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New People In San Francisco Presents Evangelion Stamp Rally For 2012 J-Pop Summit

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New People brings the latest Japanese game phenomenon to the U.S. for the 2012 J-POP Summit Festival as it participates in the first-ever Evangelion Worldwide Stamp-Rally. The 2012 J-POP Summit Festival takes place across San Francisco’s Japantown in cooperation with the Japantown Merchant Association on Saturday, August 25th and Sunday, August 26th.

The Evangelion Worldwide Stamp-Rally is inspired by a popular summertime activity in Japan where players travel to different locations (usually train stations) to acquire special stamps, which are collected and often redeemed for prizes. The Evangelion Worldwide Stamp-Rally is a global event billed as the most difficult and longest distance stamp-rally in history. The Rally will be entered into the 2012 Guinness Book of World Records and will require players to secure specially-made Evangelion stamps from venues in Tokyo, Beijing and Paris, in addition to New People in San Francisco during the 2012 J-POP Summit Festival.

Players that secure stamps from all 4 international venues are eligible to win rare Evangelion collectables as prizes! Even for those who only collect stamps from Japan and one other country (France, USA, or China) can be eligible for a little special gift. More details about the prize collection will be announced in the near future.

Other participating cities/venues for the EVANGELION WOLRDWIDE STAMP-RALLY include:

Paris, France – 2012 Japan Expo, July 5th – 8th

Tokyo, Japan – Shiohaku 2012, NTV Tower Shiodome, July 25th – Aug. 26th

Beijing, China – ICAC: International Comic and Animation Convention, Nov. 3rd – 11th

The special Evangelion stamp station will be located at the U.S. Premiere of the Evangelion Pop-Up Museum, to be installed for the duration of the J-POP Summit (8/25 & 8/26) inside New People’s Superfrog Gallery. The accompanying stamp sheet will be given away at the same location (while supplies last). Even if you are unable to collect all four stamps, the stamp sheet with the San Francisco Evangelion design on it will become a wonderful collectable for fans.

New People’s spacious 3rd floor exhibit space will be transformed for a limited time to showcase an extensive collection of original concept and production art, character drawings and other key artifacts from the famed Evangelion 1.0 and 2.0 feature films. A variety of rare and valuable Evangelion books, toys and collectables, and other items will also be on display.

In the Evangelion: 1.0 and 2.0 films,fourteen year old Shinji Ikari is called the futuristic Tokyo-3 by his father who he hasn’t seen in more than eight years. His father reveals to him a gigantic humanoid weapons system that the special governmental agency has secretly developed to fight alien invaders called Angels. He enlists Shinji to pilot the giant artificial human Evangelion Unit One. In an explosive new storyline full of brutal action and primal emotion, a group of young pilots maneuver their towering, cyborg Eva Units into combat against a deadly and disturbing enemy.  The third film of the series, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, is set for release in Japan this fall.

A variety of other pop-inspired attractions including fashion shows, theatrical film premieres,  live art performances, celebrity appearances, and mini-concerts by some of Japan’s hottest bands are planned for the 2012 J-POP Summit both inside the New People complex, and outdoors at the adjacent Peace Plaza. Innovative artists from Japan will join a variety of product merchants and food vendors from the Bay Area to offer an array of pop-inspired products and delicacies for sale in open air displays on both sides of Post Street, the main Japantown thoroughfare.

First-Ever Anime Pop-Up Museum Lands in San Francisco For The 2012 J-POP Summit

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New People, a dynamic entertainment destination that brings the latest examples of Japanese popular culture to North American shores, is proud to present the U.S. premiere of the Evangelion Pop-Up Museum as part of the 2012 J-POP Summit Festival. This special time-limited special exhibit, to be staged inside the venue’s 3rd Floor Superfrog Gallery, launches on Saturday, August 25thand is co-produced by Nippon Television and New People.

The 2012 J-POP Summit Festival commences with the theme of “Cyberpop Overload!,” and will be held across San Francisco’s Japantown, in association with the Japantown Merchant Association, on Saturday, August 25th and Sunday, August 26th. General admission to The Evangelion Pop-Up Museum is $5 with re-entry stamp, but will only run for the duration of the J-POP Summit Festival. Tickets will be available at New People’s 3rd Floor Superfrog Gallery on the day of the event. More information about the Festival is available at J-POP.com.

The Evangelion Pop-Up Museum will offer an extensive collection of original concept and production art, character drawings and other key artifacts from the famed Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone and Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance film series. Anime/Manga and sci-fi fans are invited to enjoy this unique exhibit and catch a rare inside glimpse at how original drawings, computer graphics and animation for these films were created. A variety of rare and valuable Evangelion books, toys and collectables, and other items will also be on display.

