Sydney Trip – Thursday: Into the City

Well, this is my only holiday away from home in years ._. I usually try to get down to Sydney once a year and stay with my sister for a few days, but of the last past few years that hasn’t happened (last year she got married, the year before couldn’t work out a week I could come down blah, blah, blah…) So right now this is the best.

Yesterday I caught the train in to Wynyard Station on George Street, which is basically where all the places I wanted to visit are located, which is lucky I wanted to visit Kinokuniya (C), Galaxy Bookshop (D) (a sci-fi and fantasy bookshop), a model shop in Pitt Street Pedestrian Mall (B) and Paddy’s Markets (E) and Market City (E).

Trip Map

Now I was planning on taking tonnes of pictures to illustrate my adventures, but like me having lunch I completely forgot T_T I was so looking forward to eating at Ichi Ban Boshi, which is a kick ass Japanese restaurant. Goodbye my salty Miso Ramen, until next year *tear*

So, my first stop was JB Hi Fi which is on the bottom floor of The Galleries Victoria (where Kinokuniya is located) because Kinokuniya didn’t open ’til 10am and I was in there at 8-something. To get to the right entrance of TGV walk up George Street from Wynyard Station and walk into the second (I think) entrance which is the one with the shops Superdry and Mook at the front. Then walk towards the escalators and go down then turn right, then right and then take the first right. JB Hi Fi is at the end of the hallway (… along with EB Games …) Sorry about my directions being convoluted Anyway, the last time I was in at this JB Hi Fi they had a HUGE collection of J-Horror and J-Film in general, but this time round they merely had an Eastern Eye/Asian Cinema section wich was about a meter wide (and the majority was Chinese films) I did pick-up a copy of The Host [1] and was half tempted to buy their entire Anime section XD

I left JB and headed over to York Street to visit Galaxy which I’d been looking forward to since the Sci-Fi/Fantasy section at my local bookshop is rather lacking. You walk in and down into the store and are greeted with a wash of “Science Fiction/Fantasy” genera signs. It was brilliant! You kinda get lost in it all though, well I did, since there are so many books I hadn’t seen or heard of. They didn’t have the books I was looking for (… they were out of stock XD …), but I picked up the fourth volume in Michael Pryor’s “The Laws of Magic” series; Time of Trial, which I didn’t know was out, and the third volume in Jim Butcher’s “The Dresden Files” series; Grave Peril. I highly recommend both series

By this time it was 10 o’clock and I headed to Kinokuniya. Now, to get there you do the same thing as getting to JB except you take the escalators up two levels. The following picture is the stores layout:

Kinokuniya floor plan

The big red arrow is where you get off the second set of escalators, which is the stores main entrance. The two red dots are the Manga/Graphic Novel section and the Japanese Book Department, which includes Japanese magazines Those are the main sections I head straight for. I picked up the following:

My Manga/Graphic Novels

From top left: Negima! Magister Negi Magi Vol. 9 to 11, Air Gear Vol. 1 to 3, Naruto Vol 36 to 38 and Vol. 44 & 45, Fables: Legends in Exile and Transmetropolitan Vol. 1 (on the recent publication)

Now, I love Negima, it’s so cute. And yes, the fan service is brilliant They’re all so darn cute~! Air Gear is awesome, I’ve been reading the Scanlations from Sora-Scans for ages. I love the whole AT idea and the premise behind the series. Also Oh Great! can just draw some of the hottest looking girls out……… what’s with me and fan service in manga? XD Volumes 36 through 38 of Naruto I got because these are the volumes that have Shikamaru’s coming of age after Asuma’s death. Shikamaru is my favourite character. They also deal with Naruto’s learning of Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, which I enjoyed And volume 44 and 45 where the latest two they had so I got them. I would also like to say that official translations always seem to fail to impress compared to fan translations, and I don’t get it: The companies are paying people to translate these and they come out crap, a fan translates a volume in half the time and is 100x more enjoyable to read :S Fables I got on a customers and staffs suggestion after them seeing me getting Transmetropolitan, so I haven’t read it yet but it looks pretty good. Transmetropolitan I have read all the way through, I think, and loved it and wanted to own them. It’s a post-cyberpunk graphic novel full of foul language, violence, drug use etc… so although I strongly recommend it I have to say that if you have delicate sensibilities then don’t read it~! Next the magazines I got:

