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 Last Friday September 22, houkoholic and I were lucky enough to score tickets to the first ever orchestral concert for Japan featuring music from games. 「ファミ通 Presents PRESS START 2006 －SYMPHONY OF GAMES－」. Held had Bunkamura’s Orchard Hall in Shibuya, the concert featured pieces from popular japanese games such as Metal Gear Solid 2, PoPoLoCrois, Mother, Outrun, Zone of Enders, Ys, Romancing Saga, Monster Hunter, ICO and of course, Legend of Zelda.

Conducted by 竹本泰蔵 Takemoto Taizou, it was night of acoustic bliss as these familiar melodies were wonderfully recreated with the audio harmony of the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert was also littered with guests from the games industry such as designer 桜井政博 Sakurai Masahiro and composers 植松伸夫 Uematsu Nobuo, 伊藤賢治 Ito Kenji, 大島ミチル Oshima Michiru, 近藤浩治 Kondo Koji, 甲田雅人 Koda Masato, 酒井省吾 Sakai Shogo, 柴田徹也 Shibata Tetsuya to name a few. Each came out to talk a bit about each piece and what they were currently working on.

So what does all this have to do with a seiyuu blog? Well, one of the highlights of the night was the fact that the concert was hosted by none other than 田中理恵 Tanaka Rie. And did she look particularly fetching that night in her white evening gown. Rie was there to introduce each of the guests and announce each of the pieces as “Navigator” for the event. And I believe there are some very good reasons they chose her. First of all, she has the looks and an air of gracefulness about her. She also possesses a certain elegance in her elocution. And best of all… she is one hardcore gamer!

Rie has played nearly all of the titles that were featured and to hear her talk about the games there was no doubt that she really played them. I was impressed and a little surprised. I knew that a lot of the seiyuus are avid gamers but this was nothing short of prolific. All of this warrants closer inspection.

Rie has also blogged about the concert herself and is most generous by posting some nice photos of herself in that evening gown. Click for joy!

Update: Yes, I stole one of her pics!

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