Anime Composer Panel and Q&A

Thursday, September 12th, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

About the Event:

This is your chance to meet the composers of your favorite anime soundtracks right here in Boston! 

Join us at the Boston Children's Museum to hear three prominent Japanese composers talk about their experiences creating beloved soundtracks for some of the most popular anime series such as Naruto, Fairy Tail,  My Hero Academia, One Punch Man, Spy x Family, and more! This is a special opportunity to see Yasuharu Takanashi, Yuki Hayashi, and Makoto Miyazaki in-person and ask them all your questions. 

We're especially excited to welcome Yuki Hayashi, a native of Kyoto, Japan as we are celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Kyoto-Boston sister city relationship in 2024. 

If you are excited for more, check out their Symphonic Anime concert on the following night to hear over 100 musicians, including iconic female vocalist Nan Sathida, performing these pieces at Symphony Hall.

We are able to offer this event for free thanks to the generosity of our partners; Five Four Live, Kashamara Productions, SOHO Live, and Boston Children's Museum. 

Event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. 

About the Composers:

YASUHARU TAKANASHI

Heavily influenced by rock music, he takes his work to another level by blending hard rock and orchestral sounds to create profound and elegant soundscapes.
He is the organizer of the music production team “Team-MAX” and also the leader of “YAIBA,” a rock and roll group featuring Japanese musical instruments.
His representative works are “NARUTO SHIPPUDEN,” “FAIRY TAIL,” “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal,” “Fresh Pretty Cure!”, “Smile PreCure!”, “BORUTO-NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS,” “Zombieland Saga,” and more.
Received JASRAC International Award in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

YUKI HAYASHI

Yuki Hayashi was born in Kyoto, Japan 1980. A former male rhythmic gymnast, selecting music as a performer led him to the world of accompaniment music.
Although he had no formal musical training, he started composing music on his own while in university.
His unique musical style came about from his experience as a former dancer, having taken in music from various genres, as well as his particular attention to a sense of unity between the music and the images.
His works include music for “My Hero Academia”, “Haikyu!!”, “ONE PIECE FILM GOLD,” “DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai,” “Death Parade”, ”GUNDAM BUILD FIGHTERS”, “Pokémon”, “SHAMAN KING”, “Run with the Wind,” etc.

MAKOTO MIYAZAKI

He started playing guitar at the age of 13 and began his career as a guitarist in earnest at the age of 22. He then began working energetically on various genres of music, mainly rock and pop, and began his career as a composer in earnest. He has a wide range of skills with trendy sounds ranging from band-type to beat-based music, and his specialty in O.S.T. is grandiose and delicate orchestration based on rock music. He has worked on soundtracks for “ONE-PUNCH MAN”, “SPY x FAMILY”, and many others.

Sponsors:

Five Four Live

Kashamara Productions

SOHO Live

Boston Children's Museum

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