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THE KIDDIE Single Collection
Up-and-coming visual kei band THE KIDDIE is releasing a single collection album, simply called SINGLE COLLECTION, on March 24th.
THE KIDDIE have recently signed a major contract with the VAP label, in which they released their latest three singles - soar, BLACK SIDE and Poplar - in a three-month consecutive release campaign throughout the last months of 2009.
For the single collection, the band re-recorded all songs from their first three singles (Little SENOBI, Plastic Art and Sayonara Setsuna under the new label. Two brand-new songs, TORA/UMA and HANA, have also been selected to be part of the 11-track album.
Shortly prior to the CD release, the band is embarking on their first one-man tour, which has been named Hi-FiVE. Consisting of five concerts in major Japan cities, the tour already has three dates with tickets sold out (Fukuoka, Sendai and Nagoya). The last concert will be held at Tokyo's LIQUIDROOM ebisu on March 31st.
Source: jame-world |
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Seiko Matsuda to appear in "Bones"
Thu, February 4, 2010 (3:23am EST)
Singer and actress Seiko Matsuda (47) is the next Japanese celebrity to appear in an American television drama. It has been learned that she will play a Japanese journalist in an upcoming episode of the crime drama "Bones."
Currently in its fifth season, "Bones" stars Emily Deschanel as a forensic anthropologist and David Boreanaz as an FBI special agent. The show also become a hit in Japan, and has been shown on broadcast television there since 2008.
Matsuda, who will be the first Japanese person on the show, was offered the role by the show's producers. She was reportedly chosen for her English ability (all of her lines are in English), her acting skills, and her name recognition. During the taping, the staff were impressed by her professional spirit. Although the role is limited to a single episode, Matsuda remarked that she would like to play the part again.
Other Japanese stars who have recently been cast in American dramas include Hiroyuki Sanada (49) in "Lost" and Yuko Takeuchi (29) in "FlashForward."
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Fukuda Saki to Challenge Linkin Park Cover in PV?!
On March 3rd, known as the Japanese Puppet Festival in celebration and prayer for the healthy development of all girls, Fukuda Saki will be releasing her new Single and Album simultaneously.
The single titled "Spr*ing for you" features the topic of "meeting after a parting and starting there after". With the graduation scenes in the song, it is certainly something to listen to during the graduation ceremony.
The PV as well is playing around a scene of "Graduation", where in Fukuda is also the drummer of a 3 people band. On her official site a part of the video clip can also be seen, so don't miss it
Moreover, her new Album "VOICE", there are 3 songs written and composed by Fukuda herself. This time, the composition is all about the experience of staying awake through the night and noticing how the morning is rising.
With these self made tracks, one should keep an eye and ear open for her!
Source: musicjapanplus |
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Versailles announces world tour
Visual-kei band Versailles announced last week that they will launch a world tour this year. So far, details are incomplete, but they plan to tour at least in Latin America and Europe.
The band's "Method of Inheritance" tour will begin domestically with a series of concerts in Japan, from February 28 to April 30. It will then continue as a world tour, taking them to Latin America in June. Five dates were announced, though venue details are yet to come:
* 6/4 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
* 6/6 - Santiago, Chile
* 6/9 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
* 6/11 - Lima, Peru
* 6/13 - Mexico City, Mexico
Versailles will then visit Europe from late June to mid-July. Dates and locations are expected to be revealed soon.
Source: Tokyograph |
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Versailles Announce European Dates
Versailles, who announced plans for a world tour some time back, revealed the Southern American dates for the tour a few days ago. Now, the tour organiser Gekido Tour have announced the European dates for this world tour.
The band had scheduled ten dates in Europe, starting in Russia on June 27th. They will then travel to Finland, the UK, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Hungary. The tour will conclude in Paris on July 13th.
Full details can be found on the band's tour schedule.
Source: jame-world |
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MIYAVI's New Releases
Singer MIYAVI has announced some new releases for March, as well as a name change from 雅-miyavi- to 雅-MIYAVI-.
Having recently signed to EMI MUSIC JAPAN, MIYAVI announced a new DVD to be his first release with the label. This DVD, titled NEO TOKYO SAMURAI BLACK WORLD TOUR Vol.1 will be released on March 24th and will feature footage from his 2009 world tour.
