Just some things (in fandom) that make me happy at the moment - even though I'm not exactly hyper-happy or anything. Heh. Listing them as they come to mind.
1. "Two Worlds" & "You'll Be in My Heart", Sakamoto Masayuki.
Disney + V6's leader? I love it! Tarzan isn't my favourite Disney movie, but I still like the music lots. :) And
Sakamoto's voice! I'm starting to wonder if he isn't actually a better singer than Ohno. (Of course, that could be in part to his age/experience, since V6 started 5 years before Arashi did.) But he's at least on par with Riida.
2. "BRAND NEW DAY, BRAND NEW LIFE", V6I am so addicted to this song at the moment. It's so relaxing and sort of "calmly happy." I can practically see V6's Voyager con performance of this song in my head whenever I hear it. *twirl, side-step, twirl* *finger dance* *bow* It's nice! Go
download it if you don't believe me.
snoew agrees with me - don't you, snoew? :P
3. Hana Yori Dango trailerAll I can say is: KYA~~~
Still not too fond of the Doumyouji hair (although when it's properly curled it doesn't look as bad as half-curled and all-over-the-place like in some recent photoshoots -__- ), but
Jun looks just... ♥
4. "DREAMIN' BLOOD", Kanjani8Ah, the nostalgic, slightly 80s feel of this. And the lyrics. The melody. <3
5. Gakkou e Ikou MAXSakamoto and
Ken evidently enjoying themselves way too much playing pranks on their kouhai, Nino being too wrapped up in his game to notice anything weird,
Sho and
Aiba gaily following whatever instruction was given to them,
Ohno looking so happy at having his hairstyle praised,
MatsuJun getting suspicious after the odd interview questions... XDD Oh, and the way
Jun stared at the "girls" and then turned to stare at Sakamoto after finding out the "girls" were guys. LOL.
Can I just say this? I like how his reactions remind me of my own. hahahah! I'm not the type to react with a loud "EHH?" to shocks - although I might do it occasionally. Generally I just go for the disbelieving stare. XD
6. One Piece (manga)This is really just getting better and better and better. The amount of new characters Oda-sensei has just thrown in! *gasp* Excitement! I wonder what the specialties of all these high-level pirates are. And the mystery surrounding that Engineer guy! Man... How does Oda-sensei keep it up??
7. Kanjani8's 47conIt was just huge fun. :D I wish I was much much more fluent in Japanese to understand the whole MC, but I gathered the gist of it I guess... But K8 was fun to watch! The Eito Ranger skit was priceless XD The hilarious opening song where
Yoko forgot to introduce himself...
Ryo's
Heavenly Psycho performance with the audience... And *gasp*
Ohkura drum solo! And
Mamoritai! (which brings me to my next point)
8. Ohkura TadayoshiHe is just way cool. His solo song at 47con! ♥ ♥ I heard he wrote the lyrics himself, which makes it doubly cool. I really liked how he ended the song by writing "
mamoritai" in the air and how they superimposed the kana onto the screen as though he was leaving light trails with his finger. I'm not particularly crazy over drums or drummers, but I do think he's pretty good at it. :D
9. Okada JunichiMentioning drums starts the train of thought that goes: drums > musical instruments > piano >
Okada. (Argh not enough shades of yellow/yellow-orange to use.) I can't get over his piano-playing in
Hajimari. When I first watched Voyager con and that centre box platform turned round to reveal the grand piano and Okada playing... I just gaped and I think my heart skipped a beat. (lol) Then when he started to sing as well, I "died." It was like... "What? The guy acts, sings, seems to have an artistic bent and now he plays the piano too??" He's definitely my JE #3 now.
(Gomen, Aibachan.)(In case you think I'm forgetting all about
Jun, let me just remind minna-san that I've expounded on MatsuJun's coolness before in various posts - to the point where I think I've said all I need to say and I think I really don't need to keep repeating myself to everyone already. :P I don't like repeating myself too much. haha)
EDIT: Right after I posted this and re-read it, it suddenly occurred to me that MatsuJun also dislikes having to repeat himself. font, you were really right when you said we're alike. ><10. "ROCK THE HOUSE", Coming CenturyAnother song that I like for some bizarre reason. Probably the Voyager con performance helped. I liked what Kamisen wore for that. The dark sweaters/jackets they wore with the red and white flower print on parts was kinda nice.
Just ten for now. If I think of anything else or if I feel like it, I'll add on some more. ^^