Kanno songs seem to have become a staple in Musico covers, doesn’t it? Last July 2, 2008, Musico released two Exit Trance CDs that have covers of Macross F and Aquarion songs.

Details:

CD Title: Exit Trance Presents Speed Animetrance Best 4
Release Date: 2008/07/02
Price: 1905yen (approx $17.69 USD)
Listen to Samples at the Official Musico Website

Track List:

1. トライアングラー(オープニング/マクロスFRONTIER) / MAKI
2. Romantic summer(オープニング/瀬戸の花嫁) / Ma15
3. 射手座☆午後九時Don’t be late(マクロスFより) / MAKI
4. 甲賀忍法帖(主題歌/バジリスク~甲賀忍法帖~(TVアニメ)) / KANA
5. I SAY YES(主題歌/ゼロの使い魔~双月の騎士~(TVアニメ)) / YURiE
6. O2~オー・ツー~(オープニング/コードギアス反逆のルルーシュR2) / NINE
7. 片翼のイカロス(オープニング/H2O(TVアニメ)) / Ma15
8. Dancing in the velvet moon(エンディング/ロザリオとバンパイア) / KANA
9. 暁の車(機動戦士ガンダムSEEDより) / CAMRY
10. why, or why not / YURiE
11. SECRET AMBITION(オープニング/魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS) / KANA
12. YOU(オープニング/SHUFFLE!) / CAMRY
13. Shooting Star(おねがい☆ティーチャー) / MAKI
14. clover(主題歌/SoltyRei(テレビ朝日)) / CAMRY
15. dis-(オープニング/無限のリヴァイアス) / MAKI
16. 亡國覚醒カタルシス(エンディング/.hack//Roots) / KONEKO PROJECT
17. 明日へのbrilliant road(オープニング/宇宙のステルヴィア(テレビ東京)) / YURiE
18. 撲殺天使ドクロちゃん / Ma15
19. いちごコンプリート(苺ましまろより) / Ma15+MAKI
20. ユーフォリア(オープニング/ARIA THE NATURAL(テレビ東京)) / CAMRY

Details:

CD Title: Exit Trance Best #7 Trance Compilation Vol.1
Release Date: 2008/07/02
Price: 1905yen (approx $17.69 USD)
Listen to Samples at the Official Musico Website

Track List: (more…)

Update: It’s true! She voiced Ranka’s mother. *put tons of speculations here about Ranka’s mother*

Macronize me!

(Pats self on the back for lame Photoshop hair job) This rumor has been around for weeks now, but I couldn’t get my hands on where the official source is, so I couldn’t relay it as news. Episode 13 is just around the corner and we’ll get to verify if she does make an appearance in the animation.

In the CD liner notes of Macross F OST 1 - Nyan Fro, it is mentioned that [translation by Gubaba]:

“The theme song for “Triangler,” the MBS trendy drama depicting the lives of Lt. Hikaru Ichijo, Captain Misa Hayase, and Lynn Minmay, the heroes of Space War I. Among other things, the opening “Ki~mi wa~da~re~to~ki~su o su~ru~” [“Who are you going to kiss”] won the Popular Saying Grand Prize, making it a true social phenomenon. The singer, Sakamoto Maaya, is an up-and-coming Zentradi Musical actress.”

So it’s entirely possible that she makes an appearance as a Zentran singing this song in the animation.

What just struck me is that it is quite possible now that they are going to reveal the new intro song “Lion”, because Triangler will be used inside the animation, and it might be redundant if we hear it also in the intro. (more…)

Ranka / Megumi Nakajima’s song Neko Nikki, previously played in episode 9, now gets a focus on episode 11 as its ending theme. I didn’t find the song notable until I heard how it was used in this episode. The flow from Ranka’s scene and the green monster to the song went pretty well.

Here’s a short sample taken from the previously leaked (disclaimer: not here!) Neko Nikki:

She sounds very much like the younger Maaya (more…)

Masaaki Endo covered the highly popular eponymous opening theme to Sousei no Aquarion in his all-anime covers album entitled “ENSON”. If the name rings bells, it’s probably because he provided the vocals to Cowboy Bebop’s “Live in Baghdad”.

Details:

Album Title: Enson
Catalog No: LACA5774
Release Date: June 11, 2008
Price: 2857yen [US$ 26.22]
Track List:
1. Sousei no Aquarion
2. Butter-fly
3. Arashi no Naka de Kagayaite
4. Muv-Luv
5. Kimi ga Dame
6. Ai o Torimodose!!
7. Go Go Power Rangers
8. Kimi Karadatta
9. Ashita e no brilliant Road
10. In The Chaos
11. Mononoke Hime
12. Wing Of Destiny
13. Ano Kawa o Koete

Power Rangers? I’m surprised he’s also covering Gundam classic Arashi no Naka de Kagayaite, I love that one

Listen to a sample of the cover here: (more…)

The Music Box Angels recently released a cover for Macross F’s into song, Triangler, in the album “Latest JPOP Hits Volume 2″ released in iTunes . Kristine Sa also made a cover of The Real Folk Blues published in her “AnimeToonz Volume 3″ album. The song is downloadable in her website.

Kristine’s version of The Real Folk Blues in my opinion gives it justice. Her voice is full, and the arrangement of the track is cool also. I don’t have iTunes, so I don’t know how the Music Box Angels’ version of Triangler sounds like, anyone who could help by posting a review? (more…)