I went to two concerts while I was in Hong Kong (I think I briefly mentioned this before on my blog). I never did anything for the KOTOKO concert and now I mostly don't have too much to say about it anymore, except that she did some of her older songs, some of her not-so-old songs, and some of her recent releases. Overall, I liked it and I think in general, concertwise, the KOTOKO concert was better.
Shoko-tan concert had, interestingly enough, a much more enthused atmosphere. Perhaps because it was advertised more or she's more popular in Hong Kong, I'm not sure. But whereas the KOTOKO concert there was no benefit for coming early, I really should have came earlier for the Shoko-tan concert because there was actually quite a few cosplayers and people who dressed up. For the cosplay there was Mikus, Saint Seiya people who i don't know (I think Saint Seiya is very popular in China... :V) and a pair of Smile Precure cosplayers! As usually my incredible shyness prevented me from getting a picture of them, but its okay.
Shoko-tan concert was... hmm... how to say it, I wasn't quite as enthused I feel as the other concerts. Maybe its because I don't know a lot of her songs in general. But she did sing quite a few anime songs, songs which are a bit older. The anime songs she sang were:
Gurren Laggan Intro (obviously)
Some series I didn't watch
Saint Saiya intro (only know this because she said she'd sing it, well, also the chorus has "SAINT SAIYA" in it)
Don't Be Lazy (I guess a lot of HK people watched K-On)
the Ranka Kira song I keep forgetting the title to (which btw not a lot of people seemed to know, not even much reaction to "kira"... I guess Macross F wasn't big in HK)
Aquarion intro (people who haven't watched the anime even know this song... I'm guessing most of the HK fans did watch it though...I think)
God Knows... (Man, to think Haruhi is considered old now...)
Sailor Moon (remake coming in 2013, derp :V)
Chinese Gurren Laggan Intro (...wow really?)
She also sang a bunch of her own songs which I didn't know of. One of the songs was some cat song, and then the dancers came out with a bunch of freaky cat mask things... it was uh, not too cool imo, but oh well.
In particular one of the things that seemed bothersome about the concert (besides loud nice, but that's in every concert) is the lights. The lights often flashed really brightly, to the audience, and also at a really high frequency so it actually became rather bothersome. It seems likely it could be seizure inducing! Well, aside from that, it was an interesting experience and I don't regret going to the concert. It could be better, but it was fun all the same.
And now I should get back to work. :V Actually I have something to write up somewhat related to my work but I shall write that another day when I feel like procrastinating again.
