angela ~ Kishi Koshin Kyoku - (Knights of Sidonia theme songs) CD release

Continuing from my blog post below about angela's Soukyuu no Fafner releases, angela also has two more upcoming releases.

There is the Kishi Koshin Kyoku single release.  This will contain the two new theme songs from the Knights of Sidonia anime franchise.  angela also sang the first theme song, for Season 1 of the anime.  That was an awesome song.  For those of you who may not know the song Sidonia, you might want to check out the YouTube video of the short version of the PV below.



I have this single but haven't shot photos of it for the blog because my in autographed and it's a personalized autographed with my name too and I would still like to maintain a level of privacy online, so yeah... no photo of that autograph. :)  I got it last year at Anime Festival Asia 2014 in Singapore.  I bought two CDs so that I would be able to attend two autograph sessions with angela. :D

Anyway, back to Kishi Koshin Kyoku.

angela ~ Soukyuu no Fafner "exist" / "Complete Best Album" -- un-boxings

Finally, I have a little time to blog tonight. :)  I had to put in a little OT tonight but it wasn't too late and I'm not too tired, so I will write at least one post tonight. :)  This post will be picture heavy and hopefully text light. :)

FINALLY.... my un-boxing posts on two angela releases.  Both these releases aren't really that new any more.  They were both released on the 11th Febuary, but I didn't have time to do it then and I would like to do it because I like angela. :)

Kalafina and angela live in Thailand for Anime Festival Asia Thailand 2015 :)

Rejoice Thai fans of Kalafina and angela !!! Anime Festival Asia has just announced that Kalafina will be attending the first AFA Thailand.



I kinda suspected that Kalafina would go because so far they've been to all the countries that AFA's been to once, including the one and only time there was AFAMY so far.

OMG I sooooooo want to go..... but I don't know if I can get leave and whether I have the money to go.

Arrrgggh.... back to work.... so busy. :(

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official website link.  CLICK ME.

angela ~ "exist" music video full version begins streaming for 100 hrs only

Calling all angela fans!! :)

angela's official YouTube channel has begun streaming the FULL VERSION of their soon to be released song "exist" (OP for Soukyuu no Fafner: EXODUS).  Make sure you view this soon because this is will be streamed for 100 hours only.

It'll stream from Feb 2nd at 12:50am to Feb 6th at 4:50am.  I'm assuming that these are JST times.

This is part of the promotion in preparation for the release of the single on the 11th of Feb.

angela streams short version of "Exist" (Soukyuu no Fafner: EXODUS OP)

HI!!!!! I'm back!!!!  Well... I'm really not sure how active I will be able to be on the blog at this point in time. I've been extremely busy at work with a shot that is proving to be more difficult to finish than I hoped. :(  Also, I'm determined to try and prepare myself better for many of the new challenges ahead this year at work.  This means a word that so many Singaporeans seem to dread.... UPGRADE!!! :)  Well, I firmly believe in the Chinese saying "活 到 老，学 到 老"  so I don't really have a problem with it but it also means that a large portion of my time will have to be spent on tutorials and practice.  Ganbarimasu!! :)

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.

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.

Kalafina, angela to perform at Lisani! Live 5, Jan 2015

【リスアニ！LIVE-5出演者】1/24（土）：アイドルマスター シンデレラガールズ／藍井エイル／angela／GARNiDELiA／黒崎真音／スフィア、1/25（日）Kalafina／KOTOKO／ZAQ／ fripSide／三森すずこ／LiSA 西 #lisani
— リスアニ！編集部 (@Lis_Ani) September 20, 2014

Oh.... Lisani just released a list of artistes that will be performing at Lisani! LIVE-5 next year.  My favourites Kalafina and angela will be performing on the Sunday Stage, 25th Jan 2015. Correction:  Kalafina will be performing on Sunday Stage, 25th Jan 2015.  angela will appear on the 24th Jan, Saturday Stage.  Sorry for the error. :P

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Kalafina was also one of the artistes at Lisani! Live-4 this year in January and their full set can be seen on the Blu-ray that comes with their THE BEST "Blue" Limited Edition album.

Too bad I won't be in Japan in Jan.  It would be nice to attend a big anisong event like this.  I've never been to one.  I hope to one day but one of the criteria will be that Kalafina or Kajiura Yuki/FictionJunction will have to make an appearance too. :P

I'll maybe try and write another post later... but we'll see... it was a very long day at work today.  It was a good day at work, I got a lot done... but I may just decide to crash out... we'll see. :P

Kalafina, angela ~ Animelo Summer Live 2014 ~ Blu-ray release announced

今年もアニサマがNHK BSプレミアムにて放送決定！ 2015年春には、アニサマ2014のBlu-rayの発売も決定！！ 詳細は後日公式サイトにてお知らせいたします。 http://t.co/8GcmM4hoNz　#anisama
— アニメロサマーライブ公式 (@anisama) August 31, 2014

As usual, my main interest in all things anisong still revolves mainly around Kajiura Yuki, her vocal projects (FictionJunction and Kalafina) and angela.  Both Kalafina and angela performed on the second day of the world's largest anime concert event, Anisama.

The official twitter account for Anisama, Animelo Summer Live tweeted that this year's Anisama will once again air on NHK BS premium channel.  The official website did not state any dates yet.  Details will only be released later.  They also tweeted that they intend to release the blu-ray of the event.  The BD is set for a Spring 2015 release.  More details of that release will also be released later.

Lucky for me both Kalafina and angela performed on the same day which means that if I do pick this release up, I will only need to pick up day 2 of the live which is the live on 30th August. :)  What really helps sweeten it for me is that Flow also performed on the same day and I've had good feelings for them since I saw them live at AFA twice previously.

