Kalafina ~ Consolation - bigger cover art

Got to get ready for work but wanted to put this up quickly.  A friend sent the bigger cover art for Kalafina's Consolation to me via email.  YAY!!  Thanks!! :)

Here you go:


From left to right... LE BD cover,LE DVD cover, RE cover and some random picture she got from somewhere. :) 

These covers look really nice.  And I think I like the LE DVD and the RE ones more than the Blu-ray one at this point in time.  But I pre-ordered the LE BD so, too bad for me.

Anyway... got to go... please buy these if you can afford it.  The better they do on the charts, the more stuff we'll see from both Kajiura Yuki and Kalafina... so yeah... here are the links again. :)

Regular Edition

Limited Edition + DVD

Limited Edition + Blu-ray

Got to go!! cheers!! :)

Yuki Kajiura Vol.9 Shibuko Special ~ Blu-ray Unboxing

Okay... I lied... :) I decided to do the unboxing tonight because I feel a little rested enough to do it and because I am really excited about this BD.  So I decided to try and do the unboxing while I "watch" a bit of the BD.

It'll be picture heavy again because I really need to sleep ASAP.



The above are the photos of the the casing with the cover insert. I included a photo of the front of the case with the shrink wrap still on and the shrink wrap off.



Photos of the inside of the case and the blu-ray itself.

    

Here's the BIG surprise for me.  While I expected to get an small booklet inside, I did not expect postcards. We get 3 post cards... VERY NICE!!  Am happily surprised.



Here's a really horribly shot photo of the back of the postcards.  It was really hard to get a good focus on my cel phone and I didn't really feel like trying too hard since it's a pretty simple print.

  

Here are 2 photos of the booklet.  It's only 6 pages.  Hmmmm... I should have gone ahead and shot photos of all the pages since it's so thin but... ah well... it's a little late for that now.

First impressions ~

So far... while writing this unboxing, I have "watched" (essentially just listened :) ) to the first 4 songs.  The 5th song, "every time you kissed me" is playing now.  Just really quickly... I must say... I am totally loving Keiko in the first 4 songs.  And I must give her a huge thumbs up for her English enunciation.  It's really pretty good considering that English isn't her first language.  She's come a long way.  That said, that is the least important thing to me... what I really liked is that she sounds AMAZING!!

I want to wax lyrical about how good she sounded with Hanae Tomaru in "lotus" or how sweet she sounded in "long forgotten cloistered sleep" or how nuanced she sounded in "I swear" but... I desperately need sleep. :(

I have a long day ahead tomorrow and I really do like my job and my current shot is really quite interesting... so need to rest... tomorrow I go back to battle.... so... sadly... must stop my BD now. :(  Maybe, if I have time and feel inspired enough, I may write more about my impressions about the music in the BD.... we'll see.  Now it's playing "I reach for the sun" and so far I am sooooooo loving this BD.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the music!!! :)

Also... I wanted to write this the other day... the JVC FictionJunction website has changed it's opening page to reflect this new release.


url: http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/fj/

Finally, I leave you with this... if you can afford it, please do buy these discs.

Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#9 "Shibuko Special" Blu-ray (NOTE: includes the "making of" video clip which will not be on the dvd edition) [edited 28th Feb: The BD comes with the 3 postcards shown above, the DVD, unfortunately doesn't.]
Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#9 "Shibuko Special" DVD

Good night!! :)

Kajiura Yuki ~ Live vol9 ~ twitter event confirmed

梶浦由記 Yuki Kajiura (@Fion0806) tweeted at 11:22 PM on Wed, Feb 20, 2013:
Yuki Kajiura Live vol9 "渋公Special"みんなでいっせいのせで見ようon twitter、03/02　22時startで行ないますヽ(*^^*)ノ。詳細はこちらで。http://t.co/Ao2d2ICE
(https://twitter.com/Fion0806/status/304234607182749696

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Kajiura Yuki has confirmed the details of the tweeter event for the Live vol9 Shibuko Special release. It'll be on 2 Mar 10pm Japan time. The details are in the above link. :)

I think she also said in a later tweet that she was thinking of doing the same for Kalafina's 4th album.

My BD arrived today. :) Maybe I'll do a simple unboxing tomorrow.... still on my way home from work.... a little tired... :) but happy.

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Kalafina ~ Consolation - nico nico broadcast

Kalafina_Staff (@Kalafina_Staff) tweeted at 10:00 AM on Wed, Feb 20, 2013:
“4thアルバム「Consolation」発売記念特番 トーク＆スタジオライブ”をニコ生にて実施決定!!
詳細はコチラ!!
http://t.co/v22rtDsS
(https://twitter.com/Kalafina_Staff/status/304032869515399169

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Awesome news... Kalafina will be on nico nico again. There will be a talk session and then a studio live on nico nico. This is likely to be similar to what they did for the release of the Hikaru Furu single where they aired the full version of the PV for the first time.

