良いお年を :)

This is the last day of 2014 and perhaps a little quiet self reflection is in order. It's been a busy and tiring year and not one that didn't come with its own share of problems. It was actually a pretty tumultuous year at work and the first half of the year was particularly difficult. Thankfully, workwise, the year ended kind of okay. I am certain the coming year will come with other challengers at work and I am hopeful that I will be able to handle them...hopefully better than I handled them this year. :)

Funnily enough, I actually wrote the most number of posts this year than I have ever written in a single year. :) Who would have thought that I would have been able to do that given that I didn't travel out of the country this year. I tend to write more when I travel.

Merry Christmas Everyone! And a little anisong themed video fr. Aniplus :)

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Here's a little Merry Christmas video from Aniplus HD. :)  One of my favourites, angela, is in there too!! And there's Kitamura Eri whom I completely approve of once I found out that she likes metal music too. :P

Back to work... so hard to work during the hols. :P

My obsessions in one video. :P

Apparently Google does these year in pictures type things too.  I thought it was only Facebook.  Well, this video summarises quite well all my obsessions.  LOL!!

Well, I need to get some work done.  Procrastinated all day. *sweat

For now... Merry Christmas to all who drop by and check out my blog. :)  Have a good Christmas and a great 2015. :)

cheers :)

Edit:
hmmmm...you may need a google+ account to view that video, i think. Well...while i dont think anyone else besides me is really that interested in it...still...i thought i would download it from google+ and upload it into youtube, if not it feels kind of incomplete. :)

Ninomiya Ai tweets about Kalafina on Utage!

Kalafinaさんと、レリゴー🎤❄️⛄️💕 楽しかったです🙌✨ pic.twitter.com/fqcEXEX0Mw
— 二宮 愛-Ai Ninomiya- (@aininomiya) December 22, 2014

I am mobile blogging from my phone right now. Will be on the move quite a bit today so will not be able to try and hunt last night's Utage! episode down.

According to Ninomiya Ai, who sang a cover of Frozen's Let it Go, Kalafina sang that song together with her? (TBH I don't really have time to check if that is her official twitter account...will do that when I can. :) )

Scandal back in Singapore in 2015 :)

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Scandal added three more countries to their world tour on the 5th Dec but I was so busy with AFA2014 that I missed the announce.  I saw them live at SCAPE once in March 2013 and it was fun. :)  I would like to go again. :)  Need to put even more money aside now because I would also like to go to AAA's live in Singapore and they are coming on the 4th April next year.

It looks like it's going to be a busy half of the year in 2015 for us J-music lovers in SG. :)  The Lantis Matsuri will be in SG on the 28th Mar and I already have tickets to that.  Then there's AAA in April.  :)  And Scandal will start their world tour in Jan next year, so it's likely that the SG leg will be in the first half of the year.  So far it looks like it'll probably be in May but it's still TBA for now.

Okay.... now I really need to knuckle down and get a ton of work done. :P

Other souces:
JaME World
SMEJ

Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.11 elemental Tour 2014 ~ FictionJunction DVD tokuten pictures

You probably can tell that I've been kind of busy lately.  This will probably continue for a while. :(

But I thought I'll post this up anyway since it's really short. :)

My friend in Japan has received the FictionJunction DVD tokuten that I asked her to help me mail away for. :)  It was a little troublesome and we had to deal with some hiccups but in the end it all worked out well.

I asked her if she'll kindly shoot a photo of it and she shot three.  Obviously, I haven't seen it since it's still in Japan.  I also didn't want to trouble her, so there are no photos of the DVD itself.  I won't be able to pick this up from her till February next year  :(  For now, I will have to be content with three photos of it, one of which is actually a photo of the envelope it came in. :P

Kalafina & Kajiura Yuki ~ more live goods listed on CDJapan & Animate Christmas Fair

First, let me just start of with posting this picture of the Kalafina Christmas postcard that Animate will be giving out in Japan for those who purchase any Kalafina item in their store from the 17th to the 25th Dec.  This is part of their Animate Christmas Fair promotion.  Well, it's unlikely that I will be able to get this postcard. :(  So I'll just gaze at this image longingly. :P

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Also, CDJapan quite a few live goods items for both Kajiura Yuki and Kalafina.  This is awesome news for international fans since CDJapan is very international fan friendly. :)

Kalafina ~ Christmas Box

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Also, a few days ago, Kalafina announced the release of their Christmas Box.  The box will include Christmas ornaments that each of the vocalists produced.  This seems to have become a standard release from them each Christmas since this is their third Christmas ornament released, if I remember correctly.  The ornaments will be 8x8 cm in dimension and will be made of metal.

