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Kotoko (musician)
Kotoko (stylized as KOTOKO, born January 19) is a Japanese J-pop musician, singer and songwriter from Sapporo, Hokkaido. She began her singing career in 2000, debuting as a member of the Trance music, trance group I've Sound and releasing her first mini-album ''Sora o Tobetara'' that same year. She was then signed to the Geneon Universal Entertainment, Rondorobe record label from 2004 to 2010, under which she released the albums Hane (Kotoko album), ''Hane'', ''Garasu no Kaze'', ''Uzu-Maki'' and ''Epsilon no Fune''. She signed to Warner Home Video in 2011, and remained with the label until 2018. She is currently signed with NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Kotoko composes and writes lyrics (for herself as well as other singers in I've Sound) for numerous other song collections. She has contributed songs to numerous anime and video games including ''Please Teacher!'', ''Maria-sama ga Miteru'', ''Hourglass of Summer'', ''Hayate the Combat Butler'', ''Kannazuki no Miko'', ''Shakugan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animazement
Animazement is an annual three-day anime convention held during May at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is traditionally held over Memorial Day weekend. The convention is designed to be family-friendly. Animazement is run by unpaid staff and volunteers. Programming The convention typically offers an artist alley, classes, concerts, cosplay chess, cosplay contests, dealers room, gaming tournaments, manga library, masquerade ball, musicians, panel discussions, raves, various gaming rooms (arcade, console, retro), video screenings, and voice actors. Animazement raised over $12,000 for several charities in 2015. History The convention originates from a 1997 36-hour anime marathon, organized by the Triangle Area Anime Society (TAAS) at North Carolina State University. It was first held in Raleigh, North Carolina at the North Raleigh Hilton in 1998, moved to the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham, North Carolina for 2001, and to the mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |