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Press Release March 1, 2021

AnimeJapan Organization

One of the biggest anime events in the world! AnimeJapan 2021 online!

AJ Stages, AJ Studio 45 programs streaming overseas! Online Tickets on sale from March 1 (Mon) 13:00 JST!

AnimeJapan Organization announced that AnimeJapan 2021, one of the world's biggest anime events will be held online, from March 27 (Sat) to March 28 (Sun), 2021.

Having the artist Takanori Nishikawa nominated as it’s official ambassador, this year’s AnimeJapan is planned to be an event to be enjoyed all day, directly from your home, with 45 programs streaming from AJ Stages & AJ Studio, additional streams from the exhibitor booths and other online contents.

AnimeJapan 2021 will stream in seven countries and regions: US, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, and for the first time will be available not only in Japan but also overseas.

Online tickets will be available on AnimeJapan's official website from 13:00 JST, March 1 (Mon), 2021. Be sure to check out the latest and most popular anime in Japan.

* Some content may not be available in your area. * We do not ship goods overseas.

1. 45 programs streaming the latest anime information live from AJ Stages/AJ Studio!

2. On demand streaming available! View all the stages regardless of your schedule! 3. Special English channel introducing programs from AJ Stages live!

* AJ Stage/AJ Studio programs will be streamed in Japanese. Thank you for your understanding.

AnimeJapan 2021 Online Points

AJ Stage / AJ Studio Streaming Schedule ※ All streamed programs are charged *The following schedule is displayed in JST [Saturday, March 27] * On-demand streaming: 3/27 (Sat) 20:00-3/28 (Sun) 23:59 JST ＜AJ Stage Infinity RED Stage Channel＞

No. Japan Time Stage title Guests

1 9:45-10:20 Netflix Anime Mega-rich stage in AnimeJapan 2021 Kenjiro Tsuda: "The Way of the Househusband"

Marika Kono: "Eden" …and more!!

2 11:15-11:50 Noriyasu Agematsu×A-1 Pictures×Aniplex New Project Presentation Shoya Chiba, Makoto Furukawa, Hiroki nanami,

Shun Horie, Takuma Nagatsuka, Shogo Yano,

Toshiki Masuda, Shouta Aoi, Noriyasu Agematsu

3 12:45-13:20 "So I'm a Spider, So What? " Mou Zettai Ikinukitai

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO！Special stage

Aoi Yuki, Shun Horie, Nao Toyama, Yui Ogura, Eri

Kitamura, Kaya Okuno

Guest：Riko Azuna, Konomi Suzuki

4 14:15-14:50 "SK8 the infinity" AnimeJapan Special Stage Tasuku Hatanaka, Chiaki Kobayashi, Rude-α

5 15:45-16:20 Let's Make a Mug Too: Special Live Stage Performance from Hybrid TV

Series (Anime+Live-Action) starting in April 2021!

Minami Tanaka, Yu Serizawa, Yuki Wakai, Rina

Honnizumi

＜AJ Stage Connect GREEN Stage Channel＞

No. Time Stage title Guests

1 9:00-9:35 "It’s Disgusting to Call This Love" stage Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Ryo Amakusa), Yurie

Kozakai(Ichika Arima)

2 10:30-11:05 "GODZILLA S.P SINGULAR POINT" SPecial Stage Yume Miyamoto, Shoya Ishige, Misaki Kuno, Yohei

Azakami

3 12:00-12:35 TVanime "Higurashi When They Cry GOU" AnimeJapan Special STAGE Soichiro Hoshi, Mai Nakahara, Satsuki Yukino, Mika

Kanai

4 13:30-14:05 "86 -EIGHTY SIX-" SPECIAL STAGE Shoya Chiba, Ikumi Hasegawa

5 15:00-15:35 "Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night-"

Special Stage

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Kirito), Reki Kawahara

(Original Story), abec (Original Illustration /

Character Design Concept), MC: Hisanori Yoshida

(Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.)

＜AJ Stage Everlasting BLUE Stage Channel＞


1 9:00-9:35 TVanimation "The Strongest Sage of Disqualified Crest" with GA

BUNKO stage

Nina Tamaki, Suzushiro Sayumi, Haruka Shiraishi,

Shiori Izawa

2 13:30-14:05 GAGAGABUNKO SINSAKU ANIME HAPPYOUKAI Kouki Uchiyama, Satoshi Hino, Mikako Komatsu,

Hina Kino

3 15:00-15:35 "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" special stage Tomoaki Maeno, Makoto Hurukawa, Kumada Akane

4 16:30-17:05 DROPKICK ON MY DEVIL!! STAGE DESUNO Aina Suzuki, Nichika Omori, Miu Kubota, Chiaki

