Before we get to the Bunka Housou event..

I went to another event in July.  It was my second event this year.
I went to see Itou Asuka, but I was surprised to see some other
cute girls too.  This was the first time in a very long time that
I brought my 20D to an event.  The batteries didn't last long..


Event      Anison Love Summit
Location   Kagaku Gijutsukan
Date       2010.07.24
Time       12:20 - 14:20
Cost       300 yen
Guests     Itou Asuka
           Maru Maru Gakuen Housoubu
           Shibata Hidekatsu

The Anison Love Summit event took place inside the T-shirt Love Summit
flea market event. This was a market where many vendors sold T-shirts.
It took place in the first floor of the Kagaku Gijutsukan.

At the edge of the market, there was a special stage which held a
couple events during the day. The stage was a very dimly lit and
had a low stage with a table. There were six or seven rows of seats
for the audience.

One of the events was the "Anison Love Summit", which was mostly a
talk show about anime/game songs, by the four main guests.
The four main guests were Kimura Keisaku (otaku writer), Mikako (idol),
Higa Moeru (professional otaku), and Masumoto Kazuya (Gainax producer).
In addition to the main guests, nine members (out of ten) of the new
seiyuu group Maru Maru Gakuen Housoubu appeared to sing some anime
songs. This was their first event.

The Anison Love Summit event was around two hours and flowed as follows.
Each of the four guests counted down their top five favorite anime songs.
They showed the anime op/ed video on a video screen. Then after each
guest finished, the Maru Maru Gakuen Housoubu girls came onto the stage,
and sang one of the songs from the top five list.

The songs were as follows.

    1st song: "Romantic Ageru yo" (Dragonball ED)
    This was sung by just three of the girls: Itou Asuka (lead vocals),
    Nishizawa Kana, and Amano Miki.
    Before the song, all nine girls (and Asuka) introduced themselves.

    2nd song: "Hare Hare Yukai" (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu OP)
    This was sung by five of the girls, and the other four girls danced.
    The singers were Amano Miki, Yahara Tomoko, Tagaki Yuki, Takayashiki
    Haruka, Nishizawa Kana. The dancers were Shiotsu Saori, Ueda Nao,
    Megumi Shinya, Hino Kanako.

    3rd song: "Ginga Senpuu Braiger" (Ginga Senpuu Braiger OP)
    The nine girls started to sing this (it opens with some narration),
    but then a deep male voice came over the speakers.
    Then Shibata Hidekatsu walked to the stage from the back of the
    audience. Hidekatsu was the one who did the original narration
    for this song. He is also the president of the seiyuu production
    that all of the girls belonged to. Then the girls sang the song
    from the beginning, starting with Hidekatsu's real narration.
    After the song, Shibata Hidekatsu stayed for a short talk show.

    4th song: "Motto Motto Tokimeki" (Tokimemo Memorial OP) 

For the 3rd and 4th songs, all nine girls were on the stage, but only
four of them had mikes. The ones with mikes were Nishizawa Kana,
Amano Miki, Shiotsu Saori, and Ueda Nao. 

The entire Anison Love Summit stage was around two hours.

For the first three songs, all of the girls wore non-matching white
outfits. It was probably their own clothes.

For the last song, all of the girls wore the black T-shirts that
they were selling. Asuka wore the black T-shirt for her song. 

goods
-----
Before and after the stage, the Maru Maru Gakuen Housoubu girls set up
a table to sell some goods.

They sold the followings goods.

    T-shirt (2500 yen)
    two types: black with white lettering, black with pink lettering.

    photos (500 yen)
    two packets: five girls+group shot, four girls+group shot
    By buying both packs, you got one photo of each girl.
    In addition there were two different group shots of all nine girls.

    photos (500 yen)
    a pack of three photos of each girl 

I just bought the two packs of girls to get one photo of each girl.
Each girl signed the photo and I was able to get a photo of each girl
holding her own photo. 

photos
------
I only brought my 20D and EF24-105F4L IS lens, and my compact camera
(Powershot S90). Photos and videos allowed of the stage (talk and songs).

I stood right behind the last row of seats, and took photos and videos.
I took videos (with the compact camera) of all songs, and photos (with
the 20D) during the talk before and after the songs.  Since I didn't
bring my good 200mm lens, the stage pics were a disaster.. (;_;)

--
Event report page, with many small images, at

  http://www.usagi.org/doi/events/asuka/20100724.html

There are individual photos of all of the Maru Maru Gakuen girls.

Very lousy photos at

  http://photos.usagi.org/asuka/20100724/

--
Hitoshi Doi
                         " this space for rent "
http://www.usagi.org/doi/                                    doi@usagi.org