My Magazines

I got the latest edition of Hobby Japan, Bomb! and last months U.T.B because that’s all they had But all is well Hobby Japan is the best model magazine ever~! It’s given me model envy XD I can’t paint for anything and the few I tried to paint ended up looking like sh-t, so I’ve stuck to pre-painted ones ever since. It came with a Gundam accessory (the box next to the magazine) which won’t be put together since it needs painting XD I got Bomb! because A) I really wanted it and B) it has Idoling!!! on the cover and had articles about them :3 It also came with a poster of Idoling!!! which is going to be put up on one of my walls in the near future One thing though, I had no idea it was so small ._. And finally U.T.B……. well it’s U.T.B XD It’s got Maimi on the cover and inside, Maimai and Airi spreads as well as the cards you get (… I got pack C featuring Suzuki Airi, Yay~!, and Mayu Watanabe from Team B of AKB48, my favourite Team B member …) and a look inside Miya’s bedroom XD There’s also an abundance of AKB You can see a few scans at MB’s blog Sort of sad now since I wont be able to get anymore magazines for a while (… unless I get my sister to get them, but I’m not to sure about that option :S …) I’m also kicking myself for not picking up the copy of Sabra they had, but oh well.

Now for my pride and joys of my trip

My Photobooks :3

From top left: Yuko Fukudome – 17才のlive, Niigaki Risa – Happy Girl & Risa Niigaki, Suzuka Morita – HAPPYですぅ!!, Suzuki Airi – Airi, Tsugunaga Momoko – Momo no Mi and Haruka Suenaga – １８－ｅｉｇｈｔｅｅｎ－I got the Yuko and Haruka PB’s based on suggestions made by Morning Berryz And I’m glad I listened. They are both beautiful books, albeit one of them is smaller than I would have ever had thought, but I think it’s cool. Now, Niigaki’s self titled first PB came with a poster (score~!) which will take center stage somewhere on my walls.

I had to get them to order these in from Japan for me since they don’t carry Photobooks for some reason (… maybe not a big enough market for them? …) So I was a little anxious about it all. Don’t know why, but I was. But for no reason it turned out. I went to the Japanese Book Department Info desk and told them who I was and I had an order waiting for me, got my lovelies and went and paid for all my stuff. Then I got a happy surprise, they were having a 20% off sale and I got my 10% members discount on the magazines Really nice place to deal with, and the staff are really great and helpful. If you’re from/in Sydney and want to use Kinokuniya to get Photobooks then have the ISBN of the book and then call 02-9262-7996 (ext.5), which is the Japanese Book Department. They really are the nicest place to deal with The following are the ISBN’s and prices (… just if you want to order them …) for the PB’s:

17才のlive = ISBN 9784087804621 about A$61.88
Happy Girl = ISBN 9784847040801 about A$68.64
Risa Niigaki = ISBN 9784847028274 about A$61.88
HAPPYですぅ!! = ISBN 9784775602744 about A$68.64
Airi = ISBN 9784847040078 about A$68.64
Momo no Mi = ISBN 9784847041389 about A$68.64
１８－ｅｉｇｈｔｅｅｎ－ = ISBN 9784764820319 about $61.88

Now, of course I did all my book buying at the beginning of the day and had to cart them with me for the next umpteenth hours XD My shoulders are still aching and hurt to lift them, but it was worth it After my buying spree at Kinokuniya I went up to the Pitt Street Mall in search of a model shop on the top floor of a building there, however it was no longer there and the building was being redone. I was quite sad at that, I was looking forward to getting some more Gundams (… edit: there is actually a model shop on Dixon St, aka: China Town, opposite Market City. It’s at the end of the street and I found it from their stall at Animania …) There’s nothing that beats walking into a store and finding exactly what you want. It’s just not the same buying online, the thrill doesn’t last as long XD

