Utada Hikaru PVs

Utada Hikaru - Traveling
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=J0J3YQD3

Utada Hikaru - Colors
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=ZU04BKEV

Utada Hikaru - Keep Tryin'
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=HLXHWIMY

Utada Hikaru - Hikari
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=Q3JA8N20

Utada Hikaru - Can You Keep a Secret
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=QJC134YC

Utada Hikaru - Deep River
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=Y1U7QAXK

Utada Hikaru - Be My Last
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=XG9X31PB

Utada - You Make Me Want to Be a Man
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=OB5VWEA1

Utada Hikaru - Automatic
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=YAY34972

Utada - Easy Breezy
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=8NRIXMFV

speena Discography

speena was a two-person (previously three-person) group on the avex trax label. They debuted in 2000 with the single “Calm Soul,” and have released a total of five albums since then, their latest being “Ninnananna” in January 2007. In mid-2005, speena’s drummer Shouko left the group to persue her own projects; the group then consisted of vocalist Kanako and guitarist Shiho.

In June of 2007, Kanako and Shiho announced that they would be “transforming” into Yvonne Sisters. The speena name will no longer be used.

J-Pop

Albums
1st Album:
[much much more!!]
CTCR-16051
04.09.2003

Track Listing:
01 Girlie Rock
02 Jirenma
03 Bubble Bible
04 speena
05 Calm Soul
06 Iron Tower
07 Ego Rock
08 Nemureru Mori
09 Self Drunker
10 Chulolly's Ring
11 Kimi dake no Koto
12 Thanatos
13 speena 2001

not available



2nd Album:
[Chu Chu de Vista!!]
CTCR-16071
10.20.2004

Track Listing:
01 Tsuki ni Naku
02 vista!
03 Marugoretta
04 Electric Song
05 Strange Days
06 One Two Three
07 Yuuhatsu Modern
08 Gekirin ni Furete Kuukijuu Uchippanashi
09 Crystal
10 Tsuzureori
11 Yuuyake Issho ni Miyou
12 Vita
13 Veil

320kbps
128mb
Part 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7PJZTW6L
Part 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UEC2C4QX


3rd Album:
[Sugar Moon Champs-Elysees]
CTCR-16074
11.30.2005

Track Listing:
01 Kira Kira Days
02 Rendezvous
03 viva! romantic
04 Ohana no Hitorigoto
05 Hitogomi to Watashi
06 dear my mama
07 Sugar Moon Champs-Elysee
08 Momoiro to Haiiro
09 Mizu to Amai Hana
10 Butter Cream
11 Marvelous Day
12 Konpeitou no Tameiki
13 Singin' Swimmin' Sweet
14 Raspberry Sauce Raspberry Heart

320kbps
104mb
Part 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7VVIGH2J
Part 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NE7IM62G



4th Album:
[ninnananna]
CTCR-14509
01.31.2007

Track Listing:
01 Bedroom Story
02 Jewel Box
03 Cheek to Cheek
04 Love Hand Claps
05 Moonlight Monste
06 Hello, hi!
07 Girlfriend
08 Dancing Doll

192kbps
46mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L6GNX6NL


Mini-Albums
1st Mini-Album:
[Candy Lovely Music!!]
CTCR-16073
03.24.2005

Track Listing:
01 Material Girl
02 Special Boyfriend
03 True Colors
04 Sweet Memories
05 Parade Shiyou yo
06 Toshishita no Otoko no Ko
07 Ame no Hi to Getsuyoubi wa

128kbps
25mb
*Credit and thanks to Suffers
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?hz3yzqctyuz




Singles
1st Single:
[Calm Soul]
AVCD-30170
10.18.2000

Track Listing:
01 Calm Soul
02 Hill Killer
03 Calm Soul (instrumental)
04 Hill Killer (instrumental)

