It’s been revealed that the TV anime, “BLOOD-C“, will be released as a film on June 2nd, 2012.
“BLOOD-C” was largely produced by popular manga artist group CLAMP. It tells the story about ‘Kisaragi Saya’, a second year high school student who battles mysterious monsters called ‘Furukimonos’.
For the film, Mizuki Nana will be in charge of the voice …
Popular NHK Taiga drama, “Gou“, wrapped up filming for the series on September 30th, and to celebrate, the cast held a crank up ceremony at a studio in Shibuya.
“Gou” started filming from August 19th of last year and wrapped up more than a year later in Nagano. Lead actress Ueno Juri (who played the role of ‘Gou’), as well as Mukai …
Rookie singer Ito Shohei’s debut song, “Dream of Life“, has been chosen as the opening theme song for the popular anime, “Bakuman“.
Ito is a 22 year old singer-songwriter from Fukuoka who started songwriting when he was 14 years old. Inspired by the blues, soul, jazz, and R&B music, Ito began playing the guitar at the age of …
Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun is the new image character for hair/aesthetics salon, “Hot Pepper Beauty“.
Jun filmed 20 different commercials for his endorsement, where he looks straight into the camera as if he were talking to ‘you’ directly, and complimenting you on your hair and nails.
Check out some of the CMs below!
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Singer Sone Yukie has announced that she will release a new single on November 9th titled, “Kimi no Tonari ni“.
The song will be the ending theme song to TV Tokyo drama “Koko ga Uwasa no Elpalacio“. The song is said to be about persuading a woman’s mentality on love, a painful love song that women can understand. Sone said that …
It was reported that Tsuchiya Anna’s husband and stylist, Kikuchi Yamato has been arrested for acting violently at a Karaoke establishment.
According to Nikkansports, on September 29th at 11:30 pm, he visited a Karaoke place in Roppongi while being blind drunk, and he kicked and broke the counter at the Karaoke. He also behaved violently towards a worker who was trying …
Last month singer Piko announced that he is releasing his fourth major single on October 5th. Back then the title of that single was unknown, but it’s been found out that the title track is called “Yume Hana“.
It will come with three different tracks plus 3 instrumentals. The limited edition will come with a DVD that includes …
KAT-TUN will be releasing a new single “BIRTH” on November 30th! As reported earlier, “BIRTH” has been chosen as the theme song for a member Kamenashi Kazuya’s upcoming drama “Yokai Ningen Bem” (will start on Ocotber 22nd).
“BIRTH” will be released in three editions. Check out the new details for the single below!
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1. BIRTH
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After five years, pop duo Do As Infinity (DAI) is reopening their official fan club “Dive At It” on October 11th. The name stems from fan requests when they announced their breakup. New fan club members will get an original face towel as a present. D.A.I is currently working with online website Nico Nico Douga for a new program.
On October …
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (or ‘RIAJ’ for short), has just released the combined weekly download chart for the week of September 21st to September 27th!
The RIAJ works together with most of the digital and mobile download portals in Japan, including recochoku, music.jp, mu-mo (Avex), oricon ME and many more. They then collect their weekly download numbers for the …
On September 28th, actor Sato Ryuta and actress Kato Ai attended a presentation event for TV Asahi’s special drama, “Hikaru Hekiga“.
The drama is based on Yoshimura Akira’s novel of the same title. It portrays the story of Japanese researchers who developed the world’s first capsule endoscopy.
Sato, who will be playing a married couple with Kato for the first time commented …
Ayase Haruka is currently visiting Rome, Italy with Fujiki Naohito to film for their upcoming movie “Hotaru no Hikari” which is scheduled to be released in early summer 2012. In recently released photos, Ayase appearedin a wedding dress. As reported previously, this is the movie adaptation of popular TV drama.
The movie will feature the bustling honeymoon of Hotaru(Ayase) and her husband Takano(Fujiki) in …
On September 29th, the “International Drama Festival in TOKYO Executive Comittee” announced that they have chosen the drama, “Freeter, Ie wo Kau” as the Grand Prix winner for “Tokyo Drama Award” in its renzoku category.
Additionally, it was announced that Ninomiya Kazuya in “Freeter, Ie wo Kau” was awarded best actor, and Suzuki Kyoka in “Second Virgin” and Ashida Mana in “Marumo no …
Base Ball Bear has just released a new PV, “Tabibito In The Dark“.
They announced the single back in August, which will be a double-A side featuring “Tabibito In The Dark” and “Slow Motion wo Mouichido part.2“. Slated to hit shelves on October 5th, Base Ball Bear’s 14th single will come with a CD containing two songs plus a …
Idol group AKB48 has just unveiled the jacket covers to their 23rd single, “Kaze wa Fuiteiru“.
The concept makes the girls look like wood nymphs in a misty forest. Bell sleeves, ethnic prints, and long feather earrings combine to create an ethereal effect, which makes one wonder what the PV will look like.
The images released are for ‘Limited Edition A’, ‘Limited …
