Your Nana Firsts

[replaymachine]

Well we've all met Nana in different situations, whether it be anime or random videos online. Then let's discuss your first impressions after seeing/hearing her. Me first:

First song:

My first real exposure to Nana's voice. I really like the voice singing in the background in Utau's cms so I was like "what's that song? Who's the singer? I want it." I downloaded Black Diamond and it was great! I tried downloading Meikyuu Butterfly, though it didn't leave that much impression so I deleted it ^^;; I like the diverse version better.

First live:

Not so sure with this but it's probably Shin ai, Kouhaku. I remember I was like "oooh, so she CAN sing"...but then it was cut short >_> So I searched for others and that put her in my to-watch-list though at that time, I'm still branding her as "ordinary."

First time seeing her:

She looks above average. At least she's better looking than other seiyuu I've seen. If it weren't for her bunny teeth, she would be really pretty.

First time seeing her outside of lives:

That Nanoha video with her playing janken against Tamura Yukari. My first thought was "She's wearing many rings and she's trendy." She kinda reminded me of Mamiko Noto.

First time hearing her speaking voice:

Smile gang punishment game 2009. A bit surprised to hear that she has a low speaking voice when she can sing those high notes in Shin ai. And she gave me the impression that she's kinda the shy type in real life which is surprising when she's doing lives left and right. I was expecting a loud and boisterous person lol.

And so what about you? Share your impressions/reactions as you slowly discover and be charmed by Nana.

[amelala]

1st of all i no her by Naurto *Hinata* "who in the world this person can make a cute voice ^.^;;" n i got interest only in 2009

First song:
Innocent Starter PV *random pick* this straight away it caught my heart XP then went to watch Nanoha >.<

First live:
Fever X Diamond havent come out....so i think its...either Live Fighter or Live Formula...could been even Livedom -Birth- XD....because i was random watching n listening her songs to speed up knowing her songs :^^; but quite surprise that this person is energetic *too energetic lol*

First time seeing her:
stary eyes** *.* i seeing stars lol XD but when come to Etsuraku Camellia PV, 1st nosebleed n slap myself thinking "EK! ERO!!!"

First time seeing her outside of lives:
cant remember but its 2009 but i cant believe a 29 yr old -now 32 - *looking like a small child* can voice act those characters :^^;

First time hearing her speaking voice:
not surprise that her normal voice is low *since i also a girl who can change from high to low XP*

[haksaw]

Already wrote my story with Nana in introduction thread, so just a few remarks.

First of all, my favorite women's age is actually 30 and it's nice that Nana hit her 30s ^_^ So I don't think she's looking "young" since I don't consider 30 year old women old at the first place If they do look old it's their shortcoming.

Second, I keep hearing her speaking voice is somehow "low". How came? Comparing to "anime voices"? Nana wasn't the first japanese I heard talking normally and her voice is nothing special. Yukarin is another story though (reeeally I had to search for more of her talkings to make sure she wasn't kidding) ;D

[Sai]

First song:

My very very first Nana song is... still a mystery, actually. It was a performance from LIVE MUSEUM that an... acquaintance sent me, telling me Nana reminded her of Ayu. I remember she was wearing fairy wings in the performance but I haven't seen LIVE MUSEUM yet so I still don't know which song was my first Nana experience :XD

I remember not thinking it was too great though. The first Nana songs I had on my computer were BRAVE PHOENIX and Pray, sent to me by my friend, and I didn't care much for either of them to be honest. I'm still not a huge fan of Pray.

First live:
Same as above, I don't really know XD One day I'll watch LIVE MUSEUM and finally find out which performance it was. The first full Nana concert I watched though was LIVE FIGHTER.

First time seeing her:
I thought she was pretty average. She had a much more natural look that I wasn't used to, being a fan of Ayu/Koda Kumi/Namie Amuro/etc.

First time seeing her outside of lives:
Hmm... I really can't remember. I'm sure it was just some random video I found while YouTube-surfing

First time hearing her speaking voice:
I don't remember my reaction, so I doubt it was a very strong one XD

Just gonna add a few more here, if that's okay... :3

First time hearing her in Anime:
Naturally I'd seen a few anime with her in it already, I just had no idea XD My first was her role in Love Hina as Nyamo-chan, though that was only for one episode and she barely spoke, but I had a song on my computer from that episode that I've had for the past... 7, nearly 8 years now.

