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原訂2月8日舉 行之「EIKO SHIMAMIYA First Asia Tour 2009 in TAIWAN」演唱會，因臨時與島宮小姐2009年在日本的藝能活動檔期有所衝突，經向日方經紀公司協調後 ，於日前確定短期之內暫時無法安排海外活動，因 此我們必須忍痛取消本此演唱會。島宮小姐本人也對於無法如期來到台灣感到非常地遺憾，近期之內將會透過官方 以某種形式向台灣歌迷致歉。
2009年對島宮小姐來說將會有全新的發展，也請各位舊雨新知密切注意她在日本最新的藝能活動。本公司期 許將來能夠以更多樣化的型態再度邀請島宮小姐來台舉辦活動，到時候希望各位歌迷們繼續給予她支 持！
Summing it up:
Concert cancelled. No Shimamiya Eiko.
Fak you Taiwan management companies. You did this to Sakakibara Yui too.
At least I can divert my money to Aria...
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Taipei, 12/7 - part 2 - DREAM_STAGE_YUI_AND_MINORI
Following on from before...
The concert has a scheduled entry at 6:30pm, which is about the time when I got there, since the dinner place was busy. I should have got there earlier, as I missed out on buying the special T-shirt they were selling, and the 500NT a draw to get an autograph from Yui & Minori. However, as I only arrived in Taiwan like... 3 full days ago, I didn't get much time to check what is on sale etc. Instead, I just bought some glowsticks and headed on in.
The gym was pretty packed, and most of them was male. I did spot quite a few female faces, though. A lot of people was wearing those T-shirts, and a few was wearing clothing with Nagato on it. Pretty supportive, Taiwan. I saw a person with a Watanagashi Shirt thing. After a few minutes of waiting, the lights dimmed and LET THE SHOW BEGIN! Btw, I was in row 2 (almost right infront of the stage), and right in front of the speakers. Extra epicness.
The crowd cheered and stood up. Glowsticks were unleashed filling the gym with pink and blue (Pink for Yui and Blue for Minori). First out was... SAKAKIBARA YUI, and her two assistant dancers, Hitomi and Chika. Yui wore a pink glitter top with a frilly pink skirt, standard performance clothes imo. I'll talk about my thoughts on her performance first (which is the first half of the show).
Yui is a brilliant live performer. Her dancing background means that she can add in a lot of dynamics while singing at the same time. Her dancing fitted great with the tune, and the dancers were also in great sync. She know when to move around the stage and interact with the audience. Her singing is also awesome. She swapped between songs that require different moods and voices one after the other, and changed it accordingly. The crowd was also very supportive, and glowsticks moved in (almost) perfect synchronisation to each other and the music. There was plenty of cheering to the beats. I was thinking that my $2500NT ($100 NZ and $65 US when I bought it) was totally worth it not even halfway in.
After about 3 songs, she made some small talk. Asking us if we are fine with her speaking Japanese. The crowd answered "YES" really loudly, lol. Ten she joked about the Japanese people (there was a Minori fanclub tour group) being fine :P. She also introduced her dancers and herself to much more applause. She then introduced her next song - the Galaxy Angel OP.
Again, there was much excitement and support from the audience. One great song followed the other, and much time was spent in absolute enjoyment. She took a small break, drank some water and did some more small talk. She said that she went to Animate the day before the concert, and some people put it on their blogs. She also said that she sometimes go to Maid Cafes, lol. I'm glad I took Japanese.
More songs was thrown out, until she finally had to finish to let Minori have her turn. However, the crowd demanded Encore, and she responded with 3 more songs (I think they have a few songs in reserve in case an encore is demanded). That ended the first half, or the Yui concert.
Intermission was 20 minutes. My glowsticks ran out so I went and bought some new ones that will probably last longer (which it did, its still working right now). Then the crowd took their drinks, reloaded on their glowsticks and got ready for the Minori part.
The appearance of Minori was greeted with MASSIVE cheers (me included). It seems that there are more Minori supporters. The gym was also filled with blue glowsticks! If Yui was a brilliant live performer, then Minori is an EPIC live performer. Although she has less action than Yui, she did even more interaction with the audience. Her voice also projects better and clearer than Yui. MP3's/CD's/FLAC's are no match for her live epicness. The crowd probably knew this as well, and I'm sure they showed more support. I ended up spending 1.5 hours shouting "Minori, hey! Minori, Hey!", and jumping up and down like a madman (not like I didn't for Yui, but this time, I put a lot more effort into it XD).
She also sang 2 or 3 songs, then stopped to make small talk as well. Talking about how good it is to be in Taiwan and seeing our support. She was nervous because we showed so much support for Yui, but was glad to also receive so much support. She also mentioned how hot it was, because it was. Lol. She went to the Night markets the night before, and found it interesting. Taiwan Night markets are the best (my opinion XD). Then she talked about some character songs and started to sing them.