I spent the rest of my day walking around Paddy’s Markets (… I got an Itachi and Naruto figurine. Only cheap PVC copies, but they’re not bad for the price …), playing at Galaxy World in Market City and watching District 9 [1] at Event Cinemas on George Street. All in all not a bad way to spend a day in the city, would have been better only if I wasn’t by myself I’ll have my Animania report…… no, not a report, more like my views about it…. up soon. Untill then, Ja ne~ and I hope I didn’t bore you too much.

°C-ute to be 5-nin ~ AKA: Erika is graduating

I wasn’t going to write anything, because if you haven’t heard by now you either live under a rather considerable boulder or don’t know how to use a feed reader XD But, I actually want to say something, so why shouldn’t I say it~?

Umeda Erika

I woke up, turned my computer on and went to Google Reader (… since I like to be informed …) Once it loaded all I could see was “Umeda Erika to Graduate”. A few clicks later and I was a sad wota

Now, I’m not going to say that

Oh no~! I loved her, my life is ruined!!!! Bawwwwwwww!!!! She was  the best and only great member of °C-ute!!!

….. because it’s not and I didn’t (… she is however my 7th favourite H!P member …) I will however say that I am sad because she’s leaving and I’m a fan of all of °C-ute and, but as there is supposed to be a silver lining to everything, happy because it seems Erika-chan will be happy in her graduation …………. and it’s an actual, proper graduation, finally~! Really wasn’t nice or fair of UFI to not give Kanna a ceremony.

Like Kanna, I had a soft spot for Erika…… more so actually for Erika ever since my watching of the 2008 Wonderful Hearts concert (… read my review if you want. I have a picture with a rather large red arrow on it that is relevant …) Erika was always in the far background and to the corners of all the PV’s for °C-ute, which apart from Maimi and Airi is pretty common for the girls, but she was particularly in the “shadows” for whatever reason. I too don’t think that her lose will be felt straight away in the singles, but the PV’s will feel even more empty now (… she worked super hard, even though she wasn’t front and center …)

From what I’ve read she’s pursuing a career in modeling…….. she’s certainly got the height. You can read a translation of the official statement here. She’ll be sticking around until the current concert tour ends, which is the 25th October, so there’s time to a) come to terms with it and b) to support her, if you so choose to (… I can see fans stocking up on Erika merchandise now …)

6-nin at an end T_T...... I so do like the number 6 ._.

To end things, I suggest you read CK’s post about this Oh, and I’m nowhere near finished my Alo-Hello! 3 reveiw XD I’m a slow ass everything. Ja ne~

I’m registered for Animania~!

My ticket!......... sort of sanitized

I’d been waiting for months and months to be able to pre-register for Animania (… hell, the Brisbane event has had pre-registration open for donkey ages XD …), but now I’m finally registered to go to the Sydney (September) weekend of Animania!! I went for the full weekend because I could. It also lets me split my days.

This is going to be my first Anime Con ever. Woop! Unfortunately I don’t do well in large groups of people, so this should be interesting XD

If you live in Australia and on the eastern seaboard and like anime then consider going, it should be awesome! Click here to go to the Sydney (September) mini-site. (… there’s also an event in Brisbane and Adelaide, so there’s options …)

Anywho, it’s not Hello!Project related but I just wanted to post something because I’m über excited! Ja ne!~

My stats~!

I checked my WordPress stats page the other day and my mind boggled. My hits had shot through my rather low roof~! XD I didn’t know why it shot up until I looked in my inbox and saw that CK (… from CK’s H!P Blog, Chuo Dori and My Sweet Meetan. If you haven’t visited them, you should …) had used my “Farewell Kana T_T” post for filler in an International Wota post………………… which is the only time that my blog gets this many hits XD………… ._.

