Showing posts with label access. Show all posts
Showing posts with label access. Show all posts

Friday, November 4, 2011

Shocker Shocker love the way you groove!

Hey Minna! 元気かい?

It has been a while. I've been busy with games. SO MANY! So here are a few updates to get you going!

ACCESS UPDATES.
Our boys are having two concerts on December 31st. The first concert is called "Encore of "Operation Connect" It will be done in the same style as their summer tour. The concert starts at 5:30pm on the 31st.

The next concert will be a countdown concert. Because of the time they ask that everyone be 18 and over. The concert starts at 10:30 pm on the 31st.

For the countdown concert you can request what songs will be played. The survey is at http://www.access-web.jp/live.html



When you get to the survey here is a guide on how to fill it out.





Then below that is the "Submit button" (I didn't want to screen cap it)

I don't know if the concert will be streaming. I will update you when I know!

On to VIDEO GAME NEWS!

Lately I've been SUPER on a video game kick. There are a lot of releases I'm looking forward to.

The Idolm@ster 2.
A rasing sim game where you create an idol group and make them popular. The game has been in arcades and the Xbox360. Finally it has been released for the PS3. The game is so popular it has been back ordered! Twice! That is a feat in Japan let me tell you.

Project Diva -Extend-
Sega has released another version of Project Diva for the PSP. This one includes previous costumes as well as new ones. The songs are more Nico Nico Douga famous songs. Such as "Luka Luka ★ Night Fever" and "Uraomote Lovers" The song "Rin Rin Signal" marks the debut of an append song in Project Diva. For those who don't know, appends are expansion packs of the vocaloid voice banks. They are designed to help enhance the sound of vocaloids. Currently only Miku, Rin/Len, and Gumi have them. Because Gumi is from a different company her expansions have different names. KAITO has an extend in the making as we speak. Project Diava -Extend- promises not a new game but the same game as PJD2 only with more requested songs. The game goes on sale November 10th.

Sengoku Basara 3 UTAGE
This season is full of branch games. Sengoku Basara is no exception. Utage is the traditional word for "Party" but because the katakana word "パーティー" is more popular you don't hear it as much. SBR3U promises party modes such as mission modes, versus, and endurance rounds. Using saved data can get you extra items and money. It looks to be amazing fun!

Well I'm sick today so I'm going to go lay down and rest. Gonna have ochazuke tomorrow!

See you next round!

~Lala~

Friday, July 8, 2011

Keep It Keep It! SHOW GUNS UP!

こんにちは!konnichiwa! How are you? Me? I'm genki!

A few updates on some stuff. Part one will be access and part two will be SBR

Share The Love postcards

As per last year, the pre-order singles will include postcards. Unlike last year however, the single will include different pictures. Pre-ordering A will get you A post card while B will get you B postcard. No word on what's on the postcards yet. Also each store will offer a different postcard! So HMV, TOWER, Tsutaya, Shinseido, and Yamano records will offer the store cards. CDJapan will get the non-special ones (but you still get pre-order postcards)
To sum it up...
FOR YOU HARD CORE COLLECTORS... THERE WILL BE 12 DIFFERENT POSTCARDS.
Enjoy spending your money! I know I will!

Sengoku BASARA 3 UTAGE

Capcom has officially confirmed that SBR3U is ... official. The web page has gone up you can see it at http://www.capcom.co.jp/basara3utage/
The game will include a new battle system as well as what appears to be mini-games. Also claims there will be a co-op version that might be online but at the very least will be able to link up to SBR3.
To sum it up...
NEW SENGOKU BASARA GAME! DOES STUFF THE OTHER ONE DOESN'T DO!
Enjoy spending your time leveling up Kojuuro! I know I will!

Well that should be all for now. I should go check Gundam and Vocaloid fandoms! FOR NOW... DINNER!

じゃ、まったね〜
SEE YOU NEXT ROUND!

~Lala~

Monday, July 4, 2011

Share The Love!

Hello there everyone. How are you this morning? Some exciting news from AX and from access!

I was able to meet Kojuro's voice actor last night. Toshiyuki Morikawa. He was very friendly despite how nervous I was. He even let us (my new friends and I) take a photo with him. I was so shocked. I was nearly in tears! Thank you Morikawa and my new friends!

Secondly, access has hinted that they will have a new single and dropped a few clues. (Sorry I wasn't able to post about it) Finally after teasing us they have let us know the full song list. I PRESENT TO YOU!!!!

