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Last year's Jpop Summit was a bittersweet experience for me. On the one hand, it was great to see Jpop enjoying a festival of its own, but on the other, I was disappointed to see such a heavy focus on Vocaloid and Hatsune Miku. Granted, the Vocaloid phenomenon is undeniably a part of Japanese pop music, but I was hoping for insight into the Jpop scene not viewed through the lens of anime and video games. As I walked down the street towards Japantown for this year's festival, I kept my expectations neutral but hoped for a greater focus on Japanese musicians. As I got closer, I heard a cover for "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae, and I cringed. Once I reached the plaza, I saw that there were three white girls playing covers of American pop music, and I struggled to understand the relation between this act and Jpop. As the day went on, I found a pleasantly surprising answer.

The November lineup is out for the San Francisco theater, Viz Cinema, and local fans are rejoicing. The second Gurren Lagann movie, Lights in the Sky are Stars will be making its American debut on Tuesday November 17, and Wednesday November 18 at 7:30PM. The film originally was shown in Japanese theaters on April 25, 2009 and will not be released on DVD until January 27, 2010. Viz will also be showing the first film on the same nights at 5PM. Viz Cinema is located in Japantown at the recently opened NEW PEOPLE building.

Now if only Viz can get the rights to show the Rebuild of Evangelion movies...