the pillows are in their 20th year of releasing singles and will release number #33 titled “Energia” on December 7th. "Energia" will be offered in a Limited CD+DVD edition and a Regular CD-only edition. The sample jacket cover features a girl wearing ‘Candy Stripper‘, a fashion brand with close...

Released on Perfume’s record label Tokuma’s Youtube channel is a full length version for the PV music video for their song “SPICE”.  The new single is set to drop November 2nd and will be featured as the theme song for TBS drama “Sengyoshufu Tantei.” Also catch Perfume on TV...

The website for the live-action film adaptation of CAPCOM's “Ace Attorney” (Gyakuten Saiban) videogame  announced that the rock band Porno Graffitti will provide the film's theme song. Porno Graffitti has been producing singles since 1999 and provided theme songs for numerous projects such as Fullmetal Alchemist and Bleach. They...

TV Asahi's long running music show "Music Station" has announced the performers for their upcoming Friday the 28nd of October show: Perfume, AKB48, KinKi Kids, JAY’ED X JUJU, and Sonar Pocket. Long time duo of Domoto Tsuyoshi...

The second Japanese single release, “Yayaya” from Korean group T-ARA is set for release November 30th. Fresh from their success of their first single, “Bo Peep Bo Peep” Japanese release a month ago that charted #1, the girls are hopeful this catchy song “Yayaya” which is also a previous...

Dominant idol group, AKB48 released their newest single today, “Kaze wa Fuiteiru” and its already a 1+ million seller. Oricon is reporting 1,045,937 in first day sales for the group’s 23rd single. The new single includes fifteen members from AKB48, two from SKE48, and one from NMB48. For the...

Nana Mizuki’s upcoming album “MUSEUM II” which is her second best-of album and will drop November 23rd. The jacket covers for the Regular and Limited edition have been set - and are very much in the theme of the her first best-of album, MUSEUM I released back in 2007....

AKB48 sister group out of Namba, Osaka, NMB48 again blasted the charts at #1 with over 265,000 sold of their 2nd single “Oh My God!” With their 1st single also selling at +200K makes it two in a row for NMB48 and is a first for any female group....

AKB48 sub-unit French Kiss will release their 4th single, “Saisho no Mail” in about a month on November 22nd.  There will be four editions for the single, three Limited CD+DVD and one Regular CD only edition. Limited First Press editions will come with a bonus poster, 1...

Tecmo KOEI Games 15th century sim-game Samurai Warriors 3: Empires (Sengoku Musou 3 Empires) adds a new feature, a virtual Domino's Online Pizza Store. Thanks to a collaboration with the pizza chain, players can download a virtual Domino’s store for free in the PlayStation Store. Place the store in your castle town you’ll increase the...

S/mileage’s Maeda Yuuka (16) has announced she will retire from the entertainment industry to focus on school and prepare for college entrance exams. Maeda is a founding member of S/mileage and joined when she was 14 back in April 2009. She commented on her announcement, “Since becoming a high school student, I have been unable...

A sneak peak at the red passion jacket cover version for KARA’s upcoming new album “Super Girl.” The girls will show-off a cool blue version and another with a yellow theme in more individual poses. The new album is set for a November 23rd...

Television special School Live Show for Teens "Keion" will air this Friday the 28th (6:55-7:25pm) on the E-Tele, educational channel of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Inspired by the K-ON! anime, the reality show will profile seven real-life high school bands in Osaka and put them in a judged battle of...

Featured as opening theme for anime Ika Musume 2 (Squid Girl 2), “High Powered” is the newest single from seiyuu group Sphere. Just updated over at Sphere’s official website is a TV size clip of the music video (lower-left corner). “High Powered” will drop Wednesday October 26th. The Sphere girls, Aki Toyosaki,...

Girugamesh will hold 13 straight live events in 2012 at Shibuya Tokyo WWW under the event title “Tokyo Sadistic - bu~tsu tōshi 13 days.” The events will be February 27th through March 10th and each performance will have a new concept. The Saturday March 4th is tentatively planned for...

Maaya Sakamoto’s newest single “Buddy” dropped on October 19th and her next single, “Okaerinasai” (Welcome Back) is set for October 26th. “Buddy” is featured as the opening theme for the new adaption for anime series Last Exile: Silver Wing and is...