The DVD will also be released in a limited edition, which will come in a special box including a 48-page booklet with live and off-shot pictures and unreleased songs written during his world tour, as well as a special USB wristband featuring a new song titled SURVIVE. This song features BOBO (54-71) on drums and is co-produced and engineered by Toshikazu Yoshioka, who has worked with The Strokes, 8otto and more.
Also on March 24th, MIYAVI will release a new best-of album including songs from his period under Universal Music. The album will be titled FAN'S BEST and will feature the top ten songs, as voted for by the fans in a worldwide poll, plus live recordings of songs from his period under the label. Voting is open until midnight on February 24th (Japan time) and the results will be released on March 3rd. You can vote for your favourite here.
Source: jame-world |
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Ikimono-gakari Single
After achieving good sales with their newest album Hajimari no uta, pop-rock trio Ikimono-gakari are already working on a new single to be released on March 10th.
The band is providing two new songs to be used in the soundtrack of the 2010 version of the movie "Toki wo kakeru shoujo". These songs are the single's title track Nostalgia and the b-side Toki wo kakeru shoujo, originally composed by singer Yumi Matsutoya and sung by Tomoyo Harada.
Nostalgia might not be unknown to fans, as it was once released back on the band's debut mini-album Makoto ni senetsu nagara First Album wo koshiraemashita... in 2003. However, the group has reworked the melody of the song for the film in a new recording version.
"Toki wo kakeru shoujo" was originally released in 1983, in which Tomoyo Harada made her acting debut and provided the same title track as the movie's theme song. Ikimono-gakari have re-recorded the song, which will be included on the single along with an alternative version of their hit single YELL and Nostalgia's instrumental counterpart.
In other news, Ikimono-gakari have another new song, called Arigatou, being aired in Japanese TV as the tie-in song of NHK's drama "Gegege no nyoubou". Arigatou was fully composed by band member Mizuno Yoshiki.
Source: musicjapanplus |
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Hiroyuki Sanada guest stars in 'Lost' 6th season
Tuesday 09th February, 11:00 AM JST
TOKYO —
Actor Hiroyuki Sanada, 49, sat down for a press conference with Carlton Cuse, 50, executive producer and screenwriter of “Lost,” in a Tokyo hotel on Monday to chat about his role as Dogen in the sixth and final season of the popular drama series that started airing in the U.S. earlier this month.
Sanada plays a man named Dogen, a leader of one of “the Others” taking shelter in “the Temple.” It is the first time for Sanada to play a role in a non-Japanese drama.
He said he was surprised by the offer, adding he took a bit of a gamble by accepting the role before reading the script. He quipped that he gained a lot more than he “lost.”
The sixth season of “Lost” will air in Japan on the AXN channel (via SKY PerfecTV!) from May.
Source: www.japantoday.com |
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Charts: Kumi Koda, aiko
Wed, February 10, 2010 (3:13am EST)
It was a close battle on the album sales charts this week, but Kumi Koda came out on top with her new album, "BEST ~third universe~ & 8th AL UNIVERSE." She led the way with almost 222,000 copies sold, but Kaela Kimura's "5years" was not far behind at 216,000 copies sold.
Hip-hop group RHYMESTER had the only other new album in the top ten, landing at #5 with their "Manifesto."
In singles, aiko achieved her second #1 with "Modorenai Ashita," selling 58,000. She was joined in the top ten by plenty of other new releases, coming from Yuzu, flumpool, Shota Shimizu x Miliyah Kato, TOKIO, SCANDAL, Buono!, and ONE OK ROCK.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Versailles, Being Totally Into Music.
Versailles is proud to announce their first ever WORLD TOUR in 2010!!
-Method of Inheritance-Latin America
June 04 Sao Paulo/BRAZIL
June 06 Santiago/CHILE
June 09 Buenos Aires/ARGENTINA
June 11 Lima/PERU
June 13 Mexico City/MEXICO
-Method of Inheritance-Europe
Period: from late June until the middle of JulyTo be announced soon!...