This time round they intend to air the full version of Yume no Daichi (Land of Dreams. They'll sing a song or two live as well because there is a studio live included with the talk session...but I am not sure which ones.

Check out the link for details. Don't forget to sign up for a free account at nico nico if you don't have an account yet. And then don't forget to reserve the screening session in case you can't make the live screen times. :)

K... gotta go... have a lot of homework and I need to try and do some in the train.

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Kalafina ~ Consolation ~ website revamp / cover art / Yume no Dachi PV

YES!!!!  I've been waiting for this.  They have revamped Kalafina's official website (just the home page) to reflect the upcoming release of their 4th album "Consolation".



Very cool.... and it's got a small snippet of "Yume no Dachi" (Land of Dreams) the new ending theme for the NHK docu series, Reikishi Hiwa Historia.  First impressions... I still like Symphonia more but this song is nice... lovely harmony just lacks the grandeur of Symphonia.


url: http://www.kalafina.jp/

Quick first impressions... I like the cover art... very Kalafina... as in once again not a modern setting or clothing choice.  But this is less lolita gothic and I actually prefer this.  Wakana seems to be sitting down in all 3 versions of this release.  From what I can tell, I'll probably end up liking the regular cover more.

Also... if you access the site on your mobile, you'll get this revamped home page. :)


Anyway... got to go... I'm seriously tired... really... really tired... was going to go straight to be without turning on the comp but I read on tweeter that they have revamped the website and I just had to share it with whoever cares. :P

K... the usual... please buy if you can afford.

Regular Edition

Limited Edition + DVD

Limited Edition + Blu-ray

Also, Kajiura Yuki's dvd / blu-ray of the Vol.9 Live Shibuko Special will also be released tomorrow.  My copy is in the mail.  I'll hopefully get it in the next two days and if I'm not dying from exhaustion.... I'll do the un-boxing on the day I receive it.

Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#9 "Shibuko Special" Blu-ray (NOTE: includes the "making of" video clip which will not be on the dvd edition)
Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#9 "Shibuko Special" DVD

K... got to... need sleep... I need to reserve energy for tomorrow at work... night night :)

Ultimate Madoka & various ramblings

Sooooo tired and only just managing to keep up with my Kajiura Yuki / FictionJunction /Kalafina obsession on the trains by reading tweets that are often beyond my Japanese reading capability.  :P This, however, I have to share because the box that Ultimate Madoka came in is like HUGE!!!!!!!



Ultimate Madoka is finally in my hands. :)  To save on shipping, I had this figure shipped to my friend in Japan and it was sitting there in her home for sometime till she was ready to return to Singapore.  Then this friend hand carried Ultimate Madoka from Tokyo to Singapore where she passed it to another friend who passed it to her friend to drop it off at my place of work. And this was how this really awesome figure landed up in my hands. :)

I am really very fortunate.  This box is HUGE and for my friends to take so much effort to get her safely to me... I am really grateful and touched. :)

Ahhhhhhhhhhh.... I miss Japan.... I miss my friends... I miss going to Kajiura Yuki's and Kalafina's lives.... but I must resist... must save money.... maybe I'll make it in the 3rd quarter of the year and will be able to a live then. I almost can't bear to read any news on Kajiura Yuki's vol.10 live... sigh... there is no way I can go to that live. :(

Ah well... I have been putting in a lot of weekend work at the office so I will probably be able to put some of that money away for what I hope will be my 7th trip to Japan and what I hope will also include either Kajiura Yuki's or Kalafina's live. :)  It seems like my year isn't complete without a trip to see either one of them in concert in Japan. :D

Also on the happy side, my really difficult prep shot is looking quite good and I've began work on another prep shot and have another challenging one coming up after that.  Lots of busy days at the office coming up... but it's been good for me so far... I know that I am learning a lot and I will come out of this gruelling period stronger and better than before. :)

For now though... time for bed again... tomorrow it's another working day. :)

ps. for those of you who may want to get this figure... here is the CDJapan link... CLICK ME... it maybe a good time to take advantage of a weaken Yen to do some shopping in Japan... checking the cost of shipping carefully tho' ... this box is huge which may make shipping potentially expensive.

Kalafina ~ Consolation - 1st Press freebie

Looks like we'll be getting postcards again.  The Kalafina staff announced it yesterday and CDJapan has also updated their webpages to reflect this.





Some lucky people in Japan will also be able to win tickets to a special event, postcard size calendars or poster.

As usual, please do purchase these CDs if you can afford it. :)

Regular Edition

Limited Edition + DVD

Limited Edition + Blu-ray

K... am going to be bed... need sleep.... zzzzz :)