Kalafina in Budokan 28 February - 01 March 2015

[grunty]

Those photos from FB and VK are obsolutely illegal, they are candid snapshot. If you guys have the authority, please delete them.
I even heard from twitter that someone took photos during the whole live and didn't stop to clap hands to our uta-himes after their performances, this is too much!

Le gasp! The horror!

Not that I'm promoting those pics (couldn't care less) and very non-Japanese concert behaviour (this is dum indeed, IF they were international fans you'd think they would've known by now how to behave on JP concerts) but the way you worded that post (with twitter sensationalism) made me laugh so much. Such an outraged fangirl post. I actually thought you were kidding...

I don't think spreading the illegal photos and audios can show how deep you love them. It was impolite.

And yet you guys never delete live bootlegs from FJCN (just hide them behind ridiculous post requirements) and you're also one of the people re/posting CD rips here and there... I guess *gasp again* you don't love them deeply?

Lol... I couldn't help myself. All fun and games...

 

[ritardando]

i couldn't help myself but agreeing again with grunty. as long as the person who took the photos doesn't sell them or use the photos for personal gain i dont think it's a really big deal.

 

[elcazador]

Le gasp! The horror!

Not that I'm promoting those pics (couldn't care less) and very non-Japanese concert behaviour (this is dum indeed, IF they were international fans you'd think they would've known by now how to behave on JP concerts) but the way you worded that post (with twitter sensationalism) made me laugh so much. Such an outraged fangirl post. I actually thought you were kidding...


And yet you guys never delete live bootlegs from FJCN (just hide them behind ridiculous post requirements) and you're also one of the people re/posting CD rips here and there... I guess *gasp again* you don't love them deeply?

Lol... I couldn't help myself. All fun and games...

LOL, it seems you don't have the bottom line. So vulgar words, are you born in rogue area? Kidding? Let it be kiding,LOOOOL
I don't think you can find this live bootleg in FJORG because no one uploaded them to the public, even use hide button, but the links you guys posted are very obvious，just like you are saying"I'm the thief, I beat the staff's supervision, please adore me". The funniest thing is the links will be posted back from outside. (I've seen twice in 24 hours. ) Maybe you are very happy to see this happened, but I don't.

 

[grunty]

LOL, it seems you don't have the bottom line. So vulgar words, are you born in rogue area? Kidding? Let it be kiding,LOOOOL
I don't think you can find this live bootleg in FJORG because no one uploaded them to the public, even use hide button, but the links you guys posted are very obvious，just like you are saying"I'm the thief, I beat the staff's supervision, please adore me". The funniest thing is the links will be posted back from outside. (I've seen twice in 24 hours. ) Maybe you are very happy to see this happened, but I don't.

Whoa. Why are you even outraged? I guess I have a way with people. I don't think I said anything "vulgar" in my post - just that the way you worded your post was amusing to me, whilst agreeing that people should be familiar with the peculiar etiquette of Japanese lives by now.

I wasn't commenting on this live appearing on FJCN (I never checked) but you can't say other bootlegs weren't posted there. Is there a difference between posting something (bootleg, official rls, TV programme) behind a post requirement (while hoping noone reposts it elsewhere) and publicly though? No. It's still "illegal" and you know it.

 

[ritardando]

Oohh the drama.

 

[george1234]

I looked at those pics, but saved none. What makes me wonder is that for this quality of photos you would need a big camera, not just one of mobile phone, so how come they didnt spotted him ? Did he cosplay as staff member ?

As for the photos, they looked kinda non-proffesional: as in that they were all from far of the stage, most were pics of the big screen rather than real close ups, and the group bow photo at the end was unclear

I think I agree with ritardando, but if @elcazador wants the link gone, i can consider it.

 

[sprinterXkyrie]

whoah!.. thanks for those reviews from the live!, looks like this is gonna be their best concert they had. Alleluia and Sprinter for conclusion songs (Ongaku for both lives as usual), 2 new songs performed and all-new outfits ... BD/DVD is what I expect. <3 <3

 

[elcazador]

I looked at those pics, but saved none. What makes me wonder is that for this quality of photos you would need a big camera, not just one of mobile phone, so how come they didnt spotted him ? Did he cosplay as staff member ?

No need thanks.
I'm also curious about this, why SONY and SC didn't arrange the enough staff members to avoid the candid snapshot and recording which are always strictly prohibited in JP's lives. This was Kalafina's first time of one man live in over 10000-steats
stage, but unfortunately someone took photos without permisson when they showed their wonderful performance at stage . Live manners is still a very important thing IMO.

 

[grunty]

As for the photos, they looked kinda non-proffesional: as in that they were all from far of the stage, most were pics of the big screen rather than real close ups, and the group bow photo at the end was unclear

That's kinda the issue with unauthorized pics (or anything unauthorized TBH). They don't look "good"/pro, they do not portray the live or Kalafina in a way they themselves would want to be portrayed, they give the live a "bad" press, etc.

 

[Daiima]

To me, the real question would be: "who on Earth may go to such a concert and not enjoy it fully, taking photographs instead?"

