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NEWS: Kalafina Music Trio Reunite for January Anniversary Concert




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YAGOO



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 10:41 pm Reply with quote
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Since Kalafina's disbandment, all three have at some point collaborated with Kajiura again under Kajiura's FictionJunction music project.


Correction: While KEIKO continued to be part of FictionJunction, and Hikaru started appearing in her lives as a guest vocalist occasionally, recently even filling for Kaori's absence because she's pregnant. Wakana has not been involved with Kajiura at all, in fact, at least publicly, Wakana hadn't been involved with any of them up until now.
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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 12:16 am Reply with quote
Kajiura's message sounded very disappointed and sad, honestly. This isn't "Kalafina". It can't be "Kalafina" without Kajiura.
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unready



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 12:28 am Reply with quote
Just a nit: Kajiura isn't a "former composer." She just isn't Kalafina's composer anymore. (I think the agency owns the name.)
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Egan Loo



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 3:25 am Reply with quote
unready wrote:
Just a nit: Kajiura isn't a "former composer." She just isn't Kalafina's composer anymore. (I think the agency owns the name.)


In this article, "Trio's founder, former composer" means that Kajiura is the former composer of Kalafina, not a former composer in general.
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-Matthew-



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 4:30 am Reply with quote
I hope that they return as a group again! Their songs are amazing and so beautiful!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 9:07 am Reply with quote
YAGOO wrote:
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Since Kalafina's disbandment, all three have at some point collaborated with Kajiura again under Kajiura's FictionJunction music project.


Correction: While KEIKO continued to be part of FictionJunction, and Hikaru started appearing in her lives as a guest vocalist occasionally, recently even filling for Kaori's absence because she's pregnant. Wakana has not been involved with Kajiura at all, in fact, at least publicly, Wakana hadn't been involved with any of them up until now.


Thank you for this! I have sent it to the News team.
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Saeryen



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 9:41 am Reply with quote
This is awesome! I love Kalafina!
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Utsuro no Hako



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 11:56 am Reply with quote
Kougeru wrote:
Kajiura's message sounded very disappointed and sad, honestly. This isn't "Kalafina". It can't be "Kalafina" without Kajiura.


I agree if they perform a bunch of new music that she didn't write, but if they're just getting together to perform their hits, Kajiura's absence doesn't affect anything.
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quoss



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 1:04 pm Reply with quote
Reunion concert is glorious but it is a shame nobody contacted Kajiura... Even just a "Hey, need that VIP pass?"

Ah, I've always wanted to see Kalafina but we accept some things in life aren't meant to be.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 2:40 pm Reply with quote
If they want to, they should just form their own group

They don't need anyone's permission to form their own group, and if they want to include their former composer in it, then who's to stop them
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merr



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 3:14 pm Reply with quote
Is this like a label dispute thing? It seems weird that Kajiura would tweet like that when there’s (seemingly) no bad blood between her and the members.
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King Arthur



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 9:41 pm Reply with quote
merr wrote:
Is this like a label dispute thing? It seems weird that Kajiura would tweet like that when there’s (seemingly) no bad blood between her and the members.


If I remember correctly, Kajiura and the agency (specifically one of its producers) behind Kalafina have bad blood.
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Nachtwandler



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 05, 2024 6:34 am Reply with quote
King Arthur wrote:
merr wrote:
Is this like a label dispute thing? It seems weird that Kajiura would tweet like that when there’s (seemingly) no bad blood between her and the members.


If I remember correctly, Kajiura and the agency (specifically one of its producers) behind Kalafina have bad blood.


Kajiura did not renew her contract with an agency and went freelance because of the bad blood with her new manager if I remeber correctly. But as the agency owns Kalafina trademark, they are responcible for this reunion concert.
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Gilarack



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 06, 2024 4:12 am Reply with quote
Can they please stay reunited until the new Madoka movie!
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Rob19ny



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 06, 2024 4:35 am Reply with quote
What a interesting surprise. 2 weeks ago, Aldnoah.Zero was announced to be getting a new 24.5 episode in its 10th anniversary BD in March. Seeing AZ news automatically made me sad because Kalafina performed the OP song for it. Now Kalafina are having an anniversary concert in January.

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Yuki Kajiura, the founder and former composer for the trio, made a statement on her X (formerly Twitter) account that she is not involved with the concert, and that she was not officialy contacted by any of the singers nor the concert organizer.


Of course.
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