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About the event:
The Best of L’Arc~en~Ciel 2 Days Live at Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium is presented in partnership with Maverick DC Group and celebrates the legendary rock band’s 20th Anniversary, traces their colorful history, and captures the group in action at a 2011 concert performed for more than 100,000 people. More information about this exclusive one-night-only event is available at: http://bit.ly/larcenciel. (**Note – please select the “English” language option.)

The cities that will host the Best of L’Arc~en~Ciel event include:

Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
Houston, TX
Los Angeles, CA
Orange, CA
New York, NY – Two locations
San Francisco/Bay Area, CA
Seattle, WA
Tickets to the event will be available through the on-line link only.
No pre-sale tickets will be sold at theatre box offices.

“L’Arc~en~Ciel is one of the biggest rock groups to ever come out of Japan and they enjoy a major global following,” says Live Viewing Japan Executive Director Hiroki Kotani. “This is a very special opportunity to witness the energy of their live concert performance on the big screen and hear the on-stage power of this band with digital theatrical sound. We look forward to helping celebrate L’Arc~en~Ciel’s 20th anniversary and their new world tour and delighting fans with this special event!”

L’Arc~en~Ciel (meaning “Rainbow”) formed in Osaka, Japan in 1991 and became widely known for their glam-influenced stage fashions, frenetic live shows, and punk/new wave inspired music. The group has achieved legendary status at home and abroad, selling over 13 million albums, 16 million singles, and they remain a major force and influence on the Japanese music scene.

To further celebrate their two decades together, L’Arc~en~Ciel put on a “20th L’Anniversary LIVE” at Tokyo’s Ajinomoto Stadium on May 28th and 29th, 2011 with each day dedicated to one-half of their storied career. The concert will be presented by Live Viewing Japan at the exclusive one-night-only event on November 29th.

The group recently announced the ” L’Arc~en~Ciel WORLD TOUR 2012” to celebrate their 20th anniversary and will play New York City’s Madison Square Garden on March 23rd, 2012. L’Arc-en-Ciel released its newest single, “X X X,” on October 12th and it shot to #1 on the Japanese Oricon music charts, which is the country’s equivalent to Billboard and tracks music sales.

Live Viewing Japan looks to bring The Best of L’Arc~en~Ciel 2 Days Live at Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium to a global audience and has plans to screen the performance in several more countries including the U.K., France, Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.

About Live Viewing Japan:
Live Viewing Japan is a Japanese-based media distribution company focused on bringing a variety of entertainment properties to a global theatre-going audience. More information on the company and its projects is available at: www.liveviewing.jp.

SIGN UP NOW for a chance to win free tickets to Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011 39′s LIVE in SAPPORO’s live streaming event at the Century 9 Cinema in downtown San Francisco!

**This is a third party give away campaign. No ticket refunds can be handled through NEW PEOPLE for already purchased tickets.

RAFFLE CLOSED:
Winners are Jenny, Skyler, Brandon, Carolyn, and Henry. Congratz and enjoy the show!

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ABOUT THE EVENT:

LIVE VIEWING JAPAN PRESENTS A SPECIAL HATSUNE MIKU EVENT FOR ONE-NIGHT-ONLY IN 9 MAJOR U.S. CITIES IN NOVEMEBER

World’s First Virtual Pop Idol Has Become An International Music Sensation And Will Be Featured In A Special Concert Film For Fans

Los Angeles, CA – October 24th, 2012 – Live Viewing Japan, a distribution company focused on bringing Japanese entertainment media to an international audience, has announced that it will stage a very special one-night-only Hatsune Miku event simultaneously in nine major U.S. cities on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 7:00pm (local time). Hatsune Miku Live Party 2011 39′s LIVE in SAPPORO (originally organized by 5bp Inc. in August, 2011) will screen a live concert performance of Hatsune Miku in movie theaters in select markets. More information about this exclusive one-night-only event is available at:
http://www.liveviewing.jp/contents/009_mikupa.html.

