Ranma 1/2 Carnival 1995
Event
    Ranma 1/2 Carnival 1995
Location
    Kudan Kaikan (Kudanshita)
Date
    1995.01.29
Time
    14:30 - 17:00
    18:00 - 20:30
Guests
    Inoue Kikuko (井上喜久子)
    Hayashibara Megumi (林原めぐみ)
    Hidaka Noriko (日高のり子)
    Sakuma Rei (佐久間レイ)
    Yamaguchi Kappei (山口勝平)
    Kusao Takeshi (草尾毅)


  - Report version 0.3 by Hitoshi Doi, 1995.02.11
  - Report version 0.7 by Hitoshi Doi, 1995.03.01


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The "Ranma 1/2 Carnival 1995" event was held January 29 at the Kudan
Kaikan hall.  There were two sessions.  The tickets were sold through
KAC, and also at anime stores and other ticket outlets.  We (the osakana
ML members) bought the tickets through KAC, and we (all 20 of us) got
9th row seats for the first session, and 6th row seats for the second
session.

Both sessions were the same.  The only difference were in the "talk"
portion.

As we were lining up for the first session, there was a group called
"Rumic Network" who were passing out some florescent tubes to use during
the event.

The event flowed as follows.

  - Ranma 1/2 OAV special jouhen
  - Ranma 1/2 OAV special gehen
  - guest corner
  - Ranma 1/2 fight scenes video
  - 10 minute break
  - concert
  - guest talk
  - presents
  - DoCo concert
  - final message


Ranma 1/2 OAV specials
----------------------
They showed the two Shinnosuke special OAVs.  The first one had the new
OP and ED, which had the DoCo songs, and very nice animation.  The
second one had the regular OP and ED.


guest corner
------------
After the OAVs, the emcee called out for the guests.  Hayashibara
Megumi, Yamaguchi Kappei, Kusao Takeshi, and Hidaka Noriko came out.
After a short introduction and talk, the guests left.

[We were very worried, thinking that Inoue Kikuko couldn't come..]


Ranma 1/2 fight scenes video
----------------------------
They showed the new Ranma compilation video that is coming out in March.
It is made up of the fight scenes from the TV series, and is about 25
minutes long.


concert
-------
After a 10 minute break, the concert began.  The songs were as follows.

  - Yamaguchi Kappei (Ranma) "Kawaikunee, Irokeganee"

    Yamaguchi Kappei was wearing torn jeans.  After his song was over, and
    he was going off the stage, he tripped (on purpose).

  - Sakuma Rei (Shampoo) "Nekohanten Menu Song"

    Sakuma Rei was wearing a tight China dress with a very long slit..  [The
    people who were sitting near the right side of the stage got a very nice
    look at her beautiful legs.. they tell me.]

  - Inoue Kikuko (Kasumi) "Otousan"

    Inoue Kikuko was wearing an apron, a long red skirt, and a long sleeve
    shirt.  [VERY nice!!] During her song, the crowd was waving the lights
    back and forth slowly, to the tempo of the song.  Kikuko saw the lights
    and started swinging her head back and forth too. (^_^)

  - Hayashibara Megumi (Ranma) "Yume no Balloon"


  - Hidaka Noriko (Akane) "Heart Nibun no Naisho"

    Hidaka Noriko was wearing a black outfit and shorts.  She had straight
    hair.  [It was very nice, but I don't think it fits Akane's character.]
    The calls by the crowd went very nicely with the song.

Since these songs were old and almost everyone knew them, the concert
was over very well.  [I think the crowd was louder and more into it in
the second session.]


guest talk
----------
After the individual concerts, the seiyuu guests sat down in chairs and
had a talk session.  They sat down from left to right: emcee, Hayashi-
bara Megumi, Hidaka Noriko, Yamaguchi Kappei, Kusao Takeshi, Sakuma Rei,
and Inoue Kikuko.  Inoue Kikuko was wearing a white blouse, beige vest,
and a long wine-red colored skirt.

They talked about: [In totally random order, cuz I forgot..  I hope my
memory comes back to me later. - H.Doi]

Valentines' Day chocolates

Inoue Kikuko brought a lot to a recording studio, but some unexpected
people were there so she didn't have enough.  So she just "waratte
gomakasu" (smiled it off).

Kusao Takeshi got some heart shaped chocolates in the mail, but they
were cracked.  He didn't know if the girl had cracked it before sending,
or if it cracked in the mail.  He suggested that girls don't send heart
shaped chocolates through the mail.

During the recording for "Fukuzatsu na Ryouomoi", all five DoCo girls
got together at the recording studio.  (For the other songs, they were
all recorded separately.) Since it was a "live" version, they had to put
in the yells and such.  Inoue Kikuko knew that if she tried to sing and
yell like the others, nobody would hear her.  Also it wouldn't be Kasumi
is she yelled too loudly.  So she tried to laugh and talk whenever there
was a gap in the music.  Also the other girls were singing and yelling
as if they were in a large concert hall.  Kikuko was talking as if she
was in a small event hall.  The other girls said that it was very funny
watching Kikuko during the recording.

Inoue Kikuko had thought about how she can cosplay Kasumi.  Since she
only needed an apron, she thought, "How economical."


presents
--------
After the talk session Yamaguchi Kappei and Kusao Takeshi remained for
the presents session.  In this session, they asked various questions
about Ranma 1/2, and gave out presents for correct answers.  (Since so
many people raised their hands for each question, the odds of getting
chosen were very low.)


DoCo concert
------------
After the presents session, there was a special DoCo concert.  (Takayama
Minami wasn't there so it was actually DoCo minus Nabiki.) They stood
from left to right: Shampoo, Akane, Ranma, Kasumi.  Sakuma Rei was in a
yellow idol-ish dress.  Inoue Kikuko was in a white blouse, a long skirt
that went up to the chest area, and slippers.

They sang "Fukuzatsu na Ryouomoi" and "Kare".  They sang their respec-
tive parts, and also covered for Nabiki's lines.

At the beginning of "Kare", each girl said their monologue lines.
Nabiki's line was prerecorded.


final message
-------------
There was an "encore" call, but the guests just came out and gave a
final message.

--
Hitoshi Doi, Toshi Nibunnoichi                                  doi@tcp.com
half a UFO catcher doll, half a cel          801 tactical training squadron
http://www.tcp.com/doi/doi.html                             toshi@win.or.jp