Ieiri Leo ~ Bokutachi no Mirai - new single announce

Ieiri Leo (家入レオ) announced today that she'll be releasing another single in on 11th May.  :) Unlike most of her past announces, the cover art and a short version MV was not released with this announce.  They did release an image though, the one above and it seems to be quite different from her past image.  She's looking less rocker and more feminine.

Ieiri Leo ~ Hello to the World - RE Edition (WANT TO SELL)

I have decided to sell the Regular Edition of 家入レオ"s "Hello to the World".  I wouldn't have minded keeping it usually but I'm going off for a visit to Japan soon and I've got more expenses coming up, so I have decided to try and save some more money for now, even though it's not that much.  Still every penny counts. :)

I'm keeping the LE (Type B) edition of course. :)  If you would like to see that unboxing and some of my thoughs on the single, CLICK ME.  The Regular Edition should be similar, just with different photos and minus the 2nd CD which means the jewel case will also be different.

Ieiri Leo ~ Hello to the World - LE (TypeB) unboxing

And finally, the unboxing for Ieiri Leo's (家入レオ) "Hello to the World". :)  I had hoped to get to this last night so that I could do the FictionJunction Club Live goods and maybe some ufotable related post today but that never happened.  I came back and crashed out after dinner so I think those will have to wait a bit.  First, I'll do Ieiri's CD first. :)

Ieiri Leo ~ Hello to the World - unboxing (preview)

My Ieiri Leo "Hello to the World" CDs actually arrived last Thursday and I meant to do the unboxing earlier except it was an exceptionally busy weekend of me.  So I thought I'll do them on Monday after work but I woke up on Monday with a temperature which refused to go back to normal for three and a half days.

After two visits to the doctor, one blood test and a ton of medication later, I think I'm finally on my way back to being healthy again.  It's not there yet.  This is one nasty virus.  BUT the good news is, it's NOT dengue!!!! :)  Yes, I think we all worried it was dengue because it's been a bit of a problem in Singapore for a while now.

Ieiri Leo ~ Obake no Namida - web only 30s trailer

This is kind of cool for Ieiri Leo fans. :)  If you do read the blog, you'll know that in an earlier post about my experience at Ieiri's Zepp DiverCity live in Tokyo, I also talked about her new song Obake no Namida.  At that point in time, I said that it would probably be hard for international fans to see the MV for that song because it's for NHK's Minna no Uta program and will screen on NHK.

Well, that hasn't changed.  BUT what they did release is a special web only 30sec video clip that previews the Obake no Namida song.




Ieiri fans should watch this. :)  Because the little girl in the video clip is Ieiri herself. It's edited from home videos of her when she was a child.  She was a very cute child.  Not that she's not cute now, just that she had really pinch-able cheeks as a kid.  I'm certainly not going to be trying to pinch her cheeks now. :)

My CDs of Hello to the World have shipped.  :)  I'm not sure when I'll get them.  I was kinda broke then, so I picked one of the cheaper methods of shipping.  So it'll be a while before the CDs reach me. If I'm lucky, it'll reach me by the end of next week.  If not, fingers crossed, it'll be here by the following week.  Can't wait. :)

Ieiri Leo & 家入レオ LIVE at Zepp 2016 ～two colours～ -- impressions of the live

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It's no secret that I rather like Ieiri Leo.  Although I'm not as crazy about her as I am about Kajiura Yuki, FictionJunction or Kalafina, I still like her enough to buy her albums and singles.  Kajiura Yuki's mixed genre work and the lovely and complex harmonies brought to live by some quite capable vocalists will likely reign supreme in my heart for quite some time yet because it's an unusual mix and I like it largely because of that.

Now usually, I'm not a fan of the average Japanese female pop star because they tend to be pretty high pitch and some of them sound quite thin to me.  But some of the garage rock girl bands aren't too bad even if some of them can be a little too high pitch for me too.  I had a particular fondness for Stereopony but they broke up. :(  I used to be fonder of Scandal in their earlier days too because I felt they sounded edgier then, now they sound too J-Pop and a little higher pitch then I like.