BUT get this, this year, they aren't just releasing the ornaments.  They will be releasing a Kalafina blanket too and this will be part of the Christmas Box.  The blanket will be brown and will measure 60 x 90 cm.  The portion with the tag will be 6 x 3.5 cm.

Kalafina ~ good ranking on mora's yearly download chart & more Utage!

It's been a really good year for Kalafina and although this news has been making it's rounds in the last week, I would still like to write about it because it makes me happy. :)

Kalafina ~ Budokan live, standing only tickets now available

Ah.... it's been an exhausting week.  The Anime Festival Asia 2014 over the weekend was pretty awesome for me but I was really tired from that and then it was right back to work.  I think it must have been the lack of a proper rest that made me sick again, hence, few updates on the blog. :(  Still, there are a couple of things I've been wanting to blog about.  It's not quite hot off the press any more but I would still like to write about it. :)

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Well, it seems like tickets to Kalafina's live at the Budokan are selling well. :)  YAY!!! General sale tickets went on sale today.  Before the went on sale, SMEJ and Kalafina's official website released a statement saying that they will also be offering "standing" tickets for the live because tickets to the live were selling well. :)

Kalafina ~ Animelo Summer Live 2014 Oneness - screen captures

I just saw the clip of them singing "Kimi no Gin no Niwa" at the Animelo Summer Live 2014 Oneness live at the Saitama Super Arena earlier this year.  They screened it this past weekend on NHK.

OMG.... they sounded beautiful!! :)

I have to dash to work very soon.  But I did a few screen captures.  They only aired one of the Kalafina songs, I guess it's because they would like you to buy the BD too. :)  Kalafina also sang "To the Beginning" and "Heavenly Blue".

Attack on Titan live action film to screen in Singapore

Encore Films announced early this morning that the Attack on Titan films will screen in Singapore! :)

Many happy Japanese film / anime fans in Singapore now. :)

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Anime Festival Asia 2014

OMG .... I am beyond tired. Now on the train heading home..... So tired but so happy. This has been one of the best AFAs for me ever and the only reason why it isn't perfect is that Kajiura Yuki, FictionJunction and Kalafina didn't come this year. :p

For me though, it was two autograph sessions with angela, the Titan gear try-out, the Aniplus HD Psycho Pass booth, the Niconico Kunikaigi area....and of course, the Anisong Lives!!!!!!!!!

angela was reallllllllly awesome on Day 1. Super super super high that night. They sang so many good songs like, Shangri-la, boku ja nai, asu e no brilliant road etc and the awesome Sidonia of course. People were so pumped up and singing along etc....really awesome!! I still hope that one day they will sing End of the World live. It really is still my favourite angela song.

Psycho-Pass film to screen in Singapore!!!!!

Ok... I lied... I forgot that I wanted to post time up too before I sleep because I'm super excited about this. :)

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The Psycho-Pass film will screen in the cinema in SG.  OMG!!!!! Sooooooo happy!!! Things keep looking better and better for anime fans in SG!!!! :)

AFA this year has so far been GREAT!!!!!!!!!  And Lantis Festival next year, AAA next year, Psycho-Pass film next year.... Idol Master film, Anohana film, Madoka Magica: Rebellion film in cinemas now.... Initial D film, Doraemon film.... pretty awesome, yah? :P

Okay..... now..... I will sleep......zzzzzzzzzzz......

AAA coming to Singapore!!!!

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I am SOOOOOOO tired from two very fun and full days at the Anime Festival Asia 2014.  Sooooo fun!!!!!

I had to miss the Niconico stream of Fate/Stay Night [UBW] tonight because I could not get back in time.  Will watch the timeshift later.  Now, I am too tired.

BUT, even though I am super tired, I really wanted to go... OMG!!!!! WOW!!! Attack All Around is coming to SG?!?!?!

