Animelo 2010
If anyone is into the songs of the anime you watch you would know what Animelo is all about. A mish-mash of artist getting together to sing a selection of songs from the most current anime as well as some old ones. I have a few anime song concerts on DVD/BD to enjoy but definitely experiencing it live was different and being my first time ever attending Animelo, or an anime song concert even, the experience itself was amazing. Songs performed live plus the enthusiasm and excitement of the crowds is something worth coming to Japan for. Anyway here's a look at the setlist for the 2 days I've attended.
Day 1
1 Rescue Fire - JAM Project + Minami Kuribayashi
2 only my railgun - fripSide
3 LEVEL5~judgelight~ -fripSide
4 Alternative - angela
5 Separation - angela
6 Aoi Haru - angela
7 Tooku Made~infinity~ - Naozumi Takahashi
8 Clover - Naozumi Takahashi
9 Tsukishirube - Yuuka Nanri
10 Shizuku - Yuuka Nanri
11 Dear My Friend ~Mada Minu Mirai he~ - ELISA
12 Real Force - ELISA
13 Gyakkou - Chiaki Ishikawa
14 Ruisen - Chiaki Ishikawa
15 Find the blue - Kanako Itou + Chiyomaru Shikura
16 Sukai Kuraddo no Kansokusha - Kanako Itou + Chiyomaru Shikura
17 Bad Apple!! - nomico + Masayoshi Minoshima
18 Braveheart - THE GOMBAND
19 Black★Rock Shooter - THE GOMBAND
20 Tori no Uta - Lia
21 My Soul, Your Beats! - Lia
22 Alchemy - Girls Dead Monster (marina)
23 Crow Song - Girls Dead Monster (LiSA)
24 Brave Song - Lia + Girls Dead Monster (LiSA, marina)
25 Butterfly Kiss - Chihiro Yonekura
26 WILL - Chihiro Yonekura
27 Yuzurenai Negai - Chihiro Yonekura + Naomi Tamura
28 Crystal Energy - Minami Kuribayashi
29 Meiya Kanderou - Minami Kuribayashi
30 Unreal♥Paradise - Minami Kuribayashi
31 Now loading…SKY!! - Sphere
32 Super Noisy Nova - Sphere
33 Future Stream - Sphere
34 Yakubou∞ - GRANRODEO
35 ROSEHIP‐BULLET - GRANRODEO
36 Once＆Forever - GRANRODEO
37 MAXIMIZER - JAM Project
38 TRANSFORMERS EVO. - JAM Project
39 HERO - JAM Project
40 GONG~SKILL - JAM Project
-encore-
RE:BRIDGE~Return to oneself~ - Anisama Artist
evolution ~for beloved one~ - Anisama Artist
Comments and thoughts
Favourites have to be Fripside, angela, ELISA, Girls Dead Monsters, Chihiro Yonekura and Naomi Tamura duet, Sphere and JAM Project. Now you ask, that's just half of the artist. Yeah, the line up for day 1 has a few I'm not interested in. Yuuka Nanri was a disappointment considering she does better in FictionJunction. Naozumi Takahashi while a great singer, not a big fan, but it's amusing to hear some of the female fans go wild during his MC. Sphere was simply awesome especially "Now loading...SKY!!", their newest, and probably their best, song to date. Granrodeo thought surprise me by their song music and playing, and I think I might check out their other works. The only works I've heard their music in was for Needless, but the song wasn't the greatest. JAM Project once again is awesome, and they got the crowd to do a little bit of karaoke to Gong. I know bits of Gong, but heck give me the romanji and I'll sing with them all day. The fun part though is when they switch from Gong to Skill, they drag one segment out quite a bit and got the audience even more pumped up. It just makes me want to jump into some giant mecha to go kick some ass. However the best bit definitely goes to the duet with Chihiro Yonekura and Naomi Tamura as they sang a classic song - Yuzurenai Negai. Just a bit of history, Magic Knight Rayearth was the first anime series I bought on DVD when the format came out. So with a bit of nostalgia and just the pure awesomeness of the song, I was moved to tears. Along with my manly tears, I even sang bits of the song that I know. This made up for the rest of the concert for the day.