In the Evangelion: 1.0 and 2.0 films,fourteen year old Shinji Ikari is called to Tokyo-3 by his father who he hasn’t seen in more than eight years. His father reveals to him a gigantic humanoid weapons system that the special governmental agency has secretly developed to fight alien invaders called Angels. He enlists Shinji to pilot the giant artificial human Evangelion Unit One. In an explosive new storyline full of brutal action and primal emotion, a group of young pilots maneuver their towering, cyborg Eva Units into combat against a deadly and disturbing enemy.  The third film of the series, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, is set for release in Japan this fall.

A variety of other pop-inspired attractions including fashion shows, theatrical film premieres,  live art performances, celebrity appearances, and mini-concerts by some of Japan’s hottest bands are planned for the 2012 J-POP Summit both inside the New People complex, and outdoors at the adjacent Peace Plaza. Innovative artists from Japan will join a variety of product merchants and food vendors from the Bay Area to offer an array of pop-inspired products and delicacies for sale in open air displays on both sides of Post Street, the main Japantown thoroughfare.

2011 J-Pop Summit Japanese Pop Culture Festival? only 16 Days Away!!!

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Official Press Release

2011 J-POP SUMMIT FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES EXPANDED PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS – ONLY 16 DAYS AWAY!!!

NEW PEOPLE Details Events For Annual Bay Area Celebration Of Japanese Pop Culture With Live Music, Fashion Shows, Film Premieres, Street Vendors And More!

San Francisco, CA, August 11, 2011 – An explosion of colorful artists and pop culture music, fashion, art, and film takes over San Francisco in only 16 DAYS when the 2011 J-Pop Summit Festival will be held the city’s Japantown. The annual is newly expanded to two days and will take place Saturday and Sunday, August 27th– 28th.

The weekend-long festival is highlighted by live bands and DJs, fashion shows, a vocaloid music conference, several theatrical film premieres, dance workshops and performances, and assorted arts, crafts and food vendors. NEW PEOPLE, the dynamic entertainment destination showcasing the latest examples of Japanese popular culture, presents the annual event and also welcomes several Guests of Honor to this year’s J-Pop Summit.

A dedicated web site with full details and event schedules is now available at J-pop.com.

J-Pop Summit Festival Event Highlights include…

Saturday August 27th:

Girls Rock Explosion! Day 1

 

Bay Area and Japanese musicians rock the Pagoda Stage in Japantown’s Peace Plaza.

Layla Lane are a cross-cultural rock duo combining exquisite arrangements and clever harmonies for a style that is equal parts 1960′s pop, gypsy swing, and rock. Layla Lane is fronted by guitarist Heday from Shizuoka, Japan and Los Angeles-born pianist Valerie Stern.

 

The Patsychords are a Pasty Cline Tribute band that will rock the Girl Rock Explosion 2011 with their brand of smooth rockabilly country and a tribute to Kyu Sakamoto’s Sukiyaki Song!

 

Fashion Events:

SOU・SOU Fashion Show

Hosted by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, designer and producer Takeyuki Wakabayashi from Kyoto, Japan, SOU・SOU’s first U.S. fashion show will showcase NEW PEOPLE and SOU・SOU’s new Clothing line collaboration. Enjoy the art of modern designs meeting traditional craftsmanship in an innovative style of Japanese tabi shoe and clothing.

h. NAOTO Fashion Show

Designer Naoto Hirooka (aka h. NAOTO) attends the 2011 J-Pop Summit to preview the opening of his first U.S. flagship store on NEW PEOPLE’s Fashion Floor on October 7th!

BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT Fashion Contest
Lolitas! Fashionistas! Boys and girls! This year, BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT and Animation on Display co-host a circus-inspired, over-the-top Lolita fashion contest.

 

Film Events:

GANTZ II: Perfect Answer (San Francisco Premiere)

How will we face the end? The two-part GANTZ film meets its kinetic conclusion in GANTZ II with an intensely gripping story-line yet to be known even to readers of the manga series!

 

Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal U.S. Premiere (subtitled)

Based on the self-titled manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki, Rurouni Kenshin follows Kenshin Himura, a highly skilled swordsman and his journey across Japan during the Meiji era.

K-ON! Anime Vol.3 Premiere and Mini Concert

Enjoy a mini live event by the K-ON! English voice cast and the premiere of the third volume of the anime series. K-ON!’s story revolves around four Japanese high school girls who join the Sakuragaoka Girl’s High School’s light music club to try to save it from being disbanded.

Tokyo Freshly Squeezed: Hottest Music Videos from Japan!

