State of the Character Songs Fall 2008

Hello, readership!

Once again, we're a month into the current season, and it's time for the State of the Character Songs. I've come a long way since I started this group - it was and still is a one-man operation, but the sheer amount of stuff I've gotten done since then...mostly in several gigabytes worth of music, and it shows. Now, on with what this post is for - a look at shows from the current season and how likely they are to get character songs.


Rosario to Vampire Capu2: Seven character CDs confirmed, four of which are being released very soon. The layout of the songs is all but identical to season one, except for the addition of Kokoa to the lineup and Naze Koumori getting a song on the single for The Kapuchuus. One cover song and one original song per single. Kapuchuu~

Toradora: JC Staff + Rie Kugimiya + Starchild handling the music = extremely likely. The guessability rate is somewhere around 80%. Past patterns are usually a good indicator of the present and the future, though if there's no news for me to go on, I'm limited to guesswork.

Hyakko: Alright, the elements this time are Lantis + Aya Hirano + schoolyard comedy. Estimate comes to...75%. Shows of its type are usually ripe for character songs, going by the record.

Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka and ef - a tale of melodies: These two are grouped together because they're covering their characters in much the same way. Each of the main cast members gets an ED theme which functions much the same as a character song. Also, there's the whole "adapted from a visual novel" thing.

Yozakura Quartet: I'm leaning towards a 45% guesstimate ratio on this one, but I was proven wrong with Oinari-sama before. Of course, anything can happen - that's where the fun of guessing lies. So that I can look back and say if I was right or way off course.

Kannagi: Guesstimate ratio at 85%. The voice cast is strong in this one, including Miyuki Sawashiro and the Tomatsu/Hanazawa duo. Even if nothing further comes of it, we'll always have Nagi's dancing on the stage.

Kemeko Deluxe: There will be character songs, this has already been confirmed. However, they're once again included only with the limited edition DVDs. The official website shall update with the news in time.

Toaru Majutsu no Index: Two character song and drama CDs have been confirmed, and there may be more. At the very least, songs for sparky and Index are expected.

Macademi Wasshoi!: Five character song albums, culminating in a Christmas release by the Miyazaki/Ise/Fukui trio that is MA*chu*RI. 5pb. Records has a really good track record when it comes to character songs. And speaking of 5pb. releases...

Chaos;Head: Recently, for the Xbox 360 version of the PC game (titled Chaos;Head Noah), a set of "triggers" (aka character song singles) have appeared. The voice cast for these carries over from the anime, so they match up well enough to count.

Releases from Other Seasons that Aren't Finished Yet
Two Nogizaka Haruka character song/drama CDs, the last To Love-Ru Variety CD, the Itazura na Kiss soundtrack (which will include character songs), a Minami-ke Christmas mini-album, the final Kanokon DVD release (with a song for the twins).

Read more!

Koihime Musou Duet Song ~ Kanu x Chouhi

Girl love, polearms and genderflips. What's not to love?

A very nice release today. A short drama is included on here, along with the duet "Shouri no Sanka", or "Anthem of Victory". The leading ladies of the show are the stars here, so it makes sense they'd be chosen out of such a large cast. A very recent release, and a good one to have. The next few days are sure to have plenty more music, though I only plan to provide one of the new releases. The other big groups will handle the main course, as always.

Now, onward!

Torrent
Direct Download


Read more!

Saint October Character Mini Albums

The GothLoli Detectives, subject of our latest release.


Ad hoc groups will always be around as far as anime is concerned - N's, MA*chu*RI, Aice5, and so on. Today we cover the GothLoli trio. You may know them better as the current voices of Sakura "Penguin" Nankyoku, Nia Teppelin, and several characters who are likely to induce lesbianism. Yu Kobayashi characters are usually good at that kind of thing.

Now with loliwolf-mbt subbing Saint October after it spending an eternity in the no-subs zone, time to wrap up the last of the releases. As always, several songs on these albums that can't be found anywhere else. Onward!

Direct Download of all albums

Kuro Loli
Torrent

Shiro Loli
Torrent

Aka Loli
Torrent


Read more!

Nogizaka Mika's Mai Fair Radio Special CD

Comiket 74 special.


Our horizons continue to expand beyond "rare character songs" and into "rare CDs in general", but this one is two different kinds of unexplored territory - a Comiket 74 CD and a Radio CD. The theme song to the radio show hosted (and still ongoing) by Mai Goto, voice of Mika Nogizaka, is contained within, along with a special radio show. The title was translated as best as possible to convey the pun.

Nogizaka Haruka's music isn't done yet. Two drama CDs, each with a song by the group N's created for the series, are scheduled for the next two months. If they're overlooked, you can count on Celonius28 to look right at them. Onward!

Torrent
Direct Download


Read more!

G3 Princesses + Ii Jan! Ii Jan! Sugee Jan!?

G3 Princesses, on stage!

The first entry up is the G3 Princesses. Performed in GP31, this album includes individual songs for each of the girls, G3 Princess Rap, and the one-episode special end theme "Enjin Eco Rap". The song is a Green Aesop in musical form, but for one gathering all of Go-on's ED themes (and there are many), it's a good part of the collection. Once again, the first and seventh tracks (Go-on's OP and ED) are not included due to Columbia putting them on every album, thus making their reencoding here redundant and unneeded.

Torrent
Direct Download

And now for some random logic:
Miu = "Yume no Tsubasa" = "Dream Wing" = Mai-Otome = flying, fighting girls = Strike Witches = no pants.
Therefore, Miu = no pants.


From start to finish, always at a climax!

The second entry is the complete album for Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown, now in theaters. A new version of Climax Jump, as well as individual versions for each of the Taros' (sorry, Sieg and Deneb) are on here, as well as dialogue versions and a piano form of Climax Jump. For both of these albums, scans are included for just about everything, and the sound quality is perfect. Enjoy.

Torrent
Direct Download


Read more!