Omigawa, Yurie Kozakai, Riko Sasaki, Marina

Yamada, Natsuko Hara, Kazusa Aranami, Miko

Terada, MC: Kazuki Yanase

＜AJ Studio Channel＞


1 9:00-9:35 MANGA WE WANT TO SEE ANIMATED RANKING Coming Soon

2 9:45-10:20 ANIPLEX STATION Vol.1 Gorgeous cast, ANIPLEX Staff

3 10:30-11:05 an ORIGINAL ANIMATION "Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-" SPECIAL

TALK

staff

4 11:15-11:50 Kumadaakane no kumanakushirabetai Special Stage Akane Kumada

5 12:30-13:05 MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD Panel Discussion with MEGALOBOX Cast Yoshimasa Hosoya, Hiroki Yasumoto, Michiyo

Murase

6 13:15-13:50 [Cosplayer's World] Teach Me the Art of Cosplay! Makeup, Prop-Making,

and Photography by "Sword Art Online "

Chihiro sento (vice editor-in-chief of COSPLAY

MODE),and more

7 14:00-14:35 Puraore! Special delivery of valuable video Riku Masuda, Satomi Hongo, Mayu Sagara, Saika

Kitamori, Asuka Shioiri, Yurika Moriyama, Yoshino

Aoyama

8 14:45-15:20 Production Works Channel [Pre-Production] The Framework of Anime:

The Script ~ with “Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop” ~

Kyohei Ishiguro(Director, scriptwriter, technical

director), Dai Satoh(Scriptwriter), Moderator Ryota

Fujitsu

9 15:30-16:05 Love Live! Superstar!! Liella! Namahousou ～AnimeJapan kara

konnichiwa!～

Sayuri Date (Kanon Shibuya), Liyuu (Keke Tang),

Nako Misaki (Chisato Arashi), Naomi Payton

(Sumire Heanna), Nagisa Aoyama (Ren Hazuki)

10 16:15-16:50 Smile of the Arsnotoria Eriko Matsui, Miharu Hanai, Miyu Tomita etc.

[Saturday, March 28] * On-demand streaming: 3/28 (Sun) 18:00-3/29 (Mon) 23:59 JST

＜AJ Stage Infinity RED Stage Channel＞

No. Japan Time Stage title Guests

1 9:45-10:20 "BLUE REFLECTION" project specialstage Manaka Iwami, Haruka Chisuga, EXiNA, Meru

Kishida

2 11:15-11:50 TV anime "Kiratto Pri☆chan" We'll be giving Talk & Mini Live Run Girls, Run! (Coco Hayashi, Yuuka Morishima,

Nanami Atsugi)

3 14:15-14:50 TV animation "megamiryou no ryoubokunn" AnimeJapan special stage Misuzu Yamada, Ayaka Nanase, etc.

4 15:45-16:20 "HORIMIYA " AnimeJapan Special Stage Uchiyama Kouki, Yamashita Seiichiro, Kozakai

Yurie, Okamoto Nobuhiko, M・A・O, Kondo

Reina, Iwai Yuki

＜AJ Stage Connect GREEN Stage Channel＞

No. Time Stage title Performers

1 9:00-9:35 "Seven Knights Revolution : Hero Successor" Special stage Daiki Yamashita, Hibiku Yamamura, Yuichiro

Umehara, Manami Numakura

2 10:30-11:05 TV Animation BACK ARROW Special stage Yuki Kaji, Aya Suzaki, Ari Ozawa, Tomokazu Sugita

3 12:00-12:35 DEEMO THE MOVIE Ayana Taketatsu and more...

4 16:30-17:05 Original TV anime "ZOMBIE LAND SAGA REVENGE" Pre-Broadcast

Special Stage

Franchouchou (Kaede Hondo, Asami Tano, Risa

Taneda, Maki Kawase, Rika Kinugawa, Minami

Tanaka) and more

＜AJ Stage Everlasting BLUE Stage Channel＞


1 12:00-12:35 "MUSHOKU TENSEI" Special "HONKI-DASU" Stage in AJ Yumi Uchiyama, Tomokazu Sugita, Konomi Kohara,

Ai Kayano

2 13:30-14:05 Original TVAnimation "SELECTION PROJECT" Special Stage ~Please

cheer for me! ~

Main Cast

3 16:30-17:05 "Attack on Titan" The Final Season SPECIAL STAGE Yuki Kaji, Yui Ishikawa, Marina Inoue, Hiroshi

Kamiya,Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Hanae

, Natsuki Hanae, Ayane Sakura

＜AJ Studio Channel＞



2 9:45-10:20 Animeguild2021 LIVE introduction Fuji TV announcer

3 10:30-11:05 "Cells at Work Hour" ~White Blood Cell STATION~ White Blood Cell (Neutrophil): Tomoaki Maeno,