The cities that will host the Hatsune Miku event include:
Baltimore, MD, Boston (Manchester), MA, Chicago, IL, Houston, TX, Los Angeles, CA, Orange, CA, New York, NY – Two locations, San Francisco/Bay Area, CA, Seattle, WA

“We’re very excited to present this unique Hatsune Miku experience for her U.S. fans,” says Live Viewing Japan Exective Director Hiroki Kotani. “Miku has captivated a global audience with a mix of catchy pop music and captivating technology-inspired visuals. Her popularity has opened an entirely new range of possibilities to blend a cute pop idol persona with technology and computer-created graphics. We invite fans to visit the Live Viewing Japan web link for more information and for specific movie theater event locations. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see Hatsune Miku perform!”

Pop idol Hatsune Miku, whose name means, “first sound of the future,” is a Vocaloid (meaning machine-made vocals) digital female avatar and the most popular of the Vocaloid Character Series software originally created by Crypton Future Media, Inc. using Yamaha’s Vocaloid 2 engine to create organic-sounding synthesized vocal tracks.

In Japan, Hatsune Miku is a major national phenomenon and has appeared in numerous popular video games and music videos. She’s also played several enthusiastic “concerts,” where she performs on stage projected as a 3D hologram and backed by a live band. Miku recently played her first live concert in the U.S. called, “MIKUNOPOLIS in LOS ANGELES,” at the Nokia Theatre for the 2011 Anime Expo, held this past July in Los Angeles, CA. The show sold out in only 4 hours, further underscoring the growing popularity she enjoys in North America. Hatsune Miku was also recently featured in a T.V. commercial for the Toyota Corolla.

Live Viewing Japan has seized on the growing global popularity of Hatsune Miku and has plans to screen her live concert film in several countries including France, Thailand and Brazil.

About Live Viewing Japan:
Live Viewing Japan is a Japanese-based media distribution company focused on bringing a variety of entertainment properties to a global theatre-going audience. More information on the company and its projects is available at: www.liveviewing.jp.

at J-POP SUMMIT: Saturday, 8.27 from 2:15pm to 2:45pm

Give Them Away!
Starting from August 11th until J-POP SUMMIT – Layla Lane will be giving away some exclusive Layla Lane merch on NEW PEOPLE’s Facebook page every week, so check in time to time to see the questions they ask – and the first person to answer the correct answer is the winner! Winners get to pick their prizes up directly from Heday and Valerie during their meet & greet after their show at the festival! So check back in on August 11th at facebook.com/newpeople !

Layla Lane / Happy Lane (Coca Cola Theme Song)

About Layla Lane
Cross-cultural rock duo Layla Lane combines exquisite arrangements and clever harmonies for a style that is equal parts 1960′s pop, gypsy swing, and good old-fashioned rock n’ roll. Fronted by guitarist Heday from Shizuoka, Japan and Los Angeles-born pianist Valerie Stern, the band captured the attention of Coca-Cola Japan and partnered with thebrand on a year-long TV commercial campaign in 2010. Layla Lane released its major-label debut on the Avex Trax last Fall. More about the band >>

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Screening at J-POP SUMMIT: Saturday, 8/27 @ 2:15pm
Rurouni Kenshin celebrates its 15 year anniversary this year, and J-POP SUMMIT will premiere its English Subtitled version at the festival! Sign up for a chance to win free tickets!! More info about the event >>

**RAFFLE CLOSED!!! WINNERS ARE Chris and Katie!!
THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP!!**

***RAFFLE IS CLOSED! Winners are Samantha Y, and Tiffany S***

ELEVEN ARTS and FUNimation Entertainment are bringing the feature length followup film of the popular Trigun anime series, TRIGUN: BADLANDS RUMBLE, to the big screens across North America this summer! Come enjoy the screenings at VIZ Cinema during 7/15 – 7/17!

About TRIGUN
TRIGUN is a popular sci-fi action anime series with the original storyline created by Yasuhiro Naito. The setting takes place in a remote planet of the near future. It portrays the life and actions of a wanted man named Vash, an extreme pacifist by nature bizarrely nicknamed as “the human typhoon”. Yasuhiro Naito’s work was adapted into an animated TV series in 1998, and gained massive following throughout the world despite being aired at midnight. Fighting scenes filled with action and the meticulous designs captivated the audience. The production was done by Madhouse, which also worked on NARUTO, DEATH NOTE TV series, and SUMMER WARS. The story and designs have been renewed for this animated film, so that not only fans, but people who haven’t read the original manga or seen the animated TV series could enjoy the work.