320kbps
37mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VX6ALXYG



2nd Single:
[Speena]
AVCD-30171
11.29.2000

Track Listing:
01 Speena
02 Love Potion No.69
03 Speena (instrumental)
04 Love Potion No.69 (instrumental)

not available



3rd Single:
[Jirenma]
AVCD-30267
08.17.2001

Track Listing:
01 Jirenma
02 Sixteen
03 Jirenma (instrumental)
04 Sixteen (instrumental)

320kbps
39mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1VY9TUVM



4th Single:
[Nemureru Mori]
AVCD-30344
04.24.2002

Track Listing:
01 Nemureru Mori
02 Yuuwaku Aroma
03 Nemureru Mori (instrumental)
04 Yuuwaku Aroma (instrumental)

not available



5th Single:
[Tanatosu]
CTCR-40160
02.19.2003

Track Listing:
01 Tanatosu
02 Haiagaredii
03 Dai Meiwaku
04 Niku wo Kure

320kbps
33mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ET0R5H6N



6th Single:
[Tsuzureori]
CTCR-40167
08.13.2003

Track Listing:
01 Tsuzureori
02 Gosan (Gin Gin Gin)
03 Aijousouchi

192kbps
17mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WOIJSEQK


7th Single:
[Marugoretta]
CTCR-40177
11.27.2003

Track Listing:
01 Marugoretta
02 Fuzz
03 Heart no Pumps

320kbps
34mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EKUVMVXB



8th Single:
[Strange Days]
CTCR-40182
02.25.2004

Track Listing:
01 Strange Days
02 Aoi Osora Kara

192kbps
11mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GAG7WQ4Q



9th Single:
[Tsuki ni Naku]
CTCR-40193
08.25.2004

Track Listing:
01 Tsuki ni Naku
02 24 Love Song

320kbps
18mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A101P4S2



10th Single:
[Material Girl]
CTCR-40197
03.02.2005

Track Listing:
01 Material Girl
02 Toshishita no Otoko no Ko
03 Material Girl (instrumental)
04 Toshishita no Otoko no Ko (instrumental)

192kbps
19mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QC6KESK9



11th Single:
[Kira Kira Days]
CTCR-40214
06.29.2005

Track Listing:
01 Kira Kira Days
02 Syrup Rondo
03 Candy

320kbps
25mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8CRB7IW2

you're all winners

That's right, everybody who reads "Let's Anime" is a winner. But in a different, more correct sense, only the people who sent in Prince Planet fan art are the REAL winners here. If only all of the conflicts afflicting mankind could be solved with Prince Planet fan art! The world would certainly be a more surreal place.

At any rate, here are the champions of the Great Prince Planet Fan Art Contest Of 2009, Sponsored by Let's Anime and MGM Digital Media in association with Hulu and YouTube! All Rights Reserved!!

Our first entry was by Guy, who won us over with his energetic heavy metal portrayal of Prince Planet.



When he's not drawing Prince Planet, Guy writes about anime at the Guy Hates You blog!

Next past the goalpost was Dylan, AKA "Ninjatron", with this great sepiatone depiction of Bobby and Diana.



Dylan is the man behind the Astro Boy World blog, your one stop shop for all your Astro Boy news.

Salvatore M. of Philadelphia PA came through with a peppy B&W illustration!



Meanwhile Larry C, who writes a great obscure world television blog, worked up this slick color piece that I like very much!



And not to be outdone, Sarah M. brings her "A" game with this swell watercolor illo!



I know the cut off was five entries, but I got this drawing from Emma which has the only Warlock representation here, so I'm going to share it with everybody even though I am clearly violating my own rules.



Thanks to everybody who participated and you will all be getting Prince Planet T-shirts in the mail at some point in the near future. I'm being vague about the time frame because I have to go out and buy envelopes and do all that stuff, it's not like I can just have the Let's Anime Mail Room guys do this, because they're really busy. Also because they don't exist.

All artwork is (c) its original creators. Prince Planet is (c) MGM. No rights are given or implied without express consent of Major League Baseball.

Next time at Let's Anime; something completely unrelated to Prince Planet in any way, shape, or form!!

