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AFA Singapore Hosts ClariS Singer Trio as Musical Guests
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Anime Festival Asia announced on Tuesday that it will host the singer trio ClariS as musical guests for its upcoming Singapore convention.
ClariS had announced in January that the unit had restarted activities and had added two new members: Elly and Anna.
One half of the previous duo, Karen, graduated from the unit at the end of the "ClariS Autumn Tour 2024 ~Via Fortuna~" concerts on November 10. Karen explained she was leaving the unit to eventually realize another dream, namely to get married and raise a family.
The other member of the duo, Clara, stated in September she would keep singing as she did before, and asked fans for their continued support of ClariS.
Karen joined founding member Clara in the unit in November 2014, after another founding member, Alice, left five months earlier.
Founding members Clara and Alice debuted as ClariS in 2010. Before and after the lineup change, the unit has performed theme songs for popular anime, including Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Oreimo, Nisekoi, and Eromanga Sensei.
The unit had a reputation for keeping the members' identities secret for years, but gradually dropped their masks (figuratively and literally). This culminated with their first music video without masks in 2022.
Previously announced musical guests include asmi, HIMEHINA, Isekaijoucho, May'n, NOMELON NOLEMON, Shōta Aoi, SPYAIR, Wednesday Campanella, Sakurazaka46, fhána, nonoc, Yoko Takahashi, ALI, and Hachiōji-P.
Anime Festival Asia Singapore will take place at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore on November 28 to 30.
The convention held its Indonesia event this year on June 6 to 8.
The Anime Festival Asia conventions take place in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and Japan. The event is one of the largest anime and Japanese pop-culture conventions outside Japan. 2015's Anime Festival Asia in Singapore drew 90,669 visitors. Aside from Anime Festival Asia and its attached I Love Anisong label, Sozo also owns JLive Asia, and organizes the Japan Music Festival brand.
