Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra announced a series of concerts featuring anime titles owned by the Bandai Namco group, including Code Geass and Gundam. The concerts will take place in Sendai City in 2024 and beyond.
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion will be the highlight of the first orchestra concert scheduled to run on May 4, 2024. The second concert on August 10, 2024, will focus on two Gundam titles: The 1985 TV anime Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and the 1988 movie Char’s Counterattack. Both concerts will take place at Sendai Bank Hall Izumity 21, which will have its major renovation completed at the end of March 2024.
Code Geass and Gundam will not be the only franchises to get orchestra concerts in Sendai. The philharmonic orchestra group will first perform tracks from Sunrise’s 2016 musical comedy anime ClassicaLoid as the “zeroth” concert at Hitachi Systems Hall on March 20, 2024. It will also hold an Aikatsu Orchestra Katsudo concert at Izumity 21 one year later on March 20, 2025.
Sendai, the capital city of Japan’s Miyagi prefecture, has been getting more events related to popular Japanese subculture franchises to help promote its tourism. Before these orchestra concerts take place, the city’s Umino-Mori Aquarium will host a collaboration event featuring the Hololive English VTuber Gawr Gura in January – February 2024.
The Code Geass and Gundam concerts by the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra will take place on May 4, 2024, and August 10, 2024, respectively.
