Coachella just put out a long list of this year’s performers, and one of them is none other than twin-tailed Vocaloid Hatsune Miku! Hatsune Miku was tapped to take part in the 2020 Coachella event, but that all got thrown off because of the pandemic. …Read more »
GLAY is a major Japanese rock band, and 2024 marks a major milestone for them: 30 years since their major debut in 1994. As a result, GLAY is offering its GLAY EXPO this year. A big event like this needs a visual image to go …Read more »
Yūya Saito, an anime composer and arranger who’s worked on Smile Pretty Cure!, Precure All Stars New Stage: Mirai no Tomodachi, and more, is in the news, and it’s not for anything musical. He’s in the news for being arrested. According to reports, a Metropolitan …Read more »
Johnny & Associates, an idol talent agency in Japan, has been under the microscope over accusations that its founder, the late Johnny Kitagawa, sexually abused teen boys for decades. Kitagawa died in 2019, and while there were some written reports in the press about the …Read more »
Now that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has made its six-year-long awaited debut, loyal fans took the chance to celebrate by taking a much-deserved “Zelda holiday”. With new game releases, there are bound to be artists rushing to make inspired content. Remixed …Read more »
MAN WITH A MISSION and milet are behind the opening and just-announced ending theme songs for the new season of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and MAN WITH A MISSION guitarist, vocalist and rapper Jean-Ken Johnny is keen to talk about it. The opening song …Read more »
Ever wonder which anime songs are the most popular in Japan? Every Wednesday, Billboard Japan updates their Hot 100 list, to include the most popular J-Pop and anime theme songs of the week. This time, we are treated to an extensive list filled with artists …Read more »
Are you a fan of Sumire Uesaka, the voice actor behind roles like Lum in the new Urusei Yatsura? Well, good news: soon you’ll be able to hold her in your very hands. Sort of. On a livestream celebrating her 31st birthday, Uesaka announced she’s …Read more »
Just a week ago, I was talking excitedly to friends about how Ichiro Mizuki was back on his game. He was scheduled to give a mini-concert for the Mazinger Z 50th anniversary broadcast. Which makes sense—the singer and the show are pretty much inseparable in the …Read more »
What do you get when you mix ‘80s city pop, ‘80s-’90s anime, and disco beats? That my friend is sweet, sweet Future Funk. You may have heard Future Funk after clicking on a music video on YouTube with an anime girl as the cover, or …Read more »
Tsukumo Sana of the hololive English -Council- group is calling it quits. She’ll be graduating (in other words, retiring) at the end of the month. Cover Corp put out statements in both English and Japanese, saying they regret to inform us of this news. The …Read more »
Taiko Sasaki is famous for being in the Johnnys’ Jr. idol group 7 MEN Samurai, but his life is not all glitz and glamour. Police just arrested a 17-year-old high school student for allegedly stalking him while holding a box cutter. According to police, she …Read more »
Yurika (a.k.a. Yurina Hase and Yurika Ochiai) is going through some tough times and could use help. The former voice actress and singer is in financial trouble—apparently because of health issues—and is in danger of losing her home. She is especially worried about her beloved …Read more »
What is anime without its signature opening and closing songs? If you’ve seen any type of anime you are surely familiar with the curated songs for each season or arc. Bands that create songs alongside animation studios become well known across the fandom. I’m sure …Read more »
We’re sending good vibes in the direction of Maon Kurosaki today, because the singer recently collapsed during a live-streaming concert. The incident took place in the middle of her concert on September 18, and Kurosaki was quickly taken to the hospital for emergency surgery after …Read more »
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