#梶浦由記 #Kalafina Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregotozukai Sound Collection announce

Also, I want to mention quite quickly a recently announced Kajiura Yuki release. Kajiura has been scoring the various episodes of this OVA for a few months now.  I think that the OVA has been fully released, hence the release of this Sound Collection.

I actually know very little about this anime but I did check out a bit of it when it was first release and rather enjoyed the bits of music I heard then.

Some of us may remember that the already released track Kalafina track Marchen is actually one of the theme songs for this anime.  That song was released on the into the world / marchen double A-side release some time back. (for the unboxing post, CLICK ME)

#Kalafina - Hyakka Ryouran - unboxing + comments

Actually this single was released in August and I received it that very week itself.  Normally, I would not wait so long to unbox a Kalafina single.  I usually do it almost immediately but I am SUPER late this time.  :(

I was in the middle of a major crunch at work in August and was working very long hours including weekends for days on end.  In some ways, the work was exciting but in some ways it was exhausting both physically and emotionally so I think I still have mixed feelings about it right now. Haha! :)

Although crunch has ended a few weeks ago, it's taken me that long to recover.  Basically, I just didn't want to do ANYTHING at all and that included blogging.  Yes, even a much delayed Kalafina single couldn't move me.  Funnily enough, it wasn't music that made me finally move my butt to get back to blogging. :P It was actually Japanese dramas that did it.  I decided that I was just going to watch dramas and no tutorials because my brain just didn't want to work.  And one of the dramas I watched was Code Blue Season 3.  OMG!!! I forgot how much I liked Toda Erika till I watched her again in Code Blue.  I completely loved her performance and her character, Hiyama sensei.  That set me on another one of my obsessive quests and this time it was to watch everything she had ever done.  Well, for starters I re-watched SPEC, Liar Game and Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi. And it filled me with a HUGE desire to write about them.  BUT BUT BUT, I can't because I need to do my Kalafina Hyakka Ryouran unboxing first. :P

#Kalafina ~ into the world / メルヒェン - comments

This is a relatively long commentary about Kalafina's 20th single release and will include related thoughts.  It has taken a little longer than I had hoped but I think this release is worth taking the time to mull over and worth taking the time to write a lengthy post about. Yup!  I like it that much.

It's likely that I will start writing this post on Thursday night and end up only finishing and publishing on Friday or Saturday night or maybe even later then that, who knows?  But that's okay, I don't intend to win any prizes for speed. :)  What I hope to do, is to try and put my thoughts clearly into words and share my feelings about a single which I completely adore right now.  Now, let's get started! :).

#Kalafina ~ into the world / メルヒェン - unboxing

I'm listening to the single on loop as I write this unboxing post and I must say, I quite like this single. :)  It has many things that I like about Kalafina in the songs.  But first, let's do the unboxing and then I'll write a few of my thoughts  (postpone till another day) about the single. :)

#Kalafina #ufotable ~ Katsugeki / Touken Ranbu 『活撃 刀剣乱舞』剣戟アクション紹介映像

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By now it's all over Twitter and Kalafina and Sony have also made their official announces. Kalafina will be singing the end theme song for Katsugeki / Touken Ranbu. I have three reasons to try this and it's very simple. 1) ufotable 2) Kalafina and 3) ufotable x Kalafina. LOL

Ever since Kara no Kyoukai, everytime ufotable and Kajiura Yuki and/or Kalafina are mentioned in the same sentence, I just get excited.  :P

The animated storyboards in the PV clip above look cool too and ufotable often has pretty nicely choreographed fight / action scenes. So I'm looking forward to that too.

AND thank you for not IP-locking this.  The previous two PVs for Katsugeki / Touken Ranbu were IP-locked to JP.  Please don't neglect your international fans Japan!! :)

#KajiuraYuki #梶浦由記 ~ Sword Art Online Ordinal Scale OST - unboxing / comments

I'm going to do a quick unboxing and writeup of this album just to keep my momentum going.  It looks like I might be getting very busy again but I really don't want to disappear from my blog for so many weeks. So maybe quick unboxings will help me keep at it. :)

Hence, here we go.  Photos. :)

#Kalafina ~ meeting Kalafina in Singapore !!!

