Ranka Lee starring Nakajima Megumi – Seikan Hikou Live
To commemorate Animax‘s ten year anniversary, they’ve been airing a weekly program throughout July about why anime is interesting. The theme of last night’s program happened to be music, and Nakajima Megumi made an appearance to sing Seikan Hikou from Macross Frontier. She does a pretty good job singing live, but I think it’s even more impressive when you compare how well her singing and dancing match up with the choreography video that was posted on the official site a while back. That must have taken a lot of practice. I’ve put them side-by-side above for easier viewing – it may require a small amount of manual syncing to get the two videos to line up perfectly, but I think it’s worth it because it’s a fun watch. This is arguably better than May’n's live Diamond Crevasse performance.
July 21, 2008 at 3:24 amavexmode
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Deculture!!
July 21, 2008 at 3:28 amMooMoo
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Too cute and indeed a good live singer. Honestly think she sounds better than the diamond crevasse live.
July 21, 2008 at 3:29 amZeluch
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She’s in love with me, but she doesn’t know it yet. What’s her number by the way?
July 21, 2008 at 3:39 amdivine
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I probably shouldn’t be commenting here, but that’s too damn cool. Megumi > May’n!
July 21, 2008 at 3:46 ammai
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She’s so cute huh…
DECULTURE!!!
July 21, 2008 at 3:55 ammai
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My technique for synching is
1. Fully load both
2. Play first video then pause before Megumi sings “ooooh oooh oooh yeah”
3. Play second video, when it reaches before the “oooh oooh oooh yeah” part, play the first video.
Works like a charm, it’s so cute :)
July 21, 2008 at 3:56 amBrowniekat
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Megumi’s so sweet ‘n’ cute. Seikan Hikou suits her to T.
July 21, 2008 at 3:58 amNightseer
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Maybe it’s just me but I like Megumis voice more than Mays. Megumi FTW! <3
July 21, 2008 at 4:07 ammai
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I like Megumi’s high pitches better, but I love May’n's lower register better (though she hardly uses it in Macross Frontier…)
July 21, 2008 at 4:12 ambearzerger
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that’s quite an impressive amount of work she must have put into getting so much in synch with the choreography vid
July 21, 2008 at 4:28 amHolyHawk
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May’n has a striking voice, but I believe the gave each the most fitting songs. N. Megumi performs better live though, plus she’s really cute too.
July 21, 2008 at 4:54 amoutcast
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somebody pause the video at 2.22 and make a screen!
http://www.atalude.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/somoeifuckingdied.gif
July 21, 2008 at 6:56 amMagnus
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They both are good and beautiful, but May’n sings far better. It´s kinda like a Britney vs. Christina comparison.
July 21, 2008 at 8:41 amW-General
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YAKKU DECULTURE
Is this going to be the new Hare Hare Yukai/Motteke?
Time to learn dance and post on Youtube / Nico :D
July 21, 2008 at 9:34 amKabitzin
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When is she gonna have a sing off against May’n in front of Alto’s VA?
July 21, 2008 at 10:29 amEspade
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she’s cute like ranka and good live performer too
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cuteness of both x2
July 21, 2008 at 10:43 amWestlo
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IIRC they based the Ranka choreography video off Megumi’s dancing.
July 21, 2008 at 10:57 amSlade
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Now they’re ready to do a sing off in real life lol…
July 21, 2008 at 11:19 ambanpeikun
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DECULTURE!
July 21, 2008 at 11:32 amani_d
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I love her boots.
That was totally cute. I remember those cutesy dancesteps in episode 12 lol I can’t blame Alto for being a moe-con. The cute attack was just devastating. Ranka can take care of the Zentradis, Megumi can take care of RL fanboys.
July 21, 2008 at 12:03 pmhirou
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makes me post my first comment… seriously, i can’t decide what’s better in music, macross or cowboy bebop…
July 21, 2008 at 12:04 pmhirou
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and yeah… YAKH DECULTURE!!!
July 21, 2008 at 12:18 pmkureejii
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Someone already did the dance on nico nico x.X
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm3856502
*Sighs* I think karaoke bars are going to need to make their rooms bigger…It’s already hard enough to do Hare Hare Yukai.
July 21, 2008 at 12:25 pmmundox
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I’m amazed at…
- How well she did that choreography
- How well she sings
- How damn cute she is… like zomgbbq dude! <3 almost as cute as Ranka O_o
July 21, 2008 at 12:29 pmfalconx0101
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Love this song
July 21, 2008 at 2:37 pmCokematic
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wow i’ve seen the official video a few times… this si the first time I;ve noticed that Ranka’s eyes are actually quite scary in that video ~_~;
July 21, 2008 at 4:31 pmnugundam93
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omgwow i can’t stop myself from repeating that vid. gotta love the choreo work + the cute outfit + her voice = epic win. :)
July 21, 2008 at 5:07 pmEvilDevil
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MOAR!!!!
July 21, 2008 at 5:58 pmAsuka
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Er, am I the only one that liked May’n's performance more? This song isn’t particularly difficult to sing, unlike Diamond Crevasse, which requires more vocal prowess, and if Westlo’s correct, then her dancing wasn’t that impressive either, since the choreography was pretty simple. Not to say she isn’t good, her voice is really cute and nice to listen to, I just don’t think this performance was particularly impressive.
July 21, 2008 at 5:59 pmJeromaru
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Where can i download this 2 Video? & also Mayn’s live performance too…i wanna download it soo Bad!!!
July 21, 2008 at 7:54 pmLyi
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@Asuka
Comparing the two live performances, I would say that Megumi’s was more polished, but I definitely agree that Diamond Crevasse requires more vocal prowess, and May’n pulled it off well.
July 21, 2008 at 10:18 pm8ghosts
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“This is arguably better than May’n’s live Diamond ”
lol right :|
July 22, 2008 at 1:01 amjonaht
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OMG~
deculture cuteness~~~ /:nosebleed~ lol
July 22, 2008 at 6:59 amTenkaichi
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Thanks Omni. I like this song a lot more now, for some reason… maybe it was just *that* cute. :)
July 22, 2008 at 12:38 pmwhitey-chan
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damn! she’s so cute!!!
July 23, 2008 at 11:17 amwhitey-chan
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darn.. i’ve watched this video so many times now, but i just can’t enough of her!!! i knew that nakajima megumi was pretty, but in this performance, she’s so adorable and way too cute!! awwww.. i wanna hug her… megumi-chan!!! =3
July 24, 2008 at 2:19 pmtonbo
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luv the song. its wat goes on repeat in me head alot of the time. now we get to see her perform! awesome. its as good as studio recordings get.
July 24, 2008 at 7:38 pmNaru
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I’m glad her voice isn’t that cute in real life. She either sings in higher octave for Ranka, or they make more cute with the computer.
August 8, 2008 at 1:34 amhirahira
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OMG! She is soooooooo cute! And I like her legs xD
August 11, 2008 at 2:30 amtflops
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Wow, the OP’s so cute.
August 31, 2008 at 3:33 amskyfirefly
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love the song its amazing how she can follow ranka’s steps!
really practiced so darn well!
i found out in wikipedia she’s a half pilipino and now
that makes me proud to be a pilipino :D