I managed to get a seat for this overnight event in Zepp Tokyo.. started exactly 30 min after midnight (August 16, 24:30), and ended after 6 am. The event was very laid-back compared to Animelo, everyone was sitting almost all the time and only a few (including me) who brought penlights.. it was still lively though, with lots of clapping and calls. It might have been more energetic if it wasn’t during Comiket. :-/

There were more talking and jokes than songs, but it was really enjoyable, I didn’t spot anyone sleeping or even look tired (Endoh actually made a joke about this and called us crazy).

There were also guessing games of who the next performer is with stupid hints. There was a guy who kept shouting “FUKUYAMA!” regardless who came out on stage.. xD

Anyway, here’s the show’s highlights..

Koutestu Kyoudai

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DMC

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..three crazy oyajis! LOL.

- Event hosts Kageyama, Endoh, and Kitadani from JAM Project opened up the event with 4 historical songs! xD

- Minami’s Mai-Otome uniform has legs! Too bad I couldn’t find any “good pics” for that.
And ETERNITY was awesome.. she’s more suited for ballads like this.

- Misato Aki’s Natsune Remon was the cutest..

- ..and Oumi Tomoe’s Ryuugu Rena too! She failed to do the rap for Engine First Lap and just went “lalala~”.. cute! >_<

- Okui Masami must be the only woman in her 40s that can pull off an awesome Ayanami Rei plugsuit cosplay.. AND a bunny maid one later on.
Oh well, I almost cried when I got to hear my fave track from Masami Kobushi live!!

- JAM Project singing the Ponyo Ponyo song in fluffy animal costumes? EPIC WIN. ..sorry I couldn’t find any photo T_T

- Hata Aki looked huge. Wait, “doctor” Ogata Megumi was way bigger. xD Ogata sang brilliantly though.. hands down to best singer of the night. I forgot I used to love her husky voice.. (Tenou Haruka anyone? <3) ..too bad she was also the #$!#@Shinji.

- IMAJO once more cosplayed as a girl.. this time it’s a “pretty girl”. He failed to sit like one, though.
- Fukuyama was the Maid Guy!! LOLOLOL ..maybe that’s why no blog post pics from him this year?
- Acoustic JAM Project saikou! Poor Makkun had to fill in Rika’s parts.. especially for Little Wings ^^;

More pics and Set List after the jump.

Ginga Tetsudou Monogatari, Hata Aki’s violist (middle) was really embarrassed with the cosplay, but I heard lots of “kawaii~” calls.

Makkun’s bunny maid!!!

Sadako. WIN. Too bad no pic with the long hair.

YOFFY as Athrun Zala

..Miyauchi tte.. Yamagata Yukio wanna-be?

IMAJO corner

with Kuribayashi Minami

with Misato Aki

with Endoh as himself not sure who.

with.. *nosebleeds*

with Ogata Megumi

with Oumi Tomoe

with Takahashi Hideyuki as salaryman

Goods

I’m quite regretting the money I spent for the ugly mostly black-and-white pamphlet and so-called “S-sized” shirt which is really huge.. >_>

Set List

1. BRAVE HEART (Kageyama & Endoh @Koutestu Kyoudai, Kitadani @DMC)
2. WE ARE! (Kageyama, Endoh, Kitadani)
3. Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger (Kageyama, Endoh, Kitadani)
4. CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA (Kageyama, Endoh, Kitadani)
5. Butter-Fly (Wada Koji @Nezumi-otoko / Mouse-man)
6. Kimi to Kisetsu to Hidamari to (Wada Koji)
7. Dream☆Wing (Kuribayashi Minami @Mai-Otome uniform)
8. ETERNITY (Kuribayashi Minami)
9. Umi no Triton (Ushima Yoshifumi @Jack Sparrow)
10. Trust You Forever (Ushima Yoshifumi + YOFFY)
11. Kamen Rider BLACK RX (Miyauchi Takayuki @Yamagata Yukio’s weird furry costume)
12. Tokusou Exceedraft (Miyauchi Takayuki)
13. Ginga Tetsudou wa Harukanari (Hata Aki @Ginga Tetsudou Monogatari)
14. BLOOD QUEEN (Hata Aki)
15. sad rain (Misato Aki ＠Strawberry Panic’s Natsune Remon)
16. Shoujo Meiro de Tsukamaete (Misato Aki & Hata Aki @Strawberry Panic uniform)
17. Spoon Obasan + Nils no Fushigi na Tabi (medley) (Washizaki Takeshi @Spoon Obasan, Uchida Minoru @Nils)
18. Mizuki Ichiro no Blues (Washizaki Takeshi, Uchida Minoru)
19. Plenty Of Grit (OND @Ponyo)
20. Iteza ☆ Gogo Kuji Don’t be late（OND）
21. Gake no Ue no Ponyo （OND, Kageyama, Endoh, Kitadani)
22. Zankoku na Tenshi no These (Okui Masami ＠Ayanami Rei plugsuit!
Music by OND, Kageyama, Endoh, Kitadani, IMAJO @girl)
23. Omoide ga Ippai (Ogata Megumi @doctor）
24. Yakusoku suru yo (Ogata Megumi)
25. Jumon Kourin ~ Magical Force (Oumi Tomoe @Ryuugu Rena, YOFFY @Athrun Zala, IMAJO @girl）
26. Engine Sentai Go-onger (Oumi Tomoe, YOFFY, IMAJO, Takahashi Hideyuki @Salaryman)
27. Engine First Lap (Oumi Tomoe, YOFFY, IMAJO, Takahashi Hideyuki)
28. Nekokoshan + Work Guy!! + Makka na Chikai + The Gate of the Hell (medley) (Fukuyama Yoshiki @Maid Guy)
29. Litte Wing (JAM Project)
30. Cry for the Earth (JAM Project)
31. In my Heart (JAM Project)
32. Uchuu wa Bokura wo Matteiru (remaining performers)

