Hanabi Recent Releases [Reviews by Ayuchan]

Aya note; I'm feeling way too tired to go through and enter in times, sorry. I did very light editor work on this, so please forgive any typos, etc.



Singers in order of solos:
MomoK (xscslm) [Hanabi! Pro Chick] [Cover for Bananacho]
Sootie (SootjeNL) [Hanabi! Pro Member Gen 1]
Rii (AzNxRawR) [Hanab! Pro Member Gen 1]
Peachii (animeobsessed40) [Hanabi! Pro Member Gen 1]
Kerri-kinz (StarburstSunDrops) [Hanabi! Pro Leader Gen 1]

Campus Life ~Umarete Kite Yokatta~ by H-appy / CClyrics / Yay! a colorcoded one! I love them, they are just soo different to conventional groupdubs, so let's go and talk about the solos right now!: first is MomoK; she's energetic and sounds nice. Next is Sootie; I love her mature tone, very Maimi-style. The we have Rii; she has great pitching and a cute tone.

Peachii's next; she has improved 2000%! lovely lovely lovely-my favorite solo from this first section. And last but not least, Kerri--She handled this solo very well, I find it kinda hard to do, congratulations. Blending in the duets is fantastic. Chorus: energetic, cute, mixing is fantastic, blending is very very good, one of my favorite Campus covers-chorus ever!!. The first "suki suki suki" is sooo good!

More solos!! Kerri; Cute, though it could have been a little more energetic? MomoK; love her tone, a little pitching problem but not a big deal. Sootie; GREAT! with a lot of personality. Rii; Wow! amazing!! great pitching again! my favorite solo from this section. Peachii; Stop being so cute!!!!! The next duet ~ there is a really small rhythmic difference between one person and the other, but not a big deal.

Chorus: EXCELLENT! I love the blending. The "Suki suki suki"s could have been a little more energetic. Oh more solos! First is Rii: Super cool! energy!! I can feel it !! Then Peachii; My absolute favorite solo in the whole song, super cute. Last chorus: Very nice, you guys have an amazing blending power. Last "suki suki suki" line is my favorite one. Great dub guys! Keep up the good work. *goes to ''great groupdubs'' playlist*




Be Your Girl by My-Chan [xLittleMystery] / My first time hearing this song. And I find it very interesting; it has a catchy rhythm, the melody is very cute, & it requires feeling and strength at the same time. My-chan did a nice job ~ pitching is good overall, her voice has a sweet pure tone that's very cute and I like it.

I like her interpretation, maybe she's right about energy??? it could have a little more power but this is still very enjoyable. 3:07 is my favorite part, she sounds very angelical. The chorus that follows is very nice, it has a bit more energy than the previous ones. At 4:13, those "baby baby" parts are very nice too. She did a good job. *mmm! favorites!*




Singers in order of solos:
MomoK (covering Bananacho)
Sootie (SootjeNL)
Peachii (animeobsessed40)
Kerri-kinz (StarburstSunDrops)
Rii (AzNxRawR)

Cinderella Complex by High-Priestess / CClyrics / Blending is very good. Energy is soo good! - that was the first thing that caught my attention to this dub! The "give me love give me love" parts are very cute. First set of solos is very nice, I know this is a hard song for those who are used to singing very high pitched songs, because the notes are kinda low; everyone did a good job! My favorite solo from the first section is 0:59 "yonde kureta hanashi wa" sung by Peachii. Blending in the chorus is EPIC WIN! the mixing is great too. Solos could have been kinda more powerful? But still, very enjoyable.

Next section the "yes yes yo!"s and the "c'mon"s are very powerful and they give the song a strong feeling; I like it. 2:01 really caught my attention: (the Ke/So "Terebi mitete mo" & the Ri/Pe "namida ga dechau wa" ~ you can hear the first low part as you're used to hear it and the second one the octave higher melody shows up suddenly. But it sounds nice. Was it on purpose? Nice voices girls!

I love the second chorus a lot. "Juuniji sugichau yo" sung by Sootie is very nice! This is a very nice cast, because if you mix Peachii and Kerri's sweetness with MomoK, Sootie and Rii's great vocals, you get this kind of dub. The solos are outstanding and the group parts blend very well. Good job minna! * FavoriteS!!!*

Reviews by ChiiAyuChan

Wada Ayaka: BanryuSaint
Maeda Yuuka: Miyazuchan
Fukuda Kanon: MomoxMochi
Ogawa Saki: Rasubelly

Yume Miru 15sai by C/olorage (HoshiDubs) / One of the few dubs I've heard of this song, which I find kinda difficult to sing! It requires good high notes! Plus great energy & pronounciation, as well as a cute tone at the same time. C/olorage has a lot of strong points, especially: Kanon and Saki (Momo and Belly). I have to say I LOVED their performance a little bit more than Banryu and Miya's.

