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Steins;Gate Singer Kanako Itou to be at Anime Boston 2012
Steins;Gate from 2011 certainly did well to enthrall viewers with its time-travel-based plot and “Hacking to the Gate,” the OP theme to the anime was sung by Kanako Itou, whose vocals helped weave an aura of mystery and urgency into the mix. Her singing has been generally well-regarded by fans who’ve followed her work on [...]
Posted in Anime Convention News, Concert News Tagged Anime Boston, Conventions, Kanako Itou, Steins;Gate 1 Comment
Yoko Kanno Composes Intro to NHK’s 62nd Kohaku Uta Gassen
Looks like one of the reasons why Japanese composer Yoko Kanno hasn’t been composing so much anime music has been answered. Although she has not had any new anime compositions since the Macross Frontier movies, we’re about to see new compositions from her. The first will be for the next addition to the Sousei no [...]
Bakemonogatari Full Soundtrack To Be Released in December
For a lot of us, Bakemonogatari was an anime that was high on the charm and presented with it a lot of excellent music. If you are like us in any way, songs like “Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari,” “Staple Stable,” and “Renai Circulation” will live long in our consciousness. The same can be said for [...]
Posted in Release Dates Tagged Album Release, Bakemonogatari, Release Dates, Ryo, Satoru Kousaki, Soundtrack, supercell 1 Comment
Hatsune Miku Slated to Perform Vocaloid Concert in Singapore
Apparently Hatsune Miku isn’t quite done with her concert tour just yet. After performing to a sold-out crowd at Mikunopolis, it looks like her next destination will be Singapore for Anime Festival Asia. This concert should provide an exciting opportunity for Vocaloid fans who weren’t able to see Hatsune Miku’s Los Angeles concert, one that [...]
Posted in Anime Convention News, Concert News, Vocaloid Tagged Anifes Asia, Concert, Hatsune Miku, Vocaloid Leave a comment
Maon Kurosaki to Perform at Anime Expo
Maon Kurosaki’s career is still pretty much in its infancy since her music experience prior to performing anisong has been in performing at Akihabara’s Dearstage Club, but she’ll be looking to see where it can go with her first concert outside the Japan. On July 3, Anime Expo attendees can expect to see her in [...]
Yuki Kajiura Presents Solo Concert with Madoka’s Music on June 29
Yuki Kajiura, the anime composer known for her works for Noir, Madlax, My-HiME, has confirmed that she will be doing a solo performance at the NHK Hall in Tokyo on June 29 this year. And as an added bonus, for fans who really enjoyed the work she did for the Puella Magi Madoka Magica soundtrack, [...]
Eminence Symphony Orchestra SMASH! 2011 Concert to Feature Animated Work
The Eminence Symphony Orchestra, in the grand tradition of such performances A Night in Fantasia once again have another concert in the works in Australia. On July 16, 2011, Eminence presents Memories of Fantasia in conjunction with the Sydney Manga and Anime Show (SMASH!), a concert which will feature musical works sourced from Square-Enix video [...]
Southern California AM2 Anime Convention Adds Scandal to Guest List
Scandal, the four-girl J-pop band made up of Haruna Ono (vocals, guitar), Tomomi Ogawa (bass, vocals), Mami Sasazaki (guitar, vocals) and Rina Suzuki (drums, percussions, keyboards, vocals) will be making an appearance at the Southern California convention AM2 which will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center from July 1-3. The group probably entered the [...]
Posted in Anime Convention News, Concert News, J-pop Tagged AM2, Anaheim Convention Center, Club2theMAX, Concert, Conventions, SCANDAL Leave a comment
Anime Expo 2011 Presents Hatsune Miku Live Vocaloid Concert
Given how popular Hatsune Miku and friends have been lately, we figured it was a matter of time before the United States would be graced with a Vocaloid concert. Looks like that time is now as Anime Expo, which will be held in Los Angeles, will get its first shot at holding the event which [...]
Posted in Anime Convention News, Concert News Tagged Anime Expo, Concert News, Conventions, Hatsune Miku, Vocaloid 1 Comment
Platina Jazz ~Anime Standards Vol.3~ Released February 8, 2012