Kalafina Record - Limited Edition - unboxing teaser

Just a little teaser this morning. :D  I need to rush off to work now and I don't have time to mess with the photos which I shot last night... sometime tonight... I will put up the unboxing photos. :)

My Kalafina Record Limited Edition package arrived last night.  Itsuko did send it to me after all. :)   And as it is packaged in a box... this time, "unboxing" is the correct term to use. :D

K... gotta go... later y'all. :)

Kalafina Cafe stuff 2

As i suspected, i was way too tired last night to put those photos up, so here is a quick post. More photos of the fan and the lollipops. Enjoy. :)


Aren't those lollipops too pretty to eat. :) k... Gotta go, about to change trains. Bye.

kalafina cafe stuff

Unfortunately, there was no way I could have gone to the Kalafina Cafe or attended any of the recently concluded events in Shibuya this September. Fortunately for me, Itsuko did go and she sent me a surprise which i received last night. :) Of course this isn't the same as having been there but then, beggars can't be choosers. I'm still super happy to get two paper fans and two Kalafina lollipops. But... eating them is going to be hard. :)

I would like to have shot more photos of it but I was very tired last night and i went to bed relatively early for me. I may amend this post tonight with more photos or may just post a new post tonight.... we'll see... recently I've been feeling a little under the weather so if it's too late at night, i might elect to go to bed.

Also, more info has been put up about ticket purchases for AFA 11. Hmmm... it seems like to try and 100 percent guarantee a premium seat on Sunday, the day Kalafina perform, may turn out to be a bit of an expensive venture since they will begin selling the 3 day vip passes first. So here's hoping there will be enough 1day vip passes on Sunday left for the rest of us fans.
(link for ticketing info: http://www.animefestival.asia/ticketing.html

K... Bye for now. :)

Kalafina in Singapore :)

In the latest and the last of the 4 part Kawaii Girl japan videos on Kalafina, Kalafina ends off with a message for their overseas fans.  In that message, they say that they would like to go all over the world, where they are welcomed and they would like to spread their music there.

Well... and finally, it is Singapore's turn to welcome Kalafina.  I like to think it has something to do with me writing to them twice to come to Singapore... once on the response sheet at the Kagayaku concert in the Lemon CC Hall last year and once when I wrote in to their BayFM program to thank them for the wonderful time I had at the concert.  But of course I know this has nothing to do with me, but it's nice to stroke my ego once in a while. :D

Most likely, this has something to do with the current popularity of Mahou Shoujo Madoka and I think they are not merely travelling to promote Kalafina, they are also travelling to promote the anime.  I'm almost certain that they will sing "magia" at the Live in Singapore since Mahou Shoujo Madoka will be one of the featured animes.  As for the After Eden songs... I'm not sure if they'll sing any of those but they most likely will sing a few of their signature tunes from the Kara no Kyoukai films.

Whatever the case, I'm definitely going to try and get tickets to go to this Live.  I hope I can get them... you never know... and I dare not celebrate till I can confirm that I have tickets to the event.

Actually, the only Live I'm interested in is Kalafina's so the 1-Day I Love Anisong VIP Concert ticket at S$148 will be kind of expensive for me... I'm thinking of perhaps the1-Day I Love Anisong Standing concert tickets at S$48 may be more economical... but then if the VIP Concert tix ensures that I will definitely be able to get into the hall to see Kalafina live in Singapore... then I'll go for the SGD148 tix.

I might try and catch the Mahou Shoujo Madoka events and the Fate/Zero events too.  I think my friend who will most likely be going with me, will want to try and catch the Gundam Unicorn screening.  I'm not sure if I'll go on both Saturday and Sunday... I may actually do two days but it's unlikely that I'll go for Friday's events as I'll be working on Friday and I don't feel like taking leave to see Hatsune Miki.  We'll see.

Meanwhile, I'm off to bed and will hopefully dream happy happy dreams of seeing Kalafina live in Singapore. :)  Oyasumi. :)

Kalafina at AFA11 in Singapore - it's official

 The details are on the website which has been constantly updating all day since the announce this morning.

Check out the website for details. Click me and click me too.

Gotta go back to work... it's been hard working today. :p

cheers

OMG!!! Kalafina in Singapore!?!?!

