Mari Iijima Information

Latest News

Mari is writing and performing the theme for the Galaxy Angel game.

Mari will perform at Genghis Cohen on November 4th at 8 PM. There is a flyer for the gig in the Flyer Gallery. She will also be at the Japan Expo in Los Angeles on November 24th and 25th, and at Space 6057 on December 2nd.

Video clips in QuickTime and RealMedia formats have been added to the God's Gift Synopsis

Rocknworld.com has a top 100 albums of all time poll--each person can vote for up to five different albums. Please take a minute to vote for No Limit and Right Now! Thanks to everyone who voted, No Limit was in the top twenty of the Global100.com favorite album chart for over a year. Let's see if we can get Mari's albums up that high in this new poll!

Do you want to buy a gift for Mari? She has a gift registry at Girlshop.com! They can't deliver to a post office box, so you will need to have the gift shipped to you, and then send it to Mari yourself.

Upcoming Events

Mari has several gigs coming up in Los Angeles. She will perform at Genghis Cohen on November 4th, at the Japan Expo in the LA Convention Center on November 24th and 25th, and at Space 6057 on December 2nd.

Mari will be a guest at Nan Desu Kan in Denver on September 20-22, 2002.

Mari wrote the ending theme for the short film White Shadow, which was entered in the Sundance Film Festival--the producer/director, Mr. Kiuchi, is a fan of Mari. The title of the song is Looking for a shadow.

Mari has writen a soundtrack for the 1925 silent movie Lorna Doone. This is a personal project of one of Mari's American fans. The soundtrack CD will be on sale in November.

Special Reports

• Omocha Box Autograph Session, September 30, 2001
• Fifth Genghis Cohen gig, September 9, 2001
• "Right Now" Concert Tour Special Report, July 11-12, 2001
• Fanimecon 2001 Special Report, March 30-April 1, 2001
• Kweevak's Tracks Award Show, February 16, 2001 (MP3 file, 5.9 MB)
• LA Fan Club Trip and Genghis Cohen Gig, November 22-25, 2000
• Nan Desu Kan Special Report, October 13-14, 2000
• Ani-Magic Special Report, October 6-8, 2000
• Third Genghis Cohen gig, August 20, 2000
• Second Genghis Cohen gig, June 28, 2000
• Cartoon/Fantasy Organization Special Report, May 27, 2000
• First Genghis Cohen gig, May 1, 2000
• KDVS Interview Transcript, March 20, 2000
• Fanimecon 2000 Special Report, February 25-27, 2000
• God's Gift Synopsis, December 5, 1999, USA Network
• Anime Weekend Atlanta Special Report, October 8-9, 1999
  • Japanese Translation
• CNAnime Special Report, August 27-29, 1999
  • Japanese Translation
• Torrance Summer Festival, July 17, 1999
• Anime Expo Special Report, July 16-18, 1999
• Otakon Special Report, July 2-4, 1999
• A-Kon Special Report, June 4-6, 1999
• FanimeCon Special Report, March 19-21, 1999
• The Baked Potato, January 4, 1999

Buy Mari's Work

Right Now, the new CD, is on sale now through Mari's web page. You can also buy posters and stickers. Mari sent out an announcement when the CD went on sale.

In Japan Right Now has been released by Warner Music Japan. Japanese fans can buy it from HMV.

CD Japan is a good choice for buying CDs over the web.

Other Reports

• There is an interview in English at JAMpop.
• There are interviews with Mari (in Japanese) at Sanspo.com and Pro Sound Communications.
• The Sankei Sports Newspaper has a story about Right Now.
• Project Neko has an interview conducted over the Internet.
• Akadot has an interview with Mari from Ani-Magic.
• There are two interviews with Mari on Artemis Radio. You will need Real Player to listen. The most recent was at Fanimecon 2001.
• The Japan Audio Society has given Mari the "Best Sounding Record of the Year '99" award for her song "D" from Rain & Shine. Congratulations!
• There is an Asian Pacific Review interview from Anime Expo 1999.
• Protoculture Addicts #53, 57, and 58 have articles and interviews covering Mari and her various convention appearances from 1999.
• The A Fan's View site has named Mari the Anime Convention Personality of the Week for October 11, 1999.
• Cozy, one of the fans who came from Japan, wrote a report on Mari's Anime Expo and Torrance concerts.
• EX magazine's report on Mari's press session at Anime Expo.

Resources

• CD Reviews
• Mari Iijima's Biography
  • PDF version
• Flyer Gallery
• Discography
  • Album List
  • Track List
• Spyder Games Appearance
  • QuickTime version
  • RealMedia version
• Super Robot Taisen Alpha Commercial
  • QuickTime version
  • RealMedia version
• Bulletin Board
• A Sherlock plugin is available to search the site, for Mac and Newton users.
• The C/FO Bulletin, a printed newsletter, had two articles which mentioned Mari's appearance at their May meeting. These articles are reprinted here with the permission of the C/FO.

Other Mari Iijima Sites

Mari Iijima Home Page

This is Mari's own home page, in English. Very nice!

Greetings From LA

This is Mari's new on-line column, written in Japanese.

LA Story

This is her old on-line column, also written in Japanese.

Mari Across The Sea

Another American fan page.

September Rain

A Japanese fan page by Pete, a regular in Mari's chat room. This is the best Japanese language site I know of.

International Mari'n Site

A Japanese page with lots of information. This is the source for the discography information on the few CDs I don't own myself.