There are a lot of things that I have gained. Each time [I think about that] I notice my inexperience.

It's become this sort of time. (1) And yet I have to get up early tomorrow too. If I do a little more I'll go to bed.

( Notes )

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After yesterday's news of being charged with the 2nd ending theme, OCD also announced later that night that the single itself will come out on August 8, 2012 in a limited and regular edition with a price tag of 1,800 yen and 1,200 yen respectively.

News about OLDCODEX's next new song came out.

It's auspicious.

Actually as of now we're diligently in production. We may have a hard time, but I feel that there will surely be a response to what will gradually appear before us. Please look forward to it.

I apologize for not updating various things on the site and leaving them as they are. I have a little bit of a habit of idleness. Well, this won't do.

For now, on the unusual day that I'm able to report pleasant news, I shall do it on my own or something.

In a little while, I'll have one more thing I'll be able to announce. That doesn't concern anyone in OCD. It's something that will be more exciting if I do it personally.

Or rather, there are so many pleasant jobs that I can't help it. So that I don't have any regrets I'll try to tackle all of them with my full force. Because once in awhile I think then it'd be okay if my gears acted foolishly. With just that I'll be able to meet you at a fun location.

Well then, I'll do the impossible.

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Hey everyone!

More news for you! If any of you are following "Kuroko no Basuke", which Tatsuhisa is in and RON is composing the score for, you might be very glad to learn that OCD has been charged doing the second ending theme for the show!

http://twitter.com/#!/OLDCODEX_NEWS/statuses/204225257802956801

So be on the lookout for their upcoming new song!

Hey Everyone!

Another slow week, but it looks like Tatsuhisa's pretty busy lately, so it's a good thing!

Anyway, Toei announced today that the Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Korochan Pack 2 goes on sale on 6/27. It's a small CD compilation released by Colombia Records that includes the show's theme song, an insert song, a character song by Jinnai Shou who plays Enter, and a duet by Komiya Risa who plays the Yellow Buster and Tatsuhisa! It's so nice to see that he gets to use his singing ability for the younger Sentai audience as well, so if you're interested in hearing the song or just want to support him, please order it! The song will be called "Shinpai Honey Bunny".

Also, starting this week Tatsuhisa's character in Saint Seiya Omega shows up, so please support him in that show as well.

Please bear in mind that both shows are aimed at very small children. Fans of the previous Saint Seiya series might feel a bit uncomfortable watching Omega, but please remember that it's a show aimed at kids who were just born in the last 10 years and have no clue about the series. It's a great introduction for them and also a decent introduction to anyone else who isn't familiar with the series.

I came to talk with Company President Ishikawa. (1) Now, on IG's Twitter and BLOOD-C's Twitter, there's a picture giving you a peek [at what we're doing], so if you would like to look at it please do.

From here on I'm drinking delicious, high priced sake.

The picture is of "Tsukareruna!" that I am in the presence of, got from Mr. Fujisaku (2), and was previously unable to buy because I didn't have enough money.

Everyone should try to get it too.

( Notes )

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Hey everyone,

Sugaya announced on the Twitter that OLDOCDEX will be playing Zepp Tokyo, which is one of the largest venues in Japan that can fit a maximum capacity of 2,709 with an estimated 2,419 of those people on the ground floor of the venue. They'll be playing the venue as a part of a music festival, so the hall isn't going to be filled with just OCD fans, but this is a good sign that they're playing big venues now.

Shibuya AX which was part of their Cold hands mini tour had a maximum capacity of 1,500 while umeda AKASO fit about 700. Neither show appears to have been sold out, but they appeared to be filled pretty well, which is a great sign of their growing popularity. As they get more popular in Japan, they get more popular in general and then there is a higher possibility to be able to see them overseas one day.

A FES itself was a giant music festival itself as well, but it's harder to get an attendee/capacity count for that because it took place in a giant event hall that is not normally made for concerts. Plus there was a ton of other bands and artists there too, so it's hard to say how many people they played in front of since a lot of people were coming and going all the time and about half the hall was taken up by tables, food court, and merch booths.

One thing's for sure, exposure at a music festival that takes place *AT* Zepp will be amazing for them. Even if most of those more than 2,000 people aren't there to see them, that's 2,000+ that will be EXPOSED to their music.