KOKIA Discography

Kokia (コキア?) is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Tokyo. She is known mostly for her performances in video game and anime soundtracks; having appeared in eight different game/anime soundtracks to date. Kokia is also known for her vocal range, and ability to hold long-tone opera notes, having done so for 29 seconds during a television appearance. She is most well-known in Hong Kong and Taiwan for her song "Arigatou...", which achieved commercial success, and was covered by star Sammi Cheng. Her biggest hit in Japan is the single "The Power of Smile / Remember the Kiss", which reached number 15 on the Oricon charts. She studied opera at the Toho Gakuen School of Music.

Birth name Akiko Yoshida (吉田 亜紀子)
Born July 22, 1976 (age 33)
Origin Tokyo, Japan
Genres J-pop
Occupations Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Years active 1998 - Present

Albums
1st Album:
[songbird]
PCCA-01351
7.16.1999

Track Listing:
01 Watashi wa Utau Kotori Desu
02 Soyokaze ga Sougen wo Naderu You ni
03 I catch a cold
04 Shiroi Yuki
05 River
06 Hirusagari no Toki
07 You
08 Live Alone
09 Arigatou...
10 Erika
11 Aishiteiru Kara (Sincerely Version)

128kbps
53mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CQYES3QS



2nd Album:
[trip trip]
VICL-60830
1.23.2002

Track Listing:
01 Cyouwa oto
02 Tsugi Au Toki wa
03 Say Hi!!
04 The rule of universe
05 Princess ÉHIME
06 Tenshi
07 Pink no Zou
08 Hello passing days
09 Hana
10 Ningen tte Sonna Mono ne
11 Ashioto
12 tomoni
13 a gift

192kbps
83mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UJKYIQ18



3rd Album:
[Remember Me]
VICL-61239
11.12.2003

Track Listing:
01 Prologue "Remember me"
02 Watashi no Taiyou
03 Different way
04 Kawaranai Koto ~since1976~
05 Happy birthday to me
06 with music
07 Anshin no Naka
08 Sora
09 The Power of Smile
10 Clap your hands!
11 I believe ~Umi no Soko Kara~
12 Daiji na Mono wa Mabuta no Ura
13 ?
14 Sigh
15 Remember the kiss (duet "KOKIA & Piano")　

320kbps
167mb
Part 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7H4CEWI2
Part 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YO3NX38P



4th Album:
[Uta ga Chikara]
VICL-61437
7.21.2004

Track Listing:
01 Yume ga Chikara
02 a girl
03 so much love for you
04 Sora ni Taiyou, Anata ni Watashi
05 Pinch wa Chance
06 Kirari
07 give & take
08 New season ~Yume ni Mukatte Fuku Kaze~
09 Utau Hito
10 Yume ga Chikara (acoustic version)

192kbps
56mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VTYROMG4



5th Album:
[Pearl ~The Best Collection~]
VICL-61852
2.1.2006

Track Listing:
01 The Power of Smile
02 Ai no Melody (Original Version)
03 dandelion
04 Shiawase no Hanataba
05 Kawaranai Koto ~since 1976~
06 Watashi no Taiyou
07 Remember the kiss ~a wish~
08 DESPERADO
09 Yume ga Chikara / Brave Warrior
10 Utau Hito
11 time to say goodbye
12 Cyouwa oto ~with reflection~
13 so much love for you
14 I Believe ~Umi no Soko Kara~
15 Arigatou…... (The Pearl Edition)
16 The Power of Smile ~a gentle breeze~

320kbps
146mb
Part 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZDQFVZD6
Part 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VYG4T4M4