Share The Love

There will be two versions of the single. The first one:
A version - DWDH-004
1. Share The Love
2. Keep It
3. Ride Up For The Shiny Way

For those of you who are keeping track, Keep It was introduced at last year's tour. The third song is described as being "an access trance song" This will be very interesting to hear!

B version. DWDH-005
1. Share The Love
2. Keep It (2010 Version)
3. Higher Than Dark Sky (Piano Version)

On this version "Keep It" is directly from last year's tour. Probably taken from the Ustream viewing. The title song for last year's single "Higher Than Dark Sky" makes an appearance as a Piano version. Claimed that it the first take from a new studio. Sounds to be very moving! I hope you all will fall in love with them all over again!

As per usual, all CD's are available on CDJapan and HMV.

That's all for today, I hope to have a photo update later.

SEE YOU NEXT ROUND!
~Lala~

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Put your guns on!

Hello, there bloggers! It's Lala! お久しぶりです! It's been a while!

Today I am posting from Anime Expo. (We have a slow day today) I know I haven't posted in a while. For many of us, trying to help heal the scar of this March is still a tough task. Because of the events that have occurred, I am have decided to once again rededicate myself to this blog. I want to still help you all learn Japanese but I would also like to talk more about Japan and about my fandoms. So for now, this is what you can expect out of this blog:

Non-Fandom
Japan info
Travel Japan info
Japanese learning info.

Fandom
access (DA/Hiro solo)
Vocaloid
Sengoku Basara
Video Games

If I have more fandoms I might add them but for now, please enjoy. I will try to keep you up to date on news and stuff. Thanks for the views!

~Lala~

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Higher Than the Dark Sky

So for those who don't know. Access has a new single coming out!!! You can get it at HMV and Tower Records online (they ship overseas) Links to come later.

I was talking to my friend and she asked how I felt about the new single and I answered 「ドキドキ」(doki doki) Many people know this statement. Its the sound of a heartbeat and it usually means the person is excited (in a positive way). These kinds of words are called "Onomatopeia" The Onomatopoeia is a "sound word" In English we have words like "tick tock" which is the sound of a clock and "click" However the English language doesn't use these words as much as the Japanese do.

How does the Japanese onomatopoeia work?

Usually there will be two sounds that will be repeated it. Such is the case in "ドキドキ" Some words the second sound will change. The sound of a clock in Japan can be described as "チクタク" (chiku taku) Most of the word will be four sounds.

How important are they to learn?

In Japanese the onomatopoeia is REALLY important. Some words you use even if its not related to a sound. Example: To say you want "separate checks" at a restaurant one person might say "べつべつ" (betsu betsu) When at a doctor's office one might describe their arm pain as ズキズキ (zuki zuki) which is a throbbing pain. One of my favorites to use is "ボロボロ" It is the sound of something crumbling. I use this to describe my Japanese. Meaning I haven't studied so it has crumbled.

Animal sounds are knows for being onomatopoeia as well. ワンワン (wan wan) being a dog's bark. ニャーニャー (nyaa nyaa) being a cat's meow. One I learned and haven't been able to forget is "バラバラ" It is the sound of things being scattered. I learned it in reference to AXS! During the Binary Engine pamphlet there were no pictures of them together and my friend said: 「バラバラなアクセスはさびしいいいい」(BARA BARA na AKUSESU wa sabishiiii) Meaning "Its lonely when access are separated" I couldn't for the life of me figure out bara bara. My dictionary said "scattered" Another friend said "Its like the petals of a flower. They should be together but fall apart." So to remember バラバラ I think of a rose (ばら bara in Japanese) and see it scattered everywhere. ばらばら!

Well that's all the time have for now. Link at the bottom.

SEE YOU NEXT ROUND!

~Lala~

HIGHER THAN THE DARK SKY (LINKS)

HMV - http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3841459, http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3841460

Tower - http://tower.jp/item/2727996/Higher-Than-Dark-Sky-%28A%E7%9B%A4%29, http://tower.jp/item/2727997/Higher-Than-Dark-Sky-%28B%E7%9B%A4%29

Don't forget if you order both versions you get special pre-order goods!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

EVERYONE! LOOKING FOR PARTY TIME!

travel times and prices

Concert 1: Fussa
From: Shinjuku to Fussa
Price: 620 yen
Time: 47 minutes
Round Trip: 1240 yen

Concert 2-3: Nakano (2 days)
From: Shinjuku to Nakano
Price: 150 yen
Time: 7 minutes
Round Trip: (2 Days) 600 yen

Concert 4: Nagoya
From: Tokyo to Nagoya:
Route 1: Bullet Train
Price: 10,070 yen (non reserved)
Time: 1 hour 43 minutes
Route 2: Night Bus
Price: 6420 yen
Time: 7 hours
Both Routes end up at Nagoya station.