Anyways! The four of them are fantastic. Energy: always on top. Very good, it really gives us the sensation of listening to a SMLG song. Pitching; it's generally good! - I like the super high parts when they switch from belting to head voice, nice job everyone. Group parts; EPIC!!! Probably my favorite thing about this dub! Check out 1:46 - they sound very good together.

Mixing; nice job too. Maybe group parts are a little too loud in chorus parts? But I really really really enjoyed them. Solos; 0:22 (my favorite one in the whole dub). At 1:47 Miya gives us a lovely solo, we can hear her cute voice, nice high note! Congratulations to C/olorage on this wonderful release! *expecting for more!*




Kamei Eri (Whisper Solo) - Corsica [CorsicaConvington]
Yoshizawa Hitomi - Amaya [KawaiiStrawberry3]
Takahashi Ai - Mariko [www.YoProject.net]
Konno Asami - Carlos [AsunaSasaki]
Ogawa Makoto - Alison [AlisonWieczkowski]
Niigaki Risa - Chikako [TheMCgaki]
Fujimoto Miki - Beth [bibblebobble629]
Kamei Eri (Singing Solo) - Kassia [industrialxstrength]
Michishige Sayumi - Hanna [HannaPulla]
Tanaka Reina - Veri [everidian17]
Kusumi Koharu - Momoko [yoproject.net]

Iroppoi Jirettai groupdub (hosted by Asunasasaki) / First whipering was very unexpected! But I really love to hear different things, so I love both of them, specially Momo's one. Duet parts are very good! 0:59 with Amaya and Beth is my favorite one, nice blending and very good feeling. LOVED the Happy end story parts.

Let's move on to the first chorus: Blending is very good, pitching is good overall - I can hear some little voices that didn't hit the notes right, but that's understandable since it is a really hard melody to do. Mariko's 1:38 solo is my favorite one from the chorus part. Maybe do something about the mic?? but it's not a big deal, we could hear her lovely strong voice.

Second part duets are nice too, maybe a little bit more of Carlos voice could have been good. Loved the "dakishimete hanasanaide." Second chorus voices are a little bit too loud but still very enjoyable. Loved Beth's solo. My favorite solo so far until now! Let's go to 3:35, where there are oodles of solo parts - person by person - Mariko; nice, althoug first note wasn't right, very good the rest of it though. Amaya; very nice, a little bit too sweet for Yossie, but I love it.

Momoko; nice job, very Koha style. Kassia; L-O-V-E-L-Y. Veri; oh, I like this one. Maybe a little bit more cuteness needed, but still, excellent job. Chikako; WIN WIN WIN WIN! Mariko again; my favorite solo of this part. Last chorus is very well blended too, 3:51 Beth solo is my favorite one from the whole dub. Did I hear Carlos doing harmony in the last chorus? I love that one, really. *Favorites!*

~Aya here! Bumping in real quick, lol. Just wanted to point out that Hanna and Alison 's parts have no solos in this song (Sayumi & Ogawa), and it's always harder to comment on someone you don't get a chance to actually hear. There is nothing in this song that is sung by everyone, only a bunch of smaller groups, and both Hanna and Alison contributed to many of them. I listened to this as well, and I think it turned out pretty good. A lot of it kind of has this muted quality(?) to it. Maybe it's something to do with someone's mic, or a combo of mics? idk, but overall it's nice, everyone did a good job.




Koharu Kusumi : Kiwa
Kitahara Sayaka : Miwa
Kikkawa Yuu : Madigan

Tan tan taan by Sunny Way (Karaproject) / Oh I am very glad I could do the review for this dub, because Tan tan taan is my 2nd favorite song in the entire world. 0:25 solos: GREAT!!!!! - the three of them have cute voices, each one of them with their own style but very similar, which tells me that group parts are gonna be EPIC!

Kiwa's 0:40 solo is my favorite one from the first part, but Miwa's next solo is also lovely!! I also have to say that I love Madigan's high note on her solo. The chorus is good; nice energy and pitching overall. Maybe mixing-timing was a little messy?? Miwa's 1:45 solo is LOVE!!! pitching and feeling are very nice. The "don to kooi" is adorable!

Second chorus timing is not that good, so I can't hear their lovely voices very well. Energy in the "1-2 tan tan taan" parts are good. 3:21 is my favorite part of the dub. Kiwa's first solo: super cute! Miwa's solo: my favorite , favorite!- Madigan: extra lovely job!! "Niji no youni" parts are very good! Last chorus sounds better. Just watch out timing for the next one, but I still enjoyed this dub a lot!! Keep it up~

LOL facial hair

Aya here, to start this entry off real quick, before I hand things over to Ayuchan. I mostly just wanted to randomly say how epic I think the above image is. It's the first thing you see when watching any of their dubs, and it's extremely eye catching.

