WORLD ORDER, a band known for performing choreographed dance in public places is back with a new music video for “INFORMAL EMPIRE”. This time, they take over London, incorporating its scenic landmarks to create another delightful video. The song is the promo track for their 3rd album “HAVE A NICE DAY” to be  released on December 17.

Watch them walk and run slo-mo as they cross pedestrian lanes or board buses, bop their heads on the doubledecker bus and perform their moves amidst an amused and curious crowd in London.

Actress Masami Nagasawa is featured on a mini movie as promotion for the company Folli Follie. Folli Follie is a Greek-based international company which designs, manufactures and distributes jewellery, watches and fashion accessories. The mini movie, titled “A Day with Masami Nagasawa” is directed by Mika Ninagawa. Ninagawa’s impression on the finished movie “Very colorful and cute, I think that it is a favorite view of the world of any girl. It is not only sweet, it’s a little sexy and elegant, I felt that it is perfect for the Folli Follie brand image. “

Check out the video below and its behind-the-scenes and see Nagasawa try on accessories, looking fabulous all the time.

Up and coming band Gesu no Kiwami Otome. released their debut album “Miryoku ga Sugoi yo” last week. The album debuted at #4 with 38,083 copies sold. The band has now released the music video for the album’s opening track “Rasuka.” Check it out after the jump!

Ayumi Hamasaki has announced the release of her 53rd single on December 24. It is a triple A-side single titled “Zutto… / Last Minute / Walk.” The composers for these songs will be frequent collaborators Kunio Tago (Days / Key ~Eternal Tie Version~), Tetsuya Yukumi (JEWEL / Moments), and Tetsuya Komuro (Virgin Road / Love Song), respectively. The single is described as containing a winter ballad, a rock ballad, and a TK ballad, respectively. “Zutto… / Last Minute / Walk” will be released in 2 editions: a CD only edition and a TeamAyu fanclub edition. Pre-orders come with a poster. The covers aren’t out yet but the tracklist is. Check it out after the jump!

Legendary animation director Hayao Miyazaki will be honored this Saturday at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ Governors Awards, where he will receive an honorary Oscar in recognition of his career. Even though Miyazaki has retired from the directors chair he will still be involved in new Studio Ghibli productions.

Miyazaki was brought to the attention of American theater-goes thanks to the Oscar winning film “Spirited Away”, and nominees “Howl’s Moving Castle”, “Ponyo”, and “The Wind Rises”. In a recent interview Miyazaki revealed that he plans to focus on short films produced for the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo.

“One of the good points of making such short films is that I don’t have to worry about it having financial success,” he told the Associated Press through a translator. “The people who come to the museum are forced to see this film when they go into the little theater there. So even if it’s a little bit boring, they’ll probably sit through it and not raise a fuss.”

The Governor Awards will also be honoring actress Maureen O’Hara, screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere and actor/singer Harry Belefonte.

(via Animation Magazine. Thanks to Rin Nugget for the tip)

As we previously reported former AKB48 members will be appearing in the groups upcoming single “Kibouteki Refrain”

Ever since a preview of the video was revealed Tomomi Itano’s breasts have become a hot topic. The concept of the video involves past members running from a masked mob of people, the girls appear to be carrying bags with golden microphones inside and pass them to each other like a relay. Much discussion and excitement was brought up due to the appearance of past members but Tomomi Itano’s breasts have stirred the most conversation.

One scene in particular caught the attention of netizens. Tomomi is running down a hall with Yuko Oshima , and her breasts can be seen waving in multiple directions quite “violently”. On the net comments started popping up like: “Once I look, I can’t look away”, “Oshima’s breasts shake naturally”, “They’ve suddenly become huge!!!”. Women in particular commented with how painful the violent shaking looked.

Recently, on an EXILE Mobile post, EXILE leader and LDH president, HIRO, confirmed that Crystal Kay signed to his agency in October. While not officially confirmed in news or their website, many have taken this as an official confirmation. This is not the first time that Crystal Kay has collaborated with artists from the agency. In 2013, she sang on the Dance Earth Party single Inochi no Rhythm. Also J Soul Brother’s ELLY backdanced for the singer pre-debut, during her 10 year anniversary tour.

Crystal Kay is a J-pop female soloist who made her debuted back in 1999 under Sony but switched over to Universal Music Japan in 2011. It should be noted that one’s agency is seperate from one’s label. So while LDH will manage her activities in Japan, UMJ will distribute her music.

Check below the cut to see EXILE HIRO’s blog post, as provided by Twitter user @Weselan33!

As we reported previously, famous pop-rock band Mr.Children will be releasing their first physical single in over 2-and-a-half years in a couple of weeks on November 19th.  Now the band have published the music video for the lead track of this release, “Ashioto ~Be Strong” to their official Youtube channel.

The PV focuses on the journey a father and his daughter are taking through a wasteland of some sort and the father’s struggles to bring the girl back to her mother.  This emotional experience is the result of Mr.Children’s first collaboration with up-and-coming director Kosai Sekine, known for working with Tamio Okuda and electronic artist Jemapur in the past.

If you want to know how the story ends, be sure to take a look at the music video for “Ashioto ~Be Strong” right after the jump.