I was able to be sent the pictures from the recent AX live from 49. (1)
The one taking the pictures is Neko Musume, who has been pushing the shutter for us as OCD's Official Cameraman since it was first formed.

Well, there were a ton of cool photos. When you're looking at it through photos, you can see just a little of an overview of the live. Or rather, the composition in such is so cool that I thought "Neko-chan's ability at photography is so comprehensive." (2) When I saw them, there were photos that had a good ambiance with my long hair hanging out, so now I'm easily swaying in my decision to make it short.

Troubling.

Eventually these will be uploaded to OCD's HP and my HP, so if you would like, please look at them.
When I looked at these, I thought that whether it's OCD or not, I'd seriously like to see a photobook of Neko Musume's.

And, I'm nothing but thankful to Neko-chan who's always taking cool pictures of me while bathed I'm bathed in sweat.

( Notes )

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I'm off today, so I'm still digesting on the aftertaste of the lives that has gradually been left. It's incredible that it still hasn't left me completely.

Ah, yes yes. No mater what I come up with my hair gets messed up with sweat, so I'm thinking I should cut it already. I think I'll make it short hair which I haven't had in awhile. I'll have to check the time and go to get it cut.

Ah. That was fun. While thinking of that, I'll do my preparations for tomorrow and thereafter.

( Notes )

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Everyone
Thank you for coming to
5/3's Shibuya AX, and 5/4's umeda AKASO [lives]!!

It was hot! It was so hot.
And, everyone in the audience was the greatest.
"OCD FANS are wonderful!" became a topic among all the members and staff.

We've been told this by our media connection who's been seeing more than 200 lives this year, but up until now there hasn't been really a sense of unity between a band and an audience.
I was allowed to watch from the PA seat, but the groove of the stage and crowd was wonderful. (1)
That was surely a live. The venue was a live.

That's certainly a live band.
So that we can do a lot of lives, everyone'll do their best!

From now on there are various things that we can announce that we're holding back, so please by all means look forward to them.
...Please look forward to them!!

5/3 Shibuya AX 5/4 AKASO SET LIST

00.-SE-the perfect view
01.raise your fist
02.crossing fate
03.mono frontier
04.VISION
05.flag on the hill
06.sad day in the sunlight
07.craving for
08.painter
09.Cold hands
10.night flight
11.SCRIPT (2)
12.FLOWER
13.rainbow
14.〔Blue〕
15.bird
16.Jack
17.fool K
18.Harsh wind
19.kick out
20.Sick of it

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*insert picture of a napkin with a spoon on top that has the word "American" written in katakana inside of a star*

I've been visiting several places with staff making courtesy calls at Animate. Well, the [other] members [of the band] went home already though. Ahaha.

If we should meet please be kind to me.

Or rather, having "American" written so boldly up until now is kind of interesting.

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This is also a once in a long time [picture] of this trio.

YaaaaAAAAAAaaAY.

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*insert picture of Hiromitsu and Tatsuhisa*

I will never forget this day.

Whether something happened, is a secret just between us and everyone over there.

It's a once in a long-time two-shot [picture] with Hiromitsu.

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*insert picture of Ryo, Tatsuhisa, and Show*

I'm with Ryo and Show.

They're actually my second cousins.

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I'm feeling absent-minded while I do my preparations for tomorrow at home.

Up until the live it's been a start to 2012 filled with lots of things to think about. Well, when I think back on it, it's been since last year that I've been able to see various things, but moreover that's the state of it all when I close my eyes. So, since this year it's been rough. Holding it in my head, the time I spend wondering to myself has increased exceptionally, and I think it's because of that that my updates to this diary have become sparse. So, honestly at the live this time I was at a stage of preparation where I had a lot of anxiousness and heavy feelings of being burdened in my own special way. Seriously, up until around the time of the full rehearsal my body was broken, and I was pretty much battling various things. Saying more than this would seem unpleasant, so I won't write about it.

And, today. Was the day of a live.

When I let out the full power of who I am now, when I told all about who I am now with all my heart, somehow I personally felt a wonderfully positive energy from the audience. I was so damn happy. What I was happy about, is a pretty pure phenomenon so it's embarrassing and I won't write about it. Well, anyhow I got to see an amazingly great room. Although it hasn't been done until now, everyone sang for us, danced for us, and allowed me to think that it was great that I had worried about it. While I'm at it, I think I should worry about it more though.

