If you're a resident of NYC or planning to visit the Big Apple this Fall, you might want to check out an upcoming orchestra concert which is celebrating shonen anime. New York's iTSO, a 17-piece ensemble will play music from---
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Astro Boy (1964)
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Bleach (2004)
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Dragonball Z (1989)
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Fairy Tail (2009)
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Fullmetal Alchemist (2009)
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Lupin III (1971)
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My Hero Academia (2016)
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Naruto (2002)
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One Piece (1999)
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One Punch Man (2015)
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Saint Seiya (1986)
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Sword Art Online (2012)
The event is also affiliated with New York Comic-Con, which runs October 6-9 at the Javitz Center. NYC Comic-Con attendees will recieve 25% off the base ticket price of $20. The full season schedule for ITSO is as follows:
October 07 - Kick-@ss Music: A Tribute To Shōnen Anime
November 18 - Souljam: Tribute to Taku Iwasaki
February/March 2017 - Anime Video Symphony
April 20, 2017 - Karaoke & Trivia
May 26, 2017 - Just Magic! Music of the Magical Girls
PRESS RELEASE
NEW YORK, NY – August 12, 2016 – iconiQ The Soundtrack Orchestra (iTSO) opens it’s 2016-17 performing season with Kick-@ss Music, a tribute to shōnen anime, Friday, October 7, 7:30pm at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music.
A rock-orchestral fusion concert, “Kick-@ss Music” will feature live music from popular action anime series such as Astro Boy, Lupin the Third, Dragonball Z, Naruto, One Punch Man, and Saint Seiya. The 17-piece chamber orchestra will also honor the end of the Tite Kubo’s Bleach with a special performance of Shiro Sagisu’s score for the series’ “Arrancar” arc.
“Kick-@ss Music” will be held at Mary Flagler Cary Hall inside The DiMenna Center for Classical Music located at 450 W 37th St, New York, NY on Friday, October 7. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets are $20 for general seating with discounts for students and 2016 New York Comic Con attendees. Tickets can be purchased online at:
www.iconiquestra.org/kick-ass-music
“Kick-@ss” is the first of 4 concerts in iTSO’s 2016-17 performing series
Season III – Shōdown, celebrating the music of shōnen [“young boy”] and mahō shōjo [“magical girl”] anime.