Nagoya station to Kanayama (where hall is)
Price: 160 yen
Time: three minutes (include another 5 - 10 for walking from station)
Round trip: 320 yen

Concert 5: Kobe
From: Nagoya to ShinKobe
Price: 7650 yen
Time: 1 hour seven minutes
(ALTERNATE ROUTE)
Bus:
From: Nagoya (meitetsu Bus Center) to Kobe (JR Sannomiya Station)
price: 3300 yen
time: 3 hours 13 minutes

Shin-Kobe to Sannomiya Station (where hall is)
price: 200 yen
time: 2 minutes (include another 10 - 15 walking from station)

TRAVEL PLANS:
Where we stay is up to how people are coming. If you need to be cost efficient there are a few ways.

1. Stay in Kanto. You can fly into Narita and only attend the concerts in Kanto. Fussa and Tokyo (Nakano) This is the cheapest route. No far travel and cheap places to stay are easy to find.

2. Chuubu or Kansai
If you don't want to fly in Narita you can fly into Nagoya or Osaka. (Chuubu or Kansai airports) The travel from Nagoya to Kobe isn't far. (Kobe is only on the other side of the bay from Osaka.) Very close from Kansai Airport. These concerts are also only a day apart. So this option is also very cheap.

Railpass:
If you are a foreign traveler to Japan you can purchase a JR railpass. This allows you to ride ANY JR line unlimited for the time allotment. You can even ride the JR buses with them. A two week railpass is 45,100 yen. If you add the price of the trains from Tokyo to Nagoya and Kobe and back it would basically pay for its self. Plus it gives you unlimited rides between concerts in Tokyo and Nagoya/Kobe.

Night Bus:
The reason I listed night buses is because not only is it cheap, It knocks off a place to sleep for the night. If you get on the night bus at 11:00 pm you end up in Nagoya 7 hours later. From Nagoya to Kobe its not really an option because the bus is three hours long but it is a lot cheaper.

Biggest question: LODGING!!!!
There are SO many options I don't even know where to start. My firm belief is that cheap isn't always so bad. (I'm a broke college student) So as far as lodging is concerned I'm always ok with "roughing it" which means staying in a Manga (internet) cafe. These are places where you pay between 1000 to 2000 yen for unlimited internet, free drinks, a mat to sleep on and sometimes free food. (only sometimes) If I'm going SUPER cheap I will get the five hour pack for 800 yen then ride Yamanote sen for a few hours. I don't suggest that though. Manga kissa also offer showers which are usually about 500 yen but they provide you with shampoo and soap and brushes and towels.

Super Hotel
Usually if I have two concerts back to back I like to kick back at a super hotel. Its a cheap hotel that you can stay at. Greater Tokyo ones have been kicked up to 6000 + a night. Still they are convenient and cheeper then a lot of hotels. If there is a two person room and the cost is split its about 4700 yen a night which isn't bad. They also offer a free all you can eat breakfast. Which is always a plus.

Youth Hostel
They are great places to stay and are cheap. My favorite is the "Tokyo International Youth Hostel" In IIdabashi. (Tokyo) Its about 3000 yen a night. Check out time is really early but, its a place to sleep and it has an amazing view. (18th floor of an office building) There are many that can be as cheep as 1500 yen a night.

In short. A trip to Japan can be as cheep or as expensive as you want it to be. You have to wonder how much of a comfort level you want. If you want to sleep in a hotel room every night its going to be expensive but if you don't mind manga kissa or sharing a room with 12 other people you don't know. You can really cut corners and make budget it well.

I look forward to helping as many of you as possible and if you have any questions PLEASE feel free to e-mail me.

~Lala~

Friday, August 14, 2009

Fire shadow

Hey everyone its me again!

How are you?

I only have one week left in Japan! ;_;
Its been really fun so far. I`m going to miss it again but I also miss my kitty. ;_;

Today I`m going to teach you some words to remember for when you are having fun!

