X JAPAN leader YOSHIKI has some big film contributions planned for this year. The composer and musician has partnered with The H Collective to write the theme song for the next installment in the xXx franchise, which has Vin Diesel getting back into the action …Read more »
Hikaru Utada is known for her hugely successful pop career, including some timeless contributions to Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts series. Starting this week, fans will get an opportunity to see the singer up close and personal as part of her Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018. …Read more »
How much do you love Pokémon? There are plenty of folks out there who love it enough to get a tattoo of one of the series’ many pocket monsters, but not many of them are as famous as Ariana Grande. One of the biggest pop …Read more »
Two men were recently arrested for an alleged assault on Maho Yamaguchi, a member of AKB48 sister group NGT48. The men allegedly attacked her at the entrance of her home on December 8, an event which Yamaguchi has since painfully recounted to the public in …Read more »
Is it possible for a Virtual YouTuber like Kizuna Ai to die the type of death typically associated with characters like Mario and Sonic? Drowning is a rough way to go for anyone real or virtual, but the possibility of it hit hard for everyone’s …Read more »
In some cases, even virtual stars are no-shows for their own performances. That was the issue over the weekend, which was all set up to feature a Count 0 Super Live 2018-2019 event billed as the ultimate concert for fans of virtual YouTube stars like …Read more »
Futuristic Japanese musical group Perfume are set for their next big overseas gig: the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. This year, Coachella takes place over two weekends: April 12-14 and 19-21. Perfume is set to perform on both Sundays: April 14 and 21, alongside …Read more »
This December 31, Japanese broadcaster NHK will be airing a special featuring hours of anime songs (or anison, if you will) from 2018 performed by their respective artists. The broadcaster has just released the full setlist for the show, which also serves as a kind …Read more »
It’s been 20 years since the cyberpunk classic Serial Experiments Lain hit the airwaves. The dark, innovative series was great for too many reasons to list here (and, y’know, we did this a few months ago) but one was the opening theme song: “Duvet” by …Read more »
The results are in for Japan’s 2018 karaoke song rankings, and the number one song in the anime/tokusatsu/game category should come as no surprise. Taking the top spot is Neon Genesis Evangelion theme song “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis,” which is up three spots from last …Read more »
The latest update for the Dragon Ball Super: Broly anime film concerns the theme song, which will be performed by Daichi Miura. The 31-year-old artist, who has been referred to as “Japanese-made Michael Jackson” in Japan, will sing “Blizzard.” Miura previously performed the “IT’S THE …Read more »
Karaoke is a favorite pastime here in Japan, and anime fans are among its greatest adherents. But once they get into their karaoke boxes, which songs are fans most interested in belting out? That was the question from Anime Anime, who’ve just published a top …Read more »
Following an unveiling last month during Music Station Ultra Fes 2018, the full version of YOSHIKI feat. HYDE’s opening theme for the third season of Attack on Titan, “Red Swan,” was finally released on October 3. There’s plenty to celebrate about the release, as it …Read more »
Typhoon Trami, which slammed into Japan September 30 caused, among some serious loss of life and property, a few inconveniences in the world of pop culture too. For one, the latest episode of Attack on Titan, which airs on newscaster NHK, was delayed by one …Read more »
Macross Delta ain’t over yet. The series, the latest in the long-running Macross franchise, is getting a new film. That’s the word from a Walküre event over the weekend, at which a series of June 2019 “crossover” live concerts were also announced. Unlike 2018’s Macross …Read more »
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