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The Kalafina 5th Anniversary LIVE SELECTION 2009-2012 release described on the previous newspost, has now been officially announced by SonyMusic! The performances included in the 2 CDs will be 29 in total and will be chosen from 9 concerts. The Limited Edition will be enclosed in a box with a 60-page booklet, and will cost 8000yen (Tax included).

You can now Pre-order from CD Japan:

• Regular Edition
• Limited Edition

In other news, it was just announced that Kalafina will hold a live concert to celebrate their 5th Anniversary!

Title: Kalafina 5th Anniversary LIVE “oblivious”
Date: January 23, 2013 (Wed)
Doors Open: 18:00 (JST)
Concert Starts: 19:00 (JST)
Venue: Shibuya O-EAST

It’s an all standing live with tickets priced at 5,500 yen.

thanks to Mooptin, elcazador and Keiri for the news!

After a few days of rumors, the details were finally confirmed on the yahoo.co.jp store. Kalafina will release a CD album with audio from their lives covering the years 2009-2012, similar to FictionJunction 2008-2010 The BEST of Yuki Kajiura LIVE . The release will be titled Kalafina 5th Anniversary LIVE SELECTION 2009-2012 and will have Regular and Limited Editions, set for release on January 23, 2013 (same day as SAO OST I). The Regular edition will contain 2 CDs with audio from their Lives between 2009-2012 while the Limited Edition will contain these 2 CDs plus 1 DVD and 1 BD with the PVs from “oblivious” to “Hikari furu”. The PV of “oblivious” will be released for the first time ever!

Title: Kalafina 5th Anniversary LIVE SELECTION 2009-2012
Artist: Kalafina
Release Date: January 23, 2013

Regular Edition
Product Code: SECL-1229
Price: 3900 Yen
Contains: 2 CDs with audio from lives 2009-2012

Limited Edition:
Product Code: SECL-1225
Price: 8000 Yen
Contains: 2CDs + DVD&BD with PVs from “oblivious” to “Hikari furu”

thanks to elcazador for the news!

[EDIT] According to Amazon.jp, the price of L.E is 8000 Yen instead of 6590.

Kalafina has been nominated for The Animation Artist of the Year at the Billboard JAPAN Music Awards! You can support them by voting at the Billboard Japan website below.
Click here to submit your vote!

• Age – enter a number
• Gender – boy (left) or girl (right)
• Location – you have to choose a Japanese prefecture
• Occupation – choose a job (the last choice is “other”)
• How did you hear about the awards – choose any one
• E-mail address – enter it twice
• Billboard newsletter subscription – yes (left) or no (right)
• Click the left choice for the last line above submit button

Thanks to Yurika and chrisgarci!

In addition, we have an amazing group of fansubbers working on Kajiura/Kalafina interview videos, who are looking for Japanese translators. If you’re interested in helping enlighten the English-speaking fan world, please check out the fansubbers’ thread!

This is kind of old news but thought of posting for all of you to know 🙂

Kalafina are invited at bay.fm’s event POWER COUNTDOWN JAPAN HOT 30! along with other artists, and its going to be streamed via Ustream!!

Since the watching this time will be for Free (unlike YK vol 9 and Music Energy) in order to watch you only need to create a Ustream account, or to login with your facebook one.

Title: POWER COUNTDOWN JAPAN HOT 30
Date: October 20 (Sat)
Time: 15:00 (JST)
URL: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bayfm78-power-countdown-japan-hot-30

Thanks to Keiri!

[EDIT 23/10/2012] CDJapan as part of their “Weekly Sales” program is currently offering 10% off previous Kalafina releases in commemoration of the release of “Hikari Furu”, until October 29, 2012. Click here to check out the sale!