6th Album:
[Ai ga Kikoeru]
VICL-62405
5.23.2006

Track Listing:
01 Itsuka Dareka wo Ai Shita Toki (Anthem Version)
02 Uchuu ga...
03 Ahiru no Kokoro
04 Futari no Musume
05 Awakening (Open Your Eyes)
06 Kokoro
07 HUMANITARIAN
08 so sad so bad
09 Yasashikusareru to Yasashikunareru Hana
10 Nukumori (listen for the love)
11 why do I sing
12 Atatakai Basho
13 Remember the Kiss ~World Ver.~
14 Inori ni mo Nita Utsukushii Sekai

192kbps
105mb
Part 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CJG5V0B8
Part 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LZO86XA0


7th Album:
[The Voice]
VICL-62758
02.20.2008

Track Listing:
01 Odoyaka na Shizukesa
02 Follow the Nightingale
03 Ave Maria
04 Todokimasu You ni
05 song of pocchong ~Shizuku no Uta
06 Gomen ne
07 Lacrima
08 Nani mo Kamo ga Hoshi ni Natte
09 il mare dei suoni
10 everlasting
11 Chiisa na Uta
12 Watashi ni Dekiru Koto

320kbps
141mb
Part 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NPLIEBMT
Part 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HKLDME7E



8th Album:
[Christmas Gift]
VICL-63039
11.12.2008

Track Listing:
01 Amazing Grace
02 Hallelujah
03 I'll be home for Christmas
04 We three kings of orient are
05 Christmas Medley
06 Teo Torriatte (Let us cling together)
07 Ave Maria
08 It came upon a midnight clear
09 Seinaru Yoru ni ~holy night
10 Kokoro no Rouzoku
11 Remember the kiss ~Dedicated to 'new' NY~

320kbps
134mb
Part 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S0K8TI9C
Part 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XECTWUCH




Mini-Albums
1st Mini-Album:
[Fairy Dance ~Kokia meets Ireland~]
VICL-63036
09.24.2008

Track Listing:
01 Lydia ~Fairy Dance
02 Song Of Pocchong ~Shizuku no Uta
03 Kanashiku teyari kirenai
04 Black Is The Colour
05 Soshuu Yakyoku
06 Siuil A Run
07 Sono mama dei ~Be As You Are
08 Taimse im Choladh

192kbps
46mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9XN4O4WF


Singles
1st Single:
[Aishiteru Kara]
PCDA-01070
4.29.1998

Track Listing:
01 Aishiteiru Kara
02 You
03 Aishiteiru Kara (instrumental)
04 You (instrumental)

320kbps
46mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S3Q5OK66



2nd Single:
[Tears in Love]
PCDA-01112
11.18.1998

Track Listing:
01 Tears in Love
02 Blue Night
03 Tears in Love (backing track)
04 Blue Night (backing track)

128kbps
16mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4ULBWP28



3rd Single:
[Arigatou...]
PCDA-01169
6.17.1999

Track Listing:
01 Arigatou...
02 Aishiteru Kara (Sincerely Version)
03 Arigatou... (backing track)
04 Aishiteru Kara (Sincerely Version)(backing track)

320kbps
41mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GBMH2360



4th Single:
[Tomoni]
VICL-35254
5.23.2001

Track Listing:
01 Tomoni
02 Yes I know

160kbps
10mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MKLSQUK0



5th Single:
[Say Hi!!]
VICL-35295
8.22.2001
9.13.2001 (overseas version)

Track Listing:
01 Say Hi!!
02 Mokuji

320kbps
18mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9E67HED7



6th Single:
[Tenshi]
VICL-35334
11.21.2001

Track Listing:
01 Tenshi
02 Whispter

128kbps
12mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RC0ITI1I



7th Single:
[Ningen tte Sonna Mono ne]
VICL-35357
1.23.2002

Track Listing:
01 Ningen tte Sonna Mono ne
02 mou ai senai
03 Moonlight Shadow

320kbps
34mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BJK9ARJ6



8th Single:
[Kawaranai Koto ~since 1976~]
VICL-35487
5.21.2003

Track Listing:
01 Kawaranai Koto ~since1976~
02 tell tell Bouzu
03 Kawaranai Koto ~since1976~ (instrumental)
04 tell tell Bouzu (instrumental)