White Blood Cell (1196): Yoko Hikasa

4 11:15-11:50 CheerKyu-Bu! ZenkouOuenTV Mitsuho Kambe, Mina Katahira, Miona Kogawa,

Ami Aimoto

5 12:30-13:05 Production Works Channel [Post-Production] Bringing Anime to Life with

Sound ~ with "Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon" ~

Yasushi Nagura(Sound Director, Recording),Sara

Matsumoto(Voice cast),Toshikazu

Naka(Producer),Moderator Ryota Fujitsu

6 13:15-13:50 Natsume Yujin-cho SPECIAL MOVIE Ishiokoshi and Ayashiki Raihou-

sha AJ Special Talk

Hiroshi Kamiya, Kazuhiko Inoue

7 14:00-14:35 Production Works Channel [Production] Power of the Staff in Visual

Creation ~ with "MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY" ~

Hidekazu Hara(Unit Director) ,Kentarou

Waki(Director of photography),Narumi

Iwasita(Assistant Line Producer),Moderator Ryota

Fujitsu

8 14:45-15:20 Miraculous Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir AnimeJapan 2021 Special Talk Karin Nanami (MARINETTE/LADYBUG), Ryota

Osaka (ADRIEN/CAT NOIR) , Yuichiro Umehara

(LUKA)

9 15:30-16:05 [Cosplayer's World] Teach Me the Art of Cosplay! Wig Set-up and Posing

by "DETECTIVE CONAN"

Chihiro Sento (vice editor-in-chief of COSPLAY

MODE), and more…


AnimeJapan 2021 English Channel Supported by AFA (Anime Festival Asia) With the cooperation of Anime Festival Asia (AFA), southeast Asia’s largest J-POP cultural event, we are preparing a special channel for overseas anime fans, that will be commenting and introducing programs streamed on the AJ Stage live in English. * The commentary will be delivered live while switching through different programs streamed on the AJ Stages.

Main MC Ash

Born in Singapore. He serves as MC for anime and game-related events mainly in Southeast Asia.

He has been in charge of the AFA's main stage MC since 2017.

Goofy

Born in Singapore. Actress. Currently active as a game streamer.

Outside of work, she also enjoys cosplay as a hobby.

Several other guests will be present on the channel as well!

Online Tickets Tickets on sale from March 1st (Mon), starting at 13:00 JST!! Online Tickets ≫ March 27 [Sat] Ticket 3,200 JPY Streaming from March 27 [Sat] 9:00 JST to March 28 [Sun] 23:59pm JST ≫ March 28 [Sun] Ticket 3,200 JPY Streaming from March 28 [Sun] 9:00 JST to March 29 [Mon] 23:59pm JST ≫ 2 Days Ticket 6,100 JPY Streaming from March 27 [Sat] 9:00 JST to March 29 [Mon] 23:59pm JST

Event Name AnimeJapan 2021 Venue Online https://www.anime-japan.jp/en

Date: Public Day: March 27 (Sat), March 28 (Sun), 2021

Business Day: March 29 (Mon), March 30 (Tue), 2021

Contents Public: AJ Stages, AJ Studio streams, etc.

Business: Online exhibitor booths / Business meetings / Seminars, etc.

Online Tickets March 27 [Sat] Ticket 3,200 JPY

March 28 [Sun] Ticket 3,200 JPY

2 Days Ticket 6,100 JPY

※Business registration 11,000 JPY

Official website https://www.anime-japan.jp/en

SNS Twitter @aj_overseas

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AnimeJapan-107289187420963

Organized by AnimeJapan Organization

Sponsored by Fate/Grand Order / TOHO Animation / SANKYO CO., LTD. / Stagecrowd / Isekai Museum / d AnimeStore

Supported by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry / Japan Video Association / Comic Publishers Association

Secretariat AnimeJapan Administration Office [Sony Music Solutions Co., Ltd.]

To the press Notes on the streaming (not for public release)

Because of the mechanism and limitations of the streaming system, AnimeJapan's streaming service is available only in the following seven countries and regions: United States, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau) (7 countries and regions) *Other countries and regions are not eligible for the service. Please read the following precautions before release. □ Please do not translate this press release into languages other than the official languages of the above "7 countries and regions"

eligible for streaming. (Exception: Pages with automatic translation option)

□ When posting articles, please refrain from mentioning consumers outside of the "seven countries and regions" above. (Example:

The anime popular in France streaming live!) etc.)

□ Please refrain from sharing this release with local advertisers local specializing in countries and regions outside of the seven

provided above (e.g., "German anime information account")

＜AnimeJapan 2021 press inquiries>

AnimeJapan Press-Coverage Application Form

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