Oricon’s comic chart for the week of April 23rd revealed!

Oricon has revealed their comic charts for the week of April 23rd!

This week, only two of last week’s comics stayed in the top five, leaving three spots for new series. Check out the ranking below!

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1. “Shingeki no Kyojin”, Volume 7 – Isayama Hajime: (382,299)

2. “Great Detective CONAN”, Volume 75 – Aoyama Gosho: (203,598)

3. “HUNTER X HUNTER”, Volume …


[Blu-ray Review] May’n Special Concert BD 2011 ‘RHYTHM TANK!!’ at Budokan

An artist who can definitely stay apart from her associations, May’n has proven she can stand on her own.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a J-Pop concert, and one of the main things I look for in a good concert is the artist’s ability to catch my attention with vocals. I say live concerts are a …


GLAY announces new single “Bible”

Rock band GLAY has announced a new single for May.

The new single titled, “Bible” will be officially released on May 23rd and is the theme song to their upcoming concert ‘GLAY STADIUM LIVE 2012 THE SUITE ROOM in OSAKA NAGAI STADIUM’ to be held on July 28th and July 29th.

“Bible” will come with two coupling songs. The first is …


cali≠gari announces plans to cancel their hiatus

[Note: Translation needs to be checked. Other source said the group is still going to be active despite hiatus. This article implies that they're now on a hiatus.]

On April 4th, rock band cali≠gari updated their official website with the message, “Important information about our ‘hiatus’”.

This year marks the 10 year anniversary of their major debut. In 2003, the band announced their …


Ono Erena to make solo debut this summer!

It’s been revealed that former AKB48 member Ono Erena will be releasing her first solo single this summer!

The single “Erepyon” is scheduled to release on June 13th and come in several editions. For those who don’t know Erena, “Erepyon” is her nick name and it was Erena who titled the single after herself. She wrote the lyrics for …


Fairies releases longer preview of “Beat Generation” PV

Idol group Fairies performed their upcoming single “Beat Generation/No More Distance” on the March 22nd episode of ‘Hanamaru Market’. Today they released a 2:45min preview of the music video on their official YouTube account. You can check it out below!

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This is their third single and will be released on April 4th. It will be released on Chaku Uta Full on …


Fairies to become regulars on TV program for the first time

Idol group Fairies has announced that they will be regulars on TV Tokyo’s “Harajuku KIRAKIRA Gakuin“. This is the first time the idol group will become regulars on a TV show. “Harajuku KIRAKIRA Gakuin” will start on April 1st at 5:30 P.M.

Joining the group is comedian Okada Keisuke of ‘Masuda Okada‘ comic duo. It’s also been revealed that the theme …


MISIA expresses her thoughts about upcoming performance at Washington D.C.’s “Cherry Blossom Festival”

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As reported earlier, Japanese recording artist MISIA has been invited to the ceremony to perform a live concert on March 25th (for Washington D.C.’s “National Cherry Blossom Festival“) to send Japan’s appreciation for the support the nation has received for the recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake. Following the announcemet, MISIA has revealed her thoughts …


Hirano Aya announces new album + tour

Seiyuu-singer Hirano Aya has announced that she will be releasing her first album “FRAGMENTS” on May 23rd. This will be her first album under Universal.

Aya made the announcement in a Shibuya live house where she performed at the music event, “2.5D presents OUTER NET” as a guest.

She also announced that she will be holding a mini summer tour starting on …


Shimizu Shota holds acoustic live for adults in their 30’s

On March 21st R&B singer Shimizu Shota released his fourth album “Naturally“. To commemorate the release, he invited and performed for a demographic of adults in their 30’s.

Shota was the one who came up with the idea so that fans that are older, can drink alcohol and at the same time enjoy music. The live was held in …


BONNIE PINK announces Fall tour 2012

It’s been announced that singer-songwriter BONNIE PINK will finally have a sit-down style, full live band tour after two years. The tour will start on September 14th in Nagoya and end in Osaka on October 19th.

Last year BONNIE released a self-remake album “Back Room-BONNIE PINK Remakes-” and performed an acoustic tour “Acoustic Live Tour 2011 “@the back room”. For this …


VAMPS announce 2012 tour

Rock band VAMPS has just announced their comeback with a 49 stage tour in 10 different cities. “VAMPS LIVE 2012” will start in June all the way through October.

This will be their first tour since 2010. The tour will hit off at Zepp Sendai then four more cities in June. Then in the month of July they will only play …


Hamasaki Ayumi to make her 1st live talk appearance in 2 years

With the new release of her new album “Party Queen“, Hamasaki Ayumi will participate in her first live talk in two years. The live talk will be on Yahoo! Japan’s “GyaO!” and will be streamed live.

The live talk is to commemorate her 13th album. She will also talk about her 2012 arena tour, “ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2012 A ~HOTEL …


Popular Korean drama “Dream High” gets Japanese Musical remake

It’s been two years since singer Matsushita Yuya has appeared in a musical theater. But today his staff posted some exciting news for his fans.

They revealed on Yuya’s official blog that he will appear in the musical “Dream High“, set to start on July 3rd to July 20th. It will be playing at the New National Theater in Tokyo. The …


Oricon reveals comic chart for March 26th

Oricon has just revealed their comic chart for the week of March 26th!

This week are all new chart toppers. Check out the results below, and let us know if your favorite made it into the top 5!

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1. “Chihayafuru”, Volume 16 – Suetsugu Yuki : (212,169)

2. “Tonari no Kaibutsukun”, Volume 9 – Robico (112,082)

3. “Kuragehime”, Volume 9 – Higashimura …


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