Events organizer Primetrade Asia has announced on Tuesday the special guest line-up for the popular Japanese anime and pop-culture event The Best of Anime 2018.
In addition to the return of the idol group Starmarie, Japanese visual kei band An Café and singer Valshe will be performing in the event for the first time.
An Café
An Café, their short name for “Antic Cafe”, is a Japanese visual kei band playing pop rock music since 2003, currently under Being Inc., which is one of the music labels of Sony Music Records.
The band is composed of Miku (vocals), Kanon (bass), Teruki (drums), Takuya (guitar), and Yu-ki (keyboard).
The group performed “Kakusei Heroism ~The Hero Without A Name~”, which is the second opening theme song of the popular mystery anime Darker than Black, as well as the theme songs for Fuma no Kojiro live-action series and Duel Masters Versus Revolution anime series.
The upcoming event may also be one of An Cafe’s last performance in a while, as they have announced that they are taking a hiatus starting January 2019.
Valshe
Valshe is a Japanese female singer known for singing in both male & female voices, who is currently signed in Being Inc. label.
She started as a singer on the popular video-sharing website Niconico in 2009, where she uses an avatar drawn by fellow Niconico illustrator Hakuseki featuring blonde hair and blue eyes.
Her first performance as herself was for the song “Butterfly Core”, which was used as the 37th opening theme song for the long-running detective anime series Detective Conan. She also performed the 49th opening theme song of the series, which is “Lie to You”.
She also performed theme music for Tanken Driland -1000-nen no Maho-, and Ninja Girl & Samurai Master anime series.
Taiwanese cosplayers Hyko and Mon will also grace the event for the first time, who will be joined by returning Thai cosplayer Onnies.
HYKO
HYKO is a Taiwanese cosplayer since 1998. She became famous for cosplaying characters from the anime series Angel Sanctuary and the popular singer GACKT, as well as portraying characters from the recent anime titles like Yuri!!! on Ice and Free! Iwatobi Swim Club.
She is currently ranked Number 3 on Cure World Cosplay rankings.
She was previously announced as one of the cosplayer guests in 2015, but postponed her appearance at the last minute due to “unforeseen events”.
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Mon is a popular cosplayer from Taiwan, who is known for portraying characters like Vocaloid’s Miku Hatsune, as well as characters from Free! Iwatobi Swim Club, Yuri!! on Ice, and Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World among others.
She is currently ranked Number 6 on Cure World Cosplay rankings, as well as having more than 280,000 followers on her Facebook page.
Onnies
Onnies is a popular cosplayer from Thailand with Chinese origins, who is currently ranked at Number 40 on the Cure World Cosplay rankings, as well as having over 180,000 followers on her Facebook page.
She had cosplayed male & female characters, and the popular ones includes Junko Enoshima (Danganropa franchise), Eren Jagger (Attack on Titan), and Satsuki Kiryuin (Kill la Kill).
The Best of Anime organizers had previously invited her as one of their cosplayer guests in 2014.
Full details about their appearances, including schedule, meet-and-greet details and ticket prices, are expected to be announced in the coming days.
The Best of Anime 2018 is happening in August 25-26 at the SMX Convention Center Manila, at the Mall of Asia complex in Pasay City.
For details, please visit their Facebook page at facebook.com/BestOfAnime or visit their website at TheBestOfAnime.com.
Anime Pilipinas is an Official Media Partner of The Best of Anime 2018.
