Kai in COLOR!! ^_^ *rejoices*

February 17, 2006

Death by cute overload!! Not only do Inuyasha and Kouga have a rather kickass covershot on volume 44... KAI IN COLOR, BAYBEE! WOOHOO! :D

Crossdiver! Had Been Alter Too Much!

January 30, 2006

Kappei Yamaguchi is an absolute riot. He and Seki Tomokazu are friggen' NUTS!! And what can I say, that's what I totally love about the boys. XD

We headed down to Sun Mall Theater in Shinjuku yesterday to check out his new play, Go Ahead! Crossdiver!! Had Been Alter Too Much. And no, I did not mistype that, it's really called "Crossdiver!! Had Been Alter Too Much." ^_^; This was a stage play put on by Seki's theater group, Herohero-Q, so Kappei himself was slapped all over the play to promote it, and he had a major role, but the shining star was, quite naturally, Seki.

For those of you who might be curious as to Seki Tomokazu is, he's another popular seiyuu here in J-land, and he and Kappei are pretty much known to be good buddies (the two of them, along with Takagi Wataru, also had a theatrical group called "Sannin-kai" -- some of their plays are hilarious!)

Seki has had a hand in the Inuyasha universe, too, as Menomaru in Inuyasha: Toki o Koeru Omoi.

Anyhow, it was certainly a wonderful thing to get to see Kappei in action again, this time in a real performance. So watching him act like a maniacal "leader of the heaven clan," and sweat buckets, was quite the experience. XD It was too bad that his character, Kronos, wasn't featured as much as some of the others, but either way... It's Kappei. He made sure that when he was onstage, he stole the scene. XD "Wheee! I can fly! Watch this! WOOOwOOOOoo!" (I kid you not.)

I also found a new fondness for Seki, but we'll never forsake the Love Of the Pei. I mean, look at how cute he is!! How can you not love this boy?! Haha.

And, I think it's a running gag that in his plays, someone has to poke fun at how short he is. *LOL* Don't worry, though, Kappei... I can totally sympathize. ^_^

I swear, I did not shut up about how dang hilarious and totally insane the play was when I got home. The only way to put it is, "Crossdiver! is not a play you can really describe in words. It's a play that you have to reenact!!" Seriously. It is. XD

I was doing Daaburu-Roketto-Panchi-Tsuu recreations for days. Thank you, boys, you've turned me into a Kikaida-wannabe...

What I Wouldn't GIVE for a Sango character song... >.<

January 25, 2006

Naraku singing is, hands-down, THE freakiest thing I think I have EVER heard. XD But Toshiyuki Morikawa rocks my world by default, no matter what he does... I swear, he could read a phone book and make it sound so...... very...... shmexxeh. XD But I seriously think I need to take a long, cold shower every time I listen to that single. Becuase sends shivers down mah spine, it does.

That being said, however, the three new character songs pretty much kept me quite distracted today. XD So apologies if the translations are late.

But of course, there's just one thing I have to say.

WHY DON'T WE HAVE A SANGO CHARACTER SINGLE YET, AND WHOSE KNEECAPS MUST I GNAW OFF TO GET ONE??!! *LOL*

Seriously, though, I know quite a few fans are also in agreement with me; I've been getting many a Houko Kuwashima album since I found out that, well, she had such an incredibly heavenly singing voice. And all I can say is, Sango NEEDS to have a character single before they decide to stop making character singles! :D

And I wouldn't mind another Inuyasha single.... or three. Heh-heh.

Kotoshi wa Inu-doshi yo ne!!

January 8, 2006

And a Happy New Year, and best wishes for 2006 to everyone!! It's been a very busy few weeks/months here, just trying to keep up with new year's activities and making sure everything is done in time for the holidays. I think I had some of the most wonderful experiences over the last year, and even the beginning of this year shows no signs of slowing down.

Here's kicking off the Year of the Dog!! ^_^

Celebration-wise, Roy and I met up with some friends and did the most insane thing we could think of... we decided to go templehopping and do our hatsumode (first temple-visit of the year) ON New Year's Eve through New Year's Day. So we trekked it out to Asakusa's Sosenji temple and made sure we were there to hear the temple bells begin ringing at exactly 12:01am.

Call me a total dork, but the sound of the temple bells ringing was even more surreal and exciting that I ever thought it would be. Traditionally, the bell rings 108 times. We waited to head up to the temple to offer our respects (and THAT in itself was quite an experience...) and then went around to the various stalls set up around the grounds for food and drink. Ahhh... nothing like roasted corn, yakitori, and amezaki (sweet, warmed sake) to enjoy on New Year's morning. *L*

The next day, we headed out to the Meiji Jingu in Yoyogi/Harajuku, and then Kanda-myoujin in Ochanomizu/Akihabara. Quite the day, and well worth it. ^_^

Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu!! Kotoshi mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu. Happy New Year!! Once again, all the best to everyone for 2006.