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San Francisco's J-Pop Summit to Host Magica Wars Singer Anna Yano
posted on by Daryl Lee Hale
The organizers of the J-Pop Summit event in San Francisco announced on Tuesday that the event will host Japanese singer Anna Yano. She will perform on the event's main stage and host a meet-and-greet with fans.
Yano provided the opening theme "All Over" for the 2014 series of anime shorts Magica Wars. She also performed the opening theme song "Shape My Story" for the 2013 series Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3. Yano recently performed at the A-Kon convention in Dallas in June.
The J-Pop Summit is also hosting pop singer Eir Aoi (Fate/Zero, Sword Art Online, Aldnoah.Zero) and Tatami Galaxy artist Yūsuke Nakamura. Anime director Kōji Morimoto, DJ Ken Ishii, and actor Tadanobu Asano will attend the event as guests of honor. Music guests JAM Project (Super Robot Wars game series, MazinKaiser, New Getter Robo, Bakuman.), Little Glee Monster (Pokémon XY, Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages), and Gacharic Spin (Dragon Ball Z Kai) will perform.
The event will also screen anime films Space Brothers #0, The Wind Rises, When Marnie Was There, The Case of Hana and Alice, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, and Hayao Miyazaki documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness. Morimoto will introduce a collection of his films titled The World of Kōji Morimoto.
The J-Pop Summit will be held on August 8-9 at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco's Marina district.
