The J-pop specialist DJ Kazu, who is known for *J-Anison Kamikyoki Matsuri*, an anime song (anison) mix CD series that has sold a cumulative total of 130,000 copies, performed at Anime Festival Indonesia 2013 which was held in the capital Jakarta on Sept. 7 (Sat) and 8 (Sun).
The short version of the music video for the popular song “Overwriter” by Tilt-Six, which is included on the Hatsune Miku mini album *MikXperience EP* that went on sale Aug. 28, has been released.
Since 2010’s Sapporo Snow Festival, a new version of Snow Miku, a version of Hatsune Miku created to embody wintertime in Hokkaido, has been unveiled each year.
DJ Kazu’s newest non-stop dream anison mix CD that will once again heat up the world of anime songs, *J-Anison Kamikyoku Matsuri - Paradise*, will be released on Oct. 2. The album’s tracklist has also been revealed.
J-fans probably know what a “Hatsune Miku” is by now – you may even be thinking “No! It’s ‘who’ Hatsune Miku is!”
With a riff that gives a nod to electronic music luminaries Daft Punk, skittery pitch-shifting, and of course complete with our favorite blue-haired CG idol, Hatsune Miku, this is one catchy tune.
The private preview for “Angel Project Presents - Hatsune Appearance: Summer Festival Hatsune Style” was held at Bellesale Akihabara on Aug. 20 and sponsored by the four companies that constitute the Hatsuapi Natsu production committee, including Crypton Future Media and ASCII Media Works.
Here is a list of the 20 artists who will be performing on the last day, Aug. 25, of the world’s largest anime song festival, “Animelo Summer Live 2013 - Flag Nine-.”
On Aug. 24, 19 artists will perform during the second day of the world’s largest anime song festival, “Animelo Summer Live 2013 - Flag Nine-.”
The Hatsune Miku concert “Magical Mirai 2013,” which will be held at Yokohama Arena on Aug. 30, is being extended to all over Japan and even abroad.
The chocolate candy “Mikkuriman - Miku and a Strange Friend,” a collaboration between Hatsune Miku and Bikkuriman, will be released by Family Mart in the last third of August.
*Valvrave the Liberator*, an anime that broadcast earlier this year during the MBS program slot “Anime-ism,” has received a lot of support from its fans for its unstopping developments and human drama.
On Aug. 14, the theme song “Kawaii Girl” to the entertainment event “Marble Wonderland by Asia Kawai Way,” the purpose of which is to transmit Japan’s *kawaii* (cute) culture to Asia, was released all over the world.
It has been decided that a live simulcast of Nana Mizuki’s first overseas performance, “Nana Mizuki Live Circus 2013+” to be held at Legacy in Taiwan on Nov. 24, will be held in movie theaters throughout Japan.
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