Even if not made from scratch (Aya almost always pulls backgrounds for banners from the web, lol), I love the glowy font, the color scheme, the stars replacing the periods. Nice job, whoever made it / put it together. OH HEY. I went to add a label for this and no Fuuu- anything popped up, which must mean that this project has never been covered here. . . ? Time for a little info then!

"We are a dedicated group who enjoys doing dubs of H!P and other Japanese songs. We have been working very hard since our debut to release dubs. . . .We have 8 groups in total and will have more in the future. As of right now we have 16 members all together in the project, and we will be holding auditions for Generation 2 of Morning Ringo in the near future."

The project's offical debut was on May 14th, but Fubuki released a preview dub of Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii jan the week before that to let you have a listen in advance. Their latest releases are; Otakebi Boy WAO, which is the debut of the group Berryz子。(BerryzCo) - and Morning Ringo's dub of Hyokkori Hyoutan-Jima.



"Now for our fantabulous cast!"

Iida Kaori: NicNac4Eva
Yaguchi Mari: Maliciousdevice
Kago Ai: Writerserenyty
Konno Asami: AlieOngaku
Abe Natsumi: TawanaiGachou
Ishikawa Rika: BanryuSaint
Tsuji Nozomi: GoraxScene
Ogawa Makoto: Aznfiregirl
Yasuda Kei: xLittleMystery
Yoshizawa Hitomi: KouKaoriLove
Takahashi Ai: MomoxMochi
Niigaki Risa: LovablexKarupin

Review by Ayu [ChiiAyu] / OOMYGOD! I really loved the beginning. It KILLED me with that "Hi Everybody etc..." Sounds so different from the original, but really really interesting. The fact that they name Morning Ringo instead of Momusu makes it very unique. The "here we go" is KILLER.

LovablexKarupin @ 0:47 is so sweet! She made that Risa solo very nice. Writerserenyty is next on the Ai Kago solo: very kawaii, a little bit off pitch at the beggining, but what a cute voice! The group parts are nice. TawanaiGachou's first Abe solo was very good! BanryuSaint's first solo is very nice, it has a lot of personality. MomoxMochi comes next with Takahashi's solo, sounding good; very mature. The chorus is very well blended, maybe voices were a little bit too loud? - but not a big deal, I really liked it.

xLittleMystery's solo is BEAUTIFUL, I'm a big fan of her voice; very well pitched and with a right style for the song. Aznfiregirl comes next and she gives us lots of energy, very Ogawa style. NicNac4Eva's solo really reminded me of Kaori, the mature tone; I love it. Malicious' solo is probably my favorite of all the dub. KouKaoriLove's solo is very cute, a little bit too cute for Yossie, but it has to be my second favorite of the dub.

My favorite thing about this dub is the great energy in the group parts! Spoken parts starting at 2:40 are hilarious! I like them all; specially Takahashi (MomoxMochi) and Ishikawa (BanryuSaint). AlieOngaku's solo is very nice too, great pitching, reminds me of Konkon a lot. My favorite part of the dub starts at 2:05 and with that "Susume" at 2:17 - it really kills me! I Highl recomended this if you want to hear to a lot of different voice styles and tones together. *Killer*

Hanabi Charms

Yuuka -- Nina
Saki -- Belly
Ayaka -- Yuri
Kanon -- Risa
-Nina as temporary cover for Jelli-chan-

/ Review by Fae / Waahhh my first entry for Aya's blog! This is exciting~ I don't want to ramble and bore you all though, so without further ado, onto the dub! This is Ama no Jaku from ChARmSproject's group Sakura Dreams! Ama no Jaku is the second single from this group. (I wonder what they did first? ... apparently Otona ni Narutte Muzukashii, covered on here by our lovely Aya!) This song has been covered a lot, so I always find it interesting to hear new versions of it, although I have to admit I prefer the later smileage releases!

Major props to Nina for stepping in as a cover! I don't think I know any of the singers in this, so this is doubly exciting (Ah, I notice ChARmSproject have their logo in the corner of the video! I don't remember if Aya mentioned it before, but it's super cute! Noticeable enough without drawing too much attention from the video itself!)

This song launches straight into solos giving me a chance to listen to the voices individually~ And wow! These girls all sound so cute here! First up is Nina as Yuuka. (Ok, the amount of times I'm going to squee over how adorable these people are while I write this will be ridiculous). I don't know what it is, but the last word of her first solo really stands out to me! So much character, it really fit with Yuuka's expression! Her pitching is great as well! One thing I would love to hear more of from Nina, and in general from this cast is just a tad more energy! It seemed like they were holding back a bit to fit the song.

