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Vice Reveals Extra Footage from Its “Joshi Kosei Osanpo Date” Documentary

Earlier this week, Vice released a controversial documentary chronicling the phenomenon of “joshi kosei osanpo dates”, a practice in which older men pick up underage schoolgirls off the street for paid dates. They linked this to the dark side of Japan’s obsession with schoolgirls and cute culture. They also showed certain cafes and an idol concert / handshake event as elements of this phenomenon. Yesterday, Vice released extra footage from their documentary. This footage shows more of the group featured in the clip, Akishibu Project. There’s also an interview with member Natsumi Sukawa. Check it out after the jump!

Yamazaki Kento and Tsuchiya Tao Cast in “Orange” Film Adaptation

Actress Tsuchiya Tao is playing the heroine Takamiya Naho in this December’s live-action film of Takano Ichigo’s popular manga series Orange. In addition, Yamazaki Kento — Tsuchiya’s co-star in the ongoing NHK live-action television series Mare — is reuniting with her as Naruse Kakeru, a transfer student with a deep emotional wound due to a tragedy with his mother.

As previously reported, the sci-fi love story follows Naho, a 16 year old high school student who begins to fall in love with Takeru, a new transfer student.

Her infatuation is predicted by an enigmatic letter that she receives the morning before they meet. The letter claims to have been written by herself, ten years in the future. It advises her to behave differently in the past, so that Naho’s 26 year old self won’t have to grapple with so many regrets.

The film will be completed by mid-November, and it will open throughout Japan on December 12.

Soundscan Charts for the Week of 7/13 – 7/19

On the single side, μ’s / Kousaka Honoka, Minami Kotori, Sonoda Umi topped the chart with “Bokutachi wa Hitotsu no Hikari / Future style”, with its 1 CD only edition selling 97,944 copies. This made it the best selling single this week.

On the album side, DREAMS COME TRUE took with “DREAMS COME TRUE THE BEST! Watashi no Dorikamu”, with its 1 3CD edition selling 119,280 copies. This made it the best selling album for the second week in a row.

This week’s guests were Masahiko Kondo, Flower, TUBE, Matsumoto Iyo, and Shima Daisuke. This week’s Suiyou Singers were Amour MiCo, K, Jennii, GILLE, MACO, Ms.OOJA, Saho Aono, Ide Ayaka, Eric Fukusaki, Eri Nobuchika, and Yamamoto Takuji.

EXILE Releases PV for “24karats GOLD SOUL”

On August 19, EXILE will release their new single, “24karats GOLD SOUL.” This is the group’s first release since “19 -Road to AMAZING WORLD-“, their album from this past March. This song is the 4th in the “24karats” series, but it’s the first one to feature EXILE only. The B-side for this single will be an ATSUSHI solo song, “UPSIDE DOWN.” It is a “respect song” dedicated to USA, MAKIDAI, and MATSU, all of whom are leaving EXILE by year’s end. The song is about the bonds between the 4 men. It incorporates elements of funk and black music from the 80s and 90s.

Today, EXILE released the music video for their new single. The over 7 minute long clip is a spectacular of dance, backed by a track that sees EXILE returning to their more urban sound. Check it out after the jump, along with the single’s covers and tracklist.

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Releases Info on Her New Single

On September 2, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu will release her new single, “Crazy Party Night ~Pumpkin no Gyakushuu~.” It is a Halloween-themed song. It serves as the theme for her upcoming tour “Kyary Pamyu Pamyu JAPAN HALL TOUR ‘Crazy Party Night 2015’.” The single’s B-sides have tie-ins as well. The first B-side, “No No No”, is the CM song for Glico’s Ice no Mi. Next comes “Oshiete Dance Floor”, which was used in a commercial for Sharp Aquos 4K televisions. The last B-side is “Kimama”, which is the CM song for Nintendo 3DS game “Tobidase Doubutsu no Mori.”

The limited edition of the single comes with a DVD featuring footage from a special live from this past April that was filmed by NHK. It was filmed in 8K Super Hi-Vision.