Yes yes. Since I'm writing this, I don't want you to worry or anything. It's just that I'm writing with the feelings of "These sorts of things are there by the way. Ahaha," and I'm writing this diary entry. So, please don't think of this pessimistically. Because I'll be troubled then.

Now, while being absent-minded, what I'm thinking is "What sort of things should I do tomorrow?" "What sort of thoughts should I throw out?" and I'm just thinking of those sorts of things. So, I think I'll do a little bit of muscle training and take a bath.

Tomorrow it'll be a long time since I was as purely excited as I am. It seems like my emotions have gone back to that of a child.

But you know, I'm super reflecting on how during a certain song I agitated someone connected to us with some great but rough words. I'm reflecting on it to a great extent. It'd be great if no one was angry. We were borrowing the venue, and I want to apologize. Really, I'm sorry.

Ah, tomorrow is going to be too fun. Wait for me, Osaka. Tomorrow I'm coming.

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*insert picture of Tatsuhisa, Show, and YORKE.*

A shot with the new guitarist Show. (1)

There's a lot that you'll be able to see.

Well then, from here on I'll be doing my preparations for tomorrow.

( Notes )

*insert picture of Usada by a rail*
Usada in the twilight...

*insert picture of a close-up of Usada*
I wonder if he's tired because he got too angry at Yoko???

*insert picture of "Yoko" lying on a bench*
Out of energy<-Picture by Ryu
And, before you take a picture save me!!

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Translator's note: This is an entry posted on the Go-Busters blog on the TV Asahi site by Komiya Arisa who plays Yoko, Tatsuhisa's character's partner. Just kind of some playful insight on his part. XD

Also, FYI, on Toei's site, they put a little teaser about some info to come on Tatsuhisa next possibly week. This week they posted a little blurb about the seiyuu casting for the show and covered Nick and Gorisaki, and then wrote at the end that Tatsuhisa would be next time. Either the commentary about his audition is awesome and they really love him or they just know he has fans following him on the show and want to mess with them. Either way, I guess we'll look forward to that next week!

I woke up awfully early.

I wonder if it's because I came home and went to bed just like that without taking a bath yesterday. Thanks to that I got a ton of sleep. But, I'm still sleepy though.

Having woken up early, there was a book I desperately wanted to read immediately, so while eating my breakfast, I headed toward the bookstore. I found the books of my intended series, confirmed the contents of my wallet for if I had enough, and then went to the register. In the middle of the usual business-like exchange the book was going into wrapping, but at that moment I guess 60 [seconds] had already passed, and the female clerk had called out to me with a few words saying, "Ah, I apologize. This has recently become a top publication. Excuse me." She was unbearably happy. I guess this clerk was the first to read this book when the shipment was opened, and that series' first volume had become a top seller. In the end, it wasn't true but I was incredibly moved by such spirit. I'm probably exaggerating a little, but I thought "Ah, this person really loves books, huh?"
I've been going to this book store several times already, but with this momentous incident it's changed into a bookstore I greatly love.

After that, because I was all too happy about that incident, I bought donuts and black coffee at my favorite bakery, and returned home.
Now, I'm just about to read those books.

Yes, yes. At the bookstore I spotted a book by someone I know. Mr. Fujisaku is someone I'm indebted to for "BLOOD-C", and although I worked on that extremely bloody work, it surprised me that the new novel being published is about the great life of an idol, and it seems to be in a completely different vector. I had only been working on the BLOOD series, and I also thought that that person was surely crazy. The illustrations were by Kotobuki Tsukasa. It's a novel titled "Tsukareruna!" (1)
If you're interested, you should certainly read it. For myself, I think I'll buy it the next time I go to the bookstore. I know quite well that I want to say why I didn't buy it now. I shall answer that question.

I don't have money to buy that book.

Here I understand how Tokizane feels. Ah, how small-minded I am. (2)

( Notes )

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Translator's note: Sorry about all the typos in this translation. It was late when I was doing it and I was pretty tired and mixed up some of the wording as I was going through the translation fixing the tenses since the subject and predicate in English and Japanese are in different places.

A BLOOD-C event. It had been a long time since I'd been able to meet everyone and it was fun, and it was incredibly fun to stand in front of everyone just as I had with the ambience of the time when we did voice overs. Everyone else also went along with that ambience it'd be nice.