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(I'm in there but I'm not telling you which one. :P )

This has got to be one of the most memorable moments in my life. :)  It probably rivals the first time I met them at Anime Festival Asia in Singapore when they signed the poster in front of me.  And the time I met them at AFA Malaysia twice, once when they handed me the autographed poster and once when they signed the CD.

Maybe this moment even surpasses all those moments, hahaha!!!  Having a photo taken with Kalafina, a vocal unit that I've been a HUGE fan of since 2009, is like a dream come true for any fan.  I never expected that my impulsive decision to see them live in Japan in Dec 2010 would lead me down this path.  Hahaha.... I loved the "Kagayaku Sora no Shijima niwa" live at the then Lemon CC Hall.  I loved it so much that I became a confirmed fan and have not looked back since. :P

Kalafina ~ blaze - FULL MV on VEVO (amend)

OH!!! Joy joy joy!! The full MV for #Kalafina 's "blaze" can now be found on their official VEVO channel which means..... yup!! It's legally online and available for international fans.  We don't need to jump through hoops for this one. :)

Maybe they really have been listening to international fans voicing their hopes that they would make more promotional material available to us so we can help them spread the joy!! :D

So here I am helping them spread the joy.  Although, this isn't my favourite Kalafina song, it is still a nice song and it is their newest song and it showcases their harmony BEAUTIFULLY.  Please enjoy!! :)



Amend: Looks like I have to temper my joy a little.  Someone just left a comment saying that this video isn't available in the US. :(  I really think Japan needs to learn a little bit from the way the Koreans are marketing their music and dramas etc to the world.  :(

Kalafina - blaze (Arslan Senki S2 ED) - unboxing

Here it is, the unboxing of #Kalafina 's "blaze". :)

It's been a while since I've done one of these so I kept forgetting to shoot certain photos.  Ah well, this is a pretty simple release, so there's enough here to give you a very good idea of what all of it looks like. :)

First up, photos.

Regular Edition

Kalafina ~ blaze (Arslan Senki S2 ED) - unboxing tease

YAY! #Kalafina 's blaze CDs and LP has reached me. :) :) :)

I've shot all the photos and aim to write my unboxing post tomorrow night, probably after 10pm Singapore time. :)

It's late now and I have a full day of work tomorrow which requires my full attention.  So I can't sleep too late.  So I'll just leave you with two teaser photos and also say that once again, I really like the b-side song. :)

Check in tomorrow... or rather later today... since it's already past 1:45am in Singapore. :P

Good night!! :)

Kalafina ~ blaze (Aslan Senki S2 ED) - jacket cover art

Oh silly me!! Of course the cover art for Kalafina's blaze has been released. It's in the artwork on their webpage. I wasn't thinking when I wrote up the previous post. :P I like the covers. They look cool!! :) Here you go....

Regular Edition

Kalafina ~ blaze (Arslan Senki S2 ED) - tokuten & other info

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Kalafina has released information on the postcard tokutens that they will be giving out with pre-orders of "blaze" and they look very cool to me.  It's a similar image to the one for "One Light" but I'm not complaining because I like this new badass image more. :P

I like the one above the most.  That's the one from Animate. Generally speaking, I tend to like the Animate ones the most. :)

I wanted to link an embedded image from the LINE blog but their script is clashing with blogspot.  So I can't do that anymore.  So I guess I'll do it the old fashion way and grab the images from their blog and credit them with a link back.

Kalafina ~ far on the water - Analog / Vinyl - unboxing + comments / review on the tracks

As you can tell from the lack of updates on the blog, I've been pretty busy & tired lately.  But this came in the mail today and it's too pretty not to try and get a quick unboxing out. :)

So here you go....

Kalafina ~ One Light - Anime (Arslan Senki) version - unboxing

Ah.... it turned to be a relatively relaxing day at work after all.  Some of the things we needed to proceed with weren't in place yet so I could leave more or less on time which is cool because that means I can write this blog post, maybe play a bit of Zelda on my 3DS and then sleep early. :)

The Anime edition of Kalafina's singles release is almost always digipaks.  This is no exception.  The art of Arslan Senki is nice.  I like it.  It's different from the ufotable art style which I am very fond of but Arslan Senki's is nice too.