The Nagato Ch song (Yuki, Muon, Madobe Nite) was awesome. The audience practically went crazy when she sang it. Listening to the song on the computer again justg doesn't seem so good anymore. Oh dear. Her 3rd song after her small talk was... you know it, PARADISE LOST. The live performance was OVER 9000 times better than the mp3! She would sing "wakari au" and we, the audience will echo "wakere au" etc. After I finished listening, I felt that I could die with no regrets. This live also sealed the deal for me. Paradise lost is now the best song of the season for me.
Long story short, she also did more small talk and way more songs. They were even more epic than Yuis. Oh, and I forgot to say... her Character songs had a live band performing for her (well it was 5 ppl, but its still a band). That upped the epicness of the song by another 3 times. Another thing I noted is how much cuter/moe her voice sounds when she speaks normally, I was like "WTF this is way too cool". She also did a costume change in the middle of the performance, which bought the audience to another high.
At last, she finished. However, we asked for an encore REALLY LOUDLY, and she responded also. She also changed into the Concert T-shirt (as with Yui in her encore), and sang two more songs. She ended off with again, the Nagato Character song. This time, the whole audience was singing along, bringing the night to its full climax. Then they both came out, took their bows, and the show finished. Those lucky enough to get a autographed ticket stayed behind, while the rest of us left.
We then had a quick snack (stinky tofu ftw) then went back, took a shower and slept. There was also some Itashas when I came out... but my sister left the camera at the friends where we were staying, so I couldn't get any photos. She fails D=
Part 3 (day 2) will come tomorrow, need to sleep now.
Photos (very little because photograhpy and recording were banned in the concert, and I was too high on glowsticks to care).
The venue!
Posters. I wanted to take one down but since I sat at the front I came out too late D:
The concert has a scheduled entry at 6:30pm, which is about the time when I got there, since the dinner place was busy. I should have got there earlier, as I missed out on buying the special T-shirt they were selling, and the 500NT a draw to get an autograph from Yui & Minori. However, as I only arrived in Taiwan like... 3 full days ago, I didn't get much time to check what is on sale etc. Instead, I just bought some glowsticks and headed on in.
The gym was pretty packed, and most of them was male. I did spot quite a few female faces, though. A lot of people was wearing those T-shirts, and a few was wearing clothing with Nagato on it. Pretty supportive, Taiwan. I saw a person with a Watanagashi Shirt thing. After a few minutes of waiting, the lights dimmed and LET THE SHOW BEGIN! Btw, I was in row 2 (almost right infront of the stage), and right in front of the speakers. Extra epicness.
The crowd cheered and stood up. Glowsticks were unleashed filling the gym with pink and blue (Pink for Yui and Blue for Minori). First out was... SAKAKIBARA YUI, and her two assistant dancers, Hitomi and Chika. Yui wore a pink glitter top with a frilly pink skirt, standard performance clothes imo. I'll talk about my thoughts on her performance first (which is the first half of the show).
Yui is a brilliant live performer. Her dancing background means that she can add in a lot of dynamics while singing at the same time. Her dancing fitted great with the tune, and the dancers were also in great sync. She know when to move around the stage and interact with the audience. Her singing is also awesome. She swapped between songs that require different moods and voices one after the other, and changed it accordingly. The crowd was also very supportive, and glowsticks moved in (almost) perfect synchronisation to each other and the music. There was plenty of cheering to the beats. I was thinking that my $2500NT ($100 NZ and $65 US when I bought it) was totally worth it not even halfway in.
After about 3 songs, she made some small talk. Asking us if we are fine with her speaking Japanese. The crowd answered "YES" really loudly, lol. Ten she joked about the Japanese people (there was a Minori fanclub tour group) being fine :P. She also introduced her dancers and herself to much more applause. She then introduced her next song - the Galaxy Angel OP.
Again, there was much excitement and support from the audience. One great song followed the other, and much time was spent in absolute enjoyment. She took a small break, drank some water and did some more small talk. She said that she went to Animate the day before the concert, and some people put it on their blogs. She also said that she sometimes go to Maid Cafes, lol. I'm glad I took Japanese.
More songs was thrown out, until she finally had to finish to let Minori have her turn. However, the crowd demanded Encore, and she responded with 3 more songs (I think they have a few songs in reserve in case an encore is demanded). That ended the first half, or the Yui concert.
Intermission was 20 minutes. My glowsticks ran out so I went and bought some new ones that will probably last longer (which it did, its still working right now). Then the crowd took their drinks, reloaded on their glowsticks and got ready for the Minori part.
