Official Trailer for The Last: Naruto the Movie
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Official Trailer for The Last: Naruto the Movie

The Last: Naruto the Movie will open on December 6. Manga creator Kishimoto Masashi is in charge of the original story, new character designs, and chief story supervisor of the film. The movie’s poster visual, movie plot and now the official trailer has been released. As seen in the images, we will see a mature and grown-up Naruto as well as adult versions of Kakashi, Sasuke, Hinata, Sakura, and Shikamaru.

The film’s plot summary: The moon is beginning to fall, and at the rate it’s going, it is doomed to fall on the Earth. The countdown for the survival of the planet begins. Naruto must overcome a great danger is his final story.

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MARTER releases utterly gorgeous PV for “Mori no Kotoba”
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MARTER releases utterly gorgeous PV for “Mori no Kotoba”

R&B/Jazz singer MARTER has recently revealed the music video for the lead track off of his new album, titled “Mori no Kotoba”.  The smooth and scintillating song is paired with an absolutely beautiful set of animations, the world shown to us in the PV both incredibly vibrant and expressive; it’s certainly one of the best music videos I’ve had the pleasure of viewing this year.

The aforementioned album, titled “Songs of Four Seasons”, dropped on October 18th and consists of 10 tracks, most in a smooth vein similar to the release’s lead track.  In addition, MARTER will also be releasing an analog record in mid-November which will contain both ‘Mori no Kotoba’ and ‘skankingroove’, another song off of the album.

So please, check out the wonderful PV, the album’s track list, and a set of previews for said release right below the cut.

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Buy some Sailor Moon chocolate for your loved one this Valentine’s Day
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Buy some Sailor Moon chocolate for your loved one this Valentine’s Day

‘ARTism CHOCO’ has teamed up with ‘Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon’ this year to create some special chocolates for Valentine’s Day in 2015.

There will be 10 chocolates with various character motifs including: Princess Serenity, Tuxedo Mask, transformation items, Chibiusa’s Space-Time Key, Luna-P, and more. The chocolates will come in a pale blue package and when you open it up the interior design is a scene from the anime’s opening scene.

The chocolates will go for 2,500 yen (~25 USD) and are fans can currently preorder them through the Premium Bandai website.

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KARA opens up their 3rd Japan tour in Fukuoka
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KARA opens up their 3rd Japan tour in Fukuoka

On October 24th, Korean girl group KARA started their first Japanese tour “KARA 3rd THE JAPAN TOUR 2014 ‘KARASIA’” as a four member group at Fukuoka Sun Palace. New member Youngji (20) called out to the group’s 2,400 fans in the audience, “Please never forget this day. I won’t forget it either.”

Leader Gyuri (26) got the audience pumped up with the Hakata dialect, “Fukuoka, were you waiting for us~? This is our 3rd KARASIA here. Let’s get fired up today!” Youngji spoke up again with Japanese that she had memorized, “I’m so happy to meet all of you!”

The girls performed 20 songs including their hit tracks “Jet Coaster Love”, “GO! GO! Summer”, and “Mister”; as well as solo songs. Hara (23) commented, “I was so nervous that my heart just kept racing, but it looks like you guys are having a lot of fun, so that fills me with so much joy.”

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Mayu Watanabe absent from AKB48 Theater performance due to poor health
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Mayu Watanabe absent from AKB48 Theater performance due to poor health

AKB48’s Mayu Watanabe (20) was absent from Team B’s theater performance on October 27th due to poor health and Ayano Umeta (15) substituted in for her. An apology was issued to fans on the group’s official website, “We are deeply sorry for having to inform you all of this on the day of the performance.”

Watanabe’s condition is not deemed serious. Her agency commented, “She has been working continuously and it appears that she has suffered from fatigue. We will see how her condition is after tomorrow and decide how to act from there.”

(via: Sanspo)

Girls Beat!! suspend activities after arrest warrant issued for Ai Kago’s husband
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Girls Beat!! suspend activities after arrest warrant issued for Ai Kago’s husband

Ai Kago announced on her blog that her unit, Girls Beat!!, has suspended activities until further notice.

She writes in her blog that they had to suspend their activities due to “current circumstances”. It appears that those circumstances are the fact that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police have issued an arrest warrant for her husband (47) on the act of loansharking.

Girls Beat!! was currently in the middle of taking applications for new members until the 31st and voting for new song lyrics until the 28th. However, all of those have been put on hold due to the current situation. Kago apologized, “I am truly sorry for causing you all problems.”

(via: Sanspo)

Perfume cameos in American band OK Go’s music video
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Perfume cameos in American band OK Go’s music video

Mainstream popular electro-pop trio Perfume have surprisingly made a cameo appearance in the music video for American rock band OK Go‘s song “I Won’t Let You Down”, from the group’s latest album Hungry Ghosts. In the video (co-directed by longtime Perfume collaborator Kazuaki Seki), the Perfume members appear very briefly at the beginning wearing a dressed-down style different from their usual as they pretend to be staff on the set of the video’s filming. This isn’t the first time Perfume have made a cameo in a rock band’s music video — in 2008, the electronic unit appeared in Japanese band Porno Graffiti’s PV for their song “Itai Tachiichi”. Check out their OK Go cameo below!

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