On November 28 at 7PM JST, Nippon TV will air Best Artist 2017. The show will be about four hours long and feature performances by the likes of Arashi, Daichi Miura, Kanjani8, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, and Keyakizaka46.
There is a live stream of the show and Arama! Japan will be hosting a chat on Discord so that readers can chat with each other during the show! Links to the show and the chat are after the jump!
We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback. This is where we look back on what topped Oricon this week 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.
This week’s guests were Yokoyama Daisuke, Miyashita Koji, Tamai Yukako, Chiaki, and Fujimoto Toshifumi. Daisuke also performed with Kanjani8.
Yokoyama Daisuke x Kanjani8 – Boyoyon Koshinkyoku
This week’s guests were Takahashi Yu, AKB48, and BLUE ENCOUNT.
Takahashi Yu – Reportage
AKB48 – 11gatsu no Anklet
BLUE ENCOUNT – VS
This week, Kanjani8 topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Oto Seyo”, selling 218,972 copies in its first week.
Namie Amuro topped the Oricon album chart for the second week in a row with “Finally”, selling 321,956 copies in its second week.
Nishino Kana topped the Oricon digital album chart with her new album “LOVE it”, selling 5,677 copies in its first week.
MISIA co-stars with a fully-CG Alphonse Elric from the upcoming live action film “Fullmetal Alchemist” in her latest music video. The song “Kimi no Soba ni Iru Yo” (I’ll be by Your Side) is the theme song for the film and will be released as her 40th single on November 29.
The music video was filmed a year after filming of the movie ended and is directed by Fumihiko Sori, also the director of the movie. The concept was to make it look like MISIA appears as a new character in the movie. Dressed in a white cloak, MISIA joins Al in some familiar scenes used in the movie.
Check out her music video below!
Impressively, horror film IT managed to jump and secure the no. 1 spot on its 3rd weekend of release. Both its 2nd and 3rd weekend of release is higher than its opening weekend. The film also effectively attracted the high school student group. IT mobilized 144,000 viewers and earned ¥194,733,500. In total, the film has earned ¥1,144,577,400 in 870,000 admissions.
At no. 2 is the High & Low The Movie 3 Final Mission. The film attracted 110,000 viewers (¥141,596,100) last weekend with total revenue exceeding ¥700 million yen. “Big Hit” stage greetings were held on the 18th and 19th, and live viewing also conducted at theaters across the country.
Godzilla: Planet of Monsters opened at no.3. It is the first in a planned trilogy of animated films in the “Godzilla” franchise. The film was released on 158 screens on November 17 and attracted 71,205 viwers.
Dorobo Yakusha (The Stand-in Thief) starring Kanjani8’s Maruyama Ryuhei opened at no.4 and mobilized 66,970 viewers (¥89,000,100). Logan Lucky opened at no.8.