Give me an H !

H!! - Give me an A! - A!! Give me an N! - N!! Give me another fricking A! - A!!! *cheerleader peppy attitude + imaginary pompoms* What's that spell? EPIC! No, crowd. It spells HANA. But you read my mind, cause my next question was; AND WHAT IS HANA? And that's where you go- *crowd cuts Aya off* EPIC!!!

Uhh, don't ask me where that came from. I was a band geek in high school, harboring no cheerleader envy. I swear. Anyways! I feel so much better because A) as I glance at my subscripitons list I see that I'm not way behind even though I was lazy and B) cause I have BTW (Back Track Weekend) to fall back on for all of the dubs that I might not get to right now.

Time for some HanaPro! (As if y'all didn't see that coming, lol)



Akimoto Sayaka : Sayuri [ xmikipinkux ]
Oshima Yuko : Nadeshiko [ giselledesu ]
Miyazawa Sae : Hinageshi [ meghitomivaa ]
Ohori Megumi : Chuurippu [ berrycutekinenbi ]

Blue Rose by SKR48 / Kappa spoils me. Y'all just don't know it. The first time I heard this I thought it was great, but I admit that I didn't pay it enough attention. jklfnwjkfnewjkfn !! This is freaking SPECTACULAR *savors MP3* I really really really like this.

I completely adore the way Hina and Chuu sound together on their duets, and the group parts are killer! I love the rockin' vibes of this song and all the girls did a fantastic job on putting emotion into their singing. Sayuri and Nade did awesomely on the solos during the verses, and the chorus blew my mind! Definitely & easily a favorite of mine from the Hana girls.




Chuurippu [ berrycutekinenbi ]
Kikyo [ tomokyohamasaki ]
Hinageshi [ meghitomivaa ]
Kasumisou [ natsujisen ]

Be Your Girl (2010 Ver) by Tane / "Some of these girls have been featured in other Hana releases, but this is their first single all together. . . .this is Hinageshi's official debut!" So says the awesome Kiri, leader of Tane (HP's egg group), and also the mixer of this dub. Congrats girls!!

There was some pitchiness on the first round of solos, but (even though I don't love this song, it's just okay) the chorus is really good! I loooove the way the girls sound together, and the sweet simple melody really suits this group. The rest of the lines were delivered well and sounded wonderful!

Actually, after a few listens the song grows on you some. Mainly due to the fabulous vocals that fill your ears. "I think it's challenging for some to sing slow songs, and y'all displayed the right emotion for this" - I totally agree with Aoi! And to go along with what Chuu said, I think this is the "right amount of cute and mature."




Kago Ai : Suiren [ nephiminechan ]
Tsuji Nozomi : Ajisai [ homeschooledchick16 ]
Mika Todd : Botan [ missgumbiecat ]
Takahashi Ai : Sayuri/Kappa [ xmikipinkux ]

Crazy About You by Tanemoni / I'm not crazy about the song; I just like parts of it. The same does not apply to the singers though, who sound splendid!! The beginning speaking part by Botan is cool, all of the solos throughout are good, and as always; the group parts are amazing because the blending is so spot on!

There are oodles of pretty/well-hit notes in this that make my ears happy. I love Suiren and Ajisai's singing (in this and every flipping dub I've ever heard them in); they are both super talented. Suiren sounds adorable and Ajisai has such a wonderful cute/mature voice.

The held notes following the chorus are fantastic! ohmygosh. When I heard the first one at 1:26 by Kappa, I was like (OwO) cause she sounds sooooo good. Definitely a highlight in this dub for me. Suiren (2:27) and Ajisai (3:00) also each sang a held note, both awesome. Kappa did a great job on Ai's lines in this song!

I really liked the little rapping parts in this dub! It's only twice, and the girls go back and forth in sets of two; 0:55 is Suiren and Botan, & 1:55 is Ajisai and Kappa. Lol, the first time through I thought this was good, but the song threw me off. Now seven or something listens later, I find myself actually really liking this. The chorus is super catchy, and this is overall delightful to listen to since it's the Hana girls singing it. Fabulous job ladies!

Misc Project Recent Releases~

I had just started into this when my older sister asked me to help her with highlighting her hair. So I spent most of my morning pulling little pieces of hair through a cap with holes in it, followed by wearing gloves and wielding a flat sticky-thing & purple colored goo. Fun fun. But her best friend is getting married today and she's the maid of honor; so I helped her out.

Darnit, I think my allergies are acting up. I guess you can develop them, cause I never had'em before last year and now I'm getting them again. My head hurts a little, & I sniffling. On top of that I'm mega hungry. But y'all know what?

I'm in a fabulous mood~ You bodily functionings won't get me down! Can't promise that my entries this will be utterly fabulous right now though, lol. Anywho, onwards!!




