'tis the ♪season ♫・・・AGAIN！

As I mentioned in another post previously, one of the many reasons I ♡'d Japan was the fact that you get to celebrate Halloween TWICE a year! .～*・°☆

Ahhh, yes, ♡twice♡.
Just recalling that little fact makes my heart go all pitter-patter.

To recap (if you missed last year's post) or refresh your memory (if you simply forgot about it at the bottom of a chocolate martini), here's the rundown:

August is when the Japanese celebrate Obon (お盆). Obon is basically a similar idea to Halloween - spirits of the deceased returning to walk the Earth - except that their Obon wanderings normally last several days whereas Halloween is just that one night stand.

In celebration of this joyous (and potentially creepy) season, and as the gateway drug to the upcoming Halloween Horrors, we are releasing another series of Kaidan this month. (Throughout the year, yes, but AUGUST in particular.)

Kaidan, if you, the gentle reader recall are basically traditional Japanese “ghost” stories usually involving the unexplainable, a flexible concepts of time and space, strange meetings, love gone wrong, the supernatural… They are curious and sometimes terrifying stories, but never centered on nor featuring either gore or sex.

The newest one is already available!

Facts Surrounding the Death of 'M'

There will be at least two more releases this month, so in the meantime, enjoy and until the next installment is released, you can check out some of the past ones by clicking on "kaidan" in the Label cloud.


Thanks for visiting!
Stay tuned and happy listening. (^_-)-☆

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Return of Ai...

FINALLY Ninomiya Ai is back with a new site!!

♡BB♡

The original LOCO group site seems closed.
Have to search through the new Ninomiya personal site to see if there is any mention about this.

But very excited hoping for see hints of new work and continuation of older series.
(Like KIRI! AZ!)

Anyway, just a quickie, unexpected update.
Thanks for visiting once again.
Stay tuned and happy listening. (^_-)-☆

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'tis the ♪season ♫♪

One of the innumerable reasons to ♡♡♡ Japan (if you already don't) is the fact that you get to celebrate Halloween TWICE a year! .～*・°☆

So while you are just getting into the Halloween spirit, I have been riding along with the fear festival since August when the Japanese celebrate Obon (お盆). Obon is basically a similar idea to Halloween - spirits of the deceased returning to walk the Earth - except that Obon normally lasts several days whereas Halloween is just that one night stand. So you ride the Obon wave in until the end of August, then find yourself wading around in shallow waters for a week or two in September waiting for that next Big One to start building up just beyond the horizon. Before you know it, the Halloween waves start rolling in and you are back out surfing for those bigger, deeper, darker scares. ♡

In anticipation of such joyous events and previous to the first kaidan release (see previous post), I have compiled a list of potential translations to usher in "part two" of the season. All are in Japanese, all previously untranslated.

So just to wet your whistle, our potential candidates are as follows...

♡　師匠シリーズ：三人目の大人, "Master Series: The Third Person"
♡　鍵穴の向こうの赤, "The Crimson on the Farside of the Keyhole"
♡　師匠シリーズ：海, "Master Series: The Sea"
♡　猫町, "Cat Town"
♡　婦人の黒猫, "Madame Vauson's Black Cat"
♡　お下がり, "Handme-downs"
♡　死の連鎖メール, "Chain-mails of Death"
♡　夢に誘われる, "Invitation From a Dream"

If there are any in the above list of which you have information about and want those in particular translated or a story just sounds interesting from the title OR you feel tantalized by a title and would like some more info....
drop a note in the comment box.
Those will get first dibs.

Stay tuned and happy listening~! (^_-)-☆

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Really?!?

Did I say back in business? Really?!

In spirit I was.

But now I REALLY AM.

I have the first draft (raw translation) done for a favorite Kaidan of mine.
For those who can understand spoken Japanese, you can hear it here: www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm11600093

For those who can read Japanese, you can read the original story here: syarecowa.moo.jp/
under the title 師匠シリーズ：三人目の大人。

The rest of you will just have to make yourself another cuppa and wait awhile longer.

(^_-)-☆

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BACK IN BUSINESS!!!

After a long, unexpected not to mention PAINFUL absence, I am happy to report I now have a stable work place and internet connection. In other words, very soon we will be

♡BACK IN BUSINESS!!!♡

So stay tuned and happy listening~!
Thanks for all your patience. (^_-)-☆

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