As usual, the live started off with the OrePara rap. For the noon event, OnoD’s performance was third, and for the night event, he was fifth. His set list was the same for both and included: DELIGHT, Ride On Funky Night, Netsuretsu ANSWER, and Daisuki.

My God, the screams when OnoD’s kanji for the live 継 (kei) showed up on the screen… The night event was especially crazy. The moment the kanji showed up, almost everyone in the venue broke out either a yellow glow stick or an ultra bright orange one. In any case, the venue was suddenly lit up quite brightly. OnoD came out on stage wearing a red suit jacket similar to the one he wore in the DELIGHT PV, but not the same. (Yes, he had black eyeliner on.) He also had a headset mic as opposed to a handheld one like everyone else. Why? Because he danced. And the dancers from the PV were on stage with him! At first it was just the two girls but then in the middle of the song the two guys came out too. The girls had different outfits but the guys were wearing the same red and blue shirts from the PV.

For DELIGHT, everyone yelled out “Delight!” and “Wo-oh!” etc. As for the hand movements, at the beginning of the chorus (“Mabayui mirai~”) everyone held their glow sticks up in the air and waved it in tune with the song. For the “delight” and “all right” parts, we all did the raise the roof motion. It was hilarious! During his MC, OnoD kept doing the motion for no reason and then everyone would do it too. He commented that it was funny when everyone does it together, hehe. They actually reenacted parts of the PV on stage, such as the dancing during the instrumental part. It was tons of fun.

Ride On Funky Night also had its own choreography. It was really cool! It’s hard to describe, but take my word for it… It was cool. For Netsuretsu ANSWER, of course everyone did the dance. I was sitting on the third floor so I had a good bird’s eye view of the entire venue and it was pretty amazing to see everyone dance in sync. The last song was Daisuki and this time they made up a little dance for it. OnoD explained it beforehand. It was kind of like hitting a taiko drum. The dance was for the “D-A-I-S-U-K-I daisuki!” part of the song. For “D-A” you would “hit the drum” to your left, alternating between left and right for each letter, and then “I-S-U” was on the right side. “K-I” was down below, and then for the last “daisuki!” you would “hit” with both hands above your head twice, once for “dai” and then once for “suki.” It was a lot of fun dancing along. Near the end of the song, Hirakawa, whose name is also Daisuke, came out on stage. It was cute.

At the end of the event they sang Nemuru Monotachi he and the new song Galaxy Bus. OnoD still had his makeup on and was wearing the gloves. For the noon event when they were doing the last jump, Iwata jumped and everyone else did the NAHA pose, which was opposite of what happened last year. (Watch the DVD for 2010 if you don’t know what this is.) Poor Micchan! XDDD The crowd was in the dark about this surprise too since they didn’t announce it beforehand like last year. Apparently they came up with the idea of doing it the night before. For the night event, they all surprised SuzuKen with a guitar signed by everyone and Yorke. of OLDCODEX painted on the case. It was a wedding present and the entire audience got to congratulate SuzuKen on his marriage.

The buzz on Twitter was that Kamiya and Sakamoto Maaya were at the noon event sitting in the middle section, front row on the third floor. I was 9th row and did not notice them. They say Kamiya was also at the night event. I was 3rd row for that one and again, did not notice him. ^^;; Ahh… So close yet so far. Obviously no one could squee about it since it would make things awkward. If someone squeed I think everyone would have realized he was there.

Anyway, the event helped me fall in love with OnoD all over again. We may laugh at his silliness but at the same time he can be so cool! I was reminded as to why I look forward to OrePara the entire year. This is definitely one of the best annual events out there and though tickets may be on the rather expensive side, the events are about 4 hours long each so you definitely get your money’s worth. Just when you think OnoD’s at his best, he outdoes himself again. I wonder what’s in store for next year. ^^

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OnoD will be releasing a new single on November 30! There is no official announcement for it yet on the Lantis website, but a product page has been added to Amazon Japan. According to the page, it will be two discs and retail for 1800 yen. The second disc will be a PV DVD.

I guess we can expect the new song to be sung at OrePara in December!

Speaking of OrePara, OnoD and the other OrePara members will hold a live radio broadcast on September 21 from 22:00-23:00 on Chou! A&G. Full details are here.

EDIT 11/9: The new single will be titled DELIGHT with c/w songs Right On Funky Night and Shitta Junai 1, chu, 3!!. Shitta Junai 1, chu, 3!! will feature guest vocals by Chihara Minori. The CD info can be found on Lantis’ website here. Yesterday’s Lantis no! AniSon Tuesday!! on Bandai Namco Live TV showed part of the PV for DELIGHT. OnoD’s outdone himself again. X3 Looking forward to the release and OrePara!

