Toei Animation’s new business, ONN’ON STUDIOS, announced the Virtual Anime Fes for new releases, the project’s first attempt at an event in VR space. The festival will be livestreamed on YouTube and made available on VRchat. Kicking off Saturday, January 27 at approximately 3-5 p.m. JST, the event will be free to enter and watch on either platform.
Set to take place on the permanent virtual stage of ImaginaryPark2070, which has integrated four different spaces — from the 1956 Oizumi Gakuen Area to the Near Future Shibuya Area — Virtual Anime Fes will feature a reading stage with performances by Kojiro Shindo (voice actor Akihiro Miura) and Shuhei Asano (Kenji Akabane) from Kado: The Right Answer, as well as announcements on the release of the Kaiju Decode MR game with Clarissa (Hitomi Kikuchi) and a new film project from the production team of Expelled from Paradise.
Many more highlights are planned under wraps for the livestream, including surprise guests.
Additionally, SATELLITE, the limited-time, super sugoi kawaii trio made up of Toei/ONN’ON’s official characters, Memory (Momo Asakura; WWW.WORKING!!, Charlotte, FAIRY TAIL, Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story), Neiro (Shino Shimoji; Aikatsu!, Hakumei and Mikochi, SHADOWS HOUSE, THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS) and Kaeru (Karin Takahashi; Dr. STONE, Chainsaw Man, THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS, D4DJ Groovy Mix), will make their debut at the event.
Fascinated by human creativity through old damaged data (e.g., anime, music and movie), the three girls who live in the near future virtual world, which has evolved through the development of digital technology, will start their musical activities in a bid to archive data from the past.
They will be the opening act of Virtual Anime Fes, performing their two debut songs, “Yoru wa ONN’ON” and “Satellite” for the public for the first time.