Looking towards the new tour, HIZAKI has been updating his blog a little.
[Lately, I am listening to a bunch of music. The songs on our album are pretty strong, too, aren't they?!
However, going into rehearsal like that, has been quite a while back and we want you to hear an even better and more advanced sound during this tour.
I myself have have made some progress, thanks to my manic playing.]
So we should all be looking forward to what kind of performance Versailles will show us eventually!
Source: musicjapanplus |
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SUGIZO and GACKT to Collaborate for Stage Production!!
Recently GACKT is busily involved in his "NEMURI×GACKT PROJECT" as Nemuri Kyoushirou, to which it has now been announced, that for the play [眠狂四郎無頼控 / Nemuri Kyoushirou Buraihikae], SUGIZO will be making his debut as a stage musician.
Alone for the reason, that the two of them have been members of S.K.I.N. this should be causing some attention.
Within the play [眠狂四郎無頼控 / Nemuri Kyoushirou Buraihikae] GACKT is taking over the role of the new hero Nemuri Kyoushirou.
It should be interesting to see, how GACKT is portraying the hero Nemuri Kyoushirou, after he had played the role of modern heros like Kamen Rider before.
Even more so, since said character played by GACKT is supported by SUGIZO himself.
In the interview SUGIZO has provided musicJAPANplus in 2010 he said, that he will give his very best as he himself does to make good music and to do the things whole heartedly.
With this said, it should certainly be great music he will be presenting.
On a more private note, SUGIZO said laughing that his goal for 2010 will be to [definitely find a girl-friend.]
More on the contents of this interview can be found at musicJAPANplus, so please take a look.
Source: musicjapanplus |
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bizi tul sugizo nih... dgn single n album sendiri la... dgn x-japannyer... dgn gacktnyer... nasibla, guitar god sorang nih... saperla nk jadik pengganti sugizo nnti... calon2nyer hiroto ngan akihide...  |
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Polanski crowned best director at Berlin film festival; Terajima wins best actress
Sunday 21st February, 05:09 AM JST
BERLIN —
The Turkish film “Bal,” or “Honey,” won the top Golden Bear award Saturday at the 60th annual Berlin film festival, whose jury also crowned Roman Polanski best director.
Polanski, whose film “The Ghost Writer,” debuted at the festival, was unable to attend the ceremony, as he remains under house arrest in his Swiss chalet in Gstaad.
Producer Alain Sarde, who accepted the prize on Polanski’s behalf, said the director told him he would not have attended the festival even if he had been free, “because the last time I traveled to accept an award I landed in jail.”
Polanski was arrested when he arrived in Zurich on Sept 26 to receive a lifetime achievement award from a film festival. The Swiss must decide whether to extradite him to the U.S. to face possible further sentencing in a 32-year-old sex case.
A joint Silver Bear for best actor was awarded to the stars of the Russian film, “How I Ended the Summer.” Grigory Dobrygin and Sergy Puskpalis played opposite one another as an older and younger researcher who clash at a polar station on an island in the Arctic Circle.
Shinobu Terajima won the best actress for starring as a wife forced to tolerate the tyranny of her husband who returns disabled from the second Chinese-Japanese war in the Japanese film “Caterpillar.”
At the award ceremony, director Koji Wakamatsu read out a message from Terajima, who has already left Berlin, in which she said, ‘‘I am thankful for the award. This will be my lifelong treasure.’‘
The film will be released in Japan in August.
Terajima, 37, became the third Japanese actress to win the best actress award at the Berlin film festival, one of the world’s three major film festivals along with Cannes and Venice.
A Romanian film, “If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle” by Florin Serban of Romania was awarded the Silver Bear runner-up prize. It depicts the tough story of a youth who panics that his mother will flee the country with his younger brother while he is in a juvenile reform center.
The winning film, “Honey,” tells the story of a 6-year-old boy who stops speaking when his father disappears. It was filmed in the lush mountains of the Turkish countryside where the boy goes in search of his father, a beekeeper.
Director Semih Kaplanoglu said the award was “like a rebirth” and he hoped that it would be an inspiration to young filmmakers in Turkey.
“The Ghost Writer,” based on a novel by Robert Harris, stars Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister, Olivia Williams as his wife and Ewan McGregor as a ghost writer hired to complete his memoirs on a rain-swept island off the U.S. east coast.
The movie, Polanski’s first since “Oliver Twist” in 2005, was nearly complete at the time of his arrest.
Source: www.japantoday.com
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keadaan dah terbalik kat Korea...
Why the Japanese Wave Just Keeps on Coming
Armadas of middle-aged Japanese women no longer chase Bae Yong-joon, the biggest star the Korean wave of the early millennium produced; instead, more and more Korean fans are now dying for a glimpse of their favorite Japanese stars. In Korea, some of the so-called J-drama maniacs watch Japanese soaps all night long, and the growing popularity of Japanese novels here already outstrips any enthusiasm for Korean writing.
Obviously pleased with the reversal of fortunes, a Japanese movie magazine hailed the Japanese boom in Korea, saying, "While the Korean wave is on the wane, the Japanese wave is waxing." Many critics agree that while Korean Wave is receding, Japanese culture has been slowly assimilated into the mainstream of Korean culture and has firmly taken root there. So what are the strengths differentiating the Japanese Wave? The Chosun Ilbo asked experts for their views.
◆ Stars
Korea only opened its door to Japanese movies and drama on Jan. 2004, and ever since, the number of Japanese films shown in Korea has been on a steady increase. This year there were a total of 81 so far, compared with 29 in 2004, 34 in 2005, and 51 in 2006. Big name Japanese stars such as Takuya Kimura, Jo Odagiri, the star of the popular J-film "Mezon Do Himiko," and Satoshi Tsumabuki from "Josee, The Tiger and the Fish" have all visited Korea to promote their new films. "It used to be rare for Japanese stars to visit Korea, but now they see Korea as a lucrative market," said an insider with a company that distributes Japanese films here.
Sustainability is one thing that sets the Japanese Wave apart from the Korean Wave, which effectively lasted only for two years from 2004 to 2006. And while the Korean Wave managed to produce only a handful of big stars -- headed by Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo -- Japan continuously delivers fresh stars to be adored. Starting with Takuya Kimura, whose popularity just keeps growing, actors like Jo Odagiri, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Satoshi Tsumabuki all succeeded in capturing the hearts of Korean fans. Female stars are no exception with actresses like Juri Ueno, Erika Sawajiri, Yuu Aoi and Aoi Miyazaki garnering more popularity in Korea as the year goes by. And while Korean actors appear in only one to two movies a year, Japanese actors frequently shoot several.
◆ Creative content
Among the domestic films released this year, blockbusters like "200 Pounds Beauty," "Highway Star," "Black House," "Kidnapping Granny K" and "Lovers Behind" were all based on Japanese sources. Last year and this year, as many as 21 films were produced in Korea using Japanese source material, a significant rise compared to just five from 2001 to 2005. In other words, Korea depends on Japan for its creative juice.
The biggest strength of the Japanese Wave, then, is creativity. In Japan, popular comics or novels are often made into dramas and movies, creating a kind of a synergy effect. In Korea, hit dramas like "Winter Sonata" and "Daejanggeum (Jewel in the Palace)" rarely venture into other media. Japan also boasts a rich variety of material for its dramas and movies. Stereotypical Cinderella stories dominate Korean dramas but are almost non-existent in Japan. Instead, bizarre yet brilliantly creative stories of ordinary individuals entertain Japanese viewers.
"Japanese dramas and movies don't just appeal to the sentimental," says Yun Ji-won of the LG Electronics' Life Soft Research Institute. "eople don't get easily bored with Japanese dramas because they portray the life story of an individual in a serio-comical manner unlike Korean dramas that are more or less the same as each other."
Source: http://english.chosun.com/site/d ... /2007112961009.html |
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Plastic tree
Plastic Tree is a rock band from Japan that was formed in December 1993 by Arimura Ryutaro and Hasegawa Tadashi. Since then, the line-up has changed a few times before settling on Ryutaro on vocals, Tadashi on bass, Nakayama Akira on guitar and Satou Kenken on drums. Tadashi is the leader but most decisions are made as a group.
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