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Mack sang Japanese Anime songs in French, duo with MiyaB, Tokyo, November 30, 2016

Mack sang Japanese Anime songs in French, at Piano Bar Cozy, Meguro, Tokyo, on November 30 2016. MiyaB of STORM kindly played keyboard for the night.

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Piano Bar Cozy: news on the night

Japanese Anime in French (Part One):
Doraemon, Ponyo and Gue Gue Gue no Kitaro　(with French Rap)
日本のアニメをフランス語で歌おうシリーズ第一弾:
ドラえもん、ポニョ、ゲゲゲの鬼太郎（フランス語ラップ付き）

Japanese Anime in French (Part Two):
Honoo no Takaramono (Lupin the Third Le Chateau de Cagliostro), Battlespaceship Yamato, Odoru Ponpokorin, and Message en Rough (Kiki’s Delivery Service)
日本のアニメをフランス語で歌おうシリーズ第二弾:
炎のたからもの(ルパン三世カリオストロの城)、宇宙戦艦ヤマト、踊るポンポコリン、ルージュの伝言(魔女の宅急便)

Vocal Mack Okubo
Keyboard MiyaB

Entertainment

Mack sang Japanese Anime songs in French, duo with Noriko, Tokyo, on August 5, 2016

Mack sang Japanese Anime songs in French, at Piano Bar Cozy, Meguro, Tokyo, on August 5 2016. Noriko Sunamoto kindly played keyboard for the night.

Noriko Sunamoto is a music director, composer, arranger, orchestrator and pianist from Japan. Noriko works for several Off-Broadway musical theater such as “702 Punchlines and Pregnant: The Jackie Mason Musical”, “Rapunzarella White” and “Triangle The Musical” as a musical director and pianist. Her original Disney-style musical/dance performance “OMOTENASHI Journey” has been performed at such venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall and Bandshell, Central Park.

Noriko’s Official website: Norikosunamoto.com
Piano Bar Cozy: news on the night

Japanese Anime in French: Battlespaceship Yamato, Lum’s Love Song, Odoru Ponpokolin and Gue Gue Gue no Kitaro (with French Rap)

日本のアニメをフランス語で歌おうシリーズ:
宇宙戦艦ヤマト、ラムのラブソング、おどるポンポコリン、ゲゲゲの鬼太郎(フランス語ラップ付き)

Vocal Mack Okubo
Keyboard Noriko Sunamoto

Education, Entertainment

Mack gave a Mensa Lecture in collaboration with OMOTENASHI JOURNEY, July 21 2016 in New York

In collaboration with OMOTENASHI JOURNEY, Mack delivered a lecture on global communication for the Mensa Thursday Lecture Series, organized by the Greater New York Mensa, hosted by the Microsoft Flagship Store on Fifth Avenue, New York on July 21, 2016.


[The entire program of Mensa lecture & OMOTENASHI Jorney]

Mack shared his views on the limitation of the language and demonstrate how the language may affect the way people think and communicate, and discuss global communication beyond culture and nationalities. He start his lecture from demonstration of 20 English accents as an ice breaker.

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As a part of this lecture, the audience enjoyed the Disney-like musical performance of OMOTENASHI JOURNEY, a group of talented dancers or singers.

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“OMOTENASHI” means warmth, understanding, respect, gratitude and kindness, and is also known as the slogan for the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan. The musical project aims to introduce the hospitality of the Japanese culture to the world through the diversity. This concept is consistent with Mack’s key messages on global communication beyond language.


[Musical Performance Only]

This event was meant to be a collaboration of intellect and performing art to deliver key concepts of global communication.

For OMOTENASHI Journey, visit Norikosunamoto.com

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*Mensa is the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardized, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test.

For Mensa, visit Mensa.org
Us.Mensa.org (American Mensa)
Mensa.jp (Japan Mensa)

Material:
Mack’s presentation on global communication

Media Coverage:
Broadwayworld.com: OMOTENASHI JOURNEY to Collaborate with The Mensa Third Thursday Lecture Series
Photo Flash: OMOTENASHI JOURNEY Takes Part in Mensa Third Thursday Lecture Series

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