This week’s guest was Quruli.
Quruli x Kanjani8 – Bara no Hana
The official Twitter account for the live-action film adaptation of Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama manga announced its third round of cast members on Monday: KinKi Kids’ Tsuyoshi Domoto, Hirofumi Arai, Jiro Sato, model Nanao, Ken Yasuda and Akari Hayami.
Yuuichi Fukuda, known for his work with the live-action HK/Hentai Kamen and Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store, is writing and directing the film.
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.
Today, four reviews were released by The Japan Times which put a spotlight on albums that were of note this summer. Two of the reviews were for albums that were big commercial successes, while the other 2 were for albums that were more important from a musical standpoint. I was in charge of one review from each column.
For my commercial success album review, I chose EXILE TRIBE’s “HiGH&LOW ORIGINAL BEST ALBUM.” LDH is on a mission to join Johnny & Associates and the 48 Family as the third member of the idol triumvirate. They’ve made a big push in this direction with their multimedia project “HiGH&LOW.” The 2 CD set is mostly a EDM affair, but it does hold some surprises.
Hey Arama, check out our post summarizing the recent teasers and trailers released for upcoming movies.
Ideally, each movie gets a focus but Japanese cinemas churns out tons of movie trailers. To avoid missing out on the latest, we bring you this, featuring film trailers not yet featured in Arama.
Why watch these films? Let’s also hear your thoughts on the upcoming movies!
Details of the tracks for the latest cover album by Acid Black Cherry have been released!
The solo project from Janne Da Arc’s Yasu is releasing a new cover album on November 2, which will see the artist do his own renditions of songs by AKB48, Southern All Stars, Mr. Children, and more.
This is ABC’s fourth installment of his “Recreation” series, following the release of Recreation 3 back in 2013.
Check out the track listing below!
Who says cute “pure” idols can’t be petty?
Earlier today AKB/HKT 48 member Sakura Miyawaki caused quite a stir in the idol circles by adding her own comments to a questionable tweet.
The tweet is of HKT48 member Meru Tashima performing at a concert with the text reading “no matter how many times I look at the costume I’m laughing”, Sakura then chimed in adding “[the costume] might burst. Perhaps she meant to reply as a direct message, but once she realized the tweet was made public, it was quickly deleted. However, fans were already quick to grab a screenshot the second the tweet went live.
The tweets were followed by keyboard smashes and Sakura then claimed her twitter “wasn’t working” and that staff had fixed it, she then made another statement one minute later completely changing the subject. Sakura debuted in 2011 as a 1st generation member of HKT48 and has rapidly gained popularity over the years. In the recent Senbatsu Election she came in 6th place. Meru debuted the following year as a 2nd generation member of HKT48 and has yet to comment on the situation.
A screenshot of the tweet can be seen below:
In preparation of her upcoming new album Fantome, music videos for Utada Hikaru’s “Hanataba wo Kimi ni” and “Sakura Nagashi” have been released to her YouTube channel.