I want to go!!!!!!  Will try and go...
The post from Avex doesn't mention how to buy tickets or when they'll be available.  I'm really too tired to try and find out..... crashing..... need sleep.... will be back at AFA2014 tomorrow for the I Love Anisong live.... so need sleep.  I'll try and find out more on Monday night if Avex doesn't post anything else on FB.  For now.... oyasumi!!!! :)

Animelo Summer Live 2014 - ONENESS ~ BD - Kalafina in Day 2 BD :)

「Animelo Summer Live 2014 -ONENESS-」のBlu-ray発売が2015年3月25日（水）に決定！総勢56組のアーティストによるアニサマ2014の模様を各日Blu-ray2枚組完全収録 #anisama pic.twitter.com/XpGLpBiBi1
— アニメロサマーライブ公式 (@anisama) December 4, 2014

Okay... so it's official, footage of Kalafina at the Animelo Summer Live 2014 - ONENESS Day 2 will be on the Day 2 BD. :)  My other favourite, angela, will be on this BD too. :)

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This will be a two disc set and is scheduled for a 25th March 2015 release. :)

Also... it's 5th Dec now... Happy Birthday Keiko!!!  Yeah, it's Kalafina's Keiko's birthday today.  :)

Okay, that's it from me for today.... I will be attending 3 days of the Anime Festival Asia 2014 this year and I need to pack my stuff and catch some shut-eye because the next three days will be long days. :)

Good night. :)

Anime Festival Asia 2014 ~ getting excited! :)

I have to admit that when I first heard the lineup of the artistes that were coming down for the I Love Anisong concert that year, I was quite disappointed.  I guess every year that Kalafina or Kajiura Yuki  / FictionJunction's name doesn't show up, I go through a few weeks of moping. :'(  So this year, no Kalafina again and we've yet to see Kajiura Yuki and/or FictionJunction grace our shores. :'(

The biggest thing that helped me get over that huge disappointment was that angela is coming down, YAY!!!, and I think the likelihood of them singing "Sidonia", the theme song for "Knights of Sidonia" is extremely high.  And there is a good reason why I say that. :)  One of the featured animes for this year is "Knights of Sidonia".  I haven't finished the series yet but I like what I've watched so far and I LOVE angela's theme song for the anime.

Aniplex Movie Festival ~ Idol Master, Anohana, Madoka Magica: Rebellion movies to screen in SG

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It's going to a pretty awesome month for anime fans in Singapore.  The Anime Festival Asia 2014 is coming up this weekend and I wanted to write about it but I didn't have time to.  Maybe just a little in the post after this... but for now... check this out. :)

Aniplex will be running a movie festival at the Golden Village chain of cinemas in Singapore from the 5th-14th December.  Yeah, some of those days will clash with AFA which will be from 4th Dec (Thursday night) to 7th December. But the Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future will run well into next week so Idol Master fans can still watch the film next week without having to miss AFA.

L'Arc-en-Ciel ~ Over The L'Arc-en-Ciel documentary to screen in Singapore :)

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It's just a short announce for now but for L'Arc-en_Ciel fans in Singapore, Argentina, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mexico and Thailand, this is pretty awesome news. :)   The website doesn't give much more information for now except for the outline of the documentary so I do suggest checking back every so often to find out more info.  

I was at the Singapore live in 2012 and enjoyed myself tremendously. So if I don't have something else I need to do that day, I will most likely go to this screening. :)

Kajiura Yuki ~ Hanako to Anne OST 3 listed / cover art

Oh.... look at what popped up in my email. :)  This is OST3 for the asadora Hanako to Anne.  Kajiura Yuki scored this asadora and I already have OST1 and OST2.  :)

If you wish to check out my un-boxings and comments on those, CLICK ME for OST1 and CLICK ME for OST2.  This is scheduled for a 28th Jan 2015 release.  It also says "kanketsu hen" under the number 3, so I think this should be the final OST that they'll be releasing for this asadora.

I guess I'll be picking this one up too. :)  And if anyone else wants to pick it up too, you are welcome to pick it up from the webstore I almost always use.  CLICK ME.

Okay... back to work... OT today... hopefully I'll have time to come back in spurts during renders or, if I don't return home too late, write up a few more things later.  For now.... cheers. :)