The appearance of Minori was greeted with MASSIVE cheers (me included). It seems that there are more Minori supporters. The gym was also filled with blue glowsticks! If Yui was a brilliant live performer, then Minori is an EPIC live performer. Although she has less action than Yui, she did even more interaction with the audience. Her voice also projects better and clearer than Yui. MP3's/CD's/FLAC's are no match for her live epicness. The crowd probably knew this as well, and I'm sure they showed more support. I ended up spending 1.5 hours shouting "Minori, hey! Minori, Hey!", and jumping up and down like a madman (not like I didn't for Yui, but this time, I put a lot more effort into it XD).
She also sang 2 or 3 songs, then stopped to make small talk as well. Talking about how good it is to be in Taiwan and seeing our support. She was nervous because we showed so much support for Yui, but was glad to also receive so much support. She also mentioned how hot it was, because it was. Lol. She went to the Night markets the night before, and found it interesting. Taiwan Night markets are the best (my opinion XD). Then she talked about some character songs and started to sing them.
The Nagato Ch song (Yuki, Muon, Madobe Nite) was awesome. The audience practically went crazy when she sang it. Listening to the song on the computer again justg doesn't seem so good anymore. Oh dear. Her 3rd song after her small talk was... you know it, PARADISE LOST. The live performance was OVER 9000 times better than the mp3! She would sing "wakari au" and we, the audience will echo "wakere au" etc. After I finished listening, I felt that I could die with no regrets. This live also sealed the deal for me. Paradise lost is now the best song of the season for me.
Long story short, she also did more small talk and way more songs. They were even more epic than Yuis. Oh, and I forgot to say... her Character songs had a live band performing for her (well it was 5 ppl, but its still a band). That upped the epicness of the song by another 3 times. Another thing I noted is how much cuter/moe her voice sounds when she speaks normally, I was like "WTF this is way too cool". She also did a costume change in the middle of the performance, which bought the audience to another high.
At last, she finished. However, we asked for an encore REALLY LOUDLY, and she responded also. She also changed into the Concert T-shirt (as with Yui in her encore), and sang two more songs. She ended off with again, the Nagato Character song. This time, the whole audience was singing along, bringing the night to its full climax. Then they both came out, took their bows, and the show finished. Those lucky enough to get a autographed ticket stayed behind, while the rest of us left.
We then had a quick snack (stinky tofu ftw) then went back, took a shower and slept. There was also some Itashas when I came out... but my sister left the camera at the friends where we were staying, so I couldn't get any photos. She fails D=
Part 3 (day 2) will come tomorrow, need to sleep now.
Photos (very little because photograhpy and recording were banned in the concert, and I was too high on glowsticks to care).
The venue!
Posters. I wanted to take one down but since I sat at the front I came out too late D:Friday, December 5, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Leave the Gundam behind!
Today was the Geddon on Monday. We arrived at the city at like 8:30, wandered a bit then went in.
Bought an Eva poster for $7.50 (it was 2 for 15 but another friend bought one too), then wandered around shops just looking at random stuff. My friend won a Black Tri-star set of cushions with teh Gundam lucky draw. D:
11am was the Crispin Freeman panel on Superheroes and Giant Robots. That was quite an informative show, and solved to as why the US has Superheroes and Japan has Giant robots. It's to do with Religion, divinity and manifestations. More stuff here. He then talked about those robots being vessels to help you achieve enlightment and how you should leave them behind once you have obtained it. He used an example of Amuro vs Char in A Baoa Qu, with Amuro letting go of the Gundam while Char tried to keep it until the last possible moment. (Go watch that bit!). He then ended the panel with "leave the Gundam behind."
Afternoon was a flurry of random stuff eg food, sitting there watching random anime etc. The cosplay skits was pretty lol. ONe group used the Loituma music :o, and there was a Hatsune Miku doing the Nyan nyan dance. Werid stuff. Winner was some Trinity blood cosplay, and I can't agree on it more.
Caught some bargains in the alst 30 mins of the con, will post pics of what I got tomorrow seeing we only bought a camera today >.>. Spent about $120 for the two days. Could have been more but, Taiwan calls.
Bought an Eva poster for $7.50 (it was 2 for 15 but another friend bought one too), then wandered around shops just looking at random stuff. My friend won a Black Tri-star set of cushions with teh Gundam lucky draw. D:
11am was the Crispin Freeman panel on Superheroes and Giant Robots. That was quite an informative show, and solved to as why the US has Superheroes and Japan has Giant robots. It's to do with Religion, divinity and manifestations. More stuff here. He then talked about those robots being vessels to help you achieve enlightment and how you should leave them behind once you have obtained it. He used an example of Amuro vs Char in A Baoa Qu, with Amuro letting go of the Gundam while Char tried to keep it until the last possible moment. (Go watch that bit!). He then ended the panel with "leave the Gundam behind."