Let's hope that Kalafina's songs will be released on this BD.  SMEJ sometimes can be really controlling when it comes to their artists...so who knows.   If they aren't included in this BD, then I'm unlikely to pick it up at all.

Hikaru wrote in an entry on Kalafina's official blog that they sang the following songs and did one MC.

to the beginning
君の銀の庭
--MC--
heavenly blue

They also performed in the last two songs at the event RE:BRIDGE～Return to oneself～ and ONENESS, as did angela and all the other artistes at the live.

angela's setlist is below:

Different colors Shangri-La シドニア They also sang 儚くも永久のカナシ (Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi) with Kuribayashi Minami.

Hikaru also included another cute photo of both Kalafina and angela backstage at the event. :)

Go to Hikaru's original post on Kalafina's official blog for more photos of the trio as well as a write up on their experience at Anisama 2014.  Keiko's and Wakana's comments are also included.  CLICK ME.

Okay.... off to bed, it looks like it's going to be a tough week as well as a pretty crazy end to this year for me.  It looks like I might get ridiculously busy.... ganbarimasu!!!!!  For now though... oyasumi. :P

Kalafina & angela ~ awesome photo of them from Anisama 2014 :)

angelaと実は仲良し！？ 海外公演でご一緒する方が多いのかも？ 尊敬するKalafinaの Wakanaさん、Keikoさん、Hikaruさんと。 #また俺ハーレム pic.twitter.com/VBEwvhLLqG
— KATSU (@angela_KATSU) August 30, 2014

Two of my favourites!!! :)

Kalafina and angela in the same photo from a tweet from angela's Katsu.  He just tweeted it and I happen to be going through twitter.  Cool!!!

Okay... enough fan girling... I have stuff I need to get done. :(  Enjoy the photo!! :)

Kalafina, angela ~ another No Anison, No Life poster !! :)

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Oh... two of my favourite anisong artists in the same poster.  So cool... I want this poster too!! :P

Kalafina, angela ~ in another No Anison, No Life poster :)

アニサマ×タワレココラボ『NO ANISON, NO LIFE.』ポスター第3弾を8/11より掲出。atsuko[ angela]さん、いとうかなこさん、奥井雅美さん、Kalafinaのお三方によるエレガントな1枚! #anisama pic.twitter.com/co6zD9GbNQ
— タワーレコード アニメ (@TOWER_Anime) August 12, 2014

Tower Records Japan tweeted the 3rd poster in the series of posters in the Tower Records and the Animelo collaboration. :)  To see the other poster in this series. CLICK ME.

I like this poster!!! Arrrghhhh... I want it. :P 

Kalafina and angela in 「Animelo Summer Live 2014 -ONENESS-」 Poster

タワレコとアニサマが今年もコラボ！angela、いとうかなこ、Kalafina、JAM Project出演の撮り下ろしコラボポスター第1弾は7/19～タワレコ全店で掲出スタート★http://t.co/71BMrl5Lfe pic.twitter.com/iltjBNbkfb
— タワーレコードインフォメーション (@TOWER_Info) July 17, 2014

 Here's a short follow up post to this post.  CLICK ME. In that post, Katsu from angela tweeted that angela and Kalafina was at a photo shoot in what looked like a Tower Records.  I couldn't remember then and was too lazy to look it up then but here it is now.  The completed poster for the "No Anison, No Life" poster.  It's Tower Records and collaboration with Animelo Summer Live, the largest anisong festival in Japan.  This year's festival will take place over a 3 day period on the 29th-30th August and both angela and Kalafina will be performing at this festival.

Here's the poster. :)  The others in the poster are JAM Project and Itou Kanako.  There will be a series of 4 posters which will go on display in Tower Records.  This is the first of the 4 and is scheduled to be displayed at all Tower Records and TOWERmini stores till the 1st Aug. :)

angela's Katsu's Kalafina tweet :) and a little bit about the K movie premiere

まだまだあるよ。小出しにしてくよ Kalafinaさんとangela pic.twitter.com/YaXDS6Ku2K
— KATSU (@angela_KATSU) June 16, 2014

Actually, this is kind of an old tweet from Katsu from angela but I didn't have time to talk about it then so here's a belated post about it. :)  While I'm a bigger FictionJunction and Kalafina fan, I also really like angela and listen to a lot of their songs quite regularly.  I also own several of their singles and albums... hmmmm.... I think maybe I should do some un-boxings of their albums someday.  I actually shot some photos once for an unboxing of the limited edition version of the Zero album but never got around to doing that un-boxing... maybe I should go dig around for them and do a belated un-boxing. :)

This photo of two of my favourite anisong artists together makes me smile. :)

I can't remember where I read it.  It was either in one of the tweets from Katsu or Atsuko from angela or maybe it was on Kalafina's blog... I really don't remember... but I think they were in the midst of a photo-shoot for an anisong event poster or something like that... I don't really remember any more. :P  Gomen. :P

I saw the K: Missing Kings anime movie over the weekend.  It's pretty much a strictly for fans of the anime series kind of movie.  I'm not a huge fan of the series so I thought the movie was okay...but from all the (annoying) squealing in the cinema hall, I think the fans really enjoyed it. :)

My photos of the location of the première screening (Orchard Cineleisure) and the kinda disappointing goodie bag.  Yeah... it was merely a paper bag and a packet of tissue. I guess, if you're a big fan, you'll like it but since we weren't big fans of the franchise we were a little disappointed. :(

    

p.s. I did like angela's song though.  I'm been toying with the idea of buying the single that contains "Different Colors", the theme song for this K movie or the Knights of Sidonia theme song single.  I haven't decided yet if I'll pick these up or wait for the next album.  Hmmmm....