New Year. New Anime. New Music. New Bands. New Challenge! Welcome to the second annual Anime Expo Battle of the Bands! We saw you at last year's event, cheering on your favorite bands, but I know you were thinking any band can do this! Well, here is your chance. Time to grab your note ninjas and prepare to do battle. The competition will be harder than before, which will make victory all that much sweeter. But you can't win if you don't enter. Check this site for the updated rules and how to audition. This year, you can now send your audition online! (details coming soon) There will be brand new prizes, as well as new surprises. Be prepared for anything!
-Jason & Carl
BOTB Ninjas
6.19.2008 Finalists Announced!
Stop holding your breath and START marking the calendar, it's time for what you've all been waiting for! The fallowing bands have been chosen to take the stage in what is sure to be an awesome display of skill and mastery.
-Fusing music and technology together is THE OWNAGE
-Ready to shake the walls again is THE BLACK CRYSTALS
-Coming to burn the house down is FIRE RISER
-Returning to defend their title is BROKEN LANE
It's all on the line as these clans lay down there honor and go head to head to win the ultimate prise, and to compete in the legendary battle arena known as the Battle of the
Bands Stage!
-Jason & Carl
BOTB Ninjas
6.17.2008 LM.C"to Perform at BOTB!
LM.C is a “New Century Electrock” unit that consists of two members: Maya (vocalist) and Aiji (guitarist). On October 4th, 2006, their debut singles, Trailers[Gold] and Trailers[Silver] were released simultaneously and were followed with appearances on the covers of a several music and other magazines. In the same year, tickets for their very first live performance, The Release Party at Shibuya O-EAST, completely sold out.
After their widely acclaimed debut, LM.C began touring all over Japan and established a reputation with their fans as POP and EXCITING. Word of their popularity spread overseas and in the summer of 2007, they were invited to perform at the 2007 FORMOZ Festival, the biggest rock festival in Taiwan. In the fall of the same year, their mini album GLITTER LOUD BOX (oversea special edition) was released in Europe. In February 2008, LM.C has successfully finished their own concert in Korea and Taiwan as part of their Club Circuit tour, and captivated not only fans from Japan but also from overseas with their blowout live performances.
They will hold a panel Friday July, 04, 2008 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm in LP 3 (LACC 515A), an open autograph session will be announced at the panel.
6.3.2008 
to Perform at BOTB!
Check it out! Lighting the fuse at BOTB this year is the jrockers GaGaalinG. Before bearing witness to the epic battle that is to ensue between warriors of sound with a
Japanese flavor, behold an opening showcase, given by one of the sickest clans of jrock fu masters. Cherry, Jun, Moto, and MYM, plan on putting on one CRAZY display of rock-out jitsu so what ever ya do, DON'T
be any where else when it goes down, trust me ;)
-Jason & Carl
BOTB Ninjas
Jun, Cherry, Moto, and MYM, of "GaGaalinG"
