音時雨 ～Regentropfen～

Due to my laziness, this is another delayed post, though the delay made me combining two pieces of content together.
I'm now basically in seventh heaven (my wallet isn't though).

KOKIA - History

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Even though I can't go to KOKI-live for real, I'm so happy that this will be in my collection soon! I knew that in last Friday, and was thus in super KOKIA mode. I looped "Road to Glory" for 200+ times in a row on that night--so I regained KOKIA being the first position of my new last.fm chart. (the first one was Annabel's "blind hunger", which I didn't even believe. How could that song be my No.1!! Though I do love that song. xD)

Here is a digest video of that concert DVD (and I don't know if it will be expired in future, if KOKIA wants to delete it):

"調和", "人間ってそんなものね", "世界を包む Ribbon in our heart"... look at them, all my favorite songs! I'll be looking forward this! :3

Noriko Mitose - vierge automatique～擬似少女楽園廃墟II～

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EVENTUALLY, Noriko you resumed this work!! QAQ
She ever mentioned about "II" 4 years ago, which was in 2008. At that time, I didn't even know Noriko! However, I never heard anything new since that post until this February. I was just happy that Noriko remembered that old project. Yet she had been enjoying having lives since the end of last year till now--all her recent blog posts were about her lives--I even thought she forgot that again. Anyway, that's awesome that this album has been confirmed to release on September 20th~

About its special page. I checked it in July, and it was only like a draft. But now, the site has been fully built. (Maybe not? It has no banner! lol) Whatever, how could you say nothing about it in your blog? Are you trying to be like Akiko, who keep quiet about her works and sneakily make this or that special pages, now? XDD

From her own description, this album will be dark-sided, combining the aura of her original world "Suimeikyuu". So I thought the jacket might be some dark based art, but this time, the jacket really surprised me--why it gives me an odd feeling of creepiness? Cloudy day, half gloomy room, floating doll in white, as if she's going to suck your soul out and therefore resurrect... I know Am I over-thinking? orz

For the songs, the famous "cercueil blanc" and "Mindsphere" will be rearranged. As for others, they used to be live/event-only (if I remember right).
Here is the tracklist:

Just looking at the titles, I'm already over-excited. So fantastic, so ethereal and so fragile. This album will be extremely beautiful.

Off-topic: when I ordered Noriko's album, I wanted to order another album else. The first thing came into my mind was Key+riya's "Love Song". But...
"this product can not be delivered outside of Japan." which was what wrote beside product information.
WTF! I checked several other items with key-sound-label, all the same.
Nice, now I hate you, key sound label! °A°

It's me writing, who is very satisfied by her long straight hime-cut, and who recently mainly lives in a not-more-than-three-track-to-loop-per-day life style. NOT MORE THAN THREE TRACKS. I'm not kidding. Even I myself am impressed by my long-time non-changed looping. I would be appreciating if that huge crazy looping history could be recorded to my lastfm account. Unfortunately, that's impossible
It's rather more impossible to me to use an ipod anyway. :nap:

I was planning to write for this year's C82, but, apparently I'm not in the mood right now.

I'm in a super anime mode recently.
I've rewatched several animes that I liked years ago, or that I didn't watch carefully enough. Among them, I got some containing audio tracks in English. It's not that bad than what I thought--I would say those audio tracks are actually good. But, my willing to compare between English and Japanese can't beat myself as a voice-mania--I don't really expect fan-made subtitles can win over official translation. As a result, I keep original sound and watch with subtitles, when it comes to somewhere I wonder about a proper expression, I switch and play that scene again (sounds tedious, huh?). Yet, I do enjoy a lot and feel that how cheap English is--yes, cheap, especially if you know how many ways to say "I" in Japanese--or, I'm actually saying how impossible 100% accurate translation is! xD

Anyhow, despite animes, I also got pulled back into TopGear world. Still that statement, I don't have any interest in cars, but I enjoy TG as a good entertainment a lot.
And that was this image, which made me starting to watch TG again:

I do believe there is no need to explain it as long as you've watched enough TG. :tea:

So tonight, as a good memory for returning into TG world,

I laughed so badly that my stomach hurt!
TG will also be a super choice for me because I'm watching Higurashi and will watch Umineko, which I don't really dare to touch during night with full-screen mode on. I'm just that type--the more being afraid, the more interest to continue. orz

It's probably the first time I make a post specifically for Natsu-Komi--Yet there are so many new releases that I'm looking forward so I have to make one!!

Bassy+Annabel: ワールド・ワイド・ボクシステム
I couldn't hold back from the samples, thus I also got attracted. Annabel's voice is even sexier than all previous works! I bet I'll love this release, and I might love bassy more from now on? :P

MANYO+やなぎなぎ: Tachyon
Nagi's new release. This time, MANYO+Nagi. A complete different aura from this one comparing with MANYO+Annabel. Maybe like Europa, and why I think this one sounds better than the one by Key+Nagi? xDD
Currently, I loved the second track.

V.A.: 隻眼のエデン 3rd season 真実のウトナピシュテム
To be honest, I never ever tried to see the story behind this series. To me, this series is extremely bipolarized, that I only love songs that my favorite singers were involved--I don't have any prejudice, I did try to replay all songs over several times and that's my final conclusion.
Anyway, this time, the most shinning star is "TSUKUYOMI SYSTEM -nanna-". So all three "system" songs have Noriko. You such a great chanter! *_*

霜月はるか: 蝶ノ在リ処
I've mentioned it before, but for keeping this post complete, I'll get this here again.
Haruka's Butterfly series that I only care about jacket arts! xD

V.A.: カニッツァの花迷宮

V.A.: 酣歌 vol.2
No too much love for this two so far, but they're here because of Annabel. It may just be my obligation to collect all Anna-related works. :3

A small complaint:

Is it so hard to give your own HP a name? Anna-neechan!! xD

So, after the list of future music, time to go through released works quickly!