A buddy of mine just told me that he has been informed by a friend that Kalafina will attend the AFA11 (Anime Festival Asia) in Singapore from the 11-13 Nov.  According to my friend they'll be at the AFA on the 13th Nov.  I'm going to cut Japanese class to go for this. :D

Not many details out now but it seems pretty confirmed and I saw the news on twitter too.

I'm so excited!!!!!

K... back to earth... got to get back to work. Later. :)

ps. - details are coming out on twitter... Madoka will be the featured anime!!! Awesome!!!  Check out sgcafe's twitter... k really got to go bk to work. :)

Update 2:33pm
- For Mahou Shoujo Madoka fans, Atsuhiro Iwaka, the producer for the anime and Saitou Chiwa (Akemi Homura's seiyuu) will also be at AFA.

url: http://www.animefestival.asia/special_guests.html

Gosh... I usually hate crowds, especially in Singapore so I never go for these events even though I'm a anime fan of sorts... but for KALAFINA!!!!  I will brave the crowds. :D

Too bad no Kajiura Yuki, cuz if she comes I would be in Seventh Heaven. :D

Kalafina - After Eden Limited Edition - unboxing

Let's cut to the chase. :)  Here is the "unboxing" of Kalafina's After Eden album.  The packaging is pretty standard stuff from Japan.  Relatively nice compared to many of my non-Japanese cds in my music collection.  You get a slip case, the CD, a bonus DVD, a booklet with the lyrics and a bonus photo booklet.  The photos are really quite nice and will please any fan.  The quality of the paper is nice, stiff and a little glossy but not too glossy.

Overall mostly cooler colours were used for the album art.  The bonus photo booklet has several photos with warmer colour tones but the actual album and its insert booklet uses a colour palette that was in general cooler with just itty bits of a warmer colour, like red, to break it up a bit and give it life.  It's nice... I like the different costume / art direction that they took.  If they were looking to go in a different direction with the music, it made sense to move away from the Gothic, Romani, Eastern European feel of their previous image.  This feels more like classical English maybe????  I don't know, I can't say for sure except that it's not Eastern European influenced... I  was terrible at my classical art / music / literature class... I barely passed it :)  Except for some of the accessories, the overall look doesn't look as Romani influenced and certainly not as dark as their previous image.  This look does fit in better with the greater number of breezier, cheerier songs in this album.

Overall, I rather like the art / costume design of their current album and image.  The Gothic, Romani, Eastern European style seems to be quite popular in Japan and it's nice that they are breaking away from that and taking a direction that is a little bit more unique.  I don't know that much about fashion... I am part of the "T-Shirts and jeans" are always in fashion crowd :)  ... but to my limited knowledge, this new image is not that common in Japan.

The mouse pad is okay.  If you're a rabid fan... then go for it.  I am a rabid fan so I did want the limited first press edition so I could get the mouse pad.  But seriously, this isn't a mouse pad most people could use and perhaps, it was never meant for using.  I know, even if it were bigger, I probably wouldn't have used it anyway. :)  Given the nature of the material that mouse pads that aim to be somewhat usable are made from, the printing on the mouse pad isn't that sharp.  The colours are a little muted and there is a matte finish and the surface is textured.  This collectable is pretty much strictly something I think only fans will really like.

If you're a fan and can afford it, I do encourage you to pick up the Limited Edition because it does come with the very nice 40 page photo booklet and a bonus DVD that doesn't just simply contain one PV.  The DVD contains both the symphonia PV as well as footage of their trip to the Anime Expo in LA this year.  It's a nice bonus for fans. Personally, I think that if you like Kajiura Yuki and Kalafina, the After Eden album is worth getting.  The music is good and the packaging of the CD is nice.

Here are the links to getting the album if you are interested.  These are CDJapan links... other places like playasia, yesasia, Amazon Japan, HMV Japan etc will also offer these cds.

After Eden [w/ DVD, Limited Edition] After Eden [Regular Edition]

And finally... here are the photos of the "unboxing".... sorry...  the composition of the photos etc looks very uninspired to me and I really should have shot a few more photos of the inside of the booklets.... I was kind of tired when I shot them and I'm too lazy to shoot better ones. :p



That's it from me for tonight.  Have a good week everyone. :)  Time for bed... good night. :)