128kbps
24mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8CDXNFXK


9th Single:
[The Power of Smile / Remember the kiss]
VICL-35581
9.24.2003

Track Listing:
01 The Power of Smile
02 Remember the kiss
03 The Power of Smile (instrumental)
04 Remember the kiss (instrumental)

128kbps
17mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZHJMM0L5



10th Single:
[so much love for you]
VICL-35632
4.21.2004

Track Listing:
01 so much love for you
02 New season ~Yume ni Mukatte Fuku Kaze~
03 i Shiteru
04 so much love for you (instrumental)

192kbps
23mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AN2XP6F7



11th Single:
[Yume ga Chikara]
VICL-35666
6.23.2004

Track Listing:
01 Yume ga Chikara
02 Ningyo no Yume
03 Yume ga Chikara (instrumental)

192kbps
11mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1TLQW4ZB



12th Single:
[dandelion]
VICL-35775
2.23.2005

Track Listing:
01 dandelion
02 Boku no Kimochi
03 dandelion (instrumental)

192kbps
19mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S449V0QE



13th Single:
[time to say goodbye]
VICL-35858
7.21.2005

Track Listing:
01 time to say goodbye
02 Shiawase no Hanataba
03 time to say goodbye (duet "KOKIA & Piano")
04 Yuukyuu no Mori ~My Home Town~

192kbps
24mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=47EJIM0S



14th Single:
[Ai no Melody / Cyouwa oto ~with reflection~]
VICL-35942
1.1.2006

Track Listing:
01 Ai no Melody
02 Cyouwa oto ~with reflection~
03 Ai no Melody (soundtrack ver.)
04 Ai no Melody (instrumental)

320kbps
51mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XKA1TSOK



Kokia
15th Single:
[Arigatou]
VICL-36285
03.16.2007

Track Listing:
01 Arigatou
02 Utau Hito

192kbps
13mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VT4OK3U2



16th Single:
[Follow the Nightingale]
VTCL-35011
11.21.2007

Track Listing:
01 Follow the Nightingale
02 say goodbye & good day
03 Follow the Nightingale (original karaoke)
04 say goodbye & good day (original karaoke)

320kbps
43mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X0S5AE06



17th Single:
[Tatta Hitotsu no Omoi]
MJCD-23037
01.23.2008

Track Listing:
01 Tatta Hitotsu no Omoi
02 Umaretate no Shiro
03 Tatta Hitotsu no Omoi (instrumental)
04 Umaretate no Shiro (instrumental)

320kbps
37mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MHFDMLW8


18th Single:
[Karma]
LASM-4004
04.22.2009

Track Listing:
01 Karma
02 Insomnia
03 Karma (instrumental)
04 Insomnia (instrumental)

224&320kbps
24mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5MJOHDRY



19th Single:
[Kimi o Sagashite]
n/a
08.05.2009

Track Listing:
01 Kimi o Sagashite
02 What a wonderful world
03 last love song
04 Kuruma Rete

192kbps
25mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=90ACC85N

contest is over!

The great Prince Planet contest is now over, I've gotten five entry drawings. Thanks to everybody who participated! We recieved some great art and we'll be posting it right here in a few days, so check back with us soon.



Remember to head on over to Hulu and watch some more Prince Planet! Thanks again to MGM Digital Media for making this all possible.

You can also visit the Mister Kitty site and hear the American and Japanese Prince Planet theme songs and a mashup of Prince Planet audio!



cartoons by Meg Evans

Prince Planet Is Back!!

It's exciting news for Prince Planet fans! Starting Monday November 9th 2009, 46 episodes of Prince Planet will be released on Hulu and YouTube. It's been thirty years since Prince Planet last aired on American television. Now, after years in MGM's archives, this fondly remembered series is zooming out of the vaults and onto your monitors in a new, digitally restored version! All your favorite characters are back - Dan Dynamo, Diana, Pops Worthy, Adji Baba the Arabian wizard, Warlock the Martian Magician, Krag the Master Of Misery, and that guy on Radion who was always asleep at the switch whenever Prince Planet needed more juice -they're all just as you remember them, and now you don't have to fiddle with the UHF antenna. Aliens, robots, monsters, gangsters, alien robot monster gangsters - all the excitement of Prince Planet is returning just when we need him the most.


