Before I start, let me just say that this was the first time I have ever been to a J-pop concert. While the bulk of my experiences had been symphonic performances or musicals where I can sit back and let the music wash gently over me, AFA’s concert was akin to being stuck in a [...]
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Anime Festival Asia 2011 – Day 3 – Concert Report
Posted in Concert Report Also tagged 2011, AFA, angela, Anime Festival Asia, Chiyomaru Shikura, Concert, ito kanako, itou kanako, Kalafina, live, May'n, milky holmes 10 Comments
Animelo Summer Live 2011 – Part 3 – Second Concert, Sunday 28 August 2011
In my previous posts I covered getting to Japan for Animelo Summer Live 2011 – Rainbow and the first of the two concerts on Saturday 27 August 2011. Sunday was a bit more relaxed. The hotel was 20 minutes walk from Ueno station and closer to the hotel were the main museums and galleries in [...]
Posted in Concert Report Also tagged Animelo Summer Live 2011, Chiaki Ishikawa, Kalafina, Maon Kurosaki, Nana Mizuki, Travelogue 7 Comments
Animelo Summer Live 2011 – Part 2 – First Concert, Saturday 27 August 2011
In the previous article, I covered my travels to and around Tokyo in the days before the Animelo concerts. It was great to wander around on foot and by train, absorbing the surroundings. There were very few non-Japanese tourists around and the experiences heightened my enjoyment of what was to come all the more. To [...]
Kalafina’s Performance at Club Nokia – Concert Report
The Mikunopolis Vocaloid concert at Anime Expo may have grabbed most of the headlines, but because I’m still throwing my stock in with human vocalists, none of the other concerts had me quite as excited as seeing Kalafina, Yuki Kajiura’s trio of vocalists in Keiko, Wakana, and Hikaru, perform at the Club Nokia. From their [...]
Posted in Concert Report Also tagged Anime Expo 2011, Club Nokia, Hikaru, Kalafina, Kara no Kyoukai, Keiko, Kuroshitsuji, Kuroshitsuji II, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Wakana, Yuki Kajiura 5 Comments
Nirgilis Performance in Club Nokia – Concert Report
Vocals are usually what make or break concert experiences. In fact, I’m willing to go as far as to say that I’ve yet to enjoy a concert where the singing didn’t at least reach some level of acceptable technical competence – that is, where at least the majority of the notes being sung are in [...]
Posted in Concert Report Also tagged Birdy the Mighty Decode, Club Nokia, D.Gray-man, Deadman Wonderland, electronica, Eureka 7, Nirgilis 6 Comments
