Violet Evergarden orchestra concert in Thailand on 17 and 18 January 2025

Following the first Violet Evergarden orchestra concert outside Japan, held in Beijing, China on 8 June 2024, a while ago, it was announced that a similar concert will take place on 18 January 2025 in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. The concert will be held at Prince Mahidol Hall, the largest concert hall in Thailand and located in Mahidol University.

 

Event link for 18 January 2025

(Source: Violet Evergarden official X account)

Due to the great response, it was announced today that a second session will take place on 17 January 2025 at the same place.

Event link for 17 January 2025

(Source: Violet Evergarden official X account)

Both sessions will feature TRUE, Chihara Minori, and Yuuki Aira. Music will be by Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Thanapol Setabrahmana.

It is so nice to see such orchestra concerts continue to be held overseas. I also hope that they will again hold the concert in Japan, since I really enjoyed the 2021 concert.

My overall thoughts on Violet Evergarden The Movie

Events:

First cast greeting event for Violet Evergarden the Movie

Violet Evergarden the Movie: Cast greeting event to thank fans

Production staff event at screening of Violet Evergarden the Movie

Letter of appreciation from Violet Evergarden's author Akatsuki Kana

Post on Violet Evergarden Orchestra Concert 2021

 

Translations of short stories:

Gilbert Bougainvillea and the Fleeting Dream (unofficial translation of "ギルベルト・ブーゲンビリアと儚い夢")

Violet Evergarden short stories: "Logbook entry" and "Diary entry" (unofficial translation)

The Starry Night and the Lonely Two (unofficial translation of 星降りの夜とさみしいふたり)

Diethard Bougainvillea's If (unofficial translation of ディートフリート・ブーゲンビリアIf) 

The Tailor and the Auto-Memories Doll (unofficial translation of 仕立て屋と自動手記人形)
 

Tellsis (Nunkish) translation:

Decoding the Violet Evergarden postcard

Translating the message card from Violet Evergarden Orchestra Concert 2021

Last line of Violet's final letter to Gilbert

My Tellsis language translator in Flutter that runs on Windows, Linux, and Android

My (old) Python script for translating to and from Tellsis language (Nunkish)

 

Insights on the movie:

Was Ekarte Island based on Folegandros?

Touching scenes in Violet Evergarden the Movie

Violet Evergarden the Movie is a story about guilt

Article about story consistency/inconsistency in Violet Evergarden the Movie

 

Audio commentary notes:

Production staff

Voice actors

Music staff

Violet Evergarden TV anime series

 

All posts related to Violet Evergarden.

Initial D vs MF Ghost

Initial D and MF Ghost are both manga series by the same author, Shigeno Shuichi, and adapted into anime. I became interested in Initial D after watching the first season of MF Ghost (which is in its second season now; the manga series is also on-going). I haven't read the manga for either of them, so my thought are limited to the impression I have from the anime adaptations.

I found Initial D to be more gripping than MF Ghost. Both adaptations feature races and spend a considerable amount of time on them. However, the races in MF Ghost did not feel as exciting to me, compared to those in Initial D. Both of them feature cars drifting and overtaking and speeding away, so what sets them apart?

I think it could be that Initial D focused heavily on a single character, Fujiwara Takumi. While Takahashi Keisuke also featured more in the later seasons, it was very clear that Takumi is the main character, the protagonist of this series. While other races were talked about, Takumi's races were always shown. In contrast, MF Ghost's main character/protagonist is Kanata, but the race scenes kept switching between him and other drivers. To me, this kind of diluted the sense of excitement as the pacing keeps being disrupted.

The other reason could be because the races in Initial D are one-on-one, while those in MF Ghost are either time trials (which means you just see a driver speeding along) or 15-driver races, where the protagonist may spend a large amount of time trying to catch up or keep position. The races (at least, the portion shown on screen) in Initial D are always dogfights, but those in MF Ghost end up covering more drivers that kind of dilutes the attention on any single one.

Takumi's races in Initial D are downhill races, and the differences in engine power are not as big compared to the races in MF Ghost, where the courses have both uphill and downhill portions. It is always more exciting to see someone win through skill rather than pure engine power, and in that sense, Initial D shows a lot more of that.

Therefore, I found Initial D to be more gripping, more exciting. Even though its use of computer graphics is kind of dated (especially the earlier seasons), it manages to give a sense of "being there" because the show follows a single driver throughout the race. Meanwhile, I am looking forward to seeing the rest of the anime adaptation of MF Ghost (hopefully, it adapts the entire manga series).