Looking forward to Jan/Feb 2016

So tired and frustrated at work today. And I really wanted to go home for dinner today and not have to eat the crappy dinner at the company again. Okay....maybe it isn't that crappy and it is free....but if I am eating that dinner...it means OT again. And I am really really really tired today. :( :( :(

I am really struggling to hold on to good thoughts right now. So am gonna try and think of Jan/ Feb 2016 because I am going back to Japan again! :)

Yay!!!! Happy thoughts happy thoughts!!! I have pretty much secured tickets to four lives in Jan / Feb. I will attend my first FictionJunction Club members only live on the 23rd Jan. That's the 8th Anniversary Kalafina live. My first Kalafina Anniversary live! Yeah!!

Ieiri Leo " 20 - 4th Live Tour ~ " BD & DVD release & 2016 lives announce

Oh... looks like those of us who are Ieiri Leo fans will be happy with this announce. :)  They will be releasing  her "20 ~ 4th live tour ~" on BD and DVD.  Yay for me! :)  I'll be picking up the BD for sure.

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As usual, Ieiri's management company released the cover art for the release on the day of the announce.  It's their usual practice.  The BD and DVD covers look vastly different. LOL.

This is the BD cover art.

Ieiri Leo ~ Kimi ga Kureta Natsu ~ regular edition - WANT TO SELL

EDIT: SOLD!!! Thank you for your interest.

Yup, I would like to sell this Ieiri Leo CD.   I already have the Limited Edition with the DVD and I intend to keep that.

However, I also bought the Limited Edition with the goods and I would like to keep the goods but sell the CD that came with it.

The CD that came with the LE+Goods edition is actually the Regular Edition.  The packaging and the tracklist is exactly the same.

Ieiri Leo ~ Kimi ga Kureta Natsu - unboxing

It's no secret that aside from being a huge Kajiura Yuki, FictionJunction and Kalafina fan, I also really like Ieiri Leo, angela and Suiyoubi no Campanella.  I've fallen behind on my Ieiri unboxings and sadly, I'm not even keeping up with my Kajiura Yuki / FictionJunction and Kalafina unboxings. :(  And I would also like to do one for Suiyoubi no Campenella.  But not enough time!!!  時間が足りないよ！:(

So since this is the latest thing that I've received in the mail, I've decided that I'll do it first even though I have yet to do Kajiura Yuki's FictionJunction 2010-2013 The BEST of Yuki Kajiura LIVE 2 and also Kalafina's Budokan lives BDs, Suiyoubi no Campanella's latest album and Ieiri Leo's 20 album and the miss you single.  That's a lot. :(  And Kalafina's newest album far on the water will be released in the middle of this month.... I better chop chop and get as many of these things out of the way as possible... provided work isn't too crazy.

Anyway... enough of that... back to the main reason why I started writing this post. :P

Yes, this is the unboxing post for two editions of the Ieiri Leo's latest single Kimi ga Kureta Natsu.

Ieiri Leo ~ kimi ga kureta natsu - short MV version & track-list

Yesterday, Ieiri Leo released a short version of the MV for her soon to be song called kimi ga kureta natsu (君がくれた夏).

Check it out. :)



While it's not hugely different from some of her past work, I am very fond of Ieiri's voice and the song has grown on me somewhat.  I've pre-ordered two versions of the single from CDJapan.  I couldn't resist the LE that comes with goods too. :P

Which reminds me, the track-list for that single is also out.

All the CDs have the same track-list.

1. kimi ga kureta natsu
2. Shooter
3. I Feel The Earth Move (Live)
4. kimi ga kureta natsu (Instrumental)
5. Shooter (Instrumental)

Ieiri Leo ~ Kimi ga Kureta Natsu - short live PV

Less anyone forgets that I also rather like Ieiri Leo :P , here's a post about her soon to be released single.

Yesterday, her record label posted a video featuring her singing a short portion of her soon to be released song Kimi ga Kureta Natsu which translates into something like The Summer that you gave me.



I really, really do like her music and one of the things on my bucket list is to one day attend one of her lives.  It's just that Kajiura Yuki, FictionJunction and Kalafina always take priority for me since I really am a huge fan of their work.  And unfortunately, Ieiri's lives don't quite coincide or can't fit into my schedule when I am in Japan for Kajiura Yuki's and Kalafina's lives. :(