Controversy over ugliness or bad CGI transformations aside, Sailor Moon Crystal is a hit. NicoNico‘s stream of the Sailor Moon reboot has been viewed over 1 million times in two days, with 250,00 comments. It was reported that the Japanese stream alone had 140,000 views, with the other 11 countries included in the NicoNico simulcast making up the rest of the viewership. This is not including the Hulu, Crunchyroll, and Neon Alley streams available in North America. It’s looking pretty good for fans who want to see the full series remade.

Johnny’s is home to many male idols that represent Japan. Their younger groups like Sexy Zone and Johnny’s West are attractive, but there are a bunch of older men still playing an active part in the agency who are prime candidates to marry! During a three day study period, goo rankings compiled a list out of 500 responses of which Johnny’s guy age 35 or older would make the best husband, whether they’re taken or not!

Check below to see how they ranked.

KOHH, known lovingly by his international fans as the Lil Wayne of Japan has set to release his debut album. After appearing as a rising star with his big selling mixtape ‘YELLOW TAPE’, he has won the respect of those in the game. From ANARCHY to ZEEBRA to SEEDA, he has collabed with many big names. Thus cementing himself as a name in the Japanese rap scene. Now the 24 year old is ready to drop his first official album. However he considers this his second album since he recorded this after the first one. But due to unknown circumstances, his second album will be released first.

KOHH has become even more infamous with the small documentary he did with VICE called ‘Rising from the Tokyo Projects’. In it, KOHH and his friend Mony Horse are featured as up-and-coming rappers. They satisfy the look of the average street rapper. While coming from broken homes and living in Tokyo’s housing projects

Check out the track list below.

We on Top will be out digitally on 7/23.  The group features multiple women including Asami, ex-wife of legendary producer Tetsuya Komuro (her alimony was the reason for his fraud case).

Popular three-piece electro-pop girl group Perfume have recently revealed a new mysterious website for an unannounced purpose. The site is called Perfume World and can be accessed here. Much like the unveiling of the group’s global website back in 2012, Perfume World is currently in countdown mode and will be launched on July 14th at 9PM JST.

The group recently released the PV to their upcoming 20th major single “Cling Cling”, out on July 16th. You can watch it below!

This is a 2 part subbed interview that the band recently did with MTV81, a new MTV channel with the mission of spreading Japanese pop culture overseas.

A bit of background on the band: Passepied is a mysterious band led by Narita Haneda, who studied classical music at Tokyo University of the Arts. The band incorporates elements of new-wave and techno-pop music to their sound and takes it to the new level. Added to the fact that the band members never reveal their faces outside of their concerts, the only female band member and vocalist, Natsuki Ogoda, who also works with the band’s artworks, possesses a quality that adds to the mystery of the band.

AKB48 became Japan’s #1 idol group thanks to their revolutionary concept of being “idols that you can meet”. Fans were able to constantly interact with the girls thanks to their weekly stage shows and abundant handshake events.

Things took a turn for the worse in May when members Rina Kawaei and Anna Iryima were attacked by a crazed man wielding a saw. The attack not only affected AKB48, but the entire idol word as well since handshake (and “high-touch”) events are extremely common. Other idol groups such as those under the H!P umbrella increased security at their events, but not to the extent that AKB48 has.

Witnessing a spectacle like this was a first for many Japanese, since such excessive security is a rarity for the country, especially for an idol event. Pictures from the newly guarded handshake events spread like wildfire online generating a wide range of opinions.

Namie Amuro‘s ballad best album “Ballada” (Dimension Point) is achieving great sales. The album has sold 255,000 copes in its first week, and is currently at the top within solo artists this year. This is her 7th work in a row that has ranked at 1st place as a new release on the Oricon Weekly charts.

In recent years, Amuro has had the style of announcing 1 album per year and going on a nation-wide tour. This year as well, she plans to go on a nation-wide arena tour with 36 performances in 13 different concert halls from August to December. In 2012, she held a big tour, a 5 dome nation-wide with 8 performances that gathered around 340 000 people. With this number of audience members and performances, she shined as a successive top solo female artist. While she isn’t announcing singles constantly like she did in the past, Amuro has been earning steady figures through her activities. There’s no doubt that from the point of view of her current label’s owner, Avex, that she’s a valuable source of income.

It has been said that things have been getting complicated with the relationship between Avex and her agency, VISION FACTORY.