Thanks Hatouchan, I'll really have to watch for the dates of the Tour. It won't fully compensate for the fact that I actually had the possibility to come at Budokan but absolutely didn't care about it (mostly because getting tickets seems to be a real obstacle course) and that I'll damn me forever for this nonchalance, a regional one-day concert in a standard hall will never be as spectacular as what just happened, but at least it'd make one of my dreams come true

 

[bevan]

Some plums to gloss over the mini bickering.

 

[george1234]

posting that photo here doesnt work the way you want, since people who browse the thread see the mini bickering first and then your huge photo...

 

[Yumi]

Remember before Enc of yesterday.

suddenly a camera man who took 3 cameras appears and sit very near by me(1th floor) and shoot the photo during red moon.
I glanced display of his camera, just thaught "wow 600mm white lens! super zoom lens with white! Wow it's nice shot please sell it to me please sell those original data please I want those original data please"
When red moon ended, he gone quickly.

 

[Glare]

Wow those reviews were amazing. And the lives definitely were too!

Wish I was there! Now for the long wait for BD/DVD release (they had better release this!!)

 

[Martin]

Thanks to the people who were able to write out their reviews for the shows. I really enjoyed reading them.

As for the photography...as long as they're not disrupting the performance by disturbing the people on stage or other audience members around them, I don't see much of a problem. Taking some shots for posterity is totally okay, but it's unlikely that the end result would be 'professional' enough to be of much interest for anyone else anyway. I've rarely see or hear an amateur video recorded at a live music show that's good enough quality for the copyright holders to be worried about it! When people are being inconsiderate and disruptive, that's a different story. I've had some good gigs over the years spoiled by people acting like selfish jerks (holding cameras/ipads up *all the time*, spilling drinks on you, pushing and shoving, shouting a lot...it's a relief when security guards step in to sort them out ). In my experience, audiences at shows in Japan are more well-mannered than folks around here. It sounds like the performances last weekend were good overall though and most of the audience behaved themselves.

I assume there was no support or warm-up act beforehand then?

 

[Kugayama]

^ Japanese concerts that are "One man lives" don't have an opening/support act.

For Kalafina at Otodama Sea Studio 2013, Kalafina, Miu Sakamoto, Mai Fukui were the main acts with Aoi Yamazaki listed as the opening act.

When I saw Angela in December 2012, Mikako Komatsu was a guest artist in the middle of the concert.

 

[Kugayama]

https://twitter.com/ginji111/status/572543630541393920

@ArthurMarsh2 武道館 Kalafina. enjoy and exciting !

 

[Hatouchan]

Thankfully, Hikaru listed the strings on the Kalafina blog.

Strings：今野 均Strings
Violin：今野 均 , 徳永友美 , 藤堂昌彦 , 森本安弘
Viola：生野正樹 , 原田友一
Cello：結城貴弘 , 西方正樹 西方正輝

I checked the pamphlet and googled. It seems Hikaru got Nishikata's name wrong.

Strings: Konno Hitoshi Strings
Violin: Konno Hitoshi, Tokunaga Tomomi, Toudou Masahiko, Morimoto Yasuhiro
Viola: Shono Masaki, Harada Yuuichi
Cello: Yuuki Takahiro, Nishikata Masateru

 

[george1234]

thanks alot!! ^^

 

[Hatouchan]

Numquam Vincar.

Nothing ever lives up to a memory of a live but the Numquam Vincar (live) ver in the music collection really pales in comparison to the one at Budokan. And I'm not even just referring to the fact that we had a double quartet this time. The drums! The drums in the music collection feel so weak in comparison. We... probably won't get any footage of this at the Mezamashi tomorrow but I'm sure they'd at least play Keiko's touching message during the last MC.

BDはよ
Me wants BD naoooooo

Watching the Animax Musix version of believe and heavenly blue also highlighted to me how important lighting is. I think that Animax Musix didn't do much with their lighting at all. It seemed pretty constant throughout. Please let the amazing lighting at budokan translate well to video!

I'd also like to point out something I forgot to mention previously. On red day, they ended with a sea of stars during Alleluia, and played storia as the bgm as they left the stage. For blue day, they opened with a sea of stars and started off with storia, as though blue day continued right off from red day.

Half a week later and my post live high is still not coming down.

Reading the Bessatsu Kadokawa has been eye opening as well. I'm still only at Wakana's first section. She goes through some of the troubles she had with Kalafina, including the period that she had the most difficulty with (around After Eden, mostly with "Eden", but includes the songs after that as well), where she more or less lost her direction and her confidence. By the way, it was only until Hikarifuru that she finally got past her problems and found herself again. I can't remember where I read it but this information isn't new. That identity crisis is something all three of them went through, although if memory serves, both Hikaru and Keiko got past it way earlier than Wakana. Wakanaaaaaaa. Thank you for not giving up when you thought you couldn't do Eden. Kalafina wouldn't be here if she did! Kalafinaは2015年も走り続けます！

Kajiura also blogged that the thought of disbanding Kalafina has not crossed her mind! She was already thinking of where to bring Kalafina next as she watched them perform at the budokan. As the girls have said, budokan is not the end. It's just one stop in their journey. 10th anniversary, here we come~