A few random updates on Animelo Summer Live 2011
A few random things came up long after returning from Japan to see Animelo Summer Live 2011.
Firstly, sometimes you don’t realise that you’ve been somewhere that you’ve seen in a movie or anime until much later.
In my case, I was reading the Wikipedia article on The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and realised that I had indeed been to the National Museum of Tokyo:
Secondly, after hearing and meeting Minori Chihara and Chiaki Ishikawa at Animelo Summer Live 2011, it was intriguing to see that Minori Chihara’s forthcoming album, D-Formation has a track, この世界のモノでこの世界の者でない 作詞, written by Chiaki Ishikawa and Daisuke Kikuta of Elements Garden. (Thanks Keiri for the help with the translation!)
D-Formation (Dream Wonder Formation) Album details in Japanese are at http://lantis.jp/special/chihara/d-formation/
Thirdly, the DVDs and blu-rays of Animelo Summer Live 2011 are now available for pre-order from CD Japan, with a scheduled release date of 28 March 2012.
Day 1 on blu-ray
Day 2 on blu-ray
NOTE – It again appears that some of the performances will not appear on the videos. Check http://pc.animelo.jp/anisama/2011/rainbow/goods/#cd_dvd_bd closer to the release date. At this stage Isao Sasaki, Kalafina and T.M.Revolution are *NOT* listed as appearing on the videos.
One thing that I’ve always found interesting is how a lot of anime scenes are usually based on some real-life example. In ARIA, I remember how many of their buildings were taken from Venice. Same can be said for Higurashi, which did draw inspiration from a Japanese village. So in this instance, it’s always a treat when you recognize a building or neighborhood when you spot it in an anime.