The Embassy of Japan and The Japan Foundation Manila in partnership with the SM Supermalls and SM Cyberzone are proud to bring you the2010 J-pop Anime Singing Competition.
The Grand Finals will be held on 24th July 2010 at Cyberzone, SM City North EDSA (Annex).
The Grand Prize winners will each take home Japanese Language Scholarships from The Nihongo Center Foundation and Panasonic Mini Component Systems worth PhP 17,000.
Second place winners will individually receive Canon P&S Digital Cameras worth PhP 12,000. Third place winners will each take home Sony Playstation Portable Units worth PhP 10,000.
Finally, fourth place winner will individually receive Toshiba DVD Players worth SRP PhP 9,000. All finalists will receive gift bags from Toei Animation Philippines.
The eight finalists in alphabetical order are:
4th Edition Family Band
A.J.A.
Anibeat Rocks!
Himitsu
Nandarou Etto
Project M Band
Saigo no Tsuchi
Seigen no Ihan
Two more finalists from the Visayas and Mindanao legs will be announced on 3rd and 4th July respectively. The winners from these two events will win receive free airline tickets and accommodations courtesy of SM Malls, to take part in the Grand Finals in Metro Manila.
The 2010 J-Pop Anime Singing Contest is brought to us by TOEI Philippines, Nihongo Center Foundation, Center for Pop Music, Yoshinoya, Animation International Licensing Philippines, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines, Inc., Ajinomoto, Canon, Heritage Hotel, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba, and Yakult.
HERO TV and MAX FM 103.5 are on board as media partners.
Update on 16th July 2010
The winner of the Cebu leg XOR and the winner of the Davao leg Morning Star will be joining the Metro Manila finalists at the grand finals. Congratulations to XOR and Morning Star!
JPOP Manila 
The ten finalists this year are a lucky bunch. They can also win aside from the above, Sony walkman mp3 players, Sony IC recorders and stuff and goodies from Ajinomoto and Yakult. Not to forget, they can also win free Nihongo lessons from the Nihongo Center Foundation, lessons from the Center for Pop Music and HERO TV will be giving a “Hero’s Choice” award.
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hi sig! yeah — this year’s competitors are in for a treat!
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Oh dear, that’s so awesome!now we’re really dead nervous and excited.
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congratulations — which one are you guys? 🙂
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Hi! Thanks hehe we’re the Anibeat ^_^
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good luck with the competition! 🙂
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Himitsu Heiki we’ll is that himitsu heiki
one of the Finalist?
aren’t they professional already?
we’ll im just curious
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“himitsu” and “himitsu heiki” could be different bands — we can’t be completely sure. and no, as far as i know neither “himitsu” nor “himitsu heiki” are professional bands — otherwise they would already have recording contracts and released albums.
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hmm.. well too bad for the other contestant the’y can’t stand a chance if that’s himitsu heiki.
and one thing why himitsu heiki give this opportunity to the new band they’re veterans, they are pro.
hellgirl….
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again, we are not sure if “himitsu” and “himitsu heiki” are the same band — please refrain from saying they are the same group over and over if you don’t have concrete proof.
also, the industry-accepted definition of “professional band” stipulates that they should have a recording contract at the very least, and widespread album releases at most.
since neither himitsu, himitsu heiki, nor all the other bands that made the final cut of the contest have either one, they are all amateur bands and therefore are competing on equal footing.
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im so very sorry for being sarcastic. maybe i’m just a little bit of dissapointed cos our band did not make it to the finals.
sorry
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there’s always next year — just keep practicing hard until you get in.
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m one of the 4th edition family band…goodluck sa atin lahat.. enjoy enjoy lang tayo.
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good luck to you guys!
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I couldn’t agree more with Ms. Rochelle. They’re not professional because: 1) they don’t have an existing contract with a record label 2) no album in the market.
They may be veterans in playing j-pop or j-rock music but nonetheless, they are still amateurs as with the other bands, good or bad, lousy or skillful, out there.
It’s not their fault if they’ve become so good at playing J-Pop or J-Rock music. They just put morehours practicing their stuff and doing the thing they love the most than the rest. Read Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Outliers” and maybe you’ll fully understand my point. Therefore, it’s not their fault if they’re above par the regular J-Pop/J-Rock group out there.
If you have the energy to be sarcastic, then maybe you have the energy and the time to hone your skills to be as good as Himitsu or Himitsu Heiki is as well.
Sorry to be blunt about this.
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@Enma Ai
If you read the results on the last contest the grand winner is a new band while “Sakura Beat” only got the 3rd spot. Yep,Sakura Beat is an old band just like Neotaku and Do Ahou.
It’s not about being old or new, anyone can be a champion.
This contest is about giving your best and up for the challenge. There will be another contest next year that’s for sure and you can join again.
About Himitsu or Himitsu Heiki. If they are the same band I think it’s time for them to join some serious competition.
Playing on events for almost 6 years without asking any “payment” is really hard, sometimes they even bring their own food. They are not pro/veterans, they are just an ordinary band who shares their talent and giving entertainment to anime and Jmusic fans out there.
🙂
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Good luck to all the competing groups and give it your best!
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And by the way, don’t let what others say like “this group’s so good, we don’t stand a chance” get to you. A defeatist attitude will get you nowhere. Whatever the result and outcome of the contest may be, what’s important is taht you have put a good fight.
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wow mukang madaming magaling na kasali a! looking forward to it, para mas masaya!
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hi guys, we’re a.j.a.! yeah….. we think we are the youngest finalists here…. we’re nervous to death!!!! oh God, well, ganbatte to all of us! 🙂
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guys, pede po ba magtanong? ilang taon na po kau bawat isa? college na po ba kau….? or older…. wala po kasi kaming idea about you po eh…
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im 19
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This is the battle of the best J-Pop/J-Rock band in the whole country.
Well, tama kayo.. What Is!? band is a no named band they compete with the Sagashimono and Sakura Beat but still they get the 1st place, thought Sagashimono is also one of the best band.
Good luck to all of you guys.!!
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exactly — good point, NoName!
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hi guys! kita kits po tomorrow sa meeting! heheh..
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maliit po kami
A.J.A. mem. po aq……….
pg my nkita poh kaung mga bansot, kami na un!
haha.. mga batang gusgusin po kami, pagpasensyahan niyo nah. ^_^
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maliit po kami
A.J.A. mem. po aq……….
pg my nkita poh kaung mga bansot, kami na un!
haha.. mga batang gusgusin po kami, pagpasensyahan niyo nah. ^_^
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hi guys!
Just 10 days away from the competition. Good luck sa atin lahat guys! wahhh..
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XOR from Cebu and Morning Star from Davao will make the Contest more interesting.
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thank you for the updates, sig! see you next weekend 😀
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Hello po! Ask ko lang po kung pwede po ba magcosplay/costrip sa event na to? 😀 thanks po!
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yes, you may cosplay at the event 🙂 there will be no onstage ramp, though — just mingling with the crowd.
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2 more days. By the way sana pala malaman din namin kung sino yung mga 10th-1st placer sa pre-screening. Well, naisip ko lang naman.
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sana pala malaman din namin kung sino yung mga 10th-1st placer sa pre-screening
i do have the list of qualifiers ranked by score, but i chose to release the list in alphabetical order to be fair to everyone.
besides, everyone enters the finals with their scores reset back to zero, so it really does not matter if you were ranked first or last in the selections…
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wow! thanks! 😀
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yahoo cosplayers for the win!
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ask ko lang po kung my cash price?? hehehe
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all prizes (price and prize are two different things) have been listed above.
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