ULTIMATE DIAMOND – Release Delayed

Source: 作詞家の園田凌士容疑者を覚せい剤で逮捕 (Nikkan Sports), Lyricist Ryoji Sonoda Arrested for Alleged Drug Use (ANN)

Sonoda Ryoji was the lyricist for COSMIC LOVE, which was set to be released on ULTIMATE DIAMOND.

There has been no official announcement on King Records’ or Mizuki Nana’s official site, except for the very vague mention on Nana’s blog. All it says is that she caught wind of “certain news” from King and is depressed about it.

I hate it when people do shit and ruin stuff for everybody. Especially when there’s only ONE song on the entire album that had anything to do with him.

The special page made just for the album still has the countdown going. God dammit.

Mizuki Nana Official Blog – April 26

With the Neighbouring Country’s Prince (laugh)

Today I went to see Miyano-kun’s live~ (^O^)/
The live jumpstarted with a dance number!
Dancing with sparkly and flashy clothing
as if he was a Jo__ny’s! (laugh)
It was a really fresh performance,
and I was reminded of my own first tour… ☆
I’ve been motivated for the summer live o(^-^)o

Turn back to your other neighbour please ;_;

Mizuki Nana 7th album – ULTIMATE DIAMOND

Most people probably have already caught wind about this, but I still feel obliged to make a post on it.

Tracklisting & a preview of one of the songs (Gimmick Game), and other thoughts under the cut.

Edit 1: added cover art

Edit 2: Oh Jesus, the official site updated with more tracks.

Edit 3: Can’t they just do this all at once? Gosh. There’s even a special page for the album now.

Edit 4: Final tracklisting with the correct track numbers. Regular edition cover released (which looks absolutely yummy) and a preview of Esturaku Camellia.

Hayate no Gotoku!! – 02

You are watching the right anime.

Hayate & party vs giant purple dragon. Rock on.

Hayate no Gotoku!! – 01

Oh, gosh. Watching this made me remember that I stopped reading the manga right before it hit the 200th chapter. So I just spent some time catching up on the nineteen chapters a couple of days ago. Disappointingly, nothing of interest happened besides for the fact that they’re finally on their damn vacation. I guess that’s the downside of these action comedy manga. Athena didn’t even appear again until the latest two chapters. Anyways, I digress.

This new season brings to us the sequel of the original Hayate no Gotoku! anime. Yes, you read the title of this post correctly — the key is in the exclamation mark.

There seems to be some noticeable differences in the art styles and animation also. Everyone’s hair colours (and the thing in general) are now much brighter, and Hata Kenjiro’s simple yet effective =o= faces are now being incorporated into the anime. It all still looks great aesthetically, so I’m not complaining.