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.

comic SYLPH (コミックシルフ) 2010年 03月号 [雑誌]
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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!

Weekly Single 9/21

Ono Daisuke’s Kinmokusei ranked in at #13 on Oricon’s weekly single chart for the week of September 21. Congratulations, OnoD!!

Show produced CCP 2009 goods will go on sale today at Chou! A&G Shop. The other goods (DGS goods set items, fan, etc) will be on sale September 23 at Dengekiya and Animate. Prices are a little more expensive than they were at CharaHobby.

The tokuten for the DGS NDS game at Animate will be a special drama CD.

The second advanced ticket lottery for the Kiramune Music Festival on November 29 opens today. Deadline to enter the lottery is September 28, 18:00. Those picked in the lottery will be notified October 1st in the afternoon. Mails will only be sent out to those who were picked so if you do not receive a mail, it means you were not picked. General sales will begin October 31st at 10AM. Namikawa Daisuke has been announced as special guest for the event.

Daily Single 9/9

OnoD’s Kinmokusei single moved up on Oricon’s daily single ranking. For September 9, 2009, it is ranked #5. At this rate, it just might show up in the top 10 of the weekly single chart!

My copy of Kinmokusei just arrived today so here is a short review.

I got the first press, which comes with a 12-page special booklet. The lyrics are written on a separate sheet not attached to the booklet. The booklet is nice but personally I don’t think these are the best photos of OnoD. He’s a little hit or miss sometimes when it comes to photos and I think the photos here are somewhere in between. I absolutely laughed when I saw the photo on page 9. It’s just… yeah… If you’ve seen it, I think you know what I mean. It’s rather CK, haha. I can’t help but chuckle when I look at it. The back of the obi has a photo of a crosswalk scene with OnoD at the other end. I thought that was pretty nice touch since most of the time the back of obis are blank.

As for the songs, I LOVE THEM!! Kinmokusei has a really catchy melody and as usual, OnoD’s singing is great. I reeeeeeeally like the second song, Tori no Yume. It’s very otona ppoi

Kinmokusei

(adult-like), similar to Real no Nai Sekai on Kazahana.

There is a PV for Kinmokusei and you can watch part of it at the beginning of AniSon Plus #60 (2009/09/07). The PV is pretty cool so I hope it will be released on DVD sometime. Perhaps when OnoD’s second album comes out? (The PV for Manatsu no Spica, which was originally only streamed via mobile, was included on the DVD for Kazahana.)

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Here is an interview with OnoD regarding the upcoming Lantis Matsuri.

In other news, guess who got lucky and scored tickets via lottery for Kiramune Music Festival! Now I just need to somehow get to Japan in November…

Daily Single 9/8

Ono Daisuke’s third maxi single, Kinmokusei, ranked in at #10 on Oricon’s daily chart for September 8, 2009! Congratulations, OnoD!

The first press version of the single comes with a special booklet.

Weekly Album 9/7

Kamiya Hiroshi’s first mini album Hare no Hi ranked in at #9 on the Oricon weekly chart for the week of 2009/09/07. This is quite a feat. Congratulations, HiroC!

And now for some news… There were a couple event announcements at CharaHobby this past weekend.

• Another DGS public recording to be held at Dengeki Character Festival 2009
  2009/10/03 @ 17:00, Makuhari Messe Hall 9. Deadline to apply is 9/9. 300 seats are available.
  HiroC and OnoD will also be attending the Durarara!! stage along with Toyonaga Toshiyuki and Fukuyama Jun at main stage M-3 on 10/3 at 14:00~10:40. There is also an autograph event with DGS’s Iwasaki Saya sensei and kousei sakka Suwa Masaru on 10/4 at 13:00 in E-6. The deadline to apply has already passed.
• Kiramune Music Festival featuring CONNECT, Irino Miyu, and Kamiya Hiroshi
  2009/11/29 @ 17:30, NHK Hall. Deadline to apply for the advanced ticket lottery is 9/7. General sale begins 10/31.

DGS Hibiki merchandise that was sold at CharaHobby will be sold via the Chou! A&G Shop, Animate, and Dengekiya. Goods to be sold include:

DGS Goods

• Kamiya Hiroshi produce now peak tshirt (Sizes Jr. L, S, M/2500 yen)
• Ono Daisuke produce wkas tshirt (Sizes Jr. L, S, M/2500 yen)
• Do S Kousei Sakka produce DG5 tshirt (Sizes Jr. L, S, M/2500 yen)
• Kamiya Hiroshi produce Kamiya Hiroshi no Hatsukoi no Aji Candy (1000 yen)
• Ono Daisuke produce wkas keitai strap (1500 yen)
• Do S Kousei Sakka produce Do S nabeshiki (1500 yen)

The goods will go on sale 9/23 at Animate and Dengekiya. No word yet on when they will be on sale at Chou! A&G Shop.

The official website for the game is here. SYLPH Vol.8 (to be released 7/22) will include a furoku preview booklet for the game, and more information will also be available in the next Dengeki Girl’s Style coming out 8/10.

And now for some news relating to HiroC, he’s going to be very busy this August! Here are some events that he’ll be attending:

CharaHobby
8/29 – Celestial Station 00R
Personalities: Irino Miyu, Takagaki Ayahi
Guests: Miyano Mamoru, Miki Shinichirou, Yoshino Hiroyuki, Kamiya Hiroshi, Mizushima Seiji
Live public recording of the Gundam 00 radio show.

8/30 – Kiramune Special Stage
CONNECT (Iwata Mitsuo, Suzumura Kenichi), Irino Miyu, Kamiya Hiroshi

Day and time for the DGS public recording is still yet to be announced, but it probably will be on the next DGS.

GUNDAM BIG EXPO
8/22 @ 12:00 – SD Gundam Academy
Kamiya Hiroshi, Chiba Susumu, Saiga Mitsuki, Itou Kentarou
8/22 @ 13:00 – Gundam 00 Celestial Station 00R in BIG EXPO
Miki Shinichirou, Yoshino Hiroyuki, Kamiya Hiroshi, Irino Miyu, Takagaki Ayahi
8/22 @ 17:00 – Gundam OP/ED Collection owatashikai #4
Irino Miyu, Kamiya Hiroshi
8/23 @ 12:00 – Gundam OP/ED Collection owatashikai #5
Okiayu Ryoutarou, Kamiya Hiroshi
8/23 @ 15:00 – Gundam 00 NEXT MISSION

Mizushima Seiji, Miyano Mamoru, Miki Shinichirou, Yoshino Hiroyuki, Kamiya Hiroshi
(Guess who has tickets for both owatashikais!! )

The Kiramune website for Hare no Hi has been updated with the jacket covers for the album. Tokutens have also been announced for a couple stores. Ordering from .ANIME will get you a B2-size poster with the goukaban or a bromide card with the tsuujouban. At ComiComi Studio, the goukaban comes with a bromide card.

As for OnoD, a third solo single was announced some time ago, and he will also be at GUNDAM BIG EXPO for the Pilot G30th III stage at 13:30 on 8/23.

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