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San Francisco, CA, May 30, 2019 – VIZ Media brings the celebrated NARUTO brand to Las Vegas and Licensing Expo 2019. The beloved ninja action franchise made its debut in 1999 in a manga created by Masashi Kishimoto, revolutionized manga and anime, and continues to Read More …
MOMOIRO CLOVER Z’s fifth self-titled album was released on May 17thand debuted at #1 on the Oricon Weekly Charts. And on May 31st, the album was released digitally on streaming services such as Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play Music and other sites. A trailer was Read More …
Two weeks ago, a CM of the popular “Au no Santaro” series of KDDI commercials featured an injured oni (portrayed by Suda Masaki) coming to see his friends but is in very bad shape. He tells them that a big oni hurt him. The group Read More …
NGT48’s Nakai Rika appeared on a May 26th broadcast of Fuji TV’s “Kyo kara tomodachi ni naremasu ka?” (Can I become a friend starting today?) and Nakai said she would marry a man who has a monthly income of 3 million yen ($27,336 US). Nakai Read More …
While this is just the first volume, I do enjoy the series and miman’s artwork. And while it’s too early to judge, I will say I enjoyed what I read and can’t wait to read more volumes of “Yuri Is My Job!”! Image courtesy of Read More …
In the Kanto area of Japan, there are three Costco stores and in Tokyo, the only Costco store is in Machida and there are other stores close by in Misato, Saitama and in Kawasaki in Kanagawa. And one big fan of Costco is former Morning Read More …
Dedicated to music lovers around the world, this is a tale of a miracle brought about by two teenage girls, created by a top production team featuring Shinichiro Watanabe as supervising director, Eisaku Kubonouchi as original character designer, and animation production by Studio Bones. Tokyo, Read More …
Tokyo, Japan (May 29th, 2019) Tokyo, Japan (May 29th, 2019) – Aqours, the focal idol group from LOVE LIVE! SUNSHINE!!, have shared a video digest of live footage of their songs “Kimino Kokorowa Kagayaiterukai?” and “Thank you, FRIENDS!!” on their official Youtube channel. This is Read More …
It has no doubt been a challenge for married couple, Koh Kazuya and Uehara Takako. Uehara is still facing heat from people and the family of her deceased husband, TENN (from the group ET-KING), who committed suicide in 2014. TENN’s younger brother leaked a concam Read More …
While this second part of “The Ancient Magus’s Bride” is the final volume of the anime series for now, the anime series is deserving of the praise that it has received from anime fans. “The Ancient Magus’s Bride” is entertaining, captivating, well-acted by both Japanese Read More …
As AKB48 Kojima Mako has created a new YouTube channel, the original Kojima 1st gen member from AKB48, Kojima Haruna also created her own YouTube channel titled “HARUNA KOJIMA cat nap” and she plans to post her vlog on YouTube. The first vlog features Kojima Read More …
Since graduating from AKB48, Kojima Mako has been busy with her YouTube channel titled “makochannel”. Currently she has over 36,000 subscribers and her first video surpassed 194,000 views. Kojima recently posted a new video today. Check it out!
AKB48’s Chiba Erii is back for another Mnet reality show in which she joins nine other female K-Pop fans to live in a dorm. The reality show “U-Hak SoNyeo: Ticket to K-Pop” aired on May 23rd. Here is a clip of Erii talking about Read More …
A special SKE48 SHOWROOM event titled “SKE48 Kara Sonanni Judai Jyanai Happy o Ikutsu ka Surunode minakute mo daijobu desu SP” took place on May 27th at 8:00 p.m. With SKE48’s 25th single (title to be announced at a later time) member selection decided, the Read More …
A special website promoting Mr.Children’s upcoming live Blu-ray and DVD is now open and the title of the upcoming release is “Mr.Children Tour 2018-2019 Juryoku to Kokyu” and features the bands full Osaka performance. Mr. Children is currently touring with 26 performances and 13 locations Read More …