Prince Planet Pastels!

We here at Let's Anime are really excited about this. Probably too excited. Anyway, thanks to MGM we have some promotional goodies to give away - T-shirts! So we're going to have a contest. Here are the rules.

1. Employees and staff of Let's Anime and their relatives are not eligible for this contest. Since we do not have any staff or employees I do not see this being a problem.
2. The first five (5) people to send Let's Anime their original Prince Planet fan art drawing will recieve a Prince Planet T-shirt.
3. Drawings must be of Prince Planet and one or more of the following: Diana, Dan Dynamo, Adji Baba, Warlock, or Krag. Your choice. Color, black and white, whichever you prefer. If you want to draw Bobby instead of Prince Planet it's OK.
4. Drawings must be ORIGINAL - this must be your own work. I know how to use Google Image Search too, smarty.


Prince Planet art by Meg Evans

5. Digital media is fine.
6. Drawings need to be scanned and saved as a .jpg file, 72 or 100 dpi, at least 400 pixels wide. Please don't send any files larger than a meg or so.
7. If you don't have a scanner, take a digital picture of the drawing and email that.
8. Email image files to: terebifunhouse@gmail.com
9. Include your NAME and your MAILING ADDRESS. This information will NOT be given to anybody and will remain a top secret of Let's Anime.


Prince Planet art by John Gaydos

10. Contest is open to United States and Canada residents only. Sorry guys, my budget for this stunt does not cover shipping stuff around the world.
11. I will post the winning drawings in an upcoming Let's Anime blog post.
12. Contest ends at 11:59pm MONDAY NOVEMBER 16th 2009.


The t-shirt looks like this!

Remember, email those drawings to terebifunhouse@gmail.com and watch Prince Planet on Hulu and YouTube starting November 9th! Special thanks to MGM for making this all possible!

IMPORTANT NOTE - I have now recieved 5 entries and the contest is now closed. There's some great artwork and I will be posting it at Let's Anime in a few days. Thanks to everybody who contributed! If you want to send fan art anyway, please feel free to do so.


More Meg Evans Prince Planet fan art

Prince Planet, of course, was first broadcast on American television in 1966. Dubbed by Copri International, this 52-episode television series was released by American International Pictures, the same outfit that provided us with gems like THE WILD ANGELS, DIE MONSTER DIE, RIOT ON THE SUNSET STRIP, BEACH PARTY, GHOST OF DRAGSTRIP HOLLOW, WILD IN THE STREETS, and much of Roger Corman's ouvre. AIP's Japan connection includes anime titles like ALAKAZAM THE GREAT, live-action hero shows like JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING (or GIANT) ROBOT - which is also now available on Hulu! - and films involving big Japanese stars like Gamera and Godzilla. AIP was bought by Orion, which was in turn absorbed by MGM. So the question is, what influence did Prince Planet have on North American anime fandom?


