FlyingDog 2014 Jan Spot promotes FictionJunction's "elemental" album :)

I'm at work... so I don't really have time to elaborate too much. I've been waiting and checking the Flying Dog Channel almost everyday for weeks now and it's finally up. :) Their Jan Spot is up and it features FictionJunction at the beginning. Enjoy!! :)

p.s. for those who want to pick up FictionJunction's latest album... the following link is for your convenience.
FictionJunction ~ elemental album

Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin ~ Singapore screening - short comments

Gosh... it's sooooo late... I will need to sleep ASAP.  Still... I really want to write this because if I don't... I don't think I ever will.

Tonight, my friends and I went to watch the Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin movie at Cathay Cineleisure in Singapore.  Never in a million years did I expect this movie to screen in Singapore because all the previous ones didn't screen here.  Also, since there is a series of KnK films before Mirai Fukuin, the viewer will need to have a lot of prior information before viewing this film.  So, I really didn't expect it to screen but am super happy it did.

I loved it!!!! But I am bias of course. Just being able to watch this film on the big screen filled me with so much happiness, it would have to be an utterly horrible film of Starwars Episode 1 proportions for me to not like this film. :P

It stays true to some of the KnK conventions, as in they do play with time and chronology when they tell the story.  But it also differs from the main KnK films as in, this is not as dark, not as violent and not as bloody.  I don't see this as a bad thing or out of character.  After all, given that things didn't end too badly at the end of the 7th film, Murder Speculation (Part 2), or the 8th film, Epilogue, I think that it's actually quite fitting.

I would like to say more but I am afraid that I may accidentally go into spoiler territory.  So I'll kind of leave it as that. :)

I loved that I was able to listen to Kajiura Yuki's music and Kalafina singing the end themes of the film play loudly in a proper cinema.  This is my second time, my first being the 3rd Madoka movie, which I watched in Tokyo last year.  And even though it's my second time, I was no less thrilled. :)

After having watched the film, I now know why Kalafina's Alleluia was not a typical KnK end theme.  It is lighter and more hopeful and I think that it's appropriate for this film and also appropriate that Kajiura Yuki chose Keiko to lead most of this song.  This song needed the kind of sound and feel that Keiko brings to songs like Symphonia and Mune no Yukue.

One thing I didn't know till I watched Mirai Fukuin in the cinema was that dolce is an end theme song too.  Alleluia is the ending theme of Mirai Fukuin, dolce is the ending theme for Mirai Fukuin Extra Chorus.  I always thought that dolce was just the b-side single.

KnK fans who live in Singapore... go watch it.  I liked it lots. :)  A word of warning for those who have not watched the first 7 movies, there are a lot of references to events that happened in the first seven films and a lot of recurring characters and I think that those who have not watched the previous films, may not enjoy Mirai Fukuin.

Also, just a little bit about the experience and not the movie.  I really wish anime fans would stop talking throughout anime films.  Seriously... there are other people watching these anime films that are also huge fans of the anime who will know what is going on.  We don't need a running commentary or know just how much you know about the film.  This isn't the first time I've been to an anime screening in Singapore and have the experience a little ruined by other viewers who talk and talk or squeal and squeal throughout the film.  Cinema etiquette should not go down the drain just because it's an anime film. A little consideration... please... thanks!!

Okay, enough of that little rant. Soon, the KnK: Mirai Fukuin BD & DVDs will be released.  I'm got mine pre-ordered. :)  Click me to go to my previous post about it.

And if you loved the film, can afford it and can understand Japanese, please buy.  Here are the links for your convenience.

Knk: Mirai Fukuin / Mirai Fukuin Extra Chorus Blu-ray with CD Limited Edition
KnK: Mirai Fukuin / Mirai Fukuin Extra Chorus DVD with CD Limited Edition
KnK: Mirai Fukuin Regular Edition
KnK: Mirai Fukuin Extra Chorus Regular Edition

Lastly... I leave you with a few photos of the poster that all ticket holders at today's screening got. :)  One is a full length photo of the poster with Kalafina's Alleluia single next to it for comparison.  The other two photos are closeups of the credits in English... it gave me such a thrill to see Kajiura Yuki's name and Kalafina printed on the poster.  Yes... I know... cheap thrill... but still... I'm not a fan for nothing. :P

  

That's all folks... good night. :)

FictionJunction ~ elemental - radio programme previews "storytelling"

http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/fj/top.html

The FictionJunction webpage created to promo the upcoming release of the new FJ album "elemental" has updated the page with ep2 of the radio program.  This ep previews the new song "storytelling". :)

Interesting song.  I think currently I like "elemental" a little bit more.  But so far I'm liking the new songs enough and I can't wait to hear them in full.

