The Bonkurasu Brigade

Aside from the spelling error, the short snippet shows how the last leg of Perfume’s ⊿ tour at Yokohama Arena went. Yes, it’s very much like the one I went at Sapporo, although the only difference was the size.

Here’s an excerpt from the latest post:

Their next live performance announced will be for the Act Against AIDS 2009 benefit concert at the Nippon Budokan on December 1st. This will be their 2nd time joining the AAA “The Variety” concert.

As for releases, their just finished 2009 Tour will be released on DVD will be out on January 13th, 2010! If it seems a bit too long of a wait, don’t fret for the 10/15 Yokohama Arena venue of the tour will be broadcasted on MUSIC ON! TV after X’mas (12/26 ).

I can’t wait for both the broadcast version and the actual DVD. Mmmm more Perfume goodness. That said, I’m still a sucker and pre-ordered my Perfume Livefolio at the local Kinokuniya a week back. D’oh.

For more information, do visit Perfume City’s post.

For everyone else playing Love Plus, check the event schedule! A girl techno unit called Parfume will be playing at the event hall, starting on the second week of November.

Wait, girl techno? Parfume? Wait, what?

Will Love Plus emulate reality to the extent of there not being seats at all (And thus potentially make Rinko angry at me for dragging her to a crowded mosh pit of crazed fans?)? Will there be a PTA?

I… I don’t really understand anymore. I’ll go! I’ll go to this Parfume live!

And sign me up for PTA.

In other news, Fujita Saki (Voice of Hatsune Miku) has gone from voicing bananas to voicing pudding. I am gripped by a sudden urge to get one of those.

The horror when I saw this:

The girls’ management are robbing my bank account! Dammit. Well, I’ve been wanting to join the fanclub anyway, perhaps this will further sweeten the deal? XD

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I’m lazy, so I’m going to paste the info from Perfume City :

Their official website announced publicly today (25/9) that Perfume will be releasing a second Photobook:

｢Perfume Livefolio｣

価格 3,000円（税込）
ISBN 978-4-334-90161-5

December 17th, huh. Nice Xmas present for me, anyone? =DDD *flees*

From the title, you can predict that photos from Perfume’s current and past live performances will be featured. The girls have been known to express that one of their favorite times of the year is when they’re on stage in front of their fans. This allows them to be their selves and really let loose.

You can pre-order the book only on ASMART for now.

From this list, it looks like you can order the large concert shirts as well! They even have their shirts kids sized! Perfect for budding lolis and shotas to become the next Perfume. Okay, maybe not the shotas.

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As of 30 minutes ago, Nocchi is officially 1 year into her adulthood, aka 21 years old!! I wonder if she had her first taste of alcohol over the past year…. XD

And a few more days to the next phase of Perfume’s Triangle Tour!! All the best to Nocchi as well as Perfume on a whole!

Once again “tannoy5″ from the Perfume City Forums has provided a translation of an interview from the music magazine, “Ongaku to Hito”. Credits to him and his translator Yosuke Yamamoto!

(Editor: sentinel011)

Perfume Interview from –Ongaku to Hito-

*NOCCHI
*A-CHAN
*KASHIYUKA

-So, when did you guys record your new single, One Room Disco?

A: When was it? In January, maybe??
N: Yeah, it was in this year.
A: Oh, no no no. It was last year.
K: Last year??
A: Yup, it was last year. We were too busy to remember things (lol).

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Back in the days of their Vitamin Drop single, Perfume performed Inryoku, but none of which managed to be known to the world, since they weren’t that famous at that time….

Until recently. Not only that, they were singing without vocoders at that time, so that’s an additional bonus.

“tannoy5″ from the Perfume City Forums has recently finished translating the whole chunk text found in Perfume’s first photobook, Perfume Portfolio. Credits to him and his translator Yosuke Yamamoto!

(General editing done by sentinel011)

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Calling all Perfume fans!

Organized by me at Perfume City Forums, Perfume fans will have their first meet-up at Orchard MRT, 2pm on NOCCHI’S BIRTHDAYYYYY. In other words, 20th September.

Despite it being in Singapore, this gathering does not restrict to only Singaporeans; any Perfume fan can join us!

Interested? Please e-mail your name and contact number, with the Topic “Perfume Gathering on Nocchi’s birthday” to Bonkurasu____gmail____com. Deadline ends on Friday, 18th September @ 11pm GMT+8.

Programs listed at the forum page here. For more enquiries , do e-mail Bonkurasu! Or if you’re a forum member there, do PM me your contact number =D

No, not in literal sense out of the bottle of fragrant liquid, nor am I a cannibal. I mean their merchandise, and since my recent Japan Trip, I’ve bought quite a bit of their CDs. So what else is next?

I sourced Yahoo Japan Auctions, and with some help from a friend who resides in Japan, I get to own out-of-print editions of their CDs and limited merchandise. And no, I’ve yet to own any of the following posters/CDs.



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