MUSIC

On Nov. 27, Family Mart began selling New Year’s cards with Hatsune Miku illustrations on them. A three-card set costs ￥390.

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The jacket photo and music videos for Shoko Nakagawa’s new single *Sakasama Sekai/Once Upon a Time - Kibou no Uta* has been released.

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The digital contents magazine *Comptiq* (published by Kadokawa) launched on Nov. 10, 1983. On Nov. 9, the 30th anniversary issue of the magazine was released.

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It has become known that seiyū and singer Maaya Sakamoto is in charge of the opening theme to the new anime *Sekai Seifuku: Bōryaku no Zvezda* that will begin broadcasting in January 2014.

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Otaku idol “Shokotan” aka Shoko Nakagawa does her all-Japan solo tour “Shoko Nakagawa Live Tour 2013 Chaos Z Tour” covered in blood! Two hours of energetic singing and undying shouts!

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The ending theme to the currently airing anime *Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexall II* was changed to a new song on Oct. 6. That song is “Challenge the Game” by the up-and-coming band Redman.

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This new PV introduces 20 new songs including “YumeYume” that have been added to *Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2* as of Oct. 24.

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A 17-year-old resident of California creates Japanese songs?

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Violinist Ayako Ishikawa is known as the best performer in Australia. She was even awarded a “Distinguished Talent Permanent Visa” by the Australian government. Ishikawa is now picking up attention for videos of her performing anime songs that she uploaded to Nico Nico Douga.

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Yamaha has announced that a package version for the Vocaloid Galaco created from an idea by Kō Shibasaki will be released next spring.

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This video of Hatsune Miku singing is from the concert Magical Mirai 2013 held in the Yokohama Arena in Japan on Aug. 30, 2010.

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Since it began broadcasting earlier this month, the anime *Arpeggio of Blue Steel - Ars Nova* has become popular for its female characters that are personified “Mental Models” of battleships. Now, a music clip of the characters Iona, Takao, and Haruna dancing has surfaced online.

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The excitement of anison concerts is being brought to the world.

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*Kamen Rider Gaim*, the newest work in the *Kamen Rider* series which is hugely popular with both kids and adults, began broadcasting on Oct. 6.

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Every day is Halloween when you’re in a visual-kei band, and Hyde is known for throwing the best costume parties in the land.

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Wow!!! With this, the future is already in our hands!

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T.M.Revolution’s *Giesha Boy - Anime Song Experience* is an album that became hugely popular when it was sold at Otakon 2013, a huge three-day Japanese anime event held from Aug. 9-11 in Baltimore, U.S.

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The jacket photography and photos of the artists have been released for the second collaborative single between Nana Mizuki and T.M.Revolution, “Kakumei Dualism,” that will go on sale Oct. 23.

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Nico Nico Douga is a video site famous for being the birthplace of popular content like Vocaloid. It is here that a certain biannual event takes place. That event is MMD Cup!

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Hugely popular in the Japanese music scene, Supercell has officially announced the release date of their new album.

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