Nytefaerie: Konkon---Kusumi Koharu
Luinestel23: Takahashi Ai---Makoto Ogawa
AikoAki: Reina Tanaka---Sayumi Michiige
Therealallisons: Risa Niigaki---Eri Kamei
ChiiAyu: Hitomi Yoshizawa---Miki Fujimoto

Iroppoi Jirettai from CSS (hosted by Chiiayu) / This song has grown on me so much; I love it. And anything by CSS is awesome! Thanks to Chiiayuchan for sharing with me ♥ This is a really great group; the duets are marvelous, I adore the chorus, the blending is consistent and wonderful, and I really liked the "SEXY ISLANDS" in this. I won't be fully covering, since I wrote a freaking book on the other Iroppoi Jirettai dub I listened to. But everyone sounds really really good!!

I noticed that sometimes people dueted with themselves, lol. The first solo by Luinestel niggled at my mind, and then I double checked and saw that it was all her. But this song had a lot of parts and was dubbed with half the number of girls, so it makes sense. Nice mixing! There were oodles of super parts that I could ramble on about, I'm sure. But let's just say I loved this to lovely little pieces~




Rixie // RixieMixiePixieDixie (Ai's chipmunky solo)
Mitsuki // MitsukiUsagii (Reina's chipmunky solo)
Okie // DivaDagger (Eri's chipmunky solo)
Hikki // Disturbedstrawberry (Risa's chipmunky solo)

Kimagure Princess (Autotuned) a Pinky♡Team Leader Special / At first I didn't read the note about autotune in the title, and as I was glancing at comments before clicking the drop-down section I spotted the word 'chipmunky'. It was then that I realized, and right after that I heard the first line. I have to say that this is good LOL-value. Autotune can sound really cool, but combined with chipmunky it's kind of funny.

I know someone said once (I think it was Rae?) that you have to be careful with your pitching and other things, when planning to use autotune. In this dub you do hear a lot of funky notes and some dischord on group parts; but it's due to the autotune. With that knowledge, it's easy to overlook the minor things and just enjoy listening.

Aside from the chuckles this got out of me, there were some great parts! I really liked a lot of the solos, especially on the high-ish held notes, like on the "Ii ja nai" parts. But so so many other lines with long ending notes sound fantastic. The "kuru" at 1:05 was so pretty. Frick, all the girls did kick-butt on their lines! These four blew my mind a little on the chorus.




Takahashi Minami : Kinsenka [ shockingbuggy ]
Nakanishi Rina : Shobu [ yumestarlet02 ]
Itano Tomomi : Kasumisou [ natsujisen ]
Maeda Atsuko : Kikyo [ tomokyohamasaki ]

Nageki no Figure by SKR48 (HanaPro) / The second installment of redo month for SKR, from their eighth single; RESET. This song is a bit too repetitive for my tastes, but the gals all sound magnificent. I couldn't bring myself to listen to it more than five times, sorry; the song just annoys me too much.

But if I focus on the solos, to each of the girls' parts; it's wonderful!! These four all have great voices, a nice mix of lovely and cute, and they all blend well together. Kasumisou and Kikyo (both Gen 5 members) from Tane guest starred, and this is actually their debut! Congrats ladies!

Misc Project Recent Releases

Kinsenka [ shockingbuggy ]
Akizakura [ babychi ]
Sayuri [ xmikipinkux ]
Tsubaki [ pixienyan ]
Himawari [ karyhoshi ]
Mizuki [ telenagikinetic ]
Shobu [ yumestarlet02 ]
Aoi [ chocolateblakberri ]
Kiri [ SingingonDemand ]
Nadeshiko [ giselledesu ]
Ibara [ chiiayu ]
Momo [ fantasykingdom1227 ]

Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru (2010 Ver) by SKR48 (HanaPro) / This is FABULAROSA. Lol, I saw that word in Luinestel23's comment and couldn't resist. And it's so true!! This is seriously epic! I adore so so so many things about this dub. The blending is amazing, and I love all of the solos and duets. The girls brought the sexiness and did a great job on this "deceptively difficult" song.

As the first first track from their eighth single, RESET, "This kind of marks a type of reset for SKR: we have added 4 new members to our roster (Kiri and Nade the Tane graduates, and Ibara and Momo the new Gen 5 members) and have lost two members (Kisuisen and Kiku)."

