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	<title>Covering Entertainment &#38; Pop Culture in the U.S. and Worldwide &#124; j-entonline.com &#187; Japanese Entertainment News</title>
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		<title>Yoko Kanno to debut &#8220;PIANO ME&#8221; concert at Otakon 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD (May 15, 2013) – The renowned composer will present the world premiere performance of her new project, &#8220;PIANO ME&#8221;, at Otakon. For this concert, the simple intimacy of one performer with one instrument will be enhanced by experimental live visuals that respond to her performance. To see a sample of that performance, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New changes in store for AKB48, SKE48 and NMB48, the new team shuffle announcement at Budokan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Budokan concert held on April 28th, AKB48 theater manager Tomonobu Togasaki announced the new Team Shuffle for 2013. Togasaki began with the announcement that AKB48 will be performing at the Yahoo! Auction Dome, Sapporo Dome, Osaka Dome, Nagoya Dome and Tokyo dome this summer. But then he announced the Team Shuffle which began [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Mecha Mecha Iketeru&#8221; April 20th episode is ratings winner for Fuji TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday night&#8217;s special episode of &#8220;Mecha Mecha Iketeru!&#8221; (Mecha-Ike) was a ratings winner for Fuji TV topping at 23.4% (average rating of 20.9% according to Video Research in the Kanto area). Featuring the idol group AKB48, the annual episode was to find out who is the &#8220;BKA48&#8243; center baka (&#8220;baka&#8221; means &#8220;dumb&#8221; in Japanese). The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcoming DJ &amp; Producer, RAM RIDER, as Guest of Honor for AX 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J!-ENT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anime Related News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, CA, April 19th, 2013 – Anime Expo, North America&#8217;s largest anime and Japanese pop culture convention, announces RAM RIDER as a Guest of Honor for AX2013! The prolific DJ, producer, lyricist and vocalist will be behind the decks at AXDance, Anime Expo&#8217;s showcase of leading EDM DJs from the US and Japan. RAM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Okinawa-based band 7!! will make their US debut performance at FanimeCon!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[7!! to perform in the U.S. for the first time at FanimeCon 2013 A four-piece band from Okinawa, 7!!(pronounced seven oops) will participate in North America’s anime convention “FanimeCon 2013” next month in May which takes place during the Memorial Day weekend at San Jose, CA. FanimeCon is Northern California’s largest anime convention which has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kalafina to perform with their full band for the first time in the U.S. at Anime Central (Rosemont, IL. &#8211; Convention Date: May 17-19, 2013)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J!-ENT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kalafina to perform at Anime Central 2013 First full band performance in the U.S. comes to the Rosemont Theatre on Friday, May 17 Kalafina is a Japanese female vocal trio produced by the hit-making sound producer, Yuki Kajiura. Keiko, Wakana, and Hikaru, the members of Kalafina, have voices that perfectly match the music composed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sayaka Akimoto to graduate from AKB48, Minami Minegishi files for her candidacy for senbatsu</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a surprising Sunday for AKB48 fans with a few surprises.  The first big surprise was the announcement by AKB48 2nd Generation member Sayaka Akimoto who announced that she would be graduating from AKB48. The former Team K captain and also member of the sub-unit DIVA, Sayaka has been pursuing acting with several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AAA to have a shop in Harajuku to commemorate their new single &#8220;PARTY IT UP&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To commemorate AAA&#8217;s new single &#8220;PARTY IT UP&#8221; (to be released on March 13th), for a limited time, a real shop in Harajuku will be opened titled &#8220;e~Shop in URAHARAJYUKU&#8221;. People can purchase various &#8220;e~panda&#8221; (pronounced as &#8220;eh-panda&#8221;) goods  which is the official character of AAA. AAA will be going on tour in April for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese idol group AKB48 exceeds sales of over 20 million copies and the becomes the fastest group to achieve those sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese idol group AKB48 has achieved another record in their career.  The group exceeded sales of over 20 million copies for a CD single but also beat Mr. Children&#8217;s eight years to achieve that feat by doing it in seven years and one month. AKB48 joins the elite company of those in Japan who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NMB48 becomes the first female group in Japan to debut at #1 for their first single and album</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese idol pop group NMB48 has achieved something that their sister groups AKB48 and SKE48 hadn&#8217;t achieve and other female pop groups in Japanese music history and that is to have their debut single &#8220;Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shōjo&#8221; and their debut album &#8220;Teppen Tottande!&#8221; debut at #1. While many Japanese female idol groups had #1 albums [...]]]></description>
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