It's just, when I came home, although I expected it would be fun, for some reason I became incredibly lonely, and for just a little while I cried by myself yesterday and went to bed.

Today I have work from the morning on too. I'll put my fighting spirit into it and do my best.

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*insert picture of Ryo, RON, Tatsuhisa, and Hiromitsu*

A rehearsal.

Only Ryo looks like he's taking an artist photo.

The rest of us are...we're already tired, you know.

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Before the broadcast, we'll talk about Usada who thinks he's pretty cute to girls. His given name is Usada (his family name without the honorific), and he has a considerably [amount of] personality.

"Excuse me," interjects the newcomer Nakamura because he was interrupted with, "What? Please stop being rude from the beginning." Suzuki Tatsuhisa who plays the part worries saying, "I'm doing this all of a sudden. I wonder if I'm doing alright. I'll be loved for it right?"

It's okay right? It's cute isn't it?

Usada who had always lived with the three year old Yoko.
It won't come from his mouth, but he thinks that the yellow combo is the one that is the best pair.
The balance of the comical and the seriousness is thanks to the miraculous Shibasaki Group. (1) Please look forward to it!

Having passed through introductions to the world [of the Go-Busters] and the characters, from chapter 9 on will be the start of the Buddyroid arc. Who will be next after Usada?

( Notes )

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Translator's note: So next week's episode of Go-Busters features Tatsuhisa's character getting kidnapped, so they wrote a little bit about his character on the preview page with Tatsuhisa also putting in a small interjection.

It gets to be this time. (1)

Recently, I've been habitually zoning out a lot. I guess it's because I'm always thinking deeply, and can't listen to what people have to say at all.
"Tatsuhisa, are you okay?" are words that I am asked often lately, or occupy my superiors with "I'm listening."

When I come home the time I spend collecting those [thoughts] is incredibly fun.

Tomorrow as well, or rather today as well, I'll have work from the morning on. If I do a little more I'll go to bed.

( Notes )

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When I go to a CD shop, I spy new releases that I want or CDs of bands or artists that I don't know so I buy a number of them.

It suddenly came to me, but I remarkably haven't been going to CD shops lately. Well, there's that there isn't one close by or a CD shop I go to often, but I think that over the years the opportunity for me to obtain CDs has dwindled.

Because there are a lot of times when I go, I find a CD I'm interested in and buy it, I think I have to really find the time to do such a thing.

I'm an old-fashioned thinker, so delivery is fine, but I like the feeling of having it in your hands and when you first realize the feel of the material of the paper or the printing of the inside booklet.
I think that CDs are something that use those sorts of senses of sight, touch, and hearing.

But, in reality there are people that have a fascination with delivery as well, so I have to study about that a lot as well though.

Also, personally I love audio equipment, so I like to stack up [the CDs of] the latest music trends in the rack to the side, and so I've got some trivial reasons why as well though.

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There are times when no matter what I want alcohol. Times when I'm happy, times when I'm sad, times when I'm regretful, etc. etc. Getting into such a mood after such a long time of not doing so, I spend several days here wrapped up in drinking alcohol and my head hurt.

But, I suddenly wondered if this is some sort of personal ritual or something for me.

Because of doing that, within me those feelings go flat, and I wonder if I should try to continue on to the next thing.

Because curiously when I carry those things with me, there are times when good things go uncompleted.

In short, I'll try to do my best tomorrow as well. It's a story just about that.

If I do a little more of my preparations, I'll go to sleep.

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I encounter different forms of encouragement. While taking detours and stumbling in my steps, recently I've seen amazing characters, acting has become more fun than it has been until now, and I've come to like it.

As can be expected, I don't know if this sensation is right. Because I have gathered with various professionals, I think that there are people who have not acknowledged this sensation.

However, I am very happy to be able to think so.

Today is a day where I wanted to put those kinds of things into words.

Well then, the ban on the information has been lifted so I'll write about it, but I will be acting in the work called "Arashi no Yoru ni" that is starting in Kantou from today on.
It's CG animation, but it's insanely high quality, and it's a work where the story is overflowing with warmth.
If it pleases you please watch it.

It seems it's been decided that there would be a staggering wind from the north of Japan, but Tokyo is showing a pleasant blue sky.
Soon it'll be a season where you will want to go flower-viewing.

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