HELP US REACH 10,000 SIGNATURES TO SAVE DREAM FESTIVAL!
Signature campaign in change.org here. (Created by Yamada Tomoko)
If you are wondering what is Dream Festival!, here is an introduction to them, as well as the reason for the signature campaign. (TL;DR at the end)
What is “Dream Festival!”?
Dream Festival is a 5D (2D + 3D) multimedia project in collaboration with Bandai Namco Pictures, Bandai, Lantis, Amuse, Bandai Channel, Bandai Namco Entertainment and Banpresto. The project began on October 29, 2015 with the release of a PV for a song called Glory Story. During the course of the project it has released several CDs, BDs, a Documentary on the project, a mobile game, an arcade game, a radio program, and a live show entitled, “Dream Festival! Laboratory”.
Dream Festival consists of two major groups namely DearDream and Kurofune.
Who are DearDream ?
DearDream is a 5 member unit that consists of:
Amamiya Kanade (C.V. Ishihara Souma) (Center)
Oikawa Shin (C.V. Mizogucchi Takuya) (Leader)
Sasaki Junya (C.V. Tomita Kentaro)
Katagiri Itsuki (C.V. Ota Masaki)
Sawamura Chizuru (C.V. Masaki Kaoru)
DearDream also has 2 sub-units namely Traffic Signal, which consists of Kanade, Shin and Junya, and W-MaSKaT, which consists of Itsuki and Chizuru. DearDream released their first single New Star Evolution (iTunes, PV) on March 16, 2016. While their first album, entitled Real Dream! (iTunes, PV) was released on February 22, 2017. They also went on their first live entitled, “DearDream 1st LIVE Real Dream”, as well as their first live tour entitled, “DearDream 1st LIVE TOUR ユメノコドウ ”. For the release of the BD of the first live, it reached number 2 on the Oricon Chart for its 2nd week of sales (source).
Singles by DearDream:
NEW STAR EVOLUTION (iTunes, PV)
PLEASURE FLAG / シンアイなる夢へ！ (iTunes, PV1, PV2, PV3)
ユメノコドウ (iTunes, PV)
Symmetric love / You are my RIVAL
EPs by DearDream:
Welcome to D-Four Productions (iTunes)
Catch Your Yell!! (iTunes)
Album by DearDream:
Real Dream! (iTunes)
To be released:
『働くお兄さん!』 Music Selection 履歴書 01 featuring the OP “ 働くお兄さん!” and ED “KEEP YOUR HOPE ALIVE” sung by DearDream (Preview, 30 sec. CM)
Who are KUROFUNE?
KUROFUNE is a 2 member unit that consists of:
Kuroishi Yuuto (C.V. Kubamoto Hideaki)
Kazama Keigo (C.V. Totani Kimito)
KUROFUNE released their first single, ARRIVAL -KUROFUNE Sail Away- / 君はミ・アモール (iTunes, PV) on November 23, 2016. Their first album, FACE 2 FAITH (iTunes, PV) was released on July 26, 2017. They also had their first live concert, entitled “BATTLE LIVE! KUROFUNE vs DearDream”, with them as the headlining act and DearDream as guests.
Singles by KUROFUNE
ARRIVAL -KUROFUNE Sail Away- / 君はミ・アモール (iTunes, PV)
Future Voyager / Whole New World (iTunes)
Album by KUROFUNE
FACE 2 FAITH (iTunes, PV)
Aside from their own discographies, they have released 2 CDs wherein all of them are the artists of the album. These are:
ALL FOR SMILE! (iTunes)
SHUFFLE LIVE 01 (iTunes)
So why the signature campaign?
On March 4, 2018, 12:00 P.M. JST, it was announced that the mobile game, Dream Festival! R, and the arcade game, Data Carddass Dream Festival! , will be shutting down on May 1, 2018, 2:00 P.M. JST and March 30, 2018 respectively. Also announced was a special broadcast on the same day at 8:00 P.M. JST, which contained the announcement of the disbandment of both DearDream and KUROFUNE.
Aside from the disbandment announcement, they also announced the release of the DVD / BD of both Battle Live and the 1st Live Tour, the announcement of DearDream’s 2nd album as well as KUROFUNE’s 3rd single and lastly a last live with both DearDream and KUROFUNE as headlining acts at BUDOKAN.
This signature campaign was started to rally support from fans that do not want this project to end.
Aside from the signature campaign, other things that have happened so far:
A Hatena Blog topic was created entitled, 「私と『ドリフェス！』」 (Dorifesu and me). (here)
A campaign to make Real Dream! chart on iTunes. The song reached number 18 on the sales chart (screenshot here)
The hashtag #ドリフェスと叶えたい夢 (Dorifesu and the dream I want to fulfill)
The hashtag #ドリフェスに課金してドリカを引く遊び, in which everyone purchased a 10-pull in the Dream Festival! R app, which eventually made the app rank number 11 on number of sales in the japanese play store (screenshot here)
And other twitter campaigns made by the @DF_yell twitter account
If you have sign the signature campaign other things you could do is:
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TL;DR:
Dream Festival (dorifesu) is a 5D multimedia franchise by Bandai, it’s subcompanies, and Amuse
Dorifesu consists of 2 main groups, DearDream (DD) and KUROFUNE (KF)
DD consists of Kanade, Shin, Junya, Itsuki and Chizuru. While KUROFUNE consists of Yuuto and Keigo
Dorifesu project is being canceled with the last remaining projects will be DD’s 2nd Album, KF’s 3rd Single and last live by DD and KF in BUDOKAN
I just don’t want this project to die this fast. It means so much to me and all the other fans
Sign the petition here
Reblog this post as well pretty please
Thank you so much for reading! イケるっしょ！
