Archive for July, 2006


FLOW to be musical guests at AnimeFest 2006

AnimeFest, a 4-day convention held in Dallas, TX is proud to annouce FLOW as their musical guest for the convention, which runs September 1st through 4th.
FLOW is best known for providing songs for the mega-hit Naruto, and Eureka 7.
Registration is still available!

A Plethora of artists for Anime Evolution 2006

Anime Evolution, a convention in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, will be hosting such musical guests as Kumiko Kato for their upcoming convention, which runs August 19th-21st.
Slated to appear are j-pop cutie Kumiko Kato, and a fun-time band ZZ Band. From this side of the pond, a visual kei band from Canada called eqlipsE, rockers Keith & […]

FrogPilot gets louder and returns to T.O.

Blair, of TurnItUpSideDown, informs us that FrogPilot will debut their new lineup — now including a second guitarist, Yushi — at the Smiling Buddha Bar (once again) in Toronto on August 5th at 8:00PM for a thrifty $5. For the record, that adds to the previous lineup of Satoshi, Takashi, and Kodo Ryuji.

Nana Kitade: Mega Virgin

Nana Kitade, as seen in the previous post relating to some Otakon-related issues, will also be seen in Virgin Megastores in the cities of New York, Boston, and San Francisco. There she will be performing, meeting, signing autographs, and generally doing the things one does at a record store appearance.
Check out the times and […]

Nana Kitade, MUCC, Yoshiki, and Otakon done update-style

The below is from the horse’s mouth (in this case, Tofu Records, of course). Where it speaks of fashion show, that is relating to a Gothic and Lolita fashion event to be judged by Yoshiki and Nana Kitade. So..get your parasols ready.

Nana Kitade
Aug. 4
Panel 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Performance 8:00pm
Aug. 5
Fashion Show 10:00 am - […]

Puffy’s Splurge Splurge Splurge tour updates

This is an updated listing of the previously announced “Splurge Splurge Splurge” tour from the girl-pop duo everyone loves, Puffy AmiYumi — now officially under the Tofu Records label, I might add.

July 8 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of the Living Arts
July 9 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
July 11 - New York, NY @ […]

Yoshiki comes to Otakon

Yoshiki, producer/pianist/J-rock Legend, will be a guest of honor at this year’s Otakon, located in Baltimore, Maryland. While not scheduled to perform, he will be conducting a panel and possibly autograph signings. Yoshiki was a member of the j-rock band X-Japan, j-pop techno group globe, produced artists such as The Trax, and is currently working […]