The annual DGS public recording was at CharaHobby on Saturday. I’ll try to have a report up soon but in the mean time, the big announcement was that the show will have a new opening and ending song in October and a new single, Smiley Time, will be released November 2nd!

At KAmiYU in Wonderland 2 in Osaka on Sunday, it was announced that Kamiya would be releasing his first full album on December 14th! The album will include 10 songs, including For myself and Nijiiro Chouchou. The limited edition will include a DVD and retail for 3990 yen. The regular edition will be 2940 yen. The announcement can be found on the Kiramune website.

Also, if my ears did not fool me, I’m sure I heard OnoD narrating the promotion video for Gundam AGE at today’s Gundam.info stage at CharaHobby, and also as the character Wolf Eniacl! There still has not been an official cast announcement but rumor has it that Kamiya will be in the series.

Happy 33rd birthday, Ono Daisuke!!

OnoD’s birthday celebration, which was recorded at the Dear Girl ~Stories~ 4 Lovers Only event, will be airing this weekend. Spoilers for it can be read in the event report.

On the day of its release, For myself ranked #4 on the singles daily chart, and then moved up to #3 the next day. On the singles weekly chart, it ranked at #6 with 18,517 copies sold. To get into the top 10 is a huge feat. At the For myself release commemoration event on the 26th, it was announced that Kamiya’s second single will be released April 6th, 2011 and be titled Nijiiro Chouchou.

On the other hand, OnoD’s Netsuretsu ANSWER debuted at #4 on the singles daily chart on the day of its release and climbed up all the way to #2. On the weekly chart, it ranked in at #5 with an estimated 10,205 copies sold. WOW! Kamiya’s For myself dropped down to #29 the same week.

Note that For myself had over one week to accumulate its sales on the weekly chart, whereas Netsuretsu ANSWER had only about a week. Netsuretsu ANSWER is the ending theme to the Battle Spirits Brave anime, which probably gives it more exposure compared to For myself. Nevertheless, both Kamiya and OnoD were able to get their singles in the top 10 of Oricon’s singles weekly chart! Congratulations to them both!

This year’s birthday episode  for OnoD (#160) took place in Ushiku, Ibaraki, home of the Ushiku Daibutsu. They also went to a petting zoo.

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In addition to the alternate clear cover for DGS Hibiki vol.2, SYLPH vol.11 also comes with a form to buy Nyaa san slippers! They are similar to the ones Teraikemen Shireikan can be seen wearing in the comic. More information can be found here. Also, both DGS Hibiki vol.2 and SYLPH vol.11 have forms to get a DGS Hibiki Kotoshi mo Peak charm. The deadline for both the slippers and the charm is March 19th.

An official visual book for the DGS Hibiki game, titled Gachi de Visual Book, will be released March 13 and retail for 1890 yen, tax included.

See Kamiya and Irino Miyu on the Kiramune Staff Blog. The Kiramune Special issue released by Pick-Up Voice was released February 5.

Kamiya was guest on Sugita Tomokazu’s radio show, Sugita Tomokazu no Anigera! Diduun #23. Information can be found here.

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The Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Special Event will be released on DVD on July 21. The event took place January 11 at Shinjuku Bunka Center. Cast includes Suzuki Tatsuhisa, Matsuda Satoshi, Haga Yuria, Kaji Yuuki, Komatsu Yuka, Yusa Kouji, Sugita Tomokazu, Yamamoto Shouma, Kamiya Hiroshi, Murai Ryouta, Ishikawa Hideo, Sakurai Takahiro, Sawashiro Miyuki, and Koyama Tsuyoshi.

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Old news, but because I haven’t mentioned it yet, OrePara 2009 will be released on DVD April 7. Performers include Iwata Mitsuo, Ono Daisuke, Suzumura Kenichi, Morikubo Shoutarou, and Hirakawa Daisuke.

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SYLPH vol.10

The cover for SYLPH vol.10 has been publicized! This cover is “Sa-ya ga Kaku Arienai Series Dai 2 Dan (Impossible Series #2 Drawn By Saya).” Looking at it um… Yeah… It’s pretty impossible. Even more so than #1 (the cover with HiroC and OnoD making the heart mark together), in my opinion. There’s no way Kamiya would touch OnoD’s face or let OnoD touch his, LoL. Where does Iwasaki sensei get these ideas from anyway? Haha.

