TOKYO, JAPAN – Media OutReach – November 13, 2020 – Sony Music Labels Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Manabu Tsujino) is pleased to announce that video content owned by Sony Music will be streamed internationally through Funimation Global Group, LLC (Funimation), a US-based animation distribution company. But it’s not the first time The first content will be the special concert FLOW Chokaigi 2020 -Anime Shibari Returns-. The concert will be broadcast exclusively from 8 p. m. CST on 13 November 2020 in Funimation. com through Funimation in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom; Wakanim. TV through Wakanim in France, Russia, Denmark and Scandinathru; and Madman’s AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand. The concert will also be broadcast by Funimation in Mexico and Brazil when the service is presented at the end of this year.
COMMENTS from FLOW
Anime Shibari Returns is a live performance that we must surely hold to appreciate enthusiasts around the world who love our songs through anime paintings. The concert took place just before the coronavirus outbreak in February. The staff and doubles of all anime paintings. we cooperated beyond the limits of paintings and in combination we did a miraculous night like no one else had. I am pleased that we can share this delight with others around the world through Funimation.
FLOW is a five-member rock band composed of KOHSHI (vocals), KEIGO (vocals), TAKE (guitar), GOT’S (bass) and IWASAKI (drums). KOHSHI (song) and his brother, TAKE (Guitare), have been making music in combination since 1993. They formed FLOW in 1998 and joined through KEIGO (Song) and GOT’S (BASS) in 1999 and IWASAKI (Drums) in 2000. 2003, made their lead debut with single “Blaster” and have since unreleased their musical logo with their double melodic and hard voice around the world. Their music was perfectly suited to anime, so they continued to make many anime songs such as “GO !!!”as the opening song of the anime Naruto; “Colors”, an opening song by Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion; and tales of Zesteria the X’s opening song, “Kaze no Uta”.
They began performing in 2006 and have now held five8 exhibitions in 19 countries around the world, adding countries from Asia, North America, South America and Europe, demonstrating that their difficult live exhibits can cross borders. In 2018, they organized a concert tour entitled 1Fiveth Anniversary TOUR 2018 “Anime Shibari” focusing only on anime-themed songs and anime-related songs that sang and toured in Japan and five Central and South American countries. In January 2019, they effectively organized their concert at Nippon Budokan for the time being. after its first functionality 10 years ago and released the album “TRIBALYTHM” in April. They then organized the FLOW LIVE TOUR 2019 “TRIBALYTHM” in 7 cities in Japan. In addition, at the end of September 2019, Naruto Shippuden’s opening song, “Sign, ” exceeded 30 million listeners on Spotify’s subscription service and all of its songs exceeded a total of one hundred million listens.
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