The Bonkurasu Brigade

An update of translations of the entries on the Famitsu Persona 3 Portable Creator’s blog. Meguro Shoji probably needs no introduction, and I’m really looking forward to the new tracks.

On to the translation of his first entry!

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Hi, This is Meguro, in charge of the music of Persona 3 Portable

It’s been a month since the announcement of Persona 3 Portable, and some game screencaps have been released, so I’ll continue with an update on the music side.

If you choose the female main character in Persona 3 Portable, there is a selection of music tracks just for her route

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And since I did nothing to celebrate, I decided to sing this song that came out of the Family Mart boom on Nicodou recently. It sorts of grows on you after a while, and you start humming it when doing homework, things like that.

And then the uncontrollable urge to sing it hits you. Brain worms, tsk.

Forgive my (fail) voice and forgive my (fail) microphone. Happy moe day!

Original here:

Parallel Hearts by FictionJunction : OP for Pandora Hearts

I have never touched on the anime, but after hearing Parallel Hearts and MAZE up ‘live’ at Animelo 2009 this year with Fictionjunction and Savage Genius feat. Tomoe Ohmi respectively, there might be a slightest chance I’ll catch the anime when I have the chance.

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Ume here, writing from Shinjuku. This post will be terribly delayed because the internet doesn’t work at the hotel I’m staying in, but in any case I’ll be typing this report while everything is still fresh in my head.

It’s the Golden Ticket!

Pictures and concert impressions after the jump!

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Published just a little late for her birthday, this animated PV (To the music of the classic, Koisuru Vocaloid), is a trip past two colorful years of Vocaloid on Nico Nico Douga.

It is certainly nostalgic to see references to the White Letter PV, Watashi no Jikan and Wanderer, and also amusing to see the newer hits making it in, like Roshin Yukai (Better known as Meltdown to most). and Romeo to Cinderella. All the other vocaloids appear in this video, and fan-created characters also get their screen time (Neru, Haku, etc. ).

The original PVs and songs referenced will be linked after the jump, so if you’re interested, have a look. Enjoy the PV, and if there’s anything I missed out in my list, just comment with the title and I’ll add it :)

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A new song by 現実逃避P (wowoka), for Hatsune Miku. Another tongue twister challenge, quite like cosMoP’s Hatsune Miku no Shoushitsu, but relatively easier to sing.

Are you able to sing it, though? Many have tried, with varying degrees of success.

Romaji lyrics after the jump, as a belated celebration of Miku’s second anniversary.

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Will be awesome. (site here: http://animehouse.jp/)

Cover art by mota, probably most well known for his work in gelatin and IOSYS’s touhou CDs.

Rearranges of anison grew old pretty quick for me, especially with the huge selection of noi- I mean, music of Sharpnel and Exit Trance. There were covers, remixes, nois-(Nevermind), some good, some bad, some very industrial music.

But here comes the Anime House Project, bringing the delightful bleepy tunes of electropop and the signature bass beats of, well, house, to a stellar lineup of famous anime theme songs, both old and new. And when I say it is delightfully bleepy, it is.
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So it seems that Perfume garnered 2nd place in Oricon monthly charts for the month of July! Good job, girls! I have no clue on how to pronounce the name of the dude who get #1 lol. GreeeeN got 3rd, while MJ got 5th place.

As soon as the last venue of her tour ended yesterday, information on her next major LIVE concert was announced, and it would be held at Nippon Budoukan, titled 『ＢＩＧ★ＷＡＡＡＡＡＶＥ！！』

The concert will be held on the 24th of January 2010.

It’s about time Music Japan airs the Anison ‘live’ that was recorded a day after Minorin’s Daicon concert. Music Japan’s ‘Shinseki Anison SP’ will air on August 16th from 15 minutes past midnight on Japan’s NHK channel. Or 15 minutes into 17th of August if you want to be doubly sure.

I can’t remember how angela’s ‘Spiral’ or Ishikawa Chiaki’s ‘First Pain’ sounds like, and very much interested to listen how SCANDAL covers “Don’t Say ‘Lazy’”. Other than that, I’ve pretty much listened to the rest of the other songs before.

More information on the concert at Music Japan’s home page.