Lots of new Code Geass projects announced including a new OVA/movie “Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito” (Akito the Exiled) that is due out this summer. Voice actress Maaya Sakamoto will play the heroine Reira Marukaru, a former noblewoman of Britannia and the Waivan unit commander....

Chatmonchy has gathered up 17 of their best songs and will release them in the album “Chatmonchy BEST ~ 2005-2011 ~”. The Limited edition version includes a bonus DVD with 17 live performances covering 20 songs. Look for both the final Chatmonchy album that features...

SKE48 new single “Kataomoi Finally” will be their 8th overall and is set for a big release on January 25th. The single will come in three limited editions all with CD+DVD and each edition features different CD accompanying and DVD video tracks. Release details follow,SKE48 -...

A new music charity project has been announced,  “JAPAN UNITED with MUSIC” with 30 top artists to cover The Beatles‘ hit song “All You Need Is Love”. All profits from the project will be donated to help children affected by the earthquake. Details follow, Participating...

A bit of a quiet week for major new releases on both the singles and albums after New Years. Landing in the #1 spot for singles is Johnny’s Entertainment group NYC (featuring member Yuma Nakayama) and their single “Wonderful Cupid/NYC Glass no Maho” with about 40,000...

Voice actress and talento Aya Hirano will star along with AKB48 member Sashihara Rino in a live-action TV series Muse no Kagami (Muse’s Mirror). The show will air on NTV being January 14th in a late night time slot of 1:55am and the series will run for...

Takahashi Ai’s full music video of “Jishin motte Yume wo motte Tobitatsu Kara” which is part the “Petit Best 12 DVD” released back on December 7th 2011 has been posted on the Morning Musume official YouTube channel. The “Petit Best 12...

ORANGE RANGE celebrates their 10th anniversary of their CD debut this year and will be releasing a new album in April to commemorate. They will also embark on a national tour beginning in May as well as provide special treats to their fans on the 10th of every month leading up to a...

Singles week chart preview 2012 January 2nd - 8th A very quiet week for new releases after New Years and based on the Oricon daily numbers for singles the #1 spot will go to Johnny’s Entertainment group NYC (featuring member Yuma Nakayama) and their single “Wonderful ...

T.M.Revolution held a two day live event to bring in the New Year - “T.M.R. NEW YEAR PARTY '12 LIVE REVOLUTION” - at Nippon Budokan on January 1st and 2nd. 20,000 fans packed into the Budokan over the 2 days to celebrate with Takanori Nishikawa or has...

Nana Mizuki’s 26th single “Synchrogazer” is set for release on January 11th. The new single is featured as the opening theme for Winter 2012 anime “Senhime Zessho Symphogear” (Symphogear).  Release details follow,Besides providing the opening theme song,...

Idol group 9nine is busy again with a new single “Shoujo Traveler” which made its debut as the new ending theme to ongoing anime Beelzebub on January 7th. The new single doesn’t have an official title yet, nor are the covers released but the track lists and...

Minori Chihara will be releasing her 4th album titled “D-Formation” which will include 5 previously released singles as well as other tracks from composers/songwriters such as Saori Kodama and Aki Hatake. The new album will come in 3 editions one of which includes Blu-ray which completely captures...

The live-action film adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira manga is being shut down because of “casting and budgetary issues.” The film's production offices in Vancouver will be closed, and staff working on film's physical production which was scheduled to start on March 5th have been told to stop. Unfortunate but given this project’s...

Jin Akanishi tops the singles charts with his latest single “Seasons” just edging out AKB48 subgroup No Sleeves (no3b) and sister group SDN48 who were 2nd and 3rd respectively. On the album charts the combo album of EXILE...

FLOW has been quiet for a while but is hitting back with a simultaneous new single and new album releases this February 22nd. The new single titled “Rock Climbers” will also be featured as ending theme for TBS show “Nonai Word Q Hikidasu.”...