Listen to Aimer’s newest Single “Chou Chou Musubi”

Aimer announced earlier this year three amazing collaborations with Taka from One Ok Rock, TK from Ling Tosite Sigure, and Yojiro from Radwimps. Working with Taka and TK, she released the double A side single “insane dream/ us” in July. Now the MV for her August collaboration with Yojiro has been released. “Chou Chou Musubi” is written and produced by Radwimps’ vocalist. His voice is also featured in the song. 

Take a listen at her 11th single!

FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri Live Stream and Chat

At 11:45 AM JST on July 18, this year’s edition of FNS no Natsu Matsuri will air on Fuji TV. The show will be about 12 hours long. There will be many acts performing on the show, including Perfume, Kato Miliyah, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, Kis-My-Ft2, Crystal Kay, Koda Kumi, Anna Tsuchiya, Arashi, V6, and TOKIO.

Arama! Japan will be live streaming the show and hosting a chat as well so that readers can chat with each other during the show! Links to the show and the chat are after the jump!

Naoto Inti Raymi Tops the Digital Singles Charts for the Week of 7/6 – 7/12

This week, Naoto Inti Raymi topped both Recochoku and iTunes with his new single, “Overflows ~Kotoba ni Dekinakute~.”

Nana Mizuki, KinKi Kids, and More Perform on Music Fair for July 16

This week’s guests were KinKi Kids, Fujii Fumiya, The Gospellers, and Nana Mizuki.

KinKi Kids x Fujii Fumiya x The Gospellers x Nana Mizuki – Hey! Minna Genki Kai

Nana Mizuki – STARTING NOW!

The Gospellers – Recycle Love

KinKi Kids – Bara to Taiyou

Fujii Fumiya – GIRIGIRI Night

NEWS releases PV for summer love song “Koi wo Shiranai Kimi e”

Check out the latest music video of NEWS for their new single “Koi wo Shiranai Kimi e”. The single was released last July 13 and is currently used as the ending theme song to the 5-episode NTV drama “Toki wo Kakeru Shojo”.

1,400 clothes make up the set of the music video, creating the concept for “Summer Sea”. Watch as NEWS sings about “the ultimate heart-wrenching love affair of one summer” below.

Third “Yokai Watch” Movie to be a Mix of Anime and Live Action

The third installment of the very popular franchise “Yokai Watch” titled Eiga Yōkai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! (Yo-kai Watch The Movie: The Flying Whale and the Grand Adventure of the Double Worlds, Meow!) will be shown on December 17 and will be a hybrid featuring both anime and live action.

Child actor Ryoka Minamide will play main character Keita Amano in the live-action parts of the film. A new Yo-kai named Koala-nyan will be key to the plot of the double worlds.

More of the cast that will star in the live-action scenes of the film are announced: Kento Yamazaki, Emi Takei, Takumi Saito, Minami Hamabe, Yuina Kuroshima, Yu Sawabe and Kenichi Endo.

To get a glimpse of how this mix of anime and live action will work out, check out the latest trailer released with Ryoka Minamide in the live action scenes.

TV Drama Ratings (Jul 9 – 18)

In case you missed it, you can check out the list of Summer Jdramas 2016 posted here.

Drama ratings chart for the initial episodes are also up! Check out the results below.

Upcoming Summer JDramas 2016

Hello Arama readers! Check out our seasonal list of Jdramas for summer 2016!

Several dramas have already started airing this week. Arama, which dramas are you planning to watch? Which dramas made an interesting first episode? Let’s hear you first impressions on the summer dramas!