I'm not having the best of weeks at work.  So I'm just going to leave you with this.  A link to download episode  of the radio programme.  Click Me.  I remember reading somewhere that there will be 4 episodes.  Two more to go. :)

Don't forget.  if you can afford it... please do buy their new album.  Here is the link again for your convenience. :)

FictionJunction ~ elemental album

Oyasumi :)

p.s. If I understand the Japanese correctly in the radio programme... in response to a question, Kajiura Yuki said that recently she bought the mobile game Puzzle and Dragons and played it on her iPhone.  Hahaha... that's kinda cool... I like that game... I was hooked on it for quite some time last year and am considering getting the 3DS version sometime soon. :)

3rd Mahou Shoujo Madoka movie: Rebellion DVD/BD ~ listed

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Yay... the listing is up for this release.

Once again... they are the releasing 3 versions.  All will come with the following:

~ CM, no-credit OP etc
~ audio commentary
~ English and Japanese subtitles

The Limted Editon BD will come with more stuff.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion [w/ Bonus Blu-ray+CD, Limited Edition] 
~ original soundtrack CD :)
~ BD containing a 2 hour special program that was aired on TV Tokyo
~ 描き下ろし三方背BOX -- I'm thinking this means that the box that the digipack is enclosed in will have illustrations on 3 of the sides?
~ illustrated digipak
~ special booklet

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion BD [Regular Edition]

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion  DVD [Regular Edition]

If you want more details, read the post just before this. :)  Finally...please buy them if you can afford them.  I'll probablyl get the Limted Edition. :)

time for bed... oyasumi :)

Mahou Shoujo Madoka: Rebellion DVD/BD ~ release announce

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Magical Quartet announced via twitter today that the Mahou Shoujo Madoka: Rebellion movie DVD / BD sets will be released on the 2nd April 2014. :)  YAY!!!The official Madoka website also uploaded the CM for the upcoming release.  And you can view the CM on this page.  CLICK ME.

There will be 3 versions of this release.  Two BD version and one DVD versions.  And they will all come with ENGLISH Subtitles. :)

All three versions will come will be released with the following extras:
~ CM, no-credit OP etc
~ audio commentary
~ English and Japanese subtitles

The BD Limited Edition will come with the following extras:
~ original soundtrack CD :)
~ BD containing a 2 hour special program that was aired on TV Tokyo
~ 描き下ろし三方背BOX -- I'm thinking this means that the box that the digipack is enclosed in will have illustrations on 3 of the sides?
~ illustrated digipak
~ special booklet

So it looks like the BD Limited Edition will be a 3 disc set.  Two BDs and one CD.  I'm not sure how many discs the Regular Edition will get.  But I'm thinking probably two discs each for the regular edition, one with the movie itself and the other with the extras.

I'm definitely going to get the BD Limited Edition because I want the original soundtrack CD.  It's Kajiura Yuki's music so as long as I can afford it, it's a must get for me. :P

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The website also released details of the bonus freebies that will be given out depending on which store you buy it from.  For the full list, visit this page.  CLICK ME.  The tokutens come in a variety of flavours from poster to iPhone cases to crystal paper weights.  Wow!! :)

I will probably get mine from CDJapan as usual.  The product page isn't up yet.  When it comes up, I'll either amend this page or write a new post.  Since CDJapan is the English language website for Neowing, then most likely, I will get this tokuten.

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The website says that this is a B2PP加工ポスター which should means this is a B2 size Polypropylene poster.

That's it for now. :) Aside from work, I'm actually pretty busy with training stuff for work, homework for a programming course I'm doing, as well as my Japanese homework. :( I still intend to update the blog with the write-up on the Kalafina Cafe experience at the ufotable cafe, the 1/8th Scale Ultimate Madoka unboxing etc... but unfortunately, they will face some delay for now.

I will leave you with this... a picture of my favourite mahou shoujo from this anime... Akemi Homura... now if only I had the power to mess with time. :)

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cheers :)

kara no kyoukai: mirai fukuin - Singapore screening freebie

Cathay

Cathay has updated their website with ticketing information. There will be four screenings in two of their theatres on the 16th. The movie will screen in one of their smaller halls.

There will also be a free poster with the purchase of tickets. It says while stocks last but since it is a small hall, I think there should be enough for most, if not all who purchse tickets... 多分ね。

I have purchased tickets for my friends and I. :) I hope we can go. l have not gotten permission to leave early yet. I will attempt to get permission on Monday. But even if I can't make it and have to give my ticket away...I will still be happy to buy this ticket because I think anime fans in Singapore need to show their support. So I am doing my part to show that I want more anime films to screen and more Japanese entertainment to come to Singapore. :)

Really looking forward to this screening.

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Figure Japan ~ 1/10 scale Ultimate Madoka - tease

While yesterday was in general not a great day, there was one bright spark. :) This beauty finally arrived in the mail. :)

I took a few photos last night. I still have more that I need to take, then I will be ready to do an unboxing. :)

Cheers :)