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Timetable: Friday Timetable: Saturday Timetable: Sunday HYPER JAPAN F ESTIV AL 2015 HYPER JAPAN F ESTIV AL 2015 HYPER JAPAN F ESTIV AL 2015 TIMETABLE: FRIDAY TIMETABLE: SATURDAY TIMETABLE: SUNDAY HYPER LIVE Stage Festival Stage HYPER Theatre HYPER LIVE Stage Festival Stage HYPER Theatre HYPER LIVE Stage Festival Stage HYPER Theatre (Building Six) (Area 2) (Building Six) (Building Six) (Area 2) (Building Six) (Building Six) (Area 2) (Building Six) Sword Master Katanaya-Ichi appears at the J-Culture Showcase at 17:00 Sword Master Katanaya-Ichi appears at the J-Culture Showcase at 13:30 Sword Master Katanaya-Ichi appears at the J-Culture Showcase at 12:45 12:00 - 13:00 9:00 - 10:00 9:00 - 10:00 12:30 Nintendo: 09:30 Less than love Live 09:30 Anime Screening: TBC Wii Karaoke U 12:45 KLEPTOPENGUIN 09:45 ONE NOT’E Live 09:45 ONE NOT’E Live 09:45 Creative Dance Company 09:45 Anime Screening: TBC presents: by JOYSOUND TAKARABUNE Awa 13:00 Anime Screening: TBC N@TSU M@STER Odori Entertainment 13:00 - 14:00 10:00 - 11:00 10:15 ITK presents: 10:00 - 11:00 13:30 TBC THIS IS IT, 10:30 Kobun Shizuno Talks 10:30 Exploring Sake 10:30 Anime Screening: TBC the Handroid KNIGHTS OF SIDONIA with Oliver Hilton- 13:45 Eir Aoi Live 10:45 Dempagumi.inc Live 10:45 TBC Johnson 11:00 Die Milch Live 14:15 TBC 14:15 Anime Screening: TBC 11:15 Suwa + Watanabe: 11:15 Taste the Heart and 11:15 Anime Screening: 14:00 - 15:00 11:00 - 12:00 AMA - Talking Anime 11:00 - 12:00 Soul of Japan: Let’s Japan Anima(tor’s) Make Hello Kitty Bento Exhibition 14:45 ILU GRACE Live 14:45 Mukoangie Comedy 11:45 Heisei Kotohime & 11:45 Exploring Sake Hirokatsu Kihara: 11:45 Honey Spice Live Japanese Ghosts Live Honey Spice Live with Oliver Hilton- 12:00 HYPER J-Style 12:00 Animating the World: Johnson Wada + Ito: Making Music Collection Fashion Kobun Shizuno out of 15:00 - 16:00 12:00 - 13:00 for Anime and Kaiju 12:00 - 13:00 Show the Box 15:30 Die Milch Live 15:30 Anime Screening: TBC 12:30 Taste the Heart and Soul of Japan: Let’s 15:45 JAPAN NIGHT 12:45 Girls Dance & Vocal 12:45 Anime Screening: 12:45 Girls Dance & Vocal 12:45 ITK presents: 12:45 BLACK JACK: Make Hello Kitty Bento Live Video Concert Group “TOKYO GIRLS’ Japan Anima(tor’s) Group “TOKYO GIRLS’ THIS IS IT, The Movie STYLE” Special Live Exhibition STYLE” Special Live the Handroid (C)TEZUKA 16:15 ITK presents: 16:15 Anime Screening: 13:15 HYPER J-Style PRODUCTIONS / 16:00 - 17:00 THIS IS IT, Japan Anima(tor’s) 13:00 - 14:00 Collection Fashion 13:00 - 14:00 13:30 Anime Screening: TBC 13:30 May J. Live Shochiku Co.,Ltd. the Handroid Exhibition Show 16:45 Rio Hiiragi Live 13:45 Eir Aoi Live 13:45 LOST ASH Live 17:00 Taste the Heart and 17:00 Anime Screening: TBC 14:00 ILU GRACE Live Soul of Japan: Let’s 14:15 CosParade 14:15 Anime Screening: TBC 17:00 - 18:00 Make Hello Kitty Bento 14:00 - 15:00 14:00 - 15:00 17:45 Hibiki Ichikawa & 17:45 Less than love Live 17:45 Anime Screening: TBC 14:45 Heisei Kotohime Live Akari Mochizuki Live 15:00 Bandai Namco Entertainment 18:00 - 19:00 15:00 - 16:00 15:00 - 16:00 15:15 Sakurai Takamasa: Why 18:30 Dempagumi.inc 18:30 Anime Screening: Are the Japanese Idols So Special Talk Japan Anima(tor’s) Popular around the World? 18:45 TBC 15:45 YOSHIKI x TOSHI 15:45 Nintendo: 15:45 VANIRU Live 15:45 Nintendo: Exhibition from X JAPAN: Wii Karaoke U by Wii Karaoke U Special Show Case Live JOYSOUND by JOYSOUND 19:00 - 20:00 19:15 Anime Screening: TBC 16:00 - 17:00 16:00 - 17:00 16:15 Anime Screening: TBC 16:45 May J. Live 16:45 CosParade 16:45 Dempagumi.inc Live 16:45 Tomoca (友香) 17:00 Anime Screening: Wa-PoP World 17:00 Anime Screening: TBC Japan Anima(tor’s) in HYPER JAPAN 17:00 - 18:00 Exhibition 17:00 - 18:00 17:45 Kuroishi Hitomi Live 17:45 Anime Screening: TBC 18:00 Creative Dance Company TAKARABUNE Awa 18:00 - 19:00 Odori Entertainment 18:30 Anime Screening: KNIGHTS OF SIDONIA 18:45 Tomoca (友香) 18:45 Mukoangie Comedy Wa-PoP World Live in HYPER JAPAN 19:00 - 20:00 19:30 VANIRU Live 19:45 LOST ASH Live 20:00 Anime Screening: TBC 20:00 - 21:00.
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