Sakanaction are a Japanese band from Sapporo who fuse alternative rock, electronic, pop and new wave sounds. Their self-titled album is their sixth.
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Orange Caramel – Orange Caramel
Orange Caramel are a sub unit of the popular South Korean girl group After School consisting of Raina, Nana and Lizzy. This self-titled album is their first Japanese full length album featuring their cover of Candies Yasashii Akuma, a re-make of their Korean song Lipstick, a cover of Urusei Yatsua theme Lamu no love song and their latest Japanese single Cookies, Cream & Milk.
April 24, 2013 By 1 Comment
Berryz Koubou – Asian Celebration
Berryz Koubou’s 31st single is the official cheer song for the 14th animated Pretty Cure film Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Kokoro no Tomodachi.
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What Now? A Search for the Future
TOZ now lives in a post-SPEED article world. He goes looking for answers.
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Kashwagi Yuki – Shortcake
Kashiwagi Yuki, she who is of the weather reporting long cat variety made her solo debut with Shortcake, the theme song for her drama Mierino Kashiwagi.
April 18, 2013 By 1 Comment
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu: 100%KPP in the USA
There’s an ad currently airing in the US in which children imagine an island made of candy. On this island, waves from a soda pop ocean crash onto a beach of granulated sugar. A volcano spews hot fudge lava. The skulls of long-ago shipwrecked pirates consist of rock candy, and the bats and spiders are made of licorice. And if such an island existed, who would be performing cute sugary pop songs in its gingerbread theater? Kyary Pamyu Pamyu of course, wearing brightly colored cotton candy dresses with ribbon candy bows.
April 10, 2013 By 3 Comments
S/mileage – Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita PV
Chiima reluctantly watches S/mileage’s Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita video. Despite being pretty boring it is one of those few Hello! Project videos that has a real set that actually looks pretty decent.
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S/mileage – Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita
With the theme of graduation behind it, Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita is S/mileage’s 13th single and the first to earn a number 1 daily ranking on the Oricon charts.
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Hello! Project Resumes Overseas Promotions
A discussion about Hello! Project’s return to further overseas promotion and questioning the difference between European and American appearances.
Transparency
A discussion about whether UP-FRONT should jump into producing idol documentaries based on Hello! Project.