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.


Berryz in America 2: NJ♥BK
On June 8-10, 2012, AnimeNEXT was held at the Garden State Convention Center in Somerset, New Jersey. This event featured Berryz Kobo’s second appearance in the USA.

AKB48 in Washington, D.C.
NMB discusses his first AKB concert experience in the U.S. capital.

Café Buono! in Paris
On Saturday and Sunday, February 11 and 12, 2012, Buono! was in Paris, France, to hold their first overseas events ever (a concert and two autograph sessions.) NMB was present at each of these events. Read on to see how it all went down!

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012 – Top 25
A new AKB convert takes a look at the YouTube/Google+ broadcast of the Top 25 of the collective’s Request Hour 2012 concert series.

Berryz Koubou First Concert in The USA Sakura-con 2011
This DVD is a recap of Berryz Koubou’s appearance and concert at Sakura-con 2011. I was very anxious to get a hold of this since I was actually there and wanted to compare my experiences with what was filmed on this disc and of course re-live the memories of my first Berryz concert as well.

Scandal at AM2 2011
July 3rd 2011 (hereby known as Scandal Day) was packed with many events dedicated to the band and it was capped off with an evening concert that brought the first annual AM2 convention to a close.

EXILE Live Tour 2010 Fantasy
A look at EXILE’S 2010 concert tour DVD.

SMTown World Tour 2010 Los Angeles
A recap of SMTown 2010 in Los Angeles.

Perfume – Budokaaaaaaaaaan!!
This is Perfume’s 2008 concert tour recorded at the Budokan on November 6 and 7. It features performances of their catalog up to and including the Love The World single.




