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CrunchyRoll Expo Announces New Crunchy City Music Fest Headliner BURNOUT SYNDROMES
Written by Brian Lee
Crunchyroll Expo's 2022 edition features a slightly different musical format than last time. Instead of a concert with a separate ticket purchase, they have decided to make it all-inclusive with your badge. They've just announced BURNOUT SYNDROMES as one of the headliners of the New Cruncy City Music Fest.
Hikaru Utada Live Sessions from Air Studios Now Available for Streaming on Netflix!
Written by Brian Lee
Earlier this year, Hikaru Utada streamed a special concert titled "Hikaru Utada Live Sessions from Air Studios." It was later bundled on DVD and Blu-Ray alongside the limited edition release of her latest album, BAD MODE. As of today, you can also watch it worldwide on Netflix!
Aniplex Announces Guests and Schedule for Anime Expo 2022
Written by Brian Lee
Aniplex has a tradition of bringing big name guests to Anime Expo, and this year is no different. For 2022, they have Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Sword Art Online, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Disney's Twisted-Wonderland, and Fate/Grand Order on tap. Even better, they have Japanese guests, which if you've looked at conventions nowadays, have been in short supply due to the state of the world.
ShindoL To Appear as Guest of Honor for Anime Expo
Written by Brian Lee
ShindoL has just been officially announced for an appearance at Anime Expo 2022. Love him or hate him, he is a quality artist. His stories might be a little out there (to put things lightly), but damn, the man can draw. And, if you don't know him at all, that's probably for the better. You should probably keep it that way.
Berserk to Resume Publication on June 24 Under Kouji Mori
Written by Brian Lee
One Piece to Go on One-Month Hiatus Starting June 27
Written by Brian Lee
One Piece is a name that every anime fan should know. It's reached a mythical status thanks to the longevity of its author, Eiichiro Oda, and has over one-thousand chapters, and likewise over one-thousand episodes of anime. It seemed that it would go on forever. Well, all good things...
Resident Evil 4 Remake Unveiled - PlayStation State of Play
Written by Ken Dubois
Resident Evil 4 Remake has been somewhat of a rumor since we last saw success with the remakes of Resident Evil2 and 3. During today's PlayStation State of Play, Capcom finally unveiled the game along with a shiny new teaser trailer.
Persona 25th Anniversary Special Events at Anime Expo and Worldwide
Written by Brian Lee
This year is the 25th Anniversary of Atlus' Persona franchise. Like a lot of people, I really got into Persona with Persona 3. And, like a lot of people, I then fell down the Shin Megami Tensei hole. Devil Survivor, Devil Summoner, SMT Nocturne, you name it, I played it. Didn't finish all of them, but it was a fun ride. A lot of people only know Persona 3, 4, and 5, but that's entirely okay. There's enough to go around for everyone.
Atlus has a lot of things planned for the 25th Anniversary in both America and Japan. Naturally, they are bringing out some goodies for the biggest anime convention in North America, Anime Expo.
Johnny's Travis Japan Set to Attend Anime Expo 2022
Written by Brian Lee
On the music front, Anime Expo announced the appearance of the group Travis Japan for Anime Expo 2022. Travis Japan is part of the wide-ranging Johnny and Associates organization. First founded in 1962 under Johnny Kitagawa, Johnny and Associates (or Johnny's for short), has pioneered the evolution of male singing and dancing groups in Japan. Some of Johnny's (and Japan's) most famous groups include Arashi, KinKi Kids, SMAP, KAT-TUN, and many others. It's safe to say they know what they're doing when it comes to male groups.
Earlier today, it was announced that the Obey Me! Boys would be attending Anime Expo 2022. Obey Me!, shorthand for Obey Me! – One Master to Rule Them All, is a dating/romance RPG game.
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FAKE STAR USA presents Constellations vol. 1 featuring DEMONDICE, TeddyLoid, and ACME in Los Angeles 6/30/22
Written by Brian Lee
DEMONDICE. TeddyLoid. ACME. You've probably heard of them before. They're going to be in Los Angeles coming up really soon.
Fanime is coming up next weekend. This is the long-awaited return of one of California's mainstay conventions. It's been a long three years since the last one (having been on hiatus since 2019) and we're finally back in the city of San Jose, CA. We at The-O Network have been attending Fanime for upwards of 10 years so this is one of our most loved conventions, and given its proximity to many of the staff here, is best considered our home convention.
Concert Report: Beast in Black and Nightwish in San Francisco, CA (5/18/22)
Written by Brian Lee
Nightwish. Yeah, that's definitely not a Japanese band. Finnish, actually.
And I can sense the head editor staring at me right now wondering why this post is here. It's anime-related, I swear. I'll get to it.
Nemophila just released their latest song, "A Ray of Light." If this is any indicator of their upcoming songs, oh man, things are going to be good.