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On March 31st & April 1st Live Shows from the ACE stage and Nico Nico Booth at the ANIME CONTENTS EXPO 2012 in Japan To be Streamed Live on Nico Nico Douga

Tokyo - Dwango Co. announced that its video-sharing website Nico Nico Douga will be streaming live the shows from the ACE (Red/White) stage and from the Nico Nico Booth at the Anime Contents Expo 2012 on March 31 st and April 1 st (Japan local date). Nico Nico Douga will stream a selection of shows from the Red/White stage, and also present its own special show “Japanese Anime all together! ACE 2012 9 hours SP -Makuhari to the world ”, a 9-hour broadcast with a huge variety of programs from the Nico Nico Booth.

1LiveLive Streaming Streaming of of ACE ACE Stage Stage Live Live on the on Red/White the Red/White stage ■Day 1 ①①①March 30th (Fri), 17:25~17:55 (PDT) ②②②March 31st (Sat), 00:25~00:55 (PDT) ◆Title of Show :::①①①Yuriyurarararayuruyuri Broadcast Room Special Stage ∟Cast :Shiori Mikami, Rumi Okubo, Yuka Otsubo, Minami Tsuda ::: URL http://live.niconico.com/gate/lv84359165 ◆Title of Show :::②②②Sato’s “Moretsu Space Pirate”&“Lagrange:The Flower of Rin-ne”Special Stage ∟Cast :Director Sato, Mikako Komatsu, Kaori Ishihara, , Masami Seto URL :::http://live.niconico.com/gate/lv84101285

■Day 2 ①①①March 31st (Sat), 18:35~19:05 (PDT) ②②②March 31st (Sat), 23:15~23:45 (PDT) ◆Title of Show :::①①①“Listen to me Girls. I am Your Father!” ∟Cast :Sumire Uesaka, Eri Kitamura, Hiromi Igarashi ::: URL http://live.niconico.com/gate/lv84341042 ◆Title of Show :::②②②Dusk Maiden of Amnesia ∟Cast :Tsubasa Yonaga, Misato Fukuen, Eri Kitamura, Konomi Suzuki URL :::http://live.niconico.com/gate/lv84105803

1NicoNico NicoNico BoothBooth -- SpecialSpecial LiveLive StreamingStreaming ProgramProgram foforr ACEACE ■Day 1 March 30th (Fri), 17:00~02:00 (PDT) ◆Title of Show :::Japanese Anime all together! ACE 2012 9 hours SP ~~~Makuhari to the world ~~~Day1 URL :::http://live.niconico.com/gate/lv84201745 17:00 :::Dempa Kenkyu-sha ∟MC :Takeshi Washizaki, May'n / Guest :Kaori Ishihara and Asami Seto from "Rinne no Lagrange" 18:00 :::Dempa Kenkyu-sha ∟MC :Satomi Akesaka, Sayaka Sasaki 19:00 :::ACE 2012 Special Collaboration Program -1st Tikitiki ACE cup - ∟Cast :IDOL M@STER (Eriko Nakamura, Akiko Hasegawa, Azumi Asakura, Manami Numakura), Milky Holmes (Suzuko Mimori, Sora Tokui, Mirai Sasaki, Izumi Tachibana), Nanamorichu Gokurakubu (Shiori Mikami, Yuka Otsubo, Minami Tsuda, Rumi Okubo) 20:00 :::Dempa Kenkyu-sha ∟MC :Satomi Akesaka, Sayaka Sasaki 21:00 :::Complete Guide to the New Spring Anime ∟MC :America Zarigani / Guest :Mai Nakahara from “Mankind has Declined” 22:00 :::Special Lecture! Yaohira Cram School ∟MC :Kazuki Yada, Hiroaki Hirata 23:00 :::Animelomix Radio Ottai Night ∟MC :Taiten Kusunoki, Ryotaro Okiayu / Guest :Yuu Kobayashi and Aya Endo from “Queens Blade Rebellion ” 00:00 :::Complete Guide to the New Spring Anime ∟MC :America Zarigani 01:00 :::Special Lecture! Yaohira Cram School ∟MC :Kazuki Yada, Hiroaki Hirata

Nico Nico Booth - Special Live Streaming Program for ACE ■Day 2 March 31st (Sat), 17:00~02:00 (PDT)

◆Title of Show :::Japanese Anime all together! ACE 2012 9 hours SP ~~~Makuhari to the world ~~~Day2 URL :::http://live.niconico.com/gate/lv84202256 17:00 :::Special Lecture! Yaohira Cram School ∟MC :Kazuki Yada, Hiroaki Hirata 18:00 :::Complete Guide to the New Spring Anime ∟MC :America Zarigani 19:00 :::Animelomix Radio Ottai Night ∟MC :Taiten Kusunoki, Ryotaro Okiayu / Guest :Yoko Hikasa, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka from Capione 20:00 :::Complete Guide to the New Spring Anime ∟MC :America Zarigani / Guest :Chiwa Saito from “Puella Magi Madoka Magica” 21:00 :::Complete Guide to the New Spring Anime ∟MC :America Zarigani / Guest :Yuki Ono from Medaka Box 22:00 :::Dempa Kenkyu-sha ∟MC :Takeshi Washizaki, Sayaka Sasaki / Guest :Konomi Suzuki from Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 23:00 :::Anohana Radio ACE in Nico Nico Booth ∟MC :Kayano Ai, Twi (the advertiser of Aniplex) 00:00 :::Dempa Kenkyu-sha ∟MC :Satomi Akesaka, Sayaka Sasaki 01:00 :::Dempa Kenkyu-sha ∟MC : Takeshi Washizaki, Satomi Akesaka

Detailed information will be announced on the Nico Nico ×ACE official website once it is confirmed. http://info.niconico.com/ace2012/

Nico Nico Booth design

What is Nico Nico Douga? Nico Nico Douga, operated by Japanese IT firm Dwango Co., is one of the largest video-sharing websites with roughly 26 million registered members and 1.5 million paid members in Japan. In this site, users are allowed to share their feelings by writing comments onto uploaded videos being played. As for its live streaming service, users can communicate with not only other users, but also performers or audiences appearing on live videos by writing comments in real time. [Japanese] http://www.nicovideo.jp/ [English] http://www.niconico.com/

Media Contacts Akiko Matsumoto /Dwango Co.,Ltd. Nico Nico Business Head Office, PR Tel : 03-5775-9681 E-mail : [email protected]