It was recently revealed in Kodansha’s Nakayoshi magazine that powerhouse creative team CLAMP will be adding a new manga addition to the Cardcaptor Sakura series. The move is a timely one, with CCS celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The new manga will not be a full-length series, and other details are still yet to come.

Are you excited for the new CCS manga? Let us know in the comments!

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Hello Arama! Japan readers! We are back with our monthly wrap up feature (well bi-monthly in this case). A few of the staff members have come together to share their faves for the months of December and January. Find out what the staff was loving these past 2 months! Also feel free to post what you loved this past December and January in the comments!

This week’s guests were Yaida Hitomi and Sumika.

Yaida Hitomi – My Sweet Darlin’ / MOON

Sumika – “Dengonka”

On March 23, Akai Koen will release their new album, “Junjou Randsel.” Ahead of the album’s release, the band has released the short music video for the album’s penultimate track, “Kiiroi Hana.” The song serves as the ending theme for the NHK E TV show “Gretel no Kamado.” The show is hosted by Seto Koji, and this isn’t the first time a show of his has used an Akai Koen song as a theme. His 2014 Fuji TV drama, “Lost Days”, used Akai Koen’s “Zettai Teki na Kankei” as its opening theme.

“Kiiroi Hana” is an upbeat song and has a video to match. Check it out after the jump, along with more information on the new album!

Earlier this year, the scandalous love affair between Kawatani Enon and Becky was one of the biggest new stories. People looked at the name of Enon’s band, Gesu no Kiwami Otome., and wondered why they chose to give their band such a strange name. This led to Goo asking readers which bands they thought had weird names. For this survey, Goo asked 250 men and 250 women in their 20s and 30s.

Gesu no Kiwami Otome. topped the ranking with 16.1% of the vote. The band’s name was everywhere once the scandal hit. Many people were tying the band’s name to the scandal, saying that it couldn’t be helped that a band with a name that translates into “girl at the height of rudeness” would be involved in such a scandal. The band’s name actually comes from a tote bag that keyboardist Chan MARI was carrying one day with the phrase written on it.

Kuchiroro came in second with 6.1% of the vote. When people see the group’s name, □□□, they ask how exactly they are to pronounce it. The group’s name stems from “クチペス” (kuchipes), a play on words by a member’s friend stemming from the name of the Japanese national team footballer Wagner Lopes. In Japanese, the kanji character “口” (kuchi), appears very similar to the katakana character for “ro”, “ロ.” So in Japanese, “Lopes”, translated to “ロペス”, could look like “kuchipes” to some. Looking at “□□□” the name could be anything from “rororo” to “kuchikuchikuchi” to “rokuchiro.” But it is in fact, “Kuchiroro.”

Tied for second is Wasureranneyo. The band’s name stems from something vocalist Shibata Takahiro would say to girls who rejected him in high school, meaning “I won’t forget.” The emotion of these rejections goes into his band’s music today.

This week’s guests were flumpool and Kuso Iinkai. There were also talk segments with Nagase Tomoya x Nomura Shuhei, KANA-BOON x Maximum The Hormone, and Silent Siren.

flumpool – Yoru wa Nemureru kai?

Kuso Iinkai – Music

flumpool has just uploaded to their YouTube channel the music video for “解放区” (Kaihouku; Liberated Area), first track of their upcoming new album EGG. The music video starts with Ryuta Yamamura and Genki Amakawa in a control room supervising several scenes, while Kazuki Sakai and Seiji Ogura remain behind of them, watching their work and eating some snacks. These scenes get stronger and more bizarre as the song goes on, while alternating with shots of the band playing. The clip seems to be full of symbolism and, as we all could expect, eggs. Watch the full music video after the jump!

One week ago, actress Kanna Mori posted a photo showing her friend and fellow actress Emi Takei on her Instagram account. Apparently, two ladies, who are said to be on good terms since working together on the drama ‘Tokyo Zenryoku Shoujo’ in 2012, were having a girls’ night out. The lights are dimmed, the atmosphere looks cosy and Takei is holding up a glass. After admiring Takei’s natural and fresh look, one fan’s keen eyes noticed something that looks very much like a ring on their idol’s left ring finger.