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The Sword Art Online anime’s official site just updated with the information for the 7th volume of the Blu-ray and the Limited Edition DVD release for the anime, containing episodes 17-19, as well as the Sword Art Online Original Soundtrack II, composed by Yuki Kajiura as a bonus CD. The Blu-ray/DVD will be released on April 24, 2013.

Title: “Sword Art Online” Vol.7 Limited Edition (Blu-ray/DVD)
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Product Code: ANZX-6613～6614 (BD), ANZB-6613～6614 (LE DVD)
Price: ¥ 8,190 (including tax) [BD] ￥7,140 (including tax) [LE DVD]
Episodes: 17 [The Captive Queen], 18 [To Yggdrasil], 19 [Lugloo Corridor]

Bonus Content: booklet (16 pages), 3 pin up cards, clear case and digipak, audio commentary, Episode #7 of “Sword Art Offline” written by Reki Kawahara.
The Regular Edition DVD [ANSB-6613, ￥6,090 (tax included)] which doesn’t include the OST will also be simultaneously released.

Thanks to elcazador for the news!

Kalafina has been nominated for The Animation Artist of the Year at the Billboard JAPAN Music Awards! You can support them by voting at the Billboard Japan website below.
Click here to submit your vote!

• Age – enter a number
• Gender – boy (left) or girl (right)
• Location – you have to choose a Japanese prefecture
• Occupation – choose a job (the last choice is “other”)
• How did you hear about the awards – choose any one
• E-mail address – enter it twice
• Billboard newsletter subscription – yes (left) or no (right)
• Click the left choice for the last line above submit button

Thanks to Yurika and chrisgarci!

In addition, we have an amazing group of fansubbers working on Kajiura/Kalafina interview videos, who are looking for Japanese translators. If you’re interested in helping enlighten the English-speaking fan world, please check out the fansubbers’ thread!

This is kind of old news but thought of posting for all of you to know 🙂

Kalafina are invited at bay.fm’s event POWER COUNTDOWN JAPAN HOT 30! along with other artists, and its going to be streamed via Ustream!!

Since the watching this time will be for Free (unlike YK vol 9 and Music Energy) in order to watch you only need to create a Ustream account, or to login with your facebook one.

Title: POWER COUNTDOWN JAPAN HOT 30
Date: October 20 (Sat)
Time: 15:00 (JST)
URL: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bayfm78-power-countdown-japan-hot-30

Thanks to Keiri!

[EDIT 23/10/2012] CDJapan as part of their “Weekly Sales” program is currently offering 10% off previous Kalafina releases in commemoration of the release of “Hikari Furu”, until October 29, 2012. Click here to check out the sale!

Great news come today from the online stores too, since the Blu-ray release for the 2012 Type Moon Festival (held July 7 – 8, 2012) contains juicy Yuki Kajiura and Kalafina performances!

Title: TYPE-MOON Fes. – 10th Anniversary Blu-ray Disc Box –
Release Date: January 16, 2013
Product Code: ANZX-6455
Region: Region Free
Price: ~ 9333yen
[Preorder from CD Japan]

The release will contain:

• 2 BD discs with the main event divided in 5 “programs”:

  1st Program: Live Yuki Kajiura (FictionJunction (secret guest) performs the beginning of the end, the battle is to the strong), 2nd Program: Fate / Zero (determining best scene), 3rd Program: Carnival Phantasm, 4th Program: Hibichika Radio (Popularity poll), 5th Program: Songs

  Kalafina at the event performed all 8 songs of the Kara no Kyoukai movies (oblivious, Kimi ga hikari ni kaete yuku, Kizuato, Aria, sprinter, fairytale, seventh heaven, snow falling) as well as Fate/Zero‘s to the beginning, and manten, and are all going to be included along with Haruna Luna’s Sora wa Takaku Kaze wa Utau

Other artists whose performances are included are: LR harmony (Super☆Affection, From new world. THIS ILLUSION -10th moon harmony-), Faylan (mind as Judgment」), LiSA (oath sign), Aoi Eir (MEMORIA).

• 1 BD disc with Special Content (Carnival Phantasm new episode (26 min), Kara no Kyoukai Mirai Fukuin Movie PV, NEXT TYPE-MOON CONTENTS Trailer
• Drama CD with Nasu as the director. The Box of the release will be specially drawn and there will be included original booklet too

Thanks to elcazador, rishi and Keiri for the news!

It has been announced by the Kalafina official site that in commemoration of the Madoka Magica Movie screening there will be streamed a studio live, interview, and Hikari Furu PV screening via nicovideo!
The Hikari Furu PV will be aired for the first time on this program, so be sure to not miss it! Kalafina will also perform it live!

To watch the streaming you can create an account on the English version of nicovideo and login with it in the japanese site. You can also reserve the streaming for later in case you cant watch it live, instruction here

Title: Madoka Magica Movies Public Commemoration ~Kalafina Studio Live & Interview~
Date: October 13 (Sat)
Time: 21:00 – 22:00 (JST)
URL: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv109250007

In other news it has been confirmed that Hikari Furu single’s b-side Mirai, which is a Kalafina version of the kajiurago song “Credens Justitiam”, has been used as insert song in the first Madoka movie! [EDIT] Click here to listen to the song out of Kalafina’s radio show! (thanks to HimeWakana)

Thanks to Keiri for the live news!