This week’s guests were Sandaime J Soul Brothers and Sada Masashi.

Sandaime J Soul Brothers x Sada Masashi – Hanabi

Sada Masashi – Yumemiru Hito

Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Summer Madness

Sada Masashi x Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Kiseki ~Ookina Ai No You ni~

Hello Arama readers! Summer is in, and a new season of Jdramas have started airing since last week. Again, you can check out the list of the summer line up below. A few tidbits on Summer Drama Specials are also included.

Last week, the anticipated live action drama Death Note premiered, also via live stream internationally through Crunchyroll. Since some series already started airing, what have you watched and/ or planning to watch?

You can check out the new compiled list of the spring drama line up below.

Just this past week promising young band LILI LIMIT made their first mini-album “Etudes” available for purchase at Japanese retailers.  To promote this new release, the group also posted the PV for its lead track “at good mountain” to their record label’s official Youtube channel.

The music video follows the band’s singer Jyumpei Makino as he walks along a picturesque mountain trail, his travels influenced by the meddling of another version of himself who can change the conditions on the mountain by doing different things to a model of the location.

The PV for “at good mountain”, as well as the digest and track list for “Etudes” can be found just after the cut.

Hello Arama Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw UNISON SQUARE GARDEN win out over Kanjani8 and Superfly. UNISON SQUARE GARDEN and Superfly are back again this week, along with a newcomer. Find out what various staff members thought of the songs that topped the physical and digital charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!

This week’s guests were Charisma.com, Rihwa, SuG, and Fairies.

Charisma.com – Otsubone Rock

Rihwa – TO: Summer

SuG – teenAge dream

Fairies – Soushisouai☆destination

Hey Arama Japan! It’s Friday, so it’s Open Post time! Feel free to chat with your fellow readers about whatever you like! Enjoy!

The movie “Grasshopper” starring Ikuta Toma, Asano Tadanobu, and Hey! Say! JUMP’s Yamada Ryosuke revelad its first trailer and images, and announces additional cast. The movie will open on November 7.

As previously reported, Ikuta Toma will play Suzuki, a man who leaves his job as a schoolteacher in order to infiltrate an underworld organization and take revenge on the person who murdered his girlfriend. Suzuki will meet different assassins, Kujira and Semi, and the story will show how their lives will interlace. Asano Tadanobu will play Kujira (lit. “whale”), a contract killer who specializes in observing his targets, gaining insight into their state of mind and eventually manipulating them into committing suicide. Yamada Ryosuke’s character Semi (lit. “cicada”) is a fellow hitman who takes a more direct approach, utilizing his expertise with knives.

Check out the trailer, posters, and cast announcements below.

MIYAVI remakes the Mission Impossible theme song for the film ‘Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation‘. The movie will open in Japan on August 7.

The track is titled “Mission: Impossible Theme”. Check out the released music video which also incorporates scenes from the movie,