高橋直純 Naozumi Takahashi 《10th Anniversary A’LIVE PLUS+DECADE》 2013 演唱会 [3DVD ISO 21.2GB]

Fifthteenth live DVD of seiyuu and singer Naozumi Takahashi, featuring complete footage of both his ‘A’LIVE 2013 PLUS+’ tour final at Tokyo Dome City Hall on February 3, 2013, as well as the tour start at Sendai darwin on January 12, 2013. Also includes full footage of his set as a guest at the 2012 Shiokaze Ongaku-sai and all the songs he performed at an in-store event for his 10th anniversary. It reached #11 on the Oricon DVD charts.

This is quite a comprehensive set, meant to cap off his 10th anniversary and give a taste of what was to come, and you can notice a pretty immediate boost in ability here compared to prior lives. While Naozumi picked smoking back up prior to 2011’s “MA-X” tour, he had quit again by the time his 2013 tour rolled around (and I believe he’s continued to be smoke-free since then). Between that, getting stricter on a fitness routine, and his desire to start expanding his horizons via trying his hand at more specialized areas (such as choreography and singing in stage musicals), there’s already improvement to be found, and from this point on, a consistent gain in momentum from one tour to the next.

Disc 3 is in my top 10 lives of his (out of over 30 filmed now), only getting pushed out of the top 5 recently, but the other two discs aren’t shabby, either. Recommendations marked below — italic underlines denote songs at least three out of the five people I watched this with agreed were a highlight of the show, bold italic underlines denotes unanimous agreement that a song was a major highlight.