Black Thunder will be making an appearance throughout this new chapter. Try to find them all!

Again, SYLPH vol.10 will be released November 24. Furoku is a Dear Girl ~Stories~ Hibiki drama CD which will include a drama track and voices from the game. Purchase the magazine at Animate or any of the participating SYLPHmate stores and you’ll receive a DGS Hibiki postcard of the cover illustration.

The 2010/1/21 issue of Dengeki Girl’s Style will include a Dear Girl ~Stories~ Hibiki Christmas pin-up poster. It will be an original illustration by Iwasaki sensei. The magazine will be released December 10.

On the Theater page of the Durarara!! website, you can watch the Perfect Guide which includes interviews with the cast. Both Kamiya and OnoD make an appearance. OnoD’s comment at the end is funny. He’s so M…

A couple photos of Uta Hiroshi during KiraFes rehearsals can be found at the Kiramune staff blog. It was announced a couple days ago that the event’s theme song will be “EVER DREAM.” The song will be available for early streaming via mobile phone starting November 25.

Here are a few details from the DGS public recording from what I was able to gather. I guess the audience was told not to write spoilers in their blogs so people are being pretty vague. We’ll have to find out next week when the kouroku moyou is aired.

• Chanko Chanko chan appeared on stage to the Mario Theme.
  There was a Luigi too.
• Some kind of collaboration with a food company??
  OnoD mentioned on the radio before that he wanted to do one. I guess another of his careless utterings will be coming true, haha. The audience was asked what flavor they would like and everyone yelled out, “Durian!!” to which OnoD replied, “I knew everyone would say that! But would you really buy durian flavor!?”
• Shikakuteki (visual) corner
  GachaC videos!! It started out in the booth where HiroC and OnoD did jan ken to figure out who would have to wear the Gachapin costume. Listening on the radio, you could already hear the loud noise when HiroC hit OnoD on the arm, but I guess if you watch the video, you can tell that HiroC really did hit OnoD hard. .^^; GachaC got scolded by a Lawson employee when he tried to go buy karaage. The last of the footage was GachaC’s “Dosukoi~ Dosukoi~” Watching the video, HiroC remembered the horrors and OnoD pointed out that his eyes were dead, haha.
• Quiz corner
  This is something Suwa san wanted to do. Instead of having concrete answers, the “correct” answers would be decided by Suwa san
• Dear Voice
  As usual, they had the audience participate. The audience had to say, “HiroC, are yatte~ (HiroC, do that~)” and “OnoD, are yatte~ (OnoD, do that~).” What HiroC and OnoD responded with was an adlib and we’ll have to find out next week what they said. HiroC handled his adlib well but OnoD had some trouble. Feeling that he might have messed up a bit, OnoD clung onto HiroC, for which he received a swift kick. I guess it’s not a public recording without OnoD getting kicked, hehe.

Again, the kouroku will be aired next week. The details written above were from a Japanese blog post I found.

Pricing for the CCP goods has been established. The Kamiya Hiroshi-produced Nyaa san no Shippo Strap will be 1700 yen, Ono Daisuke-produced Lime Light charm keychain will be 1500 yen, Suwa san-produced Do S Kousei Sakka Pen HYPER will be 500 yen, and a Nyaa san mobile cleaner will be 500 yen. HiroC will try to see if they can sell the mobile cleaner and strap together for 2000 yen. Photos of some of the goods can be found in SYLPH Vol.9.

During Lantis Matsuri, it was announced that there will be an OrePara this year on December 27. The live event will be held at Ryougoku Kokugikan and feature Iwata Mitsuo, Ono Daisuke, Suzumura Kenichi, Morikubo Shoutarou, “and more.” Ticket info has yet to be announced.

Today is the deadline (9/28 @ 18:00 JST) to apply for the second advanced ticket lottery for Kiramune Music Festival. Lottery winners will be contacted via email on October 1st around noon. General ticket sales begin October 31.

Hibiki goods

Update 9/28: The SYLPH Editor’s blog has been updated with a list complete with pictures and prices of the DGS goods that will be sold at DenFes. The Nyaa san Shippo Strap has been reduced to 1500 yen and the paw pad mobile cleaner is 500 yen. There is a version 2 of OnoD’s wkas tshirt. It is now pink with white sweat. The sweat pattern has not been changed. There is a two-item limit per person, which means you can only buy up to two of the same item. The blog will be updated later on with photos of sample goods so keep an eye out!