Edit: (It seems the concerts were actually done by the original Japanese voice actors so I edited this review. Sorry for the mistake.)
I was really excited for this release. Not only because my favorite character, Azusa Nakano, makes her grand appearance, but because we are treated to two concerts. I received my copy just a few hours ago and I have quite a few things I would like to say about this release.
First of all I'll mention the concerts. They used the original Japanese version of these songs.. That's the approach Bandai decided to go with. The only problem I had was Yui's performance during the first concert.
Because of her training Yui actually loses her voice and it sounds scratchy and therefore it really stands out during her performance.
The next thing I would like to mention is Sawako Yamanaka. If you don't know her she's the 'Light Music Clubs' adviser (not by choice.). Her duel personalities start to emerge during these episodes and it's funny watching her go from one extreme to the other. Her voice changes during this time as well so it's easy to tell when her 'WILDER' side emerges.
And finally I would like to mention Azusa (She's Azu-Nyan to me.) Azu makes her appearance during episode eight. Azu doesn't have that many lines during this episode. The voice seems to fit, but it's hard to decide considering she doesn't go through that many emotions. I'll be able to make up my mind once the third volume is released.
Wrapping up the Review:
This show really is a lot of fun, but I wish Azu-Nyan was in it more. The episodes were fun and it was nice to see and hear the decision Bandai made when it came to the concerts. Of course if you're not happy with the English language they do have the original version on the same DVD.
Speaking of DVD's I have to mention a problem I had with mine. I was playing the DVD on my Blu-Ray player and for some reason during the seventh episode it froze in the middle of the episode and skipped to the end credits. The strange thing is I played the DVD on my mini-DVD player, Xbox 360 and Laptop and never ran into that problem. So hopefully this is an isolated incident.
The last thing I'll mention is the translated version of 'Fuwa Fuwa Time'. It's a music video that came with this release. It's not very good. Not to say the voice actresses didn't sing well, but the translation sounds weird. It's hard to describe. It's really something you'd have to listen to yourselves.
So with that... I RECOMMEND THIS SHOW!
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