[Event Report] Avex Mode Anime Rave 2001


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subject [Event Report] Avex Mode Anime Rave 2001
date Mon, 3 Sep 2001 03:20:51 +0800
Event
       Avex Mode Anime Rave 2001 ~Anime 10,000 People Live Concert~
Location
       Ariake Big Sight Hall East 4
Date
       2001.08.17
Time
       15:30 - 19:20
Guests
       Sakura Taisen Hana-gumi
       - Sakura (Yokoyama Chisa)
       - Sumire (Tomizawa Michie)
       - Maria (Takano Urara)
       - Iris (Nishihara Kumiko)
       - Kohran (Fuchizaki Yuriko)
       - Kanna (Tanaka Mayumi)
       - Orihime (Okamoto Maya)
       - Reni (Ikura Kazue)
       Sakura Taisen Paris Hana-Gumi
       - Erica (Hidaka Noriko)
       - Glycine (Shimazu Saeko)
       - Lobelia (Inoue Kikuko)
       - Coquelicot (Kozakura Etsuko)
       - Hanabi (Takamori Yoshino)
       Enomoto Atsuko
       Kouda Mariko
       Yamaguchi Kappa
       Yukino Satsuki
       Kawasumi Ayako
       Yamamoto Maria
       Mizuno Manabi
       Suzuki Chihiro
       Asano Masumi
       Folder 5
       Matsushita Moeko
       Tokyo Purin
Emcee
       Souguchi Akihisa (NTV Announcer)
       Ueda Kana
       Seki Toshihiko
Cost
       1000 yen, kids up to Junior High student are free of charge

  * Event report version 0.5 by CuSO4, 2001.09.02

This was a long, 4 hours live event by many seiyuu and singers.

I met up with Stephen Lee at around 13:00 in Akihabara, got
some food, then go to Ariake Big Sight through JR Yamanote-sen
and Yurikamome.

From the Yurikamome station, we walked to Big Sight.  I saw no
queue enroute so I think maybe the event would not be too 
successful on a weekday.  After we go inside Big Sight, we found 
the queue.  It started from the entrance of Hall East 4, along 
Hall East 5 & 6, and about a hundred meters outside the building.

When we queue up, we found there was quite a few cosplayers, all 
of them were cosplaying Sakura Taisen character.  A girl 
cosplaying Sakura was just a few person in from of us.  She was
practising the hand gestures of the Sakura Taisen OP, which I knew
quite well.  ^_^

Upon entrance, after the usual camera check, a white bag and a
pack of cards were handed to the each audience.   The bag contains
tons of pamphlets and a uchiwa (paper fan).  The pack is the
Avex Mode promotion card set : cards of several anime/game related
to Avex Mode, such as Sakura Taisen, Angelic Layer, One Piece,
Dangaioh, Enomoto Atsuko, Vampire Hunter D, Chance, Initial D, etc.

The hall was divided into 12 sections (4x3 : 4 in front, 4 in 
middle, and 4 at the back).  Our tickets were of section D, which 
was the right-most section in the front.  No seats, as it was 
supposed to be an all standing event.

The show started at around 15:35.  Emcee Souguchi Akihisa and Ueda
Kana came out.  The emcee list also had Seki Toshihiko, but he did
not appeared at that time.

The emcee introduced Sakura Taisen Hana-gumi.  All the Hana-gumi
came out, introduced themselves, and sang 3 songs
- OP of Sakura Taisen : Geki! Taikoku Kagekidan
- New Kayou Show song : Hana-gumi Revue
- New Kayou Show song : Guchi Zusamu Uta

As usual, they cosplayed as thier respective characters during the
talk and the song.

As there was a Sakura Taisen Kayou Show that night, all the
Sakura Taisen Hana-gumi members excused themselves and left.

Many Sakura Taisen fans also left the event at that time.
Inside those who left, there was a bunch of guys wearing yellow
Iris yukata.  Very scary.  ^_^

Next came the Sakura Taisen Paris Hana-gumi.  All 5 members
came out and sang Hana no Paris.  They were also cosplaying
their respective characters.  Lobelia was very, very cool.
She did not even smile once.  Coquelicot was having a too heavy
maku-up.  Erica was OK.  Glycine had a non-natural yellow wig.
Hanabi's black wig did not fit her face.  Lobelia was taller
than the rest of the crew, so I borrowed Stephen's binocular
to try to see if Kikuko was wearing a high-heel boot, but her
outfit covered her leg very well and I could not see her boot
clearly.

Their introduced themselves after the song, then sang Voyage.
Lastly, they sang Mihata no Moto ni, OP of Sakura Taisen 3 game.

During the songs, it was obvious that they had not practise
much with the dance steps as they were horribly out of sync.
Mainly, it was Lobelia who had the wrong move most.

Also, there was a long pause between every single people spoke
their dialogues.  The dead silence was obviously caused by lack
of practise together.  However, we would not expect them to be
as good as the original Hana-gumi in stage performance.

All 5 members started to go back to backstage.  Lobelia forgot
to took back the ribbon-ball (a property used during the songs)
she placed on the floor.  Coquelicot tried to remind her but
Lobelia already walked away.  Coquelicot then went to pick up
Lobelia's ribbon-ball and went backstage.

As the emcees were walking out to the stage, Erica suddenly
came out again to perform her short Ohayou Dance, starling
the emcees.  She went backstage after the dance.

After she left the stage, many Sakura Taisen fans left the
event at that time to attend the Sakura Taisen Kayou Show
that night.  Stephen and I were among those who left then.
When we were leaving, they were showing promotional clip
of the upcoming Sakura Taisen movie.

My prime objective of going to this event is to watch Inoue
Kikuko cosplaying Lobelia, so I did not feel bad having to
leave early.

--

I am now writing the Sakura Taisen Kayou Show 5 event report, and 
hopefully I will post it within this week.

Hitoshi, you are free to use this report.

--
'CuSO4' Yung
cuso4@cuso4.com, cuso4@manbow.com, chyung@hknet.com, cuso4@cuso4.org



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