After holding a special Q&A panel for their fans earlier in the day, neo-classical pop unit Kalafina headed over to Club Nokia to put on an amazing performance!

Once the club had begun to fill up, the ladies walked onto the stage to a cacophony of cheers, applause, and fans calling out the members' names. Each of the members wore beautiful, ornate black outfits with blue accents, giving them an elegant appearance as they stood beneath the bright lights.
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Once on stage, the trio put on a powerful performance of the "Kuroshitsuji" (Black Butler) ending theme song, "Lacrimosa", and inserted "Kagayaku Sora no Shijima ni wa" before stopping for a short MC break.

"I'm speak English!" Keiko said cutely to the crowd, smiling brightly as she read off a sheet of paper. "Coming to Los Angeles was my dream, so I'm very excited. Please enjoy our show tonight!"

Hikaru also chose to speak in English during the short speech she gave for the audience. "Hi, I'm Hikaru," she said sweetly, earning an hearty cheer from the fans on the floor. "I'm very happy to see everyone tonight, and I hope we have fun together."

Kalafina then dove into a strong performance of their songs "storia" and the "Kara no Kyokai" theme song "fairytale", before moving onto "oblivious", causing the audience to roar with applause every single time. During the performance, the fans began synchronized claps and glowstick-waving, putting smiles on the girls' faces when they realized how excited their fans were to see them live in concert.
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Afterwards, the trio paused for another energetic MC break. "I like drink, please!" said Wakana, making fans burst into laughter as Keiko ran to give her groupmate some water.

During this MC break, the girls talked about what they'd like to do while they were staying in the city of Los Angeles. "I want to go Hollywood and see the celebrity hand prints," said Keiko to the crowd, to which Hikaru replied, "You wanna see Johnny Depp?" Once the audience had finished laughing, the girls continued their concert with their new song "Magia" - the ending theme song for the popular anime "Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica" - followed by "sprinter", "Kyrie", and "Ongaku".
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For the last song of the night, Kalafina slowed it down with the beautiful ballad, "I have a dream", allowing each member's voice to shine against the gorgeous backing track. After the song was over, the lights shut off and all three members stepped off stage. Fans immediately began a chant for an encore even before the trio had disappeared, and so - just a few minutes after the concert had "ended" - Kalafina returned to thunderous applause.

"Thank you so much, Anime Expo!" the group shouted to the crowd before performing their final song of the night, "Hikari no Senritsu" (opening theme to the anime, "Sora no Oto"). Fans kept the momentum going all the way to the end with an enthusiastic clap, which transformed into a thunderous round of applause when the song came to a close.

After thanking all their fans once again, Kalafina bowed, took a group picture with the audience, and then stepped off the Club Nokia stage for a final time.

Check out more pictures from the event in our photo gallery!



Photography by: Kevin Chang & Alex Gao