The covers for this single were designed by Steve Nakamura. They feature Kyary as a toy. See them after the jump along with the single’s tracklist and the commercials mentioned above!

Sakanaction Releases PV for “Holy Dance”

Sakanaction will release their concept album “Natsukashii Tsuki wa Atarashii Tsuki ~Coupling & Remix works~” on August 5. The band has already released music videos for “years” and “Slow Motion.” Today, they released one for “Holy Dance.” This song originally appeared as a B-side on the 2010 single “Identity.” This clip marks frontman Ichiro Yamaguchi’s directorial debut. In the clip, there are dancers, a crowd wearing headphones, and references to Ichiro’s favorite hobby: fishing. Check it out after the jump!

NMB48 and DREAMS COME TRUE top the Weekly Oricon Charts! 7/13-7/19

The Oricon Style physical music sales charts for the week of 7/13-7/19 have been released!

Namba’s own idol group NMB48 released their twelfth single this week “Durian Shounen“, a “king of fruits”-themed summer dance bop, topping the charts with 371,276 units sold from its seven versions.

An additional shout out to Love Live! The School Idol Movie and its multiple insert songs that take the charts week after week.

For the album charts, Japanese pop-rock group DREAMS COME TRUE top it again with DREAMS COME TRUE THE BEST! Watashi no Dorikamu, their seventh best album and latest in four years, shooting to the top of the album charts pushing and additional 119,560 units on top of last week’s debut sales of 344,395.

Check out the rest below!

Oricon Weekly Single Charts
Rank	Song	Sales
1 New	Durian Shounen NMB48	371,276 1st Week
2 New	Theatrical Feature “Love Live! The School Idol Movie” Insert Song: Bokutachi wa Hitotsu no Hikari / Future style M’s/Honoka Kosaka (Emi Nitta), Kotori Minami (Aya Uchida), Umi Sonoda (Suzuko Mimori)	96,150 1st Week
3 New	SAY YEAH!! DOBERMAN INFINITY	36,453 1st Week
4 New	Cheering You!!! Idoling!!!	30,470 1st Week
5 New	Soushi Souai☆destination Fairies	27,989 1st Week
6 Down	Theatrical Feature “Love Live! The School Idol Movie” Insert Song: SUNNY DAY SONG / ? <= HEARTBEAT M’s / Eri Ayase (Yoshino Nanjo), Nozomi Tojo (Aina Kusuda), Niko Yazawa (Sora Tokui)	20,492 2nd Week
7 New	Summer Nude Adolescence Yumemiru Adolescence	19,130 1st Week
8 New	Yuuwaku no Taiyou Takamiy	14,424 1st Week
9 Down	Theatrical Feature “Love Live! The School Idol Movie” Insert Song: Angelic Angel / Hello, Hoshi wo Kazoete M’s / Rin Hosizora (Riho Iida), Maki Nishikino (Pile), Hanayo Koizumi (Yurika Kubo)	14,379 3rd Week
10 Down	Summer Madness Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE	14,187 2nd Week

Check out more on Oricon’s Weekly chart.

Oricon Weekly Album Charts
Rank	Album	Sales
1	DREAMS COME TRUE THE BEST! Watashi no Dorikamu DREAMS COME TRUE	119,560 2nd Week
2 New	BEST of TUBEst ~All Time Best~ TUBE	55,319 1st Week
3 New	SO GOOD JUNHO(From 2PM)	48,202 1st Week
4 New	Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan wo. HoneyWorks	21,756 1st Week
5 New	First Squeeze! Juice=Juice	13,890 1st Week
6 New	TV anime “Kekkai Sensen” (“Blood Blockade Battlefront”) Original Soundtrack Taisei Iwasaki	11,444 1st Week
7 Up	REFLECTION Mr.Children	9,143 7th Week
8 New	『Deemo』 Song Collection Various Artists	8,047 1st Week
9 New	LIFE HY	7,150 1st Week
10 Up	Emotion Carly Rae Jepsen	5,760 4th Week

Check out more on Oricon’s Weekly chart.