In November of last year, the latest Kyoto Animation Music Festival lit up the ROHM Theater in Kyoto, and now an extended look at the experience is coming home. KyoAni announced plans to release footage from both days in a single Blu-ray collection on November …Read more »
Some awesome news out for fans of uber-composer Joe Hisaishi. Hisaishi’s Symphonic Suite “Princess Mononoke” 2021 is set for release in Japan this July. As the title implies, it’s a “symphonic suite” version of the soundtrack to Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke. This version, which features …Read more »
As revealed in this year’s 28th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, the next opening theme artist has been revealed for the BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS TV anime. This one will have KANA-BOON returning to perform after having handled the very first opening theme song …Read more »
Oscar and Grammy-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto announced that he has been diagnosed with stage IV cancer. Sakamoto has previously talked about his fights against cancer. In 2014, he was diagnosed with throat cancer. Then, in 2021, he was diagnosed with rectal cancer. Stage IV cancer …Read more »
Azur Lane, the popular smartphone shoot ‘em up, is turning five. Here to help the game celebrate is none other than the singer Aimer. The song will be called “wavy flow,” and will debut on streaming platforms on 6/3 (Japan time). Aimer is, of course, …Read more »
Soundtracks for Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa and Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos have become available outside of Japan for the first time thanks to Milan Records. You can check out the playlists here, and in the …Read more »
Considering how popular (and good!) the show is, it should come as no surprise that one of the hit songs of the season is the ending theme to the SPY x FAMILY anime. The adaptation of Tatsuya Endo’s manga of the same name closes out …Read more »
If you love Love Live! Sunshine!! and Hatsune Miku, you have reason to be happy! They’re working together on the “We Are Challengers Project,” and that entails a new song and music video. Love Live! Sunshine!! just dropped a teaser of the song “BANZAI! digital …Read more »
CrosSing is a cover song project that has various artists and voice actors taking on different songs, and the latest puts Akari Kito (Nezuko Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) in front of the microphone. The song she tackles is none other than the …Read more »
This weekend saw J-pop superstar Hikaru Utada gracing the stage of Coachella for their festival debut alongside 88rising during their Head in the Clouds Forever performance, and they served up a bunch of amazing treats for fans. In addition to performing memorable tracks from their …Read more »
When the My Dress-Up Darling anime premiered back in January, so did the ending theme music video by cosplayer and famous Japanese TikToker Akari Akase. She made her singer debut with the ED, “Koi no Yukue” (“Where does love go?”), and as of this writing …Read more »
The long-awaited anime adaptation of SPY x FAMILY just debuted, and its ending theme song “Kigeki” (translated as “Comedy”), has already hit the top spot in Japan’s weekly digital single chart. During its first week out, the song received 20,012 downloads. The song comes to …Read more »
Many kids grew up with the first Dragon Ball Z opening theme song, “Cha-La Head Cha-La,” performed by Hironobu Kageyama. And you know what? Hironobu Kageyama is still singing and still happy to sing “Cha-La Head Cha-La.” In fact, he just performed it as part …Read more »
The “Dragon Ball Symphonic Adventure” will make its American debut on May 21 in Los Angeles, where it will have a 60-piece orchestra and live vocals bringing Dragon Ball music to life, all while scenes from the anime play on the big screen behind the …Read more »
IKE, vocalist of Japanese pop rock band SPYAIR, first discovered that he had ulcerative colitis—a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation and ulcers on the large intestine’s inner lining—back in summer of 2019. He eventually recovered, but after unsuccessful treatment and a relapse in …Read more »
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