Day 2
1 Sousei no Aquarion - Minori Chihara + May'n
2 Paradise Lost - Minori Chihara
3 Yasashii Boukyaku - Minori Chihara
4 Freedom Dreamer - Minori Chihara
5 Baka go Home - Milktub
6 Happy Go! - Milktub
7 Get Wild - Psychic Lover + Milktub
8 Cho! Saikyo! Warriors - Psychic Lover
9 Samurai Sentai Shinkenger - Psychic Lover
10 Astro Rider - Crush Tears
11 Communication Breakdown - Crush Tears
12 SERIOUS-AGE - Faylan
13 Senjou ni Saita Ichirin no Hana - Faylan
14 Errand - Faylan
15 Ameagari no Mirai - Milky Holmes
16 Renka Teiran - Masami Okui
17 Flower - Masami Okui
18 Arrival of Tears - Ayane
19 Angelic Bright - Ayane
20 Northern Lights - Ayane + Faylan
21 Tondoru Baby - Halko Momoi
22 21 Seiki - Halko Momoi
23 Shouri no Megami☆ - Halko Momoi
24 Believe in Nexus - Masaaki Endoh
25 Carry On - Masaaki Endoh
26 Baragoku Otome - ALI PROJECT
27 Katana to Saya - ALI PROJECT
28 Ranse Heroica - ALI PROJECT
29 Universal Bunny - May'n
30 Ai wa Furu Hoshi no Gotoku - May'n
31 Ready Go! - May'n
32 Oshiete A to Z - Yukari Tamura
33 Tiny Rainbow - Yukari Tamura
34 Fancy Baby Doll - Yukari Tamura
35 You & Me - Yukari Tamura feat. motsu
36 Shooting Star - KOTOKO
37 Loop-the-Loop - KOTOKO
38 re:sublimity - KOTOKO
39 Don't be long - Nana Mizuki
40 Next Arcadia - Nana Mizuki
41 Phantom Minds - Nana Mizuki
42 UNCHAIN∞WORLD / Nana Mizuki + Masami Okui
-encore-
Generation-A - Anisama artists
Evolution ~for beloved one~ - Anisama artists
Comments and thoughts
With the artist list for day 2 being better than day 2, I expected a bit better. Anyway, the highlights for me were Minorin and May'n duet of Sousei no Aquarion (incidentally I'm watching the show right now, got them cheap from a Rightstuf sale), milktub, Psychic Lover, Halko Momoi, ALI Project, May'n herself, Yukari Tamuran, KOTOKO (it was the biggest surprise this year), and Nana Mizuki. For this day we came prepared with 16 glow sticks and a battery powered one. With those in hand, I can now say I've truly experienced an anime concert. Masami Okui was disappointing since she only sang 2 songs! 2?! May'n while her first 2 songs I'm not too familiar with, were still entertaining nonetheless. Halko Momoi though knows how to work the crowd and was enjoying her segment a lot. Yukari Tamura was awesome and that's all there is to it. KOTOKO was a major surprise and as mention if you purchase the DVDs/BDs, they'll most likely cut the segment out of it. Hearing re:sublimity live just rocks my mind. And Nana Mizuki, I can now say I've seen Nana in the flesh! I'm happy! Only stayed for the first encore performance since the song is probably one of the better Animelo theme songs. Didn't stay for the second since we wanted to get back to the hotel earlier and with less of a crowd.
So what did I honestly think of this year's Animelo concert? Compared to previous concerts, this year's line up and the amount of duets were rather disappointing. No Yui Horie? Suara? Scandalous! But going to the concerts for the first time, it is definitely a great experience. I may even consider going again next year, and hopefully the line-up may be better too.
Day 1
1 Rescue Fire - JAM Project + Minami Kuribayashi
2 only my railgun - fripSide
3 LEVEL5~judgelight~ -fripSide
4 Alternative - angela
5 Separation - angela
6 Aoi Haru - angela
7 Tooku Made~infinity~ - Naozumi Takahashi
8 Clover - Naozumi Takahashi
9 Tsukishirube - Yuuka Nanri
10 Shizuku - Yuuka Nanri
11 Dear My Friend ~Mada Minu Mirai he~ - ELISA
12 Real Force - ELISA
13 Gyakkou - Chiaki Ishikawa
14 Ruisen - Chiaki Ishikawa
15 Find the blue - Kanako Itou + Chiyomaru Shikura
16 Sukai Kuraddo no Kansokusha - Kanako Itou + Chiyomaru Shikura
17 Bad Apple!! - nomico + Masayoshi Minoshima
18 Braveheart - THE GOMBAND
19 Black★Rock Shooter - THE GOMBAND
20 Tori no Uta - Lia
21 My Soul, Your Beats! - Lia
22 Alchemy - Girls Dead Monster (marina)
23 Crow Song - Girls Dead Monster (LiSA)
24 Brave Song - Lia + Girls Dead Monster (LiSA, marina)
25 Butterfly Kiss - Chihiro Yonekura
26 WILL - Chihiro Yonekura
27 Yuzurenai Negai - Chihiro Yonekura + Naomi Tamura
28 Crystal Energy - Minami Kuribayashi
29 Meiya Kanderou - Minami Kuribayashi
30 Unreal♥Paradise - Minami Kuribayashi
31 Now loading…SKY!! - Sphere
32 Super Noisy Nova - Sphere
33 Future Stream - Sphere
34 Yakubou∞ - GRANRODEO
35 ROSEHIP‐BULLET - GRANRODEO
36 Once＆Forever - GRANRODEO
37 MAXIMIZER - JAM Project
38 TRANSFORMERS EVO. - JAM Project
39 HERO - JAM Project
40 GONG~SKILL - JAM Project
-encore-
RE:BRIDGE~Return to oneself~ - Anisama Artist
evolution ~for beloved one~ - Anisama Artist
Comments and thoughts
Favourites have to be Fripside, angela, ELISA, Girls Dead Monsters, Chihiro Yonekura and Naomi Tamura duet, Sphere and JAM Project. Now you ask, that's just half of the artist. Yeah, the line up for day 1 has a few I'm not interested in. Yuuka Nanri was a disappointment considering she does better in FictionJunction. Naozumi Takahashi while a great singer, not a big fan, but it's amusing to hear some of the female fans go wild during his MC. Sphere was simply awesome especially "Now loading...SKY!!", their newest, and probably their best, song to date. Granrodeo thought surprise me by their song music and playing, and I think I might check out their other works. The only works I've heard their music in was for Needless, but the song wasn't the greatest. JAM Project once again is awesome, and they got the crowd to do a little bit of karaoke to Gong. I know bits of Gong, but heck give me the romanji and I'll sing with them all day. The fun part though is when they switch from Gong to Skill, they drag one segment out quite a bit and got the audience even more pumped up. It just makes me want to jump into some giant mecha to go kick some ass. However the best bit definitely goes to the duet with Chihiro Yonekura and Naomi Tamura as they sang a classic song - Yuzurenai Negai. Just a bit of history, Magic Knight Rayearth was the first anime series I bought on DVD when the format came out. So with a bit of nostalgia and just the pure awesomeness of the song, I was moved to tears. Along with my manly tears, I even sang bits of the song that I know. This made up for the rest of the concert for the day.