My altered stats

Also if anyone cares, posts of more substance than my last ones should be up sooner rather than later Ja ne~

Farewell Kana T_T

Kana, you will be sadely missed

I’ve just read about Arihara Kanna leaving Hello!Project and °C-ute and found that my otherwise happy and semi-pleasant day has devolved into a sad, sad night T_T (… if you want to read the official statement, then head over to Hello!Online …)

One moment I was merely waiting for Kana-chan to return from her hiatus, and the next I’m reading that she left not even warranting a graduation ceremony…. which is a bit of a snub! …. I did think something was a bit not right, since four months is a rather long time to recover from hallux valgus.

Although I’m not in tears (… I rarely cry ._. …) this is truly a sad day. She may not have been my favourite member, but I did have a soft spot for her. She’s super adorable, cute and brilliant (… I’m a big fan of shorter hair on girls …) But I am sort of happy (… a sad happy, if that makes any sense …) because I think she may be happier now, which is what’s most important I also want to say that seeing one of your Idols, which the girls are, actually living their life is wonderful and brilliant to see. Actually makes me happy. Meaning I’d like to poke the people who bad-mouthed Kana-chan in the eye, hard~! Ja ne.

Airi-chan and Kana-chan <3

Kana-chan in a Yukata <3........ so beautiful.

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My home-made Mobile theme :3

Well, this doesn’t have to much to do with H!P……………… it does have something to do with Idoling!!! though, which I also happen to like XD

I went looking for mobile themes for Suzuka Morita, who is one of my favourite Idols :3 and my favourite member from Idolling!!!, a ways back when I bought a new mobile but I couldn’t find simple themes for her. Actually I couldn’t find any, so after finding her blog I went through it reading and looking for nice pictures she’d taken of things and of herself which I could make into a mobile theme (… I did really want to make a theme around Airi-chan, but I couldn’t find suitable pictures of/from her T_T Maybe soon …) And this is the result:

Suzuka Morita K530i theme

Click the mobile to go to theme download page

There’s nothing special or great about it, but I like it I used a tool called myTheme Creater (mTC) to make it and it also is capable of making themes for many more mobile models. Just thought I’d share. Ja ne~

Buono! – My Boy LE and Single V

LE Single

All is right with the world

Well, not entirely. Long story short, I’m sick; and sick of it! (… I’m always getting fraking sick, it’s plain annoying now …) Sent for tests (… frigging hate, loath and despise needles with a vengeance! …), waiting for the results. Yay ._. Anywho, hadn’t felt like doing anything for the last however long. But it’s the weekend and I thought “Stuff it! I’m going to write ” So here it is (… and this is probably going to be much more worse than usual XD …)

My Boy is the main track of the single and as I’ve said I hadn’t heard more than say 10-20 seconds of it before I ordered it, so when I did listen to it I had a stupid grin on my face for a good half hour after XD I have to say that is one of the most entrancing songs they’ve come up with, and again try listening to it then watching the PV. It’s brilliant, it adds different layers to the song….. it’s also a very entertaining PV I’m not saying it’s perfect. I have to admit that at first I thought that there was to much backing music stuffed into the track (… more than I was expecting in any case …) and not enough actual song in some parts. I still kind of feel like that, but it really is a great track that you can’t stay away from, you have to listen and re-listen to it It hits hard as soon as it starts and doesn’t let up until it’s over. Not at all what I would have expect for the ending of Shugo Chara! It’s too…… smashing? Christ, I said “smashing” didn’t I (… shoot me now, please …)

My Boy

Warp! is the B-side and is thoroughly more anime-ending sounding than My Boy, sorry to say XD Not a bad thing, just pointing the fact out. I am actually pretty surprised at the non-use of it as an opening/ending, or something because it’s a great track. It’s somewhat more subdued than My Boy, but is still rather enjoyable. I do enjoy when they each individually get a chance to sing, even if it’s only in short bursts. It just makes it sound like it’s a song meant for all three of them, not just one person (… and I know that Buono!’s a small group and they can do that, but still it’s nice to see them do it ^_^ …) Harmonization’s are again darn spot on, in places so well that they sound as if they’re one voice (… it doesn’t bring chills to me, but it’s very effective …) and it’s definitely pop-rocky …… except maybe for the chimes that show up throughout it, that’s more princess than rock XD These songs are a pretty good example why I like Buono! so much, so have a listen and enjoy:

Warp!