伊藤真澄 - ユメのなかノわたしのユメ
Flourish. The only word I would like to use here. Not looking at its jacket art, I would rather give the songs "thick orange" as the main image color. ^^;

A little P.S.: I'm considering using another simple image as my blog background, similar like last two drawings I made. I'll see soon!

Yesterday was my blog's 6th birthday. :supersun:
At least I assume that's the day. :cloudy:
You can never assure the certain information if you don't have certain proof, can you? :foggy:
However, I did ever get excited for the date, which is the same as the birthday of my ex-lover one of my favorite composers. :windy:

So I got this in last night,

Recently, I'm in a super funk mode. All began from a Suga Shikao super collection thread.
I can't say I'm a funk-fan, but I indeed was addicted to his music. After my most famous track, "19-sai", I tried two of his albums and didn't delete them as other average pop music. There is something special in his music.
Haruki Murakami. The thing is, the more I touched his music, the more I thought his music is kinda like Murakami's aura, especially the ambience from the lyrics. I was even proud that I clearly noticed this before knowing the truth! I'm a Murakami-fan too! ;3

So what about recent music? There are actually some new releases, but nothing is special enough. The next good one might be Haruka Shimotsuki's final volume of her "butterfly-series".

No matter what, I love the cover art!!! :sqlove:
Yet I never paid attention to the story itself. For this series, I only love the cover arts... (つд⊂)
I know that's because there is too much of erhu in this series.....

Time to end this now. It's much cooler comparing with yesterday.
I hate summer, go away ASAP! Σ(ﾟДﾟ)

The most initial idea came from my love toward the super cute rainbow-goldfish: Kaokageuo. Since my previous drawing, I've been thinking for getting it real--I mean I saw a photo about the fish in store--why not making myself a real one as well?
It was a strong impulse, so I spent 40 minutes in dollar store in Friday afternoon, searching for useful stuff--even without knowing how it might be looking like.

While looking for proper materials, the basic looking was forming in my mind. The basic model, the body, I would prefer a foam ball shaped in oval, but I didn't see any there. A perfect ball might work as well, since I'm not chasing for perfect. Then, small beads would be for the decoration, and colored confetti would be scales. For tail and wings, the white ribbons would be the best choice. However, I still didn't know how to arrange every piece, especially the tail.

From 2D to 3D, it's such a big difference! In real world the materials are limited by the shape, color, etc., especially when the materials were all from a local dollar store. :P Yet the result wasn't bad, huh? It would be much better if the body is oval-shaped. xD

The actual wings/tail are much simpler than what I imagined though.

Looking from another aspect, which is more fantastic.

Anyway, I'm generally satisfied; the only regret might be I didn't get chance to use the star-shaped transparent colorful confetti! I'll find chance to use them in future, probably:3

Anna-neechan you finally got another PV, and GOD, THAT'S SO MOE PRETTY!!!! This PV makes me happy, really! The melody and tempo are excellent for creating a great mood. The vocal--as sekushi as usual--is bringing every tiny piece of sudden surprising into my heart. I could just loop this PV again and again, enjoying the music, and your smile. =w=
Shall I tell the world that I love your straight hair more than curl?--that's true that I prefer long, straight and black hair much, much more than any other types. Well, I still love yours even though that's not pure black. :3

However, I miss you singing in Spanish, Anna-neechan. °A°
o I switched to "jardin del aire" for a relaxing Thursday night. And I'll learn Spanish only for you.

--I don't think I made a new post only for the PV... but I forgot what else I have. My heart has been completely taken by the video. ￢_￢
Since I can't recall any more, I could just go reading Laylania booklet...

Since about 3 years ago I found how to make modules into transparent, I never stop using semi/transparent elements in my blog template design. I love transparent stones more than solid ones, same thing.
I just said I want a similar style as what's in laylania HP for my blog. I really was attracted by its design: a dark purple magic book, with mysterious keyholes, bookmarks, and this or that kind of keys with ribbons dispersing around. Such a fantastic theme!
Laylania inspired me making a new template today, though I don't have the power to make myself a similar design as it. What I could do was to... actually I had completely no idea what kind of template I wanted--yet I just wanted to change. It's summer, don't you feel hot while staring at the orange color? I don't deny that background is cute, but I couldn't stand anymore in summer with a warm color scheme!

At first, I only searched online randomly. Nothing good. Regular patterns couldn't satisfy me anymore! Then I tried different keywords: Aurora, Universe, etc. The song "sweet jerryfish" was by chance just ended. Alright... binaria, aquario, and jerryfish. All are good for summer days.
To find a good background is hard, to choose one from several good images is even harder. I need random background displaying!! XDD
And I took like 30min to figure out how to use it. The last time I used this feature was 3 years ago, via a script in PHP, which I know nothing. Yet it was good I backed up the code (though I forgot to write down how to use it). ^^;
The last and the most interesting step was color matching. This time, I made a stronger contrast among different elements, hope it does look cooler~
So from today's work, backup is really important! No worries, I got today's template backed up well, together with the images I used. See how long I can keep this theme being used. :3

P.S. Recently is really hot, and seems it's over 30°C tomorrow. I did sleep a lot during this weekend. Am I in estivation? xD