wildthing wrote:

The Mozart hall they were in sits 298 people.

wildthing wrote:The broadcast was 1080p 30fps so it was already bluray standard already

hogradish wrote:I was guessing 5000 total, but yeah it's probably more like 5000 easy in Japan, but I think more like 2000 for the rest of the world. Regardless, it's less than a world tour, for sure. Maybe equal to the Europe/North America leg. I hope this doesn't end up as "the year nothing but cup noodle" for them, ha ha. Buy that merch, folks!

Alxa wrote:

wildthing wrote:The broadcast was 1080p 30fps so it was already bluray standard already

The bit rate is much worse due to being streamed.   That leads to a lot more artifacts.  That's why I would like a physical bluray.

Steadystate wrote:Seems Mabataki was the only KFTD song that didn't make it into the setlist. Would've been cool if it had been woven into the acoustic set, would've fit right in alongside Departure.

hogradish wrote:I was guessing 5000 total, but yeah it's probably more like 5000 easy in Japan, but I think more like 2000 for the rest of the world. Regardless, it's less than a world tour, for sure. Maybe equal to the Europe/North America leg. I hope this doesn't end up as "the year nothing but cup noodle" for them, ha ha. Buy that merch, folks!

wildthing wrote:2 cents here.

KTFD is being pirated and put around the internet, annoying and I've emailed Team Scandal about it.

The overseas stream something happened and the frame rate was inferior at 26fps for some odd reason and I have a support ticket with Live From Events opened and they will get back to me. The broadcast was 1080p 30fps so it was already bluray standard already, I will mention this to Team Scandal when I get a chance.

It was at Symphony Hills, Mozart Hall, Curtain stage 幕舞台.
https://www.k-mil.gr.jp/institution/symphony/index.html
The Mozart hall they were in sits 1318 people.

I will also ask about the overseas merch store if its permanent when I next see a manager.

Spoiler:

* "Ceramic Blue" is a good tune and worked live, but it was a weird one to start the show for me.  If they wanted a new song to open up, I would have gone with one of the harder rocking singles like "Masterpiece" or "AMDKJ."

* "Kinebi" and "Neon Town Escape" were terrific as live songs, in fact "Kinebi" really sounds like a traditional Scandal tune.

* "Kagen no Tsuki" was a highlight.  Glad they brought this one back.

* I read eveyone's comments prior to viewing and I was hoping for a real acoustic set.  The composition change of "Departure" and "Laundry Laundry" were nice, but I really hoped to hear Mami play the "Departure" riff on an acoustic. As a guitarist myself I know this is not difficult to have done, and it would have sounded nicer.  Did like seeing Tomo at least strapping on an F-hole hollowbody bass.  Haven't seen that before from her.

* Tomo turning on the lamp was a nice mood touch to this set.

* Also regarding guitar, I noticed for the first time Haruna occasionally plays power chords with her forefinger and pinkie on the lower part of the neck.  I realize this is due to her having such small hands, but I never noticed before.

* It's always fun to watch Tomomi dancing, particularly during "Fuzzy" and "Freedom Fighters."  There's a cute, flirty thing she does with her shoulder that's quite endearing.

* "Tonight" is one of my least favorite new songs, and I was disappointed they didn't scrap the electronic drums and such for playing it live.  I think it would be better with Rina drumming throughout, and if they were to drop a lot of the electronic track that plays along.

* Funny way for Tomo and Mami to modernize the "Scandal Baby" shtick with face shields.  Especially like Mami playing the solo while still wearing it.  It doesn't look weird on her because it's Mami.

* "Tsuki" really needs the benefit of a live audience to come alive for me, especially if they are going to play it to close out a set.  It didn't have the emotional punch it should have had.  I started to fall asleep at this point in my initial viewing.

* "Chiisana Honoo" was much better live than I expected it to be.  I liked the song much better in this context than on the album.  

* The second half of the show was much stronger than the first half.  If I were to show this concert to a friend who had never seen them live before, I would start with "Fuzzy" and play to "Scandal Baby."

* Mami hit a few clams and Haruna's voice sounded strained at times, particularly in the second half, but I don't mind any of this.  It just proves they actually played this show live.

* I always think it's lame when a band saves their best or most popular songs until the encore.  It always seems disingenuous because it means they will have an encore.  I prefer when a band plays an oddity from their catalog or a cover tune, something that surprises the crowd.  That being said, I very much liked that they played the two new non-album songs as the encore, but I would have flipped the tunes and added an old classic at the end, one which they haven't played in a long time like "Taiyou Scandalous" or a hard rocker from Honey, most-specifically "Platform Syndrome".  That would have made for a stronger closer.  BTW, "Spice" was my favorite of the song debuts in this show.

