Good news for fans of the live-action Kingdom film series: the trailer for the third film is out, and it features a theme song by none other than Hikaru Utada. The song is called “Gold ~Mata Au Hi Made~” (“Gold: Until We Meet Again”). The …Read more »
A live-action series based on a pair of Hikaru Utada’s classic songs, First Love Hatsukoi, is coming to Netflix worldwide on November 24. Ahead of that, the Netflix Asia YouTube channel went up with a brand new teaser trailer to sample some of what’s to …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 »
Hideaki Anno’s three-hour magnum opus, Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time, hit Japanese theaters yesterday. The film features the single “One Last Kiss” by Hikaru Utada, who’s been supplying Eva themes since 1.0 back in 2007. So, for the music video, Utada tapped none other …Read more »
How do you get music fans to sit up and pay attention to your new anime? How about recruiting J-pop legend Hikaru Utada to do your opening theme? That’s the strategy being employed by the upcoming series To Your Eternity. The series just announced that …Read more »
When you’re creative, lockdown during quarantine can be especially difficult. Some forms of expression are tougher to pull off in isolation, but J-pop legend Utada Hikaru made the most out of the situation with her new music video. The video for “Time” hit YouTube this …Read more »
Maybe it was the power of the Keyblade, or maybe the song just plain slaps. Either way, some big congrats are on the way to Hikaru Utada and Skrillex, who just barely broke into the Billboard Hot 100 charts with Kingdom Hearts III opening theme …Read more »
There’s something really special about seeing someone rise above the odds and triumph to achieve their long-standing dream. That’s exactly what happened to one of J-Pop’s biggest stars, Utada Hikaru, whose latest release has her teaming up with Skrillex on the theme song for Kingdom …Read more »
Here’s an interesting one from ranking site Goo: they’ve asked their readers which Japanese celebrities’ lives would make for a good dramatic TV series—and one of the country’s most famous animators has made the list! Let’s check out the top 10: 10. Hidetoshi Nakata Soccer …Read more »
While we’re all still waiting (not with bated breath, or we’d all be dead by now) for any word on Evangelion 4.0 (or is it 3.0 +1.0 ?), a bit of new(ish) Evangelion content is out this week in the form of what is essentially …Read more »
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