FictionJunction Club Live Best 20 2016 ~ goods unboxing

The FictionJunction Club Live was a live I would have loved to have gone to. Kajiura Yuki + FictionJunction vocalists + Kalafina + FBM all performing the Top 20 songs that were voted in by fans, sounds really awesome, yah? :)  Unfortunately, I cannot fly to Japan twice in a month. I can't afford that and I was already committed to going to my friend's wedding in Japan at the end of March.  Hence, best I could do was Yuki Kajiura Vol.13 in Osaka on the 27th March. And I am grateful that the gods of music at least made it possible for me to attend one live during my upcoming trip. :)

Kajiura Yuki ~ animate.tv interview about SAO's music

【ニュース】ライブはなによりの「ご褒美」──梶浦由記の思い描くアニメ『ソードアート・オンライン』音楽のセカイ #sao_anime https://t.co/okAxfz6BYU pic.twitter.com/Az0w0C4w3V

— アニメイトTV公式 (@animate_tv) March 18, 2016

This interview popped up on twitter with amazingly good timing. LOL
It's been a pretty light end to the work day today and I've spent it mostly listening to Kajiura Yuki's music.  I think I am really working up quite a huge anticipation for the Yuki Kajiura vol.13 Sword Art Online live in Osaka next Sunday. :)  I really can't wait for it now.... I will still miss Keiko dearly.... but with less intensity than when I first read the news that she will have to give the Vol.13 lives a miss. :)

It's in Japanese of course.  And will take me a while to get through.  :P

cheers

Ieiri Leo ~ Bokutachi no Mirai - new single announce

Ieiri Leo (家入レオ) announced today that she'll be releasing another single in on 11th May.  :) Unlike most of her past announces, the cover art and a short version MV was not released with this announce.  They did release an image though, the one above and it seems to be quite different from her past image.  She's looking less rocker and more feminine.

flumpool ~ WHAT ABOUT EGGS - live in Singapore

flumpool returns to Singapore for a live!! YAY!!

[ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ]FLUMPOOL RETURNS!!!After 2 years, flumpool is making their return to Southeast Asia for a special concert as part of their newest tour "WHAT ABOUT EGGS?"!Taking place at MILLIAN SINGAPORE, the concert promises to be one of the best, supported by MILLIAN's top-notch lighting and sound system.Don't miss this chance to catch flumpool in an intimate livehouse setting, right here in Southeast Asia!------flumpool tour 2016 「WHAT ABOUT EGGS?」 ～Singapore Special～Date:Saturday, 23 July 2016Time:Show starts 8.00 pm / Doors open 7.00 pmVenue:MILLIAN3 Sentosa Gateway #01-05 Singapore 098544(Located at St James Power Station. Use the link bridge on Level 2 of Vivocity.)Tickets:* Premium VIP*Price: $198/ticket(Limited number of tickets only!)Includes:- Exclusive Autographed poster- Receive poster personally from Members- Entry into VIP area for concert (right in front of the stage, with the best viewing position)* General Admission *Price: $68/ticketIncludes:- Entry into GA area for concert*Tickets on sale from 23 April 2016 at Peatix.More details will be announced at a later date.
Posted by Amuse Inc. Asia on Tuesday, 15 March 2016

It's likely that I will try and go for this live. :)  Okay, can't blog much now. Back to work. :)

Kalafina x Tanimura Shinji ~ Alcira no Hoshi - unboxing

アルシラの星 is Kalafina's newest song and is a collaboration with Tanimura Shinji ( 谷村新司) who is a veteran singer-songwriter.  They collaborated with spectacular success on an episode of Music Fair in 2015.  Well, at least I thought they sounded great together. :)

This is a very simple release.  There are two versions, the RE and the LE.  The RE just comes with one CD and the LE comes with a CD+DVD which contains the music video.

Ieiri Leo ~ Hello to the World - RE Edition (WANT TO SELL)

I have decided to sell the Regular Edition of 家入レオ"s "Hello to the World".  I wouldn't have minded keeping it usually but I'm going off for a visit to Japan soon and I've got more expenses coming up, so I have decided to try and save some more money for now, even though it's not that much.  Still every penny counts. :)

I'm keeping the LE (Type B) edition of course. :)  If you would like to see that unboxing and some of my thoughs on the single, CLICK ME.  The Regular Edition should be similar, just with different photos and minus the 2nd CD which means the jewel case will also be different.

Ieiri Leo ~ Hello to the World - LE (TypeB) unboxing

And finally, the unboxing for Ieiri Leo's (家入レオ) "Hello to the World". :)  I had hoped to get to this last night so that I could do the FictionJunction Club Live goods and maybe some ufotable related post today but that never happened.  I came back and crashed out after dinner so I think those will have to wait a bit.  First, I'll do Ieiri's CD first. :)

Ieiri Leo ~ Hello to the World - unboxing (preview)

My Ieiri Leo "Hello to the World" CDs actually arrived last Thursday and I meant to do the unboxing earlier except it was an exceptionally busy weekend of me.  So I thought I'll do them on Monday after work but I woke up on Monday with a temperature which refused to go back to normal for three and a half days.

After two visits to the doctor, one blood test and a ton of medication later, I think I'm finally on my way back to being healthy again.  It's not there yet.  This is one nasty virus.  BUT the good news is, it's NOT dengue!!!! :)  Yes, I think we all worried it was dengue because it's been a bit of a problem in Singapore for a while now.

FictionJunction Club Live Best 20 2016 ~ goods (preview)

I got lucky. I have friends who went to this live. So at least I got some goods even though this was a live that was impossible for me to go to. :(

Someday I hope to go to one of these Best 20 lives.  But this is only the second time they've done this. I have no idea when they'll do it again.  I hope I get lucky with my schedule in the future.

Unfortunately, I was already committed to go to Kalafina's "far on the water" SP Final lives in Jan and more importantly, I have a very good friend's wedding to attend on 1st April in Okinawa.  This meant that I could never afford the leave or the cost of another trip to Japan, no matter how short I try and make it. :'(  This also means that the Kalafina Spring Strings live are also out of my reach. :'(

FictionJunction Club Live 2016 ~ goods announce

Oh! Kajiura Yuki herself made the goods announce on twitter this morning. :)

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I am so loving the design right now. I like that bicycle motif that they used. Everything looks pretty to me. :)