Next is Belly! Her voice is more mature than the rest of the cast and it sounds great! I really loved the feeling in all her lines. Her voice is very unique and pretty! Then we come to what has to be the cutest voice in this cast. Yuri sounds adorable! One thing that really stood out to me while watching this was how well the singers fit their member. Not that they were voice clones, just that it seemed so natural to hear their voices coming out of the faces! Finally we get to Risa's lines. Risa's voice has a really soft feeling to it which is great to hear! This can make her sound a bit quiet at times though, so don't be afraid to sing out!

I must say I really enjoyed the choruses in this song! I'm so glad the mixer went to the trouble of putting in all the echoes, and the girls blend really nicely. All the timing is spot on as well! Whoever mixed this did a brilliant job with that. Gah, I really enjoyed this dub. I'm definitely going to keep an eye on them from now on~

Kerri-chan [StarburstSunDrops]
Sootie [SootjeNL]
Peachii [Animeobsessed40]
Rii [AzNxRawRx]

Subete wa ai no chikara by Miracle Musume (Hanabi Projects) / Review by Ayu / [CClyrics] Blending is very good! It's the first dub I've heard of this song; I've been waiting to hear a good one, and this is very kawaii. Kerri's solo at 0:46 is beautiful. Her line at 1:11 is very sweet too. The girls could use a little more energy overall, since this is a song that requires it a lot. But I think everyone did a very good job besides that.

Good pitching overall and pronounciation is very nice too, I think what i like the most is the mixing and the chorus blending. Sootie at 2:46 is my very favorite part of the dub; great energy, phrasing and pitch - she kinda reminded me of Takahashi's voice. Lovely lovely.

~Aya here! Adding onto what Ayu's already said, I've had a listen myself and I agree with the majority of what she says *nodnod* But I wanted to toss out there that I adore the group parts! The solos are nice, but I think the chorus is my favorite. I really like all of the "Hey Hey Sugoi/Sugoku"s - great blending.

There are a lot of duets sung by different pairs throughout the song; the first set at 0:53 are each of the girls paired with Rii. And the second set is at 1:52, this time it's each of the girls singing with Peachii. I like all of them, especially Kerri and Peachii on there "Aa Maru de jinsei" at 1:56. As Ayuchan said, this could use more energy, but it's nice overall.

A I K O

Now known as ReinaLoverai because of account suspension, Aiko has been a busy little bee. So much that I was constantly seeing her username pop up among the others on my subs list. I was and still am way behind on things, and I was thinking; I could bang out an entry about all of her latest releases and kill two birds with one stone! Well, I mean A) I'd catch up on Aiko & B) my subs list would be a little clearer, lol.

As y'all have noticed, there have been some other dubbers writing some reviews here and there. Things are still in the works, and Kappa has been nice enough to steadily help me while they are. For this entry I have asked some of the team to review a recent dub of Aiko's, so it's not only me blabbing on, but also so y'all get a variety of points of view & comments. So without further rambling, here we go;

These just ended up being all duets~




SONGS by A2 [Reinaloverai / LovelyBeige] / Review by Hikki / Let's get this review thang starteeed~! Well, I have SONGS covered by A2 on my platter. So without beating around the bush, I'll just get started on my review! Anyway, A2 is a duet group by ReinaLoverAi and LovelyBeige, and their name comes from the fact that their stage names are both Ai.

So, the first person to sing is LovelyBeige! First thing that came to my mind, which people are probably going to hate me for saying is that I think that the instrumental was a tad bit too loud. Or maybe it's just my lame headphones, I'm not sure. But besides their volume level, I need to say that I heard LovelyBeige's voice a bit back and I'm absolutely amazed at how much she has improved! Her voice is so mature and strong, and do I detect a small vibrato there? I really love it. It's not going overboard, and it sounds really great!

So well, after Beige's solo, I had already gotten lost and had to open up their handy-dandy color-coded lyrics. Then I found out they color coded the names "Ai" and "Ai". WHICH WAS CONFUSING! Well, I believe that Beige has the blue lines and Aiko has the red lines, so I'm just going to base everything on that.

Well, back to the dub. Aiko's solo (0:55) is absolutely amazing! I really adore her voice! She has so much energy and attitude! And her voice sounds similar to Reina's. I don't know if she was imitating or not, but nonetheless, it still sounded great! Another thing I noticed is the amount of static in the lines, so that caught my attention, however I don't believe that it's enough to diminish the quality of the dub (well, not alot at least.) Their voices blend fabulously though.