Pics taken from the performers’ blogs.

I was randomly browsing and got interested in this anison event called “ANIME JAPAN FES” (AJF). First held in 1998, the main event usually consists of 4 weirdly-named concerts in 3 days (in order of performance):
- 「アニソン女子部“夏祭り”」 “Anison Joshi-bu Natsu Matsuri”
- 「スーパーヒーロー魂“夏の陣”」 “Superhero Tamashii Natsu no Jin”
- 「ゆかいな仲間たち」 “Yakai na Nakamatachi”
- 「スーパーアニソン魂“夏の陣”」　”Super Anison Tamashii Natsu no Jin”

What easily won my attention was Yakai na Nakamatachi (Happy Friends). It’s a 5-hours all-night concert starting from midnight, led by JAM Project’s super-uncles Kageyama Hironobu, Endoh Masaaki, and Kitadani Hiroshi. They features a LOT of guest singers, but that’s not all.. it’s practically a cosplay live! Now that explains the weirdos on stage in the first pic.

I’ll let last year’s event pics speak for themselves.

School uniforms

Misato Aki in Strawberry Panic!’s St. Spica uniform
Nogawa Sakura in Kimikiss uniform
Hashimoto Miyuki in Shuffle! uniform

Kuribayashi Minami in School Days uniform (I kept thinking of Kotonoha.. for some reason~ xD)
Oumi Tomoe as ALI PROJECT’s Takarano Alika

The high-school girls with yozuca* as female teacher

Yonekura Chihiro as cheerleader

Kageyama as school delinquent
Endoh as female gang leader

Maid crossplay
PSYCHIC LOVER’s Imajo was really cute (and convincing) in pink maid costumes that everyone wanted a piece of him~

with Matsuzawa Yumi as Princess Knight

with Endoh as Medama no Oyaji (目玉の親父)

with Okui Masami as maid of my dreams

with Matsumoto Rica as long-skirt maid

Other cosplay

savage genius’ Aa in yukata and Takumi as Keroro Gunso

Ishida Yoko as a Bakuchu Mondai (爆チュー問題) and Oumi Tomoe

Matsumoto Rica and Takahashi Tomohide as Pikachu twins

PSYCHIC LOVER’s Yoffy as Macross 7’s Nekki Basara and Fukuyama Yoshiki as a Mexican

The girls~~ and Ishida Yoko changed to maid costume too.

The girls with Kageyama as ghost

JAM Project. Kageyama as a Saiyan, Makkun, Rica, Fukuyama, Endoh as masked hero, Kitadani as Luffy.

This year’s Yakai na Nakamatachi will be held on August 16 in Zepp Tokyo.. which means whoever stays up for this will be half-dead in the following day’s Comiket. Hell with it, I’m so looking for tickets now~ xD And since this year is AJF 10th anniversary, here’s praying Mizuki Nana would just pop on stage in Barrier Jacket..

Image credits: Nogawa Sakura, Misato Aki (old blog), Yonekura Chihiro, PSYCHIC LOVER, savage genius, Kageyama Hironobu, Matsumoto Rica, Fukuyama Yoshiki