The indoor arena, Nippon Budokan, is one of the most famous venues at which a musician can perform in Japan, and pop singer May'n has performed there solo -- twice. Her second concert was held on March 6, 2011 with a home release on Blu-ray titled May'n Special Concert BD RHYTHM TANK!! at Nippon Budokan on November 2nd the same year.
If you are reading this then you probably like May’n, If you are wondering who May’n is, then keep reading. If you are wondering why I am saying If you a lot, it is because that is the title of May’n’s second album and this is the review for If you. The second album comes in a CD/DVD pack and is distributed by Victor Entertainment Inc. Japan. It has a lovely picture of May’n on both sides of the case, the CD has 12 tracks and the DVD has three music videos along with a bonus short trailer of the game Valkyria Chronicles 3: Unrecorded Chronicles which features May’n's “もしも君が願うのなら”(MOSHIMO KIMI GA NEGAU NO NARA).
May'n New Album and World Tour Announcement
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arlier this week, the official homepage for Japanese singer May'n announced she will be releasing her third full album titled Heat on March 21, 2012. The album will include the song "Scarlet Ballet" which was used as the OP (opening theme song) for the anime adaptation of Aria the Scarlet Ammo (Hidan no Aria), "Brain Diver" used in anime Phi Brain: Puzzle of God and a new song, "Heat of the Moment".
Her site also announced that she will be going on a world tour later this year titled "Rock Your Beats" though no countries have been specified yet. We will update as more information is released.
May'n made her first American performance back in 2010 at Anime Expo held in Los Angeles.
Promo videos for some of the songs on album included inside.
Update: additonal information and minor corrections made.
Sekiranun Graffiti is the second American musical release which featured the virtual idol, Hatsune Miku after the first album, Supercell Feat. Hatsune Miku, topped the iTunes chart back in May 2011. Sony Music smartly chose to release Sekiranun Graffiti simultaneously in Japan and in the US in late August 2011 to to the delight of Miku fans. Sekiranun Graffiti has a total of 5 tracks (2 songs, 1 remix, and 2 instrumental) making it more than just a single, but falling short of a full album, thus categorized as an extended play (EP). The EP is a collaboration project between Supercell member Ryo and producer Dixie Flatline.
As part of the birthday celebration of the highly popular Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, the Vocaloid 3 Korean Mascot was revealed ealier this week. Banking on the ever popular moe style, SeeU is a cat girl illustrated by Kkuem that just oozes adorableness. I know a lot of people love Hatsune Miku, but the cat ears and flowing hair won me over at a glance. She's voiced by Kim Tahi (Dahee), a super cute singer part of the up and coming K-pop group GLAM which has yet to debut.
Video game maker Sega had ran a contest for fans to submit their own songs for the popular rhythm arcade game, Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade. One of the songs selected, Hanamai Tsukuyomi Tan (花舞月詠譚), was written by our own resident columnist and anime singer Yukie Dong with production done by the talented Hoskey. Congratulations to them both!
The song is freely available to download from Sega's own page.
All female Japanese idol group, Berryz Kobo made their first debut appearance in America at Sakura-Con 2011. From holding a panel, to putting on a spectacular performance, fans were screaming and cheering everywhere.
Check out our awesome photos straight from the front stage of their performance!
You can find the group's first US album and more information on the group over at JapanFiles.
Sakura-Con 2011 was held from April 6-8 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington.
Starting from July 2nd, "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST the Movie: The Sacred Star of Milos" will have its nationwide release in Japan, announcing that the theme song for the movie will be provided by L'Arc-en-Ciel.
For L'Arc-en-Ciel, this will be their third time to contribute a theme song for FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST. Their song "READY STEADY GO" had been the opening theme song for the smash-hit TV animation series "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST" in 2004, and "Link" was the theme song for the "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa" in 2005.
Idol Group AKB48 Opens English Myspace Page
Written by Theodore Mak
"AKB48 opened official profile page on Myspace to communicate with the world !
In preparation to become active overseas, a popular idol group AKB48 is opening their profile page on Myspace in order to reach out to the fans around the world and send out their information.
Myspace Japan KK (Shibuya, Tokyo) which manages the music entertainment SNS “Myspace” in Japan, in cooperation of Sync Music Japan, a project organized by Japan Association of Music Enterprises (JAME), Music Publishers Association of Japan (MPAJ), and the Federation of Music Producers Japan (FMPJ) in order to expand Japanese music market to a global scale, will introduce AKB48’s official profile page to the whole world today.
On AKB48’s official page, their newest songs are available for sampling and their newest information will be regularly updated in English as they are eager to communicate with the overseas fans.
http://www.myspace.com/akb48official"
In preparation to become active overseas, a popular idol group AKB48 is opening their profile page on Myspace in order to reach out to the fans around the world and send out their information.
Myspace Japan KK (Shibuya, Tokyo) which manages the music entertainment SNS “Myspace” in Japan, in cooperation of Sync Music Japan, a project organized by Japan Association of Music Enterprises (JAME), Music Publishers Association of Japan (MPAJ), and the Federation of Music Producers Japan (FMPJ) in order to expand Japanese music market to a global scale, will introduce AKB48’s official profile page to the whole world today.
On AKB48’s official page, their newest songs are available for sampling and their newest information will be regularly updated in English as they are eager to communicate with the overseas fans.
Japanese super-idol group, AKB48, breaks records by surpassing 560,000 sales of its 18th single on the first day alone. This is the most sales the group has been able to amass on a single on the first day and will mark this single as the third to surpass half a million in its first week. The single, titled "Beginner," was released on October 27 and an estimated 1,030,000 copies of the single were shipped out to stores in preparation for Beginner's release.
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One of the world's largest annual anime themed concerts, Animelo Summer Live happened last week. The first day of the concert was broadcasted live on the popular Japanese video site, Nico Nico Douga. For people who missed the live stream, various clips have appeared online and we have included some inside. We will continue to update this post as we find more. Animelo Summer Live gathers some of the most popular anime related singers together with an attendance record of 50,000 people in 2009.
Japanese rock band BOOM BOOM SATELLITES just announced the US release of their best-of album, OVER AND OVER, and tour dates for their upcoming US tour. This will be the group’s first best-of album in the US, and feature many of their songs that have a strong punk sound. The CD will go on sale digitally on September 14 and be available in stores October 19. Music video of their song, "Kick It Out" included within with full press tour dates.
It's not a secret that Japanese musical group supercell has grown significantly in fame within the last year. Since our last interview with the group's lead composer ryo, and vocalist nagi, supercell's music has recently appeared as an ending song for the popular anime adaptation of Naruto. Another song titled Hoshi ga matataku konna Yoru ni, will appear in Type-Moon's upcoming game Witch on the Holy Night (Mahotsukai no Yoru). Type-Moon is probably best known for creating the Fate/stay night series. Both songs will be available in their third major album slated to be released in Japan on August 25, 2010. Interested fans can get their copies of the CD at PlayAsia.
Former Nico Nico Douga star Piko is branching out into mainstream media with his major debut single, “Story.” He announced during a live broadcast on Nico Nico Douga today that the new single will be released on October 13. He’s performed at notable venues such as at the Shibuya-AX hall in Tokyo and Yokohama Blitz in Yokohama. In addition, some of his songs have caught the eye and collaboration of noteworthy people such as Ryo of Supercell. Are we looking at the next breakout Nico Nico Douga star? Although he certainly lacks the mystery appeal of Supercell's anonymous members, so we'll have to wait and see how his career will turn out. Sample of his work after the jump.
[Source: Natalie]