ANNA inspi’ NANA (BLACK STONES) - rose | Mirror (28MB, for PSP/Quicktime) I suspect if I had been in the actual rock concert, I'd probably enjoy this a lot more. However, this is just a PV and I have a hard time seeing what's going on in it because the camera keeps moving left and right. Between this and a little pain, I prefer a little pain mostly because I'm not really into rock music. The PV itself simply shows Tsuchiya Anna acting just like a rocker. There's no particular narrative or story that holds the sequence together although one of the band members actually look a little bit like Shin. Update:. Thanks to Mizu, I've managed to obtain the full lyric to the song. The romaji version can be found below the cut as usual. Although after hearing the song again, there was one line after Kareochiru kanashimi my soul which I'm still not sure if it's correct or not.
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OLIVIA inspi' REIRA (TRAPNEST) - a little pain | Mirror (31.4MB, for PSP/Quicktime) This is basically the ending theme for NANA anime. I find it weird that the singer is willing to use that strange stage name in order to perform this song but I guess she gets paid to maintain the illusion that she is actually Reira from Trapnest. The PV itself is one of those narrative-less type. It only shows Reira performing the song while wearing a period dress. In some scenes, she actually looks a bit scary due to the makeup in her face and the way the scene was lit. Thankfully the song itself is quite good and represents the longing that both Nana probably feel for their respective loved ones. It makes one wonder, especially in Oosaki Nana's case, if she was actually waiting for Ren while she got seperated from him.
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Hachi is freaked out when she wakes up after 11:00. She’s late for work, or so she thinks. Nana just laughs at her. It turns out that it’s only 7:00, so Hachi’s clock must be broken. The two go out to get food and eat breakfast by the river. Hachi questions Nana about getting [...]
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In case you missed it, Nana is finally starting. This episode can not only be regarded as the starting point of the story, it looks to be the start of hawt hawt action with our two beloved Nanas. Now we can begin to understand why Ai Yazawa is god-like. Even with the episode beginning with a [...]
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For some reason this episode feels a lot more interesting than the ones before it for me. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that this is the episode that deals with the topic of finding a career instead of about the girls' love life, which as interesting as it was, a little bit difficult to relate. In fact, the general feel of the story leans heavily towards slice-of-life type until the last few minutes of the episode. This is probably the second time in a week a series decide to take this approach. Animation-wise, the quality is as consistent and good as always. A more notable element is the soundtrack that accompanies this episode. Some of the background music feature here help to create the mood of everyday life that the episode wants to project. Last but not least, as I pointed out yesterday in the previous entry, this series seems to have been given a tentative 50 episodes: http://www.ntv.co.jp/english/pc/ntv-animation.pdf
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#5 Jyu Oh Sei A strange planet with carnivorous animals and exiled criminals living side by side? Makes for an interesting show for me. The first episode really gives a very good first impression. =) #4 NANA A drama about 2 girls with the same name is a good successor for the posts [...]
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You know, I feel bad for not writing separate entries for every Nana episode. But it just seems there is not much to say apart from praising this show to no end without being really able to explain why I like it. And unlike other series I really don't want to summarise the events in [...]
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Man, this season is great. Unfortunately it’s great in ways that require a lot of context, because my three favorite shows this season are all appealing to me, at least in part (Nana is just a great story) becuase I’m kind of tired of certain anime genre’s overused conventions. Mah Big Three are: Nana [...]
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I’m really glad Ouran High School Host Club is getting a Solar fansub. That means all three of my favorite shows of this season (This, Nana, and the Haruhi SuzuMouseClub TV Show) have really good subbers behind them (Solar, Live-eviL, and a.f.k respectively). I’m pretty happy with any sub that isn’t really really [...]
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LOL So the anime is going backwards eh? It doesn’t really matter since the spotlight this time was on my favorite character Komatsu Nana! Who would’ve thought her love life was so complicated after watching the first ep since she seems so composed with Shouji! I don’t have much to say [...]
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