Congrats to Gen 5 members on their debut! This really is a splendid dub, and great mixing by Kinsenka. As she said, "What a great way for this new generation of SKR to start out!" The set list for the remainder of the single is as follows;

1. Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru (2010 ver.)-- AKB48
2. Nageki no Figure (2010 ver.) -- AKB48 Team A unit
3. Blue Rose (2010 S Ver.) -- AKB48 Team K unit
4. Blue Rose (2010 K Ver.) -- AKB48 Team K unit
5. Relax (2010 S Ver.) -- no3b
6. Relax (2010 K Ver.) -- no3b




Maeda Yuuka - Reika [ candyraver009 ]
Ogawa Saki- Jess [ lilmenchi ]
Wada Ayaka - Awai [ madleybloomingstar ]
Fukuda Kanon - Ash [ diabolicbread ]

aMa no Jaku by Kuusai (Hello!Stage) The B-Side to their first single / The very latest from H!S. Freaking A, Reika is adorable. Such a sweet candy voice, lol. Jess! Pretty little vibrato, love her mature sound. She has good energy, and nice held notes too.

I really like Awai's voice, her solos were really cute! I've never liked Kanon's lines in this song just cause they aren't very long, and they're broken up. Like; a word, mini-pause, a word, mini-pause, two words. But I've heard Ash before, and I know she's good. What I heard in this sounded great!

The chorus of this song sort of bores me, always has. So for the most part I liked listening to the girls on the verses. But as for when they're all singing; I really liked the "Zenbu zenbu kyouminai" (and the following line) parts. I can't claim to know much about mixing, but it sounded fine to me. The echoes seemed to turn out well. So I think this is a really good release!




A preview of Kyohaku's (HoshiDubs) coming release; Otakebi Boy WAO! I feel a little bad that I missed their Mikan dub. I listened to it, but never linked it on here anywhere. Have a peek at their channel to listen to their wonderful dubs! This sounds pretty good so far~

There is this groupdub I am itching to cover, but I literally know nothing about the group and there is very little information provided. I contacted the group in hopes of getting a reply sometime soon, so that I can blog about it. But since I just ran into one of the new HanaP members, I figured I'd go ahead and cover the rest of Gen 5. OH! (*curses blogspot for not showing image in a larger size*)

Chika : scattered flowers [ BakaPai ]

BakaPai is in 4+ dubbing groups, including Kaori Basket, Yo!Project, Totally Up Project and Hana Project. From those (excluding Hana) she has been in over 28 dubbing releases. "I don't think I'm one of the best of singers~ but I really try to strive to be one of the best. . . .This is such a fun hobby and I've gain so much experience!"

I did get to her HanaP audition already, and this is what I said then; "Nice voice. A little pitchy, some strain on high notes. I'd like to hear her sing a different song." And I hold to that. I'm not a big Furusato fan and so I really did want to hear her in something else. And so I did!

Ishikawa Rika / Toki (TokiDokiHaato)
Miyoshi Erika / Ange (froghaterk)
Okada Yui / Chika (BakaPai)



[ Aimai Me Mind groupdub ] This is freaking great!! I really like how Chika sounds in this! But I also adore Toki and Ange as well! v-u-den always has sexy songs and dances, and I think these three gals come through with the energy and character to make this sound awesome.

I am extremely tempted to fully review this, but I'd be typing away forever when I should be moving on. Toki and Ange are amazing!! I've heard Toki before, but I think I'm new to Ange, so I will totally be checking her out. This dub is definitely worth a listen. Especially if you want to get a good listen at Chika's voice. She has a nice voice and sings well.


Momo : peach blossom [ fantasykingdom1227 ]

On the HanaPro forums, they have this nifty Intro thread! And some of the new members filled out little form about themselves, and I am going to steal use this information! So props to HanaP for their awesomeness in unknowingly helping me out.

Alias: Aidourii
YT Username: fantasykingdom1227
Age: 16
Location: USA
Groups (ALL OF THEM EVER): Yume no Tsubasa, Kibou! Project, Yume no Tame ni, Sugoi Cherry Project, Project Hoshi!, Dragoness Project (Basically all of them are defunct now... I wonder what that says about my group choice... *goes off to contemplate*)

Favorite~
H!P Artist: Is Linlin counted as an artist? Well, SHE SHOULD BE.
H!P Group: Berryz Koubou, at the moment
H!P Song (CURRENTLY): Akai Nikkichou, by Akagumi 4 (yeah, I'm into the oldies, haha)
J-Idol: Utada Hikaru
Non-H!P Group: Depends on what you mean... Idol Group? AKB48, Girl Group that used to be in H!P? Melon Kinenbi, Guy Group? Nightmare
Dubs You've Done: Robokiss with Lorfili, Furusato with Yume no Tsubasa

Anything Else? Yeah, I'm an otaku spaz, and a theatre kid to boot

Another 5th Gen member that I've already heard. Momo was the 8th person I listened to, and I put up her video because I liked her so much. She has an awesome voice and I'm very glad that she made it in. However, before auditions I had never heard her. So I am still semi-new to her.

Momo hasn't really released any new dubs lately, except for her audition dub. But I looked into the dubbing project listed on her profile (SugoiCherryProject) to try and find something, and I was successful.



