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Underneath, MarBell at Otakon, Versailles at Anime USA

posted on 2008-07-12 00:54 EDT by Egan Loo

Otakon has announced that the Japanese visual-kei rock bands The Underneath (pictured at right) and MarBell will both perform at the convention on August 10 in Baltimore, Maryland. Another visual-kei rock band, Versailles, will be performing at the AnimeUSA convention on October 11 in Arlington, Virginia.

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