If I didn't have the color coded lyrics, I wouldn't have known when they were singing together or not. I think Beige's voice was overpowering Aiko's a bit though, because I hear her voice the most during the duet lines. Back to Beige's solo at 1:21, I could hear her strain her voice at "Sing a song", but once again, it didn't stand out to me like: "OMG. THAT KILLS THE DUB".

Okay, I think I just realized, if I comment on every single solo, this entry is going to be insanely long. On a side note, Aiko's first "Yes", is like....the sexiest thing on the planet. The solos after the instrumental break are great, high energy, good pitching (or at least I didn't hear any big mess ups) and sassy attitude! By this point, it's clear to me that these girls are really strong singers (I'm quite slow, ahaaa). And finally, the song ends with another sexy "Yes" by Beige, and Aiko closing with a powerful 'Let's sing a song'.




Takahashi Ai - Ai [lovelybeige]
Tanaka Reina - Ai [reinaloverai]

Kioku no Meiro by [A2] / Review by Aya / Double Ai! How's that commercial go? Double your pleasure, double your fun! I would say that applies now, except these two are way better than some minty gum. But for this I shall be refering to them as Aiko and Ai. I really like this song, it's super catchy!! I am a little disappointed that the crowd sounds and stuff weren't added, but the amazing vocals make it worth listening to.

Ai starts the dub off fabulously! I adore the melody of the beginning (which reoccurs again too). Her first solo is a soft start to the song with quick lyrics that she does a good really good job on. I loved her "nioi" !! Right after her is Aiko, on the same melody. lol, I actually liked the same exact parts by both girls - the end of their first line; though the lyrics for Aiko are "koto yo."

There are times when Aiko really suits Reina; it's not that she sounds like her, but a few times when I'm listening / watching, I'm like; 'wow she really sounded Reina-like there.' If that makes any sense, lol. Like at 1:10 on her "Dakishimeta yoru." Ai nailed her Ai lines (LOL AiAi)

And I like the 'Ah's a lot (1:27), they turned out really well. The chorus of this song is so freaking catchy!! & Ai and Aiko totally rocked it! Both of the girls sound fantastic, and have many awesome solos throughout the song. Aiko's "sugita wa" at 2:29 was EPIC! I adore her emotion! Ai's solo at 2:42 is probably my favorite of hers overall, she sounds fabulous. I really like her mature voice. Even though this review is kind of lame, I really did enjoy this dub!




DESTINY LOVE by ReinaLoverai ft. airuchu / Review by Kappa / I absolutely. loathe. this. song. I think it is like the most half-baked idea of Tsunku's ever and it frustrates me to no end. Nonetheless, I chose this one to talk about because I felt I would... actually HAVE something to talk about, so. Here we go! I'll try to be unbiased about this dub despite my bias about the song itself.

I thought both of these girls did a really good job handling the tricky tempo of this song without sounding too energetic or completely dead. Songs like this can be really hard to figure out how to sing, but they both did a great job here. I have to admit that I can't tell who is who in this, because of a lack of information in the description box, and because both of them sound really similar to my ear, so forgive me from not picking out girls individually to talk about. Even though I can't tell who is who, they both sound really good. I am especially a fan of whoever did the rapping solos in the first half of the rap.

One thing that I didn't really like/understand was what was done to the Reina solo at 3:39. I can see where she was going with that, but the extra notes on that solo made it a bit overkill since Ai does something similar in the next line. The microphone maxing out also was kind of harsh and that probably bothered me more than anything, I think.

The mixing on this is pretty good. I liked the echos a lot and they were actually in time, which is a plus. I would have liked to see an actual live mix out of this, but I'm also biased there because I think... everything should be a live mix if there's a live video to go with it. Overall, a good job though, and it's worth listening to!




SEXY BOY by Aiko [ReinaLoverAi & japangaruuz] / Review by Ayu / This is totally catchy, right from the very first verse. Energy is 100% and excellent pithing overall. BLENDING is the word to describe this duet. From 0:28 to 0:37 amazes me a lot. The "shizen nara" at 0:45 is so good, my favorite solo in the first part. Followed by the "nao waru yo ne." It sounds like more than 2 people- Very energetic and blended. "yasashisa wo tsurete kita" at 0:57 until 1:00 is very good Reina voice. Cute, nostalgic and powerful at the same time.

The "IPPAI Kitai" parts are WIN!!! Sound so real. From 1:47 to 1:52 "Sugoi no ne akirechau wa" is my VERY favorite part of the dub, loved the energy in the "chau waaaa" part. "Watakushi" at 2:00 is be-a-u-ti-ful! Since 3:11 it becomes more powerful, solos are very good, and the final "soyokaze ni yorisotte" part at 3:42 is awesome, great finale for a great duet.
LOVED IT, definitely favorite SEXY BOY duet.

