The trailer for KOKIA's 25th anniversary concert is now online on her official YouTube channel!
The one time only free stream of the entire concert will be held on July 22, 20:00 JST. Optional tickets available via livepocket.
Songs featured in the trailer:
Fukurou ('Owl', from Animal Kingdom vol.1)
The Cells (new song)
Hoshi no keiji ('Star revelation', from Pieces 2)
Dragon (from Animal CD vol.4)
The Lighthouse (new song)
Kisetsu hazure no sakura ('Late blooming cherry blossoms', digital single)
Watch the American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 now: https://youtu.be/bWiW4Rp8vF0?feature=shared
The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!
It really sucks that creative people are now also expected become their own marketing team or become experts in business ventures in order to keep making art. Literally cannot think of a group of people less inclined to tedious number punching work than passionate artists.
Watch the 2024 American Climate Leadership Awards for High School Students now: https://youtu.be/5C-bb9PoRLc
The recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by student climate leaders! Join Aishah-Nyeta Brown & Jerome Foster II and be inspired by student climate leaders as we recognize the High School Student finalists. Watch now to find out which student received the $25,000 grand prize and top recognition!
they only showed this at regals theatre before the movie starts but it's still so cute. Branch worrying about Poppy, sharing popcorn, laughing and having fun.
Once again, I’ll have to resort to providing summaries instead of full translations for KOKIA’s blog entries. My apologies and thank you for your continuous patience. I’ll also include updates from YouTube below to round out the news from this week. - KOKIAfans admin
In her blog entry of March 14, KOKIA informs the members of her fan club ancoro that the people who got selected for her ‘25th anniversary celebration’ have received a message telling them they won. She does feel very sorry for those who missed out and hopes she’ll get to meet them somewhere else soon.
In her entry of March 15, KOKIA reveals one of her career dreams is coming true in her 25th anniversary concert next month. Musician and violinist Norihiro Tsuru is joining her band as a ‘sound ranger’ for the concert. She holds him in high esteem and is very excited to share this news. He also did work for Nesia no tabibito (’voyagers of Nesia’), for which KOKIA got to perform the theme song, and Karakurizoushi Ayatsuri sakon ('Doll puppeteer Sakon'), for which KOKIA performed the song Sayonara wa iwanaide (’don’t say goodbye’). She’d only just debuted back then, and she thought she was a hundred years too early to invite Tsuru to perform with her, but it only took 25 years in the end. Ayako, who has been playing with Tsuru for many years, will also join on cello. The concert will probably have some charming violin arrangements, so stay tuned!
Today, KOKIA held her last of the monthly viewing parties on YouTube, this time showing her 2012 concert ‘History’. In the chat, she announced that the pamphlet for her 25th anniversary will have 32 pages. She’s thinking of selling them via the web shop too as well as at the venue, and it will be bilingual, in both Japanese and English.
Since this is her last chance to ask in the chat, she mentions how tickets for April 27 are still available for purchase via livepocket.
She feels that the feelings of the History concert are connected to her 25th anniversary concert, and she’s looking forward to April 1, when she’ll be able to meet her audience in real life at Yatsugatake Kogen Music Hall. Thanks for joining these free streams!
Finally, if you check KOKIA’s official YouTube page now, she’s quietly uploaded some of her old promotional videos in higher quality (1080p HD), previously released under Victor Entertainment. They are:
The power of Smile (2003)
Otona no ookami (’adult wolf’) (Live at Tokyo International Forum Hall C, May 22, 2011)
so much love for you ♥ (2004)
Ai no melody (’melody of love’) (2006)
Yume ga chikara (’dreams are strength’) (2004)
dandelion (acoustic) (2005)
time say goodbye (duet “KOKIA & piano”) (2005)
Kawaranai koto ~since 1976~ (’things that won’t change’) (2003)
I'm not saying that there exists, like, an obligation to be good at self-promotion, but if you're gonna post an image/video tweet like "here's a teaser of my game that I'm working on, please tell all your friends about it!", and the name of the game isn't present in the teaser nor the text of the tweet, you didn't respond to any of the several people in the replies asking what it's called, there's nothing that looks like it might be the name of a game in development in your blog header, and all that your bio contains are a broken link to a nonexistent Linktree profile and the address of an invitation-only Discord, I'm gonna hazard to say that your request for free plugs will not have the desired effect.
It's time, people! The game awards are here, and it's time to give our rockstar support! Hi-Fi Rush has been nominated in these categories.
Best Action Game
Best Soundtrack
Innovation in Accessibility
Best Audio Design
Best Art Direction
So what are you waiting for?! Go to the link below and vote for a game that deserves to be in the hall of fame. Show that they made a mistake choosing Alan Wake 2 over this awesome game! Chai needs you!