Ieiri Leo ~ WE ~ new album announce & some random updates fr me

Ieiri Leo has just announced the release of her fourth album. :)  YAY!!
What makes me super happy is that the Limited Edition will contain 50mins worth of live footage from her Two Colors concert at Zepp Diver City in Feb this year.  And best part about this is that I was at that live!! :)



Actually, earlier on... about a week or so, Kalafina also announced the release of their new single "Blaze" which is the new theme song for the new season of Arslan Senki.  Yes, I didn't write about it on the blog. :(

Kalafina ~ far on the water SPECIAL FINAL DVD / BD ~ cover art released

OH!!!! The cover art for this was just released. :)  Yay! I have this on pre-order already of course. :P

[amend Jan 2022 - they removed the video, so I'm removing the link too] ;(

Yes, I know I haven't been blogging for a while. I am seriously busy right now. A lot happening in my personal life right now. I hope to get back soon. But it will probably not be in the next few days.

For those who want to pick this up from CDJapan, the place I usually get my stuff from.  Here is the direct product link:

Kalafina LIVE TOUR 2015-2016 "far on the water" Special Final @ Tokyo International Forum Hall A -- BD
Kalafina LIVE TOUR 2015-2016 "far on the water" Special Final @ Tokyo International Forum Hall A -- DVD

Okay, got to go.  Later. :)  And yes, I know I have comments I need to reply.  Will do that another day.

cheers

FictionJunction Club Live Best 20 2016 ~ goods unboxing

The FictionJunction Club Live was a live I would have loved to have gone to. Kajiura Yuki + FictionJunction vocalists + Kalafina + FBM all performing the Top 20 songs that were voted in by fans, sounds really awesome, yah? :)  Unfortunately, I cannot fly to Japan twice in a month. I can't afford that and I was already committed to going to my friend's wedding in Japan at the end of March.  Hence, best I could do was Yuki Kajiura Vol.13 in Osaka on the 27th March. And I am grateful that the gods of music at least made it possible for me to attend one live during my upcoming trip. :)

Kajiura Yuki ~ animate.tv interview about SAO's music

【ニュース】ライブはなによりの「ご褒美」──梶浦由記の思い描くアニメ『ソードアート・オンライン』音楽のセカイ #sao_anime https://t.co/okAxfz6BYU pic.twitter.com/Az0w0C4w3V

— アニメイトTV公式 (@animate_tv) March 18, 2016

This interview popped up on twitter with amazingly good timing. LOL
It's been a pretty light end to the work day today and I've spent it mostly listening to Kajiura Yuki's music.  I think I am really working up quite a huge anticipation for the Yuki Kajiura vol.13 Sword Art Online live in Osaka next Sunday. :)  I really can't wait for it now.... I will still miss Keiko dearly.... but with less intensity than when I first read the news that she will have to give the Vol.13 lives a miss. :)

It's in Japanese of course.  And will take me a while to get through.  :P

cheers

Ieiri Leo ~ Bokutachi no Mirai - new single announce

Ieiri Leo (家入レオ) announced today that she'll be releasing another single in on 11th May.  :) Unlike most of her past announces, the cover art and a short version MV was not released with this announce.  They did release an image though, the one above and it seems to be quite different from her past image.  She's looking less rocker and more feminine.

flumpool ~ WHAT ABOUT EGGS - live in Singapore

flumpool returns to Singapore for a live!! YAY!!

[ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ]FLUMPOOL RETURNS!!!After 2 years, flumpool is making their return to Southeast Asia for a special concert as part of their newest tour "WHAT ABOUT EGGS?"!Taking place at MILLIAN SINGAPORE, the concert promises to be one of the best, supported by MILLIAN's top-notch lighting and sound system.Don't miss this chance to catch flumpool in an intimate livehouse setting, right here in Southeast Asia!------flumpool tour 2016 「WHAT ABOUT EGGS?」 ～Singapore Special～Date:Saturday, 23 July 2016Time:Show starts 8.00 pm / Doors open 7.00 pmVenue:MILLIAN3 Sentosa Gateway #01-05 Singapore 098544(Located at St James Power Station. Use the link bridge on Level 2 of Vivocity.)Tickets:* Premium VIP*Price: $198/ticket(Limited number of tickets only!)Includes:- Exclusive Autographed poster- Receive poster personally from Members- Entry into VIP area for concert (right in front of the stage, with the best viewing position)* General Admission *Price: $68/ticketIncludes:- Entry into GA area for concert*Tickets on sale from 23 April 2016 at Peatix.More details will be announced at a later date.
Posted by Amuse Inc. Asia on Tuesday, 15 March 2016

It's likely that I will try and go for this live. :)  Okay, can't blog much now. Back to work. :)

Kalafina x Tanimura Shinji ~ Alcira no Hoshi - unboxing

アルシラの星 is Kalafina's newest song and is a collaboration with Tanimura Shinji ( 谷村新司) who is a veteran singer-songwriter.  They collaborated with spectacular success on an episode of Music Fair in 2015.  Well, at least I thought they sounded great together. :)

This is a very simple release.  There are two versions, the RE and the LE.  The RE just comes with one CD and the LE comes with a CD+DVD which contains the music video.