And the next song begins! 44 anime songs shook the arena "Animelo Summer Live 2021 -COLORS-" DAY3 Report

One of the world's largest anime song festivals, "Animelo Summer Live 2021 -COLORS-" was held at Saitama Super Arena from August 27 to 29, 2021. This time we report on the final day, DAY 3, held on the 29th.

In 2020, "Animelo Summer Live 2020" was canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus. The theme of "Animelo Summer Live 2021 -COLORS-" was held at Saitama Super Arena for the first time in two years.

On the third day of the event, many colorful music pieces were performed on stage, reminding us once again how wonderful entertainment can be.

⇒ The magic of " Starlight 99 Group" and "Argonavis"--they brought the world of their works to life on stage! Animelo Summer Live 2021 -COLORS-" DAY2 Report

⇒ The world's highest heat created with an audience of "only 5,000 people"!　Animelo Summer Live 2021 -COLORS-" DAY1 Report

The MVP of the first half of DAY3 was Gundam diva Hiroko Moriguchi!

The third day of "Animelo Summer Live 2021 -COLORS-" (hereafter referred to as "Anisama") opened with a collaborative stage by Hiroko Moriguchi, TRUE, and Suzuki Konomi feat. NAOTO.
They sang the ED theme of the TV animation "Dynamic Suit Gundam SEED", "Such and Such We Were Together". It was a cover song by See-Saw, a unit consisting of Tomoaki Ishikawa and Yuki Kajiura, and it was the right context to have Hiroko Moriguchi, a diva who has been singing classic Gundam songs from the 1980s and 1990s, sing a classic song from the Gundam series that represents the 2000s, and to have the current The fact that she is joined by TRUE and Konomi Suzuki, who represent the current generation of anime song singers, is also exciting from the perspective of anime song fans.
The surprise of violinist NAOTO playing the strings, which have a strong affinity with ani-songs, was also wonderful.

After the topic-rich collaboration, voice actor Sogo Nakamura made his debut as an artist in 2019, making this his first Anisama as a solo artist. Here comes The SUN" has a refreshing sound with an acoustic guitar in hand. She also performed "The Second Hand in a Broken World," the ED theme song for the currently airing TV anime "RE-MAIN," a pop tune with a piano riff that contributes to the sadness of the song. Ms. Nakamura's refreshingly cool and elongated voice echoed in the audience.

Next was "SHOW BY ROCK! Masyumaireshu! The bands that appeared in the anime gathered from "SHOW BY ROCK!　First, "DOKONJOFINGER" (a.k.a. "DOKONJOFINGER") performed the heavy rock tune "My mode of transportation is a motorcycle". The fact that they appeared on stage not on a motorcycle but on a mama-chari (bicycle) was very typical of "Dokonjofinger," but the vocalist Yasu (CV: Kento Ito) sang the song in a very cool way.

The girls band "Mashumairesh! appeared next. The four members, who have been performing live at festivals of their works and at their own live shows, showed the results of their training on the big stage of Anisama. They performed two songs, "Kimi no Rhapsody," a catchy pop song, and "Yell and Response," a song that will cheer up anyone who listens to it. The audience responded to their soulful performance by waving their penlights in the air.

The last song of the show was a rendition of the TV anime "SHOW BY ROCK! STARS! STARS! In this song, Sian (CV: Eri Inagawa) and Yasu also joined in, joining their voices together.

The two artists, Ito Mirai and Kusunoki Tomori, who have been active as voice actors and artists, pursuing their own unique worldviews and steadily growing in stature, appeared on stage in succession.

Ito Mirai prepared two songs that would look great in a live performance. She sang "Plunderer," a song with a sense of openness and speed, with a smile on her face.
On the other hand, the cute and danceable "No. 6" was a song I would have loved to see performed by a live band. I was delighted to hear the gorgeous sound of the horns, as well as the danceable bass line and technical drum solo. But above all, it was a great performance by Ito Mirai ......, who kept it cute even in the midst of such a cool sound.
This year marks the fifth year since her debut as an artist and her third solo appearance at Anisama. Her performance has steadily improved with each performance. The songs she has released have a musicality that is anything but simple, which makes me look forward to her future on stage.

On the other hand, Tomori Kusunoki appeared with his band on the special stage located at the back of the auditorium. Tomori Kusunoki, who also writes her own lyrics and is active in an earthy direction, gave a truly outstanding performance.

She sang "Hamidashimono" with overwhelming expressiveness, a song that seemed to have a high degree of difficulty in singing. Next, she prepared to sing a cover song, "Voyage Song" (the ED theme of the TV anime "My Hero Academia") by Sayuri, whom she has admired since before her solo debut. For this song, she asked the audience to "make it blue light" and sang it in a sea of blue penlights, and this performance reminded me of the Anisama stage she stood on in 2018, shortly after her debut as a voice actress. At the time, Kusunoki stood on stage as Ren, the main character of the TV anime "Sword Art On Line Alternative: Gun Gale Online" despite being a rookie, and sang with a smile in a sea of pink psylliums. Apparently, since her debut, she has never been associated with pressure or nervousness. ......

And finally, on the third day, fhána, who had been making their presence felt all three days, with Junichi Sato joining Natsuori Ishihara on stage on piano on the first day, and the Starlight 99 group singing a song written and composed by Sato on the second day, finally made their appearance.

After creating a happy world with "Hoshi wo Tsumete", the theme song of "SHIROBAKO the Movie", they performed "Ai no Supreme!", the OP theme of the second season "S" from the series "Kobayashi-san no Maidragon" with pleasant rap interplay between towana san and kevin san. and "Rhapsody of Blue Sky", the OP theme of the first season, which has become a staple of anime songs that everyone can dance to and be happy with. As a surprise, Super Chorogonz (Thor (CV: Yuki Kuwabara), Kanna (CV: Maria Naganawa), Erma (CV: Yuki Takada), Lucore (CV: Minami Takahashi), and Iruru (CV: Tomomi Mineuchi)) also joined in. They energetically enlivened the stage.

Hiroko Moriguchi was the last performer of the first half of the show. Featuring saxophonist Hiromo Mucho, she performed "The Time I'm Seeing You," an image song from "Mobile Suit Gundam F91." The mood of the song was completely changed from the original, with a moody saxophone arrangement adding color to the song. The original song was great, but this collaboration was also a great listen with a J-POP feel from the 1980s and 1990s. The band also covered "10 Million Year Galaxy," the ED theme of the TV anime "Mobile Suit Gundam Zeta Zeta," with Hayato Imai on piano. Needless to say, this is another great song. The nostalgic piano arrangement was wonderful, and the lyrics, written by lyricist Yoshiyuki Tomino (Yoshiyuki Tomino, a.k.a. Iogi Rin), were also very heavy and moving.

After a pleasant MC worthy of the name of the original balladol, Ms. Moriguchi sang "ETERNAL WIND ~Hohoemi wa Hikaru Kaze no Naka~," the theme song of "Mobile Suit Gundam F91," which she has been singing for a long time. For this song, NAOTO (Vn) and Mikio Sakai (Pf) and the Healer Girls, a voice actor chorus unit he produces, participated. With the images of "Mobile Suit Gundam F91" in the background, the beautiful voices that never fade away made my eyes water.