Kouhaku 59

Alright, it's that time of year again for Kouhaku!

This year it starts off with out of tune Hamasaki Ayumi who sings one of her new songs that... er, doesn't sound very good. Could be because that it's live... could be because the song really just does suck. Then to add on top of that awesome song, she does this awesomely ridiculous dancing.

Okay, luckily the show's saved by this truly awesome Ghibli tribute that constantly gave me serious goosebumps. Then I found out that SMAP's Kimura does the voice for the prince in Howl's Moving Castle, which is rather interesting information. I've taken a liking in Ikimonogakari, so I might try them out for a bit. Perfume's performance was nice, maybe I'll give their music another try again maybe. There was this Japanese black guy called JERO who sang ENKA and holy crap he was good. If I were an enka fan, I'd be listening to both him and Kiyoshi (cuz Hikawa Kiyoshi rocks too). Apparently SPEED is back for more, even though they're all old now. Koda Kumi had the most prettiest dress and she strut her stuff in it too, singing TABOO - hot. Angela Aki's overrated (yeah I just said that). SMAP was out of tune, as usual. No one else too special in the 2nd half of the show. The guys won again this year. I would've voted white too if I were in Japan.