Maaya news

Unfortunately, it looks like the second Macross Frontier OST came out without a Maaya version of Aimo. But the fans still have hope that an OST 3 will be released with said track. *fingers crossed* (I'm not sure if these are Macross fans or YK fans or Maaya fans, but the more the merrier.)

On the flip side, it looks like there IS a new Maaya album in the works. Unfortunately, it is without an album cover, title, or track listing so far. (But it does look like Yoko Kanno is at least partially involved this time. I know some other fans were not happy when Maaya's last album was done without YK's involvement, but I liked it fine, and got some stamps I will never use out of it.

Kazeyomi [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]

Maaya Sakamoto

Of course, there's the requisite affiliate link for me to get a cut back from my own purchases. Not surprisingly, no one has purchased anything from CDjapan using my affiliate links. What is surprising though, is the number of clicks:

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I wonder if it's just random bots or people who came via google somehow clicking through. Don't worry folks, cdjapan doesn't show me what you bought: I can only speculate what you spent that x amount of yen on.

Macross F (eps 14) - Maaya!

After a long wait (13 episodes), we finally get to see/hear Maaya in Macross F (other than the opening song, of course).

Apparently, if I had watched the credits or stuck around to read the comments, I would have known a full week earlier that Maaya was voicing Ranka's mom, but alas, I'm not THAT bored.

It was great to hear Maaya's rendition of Aimo, considering she is credited with lyrics (?) on the soundtrack. Too bad, we only get like 15 secs before Ranka's seiyuu takes over. Grr.... Hopefully, this means that we can expect a Maaya version to appear on CD in the future. Macross F's 2nd soundtrack perhaps?

Oh, the timestamp is 17:30 for those other Maaya freaks who don't care about the show's mediocre plot or giant robots and just want to skip to the good part. :)

awesomeness

Maaya's new single Triangler has now been in the top 10 on the Japanese Billboard for weekly singles for two weeks now! Apparently, this is the first of Maaya's singles to break the top 10, although she has had albums in the top 10 (album ranking) before.

Go Maaya!

In other news, my lab mates wanted to know what wiki pages I had created. While my entry for the almighty kuwanger no longer exists, tracking the history of Maaya's wiki page reveals me as the creator. At least, I remembering writing it, and I doubt there were a large number of Maaya fans using wikipedia during August of 2003 in Gaithersburg, MD. Yay for being technologically aware! (and a fan of somewhat obscure things. Computational origami anyone?)

And I promise, the food posts are coming!

time to buy more music

For some reason, I was approved to be a CDJapan affiliate. I guess that means I can now post links to items from their website and get some kickback if purchases are made. Even better, apparently I can take advantage of this to get kickbacks for my own purchases. Undoubtedly this is probably the ONLY way I will get any benefit from this system, and yet, I got approval to be an affiliate.

Anyway, that being said, first up are the latest singles from Maaya Sakamoto. (*sniff*, she used to have her own special page on cdjapan's website, but now she's not even listed under female jpop artists)

Triangler, the new intro theme to Macross Frontier. (As previously blogged, I have high hopes for this series.)

Saigo no Kajitsu, the intro theme to Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations. I'm not sure what the relationship is between that and Tsubasa Chronicle.

this made my day.

link

Finally, Maaya and YK collaborate again. I think a lot of people were sad when they went different ways in 2005, but it's not like her work has gotten worse (though that is the opinion of some people). It does have a slightly different feel now, but I still enjoy it.

Anyway, the probably biggest draw for this on the anime side is that this the return of an anime produced by Shoji Kawamori, scored by Yoko Kanno, with an opening sung by Maaya. Last time this happened, we got Escaflowne. Previous Shoji Kawamori and Yoko Kanno works (without the presence of Maaya) have ranged from the somewhat cult-ish and strange (Arjuna) to the rather episodic, but fairly fun to watch (Aquarion). Oh yeah, and this is for Macross Frontier, the new series for Macross's 25th anniversary (which is probably why the new fighter is the YF-25). So, hopefully we can get some more fans from the Macross-watching pool.