The Limited Edition comes with a DVD with a behind-the-scenes look at the CD cover photoshoot. They’re nice to watch because you get to see more of the girls shenanigans, which are always enjoyable When they’re in front of the camera they pull faces that are both adorable and sometimes just  plain and outright funny looking If you would like to watch it, click here.

Single V - My own scan

Unfortunately I couldn’t find a decent sized cover scan, hence my feeble attempt XD My scanner really doesn’t work properly, but I got it to work half-alright this time

The PV for My Boy is entirely enjoyable. It actually has a plot…… of sorts, behind it The plot being, as you probably know, that the girls are either spies or secret agents who have to gain entry to a castles secure hall to steal a love-heart shaped treasure ^-^ I have to be honest, I’ve never seen spies this cute, ever~! XD The choreography is really well done. It meshes with the “story” rather nicely and shows off different ways of movement than they’ve not tried before, which is good to see.

The outfits <3 and "stage"

These are some of the best outfits I’ve seen Buono! put into. They’re Punk, yet cute as hell. I love it. The knee high multi-coloured socks :3 , their shoes (… which to me sort of look like converse all stars. They may not be, but I have a thing for them, so I’m going with it …), Airi in a small hat again (… it always gets me. It increases her cuteness factor through the roof in my eyes :3 …) They’re also actually at the old castle that it’s shot in, it’s not a green-screen Which is a change from what they’ve been doing of late. You get to see a bit of the outside of it and the grounds that surround it (… which are covered in snow …) in the “Making Of” video, which is 6 minutes 10 seconds too long to upload ._. so I can’t show it to you (… since I can’t split it at the moment …)

Now, since they are half-spy-half-punk-cutie, and they’ve already shown their cute Punk side, it’s time for the spies:

An Adorable Spy XD

Momo in a box. Now, what better way to sneak into a guarded building than hidden in a box~! XD We also have Airi doing a laser crawl, and Miya looking suave in a Spy kind of way (… can you describe a girl as being suave? o_O …) Momo has way more moments in this PV, so I’ll share a few Momo’s given a gun fitting her personality (… in the “Making Of” they show how they get the flower(?) to pop out and her reaction is brilliant, makes it a thousand times more hilarious XD …), she meets a suit of armour (… again in the “Making Of” it shows them shooting the scene and Momo playing around, holding hands with the armour XD …) and Momo gets a little over excited.

The prize at the end .....

…. which contains:

Nom~!

Which leads to:

As well as Momo wielding a knife XD

The Dance Shot version is incredibly lovely to watch I said that the choreography mixed in with the story is nice, but the dancing all on its own is superb. It’s something that you can just watch and re-watch to your hearts content (… well I can …)

Too finish off, we have a Buono! impression of The Three Stooges:

Larry, Moe, and Curly

Single V:
CDJapan | YesAsia

Single – Regular Edition:
CDJapan | YesAsia

Single – Limited Edition:
CDJapan | YesAsia

3,2,1 BREAKIN’ OUT OPV Competition

I’m probably late on this, but hey, since when have I been up to date

It seems that Morning Musume have gotten themselves an Official MySpace page (… not that you’ll probably be hearing directly from them …) and the masterminds behind UFA have decided to open up the PV’s to the masses, even us western wotas Kinda feels like they’re finally getting that they have fans out side of Japan, which is kinda nice.

