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On of the biggest annual celebrations of pop culture is just round the corner! The "Kitakyushu Pop Culture Festival 2019" will take place on Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December 2019! More details about the event were recently released to the public. The organizers announced that voice artists 花澤香菜 (Hanazawa Kana), 島﨑信長 (Shimazaki Nobunaga), 石原夏織 (Ishihara Kaori) will be performing on the "Sword Art Online (SAO) game stage in KPF," which will take place on December 1st. And that is not all... The "SAO" exhibition booth will give visitors the chance to try out awesome home video game consoles. This section will also display various materials related to game development. KPF's regular program "Artist Live" also scheduled to take place this time round! The idol group "A応P" (AOP) will be back to join this year's celebrations. The voice artist idol unit "GuilDrops" have also confirmed that they will be returning! The voice artist Uchida Aya (known for her work on titles such as “Love Live!”) will be back on the KPF stage for the first time in two years! Other acts will be making their festival debut! 岸田教団＆THE 明星ロケッツ (KISIDA KYODAN & THE AKEBOSI ROCKETS - who perform the theme song that is used as the theme tune for the the television anime "Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens" open credits) will be at the KPF for the first time! Their appearance is sure to raise excitement levels inside the venue! Be sure to keep an eye out for the exhibition from another popular television animation called "Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活" (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World)!" Friday 8th November 2019 marks the theatrical release of "Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 氷結の絆" (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World - Hyouketsu no Kizuna)! To celebrate the movie hitting cinemas, screenshots from the film will also be on display, alongside casts signed life-sized panels of the characters! Make sure to stop-by!

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