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A Second Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt Soundtrack In the Works
Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt’s soundtrack has really been a hit with a lot of fans who really enjoyed the electronica, R&B, and house music that was on display through TCY Force, ☆Taku Takahashi, and Teddyloid’s music. And for those who were disappointed with a few tracks being left out on the original soundtrack should [...]
Posted in Release Dates Tagged ☆Taku Takahashi, Electronica, House, Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, R&B, Release Date, Soundtrack, TCY Force, Teddyloid Leave a comment
AM2 Adds Visual-kei Artists SADIE to Concert List
The Southern California anime convention known as AM2 continues to roll out its guest list and the next addition to their concert highlights is none other than the visual-kei band, SADIE. SADIE, composed of Mao on Vocals, Mizuki on Guitar, Tsurugi also on Guitar, Aki on Bass Guitar, and Kei on drums. As with most [...]
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AM2 Anime Convention Adds Kanon Wakeshima and An Cafe’s Kanon to Concert Lineup
AM2, the Southern California anime convention set to take place from July 1-3 has already started putting together their musical guest lineups. Of the major guests to be announced, the first major announcement has been for the duo of Kanon Wakeshima and An Cafe’s Kanon to perform together. Needless to say, for anime fans, this [...]
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Kalafina Named as Guest of Honor for Anime Expo
Anime Expo’s first major concert announcement has surfaced. On July 2, 2011, the trio Kalafina will be performing at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. For fans who don’t know, Kalafina is a trio of singers. This group was initially created to sing the theme songs for the Kara no Kyoukai movies, but their popularity remained [...]
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Yoko Kanno’s Composition for Earthquake Victims
As a remembrance to the victims of the March 11 earthquake that struck Japan, anime composer Yoko Kanno as written a short piece that displays a great deal of sadness over the event. The piece is especially appropriate given that Kanno was born in Miyagi prefecture, which is one of the most hardest hit areas. [...]
Kara no Kyokai Original Soundtrack Secures Release Date
When the Kara no Kyokai DVDs and Blu-Rays were released, most of them came equipped with soundtrack discs from each of the movies. But because of that release, a standalone soundtrack release seemed to be out of the picture… until now! On March 2, 2011, Yuki Kajiura’s score for the Kara no Kyoukai movies will [...]
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K-ON! Concert Date Set for February 2011
With all the popularity and success that the K-ON! anime series seems to have garnered through its two seasons of airing, it only makes sense to fire off a concert, this time, to extend coverage to the second season of K-ON!. So with that in mind, the official website has announced a second K-ON! live [...]
Tenmon and Makoto Shinkai Collaboration Continues in Hoshi o Ou Kodomo
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard of anything out of Makoto Shinkai, but with his announcement of the new Hoshi o Ou Kodomo movie, we can finally look forwards to a visual feast that has been Shinkai’s hallmark among anime directors. The story looks to follow a girl’s coming of age as she ventures forth [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous Tagged Eminence Symphony Orchestra, Hoshi o Ou Kodomo, Makoto Shinkai, Tenmon Leave a comment
IOSYS Composes Theme Song for Winter Anime Yumekui Merry
In another sign of just how far the doujin music scene has come, it looks like that the doujin music circle IOSYS will be doing the theme songs to this winter’s Yumekui Merry anime series. The plot of the show revolves around the protagonist’s ability to see other people’s dreams and nightmares and one day, [...]
Anime Expo 2011 Presents Hatsune Miku Live Vocaloid Concert