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   From: owong@castortech.com   
      
       We're a J-Rock band, composed of two guitarists, a male vocalist, a   
   female vocalist, a bassist and a drummer. We've mostly been doing covers of   
   other J-Rock bands like Asian Kung Fu Generation, Arc En Ciel, Shiina Ringo   
   and a few western bands like Fallout Boy or Green Day.   
      
       We've been invited by a university to perform at their yearly Anime   
   festival. We watch some anime, but we're not hardcore fans or anything, so   
   we're not sure if we know what are the "hottest" series right now. So we're   
   sort of seeking suggestions on what songs to learn for the festival (it's   
   about 8 months from now). What kind of songs would *you* like to hear at   
   such an event?   
      
       If it's not too much trouble, keep in mind that we're a J-Rock band, and   
   what instruments we use. That means techno/dance songs with a lot of synth   
   (a lot of animes are like this), or hip hop songs with record scratching   
   (Samurai Champloo is like this) will be difficult for us. If a non-rock song   
   is sufficiently popular, we can probably adapt it to our instruments and   
   style, but our music composition skill isn't all that great, so we'd prefer   
   to play songs "as is" when possible.   
      
       We already played Asian Kung Fu Generation's Haruka Kanata, one of the   
   intro songs for Naruto, at last years festival as part of a short 10 minute   
   intro to another performance; the university seemed to have liked us enough   
   to invite us for our own 1 or 2 hour show (we're still discussing the time   
   slots with them) for this upcoming festival.   
      
       - Oliver   
      
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