She was Takahashi Ai so you get many chances to hear her since Ai gets so many lines, lol. For the full cast list you can look at the info bar on the video's page on YT. This dub is 3-4 months old, but I still think it's a good example of her voice. And maybe show some support for the project.


Kasumisou : baby's breath [ NatsujiSen ]

Like with Chika, I couldn't find that she filled out a form on Hana, so I just filled in the spots with what I could gather. Her audition for Hana was really good!! To start out, she does Tomodachi by Berryz acappella with some cool harmonies. I adore her voice. It's so pretty.

Age: 15
Location: Canada

H!P Artist/Girl: Tsuji Nozomi and Natsuyaki Miyabi
H!P Group: Berryz Koubou and Buono!
H!P Song: VERY BEAUTY (by BK) and OVER THE RAINBOW (by Buono)

Anything Else? She's into Anime and Dramas, such as; Fruits Basket, Coffee Prince, Hana Kimi, and Boys over Flowers.




Tanpopo : dandelion [ Juwibean ]

Name: Juli
Age: 23
Location: USA
Groups: RinGoGirls, Hoshizora Dubs, Niku Project, Hana Project, Beautiful Future, Pyua Etanaru, Candyyy Project, Kinomi Studio.
Hobbies: Dance Dance Revolution, DDR, working, dancing, singing, reading manga, manga, anime, jpop, jrock, Japan, etc

Again, I just filled out what I could~ I supposed I could interview them all at some point. Or! I could start a thread in the forums and use it as a way to communicate with the HanaP girls. For when I want to ask questions and stuff. I should look into this. Anyways!



This is like my 5th time listening to it. Cause I've been moving about the forum and figuring out information, so I keep hitting the play button every time it ends just so I can block out the noise of the TV from the living room, lol. And after having listened to it so much, I can say that I do like Tanpopo's singing very much!!


Hakuren : magnolia [ Luinestel23 ]

Alias: Luinestel or Kairi
YT Username: Luinestel23
Age: 24 (will be 25 soon.. ah a quarter of a century! T.T)
Birthday: May third
Location: Washington, USA
Groups (ALL OF THEM EVER): Shinju Project, Oishii! Project, Hello Project All Stars,Morning Musume Group, Kanashimi Legend, ah.. one more... it slipped my mind (finals are rough..)

Favorite~
H!P Artist: Yossi!!!...Yossi!.....YOSSI!
H!P Group: Morning Musume
H!P Song: (CURRENTLY) Akai Nikkichou, Shouganai Yume Oibito and Last Kiss
J-Idol: Gotta be Ayaka
Non-H!P Group: hmmm I think Dir en Grey.. more a band than a group but I adore them!
Dubs You've Done: All for one and One For all.. that was EPIC
ANYTHING ELSE? I am a singing whore... I have been so all my life. I also adore dramas, anime and pretty asian men. ^^



Homg, Haruken has such a mature lovely voice. I know I've heard her before, because I remember her little icon picture. But I think it was a while ago. I really like her! I can see why she made it into Hana. Oh, some very pretty notes, and such a strong voice. Love!


Bah, this is longer than I had planned. I considered splitting it into two entries, but decided not to. I have now covered six of the nine Gen 5 members. I left out Tomo, Chii and Aly this time because I know them more than these six girls.

Covered~
Hinageshi : Poppy [ MegHitomiVAA ]
Chika : scattered flowers [ Bakapai ]
Momo : peach blossom [ fantasykingdom1227 ]
Kasumisou : baby's breath [ NatsujiSen ]
Tanpopo : dandelion [ Juwibean ]
Hakuren : magnolia [ Luinestel23 ]

To Go~
Chuurippu : tulip [ berrycutekinenbi ]
Kikyo : bell flower [ TomokyoHamasaki ]
Ibara : rose [ ChiiAyu ]

Eek~ I only got like, almost halfway through the HanaP auditions, and the results have been announced!! But to be fair, I am going to keep going through the rest of the auditions, except I will not be listing them all here like before. I'll update my progress every few entries and give a shoutout about whoever I have discovered that I like a lot.

DRUM ROLL PLEASE ~ The new Generation 5 members of HanaProject are;

-Hana Name : what it means [username]-

Hakuren : magnolia [ Luinestel23 ]
Tanpopo : dandelion [ Juwibean ]
Momo : peach blossom [ fantasykingdom1227 ]
Ibara : rose [ ChiiAyu ]
Chika : scattered flowers [ Bakapai ]
Kikyo : bell flower [ TomokyoHamasaki ]
Chuurippu : tulip [ berrycutekinenbi ]
Kasumisou : baby's breath [ NatsujiSen ]
Hinageshi : Poppy [ MegHitomiVAA ]

A huge congrats to all of these girls! I know a few of them, but the rest I am totally unfamiliar with!! I will definitely make sure to listen to their audition videos so I can have a listen of what new voices I'll be hearing among HanaP groups~