livetune)
19. Colorful x Melody - Team MOER
20. Melancholic - Junky
21. Kokoro - Travolta
22. Migikata no Chou - NoriP
23. Fire Flower - Halyosy
24. Iroha Uta - Ginsaku
25. Time machine - 1640mp(164x40mp)
26. Aria - TokuP/lino/kio Nachi
27. Miku miku shite ageru - ika_mo
Encore
28. Though songs have no shape- doriko
29. Melt - supercell
Awesomeness:
As mentioned, music choices made were excellent. While it was obviously similar to Live in Sapporo, they made some changes. For example, Live in Sapporo started with a high energy song and ended with a slow one, while Live in Singapore did the exact opposite. Also, order of songs were swapped, with a couple added, and others removed. Luka got 3 songs this time, which was better than having 2. The place was packed. It was a full house sell-out, even after opening more slots to both VIP and normal tickets. Shows how much fans Miku has. Even the crowd sang along. Truly a memorable night. The cast too got a graphical update. Those pixels aren't visible unless you strain really hard to look for. But if you were doing that, why the hell are you even there? I could be wrong here, but it sounded like they were using Luka's Append set, which Live in Sapporo did not, yet another plus point. Miku also introduced the band, which was another awesome part for me. Speaking of which, the band were seriously dynamic. IMO they performed way better than they did in Sapporo. Thank god they used the glass panel this time, not that bullcrap black box from the Tokyo concert. Next time, I'll be getting better seats.
Gripes:
Some dances were cut short, most noticeably on Munsunde Hiraite Rasetsu To. While Sapporo had the screen above, Suntec did not, and the glass panel did not give enough space for Miku to dance. Secondly, the ridiculous lack of duets. There was only ONE duet between Miku and Rin, which was also the first appearance made by Rin. If anything, I was honestly expecting a duet between the Kagamines. Sapporo did it very well, where Rin sang Daughter of Evil, while it cuts off half way and Len continues with Servant of Evil, and they both end it with their songs at the same time. Thirdly, the lack of "interaction" between Miku and the audience. This is probably due to the language barriers, as Miku would ask the audience a question, to which the answer was expected. Fourthly, no final appearances made by all 4 Vocaloids in the closing song. Admittedly, it didn't really allow them to appear based on the song. Overall still a great experience which could be better. There was only one song which I actually disliked.
Others:
God, the que was massively long, just to redeem stuff. Additionally, Miku's merchandise were OOS at an incredible rate. It's like these kids were made of money or something. Also, this hilarious malay girl was attempting to dance like the Vocaloids(key word: attempting). She actually span right into the wall. There were lots of parents with kids around, but only one pair of parents were actually singing along. Pretty cool huh? I also saw this old grandparents with their grandchildren(they were in front of me). They knew their stuff, that's for sure. They sang, educated their grand kids in the mystical knowledge of Vocaloid. The grandpa was even dancing, very, very well. For an animated diva, Miku and Co's music sure has touched many many people. Including me. Call me an otaku for coming to this concert. I'll be proud of it.
Below is the set of songs performed. Will add links later on. Need my sleep for more AFA goodness later.
1. When love first love ends by Ryo2.(supercell)
3.Rolling Girl by Wowaka
4. Two Breaths Walking by Deco*27
5. Albino By BuzzG
6. Love Colored Ward by OsterProject
7. Ee? Ah, sou - Papiyon
8. Musunde Hiraite Rasetsu to Mukuro-9. hachi
10. Intense singing of Hatsune Miku -CosMo@bousou-P/GAiA
11. Rip=Release - Ryusei-P
12. Double Lariat - Ago-anikiP
13. Luka Luka Night Fever - Samfree
14. My Time by KuchibashiP
15. Popipo - LamazeP
16. Hello, Planet - Sasakure. UK
17. Kocchi Muite Baby - Ryo(supercell)
18. Yellow - kz(livetune)
19. Colorful x Melody - Team MOER
20. Melancholic - Junky
21. Kokoro - Travolta
22. Migikata no Chou - NoriP
23. Fire Flower - Halyosy
24. Iroha Uta - Ginsaku
25. Time machine - 1640mp(164x40mp)
26. Aria - TokuP/lino/kio Nachi
27. Miku miku shite ageru - ika_mo
Encore
28. Though songs have no shape- doriko
29. Melt - supercell
Thursday, 10 November 2011
First review!
Alright. As of late, I've been listening to Hatsune Miku songs. Who is this singer you ask? Hatsune Miku is not real, but actually part of a music making program called Vocaloid. A voice actor provided samples of her voice, which is then used for creating the voice for singing songs. Each vocaloid(vocal android) is then giving art and a face, and thus Miku was born. Each vocaloid is associated with a colour, and Miku's is Teal. She is perhaps the most famous one known. Vocaloid has unleashed many talented composers as well as singers. As these are user-generated content, people are encouraged to create as what they create belongs to them, and not a company. As each song earns fame, people do covers for them. Many are found on NicoNico Douga, the Japanese equivalent of Youtube. For more information on Vocaloid, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocaloid. Now onto the video:
Title: Reflect yukkedoluce
Composer: yukkedoluce
Vocals: Hatsune Miku
Awesome no? It tells the story of a boy who hates who he is, and feels that he is not good enough to be with anyone. He seeks to be alone, yet a part of him wants to make friends, experience companionship and escape loneliness. The doll cat like appearance reflects how he sees himself as: ugly, unlovable and the such. He tries to call for help, but he thinks that no one is listening. He finally reaches the point where he simply does not bother anymore. In the end, his inner-self finally breaks free and encourages him to embrace what he is, and that no matter what he is, he will still be able to have friends, and people will hear his voice, as reflected in the various Vocaloid cameos listening via their headphones connected to the mic that he is holding. Most importantly, this song tells us that if we give up on ourselves, then no one can help us. We must listen to our hearts. This song reflects(see what I did there?) a common problem in society, how we push people away and ostracize them. Key examples are those who are terminally ill, fat people, people that look ugly(yea don't say that you never did that, we all have at one point of our lives.)