Back Track; Solo Version [Part 2]

Writers~

Izumi [faraBANG] / Hikki [DisturbedStrawberry]
Belly [Rasubelly] / Kappa [xmikipinkux]
Ayu [ChiiAyu] / Aya [MiriuOniaya]

[Reviewed by Izumi] Aaah, here I am again! / Aruiteru by Kassia [industrialxstrength] / Before listening, I was really excited. I've worked with industrialxstrength quite a bit as of late since she's one of the members of IKPs newest generation, and I really love her voice. I also really love this song. Not many people like it because of the repetitiveness, but I think its a very uplifting song, and I feel happy when I listen to it! So lets get started! :3

I had a feeling that this would be a very strong dub because of my previous experience with Kassia, and she certainly did not disappoint! I love hearing dubbers with deeper, more mature voices. Its a great contrast to the higher-voiced original singers! In particular, I really love her vibrato here, it makes her sound incredibly mature. I especially loved her "negatte at 2:40. I could be a little biased because I love Kassia's voice, but I'm happy to hear her singing this song!

As far as specific lines go, I love all of her "na na na" bits at 1:29, 2:50 and 4:24. My favorite part of this dub HAD to be the bit right after the musical interlude, the "sha la la" bits at 3:28. The whole dub has a great amount of emotion that you can easily hear when you listen to it, but I think it REALLY showed right there.

The mixing here is pretty good to me! I REALLY love her echoes here! That was one of the first things I noticed when I heard this was that she took the time to echo all of those lines (especially the "aruiteru"s at the ends of the choruses)! The echoes give the dub depth. On the same vein, I'm not sure if she hand-recorded the harmonies or if she ripped them from the original, but they sound really good with her voice!

With some dubs I've seen, you can tell that the harmonies were ripped from the original, but I had to listen a little bit. And I'm STILL not sure if these are ripped or not! You blend really well with them either way! So good job for keeping me guessing, Kassia! The only thing I could say about the mixing here is that it seems like the vocals could be turned up a little bit. It seems like the instrumental overpowers her voice at times, but it doesn't distract me because I can still hear her strong vocals!

I really had a great time listening to this! She has such a strong voice that I truly enjoyed listening to. I'm really honored that her and I get to work together, and I hope we can do more together in the future! I'm happy that I chose this dub, and (if you read this) I hope my insight means something to you! Thank you for letting me hear!




World is Mine by Chii [Chiidoki] / Review by Hikki / Whoo! World is Mine, the first vocaloid song I ever listened to. So I'm excited to review this! Anyway, I have heard Chii's voice before and it's probably the cutest thing you'll ever hear on a planet. Right below a puppy's whimper. Ahaaa, I'll stop making lame jokes like this, and get right on to the review.

First thing anyone will notice is the amount of static, which is really unfortunate, because Chii has such an adorable voice, and the static tends to take away from her vocal ability. Anyway, you can hear her strain her voice at the long notes ("Kokoro ete.."), but I've personally attempted to sing this song, so I give her props for not cracking her voice.

Oh my gosh! This dub is oozing with kawaii-ness. And you know when I say 'cute' in japanese, it's cute! At 1:16 there seems to be a bit of a timing or pronunciation fumble, but it wasn't that obvious. Speaking of timing, there seems to be little timing and pronunciation problems throughout the dub, but that's only if you're really picky. The scream at 1:40 is adorable though. I really need to find different words for 'cute'. Let me get my thesaurus.

The video for this song, by the way, is so....delicious...? (What the hell, my thesaurus stinks.) [Aya: lol, I use the dictionary-tool thing from my word processor for it's thesaurus] I just want to know what happens after the kiss. DARNIT. SHOW ME MORE. Okay, let's get back to the dub, the "Ah, Hey Baby" at 3:48 is super sexy. And then one last cho cho kawaii scream!




*NOTE: This dub has been removed by the user, enjoy the
review anyways, lol* (Thanks to Buggy letting me know)

Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~ by Emily Lemons4Evryone / Review by Belly / This solo really made me regret that I've never listened to this song. Its so funky and peppy! And exactly that was her voice (Aya: exactly what Emily sounded like too). I really have no clue how the original sounds, but this one was totally fine with me. Her deep and mature voice suits this song just perfect. The only thing I would criticize is that she becomes silenter on some parts. So she could've controlled her volume a little bit more.

Aya: I agree with what Belly says *nodnod* Emily did a good job on putting the funky attitude into her singing, that's half of the fun of singing the song right there; getting to sing like Natsumi, Gomaki and Yossi sing it, lol. Funky. Her voice suits this song perfectly! She had a little strain on the opening higher solo, but the rest of the dub is really fun.




