The Bonkurasu Brigade

I suppose you can already guess what this is going to be about! As you have probably heard, the next Mikupa will be held in Singapore, at the Anime Festival Asia 11, on the quirky date of 11.11.11, Friday night. If the Sapporo concert was anything to go by, we’d be getting the magical glass screen and also an exciting lineup of new songs by popular producers. I do hope they play some old favorites too, though!

One of the things to look forward to is definitely the 39′s, the live band who played for the previous Vocaloid concerts. I really enjoy their live arranges of classic songs, and damn, their skill level is really something to behold! Also, I wonder if we’ll see any music producers being invited, too.

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So I’ve been really slow to update over here, but it seems like there were several updates of interest to me lately. Well, almost all.

First up: Perfume’s new double A single’s CD covers and promotional picture!

Promotional picture

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I’ve been very slow at this, but probably also because amuse posted it on April Fool’s Day:

｢レーザービーム/微かなカオリ｣
2011/05/18(æ°´) Release!!

[初回限定盤] (CD+DVD) 特製スリーブケース仕様 TKCA-73650 ￥1,500 (tax in)
[通常盤] (CDのみ) TKCA-73655 ￥1,000 (tax in)

【収録内容】
[CD]
1.レーザービーム　※｢キリンチューハイ 氷結｣CMソング
2.微かなカオリ
3.レーザービーム -Original Instrumental-
4.微かなカオリ -Original Instrumental-

[DVD]
□レーザービーム -Video Clip [Short Ver.]-
□ジャケット写真撮影時メイキング映像を予定

The Limited Edition version of the CD comes with a DVD with a short version of “Laser Beam” PV and some jacket cover with photographs of the making of the PV.

Unfortunately, the CD jacket cover pictures have yet to be released, so we’ll just have to wait and see :D

I’ve already pre-ordered my copy, but CDJapan has long sold out its pre-order bookings. Looking forward to its release on 18 May!

Come early March (or to be precise, 4th to 6th March), JPlex, a new platform event produced by SOZO! Anime fans will be excited to see more of their favourite Japanese artistes within the next few weeks.

So what’s happening at JPlex?

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The AFA crew announces another upcoming MMK collaboration/appearance, this time at NEX shopping mall!

Here’s a excerpt from their facebook message:

“Goshujin sama, Ojou sama! MMK X RE&S presents, MMK Mobile @ Shokutsu10, The NEX Shopping Mall, Serangoon, from 18th – 20th March, 12noon – 8pm, for 3 days only! Exclusive MMK X Shokutsu 10 merchandise, Special Performances, Photo session, games and more! Come down to shokutsu 10 and meet MMK Girls in person!”

For those who missed out the maids at AFA as well as Liang Court, do drop by NEX shopping mall at Serangoon Central on the 18th to 20th of March!

For more details, please visit this link.

Just found out from Siliconera then Famitsu.

Could the figma of the Special Edition be this White Rock Shooter design or just a Black Rock Shooter repaint?

>> Siliconera article
>> Famitsu article (Has pictures of BRS’ ally, “Prototype”)
>> BRS game official site

EDIT: Apparently this design should be the figma for the Special Edition as a picture of the prototype is seen on 2chan.

One of Japan’s cable TV channel WOWOW will be airing Countdown Japan 10/11, with only the hottest artistes performing on that night. Perfume performs for Countdown Japan yet again, with the set list as follows:

SE FAKE IT
M1 ねぇ
M2 ワンルーム・ディスコ
―MC―
M3 VOICE
M4 マカロニ
―「P.T.A.」のコーナー―
M5 The best thing
M6 Puppy love
M7 ポリリズム

A special digest version will air on 11th Feb (Fri) midnight GMT+9, and the full version will air on 18th Feb (Fri) 1710hrs GMT+9.

Source: WOWOW

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Perfume’s next DVD release of their latest live, Tokyo Dome ‘ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11′, will be on sale from 9 Feb 2011!

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And thus the Hidamari vibes have doubled! From the trailer, you can also hear a snippet of the opening theme, Connect by ClariS.

Also, I will be in Japan for two weeks starting this coming Monday, and will try to update as often as possible during my trip. In the meantime, I’ll be busy preparing!

Animelo surprised us yesterday with news of their Shanghai gig being off from hiatus planning! Below are the following details:

Title: Anisama　in　Shanghai -Only One-
Date: 19 FEB 2011 (SAT)
Venue: 上海大舞台
Performing artistes: ALI PROJECT、遠藤正明、奥井雅美、おれパラ（岩田光央、小野大輔、鈴村健一、森久保祥太郎）、影山ヒロノブ、きただにひろし、JAM Project、福山芳樹、May’n
(50音順)
Tickets on sale from 20 DEC 2010

More details can be found here. *In Japanese

As much as I want to, I couldn’t. Blew my budget due to my recent Tokyo Dome trip *weeps*