Boy group Da-iCE has announced their new album titled “NEXT PHASE” will see its release on January 25th 2017. Their last studio album was “EVERY SEASON”, released on January 6th 2016, and since then three singles, “WATCH OUT”, “Paradive” and “Koigokoro”, have been released. The album title seems to be a conclusion to the theme they have maintained since the very beggining of the band: titling their tours as phases. Appropiately, their current tour “Da-iCE PHASE 5 FINAL” will come to a close on January 18th 2017, just one week before their “NEXT PHASE”. In the teaser uploaded to YouTube, short clips of the three singles are played. Check the teaser and the recently released full Koigokoro music video just after the jump!
E-girls have announced that their new album “E.G. Crazy” will be released on the 18th of January!
The album will have a whopping 24 tracks and comes in five versions: 2CD, 2CD+DVD, 2CD+BluRay, 2CD+3DVD+Booklet & 2CD+3Bluray+Booklet. The known content for the album as of now is the following:
This week’s guests were Sexy Zone and Mika Nakashima.
Sexy Zone – Celebration!
Mika Nakashima – Forget Me Not
This week’s guests were Ichikawa Yukino, Iwasa Misaki, Kawano Natsumi, Kudo Ayano, Sachiko Kobayashi, Satsuki Midori, Yu Takahashi, Duke Aces, Toba Ichiro, Nishida Ai, Nogizaka46, May J., Moriyama Aiko, Mikawa Kenichi, Miyama Hiroshi, and MUSIC CONCERTO.
On December 5 at 7 PM, TBS will air this year’s Japan Yusen Taisho. Eight acts have been awarded the Music Excellence Award. These acts were given this awards because their songs have been highly requested on cable TV channels. During the show, one of these 8 acts will receive the Grand Prize. Three acts are also receiving the New Artist Award.
See who the winners and nominees are after the jump!
We finally get a first look at the highly anticipated live action movie adaption for Fullmetal Alchemist!! The filming for the movie wrapped on August 26, so take a look at the newly released trailer that was posted on the official Fullmetal Alchemist movie website featuring Ryosuke Yamada as Edward Elric.
heidi. is returning with a new album and single titled ‘Kaikou (邂逅)’ and ‘Sakura Underground’. The single will be released on November 16 and will include two songs as well as instrumentals. The album is set to release on December 28 and it will also be available in two versions. Limited editions will come with a documentary and live footage of the band’s 10th anniversary tour and the regular version of the album will contain a bonus track called Siren.
The band is also planning to tour in 2017.
Full track listing as well as the promotional video and photoshoot is available after the jump!
We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback. This is where we look back on what topped Oricon this week 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.