Anime Friends 2023 brought several attractions for the otaku audience, including artists from SACRA MUSIC , a Japanese anime music record company. The record company was present, bringing bands known to Brazilian fans such as FLOW , ASCA , Who-ya Extended and SennaRin from SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] to the event.
Sacra Music – Record company stands out bringing iconic bands from Japan to Brazil
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This year, Anime Friends celebrated its 20th anniversary during a 4-day event: 7/13 (Thursday) to 7/16 (Sunday). Then around 120 thousand people were present, including fans from Chile, Paraguay and Peru, as well as Brazil.
On the 14th, the “ SACRA MUSIC FES” took place for the first time in Brazil. × Anime Friends 2023 “, where we had presentations by ASCA, Who-ya Extended and SennaRin. In this way, around 3,000 fans gathered to watch the artists.
SennaRin
Firstly, the show began with a performance by SennaRin, the famous singer who became known covering J-pop music and anime songs. She has performed her music at anime conventions in several countries, such as Canada, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam. SennaRin entertained the audience, singing cover songs such as “ Bauklötze ” from Attack on Titan and “ StarRingChild ” from Mobile Suit Gundam UC .
Who-ya Extended
Afterwards, the audience watched the performance of the illustrious singer Who-ya Extended. He put on an incredible show, singing “ Q-vism ”, the opening theme of PSYCHO-PASS 3 , and “ VIVID VICE ”, the 2nd opening theme of Jujutsu Kaisen . As he performed, the Brazilian spectators showed excitement and shouted the classic “Olé, olé, olé, Who-ya Who-ya”.
ASCA
Anyway, the last artist of the day was ASCA, who has already written songs for several famous animes such as Sword Art One , Edens Zero and Fate . She sang " Howling ", the opening theme of The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc , and " RESISTER ", the opening theme of Sword Art Online: Alicization . ASCA also invited SennaRin to sing the opening theme to Darwin's Game , “ CHAIN ”, in a duet.
Final presentation
When ASCA left the stage, the screen presented the theme “Special Collaboration” to bring the main attraction of “SACRA MUSIC FES.”. The three artists came together at the end to sing the Attack on Titan theme song, “ Barricades ”, composed by Hiroyuki Sawano . The public's excitement was very evident as they all screamed with joy along with the artists at the end.
The edition “SACRA MUSIC FES. ×Anime Friends 2023” was one of the biggest attractions of the event. Additionally, SACRA MUSIC also had a special appearance at AnimagiC , a German anime convention that recently took place in August. Check out the SACRA MUSIC FES playlist. clicking here .
About SACRA MUSIC
SACRA MUSICA is a record label of Sony Music Labels. Since April 2017, the label has been helping artists expand their music in Japan and abroad. The company supports artists such as LiSA, Aimer, FLOW, SawanoHiroyuki[nZk], TrySail, ReoNa and ASCA. You can check out more information about SACRA MUSIC artists on their official website .
Also check out the live coverage of the 5th anniversary of “SACRA MUSIC FES.2022” at this link . You can check out the label's social media below:
