Legendary pop-rock band Southern All Stars have revealed the music videos for two of the tracks off of their newest single – the title song ‘Tokyo VICTORY’, and the upbeat B-side ‘Tengoku on the Beach’.
Tokyo VICTORY’s PV shows the band playing the song interspersed with footage of young athletes doing their best in their sport of choice. Tengoku on the Beach’s PV, on the other hand, has a more elaborate concept, with 19 distinct celebrities guesting on the set of a faux music show titled ‘Konya mo! Hit Show!’. The celebrities participating in this music video are as follows: Abe Natsumi, Iida Kaori, Okuda Tamio, Ishimatsu Guts, Kimura Kaela, Kazuyoshi Saito, DREAMS COME TRUE, Nakazawa Yuko, Hirai Ken, Hoshino Gen, Masuda Keiko, Kazuya Yoshii, and select members from AKB48 (Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shimazaki Haruka, Watanabe Mayu, Takahashi Minami, and Kashiwagi Yuki).
Southern All Stars’ new single will drop next week on September 10th, so keep your eyes out for it and feel free to check out the music videos for both ‘Tokyo VICTORY’ and ‘Tengoku on the Beach’ below!
In the new autumn and winter CMs for the fashion brand GU, beloved model Rola plays Rola Antoinette, a Sofia Coppola-esque Marie Antoinette.
Rola Antoinette is dressed in a large pastel blue dress and hair poufed up to the Gods. The CM takes place in an 18th century French palace, where Rola speaks in an aristocratic tone about skirts to her nobles and butler.
The CM comes in 5 versions, with an additional web-exclusive English version.
Famous pop-rock band Mr.Children have announced that they’ll be providing the theme song for the Fuji TV drama ‘Nobunaga Concerto’, which starts this October. This will be the first time in 13 years that Mr.Children have supplied the theme for a Getsu 9 drama, the band previously providing ‘youthful days’ for the drama ‘Antique’ in 2001.
The theme song has been described as a mid-tempo rock number that’s meant to impart feelings of both tenderness and strength. The track’s title and release information will be revealed at a later date.
‘Nobunaga Concerto’ tells the story of Saburo (played by Shun Oguri), a high school student who travels back in time to Japan’s Sengoku era. There he meets the legendary historical figure Oda Nobunaga (also played by Shun Oguri), who happens to look exactly like him. The young Nobunaga, tired of his current lifestyle, orders Saburo to take his place, the boy forced to make sure that history is not rewritten by this series of events.
The first episode of ‘Nobunaga Concerto’ will air on Monday, October 13th at 9pm. If you’re curious about what the theme song might sound like, take a listen to Mr.Children’s previous Getsu 9 theme ‘youthful days’ below the cut.
Fuji TV drama ‘FIRST CLASS‘ was broadcast in April this year and was announced to have a sequel due to the last episode’s 10.3% audience rating, a record high for Saturday dramas.
Taking 6 months after the original story ‘FIRST CLASS’, the cast for ‘FIRST CLASS2 ‘ is renovated filled with new threats. Chinami (Erika Sawajiri) follows a similar formula to the previous season as a new girl in the field, this time working as a fashion designer. Remie Kawashima (Nanao) was terrible, but now Chinami has to deal with her fashion designer sister, described as “Remie×100”.
This role of Namie (“Remie×100”) is played by drummer and singer Kavka Shishido. Chosen to play a “grotesque” fashion designer, Kavka’s strong looks match her strong personality and towering stature of 175cm.
‘FIRST CLASS 2’ will air every Wednesday at 22:00 starting sometime in October.
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9-member idol group Cheeky Parade kicked off their nationwide tour back in April with a special conclusion in NYC, but the location hasn’t been announced until now.
They concluding their tour at The 3rd Annual CBGB Music & Film Festival, an event taking place throughout New York City starting October 8th and ending October 12th. Cheeky Parade will perform on October 11th alongside a lineup consisting of iconic artists from the past, including Devo, We Are Scientists, Macy Gray and more.
Director Ishii Yuya’s movie ‘Vancouver no Asahi’, a dramatic retelling of the storied pre-Second World War team of Japanese-Canadian baseball players, will hold its world premiere at the 33rd Vancouver International Film Festival. The festival kicks off on September 25. Actor Tsumabuki Satoshi is thrilled that the movie will be screened with the best in the world in Vancouver, which is also the set for the movie. He also added “I want locals to feel the pride that the Asahi army has.”
The movie will be formally exhibited at the festival’s Special Presentation Gala. Director Ishii Yuya, Tsumabuki Satoshi, and Kamenashi Kazuya will be attending its red carpet premiere.
Full trailer was also released. One of the highlights of the movie is the recreation of the pre- World War II setting in Canada.
Following the announcement that manga series “Jigoku Sensei Nube” (Hell Teacher Nube) will be getting a live action drama starring Kanjani8’s Maruyama Ryuhei, more cast has been announced. Maruyama plays ‘Nube (Meisuke Nueno)’, a higschool teacher who possesses a ‘demon hand’ which he uses to protect his students when attacked by monsters and evil spirits.
Joining him are Kiritani Mirei as Takahashi Ritsuko, Hayami Mokomichi as Tamamo Kyosuke, Yamamoto Mizuki as Hazuki Izuna, and Takahashi Hideki as Jiku Mugenkai.
An interesting charity event was held earlier this week in Tokyo: ‘Boob Aid‘, a ‘squeeze-a-thon’ for the breasts of a group of porn stars to raise awareness for AIDS.
For more than 12 hours, groups of girls were switch in and out and by the end of the day, enjoyed the company of over 4,000 participants and raised more than $40,000 for the Stop! AIDS campaign. Most of the attendees were male, but some females caught the attention of the stars much to their surprise: “Wow, I’m happy. I want her to touch my breasts.”
This event was televised live on a Japanese adult channel and covered extensively by the press. Porn star Rina Serina told reporters: “I’m really looking forward to lots of people fondling my boobs.”
