FLOW has performed in the US several times but San Jose is the first and only place where they've performed three times. Debuting in 2003, the band consists of KOHSHI (Vo/Gt), KEIGO (Vo), TAKE (Gt), GOT'S (Bass), and IWASAKI (drums). The band is famous for their many anime opening and ending songs. We had the chance to chat with them and ask what their thoughts were about their first appearance at Crunchyroll Expo and about their concert from the night before. 

On September 6, MAN WITH A MISSION kicked off the North American leg of their 2019 tour at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall. The Japanese wolf band made their return with their first solo independent tour in five years. They will travel across the United States before making their way to Mexico and ending the tour in Canada. The tour is titled “Chasing the Horizon” which is also the name of their most recent album. 

THE BEAT GARDEN is a 4 member group composed of 3 vocalists, and 1 DJ, that debuted in 2016 with their 1st single Never End. Their EDM rock style music such as the song “Walk This Way” was used as the theme song for the anime, Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul.
This is their first time in the United States performing at FanimeCon held at the San Jose Convention Center. Hear what they had to say on their first visit here.

Taku Takahashi is probably best known as the producer and DJ for Japanese hip hop group, m-flo. He will be returning this year as an organizer and performer at the concert showcase, OTAQUEST LIVE held at the Novo in Los Angeles on July 3. With an all star cast of performers and singers for this year, hear about what attendees can expect from the upcoming show and his thoughts on last year's event.

Japanese hip-hop group HONEST BOYZ’ newest single “ELECTRICITY (featuring Lil Uzi Vert)” will be the original ending song for the Hollywood live action movie Detective Pikachu.

My Hero Academia The “Ultra” Stage is a 2.5D musical stage play adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi’s popular manga, My Hero Academia which opened on April 12th, at the Tennozu Galaxy Theater, in Tokyo, Japan.

Starting her career as an idol in the world famous AKB48, Misaki Iwasa made her appearance at J-Pop Summit 2017 in San Francisco. Hear a little about how she got started as an idol, to her current career as an enka singer in our video interview.

With the release of the live action Full Metal Alchemist movie earlier this month in Japan, hear what Director Fumihiko Sori and actor Ryosuke Yamada had to say about the film behind closed doors at their press conference earlier this year at Anime Expo 2017. Due to popular demand, we have also released a raw portion of the conference video on the bottom after the transcript.