They have supplied you budding video-editing PV-creating fans with the track, or a part of it, and a range of different green-screened videos of the girls performing, 83 to be precise which means you’ll have tonnes to work with (… I’m considering downloading them just to have and to mess around with XD …). I’m not completely sure if they are expecting the participants to fill out the green-screen. I’m more thinking along the lines that they, being UFA (… or UFI, whatever floats your boat …), will put in there own background when the winner is announced (… but that’s only my opinion, probably wont happen like that …), which will be at this years Anime Expo. The cut-off date is June 19, 2009 ( Japan time). I can’t wait to see some more of these, and by the looks of it the winner will be damn good~! XD

If you’re interested then click the MySpace link above to get all the details and happy editing

This is one of the better ones I’ve found on YouTube. The one I want to include is better, but it’s only on MySpace which I can’t embed Ja ne~

Buono! – Rottara Rottara LE and Single V

Well, I’m waiting for something I bought…… IT”S TAKING WAY TOO LONG TO GET HERE~!! I’m actually thinking it’s gotten lost in the mail T_T….. so I thought I could/should write something about Rottara Rottara (ロッタラ ロッタラ | Lotta Love, Lotta Love) which is Buono!’s 5th single……. I don’t know why it’s taken me this long to do something about it XD

LE Single

I didn’t listen to Rottara Rottara at all before I bought it (… and I don’t for any new and upcoming releases either…. still haven’t heard more than 10-20 seconds of My Boy XD …) I sort of pre-ordered it without hearing it once XD It makes it a hell of a lot more pleasing to open it up when you get it and hear it for the first time…… a little scary too, because the thought does cross my mind “What if I don’t like it?!” But, I don’t mind – I’m a collector from way back, so I’m all good :3

I have a thing for the LE, as I’ve said So you may not be able to get it anymore, hence the RE I’ve linked to at the bottom……. I did include a link to eBay for the LE, but it seems they are all the Overseas editions. Anywho, I wasn’t sure of this release, due in part to it sort of veering off what they usually do.

Rottara Rottara is fast paced and ladden with great harmonies, guitar work and a kick ass PV (… well I think it’s pretty great. It’s not flashy or anything, but it works …) There’s usually one of the three girls that “out shines” the rest in the songs, but not in this case. They all do a superb job, each adding a different layer to the song and each changing it as they sing their little “solos”. I actually hum this, or parts of it, at work XD Not too loud but sometimes I do get a strange look or someone stares at me, but it does help the time go by

Rottara Rottara (ロッタラ ロッタラ)

My Love is the b-side to Rottara Rottara and it is also a kick ass song~! The drums and guitar play a key roll in it and might I say do a fine job. I’m reminded of Evil Morning in some parts, mainly the heavy use of drums and in some parts where it’s faster (… I think it would sound pretty good remixed …) And the trumpet through out it is encouragable. Again the harmonies are superb and work well with the music. I’m not sure if anyone of the girls “out shines” in this one either. There are parts where Airi is great with her timing, and then there’s places where Miya and Momo pick up something with thier voices that breaks through. But that’s just natural It really is a nice listen, so enjoy.

My Love (マイラブ)

I’ve just started to be able to distinguish between Airi, Momo (… not that hard XD …) and Miya when they sing…… I’m a slow learner It’s something that I haven’t been able to do with any kind of success with °C-ute, BK or Momusu…… but since it’s only three in Buono! it was much easier. It makes the listening all the more enjoyable to be able to pick out Airi or Miya during the song (… I’m not entirely sure why it makes in more enjoyable, but it does for me. Maybe it’s the satisfaction of “knowing” their voices …)

OK, I am regretting not being able to upload the “Making Of” Part 1, but I don’t want to upload it now (… I have a thing about keeping things in groups ._. …) But they are, as I’ve said, quite an enjoyable look behind the camera at what the girls do, like Airi being adorable during the cover shoot XD

You get to see the quirky little things that they do, like wiping their shoes before and after they’ve danced up on the stage, Momo and her Buono! head dancing (… that made me laugh……. so did Airi and Miya It was actually a relief to see both Airi and Miya doing something together because at the start of the video Airi kind of looked like she didn’t belong At least that’s how I saw it …) and the frightful side of Momo XD