* I like the production value and that they did it in an actual concert theater to have all the lighting and stage craft.  If they ever do this again I would suggest they have 4 additional boxes on the side of the main video or at bottom that each individually features one of the girls.  Let's be honest, when at an actual show most us divide our time focusing on one member at a time.  Due to the technical restrictions of a stream we probably wouldn't be able to select a box to make larger in our view (like on a DVD/BD), but having an iso cam on each member could give us more of a feeling of being there.  

* When they eventually can tour again and they come to the LA area, I really hope they don't play as much from KFTD, and compose a set that is more reflective of their overall career and catalog.  I plan to bring newbies with me, and some of the newer songs are not good introductions to the band for a live show.  My friends and girlfriend already think I'm weird for liking Scandal so much, so I don't want to them to not get why I am so excited to listen to Scandal's music and see them live.

* All in all they seemed much looser on playing the new songs that they had previously played live like "Masterpiece" and "AMDKJ."  There were times throughout the show they looked like they were having a lot of fun playing together and pretending there was actually a crowd in the theater.  It was funny seeing them wave to a non-present audience and hearing Haruna saying things like "Thank you" after some songs like it was a force of habit.

* Loved the mugging to the camera at the very end.  Did anyone else have the urge to reach through the screen and give them a big hug of thanks?

Don Dio* "Tsuki" really needs the benefit of a live audience to come alive for me, especially if they are going to play it to close out a set.  It didn't have the emotional punch it should have had.  I started to fall asleep at this point in my initial viewing.

Steadystate wrote:Seems Mabataki was the only KFTD song that didn't make it into the setlist. Would've been cool if it had been woven into the acoustic set, would've fit right in alongside Departure.

afroken02 wrote:

wildthing wrote:2 cents here.

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I will also ask about the overseas merch store if its permanent when I next see a manager.

Probably should chill out with this managers thing...they’ve done an amazing job with production and thanking them would be the first thing to do. I’m sure they can’t do anything at this point since the archive video will be closed out soon.

wildthing wrote:

afroken02 wrote:

wildthing wrote:2 cents here.

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I will also ask about the overseas merch store if its permanent when I next see a manager.

Probably should chill out with this managers thing...they’ve done an amazing job with production and thanking them would be the first thing to do. I’m sure they can’t do anything at this point since the archive video will be closed out soon.

Told them about the pirate source I saw, they said they usually need a couple of days to look at it, one of the managers thought maybe I can report to YouTube and But I said legally it has to come from Scandal/Rooftop (only they can do a copyright claim and fans can get in trouble if you falsify the legal documents), so they will have someone to look at it, and they told me to report any future findings.

afroken02 wrote:
Where is this source that you speak of? Also, if you see them in private social platforms, you’re going to monitor those as well right?

izzy wrote:

afroken02 wrote:
Where is this source that you speak of? Also, if you see them in private social platforms, you’re going to monitor those as well right?

Wouldn't it be scandal.jmania Youtube channel, I noticed this well known channel has been doomed yesterday?

I also hope they will release the concert on DVD/Blu-Ray, I would like so much to keep this show on physical support.


I'm waiting september, but I'm going to buy a T-shirt and a towel on the new overseas fans store. the stuffs seems to be shipped from California, anyone know the Bompa.com compagny/website behind the new Scandal store?

hogradish wrote:I see a big future in 100 seat, $200/ticket semi acoustic shows.

wildthing wrote:

izzy wrote:

afroken02 wrote:
Where is this source that you speak of? Also, if you see them in private social platforms, you’re going to monitor those as well right?

Wouldn't it be scandal.jmania Youtube channel, I noticed this well known channel has been doomed yesterday?

I also hope they will release the concert on DVD/Blu-Ray, I would like so much to keep this show on physical support.


I'm waiting september, but I'm going to buy a T-shirt and a towel on the new overseas fans store. the stuffs seems to be shipped from California, anyone know the Bompa.com compagny/website behind the new Scandal store?

No I'm not talking about private sites etc, but one of the first pirated video I spotted was uploaded openly on a video platform and mentioned in a few forums so I told those admins to remove the link and mentioning it here will be promoting it as well, I thought this is extremely bad considering tickets are still available to purchase. It was so easily accessible with 1-click.

No its not scandal.jmania and I've been in contact with this channel before.