News ► KINGDOM HEARTS First Breath Concert Impressions

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KINGDOM HEARTS Concert -First Breath- kicks off its Japan tour today at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Theater Concert Hall, and fans worldwide coudl not be any more excited! Though the event will not be streamed, many attendees are excitedly posting their impressions and experiences throughout the day on social media. 

Doors open for the afternoon show at 13:00 JST, and the curtains rise at 14:00 JST. Updates are posted from newest to oldest.

Full credit for information and images go to the attendees below!

• "The concert came to an end. I couldn't stop the tears from falling. Since there were spoilers, I didn't want to write too much but there was an amazing two-person rendition. It's very clever. I didn't mean to cry." (via @aibo_ac7)
• Yoko Shimomura taking a quick picture of the stage before showtime (via her Twitter)
• View of the stage inside the concert hall as everyone begins to take their seats (via @jsjunshen)
• Full list of goods available for purchase at the concert, includes both old favorites and exclusives (via @_kh_roxasora)
• The setlist for the concert (via @jsjunshen)
• Exclusive interview with Yoko Shimomura in the pamphlet (via @aibo_ac7)  
• More images of the pamphlet; it's actually very well made and features information about the games as well (via @aibo_ac7)
• Tetsuya Nomura has drawn a special piece of artwork featuring beloved characters from the franchise playing in the orchestra, with Sora as conductor (via @aibo_ac7) 
• Attendees can purchase a wide variety of merchandise at the event, such as this exclusive pamphlet with artwork from KINGDOM HEARTS X[chi]'s anniversaries, by Tetsuya Nomura (via @aibo_ac7) 
• Ryotaro Okiayu, voice of Terra, is at the concert hall! (via his Instagram)
• Beautiful bouquets gifted to Composer Yoko Shimomura are on display in the concert hall, such as this one from Nintendo's Masahiro Sakurai (credit @sonzaisinaimono) 

Images
Full credit to sonzaisinaimono, aibo_ac7, _kh_roxasora, Yoko Shimomura

          

 

[gosoxtim]

kairi new haircut is ocnfrim

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

KAIRI'S HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL <3 AND A FLUTE!

Namine on clarinet makes sense. Wait? Is Xion on an oboe?

AQUA IS ON A diddlyING TUBA YOU GO YOU BADASS <3

Riku on sax. I think we all figured he'd be a saxophone guy. Jazzy <3

But conductor Sora is 100% yes <3

ocnfrim

On fire?

 

[gosoxtim]

KAIRI'S HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL <3 AND A FLUTE!

Namine on clarinet makes sense.

AQUA IS ON A diddlyING TUBA YOU GO YOU BADASS <3

Riku on sax. I think we all figured he'd be a saxophone guy. Jazzy <3

But conductor Sora is 100% yes <3



On fire?

i meant confirm lol but fire look well lol

 

[faemarch]

KAIRI'S HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL <3 AND A FLUTE!

Namine on clarinet makes sense. Wait? Is Xion on an oboe?

AQUA IS ON A diddlyING TUBA YOU GO YOU BADASS <3

Riku on sax. I think we all figured he'd be a saxophone guy. Jazzy <3

But conductor Sora is 100% yes <3


On fire?

Xion is playing an oboe, yeah, (kind of funny since that the oboe is Shimomura's favorite instrument and is often featured in her pieces while Xion is the character everyone forgot).

Lea also looks like he has shorter hair (and a scarf), pretty fitting that he's shown with a trumpet.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

Xion is playing an oboe, yeah, (kind of funny since that oboes are Yoko's favorite instrument and are often featured in her pieces while Xion is the character everyone forgot).

Lea also looks like he has shorter hair (and a scarf), pretty fitting that he's shown with a trumpet.

Sadly he doesn't have a scarf on. He has a collared shirt, though Nomura's sketchy lines make the back of his shirt look like it is fanning out a bit.

I think Yoko really likes Xion. Xion does have the best themes in the series.

Edit: WAIT YOU ARE RIGHT! I didn't zoom in ;A; He has a scarf! Fancy <3

 

[gosoxtim]

there one new song i on the list journey of kingdom hearts

 

[Jochira]

dem hoodies and Kairi's hair >w<

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

Three of them are actually "new" pieces.

The Unknown, Power of the Darkness, and Journey of Kingdom Hearts, then whatever the encore piece is would be the fourth.

 

[gosoxtim]

i hope encore is dearly beloved for kh3 or sometihng amazing

 

[Dandelion]

I just love it so much. It's so cute. I made it my signature

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

"The concert came to an end. I couldn't stop the tears from falling. Since there were spoilers, I didn't want to write too much but there was an amazing two-person rendition. It's very clever. I didn't mean to cry." (via @aibo_ac7, translated by Zephyr)

 

[gosoxtim]

Two person redition? What does that mean

 

[Taochan]

The art is worth the money.

I need them.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

Two person redition? What does that mean

I imagine it was a duet.

 

[gosoxtim]

Intresing could that be why the va were there

 

[hemmoheikkinen]

Is it goofy that I burst into tears when I saw the artwork with all of the characters? Oh my gosh I am even shaking. For the longest of time I have wanted for Nomura to do something like this, and then he did. Gahhh, all of my friends from the past 13, in the same artwork.

Ooh, and new music too! o_o

 

[faemarch]

I cleaned the artwork up a bit,,,

in case anyone's interested.
(inb4 higher-res version is released)

 

[Ixza Reprisae]

I don't understand Aibo's comment about not spoiling anything. It's a concert for goodness' sake, if attendees don't talk about it, no one else will know what happened. It makes no sense to me, really.

 

[hemmoheikkinen]

I cleaned the artwork up a bit,,,

in case anyone's interested.
(inb4 higher-res version is released)

Thank you! Hello to my new wallpaper.