Here are the photos first. :)

Kalafina ~ One Light - RE & LE CDs unboxing

Ahhhhhhhhhh.... you have no idea how less stress I feel now that one portion of my work has been completed and delivered.  I delivered it at 4am last night so have only slept 3 hours and am still feeling kind of a delirious high one gets when you body compensates for the lack of sleep by pumping you full of strange chemicals. :P  I was barely surviving for the last 2 to 3 weeks.  I really couldn't deal with very much else except work for a while.  There's still a lot of work to be done and this week will probably see more OT.  But the days of working till 3 to 4 am should be over for now. :)

So although I prefer to blog at night rather than before work, I do have a little time to blog since I decided not to do my morning exercise routine in favour of extra sleep so since there is a window of opportunity, I'll take it. :)

It'll be picture heavy again since I do have to go to work in a bit. :)

First up Regular Edition photos.

Kalafina ~ One Light - tv size - first impressions

The first episode of the new season of Arslan Senki just aired and so I've been able to listen to the tv size version of One Light. :)

First, as always, I am pleased to hear a new song from Kalafina and Kajiura Yuki. :)

When I saw the 15 sec CM, I rather liked the chorus bit they played and after watching the 1:30 min version, I still like that chorus.

Initial impressions.....

Kalafina ~ One Light - Arslan Senki ending theme- cover art released

Gosh sooooo busy since I returned from Japan. :(  This came out yesterday afternoon but I really couldn't spare any time or energy to get to this earlier. :(

Short post since I have to start work soon.  But I really wanna post these up and talk about them since it's Kalafina and I'm crazy about them and Kajiura Yuki and FictionJunction. :P

First the covers. :)

Limited Edition A with DVD

Kalafina ~ ring your bell - unboxing

Okay, its seems that Starhub is now working and I seem to be getting normal service again. :) Yay!!  For a while there I thought I may need to abandon my plan to finish the ring your bell unboxings tonight because I couldn't go online for about an hour. :(

I'll make this quick because I would like to go to bed soon.  It was a very long day today at work and I suspect the entire week will most likely be the same.  Hence, I want to zip through this. Photos heavy. :)

I bought all versions as usual.  However, currently, I am still missing the vinyl record version because that one is being sent from Amazon Japan.  I couldn't get it via CDJapan because, by the time I went to make my order, it was all sold out.  It sold out VERY fast on most major online retailers. :(  Luckily, I managed to get 3 copies from two online retailers at cost price. :)  The one from Amazon should come by Friday or Saturday.  Depending on when it arrives, I will either do it over the weekend or next Monday night. :)

For now... photos!!

Lisani! vol.21 ~ content page released (features Kajiura Yuki / Kalafina)

I've been really, really busy lately. Some of it has been work related, some of it is related to a personal project I needed to get done. Just stealing a little time to post this up because Lisani! has released the content page detailing what will be featured in Lisani! Vol.21.  It looks pretty good for Kajiura Yuki and Kalafina fans. :)

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Take a look at the number of pages Kajiura Yuki gets!! Pages 81-95 :)  Okay, I know some of those pages will go to the cross-talk section with Mito from Clammbon but what I didn't know and didn't expect was that Vol.21 also includes a solo interview with Kajiura sensei.  :)  It seems like the solo interview with Kajiura sensei will talk about the past 11 lives (vol.12 won't have happened yet at time of print) and the soon to be released FictionJunction 2010-2013 The BEST of Yuki Kajiura LIVE 2 album.

Kalafina ~ ring your bell (in the silence) -- nice!!! :)

I'm a ufotable fan and I actively take part in Fate/tweet night and have done so since S1 of FSN [UBW].  I actually pay for a premium Niconico account so that I can attempt to get as best a quality as possible even though I go through a free VPN which doesn't always give me the best result.  I do this because I like taking part in Fate/tweet night as the stream plays.

But tonight, aside from wanting to take part in Fate/tweet night, I was up this late because I was waiting to hear Kalafina's ring your bell (in the silence).  The first three episodes of S2 premièred in the cinema in Japan and in the US.  We never get that kind of special treatment in Singapore and I don't think we ever will.... SEA just doesn't seem to be that important a market to the Japanese it seems.  :'(