possibly unauthorized Usei Shonen Popi metal click toy from the 60s

In the years between 1966 and 1979, Prince Planet became a fixture in the minds of many of America's television generation kids. Of course the 1960s was a wild time for Japanese cartoons - the term "anime" had yet to be coined and instead the favored catchphrase was "terebi manga" - and instead of a constant barrage of magical schoolgirls and giant military robots, the nascent anime field was experimenting and finding its way with a wide variety of shows featuring a wide variety of characters. This is the era that gave us Astro Boy, Marine Boy, Gigantor, Eighth Man, Speed Racer, the Amazing Three, and other series less known in the United States like Cyborg 009, Cyborg Big X, Ken The Wolf Boy, Attack No. 1, Princess Knight, Skyers 5, Kamui the Ninja, Ninja Sasuke, Sally The Witch, Pirate Prince, Rainbow Soldier Robin - a bewildering variety of programs produced by an industry just finding its way. Usei Shonen Popi enbraced this "anything goes" aesthetic as a freewheeling adventure show willing to do anything. Robots, tiny aliens, gangsters, monsters, spaceships, death and destruction, frankly bizarre characters like Warlock and Krag, and a series-long story arc that might have been the first of its kind for any animated series anywhere all percolated in the minds of impressionable youngsters, and as these youngsters grew up and found out there was a thing called "Fandom", naturally the concept was applied to Prince Planet.


flyer for Prince Planet Foundation

In the late 1980s, armed with a C/FO membership directory that listed fans by their interests, I set out to get in touch with everybody I could find who expressed any interest in Prince Planet. The result was a loose network of pen pals and tape traders. We swapped copies of Prince Planet episodes, wrote fan fiction and drew fan artwork and cartoons, and even published a few fanzines.


Meg Evans cartoon from the Prince Planet Foundation fanzine

When I started the print Let's Anime, one of the earliest articles was a feature on Prince Planet. Throughout the 1990s I continued to get emails from people desperately looking for Prince Planet episodes. Although several unauthorized releases were being sold through grey-market channels, we continued to hope that MGM would one day legitimately make Prince Planet available to the general public. And now they have, so I suppose we can get back to where we were as children and simply enjoy the thing.



Which is what I intend to do, and I highly recommend you all spend a little time watching Prince Planet on Hulu and YouTube!


This post is approved by the Great Seal Of Prince Planet!

Artwork in this post is (c) its original creators.

By the way, Prince Planet now has a Facebook page. Naturally.

Aqua Timez Discography

Aqua Timez is a Japanese pop band signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan.
The band formed in 2000 after two of the original members met on the internet and discovered that they attended the same university. At their formation with all their current members in 2003, the band's name was Aqua Times, the correct spelling of their current name. No major releases came from the band during this period. The band renamed themselves to Aqua Timez in 2005. Their first release under this name was Sora Ippai ni Kanaderu Inori, a mini-album which charted well on the Oricon.

Origin Japan
Genre(s) J-Rock
J-pop
Years active 2005–present
Label(s) Sony Music Japan

In 2006, the group would go on to release Nanairo no Rankugaki, their second mini-album with seven songs. Their first single, Ketsui no Asa Ni, was then used as a song in the movie adaptation of Brave Story. Later in the same year, it was announced that they would provide the theme song to Bleach: Memories of Nobody, the movie version of the anime and manga series Bleach. [1] The song, Sen no Yoru wo Koete (千の夜をこえて; Passing Over a Thousand Nights?), entered the Oricon singles chart at number 5 and would go on to sell over 100,000 copies.

Albums
1st Album:
[Kaze wo Atsumete]
ESCL-2908
ESCL-2906~ESCL-2907 (limited edition)
12.6.2006

Track Listing:
01 1mm
02 Hoshi no mienai yoru
03 No rain, No rainbow
04 Ketsui no Asa ni
05 Hachimitsu ~Daddy, Daddy~
06 Sen no Yoru wo Koete
07 green-bird　(Interlude)
08 Ayumi
09 Mastermind
10 White Hall
11 Present
12 Perfect World
13 Itsumo issho
14 Shiroi Mori

320kbps
141mb
Part 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PT7FTAS9
Part 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0UKKQ3NH



2nd Album:
[Dareka no Chijou E]
ESCL-3011
11.21.2007

Track Listing:
01 Isshun no Chiri
02 Sekai de Ichiban Chiisa na Umi yo
03 Shiori
04 Chiisa na Tenohira
05 B with U
06 Pivot
07 Hakuchuumu
08 Aki no Shita de
09 Alones
10 Rankiryuu
11 Garnet
12 Boku no Basho ~evergreen~
13 Yume Fuusen (yurikago version)

