Posted inDurarara!! Random Musings

Hanazawawawa!! (Durarara!! ED1 Parody)

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Nico Nico Douga users never fail to impress by creating amazing fan-made videos. There's been a sort of a craze going on at Japan's popular video sharing site in recent months over creating seiyuu-based parody videos of Durarara's first ending sequence, featuring "Trust Me" by Matsushita Yuuya. It's likely due to how the sequence itself is fairly straightforward with a vertical scrolling of characters, but when you see it with an interesting assortment that are all played by one seiyuu of the Durarara series, it's still pretty cool to see.

Some are particularly well done, but I find this "Hanazawawawa" one featuring Sonohara Anri's seiyuu -- the always moe Hanazawa Kana -- to be one of the nicer ones. It's Hanazawa Kana all the time here and I love how this version lists credits for each of the characters to make it look like an ending sequence as well, all played by Kana of course. Some characters that most people will recognize in addition to Anri are Tenshi from Angel Beats, Nadeko from Bakemonogatari, Suou from Darker than BLACK, Zange-chan from Kannagi, and Kobato from Kobato. For a full-list of the characters in the order they appear, see below. Enjoy!

1. Kaminagi Ryouko in Zegapain2. Hazemi Nakoru in Getsumento Heiki Mina3. Anmoto Shiika in Mushi-Uta4. Potemayo in Potemayo5. Zange-chan in Kannagi6. Yuki in Cencoroll7. Sophie in Tales of Graces (VG)8. Mizutani Eri in THE IDOLM@STER Dearly Stars (VG)9. Yuuki Mikan in To LOVE-Ru10. Henaro in The Tower of Druaga ~the Sword of URUK~11. Kusano in SEKIREI12. Amano Tooko in Bungaku Shoujo13. Shiina Mayuri in Steins;Gate (VG)14. Suzuki Sora in Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~15. Sonohara Anri in Durarara!!16. Sharon Rainsworth in Pandora Hearts17. Elea in Blassreiter18. Hanato Kobato in Kobato.19. Suou Pavlichenko in Darker than BLACK: Ryuusei no Gemini20. Sengoku Nadeko in Bakemonogatari21. Tachibana Kanade (Tenshi) in Angel Beats!* (VG) denotes that it's a video game.
Posted inFirst Impressions GIANT KILLING

GIANT KILLING – 12

#12

GOAAALLL!!! God damn, I felt the manly tears coming out even though the game was far from being over. After all the struggles and criticism ETU's endured, it's about time they proved to everyone that Tatsumi wasn't all talk when he said he'd make this league interesting again. Take that you non-believers!

Posted inKaichou wa Maid-sama! PV

Mizuno Saaya – My Secret PV (Kaichou wa Maid-sama! OP)

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Rikkyo University history major Mizuno Saaya makes her major music debut with the opening theme to Kaichou wa Maid-sama, "My Secret". She actually qualified in a vocal audition held by Smile Company back in 2004 and has appeared in magazines as a "reader model" (a normal reader who gets featured in issues for being exceptionally pretty), but only now is she really taking center stage with a record label from Geneon Universal Entertainment. While simple, the PV for this song pretty much speaks for itself on why 20-year-old Saaya has graced the pages of various magazines. However, I'm just as impressed by her singing ever since I first heard this song as the opening theme of the anime. Admittedly, I had absolutely no idea who she was then, which given how this is her major debut explains why that is. As a member of Smile Company, she's in the same agency as ELISA, whom is equally dazzling with her angelic-like voice. Having listened to Saaya's first single for a while now, I find her voice really pleasant on the ears and am quite fond of the second track "Good Day". Anyway, be sure to check out her official site for a really adorable picture of her. The single "My Secret" was released back on May 26th and like most limited editions, included the PV above with it.