Visual Kei band Far East Dizain will release their single “ZENITH/NADIR” on December 28. The group will have a much darker appearance and style for this release.
Check out the track listing for the single after the jump!
It’s been a long time since Attack on Titan had hit the airwaves in 2013, and became an international phenomenon. Ever since the ending of the first season, Attack on Titan watchers have been patiently (and painfully) waiting for the next. The wait is now over! An announcement on the wrap around on the 21st volume of Attack on Titan manga has set the air date for the second season for April 2017. Koizuka Masashi will be director for this season, while Araki Tetsuro will serve as the show’s chief director.
Even though fans have had Attack on Titan related entertainment during the anime’s hiatus, we know they’re happy to receive this news.
via AnimeNewsNetwork & IGN
A new trailer for the last installment of the long running videogame franchise “Kingdom Hearts” has been released, featuring “Simple and Clean -Ray Of Hope MIX-“ as soundtrack, the English version of the mix that was first heard back in September. This trailer was coupled with the announcement of the release of both songs plus another mix for them two as a digital single in January 11th, though preorders are already available. Both these mixes were done by DJ PUNPEE, and the cover image is a slightly cropped version of the artwork Tetsuya Nomura himself drew back in 2011 for Hikki’s 15th anniversary in the music scene celebration.
Do you think this release of new Kingdom Hearts-related material ensures Utada featured again in -gasp, am I really going to write these three words together?- Kingdom Hearts 3 with a new song? Check the full tracklist, cover artwork and this new trailer just after the jump!
On February 1st next year Onitsuka Chihiro will release her first studio album in 6 years, “Syndrome”. The album and the single that was released in November to support it, “good bye my love”, mark the singer-songwriter’s 5th label transfer, this time to Victor Entertainment. “Syndrome” is said to be produced by Masato Suzuki of LITTLE CREATURES. The limited version of the album will include the LIVE 2016 BEST SELECTION ～TIGERLILY disc with the catalog songs and one previously unreleased song (“Natsu no Tsumi”) that Onitsuka performed live in Osaka and Tokyo earlier this year.
On December 7, Nanba Shiho will release her new mini album, “Dramatic e.p.” This release sees her working with a number of artists behind the scenes including Fukunaga Kohei of Ame no Parade, Tsuno Maisa of Akai Koen, YeYe, and more. Shiho even co-wrote and co-composed one of the songs on the mini album. She recently released the music video for the opening track on “Dramatic e.p”, “Getsuyou 9-ji no Omamagoto.” This track is Shiho’s collaboration with Maisa. Check out the video below, along with more information on the mini album!
On December 7, BOMI will release her third album, “A_B.” This album is a concept album with an autobiographical slant. Keeping in line with that, BOMI has now released the music video for one of the album’s tracks, “Futatsu no Machi.” The video was shot in New York City, BOMI’s birthplace and also the place where she found her birth mother two years ago. The clip features BOMI and a young lookalike skipping around the city, clad in an orange dresses and platinum blonde wigs.
BOMI also recently released a short, animated music video for another song on “A_B”, “Super Girl.” Check out both videos below!
Today, Fuji TV aired the first part of its annual year end music show, FNS Kayousai. The show was about 4 hours long, and was hosted by Chisato Moritaka and Watabe Ken. Performers on the show included Arashi, Kato Miliyah, Ken Hirai, Yumi Matsutoya, AKB48, Momoiro Clover Z, Crystal Kay, Kanjani8, and many more. Check out the full show below!
Popular digital download platform Recochoku recently published their rankings for the year 2016 to their website; these charts cover the period starting from December 1st of 2015 through November 30th of this year and represent data collected from across Recochoku’s many services.
Atop the Overall Artists chart is Kana Nishino, whose continued strong performance was buoyed by the success of songs like “Torisetsu” and album lead track “Have A Nice Day”. Meanwhile, the Digital Singles chart has been topped by Kenta Kiritani’s (as Taro Urashima) “Umi no Koe”, a song which has continued to chart throughout the year. The Digital Albums chart was topped by singer/songwriter Hikaru Utada’s “Fantome”, one of the year’s most popular records. Finally, the Top New Artist of the year is idol unit Keyakizaka46, whose debut song “Silent Majority” made a sizable impact back in April.
Read on below for the Top 25 of the Artist and Digital Singles charts, the Top 10 of the Digital Album chart, and the complete New Artists ranking.