Friday, March 29, 2024

On 11/26/20, Lantis and Purple One Star teamed up to help expose the world to some of their newest artists via the New Generation LIVE.  A few are actually veterans but with a new presentation.  Kanako Takatsuki (Love Live! Sunshine!!), Marina Horiuchi (Sakura Gakuin), and Ai Furihata (Love Live! Sunshine!!) were some of those. If you had heard of them you were probably watching specifically to see them.  You can count the others as a bonus if you'd like but they are much more than that.  They are all part of the new generation of anisong talent and this is one of the best ways they could have performed.  Getting people to see a new artist's concert can be difficult at the best of times and right now is downright impossible.  A stream?  Perfect.

 

Image courtesy Resonance Media MMS, from Anime Expo 2018

As mentioned in my spring song writeup, Aimer will be hosting an online concert later this week. Aimer's voice has graced many anime franchises including Type-Moon's Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works and Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Bleach, Koi wa Ameagari no You ni, and Fire Force. Congoers of Anime Expo's 2015 and 2018 events will remember her performances as well. Her voice is unforgettable and it would be a shame if you missed this concert. There have not been many opportunities to see her outside of Japan and this is her first online streaming performance.

An event you may not have heard of is the Tokyo International Music Market.  TIMM is currently in its 17th year and geared more towards those in the industry but that doesn't mean consumers can't appreciate what it has to offer.  TIMM will be held this November 4-6.

Celebrating their 10th anniversary, J-Pop duo Clara and Karen from ClariS revealed their faces for the first time during their online concert titled "ClariS 10th Anniversary Precious LIVE~ Gift ~" on October 20th.

 

Y'all like Love Live? Course you do. How about those Nijigasaki girls? Yeah? Well, you're in luck. Big streaming event this weekend, namely Nijigasaki's second live. Coolest part is that it's going to be live.

 

During the interview conducted as part of the BanG Dream! Cafe Zoom event (click here to check it out), Aimi hinted at the (then upcoming) BanG Dream! 8th☆LIVE which was set for August 21-23. At that time it was still up in the air whether or not it would be held. Smaller lives have gotten through with restricted numbers but the larger events (and BanG Dream! definitely counts as "larger") were being delayed or postponed months out or to the following year. Spoiler: 8th☆LIVE happened.

 

FlyingDog recently made over 3500 songs from various eras available for public streaming. You might know FlyingDog better as the anime music and video arm of Victor Entertainment. Some of the names under their label include Yuki Kajiura, Maaya Sakamoto, JUNNA, Minori Suzuki, May'n, Megumi Nakajima, and more.

Saturday, 29 August 2020 02:35

HIKARU UTADA Live TOP FAN PICKS to Premiere 8/31/20

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Hikaru Utada will premiere fan-selected concert footage in a special program titled "HIKARU UTADA Live TOP FAN PICKS."

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