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Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that “Taiko no Tatsujin” has topped 10 million in cumulative sales. The game first debuted in arcades back in 2001 and would be released on PS2 for the first time in October 2002 in Japan. In commemoration of the special achievement, Read More …
The popular “Disaster Report” series game “Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4 Plus – Summer Memories” is coming to the Nintendo Switch. The series revolves around a character who came to the city for a job interview and the city is hit with a major earthquake. Originally Read More …
MOMOIRO CLOVER Z’s fifth self-titled album will be released on May 17th and today, a music video for “The Show” (Short version) which is featured on the album was released. The song is a Japanese cover version of Lenka’s “The Show”. Lenka is a singer/songwriter Read More …
AAA’s Uno Misako held an event to celebrate the release of her third single “mint” at Odaiba’s Venus Fort. Uno announced that she will be releasing her first solo album “Honey Stories” on July 17th. As for “mint”, the song is being used as the Read More …
It has been a little over the year since Yamaguchi Tatsuya was released from TOKIO and Johnny’s Jimusho for forced indecency. Yamaguchi’s incident happened in January 2018 when he called the victim, a 16-year-old girl and told her if she wanted to come to his Read More …
Back in 2012, the Satelight anime series “Senki Zessho Symphogears” aired on television. The second season “Symphogear G” would be released in 2013, “Symphogear GX” in 2015 and the fourth season, “Symphogear AXZ” in 2017. And now all 52 episodes of the series have been Read More …
“Golden Kamuy” is turning out to be a fantastic, action-packed anime series that is less about its action but more about character relationships, Ainu culture and two people trying to survive against all odds. I highly recommend this anime series! Read More …
Takahata Mitsuki has appeared in numerous Asahi commercials but recently, she has been promoting Asahi Beer’s “Clear Asahi”. The third CM will air on May 18th. If you missed the previous CM’s, you can check it out here:
Singer Aikawa Nanase (44) appeared as a guest as part of the “BLUE*LIGHT SERIES” at Yokohama Stadium. The singer threw out the opening pitch and then performed after the game including her well-known song “Koigokoro”, with the largest turnout at a baseball game with an Read More …
A unique effort is being planned to launch a model of a Mobile Suit Gundam and Zaku into space and display a cheerful message to support the athletes and display it on a bulletin board during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2020. The announcement Read More …
Pokemon Co., Ltd. announced that the Android and iOS game “Pokemon Scramble SP” will be available soon. Originally announced as “Pokeland” back in 2017, this fast-paced action game has players investigating unknown islands and befriending many Pokemon. The official website is now accessible.