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 part of a karaoke contest at Southern California’s mega-convention Anime Expo. The performance won her the title AX Idol and a collection of one hundred CDs. Shortly thereafter, anime company Geneon tapped her to sing on the compilation album Anime Karaoke Collection…continue reading at laweekly.com
Liz Ohanesian is a Los Angeles-based journalist covering music, media and club culture. She is a staff writer for Club World and her work regularly appears in such publications as the L.A. Weekly, Razorcake and Outburn. She has written for such publications as Punk Planet, PopMatters, Santa Monica Mirror and others.
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