Weeeek by miyuki002 / Review by Kappa /YES YES YES I LOVE THIS SONG. I had to grab it up right away when I saw this was one of the solos Aya wanted us to review.

I love Miyuki's voice and she's got awesome emotion and personality in this dub, just like the song demands. It sounds like she had some trouble with the lowest notes and went pitchy on a couple before she raised the pitch on the second half of the lowest lines--I think she would have been better raising her pitch on the whole solo. But props for trying, and I do LOVE how she sounds when she brings the pitch up like at 2:02. My favorite part from here is 1:41-1:45--sooo cute, and that's such a hard solo to pull off because it's kind of half-spoken.

I would have loved to hear this with a real instrumental and without her voice being overlayed on the group parts, but nonetheless I super enjoyed this. Her harmonies were preeeettty. Right on. I am laskd;fjalsdf that someone did this song, you don't even know.




SHIROI KOKORO by Miya [Tokyostarx] / Reviewed by Ayu /This song gives me a sense of peace, and that’s why I think it needs a cute voice, with the ability of doing really high and long notes without sounding strained or forced. Miya’s voice is really sweet, she can go really high and sound peaceful at the same time; I am loving the way she mixes chest and head voice in some parts. She has good pitching overall, and I LOVE the audio-mix.

First "Yume ga" at 0:28 gives me chills. First high note at 0:39 is very powerful, but cute at the same time. 1:04-1:06 is very kawaii!! I love the way she sings that phrase, it is really high and it sounds very natural to me. The "dare ka no" parts (first one at 1:11) sound very catchy. Love the treatment of the voice mixing, sounds angel-heaven-like. My favorite part of the dub.

Again, from 2:26 to 2:28 she does that thing when she goes high, sounds so beautiful. And the final part, starting at 2:59, is very tranquil and precise with good pitching and a cute sound. I LOVED this a lot, it gives to me the desire to dub it myself XD *I would put it twice in my I-pod*




Suna no oshiro by MoA [moamelody] / Review by Aya / This is GORGEOUS! As I have mentioned before, I have a weakness for string instruments, including the cello. I've listened to Kanon Wakeshima before and that was one thing about her that I instantly loved. MoA sounds BRILLIANT on this song. First off, I have to admit that the cello parts in the beginning got me thinking positively right away. But even before that, I loaded the video already knowing that this was going to define spectacular. Because it's MoA.

I only stumbled across MoA's stuff a little bit ago, but she is CRAZY AMAZING. I love love love her covers to beautiful little bits. Her voice is stunning and she sings magnificently. Gosh, I can't even think up enough of the right words to describe everything. I've been listening to this dub repeatedly while working on this entry and I am so in love with it. The song is beyond beautiful, and MoA did such a fantastic job on it. I can't pick out what I liked the most, because I adore it all. And I certainly can't think of even one tiny thing I don't like about it. This is hauntingly beautiful.

"I love the gothic darkness of it and cello is probably my favorite instrument. It was super mega hard to sing the chorus, some very high notes, but I love to sing epic operaesque songs." I agree so much with her, and I give her kajillions of props for mastering the chorus. LOVE.

Back Track; Solo Version [Part 1]

HELLA YEAH! We've all been quite excited about this- 'we' being the Blabodu team! I've got some awesome people helping me out, and it's been going so well!! I was a little disorganized in the beginning, lol. But I've got a lot of things figured out and now I'm like, 24/7 excited about writing here on this blog, that has been made amazing by you readers!

Solos are the main feature today; I know it says weekend, but this is more Back Track Saturday; Solo Version. I'm going to start things off with a few entries that are a mix of reviews by different people. After that I might try and find more solos to feature today, idk. I was going off my subs list when planning this out, so keep in mind that we haven't worked on any super recent solos and with all that's been going on, not everyone will get covered. Please don't take it personally. And if you'd like us to check out your solo, please! - Send the info to me!

Writers~

Kappa [xmikipinkux] / Hikki [DisturbedStrawberry]
Belly [Rasubelly] / Ayu [ChiiAyu]
Aya [MiriuOniaya] / Izumi [faraBANG]

Yume Kara Samete by supahwicked / Review by Kappa / Aw, Lina sounds super pretty singing this! I maaay be biased, but it's really nice to hear people with deeper voices in the dubbing world. This song fits her voice very well and I like the softness of her high notes here. She might be a bit too soft here, especially in places like the bridge section, but she also sounds like she might be holding back because of her mic, which isn't exactly the best.

