Hip hop fusion enka singer, Jero will be launching his first official American tour at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on March 28, 2010. Jero, Jerome White, Jr., has become a huge hit in Japan as one of the first African American ekna singer winning him the Best New Artist Award at the 50th Japan Record Awards in 2008. He has also appeared at the 59th and 60th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen, Japan's most watched national New Year's Eve concert show. Jero will also make another appearance on March 31, 2010 in Los Angeles.
More information including ticketing can be found here and here.
In an interesting twist, DWANGO has announced that the largest anime themed concert, Animelo Summer Live will be going overseas to Shanghai China in late November. The yearly event held at the Saitama Super Arena will still be held on August 28 and 29 titled Animelo Summer Live 2010 -evolution-. May'n, Nana Mizuki, Halko Momoi, and JAM Project have all been announced to return.
Last year in August, shoppers of Japan's otaku shopping district, Akihabara, reported that actress Kirsten Dunst, probably best recognized for her role as Mary Jane in recent Spiderman films, was spotted wearing a magical girl sailor outfit. It was later revealed that she was working on a music video titled Akihabara Majokko Princess with director McG who worked on 2009's Terminator Salvation. Almost half a year later, the video has finally been released online. The four minute video portraits various locations in Japan and Dunst's apparent love for the otaku culture, "...I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so."
Update: Got reports from some users the video is missing from the original site. Included the video inside. Let us know if it stops working.
FanimeCon, California's second largest anime convention, has announced on Sunday that "New Century Electro Rock" LM.C will be performing at MusicFest this year. The duo composing of maya on vocals, and Aiji on guitar, has done theme song performances for the anime titles Katekyo Hitman Reborn! and for Red Garden. FanimeCon 2010 will be hosted at the San Jose Convention Center from May 28th to the 30th.
Bringing her international acclaim with Kill Bill Vol. 1, Chiaki Kuriyama is once again making her debut as a singer with her single, Ryusei No Namida. The song was chosen as the theme song for Bandai's latest Gundam project, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. Kuriyama had earlier attended a screening of there series with director Kazuhiro Furuhashi and writer Harutoshi Fukui at The Grand Cinema in Hong Kong on February 6, 2010.
Sony Music has also announced that the single will be making a future American release soon, so stay tuned.
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