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The details of Kalafina’s concert in Japan Expo, at Paris of France, were announced at the official facebook of the Japan in Motion show,  a Japanese TV show designed for the french. The show can be watched on Nolife, a french television channel.

Date: Saturday, 5th of July 2014
Title of event: Great Event – Japan in Motion to thank all its fans.
Place: Japan Expo Scene (means not the JE Live House)
Time: 15:00~16:20
Lottery: a travel to Japan to win. (not quite sure it will be opened to foreign people) Details on the signing system: Here

Also there’s going to be a “showcase“, probably a live performance, between a half an hour and a 45 minutes performance on Sunday.

thanks to FxMacCobra for all the info!

Now some self-advertising 😉 To participate to our Yuki Kajiura Birthday 2014 project, which is a book again but of other nature, you need to:

• Choose a song you like, or 2.
• Choose the favourite lyrics of that song (you submit them too)
• Take a photo assosiated with the song’s lyrics, or you playing it with an instrument, or whatever, the pic can also be a drawing or a scene from the anime the song relates to
• Write a text where you say why you like that song.
• Dont forget your username and country
• Submit at : george(at)canta-per-me(dot)net (replace dot with “.” and at with @)
• FAQ with details & Participation log
• Deadlines:  July 15 for participation an July 20 for submission (people can join and submit after these but these work as an aim)

Today the sonymusic shop updated with an entry for a heavenly blue single, confirming the rumours. In addition to the song’s inclution in Kalafina’s “The Best” album Red Edition (Release: July 16, 2014) , a Limited anime edition single will be also released slightly later, aiming to Aldnoah Zero anime’s fans. The single will be released on August 6, 2014 and will come with an anime coverart. The song will be the Opening Theme of the TV anime.

Title: Heavely Blue (Limited Anime Edition)
Artist: Kalafina
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Product Code: SECL-1545
Price: ￥1,200 (including tax)
[Pre-order] from CD Japan

Thank to random and elcazador for the news!!

Even though the tracklist isnt out yet, anime editions usually include: full song, tv-size ver, instrumental, and sometimes the b-side (we dont know if it will be the same as the “new song” in the Blue Edition of “The Best” album), and rarely a remix of the title song ala Magia magic mix.

The official site of the “Japan Expo” convention, held in Paris, France every year, has announced (ENG, FR) that Kalafina will be invited at this year’s Japan Expo!! The convention this year durates from 2 to 6 July 2014 at Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center, in Paris. More details to come in Future 🙂 This will be Kalafina’s first visit to France and the second in Europe, after AnimagiC in 2012 in Germany.

In other news, Kalafina has been invited to this year’s Music Energy 2014,  a concert organised every year by Spacecraft.

Event Title:  Music Energy 2014
Date: September 23, 2014 (Tue.)
Venue: Tokyo International Forum Hall C
Artists: Kalafina, Haruna Luna, Kaori Oda, Aira Yuuki, Ogawa Mana, Uura Saeka, Santos Anna
Door open / show start: 16:15 / 17:00

Thanks to TheBaz, FxMacCobra, and Kugayama for the news!

In an unrelated topic, like every year, we are organising a project to create a present for Yuki Kajiura’s Birthday which is at August 6 every year. This year’s project is now open to all fans and visitors who want to join it, since we have low participation in the forum (aiming for about 50 people). You can find here (almost) everything you need to know: The form of this years present, what you need to make etc, all gathered in a FAQ, and also list of the people already participating 😀 You can tell you are participating (username, country) and ask any question below this post, the shoutbox or the forum’s related thread 🙂

Peppermint.TV (one of the sites that will stream SAO II worldwide) has uploaded a 14-secs german-subtitled japanese CM for Sword Art Online II. During it you can hear a rearrangement (flute – drums – e. guitar – strings) of “Swordland” track 🙂

thanks to Kowz for the news!

The official site of Sword Art Online has updated with the information about the serie’s airing in Japan and other countries as well as the streaming sites wordwide! It has been announced that the series will start airing on July 5!  The show’s music will be composed by Yuki Kajiura, while the OP will be performed by Aoi Eir and the ED by Haruna Luna 🙂

According to Anime News Network:

There will be a number of premiere events in a number of countries:

• USA Premiere:  Anime Expo in Los Angeles on July 4. Original light novel author Reki Kawahara and illustrator and character designer abec will be in attendance.
• Japanese premiere: June 29 at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills
• French premiere: July 4 at Japan Expo
• German premiere: July 4 in various Cinemaxx and Cinedom theaters
• Taiwanese premiere: July 4 at Cinemark Taipei
• Korean premiere: July 4 at Megabox Dongdaemun
• Hong Kong premiere: July 4 at MCL Telford Cinema

airing and streaming:

The series will stream in China on LeTV, in Taiwan on i-funtv, and in French-speaking countries (France, Switzerland, Belgium, Algeria, Monaco, Tunisia, and in Quebec, Canada) on Wakanim. The show will also stream “in German-speaking countries” (Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Austria, but also Poland) on Peppermint.TV. Daisuki will stream the series in the rest of Europe. Additionally, the show will air in Korea on the cable TV station Aniplus and will also air in Thailand and Singapore on cable TV.

The show will air in Japan on Tokyo MX TV on July 5 at 11:30 p.m., before the show also airs on MBS, TV Aichi, tvk, BS11 and several other other stations. The series will also stream in Japan on niconico and the d Anime Store.