320kbps
127mb
Part 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HNOFMJTB
Part 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C5ON6HTM


3rd Album:
[Utai Sarishi Hana]
ESCL-3159
ESCL-3158 (limited edition)
03.11.2009

Track Listing:
01 Birth
02 Velonica
03 still connected
04 Niji
05 Stay Gold
06 Natsu no Kakera
07 Honto wa ne
08 massigura
09 Tsuki, Noboru
10 Kono Hoshi ni
11 Kira Kira (original version)
12 One
13 Utai Sarishi Hana
14 ReBirth
15 Niji (album version)

192kbps
99mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V4TH4OVV


Mini-Albums

1st Mini-Album:
[Sora Ippai ni Kanaderu Inori]
SHCC-0002
8.24.2005

Track Listing:
01 Kibou no Saku Oka Kara
02 Himawari
03 Toushindai no Love Song
04 Hitorigoto
05 Joushoukiryuu
06 Isshou Seishun
07 Hajimari no Heya
08 Blues on the run
09 Aoi Sora

192kbps
50mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6Z50DRIN


2nd Mini-Album:
[Nanairo no Rakugaki]
ESCL-2806
4.5.2006

Track Listing:
01 Shabondama Days
02 Jitensha
03 Miseinen
04 Hitotsu Dake
05 Mr.Roadrunner
06 Yoru no Hate
07 words of silence
08 Shizuka na Koi no Monogatari

192kbps
40mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CGC92FJP


Singles
1st Single:
[Ketsui no Asa ni]
ESCL-2844
7.5.2006

Track Listing:
01 Ketsui no Asa ni
02 Ayumi
03 Samishiki Warera
04 Ketsui no Asa ni (instrumental mix)

320&192kbps
29mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SE86604E



2nd Single:
[Sen no Yoru wo Koete]
ESCL-2905
ESCL-2903~ESCL-2904 (w/dvd)
ESCL-2901~ESCL-2902 (limited edition w/dvd)
11.22.2006

Track Listing:
01 Sen no Yoru wo Koete
02 Sen no Yoru wo Koete (instrumental)

320kbps
21mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RKEKBY4Y



3rd Single:
[Shiori]
ESCL-2944
5.9.2007

Track Listing:
01 Shiori
02 Yume Fuusen

192kbps
12mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MAAK3GUD



4th Single:
[Alones]
ESCL-2981
8.1.2007

Track Listing:
01 Alones
02 Akatsuki
03 Mr.Roadrunner (DJ Mass Skate Sonic Remix)
04 Alones (instrumental)

192kbps
22mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8XG1QTDP



5th Single:
[Chiisa na Tenohira]
ESCL-3003
10.31.2007

Track Listing:
01 Chiisa na Tenohira
02 Chiisa na Tenohira (instrumental mix)

320kbps
46mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y30CM0KD


6th Single:
[Niji]
ESCL-3064
05.08.2008

Track Listing:
01 Niji
02 Yasashii Kioku ~evalasting II~
03 Honto wa ne
04 No Live, No Life
05 Niji (instrumental)

320kbps
56mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BYXDX8Y7



7th Single:
[Natsu no Kakera]
ESCL-3105
10.01.2008

Track Listing:
01 Natsu no Kakera
02 Aki ni Naru Noni
03 on the run
04 Natsu no Kakera

320kbps
35mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XOKEW3KP



8th Single:
[Velonica]
ESCL-3147
01.14.2009

Track Listing:
01 Velonica
02 Kanade Ai
03 Kaori
04 Velonica (instrumental)

192kbps
24mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WKCCW3HN



9th Single:
[Plumeria ~Hana Uta~]
ESCL-3243
07.29.2009

Track Listing:
01 Plumeria ~Hana Uta~
02 Chou Sugita Yoru ni
03 Perfect World -blue forest ver.-
04 Plumeria ~Hana Uta~ (instrumental)

320kbps
42mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8DGPL6D1