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Most dramas aired their final episodes last week! Yokoso Wagaya e, Mother Game, and I’m Home ends with season high ratings for their dramas (season average in red for finished dramas), while Tenno no Ryoriban stays consistently strong.
Check out the rest of the dramas below.
Love Live! The School Idol Movie dominated the box office last week. Umimachi Diary, Japan’s entry to the 68th Cannes International Film Festival, starring Ayase Haruka, Nagasawa Masami, Kaho and Hirose Suzu opened at no.2 , while The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has fallen out of the top 10 after opening at 7th last week.
Check out the rest of the movies that make up the top 10 below.
Back in April, Suiyoubi no Campanella released their new demo, “Suiyoubi no Campanella demo6.” It was available only at Tower Records stores on Hokkaido and on Tower Records’ online store. All copies of the demo sold out. The demo only had one song, “Shakushain.” The group has now released a music video for the song. It’s was shot in Hokkaido’s capital and main city, Sapporo. It’s an upbeat song with a frantic and creative video. Check it out after the jump!
This week’s guest were Hoshino Gen, Daichi Miura, [Alexandros], GOT7, and Mayday.
Daichi Miura – music
[Alexandros] – Famous Day
GOT7 – LOVE TRAIN
Mayday – MAYDAY – YOUR LEGEND ~Moyuru Inochi~
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This week’s guests were Hey! Say! JUMP, Kishidan, Nogizaka46, Gesu no Kiwami Otome., Dempagumi.inc, and [Alexandros].
Hey! Say! JUMP – Weekender / Kira Kira Hikare
Kishidan – Don’t Feel,Think!!
Nogizaka46 – Inochi wa Utsukushii
Gesu no Kiwami Otome. – Romance ga Ariamaru
Dempagumi.inc – Otsukare Summer!
[Alexandros] – Wataridori
This week’s guests were Akiko Wada, Ota Hiromi, Maeda Atsuko, Harada Shinji, Masuda Takahisa, Daichi Miura, Watanabe Machiko , Ken Naoko, Umezawa Tomio, Anri, Shiraishi Mai, Yamashita Kumiko, Happiness, Shizuka Kudo, Oda Tetsuro, Aikawa Nanase, DAIGO, Sada Masashi, Yuki Koyanagi, and Ayaka Hirahara. This week’s Wednesday Singers were Amour MiCo, K, Jennii, GILLE, MACO, Ms.OOJA, Saho Aono, Ide Ayaka, Eric Fukusaki, Kawakami Daisuke, Eri Nobuchika, and Yamamoto Takuji.
They sang songs by the likes of Sakamoto Kyu, Akiko Wada, Hibari Misora, Anri, Shizuka Kudo, Yuki Koyanagi, and Ayaka Hirahara.
Sakanaction recently restarted activities after the birth of bassist Ami Kusakari’s daughter. The band has already announced a new tour, and now we have news of a new release. On August 5, Sakanaction will release a concept album titled “Natsukashii Tsuki wa Atarashii Tsuki ~Coupling & Remix works~.” This album will be released in 3 editions: 2CD+DVD Limited Edition, 2CD+Blu-ray Limited Edition, and 2CD Regular Edition.
The first CD is titled “Tsuki no Hakei ~Coupling & Unreleased works~.” This CD is composed of 14 songs. Some of the songs are B-sides that have appeared on their various singles, while others are unreleased material. The second CD is titled “Tsuki no Henyo ~Remix works~.” This CD is composed of 12 songs. It features previously released remixes by the likes of Cornelius, FPM, rei harakami, and AOKI takamasa. There are also new remixes on this CD. The DVD and Blu-ray that comes with the limited editions contains a documentary and music videos.
Also on August 5, Sakanaction will release their albums “kikUUiki”, “DocumentaLy”, and “sakanaction” on vinyl.
Check out the provisional tracklist after the jump!