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JAM Project Supergroup to Perform at Anime Boston in March
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The organizers of Anime Boston announced on Thursday that the event will host the anime music super group JAM Project. JAM Project will perform two concerts at the event, which will be held at the Hynes Convention Center on March 21-23.
JAM Project, which stands for Japan Animation-song Makers, features Hironobu Kageyama (Dragon Ball Z, Sonic X, Saint Seiya, Shin Getter Robo), Masaaki Endoh (Cowboy Bebop, GaoGaiGar: King of Braves, Cybuster), Hiroshi Kitadani (One Piece, Bakuto Sengen Daigunder, Saint Beast), Masami Okui (Revolutionary Girl Utena, Di Gi Charat, Scrapped Princess, Slayers), and Yoshiki Fukuyama (Macross 7, Buso Renkin, Overman King Gainer, Ehrgeiz). The first concert will feature the full JAM Project band, and the second concert will be dedicated to each member's solo material.
JAM Project previously performed at Otakon in 2008, and then again at Otakon's 20th anniversary music festival in Baltimore in November 2012.
Since forming in 2000, the group has performed songs for éX-Driver, Gravion, MazinKaiser, New Getter Robo, Robonimal Panda-Z: The Robonimation, Scrapped Princess, The SoulTaker, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monster GX, and their most famous collaboration, the anime-based Super Robot Wars game franchise. The group more recently contributed songs to the Cardfight!! Vanguard, Bakuman., and Senyū. television anime series.
