For July 4th, Club Nokia plays host to both Wagakki Band and their opening act in the form of the Vocaloid IA. This happens to be the first stateside show for both. The two acts are part of the twenty-fourth iteration of Anime Expo in a mini-event dubbed the "Cool Japan Festival." They couldn't have picked a better stage to debut on in the United States. Out of all the concerts and events at AX, this one was what I was looking forward to the most.
Read more: Wagakki Band Concert Impressions @ Anime Expo 2015
Having just concluded their 2015 Hello World Tour in Hong Kong, Scandal had made three stops in the USA to give their international fans a glimpse into their powerful concerts with two live house shows in Los Angeles and one convention show in Chicago. The-O Network was privileged enough to attend and provide photo and concert coverage of the events.
As I'm sure that you're already familiar with this artist from seeing all the concert coverage reports we have produced, LiSA is no stranger to being under the spotlight and rocking out her tunes to a sold out concert. Having just finished her two day Budokan concert, LiSA made haste to begin her world tour with her first stop at Anime Boston, and The-O Network was privileged enough to be at the event to provide coverage of the powerful concert.
What do you get when you combine a Vocaloid veteran with a model/designer/singer? The answer: GARNiDELiA. Seattle's Sakura-Con 2015 played host to the duo as part of the event's 18th iteration. The group consists of Maria, real name Mai Mizuhashi, and Toku, real name Yoshinori Abe. The two are signed to Sony Japan's Defstar Records. Remember April 4, 2015; this is the date of GARNiDELiA's first American concert, and what a night it was. Just a few months earlier GARNiDELiA released their first album, "Linkage Ring," and now fans in America would get to see them live.
As a longtime fan of Nitro+ visual novels such as Steins;Gate, Demonbane and of course, Saya no Uta, Kanako Itou's second appearance in America was a concert that I knew I couldn't miss. What started as a convention that I was only mildly interested in took off into the stratosphere, finally giving me a reason to go to Seattle's long-running convention for the second time.
Performing as the opening act for Sakura-Con's big musical concert on Saturday April 4th, Itou-san sang a set of fan favorite theme songs inside of a fully packed hall at the Washington State Convention Center. These songs included her opening number "Hacking to the Gate (Steins;Gate)," "Tsuso no Despair (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)" and "TOPOLOGY (Robotics;Notes)."
Read more: Kanako Itou Concert Impressions @ Sakura-Con 2015
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