Day 2
1 Sousei no Aquarion - Minori Chihara + May'n
2 Paradise Lost - Minori Chihara
3 Yasashii Boukyaku - Minori Chihara
4 Freedom Dreamer - Minori Chihara
5 Baka go Home - Milktub
6 Happy Go! - Milktub
7 Get Wild - Psychic Lover + Milktub
8 Cho! Saikyo! Warriors - Psychic Lover
9 Samurai Sentai Shinkenger - Psychic Lover
10 Astro Rider - Crush Tears
11 Communication Breakdown - Crush Tears
12 SERIOUS-AGE - Faylan
13 Senjou ni Saita Ichirin no Hana - Faylan
14 Errand - Faylan
15 Ameagari no Mirai - Milky Holmes
16 Renka Teiran - Masami Okui
17 Flower - Masami Okui
18 Arrival of Tears - Ayane
19 Angelic Bright - Ayane
20 Northern Lights - Ayane + Faylan
21 Tondoru Baby - Halko Momoi
22 21 Seiki - Halko Momoi
23 Shouri no Megami☆ - Halko Momoi
24 Believe in Nexus - Masaaki Endoh
25 Carry On - Masaaki Endoh
26 Baragoku Otome - ALI PROJECT
27 Katana to Saya - ALI PROJECT
28 Ranse Heroica - ALI PROJECT
29 Universal Bunny - May'n
30 Ai wa Furu Hoshi no Gotoku - May'n
31 Ready Go! - May'n
32 Oshiete A to Z - Yukari Tamura
33 Tiny Rainbow - Yukari Tamura
34 Fancy Baby Doll - Yukari Tamura
35 You & Me - Yukari Tamura feat. motsu
36 Shooting Star - KOTOKO
37 Loop-the-Loop - KOTOKO
38 re:sublimity - KOTOKO
39 Don't be long - Nana Mizuki
40 Next Arcadia - Nana Mizuki
41 Phantom Minds - Nana Mizuki
42 UNCHAIN∞WORLD / Nana Mizuki + Masami Okui
-encore-
Generation-A - Anisama artists
Evolution ~for beloved one~ - Anisama artists
Comments and thoughts
With the artist list for day 2 being better than day 2, I expected a bit better. Anyway, the highlights for me were Minorin and May'n duet of Sousei no Aquarion (incidentally I'm watching the show right now, got them cheap from a Rightstuf sale), milktub, Psychic Lover, Halko Momoi, ALI Project, May'n herself, Yukari Tamuran, KOTOKO (it was the biggest surprise this year), and Nana Mizuki. For this day we came prepared with 16 glow sticks and a battery powered one. With those in hand, I can now say I've truly experienced an anime concert. Masami Okui was disappointing since she only sang 2 songs! 2?! May'n while her first 2 songs I'm not too familiar with, were still entertaining nonetheless. Halko Momoi though knows how to work the crowd and was enjoying her segment a lot. Yukari Tamura was awesome and that's all there is to it. KOTOKO was a major surprise and as mention if you purchase the DVDs/BDs, they'll most likely cut the segment out of it. Hearing re:sublimity live just rocks my mind. And Nana Mizuki, I can now say I've seen Nana in the flesh! I'm happy! Only stayed for the first encore performance since the song is probably one of the better Animelo theme songs. Didn't stay for the second since we wanted to get back to the hotel earlier and with less of a crowd.
So what did I honestly think of this year's Animelo concert? Compared to previous concerts, this year's line up and the amount of duets were rather disappointing. No Yui Horie? Suara? Scandalous! But going to the concerts for the first time, it is definitely a great experience. I may even consider going again next year, and hopefully the line-up may be better too.