New York Anime Fest to Host Haruhi Voice Minori Chihara

Yuki's voice actress/singer to perform concert, present Haruhi film screening

New York Anime Festival and Bandai Entertainment have announced on Thursday that voice actress and singer Minori Chihara will attend the October 8-10 event in New York City. Chihara is best known for playing Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime series in 2006 and its various spinoffs, including this year's film The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. Chihara will perform a concert on October 9 and introduce a screening of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya at the convention.

Chihara performed several songs as the character Yuki in the Haruhi Suzumiya franchise, and she also sang the ending theme song "Yasashii Bōkyaku" for the 2010 Haruhi Suzumiya film. She debuted as Aya Natsume in Tenjho Tenge in 2004 after becoming a finalist in Pony Canyon's Voice Artist & Singer Audition 2003. Her other roles include Chiaki Minami in Minami-ke, Nanaka Shirakawa in D.C. II: Da Capo II, Kagura Tsuchimiya in Ga-Rei: Zero, Toka Ryumonbuchi in Saki, Minami Iwasaki in Lucky Star, Toa in Dragonaut, and Raquel Mayol in My-Otome 0~S.ifr~. In addition to her voice-acting, she has sung the theme songs for Minami-ke, Tenjho Tenge: Ultimate Fight, Ga-Rei: Zero, and other projects.

Puffy AmiYumi to Perform at New York Anime Festival

J-Rock duo to appear at con, play at Far East to East Showcase in October

The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) and Superglorious announced that the J-Rock duo Puffy AmiYumi will be performing at the Far East to East Showcase (FETES) in New York City on Sunday, October 10. Puffy AmiYumi will also be appearing at the NYAF and New York Comic Con throughout the weekend for panel discussions and autograph signings before appearing on stage at Irving Plaza.

Composed of singers Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura, the duo debuted in 1996, and since then they have had numerous hit songs, commercial appearances, and their own television show which aired in 110 different countries. In 2009, Puffy AmiYumi were appointed the Goodwill Ambassadors of the Visit Japan Campaign for the United States.

NYAF is taking place alongside New York Comic Con at the Javits Center in New York City this fall. The paired conventions have already announced that the Japanese rock band VAMPS, as well as comic legends Stan Lee, John Romita, Sr., and John Romita, Jr., will also appear as guests.