One thing that did bother me a bit about this is her rhythm fumbles. There were a lot of them... she didn't get the words wrong, but the way she sang them in the song was off. It might be okay in a solo, but in a groupdub taking liberties with the rhythm would be a big deal, because it gives mixers a hard time lining you up with other people. That's just something to think about for non-solo lines.

Besides that, there were some pitchy spots, but I still liked listening to this. On a second listen I caught some very pretty vibrato I had missed before and that made it even better. Nice job on this!




Otakebi Boy Wao! & Tomodachi... by Chii [LuvSasuke] / Review by Hikki / OKAY. I know I shouldn't deviate from the video that I'm supposed to review (Aya: pwsh, I don't mind), but Chii sang Just Be Friends for her 100 subs video, and it's just...amazing. You guys should check it out after watching this video.

First up is Otakebi Boy, and Chii starts off with ATTITUDE. YOU DO YOUR THANG GIRL. I really love the tone of her voice, it just has that 'UMPH'. Only one noticeable pronunciation stumble, but no big deal. Well, this is for "audition purposes only", so sadly, she did not sing the whole song. What a cliff hanger. I want to hear the rest.

Now, Tomodachi, she starts off with the same sassy attitude she had in Otakebi (which is not a bad thing), but her pitching just a biiiit off at the next stanza, because she started to speak-sing the lines, which is understandable because the tempo is a bit fast. Overall, she sounded really cute and although she wasn't spastically obviously energetic in the songs, there is an underlying energy (I'm so deep) within the song, and it's really calming and it brings a smile to my face!

Ah! Short review for the two short previews.




Hello everyone! I'm Belly (Rasubelly on YT). I'm very happy and thankful to be able to write at Ayas blog here ^_^ For my debut she let me choose two solo songs to write about. Now I'll start with the first one~

Destiny Love by Mueggie / I never really listened to this song because of this lullaby-like sounding melody, but I'm really glad that I listened to Mueggie's version. Her voice is very cute and her pronounciation is beyond exception; perfect. The only thing I would've liked to hear was some more power. I know it is hard to put much energy in a slow song but more power would've made this dub really perfect for me.

To mention something else, I really loved her mixing. I already loved the audio mixing at the beginning part, but when I heard her rap solo I was really positively surprised. It was stunning - her voice and mixing. I also loved the sweet sounding, quiet "Destiny Love"s at the end. To bring it back to the pronounciation, I loved that she spoke this lovely Disney Love of Reina. (Aya: At 0:40, Mueggie put 'Disney Love' as an annotation, Reina was center of the video at the time, lol)




Angelus by Ruby [LLawlitaxDD] / Review by Ayu / Certainly this is a mature song, with a Spanish feeling in the music and the dance, so it requires a voice with a strong sound and good presence in low and high notes. Phrasing is also very important, cause this kind of ‘’latin feel’’ songs have a lot of rhythmic stuff. Ruby DID a wonderful job, she shows us her mature voice, great pitching overall, she really gave the song a right latin feeling.

First verse is wonderful, reminded me of Shimatani in the very first phrase. First chorus is very good, in my personal opinion it could be a little more aggressive or energetic, but I enjoyed it the way it is. First "Angerasu" at 1:44 sounds lovely. Nice vibrato at the end of the phrase of 2:21-2:22. She uses this vibrato often, it sounds good. Since at 3:16 she puts more energy into it, the last chorus is much more attractive. I'm LOVING 3:34 TO 3:39.

For me 3:55 to 4:00 is the best moment of the dub, I can really feel it in the very last verse!
I LOVED it a lot because I think it’s not an easy song to do and she made it very interesting. *I would put it in my i-pod*




Maze by Mary (MaryG2091) / Review by Aya / Before I even loaded the video, I clicked the download link she provided because I just knew that this was going to be awesome. Mary is an extremely talented singer; I love her voice and her dubs are always crazy ear-pleasing. I totally agree with her that this "song is totally made for my voice." *stashes MP3 with other Mary & MoA downloads*

Ohmygosh, I don't even know where to begin. My mind is trying to babble like a fangirl, lol. I love every word out of Mary's mouth; she has such a strong, mature voice and she sings with great confindence, which always makes us listeners want to listen. Her energy and emotion levels are through the roof, and she delivers every line fantastically. I love a lot of her longer / higher notes in this. Like 3:09, she sounds spectacular! Mary rocked the chorus and pwned the verses; everything about this dub just screams EPIC.

The mixing sounds fine to my ears, but then again we all know what a genius I am on that, eh? Honestly, there are a few lines and/or notes where she's a little iffy. Not pitchy, but some lines don't sound quite as good as the others. It's barely even noticable. Just once in a while I'd hear a note or something that would niggle at my ears the slighest bit. But Mary says that she "had a blast recording this" and that's what matter most!

To Be Continued in Part 2 ~