Afternoon was a flurry of random stuff eg food, sitting there watching random anime etc. The cosplay skits was pretty lol. ONe group used the Loituma music :o, and there was a Hatsune Miku doing the Nyan nyan dance. Werid stuff. Winner was some Trinity blood cosplay, and I can't agree on it more.
Caught some bargains in the alst 30 mins of the con, will post pics of what I got tomorrow seeing we only bought a camera today >.>. Spent about $120 for the two days. Could have been more but, Taiwan calls.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Armageddon Auckland 08 - Saturday (+H!ACP)
http://pulpexpo.com/ For you who doesn't know.
Went on Saturday mainly for the Panel by Crispin Freeman on dubbing. Was great fun, we got him to say "All Hail Britannia!" and called him ORENJI-KUN.
All those aside, the con was pretty good. As usual, it lacks ANY Japanese anime/manga related peoples. But it's NZ, so bleh. However, there was a random draw thing for $10 so I went and got a Zaku CD carry case. My other friend got the Zaku MP3, which put me into despair. There was also a lot ofoverpriced figures and gunpla for sale, lol. Although you could haggle. Also spotted the Eva movie for sale for $30 + free poster, so debating whether I want to buy :o (or just the poster for $10).
Bought a few DVD boxes + 1st volumes for $5 ea. They were Gunslinger Girl, Gravin and GitS: SAC. Gone by friday, due to it being used as prizes. Alos some pretty good AMVs. One of them was a TTGL one which spoils people anyone who hasn't watched it. (Episode 8, anyone?)
After the Con, ignoring the Eva movie that was being shown (seen it on big screens in July XD), we headed to the H!ACP party.
It's hosted by Tammy of the Auckland Cosplay Forums. http://cosplaynewzealand.forumotion.com/
We had lots of food and drinks, and random games. They kept trying to get me to do the fish on a cutting board (don't ask. PLEASE), so I had to do it and won some chocolate, so I guess it wasn't all that bad. Pretty fun when there is like 40 people in a room doing Caramelldancin, and whatsnot.
Going again on Monday for the Cosplay comp (saw awesome ones today, love you ACP guys), and a panel on Giant Robots vs Superheroes. Also discouts like half an hr before the con ends XD
Went on Saturday mainly for the Panel by Crispin Freeman on dubbing. Was great fun, we got him to say "All Hail Britannia!" and called him ORENJI-KUN.
All those aside, the con was pretty good. As usual, it lacks ANY Japanese anime/manga related peoples. But it's NZ, so bleh. However, there was a random draw thing for $10 so I went and got a Zaku CD carry case. My other friend got the Zaku MP3, which put me into despair. There was also a lot of
Bought a few DVD boxes + 1st volumes for $5 ea. They were Gunslinger Girl, Gravin and GitS: SAC. Gone by friday, due to it being used as prizes. Alos some pretty good AMVs. One of them was a TTGL one which spoils people anyone who hasn't watched it. (Episode 8, anyone?)
After the Con, ignoring the Eva movie that was being shown (seen it on big screens in July XD), we headed to the H!ACP party.
It's hosted by Tammy of the Auckland Cosplay Forums. http://cosplaynewzealand.forumotion.com/
We had lots of food and drinks, and random games. They kept trying to get me to do the fish on a cutting board (don't ask. PLEASE), so I had to do it and won some chocolate, so I guess it wasn't all that bad. Pretty fun when there is like 40 people in a room doing Caramelldancin, and whatsnot.
Going again on Monday for the Cosplay comp (saw awesome ones today, love you ACP guys), and a panel on Giant Robots vs Superheroes. Also discouts like half an hr before the con ends XD
Thursday, October 23, 2008
List of stuff going on in Taiwan.
Basically, rough plans. May be subject to change.
12/3 Plane back. Transfer at Hong Kong.
12/7 Go up to Taipei for Dream_Stage-Yui_and_Minori- (Ticket already bought)
Jan - Computer Exhibition?
End of Jan (forgot date) Chinese New Year
2/6~2/9 ish Taipei International Book Exhibition
During that time: Touring Taipei
2/8 EIKO_SHIMAMIYA-First_Asia_Tour-2009_in_TAIWAN
And whatever else when I confirm it.
12/3 Plane back. Transfer at Hong Kong.
12/7 Go up to Taipei for Dream_Stage-Yui_and_Minori- (Ticket already bought)
Jan - Computer Exhibition?
End of Jan (forgot date) Chinese New Year
2/6~2/9 ish Taipei International Book Exhibition
During that time: Touring Taipei
2/8 EIKO_SHIMAMIYA-First_Asia_Tour-2009_in_TAIWAN
And whatever else when I confirm it.
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