If you’ve been idling in #gg, you already know cause I called it some 6 months ago, but for all you who weren’t there - Alexander Rybak won ESC2009. I am proud of you, Europe.

Stuff got announced.

• A new Kalafina single has been announced for July 1st (SECL-786~7 for CD+DVD, and SECL-788 for CD only). No title or anime relation is known yet.
  Current gg anime tie-ins guessses are 2nd OP/ED for: Valkyria (lol), FMA (LOL).
  Sony confirmed it to be for the (silly) Rekishi Hiwa Historia live-action series that Kajiura is also scoring.
  Update #2: And Sony edited their pages so it no longer mentions Historia, lol.
• The seventh (and probably final, DAMN APRIL FOOLS) Kara no Kyoukai movie will be released theatricaly in August, while the DVD for the sixth movie is retailing on July 29 (ANZB-2891 limited, ANSB-2891 regular).

Staff listing for the final movie: There’s more after the jump~

Suiseiseki barged in at the end of Rozen Maiden chp11, w00t! Sure was a Kirakishou fightan’ chapter. To be continued April 23.

Umm, yeah.

Samples for all tracks from the album are available at amazon. Utau Oka~Salavec rhaplanca.~ sounds like the highlight of the album, indeed, and Amnesia sounds so much better than in the movie. Next week. :)~

The official site site for Kara no Kyoukai opened (now? recently? lol) subsites for Remix and chapter 7 movies. Included on the latter is a preview for the (still unscheduled) final movie’s poster and MY MY HOW AMAZING IT IS (also above). It seems to (see below) be directed by Mitsuru Obunai, who also did the 3rd movie.

Remix, which is a recap of the first 6 chapters, opens on March 14.

Complete staff listing for chapter 7 that is in the still inactive part of the flash (could be updated by the time it’s made officialy available).

The full PV is now online on biglobe! If you ask me, it’s a fantastic song, and the PV is heaps better than their previous outings.

Who would’ve expected something like this? DAMN YOU AMERIKKANS! Kalafina, Europe awaits you!

Curious how Kalafina sounds live? Check this (or after the jump).

There’s more after the jump~

From 2ch through cpm:

• FictionJunction “Parallel Hearts” single (VTCL-35065) out on April 29, 2009. It’s the PandoraHearts opening (broadcast start in April).
• New live concert on July 12, 2009 @ JCB HALL. Vocalists include YUUKA and the earlier live bunch - WAKANA, KEIKO, KAORI and YURIKO KAIDA.

Update on the concert from the Everlasting Songs booklet: Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol#4 “FictionJunction LIVE”.

w00t Akiko spam. Check it out here. I’m just starting browsing, so I may edit this later.

Edit: well hohum, not much there yet except fancy new art. Waiting for those music&special sections to open. ^^