The Anime Blog – We Go Beyond Anime!

The Anime Blog reader and contributor Liz Ohanesian has a great article in L.A. Weekly about Electric Cherry Blossom, a celebration of Little Tokyo’s Cherry Blossom Festival. Here’s an excerpt:
Shocking Bloom: American Dreams Filtered through Eastern Themes at Electric Cherry Blossom
Back in 2004, Stephanie Yanez sang “Ningyo Hime” from the popular anime series Chobits as [...]

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Juno Reactor returned to the U.S. for the first time in seven years, and as a J-music fan I simply couldn’t resist the chance to see Sugizo, the “legendary” guitarist from LUNA SEA, in action.
Juno Reactor is an electronica act that specializes in blending genres and breaking down barriers. [...]

Having performed to thousands of rock fans on the recently completed 2008 European tour with Electronica/Industrial/Ambient band Juno Reactor, legendary Japanese guitar superstar SUGIZO will join them again for their U.S. and Mexico tour, which will include performances in Denver, Aspen, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York, along with Chihuahua and Juarez-Chihuahua, [...]

If you’re in Japan for four successive weekends starting at the end of July, you will have a chance to see the Big Four Rock Festivals…Fuji Rock Festival, Rock in Japan, Summer Sonic, and Rising Sun Rock Festival In Ezo.
Fuji Rock Festival

The Fuji Rock Festival is arguably Japan’s premier rock festival. This year, there [...]

Japanese music was the theme of Anime Expo this year. The con featured a number of standout j-rockers, and TheAnimeBlog.com was lucky enough to attend Anna Tsuchiya’s press panel! Most of the questions focused on Ms. Tsuchiya’s solor music career, but she’s also a model and actress. You might have seen her in the ever-so-awesome [...]

ORESKABAND performed live at Anime Expo 2007 on July 1, 2007 at the Long Beach Arena.
ORESKABAND is an all-female ska band from Osaka, Japan. They have released one full album, in July 2006, titled Ore. They have performed both in Japan and the United States, including the Fuji Rock Festival. Their songs have been [...]

For J-Rock fans at Anime Expo 2007, the Pop Shock Masquerade was a great event to see your favorite music-related cosplayers up on stage. The costumes were great and there were even a few performances! We have video featuring one the groups that did an excellent job cosplaying as Dir En Grey – they even [...]

As the thick curtain of cigarette smoke lifted and the house lights came on, I turn around to survey the aftermath. Beer, cigarette butts, and a few drops cover the floor of Rubber Gloves, a local bar/recording study/live music venue in Denton, TX, just a stone’s throw from the University of North Texas.
Let’s back [...]