fhána – a J-pop group that has been featured in amine series like Celestial Method, Witch Craft Works and Prisma Illya – will perform at the upcoming Anime Weekend Atlanta (AWA) convention. The group – consisting of three music producers/compers and a female vocalist – will perform in concert Friday, September 26th, and will also […]
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Gacharic Spin To Perform At The 2015 J-Pop Summit!
Gacharic Spin – an all-girl pop/rock band with influences ranging from dance and pop to rock and industrial – will be appearing for a special concert performance at the 2015 J-Pop Summit on Saturday, August 8th. Follow the jump for details and to check out a couple impressive videos (these women can play!).
2015 J-Pop Summit Introduces Japanese Technology Via Interactive Pavilion!
Japan is known for its cutting edge technology and the 2015 J-Pop Summit is introducing its Interactive Pavilion to showcase some of the coolest new Japanese tech to North America. The tech will be broken into three segments: Home, Work and Mobility – featuring the latest innovations from companies like Ricoh, Canon, Toshiba, and Jins. […]
2015 J-Pop Summit Unveils Opening Day Programming!
Are you ready to rock? Need a laugh? both needs will be met, J-Pop style, during the opening day at the 2015 J-Pop Summit. The Summit will feature live performances by a host of J-Pop acts including: JAM Project, Eir Aoi, Gacharic Spin, JinnyOops!, Akabane Vulgars on Strong Bypass, Faint?Star, FES?TIVE, Comedy Duo Jaru Jaru, and […]
VIZ Media Announces Plans and Activities – Including Sailor Moon Day – for 2015 Anime Expo!
VIZ Media might just be taking over the 2015 Anime Expo, what with all the panels and activities it has planned for the four-day event. To begin with, VIZ will celebrate Sailor Moon Day on Friday, July 3rd – which will see the publisher host a panel, an autograph session, a photo op and a […]
Illustrator Yusuke Nakamura Named a Guest of Honor at 2015 J-Pop Festival!
Renowned contemporary pop artist Yusuke Nakamura – designer of album covers for Asian Kung Fu Generation as well as book covers for Tokuya Higashigawa’s Solve the Mystery after the Dinner and Tomihiko Morimi’s The Tatami Galaxy and Yoru ha Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome – has been named a Guest of Honor for the 2015 J-Pop Festival. The festival […]
BOOM! Goes New York Comic Con!
BOOM! Studios will have a significant presence at the 2014 New York Comic Con with more than three dozen of their talented writers and artists in attendance – including Day Men’s Matt Gagnon, Sleepy Hollow’s Marguerite Bennett and Fiction Squad’s Paul Jenkins. For a complete list of BOOM! Studios creators in attendance, follow the jump. 2014 […]
Death Note Creator Takeshi Obata Appearing at New York Comic Con 2014!
If you’ve read Death Note, Bakuman or All You Need Is Kill, then you know the talent possessed by manga artist Takeshi Obata. Obata will be appearing at New York Comic Con 2014 where he will be taking part on panels and having autograph sessions. New York Comic Con 2014 will take place at the […]
2014 J-POP Summit Festival Offers a Taste of Japan!
The 2014 J-POP Summit Festival will offer attendees a taste of what might await them should they sojourn to Japan. The Festival, in association with web-based Japanese cultural channel Japankuru (a coined word with the approximate meaning of ‘Come to Japan’), will provide information about Tokyo and other Japanese cities – include what to see, […]
NBC, Universal Poised to Invade Comic-Con 2014!
Constantine, Hannibal and Grimm lead the way as NBC and Universal Television sets out to invade Comic-Con 2014. Panels are planned for these shows as well as Bates Motel and a yet-to-be-named Adult Swim series featuring Triumph the Insult Dog. NBC will host the panels for Hannibal and The Blacklist, while Universal Television will host […]
San Francisco’s 2014 J-POP Summit Festival Theme is POP Is Our Tradition!
San Francisco’s celebration of all things J-POP, the 2014 J-POP Summit Festival, opens in eight days with J-POP acts like Tomomi Itano (pictured) and Yûki Furukawa performing in a free concert; a special screening of Ask This of Rikyu introduced by director Mitsutoshi Tanaka; appearances by several of Harajuku’s iconic models and designers, including Ayumi […]