Airi can't help herself <3

She really can’t. And then she goes and teaches Momo the art of spotting and playing up to cameras that aren’t focused on you XD To finish off the LE DVD, have some mature looking Momo, and a Miya

If you want to try something, listen to the embedded Rottara Rottara track above and then watch the PV below. You’ll be surprised at how much more satisfaction and fun you’ll get out of the song

Single V

It’s no where near being punk, more like trying to be something from the 50’s (… more so in the set and outfits, but the music is sort of brought down a peg – but not all that much XD……. which doesn’t bother me one bit, it still sounds good :3 …)

And it’s proven that I’m not the only one who doesn’t mind the difference. The normal PV that I’ve included has, at the time of posting, 4,815 views! Which actually quite shocked me.

Just like the LE, the Single V was a must for me. It brings the song to life, if you will, and it’s fun owning the PVs and being able to watch them whenever you want without having to wait for them to load on YouTube or Dailymotion or wherever you want to watch it (… It’s probably just me because my internet sucks, meaning it takes forever for things to load and when they do they stutter …)  Also…………I like the outfits……. very much…….<_<…….. >_>……… :3 I’m a complete sucker for cute. And I mean a complete sucker! XD

The Single V comes with the Normal PV (above), as well as a TV Program version (below), the close up version (… not a big fan of the close-up versions. They’re rather boring XD …) and the second part of the “Making Of”. The normal version has a rather simple premise: A girl group, maybe from the 50’s , doing a spot on a TV show. Now, like I said there isn’t anything flashy or technical in it, but that’s what makes it work……. I think that’s why. It’s taking a step back from over producing and effects used all the time, putting the spot light back onto the song and the music. The choreography is deceptively simple and accentuates the girls natural beauty and cuteness. I can’t help but watch this PV, which makes it difficult to judge and take screencaps (… which I haven’t done in extreme this time XD …) I find I just sit and watch without regard to anything, just listening and watching the routine and enjoying. I do like the end, even though it’s sort of anti-climactic. But it suits it:

Momo's buggered XD

The TV Program version is really different. To me it looks slightly different from the stock standard PV but includes footage from the Normal PV, and adds in some extra stuff such as the girls promoting for Buono! by having interviews with the press:

Airi, Momo and Miya all get to hold the “News LED” microphone and partake in the faux interview (… in the second part of the “Making Of” you get to see the interview, which they look like they actually do XD Oh, and mentioning the second part, Airi sees something she either recognises, or doesn’t, hanging on the wall next to Buono!’s single covers……. I like to believe that she knows who Led Zeppelin is …). It does make me want to see a proper Television interview of the girls, it just seems to me that they would interview quite well. There is a bit of footage that looks like it should be from the “Making Of” instead of a supposed TV Program airing And we have a return of Buono! eating:

<3

And here is up-close screencaps of them eating: Airi, Momo and Miya. I hope I’ve entertained and given a bit of info of what this release means to me Ja ne~

Note: I am aware that by no means am I talented at writing reviews or commenting on subjects, but it does bring a smile to my face and I enjoy the process of writing these

Single V:
CDJapan | YesAsia | HMV.co.jp

Single – Regular Edition:
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It’s a Hello!Project Party

Well, if you’re going to the Anime Expo in LA this year then there will be XD

Bryan and Jen who run J-Ongaku and Hello! Ranking (… well, they do more than those two, but that’s where I know bryan from …) are holding a Morning Musume party at the 2009 AX. It’s in honour of the beloved Morning Musume who are performing this year (… hard to figure out, that XP …) It’s going to be on Friday July 3rd, from 7pm to 10pm and you’ll be able to sing your hearts out with karaoke and dancing, as well as tonnes of other games.

Well, I thought I’d spread the word…… even as little as I may be able to

Click here if you’re interested ^_^ And don’t forget to RSVP. Ja ne~