MUSIC ON! TV (www.m-on.jp) from Japan will feature the hottest J-Pop bands and artists performing Visual Kei, J-rock, anime songs, and more to be screened with NEW PEOPLE cinema’s THX® sound system. Attendees for VIP Party at 7:30pm on August 27th at NEW PEOPLE will be all invited to this event. VIP Party tickets are now on sale at:

http://j-popsummit03.eventbrite.com

 

 

 

Dance & DJ Events:

Danceroid Dance Performance

Danceroid is a group of four girls that have become an international musical dance sensation with their performances choreographed to popular Vocaloid songs. The group’s videos have been played more than 100 million times online

Miku Mix DJ Battle
LA meets Tokyo in San Francisco! DJ Amaya and ZANEEDS rocked out thousands of fans at the Nokia Theater during this year’s Anime Expo will join together on the J-Pop SUMMIT’s Pagoda Stage to take turns mixing up some mean Hatsune Miku vocaloid remixes!

Sunday August 28th

 

Vocaloid Conference: The Voice of Future Music

Brian Zisk (Executive Producer, SF Music Tech Summit), ZANEEDS (vocaloid music creator), and Danceroid (vocaloid music dance unit) will discuss, “The creative explosion caused by internet platforms and vocaloid idols like Hatsune Miku, and how it’s affecting the future of music.” Also see ZANEEDS and Danceroid behind the scenes footage!

Vocaloid Dance Workshop

Vocaloid music dance sensation Danceroid will teach audiences one of their very own dance routines. Contestants of the Vocaloid Dance Contest are welcomed to participate winners will perform on the Pagoda Stage with Danceroid!

Vocaloid Dance Contest

Vocaloid fans hit the stage to dance and lip-sync in front of a huge audience! Animation on Display is the host and guest performers Danceroid will judge the performances.

 

 

Girls Rock Explosion! Day 2

The Bayonettes are presented by the Bay Area Girls Rock Camp. The teen duo will deliver their sweet acoustic set, including a version of Japan’s #1 punk rock song “Linda Linda!”

SpacEKrafT is a performance group that re-creates a futuristic interactive travel environment complete with flight attendants, ground crew, video projections, sound chairs, interactive music equipment, personality feedback station and interactive art.

Emi Meyer is a jazz-inspired pop musician born in Kyoto Japan and raised in Seattle. Her bi-cultural heritage has shaped the unique jazz-inspired pop sound heard on her three albums. With the release of her first album, Curious Creature, Emi was invited to perform at the Sundance Film Festival and shot to #1 on the Japanese jazz charts.

K-ON! LIVE

Come check out anime K-ON!’s English Voice Actresses’ live show! Yui (Stephanie Sheh), Mio (Cristina Vee), Ritsu (Cassandra Lee), Mugi (Shelby Lindley), and Azusa (Christine Marie Cabanos) all will rock out with full-gear on the Pagoda Stage.

 

 

Film Events:

h.NAOTO Tokyo Collection Film Screening

Enjoy h.NAOTO’s fashion on the big screen! For customers who purchase over $100 at the h.NAOTO pop-up-shop inside the NEW PEOPLE Fashion Floor. Designer Naoto Hirooka will appear for an after screening Q and A session!

 

DOCUMENTARY OF AKB48 To Be Continued… (U.S. Premiere)

Don’t miss the US premiere of the documentary following the unstoppable all-female Japanese idol group, AKB48! With their ever-growing popularity and success, this is a must-see for fans. The footage sheds a light on AKB48’s struggle, joy, growth, and dream

Other Events & Performances (Saturday & Sunday):

Ken Hamazaki

Ken Hamazaki returns for the second year in a row to perform his avant-garde Red Tea Ceremony -YOU ARE GOD on the festival grounds!

 

Estria Foundation Presents: MIKE “BAM!” TYAU

Mike “BAM!” Tyau (rhymes with ‘meow’) has been creating graffiti art since 1983 during the NYC B-boy era. On Sunday the 28th, watch Mike “BAM!” paint a live graffiti art all day in the Peace Plaza. The artwork will be silent-auctioned to raise funds for Japan.

Fortune Telling by Hoshi from “not for sale.”

Translating ancient Eastern knowledge and languages to suit our modern lives, Hoshi from not for sale. reads over 2000 fortunes per year in the Tokyo area. He comes to the J-Pop Summit to read the fortunes of attendees!

About NEW PEOPLE, Inc.

Based in San Francisco, California, NEW PEOPLE, Inc. (www.newpeopleworld.com) offers the latest films, art, fashion and retail brands from Japan through its unique entertainment destination as well as through licensing and distribution of selective Japanese films. NEW PEOPLE Entertainment (www.newpeopleent.com), a film division of NEW PEOPLE, Inc. strives to offer the most entertaining motion pictures straight from the “Kingdom of Pop” for audiences of all ages, especially the manga and anime generation, in North America. Some titles include DEATH NOTE, GANTZ, KAMIKAZE GIRLS, and THE TASTE OF TEA.

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