Music wise, it really is an ear worm. This song resides in my favourite's playlist. There's even a cover of it done by a Nico Nico singer by the name of Senka. It is as awesome as the original, or possibly even more so. Here it is:
So what do you think? Have you decided to give Miku songs a chance now?
Title: Reflect yukkedoluce
Composer: yukkedoluce
Vocals: Hatsune Miku
Awesome no? It tells the story of a boy who hates who he is, and feels that he is not good enough to be with anyone. He seeks to be alone, yet a part of him wants to make friends, experience companionship and escape loneliness. The doll cat like appearance reflects how he sees himself as: ugly, unlovable and the such. He tries to call for help, but he thinks that no one is listening. He finally reaches the point where he simply does not bother anymore. In the end, his inner-self finally breaks free and encourages him to embrace what he is, and that no matter what he is, he will still be able to have friends, and people will hear his voice, as reflected in the various Vocaloid cameos listening via their headphones connected to the mic that he is holding. Most importantly, this song tells us that if we give up on ourselves, then no one can help us. We must listen to our hearts. This song reflects(see what I did there?) a common problem in society, how we push people away and ostracize them. Key examples are those who are terminally ill, fat people, people that look ugly(yea don't say that you never did that, we all have at one point of our lives.)
Music wise, it really is an ear worm. This song resides in my favourite's playlist. There's even a cover of it done by a Nico Nico singer by the name of Senka. It is as awesome as the original, or possibly even more so. Here it is:
So what do you think? Have you decided to give Miku songs a chance now?
Inactivity
All right, I know I haven't updated anything in a long long while. Real life just happened to decide that I needed a few more challenges. I will be updating more(or rather, start updating again). Additionally, I'll be adding other things as well. I will be updating about the upcoming AFA 2011, especially the I love Anisong concert. Will probably do reviews of songs which have caught my ear. I know that many people may not listen to what I do, but I would like to suggest giving it a chance. Who knows, you might be pleasantly surprised. First song will be coming later!
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
1 - 5
This time, Roxas returned to his first life. He delibrately messed up his exams, delays his enlistment, following everything with accuracy, with some changes. This time, he finally asked Aqua out. Sadly, the first sign that his body was breaking down first manifested while in National Service. He collapsed while delivering some documents, and needed a defibrillator to restart his heart. Doctors could not figure out the cause, but Roxas knew better. The sands in the hourglass were trickling away more quickly than anyone else's. Black outs were common now. He dedicated much of his time to his love and friends. He finally reached the time when he had first met the mysterious man on the bus. Roxas's body was at it's limit. He fell for the final time, just as he ended work. A voice rang out,"Are you truly happy now? Do you regret your choices?" "No," responded Roxas. "This is what it should be. I only wish that I had realise this earlier..." With that, Death claimed Roxas.
A funeral procession brought a coffin to an empty grave. The priest gave a final blessing, with prayers said. The coffin was laid down, together with tears, and the grave was filled. People in black paid their respects and left.
6 months later....
A metallic object cut a swath through the warm night air, igniting gases in the cemetery and leaving a trail of ghostly green fire*. Hovering above a grave, a mechanical voice rang out:
"Roxas Mao of Earth, RISE."
*This phenomena is also called will-o-wisp, jack-o-lantern, hinkypunk, ghost-light, spook-light, fairy light, friar's lantern, hobby lantern or corpse candle, depending on the country and village. Due to phosphine and methane produced by decomposition of dead bodies, they oxidize in the usually cooler temperature night air(compared to day) causing combustion a thus burning up. Phosphine provides the greenish colouring, while methane as a fuel. Older times thought that they were spirits of the dead, and is quite unsettling to see.
SURPRISE UPDATE! And thus ends the first chapter. Hope you have enjoyed it. Do note that the next one will start the second chapter. As the ending of chapter 1 suggests, it will very much darker. There will be some fairly detailed descriptions of torture(yes, I'm a disturbed person). Some characters might resemble some people you may know, because it is intended. No, I don't hate them, as later parts will show. It's all for the story! Please do not be offended if you think the character may resemble you.
A funeral procession brought a coffin to an empty grave. The priest gave a final blessing, with prayers said. The coffin was laid down, together with tears, and the grave was filled. People in black paid their respects and left.
6 months later....
A metallic object cut a swath through the warm night air, igniting gases in the cemetery and leaving a trail of ghostly green fire*. Hovering above a grave, a mechanical voice rang out:
"Roxas Mao of Earth, RISE."
*This phenomena is also called will-o-wisp, jack-o-lantern, hinkypunk, ghost-light, spook-light, fairy light, friar's lantern, hobby lantern or corpse candle, depending on the country and village. Due to phosphine and methane produced by decomposition of dead bodies, they oxidize in the usually cooler temperature night air(compared to day) causing combustion a thus burning up. Phosphine provides the greenish colouring, while methane as a fuel. Older times thought that they were spirits of the dead, and is quite unsettling to see.
SURPRISE UPDATE! And thus ends the first chapter. Hope you have enjoyed it. Do note that the next one will start the second chapter. As the ending of chapter 1 suggests, it will very much darker. There will be some fairly detailed descriptions of torture(yes, I'm a disturbed person). Some characters might resemble some people you may know, because it is intended. No, I don't hate them, as later parts will show. It's all for the story! Please do not be offended if you think the character may resemble you.
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