First song to really catch your interest:
Astrogation. For a long time I just had BRAVE PHOENIX and Pray on my computer and never bothered pursuing other Nana songs cause I wasn't too fond of those two. But then my friend sent me Astrogation and my mind started to change about Nana~

First full album listened to:
THE MUSEUM. I listened to this while in L.A. (cause I have a tradition of sorts of bringing full albums by artists I don't listen to much along with me on long trips to listen to on the way). I loved so many songs from it, and I think this is what really boosted Nana from just being another singer to one of my preferred artists.

[sevenpetals]

first song:
Tenkuu no Canaria kind of...I had probably heard her sing b4, as shes been in like.. everything, but i never realized it.. or i said "ooh ill google it!" but never did.
When Tales of Symphonia came out i found Colette's voice actor was Nana Mizuki, but still 2 lazy to check who that was... so when the 2nd OP came out for Tales of Symphonia OVAs i LOVED IT! first voice impression is that she had a good mixture of gentle in the verses and powerful in the chorus... her whole vocal tonality seemed to change as she hit the chorus & it blew me away! so i looked it up on the internet and who do i see is the singer.. Nana Mizuki.. i was really confused because i always remember thinking when i was younger that Nana Mizuki was like a teenage singer/voice actor whenever i saw her name pop up in credits and stuff... since Hinata+Colette had such gentle high voices.
First Live:
Live Formula
sorry for being so late in the game X_X
I found an amazing youtube video of her singing Eternal Blaze live here.... i honestly believe its the song she sings best live that is 100% perfect no 1 can match her singing it live. she does it flawlessly, so this song gave me high standards... so i bought rest of formula and to this day her performance of Eternal Blaze is always spot on ^^

First Time Seeing her:
Thought she was really cute and that she had a great smile i also noticed her teeth, but ive gotten over them now haha

First time seeing her outside of her lives:
TBH im not sure i can say i have X_X other then like... award ceremonies and stuff... can any1 direct me to something out there?

First time hearing her speaking voice:
Shocked! i knew voice actors(esp seiyuus) were bound to have different voices then there various characters, but i expected hers to remain high pitched. I still like to think Nana is an Alto (if that) with amazing falsetto and high note control if anything not a soprano basically XD. Hearing her in interviews i think all her voice acting gets to her because from times she sounds natural and low(in comparison) but sometimes she phrases her sentences very.... anime like and with alot of emotion so her voice tends to get higher, while the guy interviewing her (its usually a guy in my experience) responds so emotionlessly that it bothers me, except when they say things like sou desu ne? or ehhh... etc etc things you hear in anime that are exaggerated by guys.... so stereotypes lol

adding this!!
First album i bought - Ultimate Diamond... after listening to Tenkuu no Canaria for a LONG time i decided to try new things so i went ahead and bought the album. First song was Etsuraku Camellia, which I wasn't too fond off, expecting things like Tenkuu no Canaria - very strong vocalled pop songs with good lyrics ^^
It had a lot of vibrato as i remember and was kind of rock-like... so i was kind of turned off at first
Maria and Joker was good, and it showed another side to her voice that i didnt know...
anyway to not make this an album review, basically every song was like 5/10 until i got to Astrogation...
I was cleaning as i listened to these songs, so i was half paying attentoin, but i had to stop everything and replay Astrogation and Dancing in the Velvet Moon over and over until i was convinced this album was worth buying then i relistened to the album for about a week casually until i fell in love with every song... since that day i love every song shes ever released except like 1... uhm Shounen has a catchy chorus, but rest of the song sucks to me D: NOT live tho!!

Sorry in advance for the long jumbled posts

[replaymachine]

^lol You can fangirl/boy and ramble all you want if it's about Nana^^

Maybe you could try watching her shassu videos in youtube. Nana and Fukuen Misato's combo is really funny. It's not subbed though.

Or if you haven't watched the Nanoha lyrical party clip yet:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJa1q6wiONA

That one has english subtitle.