盛り上がれ(もりあがれ)-moriagare
やり過ぎる (やりすぎる)- yarisugiru

These are both words that don`t really translate well but I will make an attempt to explain them.

moriagare littlerally means "To Swell" but when you hear this at a concert it means "GET EXCITED!! access often use this term.

yarisugi is a more commonplace word so I`m going to spend a little more time on this one.
sugi at the end of yarisugi means "too much" yarisugi means "to go overboard" but sugi can be added to almost verb. It turns the word into a ru word. Like adding -suru to a word.
example:
tabesugi - to eat too much
nomisugi - to drink too much (usually referrs to liquor)
nesugi - to sleep too much (usually means overslept)
kaisugi - to buy too much

To make this compound simply take a verb in its masu form and drop the masu and add sugi.
Try it out!

yari in yarisugi is the inpolite form of to do - suru you are saying I did too much litterally.

Well thats all for today. I better stop before I kakisugi!

See you next round!!!!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Para Para kinda...

Despite my best attempts I couldn't get my friend to learn Para Para steps. He was amazed at how I could do it. I practiced really hard but then I realized that it's something that you encounter at almost all J-pop concerts. For access there are certain dance moves for some songs. I.E. Moonshine Dance, Lyin' Eyes, Look-a-head, and against the rules. Just to name a few. These steps come about usually to mimic the singer/performer. Many of these moves are made by the fans. I believe in the case of Look-a-head the cross over hand motion is fan made during the chorus. The standard move for a song if there is no moves is the "arm pump" I don't know what it's called. The whole audience in unison does this move. I also was able to help convert someone to access again. It's not hard to do though because DA and Hiro are awesome so it just takes a little push. ^_^

Friday, April 4, 2008

Lasik Surgery?

Apparently according to Hiro's (access's singer Hiroyuki Takami) blog he just had Laisk surgery. A lot of my friends on Mixi (A Japanese blog site) seem to be freaking out about it. One has to admit that being "put under" then having people use a laser to fix your eye doesn't sound all that safe but, statistically there are far more successes than failures. No surgery is 100% safe of course but in the grand scheme of things it was probably better for him. He complained of deteriorating sight. So he did something about it. I'm proud of him.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

access tour 08'

No theme for the tour yet but here are the dates!

ACCESS SUMMER 2008 TOUR

7/12 - Saitama - Pastel Kazo 6800 yen (doors open at 5:00 live starts at 5:30)
7/17, 7/18 - Tokyo - Nakano Sunplaza 6800 yen (doors open at 6:00 live starts at 6:30)
7/21 - Nagoya - Chuukyou University Culture Center 6800 yen (doors open at 5:00 live starts at 5:30)
7/25 - Osaka - Gran Cube Osaka 6800 yen (doors open at 6:00 live starts at 6:30)

a few things to keep in mind
6800 yen is about 68 dollars. A trick to remembering how much things are in dollar amounts is to drop of the last two numbers. Think of it as 100 yen to the dollar.

When a live start date is posted ALWAYS ADD 10 MINUTES. access NEVER starts their lives (concerts) on time.

"Live" means concert. In Japan when you say the word "concert" it brings up images of orchestras or band or opera not a pop music concert. This comes from the word "Live House" Once again because a "Concert Hall" is for non-pop music, Pop or Jazz or Rock concerts where held in bars or clubs or other places. These places were called "Live Houses" So people would say "Where is the Live House?" Meaning "Where would the group be performing?". It was eventually shortened to "Where is the live?". So today pop and rock concerts are referred to as "Lives" I believe that jazz has joined the ranks of classical music and is referred to as "concert" but I will double check on that.

Another note.
access plays at smaller "Live Houses" some of which are actually "concert halls" Some of Japan's most famous "Live Houses" are "Zepp Houses" Some people know of "Zepp Tokyo" I found (interestingly enough) that some people know of this name from the anime "Gravitation" Zepp Tokyo is a REAL place. There are Zepps scattered all over Japan. Zepp Tokyo, Zepp Osaka, Zepp Fukuoka, ,Zepp Nagoya, Zepp Sapporo and Zepp Sendai. Most "lives" at Zepp are standing room only because the places are relatively small and people stand up for the lives anyways. Many popular overseas artists perform at Zepp.

For more Zepp info check out there web page (Japanese only) http://www.zepp.co.jp/

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

School Info

Well for those who want to know more about the trip details here are a few things.

1. We will be leaving around 9:00 am on July 1st. From Las Vegas, NV.

2. We will be arriving in Narita Airport on July 2nd.

3. We will be attending ARC Academy in Shinjuku.

4. The dorms are not decided yet.

5. Access will be having a summer tour while we're there. WHO'S GOING? OH OH OH ME!

Hello to everyone!!!

This is Lala!

How are all of you?

Well this is my first post in is what to be a record of my trip to Japan. Until then I'll be spamming you with info about my favorite group "access" and details leading up to the trip and how you can help out!