名作文学(笑) VSシリーズ 北風VS太陽

Meisaku Bungaku (warai) VS Series - Kitakaze VS Taiyou

This is originally a well known literary work in which the North Wind  challenges the Sun to see who will first succeed to make a lone traveler take  off his coat. In this CD this tale is being told in various setting: Host club,  Original, Sangoku battle, Police story, and Door-to-door selling.

The first track turns the both of them into hosts. The one challenges the other to see can make the next customer order a bottle of champagne first. However   the  next customer is a man who came to retrieve his daughter... Hearing both   of them trying to convince the man to order all kind of things while trying to   'help' him was rather amusing.

The second track tells the (almost) original version of the story. While the   previous track was amusing to listen to this one first made me laugh out loud   (well, allmost. I couldn't really laugh in the train...xD). The music used when  the sun uses his SUNSHINE ATTACK was to brilliant.

In the third track both of them are now strategists in the Sangoku era. An  entirely new Sangoku era in which Mobile phones already existed. The first one  to defeat the opposing army is the winner. Once again the sun makes use of his  SUNSHINE ATTACK while the North Wind uses the online weather forecast to make  use of a sudden wind blowing from the north.

The forth time they are both police officers trying to get a suspect to admit   his crime. More speciffically, the man from the second track who was arrested   for taking all his clothes off in public. And a good cop - bad cop act begins~!  xD

The last story is a door-to-door selling contest. The sun is trying to sell   make-up while the North Wind is trying to sell forgot-whatever-he-was-trying-to-sell. The effect of the make-up is just too brilliant.

Conclusion:
Even though the result of the match is the same every time (it follows the  original setting after all) it is interesting to hear how they managed to turn  it into a different settings. Another interesting thing is that they keep the  same (or almost the same) personality every time. In the beginning I had some  problems keeping the voices apart, especially when the discussion got more  heated. BUT it was a brilliant CD that I recommend to everyone.

官能昔話2~アンデルセン童話~

Kannou Mukashi Banashi 2 ~Andersen Douwa~

Kannou Mukashbanashi is a series that tells well known tales in a... slightly different way. Each volume contains several stories, all done by a different seiyuu. The series uses a special recording method called 3D dummy microphone, a microphone shaped like a head. using this technology you can hear the voice of the seiyuu as if they're talking right into your ear (when using headphones or earphones), and they've made sure that they talk very eroi. This volume contains stories based on the fairy tales by Andersen.

We start out with Inoue Kazuhiko once again explaining that headphones should be used to listen to this drama CD, and testing whether you've put them on properly. This time he instructs you to 'open [the headphone] wider' or in case of earphones 'insert the earphones deeper'. Here we go again~

Like I already mentioned, all of the stories in this volume are based on famous fairy tales by Andersen. Inoue-san once again acts as the person that loosely links all of the stories, by telling you the stories that his master (Andersen) wrote.

The first story is The Little Mermaid and is told by Sakurai Takahiro. We probably all know the Disney version of this one, which actually follows the original pretty closely, except that the original doesn't have a happy end xD This one does follow the original though. As much as I love Sakurai his voice, couldn't bring myself to really like this story. It just didn't leave as much impact as the others.

The second story is that of the Match-selling Girl and is told by Yusa Kouji.
I don't think this is a very well known story, but I might be wrong. At any rate it is a story about a girl who tries to sell matches while it is snowing outside. As she lights a match to try and keep herself warm she sees an image of a warm home with a warm meal that is all to tempting. I know I'd be instantly tempted if a voice like that invited me for sure...

The third story is that of the Snow Queen and is told by Miyano Mamoru. I couldn't remember the story at all to be honest. A magical mirror that in which everything that is beautiful seem ugly and twisted and everything that is ugly and puny will seem beautiful and important breaks and scatters over the world. When the childhood friends Kai and Gerda are playing outside two splinters fall into Kai his eye and heart. Kai changes from kind and warm to cold, and eventually marries the Ice Queen. Gerda goes after him to bring him back. Mamo-chan actually has a pretty versatile voice range, making this story interesting to listen to.

The fourth story is that of the King with Invisible Clothes (I don't know the actual name of the story) and is told by all of the seiyuu. Mamo-chan voices the role of the King who is deceived by two fake tailors (Sakurai and Yusa) into wearing invisible clothes. Like before this last story is less serious, and there is much less ero. Although the scene in which they 'dress' the king is... xD


Conclusion:
Inoue-san his introduction is brilliant just as before. While I didn't like the first story all that much I loved the rest. Hearing these well known stories told this way is just too entertaining. Ehm, my perverted mind has absolutely nothing to do with this. Nothing at all.

Hituzigumo April Fools

Aaaand Hituzigumo their April Fools is online as well. The above video was posted on their home page as their new work. It is a workout dvd that will get your body into shape by just looking at the gorgeous body and dancing of Subaru up there.

I wonder where they got all the dance moves from.... it is pretty amusing to watch and the voice over has some hilarious moments  ("... and on disk three he will pull you into bed and -oops I've been talking too much.")

I'd almost like it if they actually released this.

週刊添い寝CDシリーズ vol.4 壮介

Shuukan Soine CD Vol.4 Sousuke

A CD in which your boyfriend cuddles next to you in bed and talks with you until you fall asleep. The fourth and last volume in the series, this one is voiced by Terashima Takuma.

I don't know whether 'soine' would be the right term for this CD. As you might have predicted by the cover and the seiyuu for this one, Sousuke is your typical genki character. The CD also starts with him not wanting to go to bed at all, and I have to say his genki-ness is addictive. It only made me feel more awake than wanting to fall asleep xD

Sousuke is really cute. Genki brats, kids, guys aren't really my type, but I have to admit that he sounds like someone who is a lot of fun to be around. He has a cute way of teasing you, and reacts even cuter when you tease him back. The story he tells was very cute as well, although it had some very illogical moments (I guess that are fairy tales for you xD)
When you've fallen asleep his real kindness show, I really loved the part where he talks on his own. Although it still kept me awake more then wanting to fall asleep. The wake up track is just like I imagined; Sousuke doesn't let you get up. (even though you were already up - he simply pulls you back into bed).

Apparently this was the first time Terashima-san did a recording with dummy head mic. Like everyone he is entertaining himself with trying different positions and listening to the effect. One of his last comments is actually sort of rude (he also says so himself xD) but it was intended in a cute way so no harm done xD. He also however explained a bit about how the recording works which is interesting.

Because Sousuke is a genki(ish) character he started out with a bit of a disadvantage, but he managed to turn the situation around. He'll never be my favorite but I had a lot of fun listening to this CD. I know a lot of you have a soft spot for genki characters, so I know you'll have a lot of fun with this =)

IM Label April Fools

IM Label is having a bit of an elaborate Aprils Fool joke; their entire site has turned into a website for the fictional adventure game "RishuJeriku Duet".


Characters from one of their series, 'teidenshoujo to hanemushi no orchestra', are used as the supposed characters for the game. The site has a character page, story details and voice samples, banners, and all.

Go and check it out as long as the site will remain up if you like