■ AM KOBE Award
おジャ魔女カーニバル！！

■ Judge's Comment
Hello everybody, I am Kouhei Tanaka. "青春ラジメニア" is a great radio show, and I've known Iwasaki-san, one of the show's personalities, a long time. One of ラジメニア's policies is that an animation theme song ought to be something that was written specially for that animation work. This isn't to dis tie-ups, but it does mean that songs written specifically for certain works are best. I totally agree with this way of thinking. When listeners were asked to send in their votes for the AM KOBE Award from July through mid-August, "Ojamajo Carnival!! " got the most votes, followed by "Turn A Turn," with "TANK！" in third place, "HI！HO！" in fourth, and "戦士よ超ちあがれ！" in fifth place... Hey, wait a minute, none of my songs are in there! (Audience laughs) Not one of the top five songs was a tie-up song. Now I'd been planning to pitch a fit if a tie-up song won first place (audience laughs), but as that wasn't the case, the award naturally went to the people's choice, "Ojamajo Carnival!!" And now for a sudden announcement: I will be stepping down from the Judging Committee next year. The reason? Because next year, I plan to win this award myself! (Audience applauds)
■ 〜MAHODO Interview〜


青春ラジメニア personalities Kazuo Iwasaki and Kaori Minami interview MAHODO.
Chiba： Hi, I'm Chiemi Chiba of MAHODO.
Akitani： I'm Tomoko Akitani.
Matsuoka： And I'm Yuki Matsuoka.
Iwasaki： Do you play Doremi, Chiba-san?
Chiba： My disposition actually tends to be rather on the dark and gloomy side, so I never expected to get such a perky part, but apparently I've started talking like Doremi in real life lately, which is bringing me a lot of digs from Hazuki-chan.
Matsuoka： Doremi tends to make a mess of things, and that seems to have taken over Chiemi lately, so you hear her saying things like, "Dowaah!" a lot.
Iwasaki： And that makes her perky?
All three： ... (laugh)
Matsuoka： Well, what can I say? She's got a lot of sides to her...

Iwasakai： And what about you, Matsuoka-san? Your character's pretty intense.
Matsuoka： Yeah, a real Osaka type! Aiko's supposed to be from Kansai and living in Tokyo, and I live in Osaka myself. We have lots of stuff in common. The only difference is, Aiko's really good at all kinds of sports, while I'm a total klutz.

Minami： What?! I saw you dancing backstage. A Morning Musume routine! (audience laughs)
Matsuoka： We'll be doing a play on the 17th at HEP Hall. It'll just be one show, but we hope you'll come.
Iwasaki： What about you, Akitani-san?
Akitani： "おジャ魔女どれみ" was my first job as a voice actress, so I was really happy to get it. My own personality's a lot like Hazuki-chan's, kind of spacey, so it's an easy character to play.
Matsuoka: Her head really is in the clouds!
Iwasaki： Hmm, so the three of you are really three different types. Now, this year is the first time this award is being given.
MAHODO： That's right!
Chiba： So, we came up with a little plot just now when we were backstage...
Iwasaki： What plot?
MAHODO：The AM KOBE Award is given by a radio station, right? But we don't have a radio show...
Iwasaki and Minami： Right.
Iwasaki：I, Kazuo Iwasaki, as deputy chief of Radio Kansai's News Production Division, have most definitely understood that request.
MAHODO：Yay!

Iwasaki and Minami： Now, let's hear a performance of the first song ever to win the AM KOBE Award: Here is MAHODO, with "おジャ魔女カーニバル!!"