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ANIMATION SONGS’ NATIONWIDE COVER PERFORMANCE CONTEST - Idol Matsuri (Festival) 2017 is on!2017.07.04

TV Asahi Music is going to hold cover-animation-songs’ performance contest by idol performers across the nation.
This is the 3rd year of the festival for the contestants to cover Japan’s beloved popular animation songs.

In this contest, the subject songs are listed out of popular animation songs, which are popular regardless of ages from young to old.  The contestants will compete with their original actions, performances and singing along with these rearranged songs.

The subject songs for 2017 are Cutie Honey and Majyokko Megu-chan (Megu, the witch).
Ayaka Sasaki (Momoiro Clover Z) and Anjurumu will act as the ambassadors of this contest.
They will act as the performance model as well as support and publicize this contest at various scenes.

This contest is to appeal idol-performers’ attractiveness through the Internet and the live performances.  The contest will be on the air at “Music-Ru TV” on TV Asahi network nation-wide.  The contestants from all over Japan will compete to get to the final round on Saturday, September 2 at Tokyo Dome City Hall. 
Please visit the website at: https://idolmatsuri.jp/


The competition schedule is as follows;
(1) 1st elimination round - Document screening: April 17-May 21 (Winners will be announced on May 22.)
(2) 2nd elimination round - Web screening: June 12-July 2 (Winners will be announced on July 7)
(3) 3rd elimination round -Area elimination round : July 21 - Aug 18.
(4) Final round - at Tokyo Dome City Hall on Sept 2.


List of Area Elimination Round (*admission free)
<Kyushu-Okinawa> Friday, July 21 at Aeon-Mall Fukuoka
<Kanto-A> Monday, July 24 at Queen’s Square Yokohama Queen’s Circle
<Kanto B> Tuesday, July 25 at Iias Tsukuba
<North Shinetsu> Monday, July 31 at Aeon Mall Niigata Minami
<Kanto C> Thursday, August 3 at Queen’s Square Yokohama Queen’s Circle
<Kansai> Tuesday, August 8 at Aeon Mall Rinku Sen-nan
<Tohoku> Thursday, August 10 at Aeon Town Sendai Izumi-Osawa
<Hokkaido> Monday, August 14 at Sapporo Factory Atrium
<Chugoku-Shikoku> Thursday, August 17 at Aeon Mall Hiroshima Fuchu
<Tokai> Friday, August 18 at Aeon Mall Atsuta

Idol Matsuri 2017 Final round
Venue: Tokyo Dome City Hall
Date: Saturday, September 2, 2017
Featuring artists: Ayaka Sasaki (Momoiro Clover Z), plus 10 idol finalists

For more details, please refer to official website: https://idolmatsuri.jp/

[Inquiry & Information]
Contest office, Kokuminteki Anime-song Cover Contest Idol Matsuri
E-mail: info@idolmatsuri.jp
Phone: 03-3403-9909 (11:00 am - 7:00 pm, weekdays only)

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