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You might be familiar with all-girl J-rock group Gacharic Spin if you've heard one of the ending songs from Dragon Ball Z Kai , "Don't Let Me Down," which started running with the series in its 147th episode. Soon you'll be able to see them …Read more »
This year's J-Pop Summit looks to be bigger than ever. The event takes place Saturday and Sunday, August 8 and 9, at the historic Fort Mason Center in San Francisco's Marina district, and while we'll have to wait to find out what the second day …Read more »
The 2014 J-Pop Summit Festival announced another addition to its lineup with Tomomi Itano—formerly of idol super group AKB48—joining the event as a guest of honor. Itano will be making her first-ever US concert appearance to launch her new release and will perform a special …Read more »
San Francisco's J-Pop Summit Festival 2014 announced a new addition to its lineup with Japanese rock singer May'n as an official Guest of Honor. May'n will be appearing at J-Pop Summit as part of her 10th Anniversary "Dots and Lines" World Tour. The J-Pop Summit …Read more »
New People recently shared the first bit of info on the next J-Pop Summit Festival, which will mark the sixth consecutive year of showcasing "the best in modern Japanese film, food, fashion, music, and entertainment." The weekend-long celebration is set to take place in San …Read more »
San Francisco's 5th annual J-Pop Summit Festival is getting ready to take place July 27-28 across Japantown, and the lineup that's been trickling out over the past months is full of live music, films, and more. Now that the programming has been detailed, it's time …Read more »
The folks at New People Cinema are getting ready to kick off another really cool event this summer as part of the 2013 J-Pop Summit Festival. Exclusive premieres will highlight the first annual Japan Film Festival of San Francisco, which is set to take place …Read more »
Anime fans based in or around San Francisco have something new to get pumped about, because Anime Night at the 2010 J-Pop Summit is on its way. Hosted by Crunchyroll, Anime Night will feature two screenings of a newly remastered version of Makoto Shinkai's 5 …Read more »
Pop idol unit TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE is making an appearance and putting on their U.S. concert debut at this year's J-Pop Summit Festival and J-Pop Live at Union Square show, and they also have something else cooking in the form of a crowd-funding campaign. The …Read more »
The 2011 J-Pop Summit Festival will be held in San Francisco's Japantown this Saturday and Sunday, August 27 and 28. Along with a variety of interactive activities, panels, DJ dance parties and live performances is the appearance of Vocaloid creative team ZANEEDS . The group …Read more »
“This is Japanese culture!” wails a drunken May’n fan next to me, crushing a Chu-hi tallboy can in his fist. This was the scene at yesterday’s Moshi Moshi Nippon Festival , an “initiative to help improve tourism and promote Japanese Pop Culture throughout the world” …Read more »
Katsuya Terada is one of the most interesting artists currently working in Japan, at least in this writer's humble opinion. If the name doesn't sound familiar, you may know his work from the character designs used in Production I.G's Blood: The Last Vampire . He …Read more »
The 2013 Japanese Film Festival of San Francisco runs from Saturday, July 27 through Sunday, August 4, and it's bringing with it a very special premiere event. The fest is partnering with FUNimation to host the US premiere of Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo …Read more »
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