Michi~road Mizuki Ichirou Debut 40th Anniversary Commemoration CD-Box

Wow, that's a long title, but at least there's a box big enough to hold 5 CDs and a DVD to write the title on!

It's for preorder already, and I think at 10000 yen, it's a pretty good price.

...though I probably already a lot of the tracks on other CD compilations already. Ah, I'm a sucker for this stuff. ^_^;;

Details from the CD Japan site:

Michi Road Ichiro Mizuki Debut 40th Anniversary CD-Box [5CD+DVD]

Fortieth anniversary CD box set from anime song legend Ichiro Mizuki includes five CDs with over 120 tracks from Mizuki's career plus bonus DVD with nearly fifty minutes of footage from Ichiro Mizuki's January 2008 fortieth anniversary concert at Shibuya O-East. Also includes deluxe box.

Catalog No.: COZX-311
Format: CD
Number of discs (or other units): 6
Release Date: 2008/07/02
Price: 10000yen

Beatmania / Anime Fever!! anime song remixes

A lot of Beatmania CDs were released over a decade ago, featuring music that was never in any of the games (as far as I am aware). I own some of the CDs - the ANI-SONGS remix CDs. Some of the tracks are pretty bad, barely paying any resemblance to the original song and often featuring ill-fitting rap segments or whatever. Some of the tracks aren't at all bad, though. It varies from track to track, CD to CD. Overall, I'm glad that I own these remix CDs. ^_^

Most of the tracks are covered by artists whose names I don't recognise, but they also got Mizuki Ichirou to cover "Cobra" (as in, the TV theme to Space Adventure Cobra), Lupin III Ai no Theme (Lupin III '78 ending theme), Mazinger Z, Soratobu Mazinger Z, and Getta Robo. (If you're interested in finding them, search for the CDs with the catlaogue #s KMCA-42 and KMCA-30).

Away from that, separately, in 1993 there was an arcade game by Konami called 究極戦隊ダダンダーン - Kyukyoku Sentai Dadandarn (or "Monster Maulers" outside of Japan). The theme song in the Japanese version "Tatakae! Dadandarn" and is one of the last recorded songs that Masato Shimon ever sung, and is fun to listen to. ^_^ The version in the game is different from the version on CD! If you are looking for the Dadadarn CD, look for the catalogue number KICA-7627 and good luck because I can't find a copy - I found the song "Tatakae! Dadandarn" on a Konami game songs compilation album.

I also read that there was a remix version, like the beatmania remixes. I couldn't find which CD it was on! .... until now!

Anime Fever!! Vol. 2 contains the elusive remix of "Tatakae! Dadandarn" (闘え!ダダンダーン/ Ventura & Fastforward feat Masato Shimon), and I'm so happy about it I thought I'd tell the world. ^_^ The CD catalogue number is KOLA-32 and you can buy it by following the link above. A lot of the other tracks are present on the beatmania CDs I own, but I don't mind... much. -_-;

I think I might get a copy of this beatmania ANI-SONGS CD as well. It contains some classic shoujo themes, and I think it's the only one readily available that I don't own... beatmania ANI-SONGS MIX "Meisaku Douga REMIX"

Horie Mitsuko CD - "Choshin Neiga Utakko Zenshu"

I got more advertising emails in my inbox while I was away last week, advertising a new Horie Mitsuko CD - "Choshin Neiga Utakko Zenshu". On 27th June, the day the CD was released.

The only videos with music I could find on youtube have this song which sounds like Mizuki Ichirou to me...

The Mizuki Ichirou CD was advertised to me sometime last year, but this is the first time I've heard the song. At the time I was thinking it was a live-show only, but now I'm not sure if it's a TV hero show too...

This live show video has an amusing bit at the end where a monster gets up on stage with a guitar and starts to sing "Mach Baron" really badly...

Suzuki Bakuhatsu - Enix game - Gander robo

I just found this video of a robot called Gander, which apparently is something to do with a level in a strange bomb-diffusion Enix game called Suzuki Bakuhatsu. The song's by Mizuki Ichirou. That's what makes it interesting.

Tatsunoko Fight! (PS1 game)

Tatsunoko Fight! (PS1 game) Opening Sequence

Wow, that looks fun!! :D

Gatchaman vs Casshan vs Hurricane Polymer vs Tekkaman vs... Volter?

...looks like Volter is especialy created for this game. I wonder if he's been character designed by Amano Yoshitaka as well (since all the others were). Though... he left Tatsunoko Pro in the early 1980s and I'm not sure he'd return to that kind of anime character design again... but this is game character design, and he was still doing Final Fantasy designs... so...

It's still for sale at Play Asia! But... £26 for a PS1 game? But it says.. Sasaki Isao, Mizuki Ichirou, Horie Mitsuko! oh.... well, £26 is a bargain, then!!

more youtube links

Uchuu Majin Daikengo OP (or Horie Mitsuko's Live performance from SRS 2000...)

I hadn't seen the original opening before...

IT IS NOT THIS! Kore Ja Nai Robo! appropriately poor filming of the music video for this... you can faintly hear Mizuki Ichirou and Apple Pie there...

One 8 second Autobacs Advert, and another 8 second Autobacs Advert - a tiny bit more Mizuki Ichirou...