On August 2nd, ViViD performed their first live in Hong Kong for ‘The 13th ACGHK2011 Heart Beat Seinen Music Festival‘.
‘ACGHK‘ stands for ‘Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong‘ , and it’s a trade show that introduces the Japanese culture to the people of Hong Kong. This fun event drew in approximately 650,000 people over a span of five days. ViViD served as the closing act for the festival and rocked out to an audience of 10,000 fans.
During the live, vocalist Shin shouted out “We love you Hong Kong!” in Cantonese. They performed songs like “Yume ~Mugen no Kanata~” and “Blue“, and ended their performance by taking commemorative photos with the audience in the background.
ViViD will embark on a Asia tour, stopping in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Stay tuned for more updates on their exciting live performances!
Actress Horikita Maki recently visited Jakarta, Indonesia to film a special report for NTV’s upcoming “24 Hour Television 34 ~Ai wa Chikyu wo Sukuu~” special.
Last month, Horikita was announced as one of the charity personalities for the program, where she would join other Japanese volunteers to help children in need.
One of their projects included a “mobile library”, in which they visited children in various locations and let them enjoy Japanese picture books that have been specially translated into Indonesian.
Being the bookworm that she is, Horikita enjoyed helping the mobile library a lot and even tried to read the books outloud in Indonesian for the children on her final day. She also helped out during a puppet show, played some basketball with the children, and taught them origami as well.
Horikita commented, “I was able to see the reality of those children with my own eyes and, in my own way, found something that I, as an adult, could do for those children. It was very touching to see their smiles. I want everyone to see the people from our country who organized this ‘mobile library’, and the innocence of those children when they are gazing at the picture books.”
“24 Hour Television 34″ will air on NTV on August 20th and 21st.
The ladies of ZONE finally kicked off their one month-comeback promotions with a special stage on “Coming Soon!!“.
As reported earlier, ZONE made a promise 10 years ago that they’d return to their fans during their final concert at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Although member MIZUHO retired from the entertainment industry during their hiatus, fans got to see MIYU, MAIKO, and TOMOKA pick up their instruments once more and deliver moving performances of “secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~” and “Yakusoku ~August, 10 Years Later~“.
On July 31st, Morning Musume’s Michishige Sayumi announced through her official blog that fellow member Ikuta Erina had cropped her hair.
There were two entries regarding the haircut – “Question” and “Answer“. In the “Question” post, Michishige uploaded a photo of someone’s head from the back, and asked her readers to guess their identity. Shortly after, she revealed through the “Answer” entry that, “It’s Ikuta Erina~“.
She added, “She cut her hair short! I can’t recognize her by seeing the back of her head anymore. It’s a strange feeling~ But it’s cute and suits her well!”
Michishige’s blog readers responded with, “Cute~ Looks good!“, “Is it an image change? It suits you well“, and “It’s somewhat adult-like and glamorous!”
AKB48’s new campaign for ‘Apaman Shop‘ has kicked off with an adorable CM.
The girls from AKB48 are at your service to help you find a good home! They sport sparkly blue uniforms and perform their newest single, “Flying Get“, while displaying an unusually acrobatic stunt.
According to an announcement on Hello! Project’s official website, Morning Musume members Mitsui Aika and Sayashi Riho will be withdrawing from their current concert tour, “Hello! Project 2011 SUMMER“.
Because of her previous ankle fracture, Mitsui is being advised by a doctor to rest for approximately eight weeks. Sayashi is currently at home for sciatica (pain, numbness or weakness in the leg caused by the injury/compression of the sciatic nerve), and will not return for about six weeks.
Mitsui developed a stress fracture in her ankle last May while on tour with Morning Musume, but decided to continue working while treating her ankle. Although the idol sat for many of her performances, it appears as if the condition was not entirely healed, so doctors are requiring that she take a break.
Sayashi brought attention to pain in her lower back after their July 16th performance in Nagoya, and has since been surveyed by doctors to see how her condition developed. As a result of her medical examination on the 28th, however, the young idol was diagnosed with sciatica and assigned a required six-week rest to recover.
Both girls will miss out on the rest of the Hello! Project summer tour this year.
V6 has just revealed a PV preview for their latest song, “Sexy.Honey.Bunny!“!
“Sexy.Honey.Bunny!” is one of two songs from of their upcoming double A-side single, “Sexy.Honey.Bunny!/Takara no Ishi“.
It’s said that the choreography in this PV was made for fans especially so they could learn the moves to later bust out at karaoke and at concerts. The clip also features V6 celebrating the wrap-up of their video shoot.
It’s been announced that rock band VAMPS will be holding their Halloween event, ‘HALLOWEEN PARTY 2011‘, once again this year!
The ‘HALLOWEEN PARTY’ attracts a lot of attention thanks to the performers’ unique costumes and gorgeous stage sets. This year, the event will be held at Chiba Makuhari Messe on October 21st and 22nd, and at Kobe World Memorial Hall on October 29th and 30th.
Tickets will be available to the public through Play Guide starting September 24th, however, fans of VAMPS’ fan club, “VAMPADDICT“, will have the chance to pre-order tickets starting August 4th.
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October 21st (Fri) – Chiba Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex 9~11 Hall Artists: VAMPS/Acid Black Cherry/BREAKERZ
October 22nd (Sat) – Chiba Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex 9~11 Hall Artists: VAMPS/Acid Black Cherry/sads/SID
October 29th (Sat) – Kobe World Memorial Hall Artists: VAMPS/Acid Black Cherry/and more
October 30th (Sun) – Kobe World Memorial Hall Artists: VAMPS/Acid Black Cherry/and more
Japanese visual kei/gothic band BLOOD has announced that they’ll be performing at anime convention, Dotcon, in Toronto, Canada. They will be performing live on November 12th, and they even left a short video message.
In the video message, each of the members introduce themselves (except Dora) and expressed their gratitude and hope for their fans to come up to Canada. Impressively, they all spoke in English.
On July 27th, AKB48 members Maeda Ami, Iwasa Misaki, and Oota Aika attended a press conference to commemorate the grand opening of their first official streetside shop, “AKB48 OFFICIAL SHOP HARAJUKU“.
This store will be located on the famous Harajuku shopping street, Takeshita Dori; for the time being, customers can only enter by making an appointment. Oota excitedly stated, “I’m happy because it makes me feel like an idol,” while Maeda mused, “I want to be a salesperson for a day.”
The concept of the shop is “After school in high school“. It will feature over 150 variety of items from original goods to snacks, even an original gelato. The interior is designed like a classroom, with a blackboard that’s covered by the members’ doodles. Iwasa, who made the finishing touches on the blackboard during the interview, commented, “Doodling on a blackboard is fun, it’s like staying after school. The shop is like a school, and it’s very cute. I want everyone to enjoy it, and like AKB48 even more.”
The store’s staff were also introduced at the press conference, all wearing cute uniforms. Maeda’s eyes gleamed as she said, “I would like to try it on.”
“AKB48 OFFICIAL SHOP HARAJUKU” will pre-open on July 27th and 28th, and will have its grand opening on the 30th. Reservations will be available through the shop’s official website.
The DVD for Studio Ghibli’s masterpiece, “Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro)” has managed to stay on the Oricon DVD Ranking chart for 500 weeks!
This DVD was released back on September 28th, 2001, and has stayed on the rankings for exactly nine years and ten months as of August 1st.This is the first DVD that’s managed to rank for 500 weeks ever since Oricon began its DVD chart in April of 1999.
“Tonari no Totoro” has sold over 1,084,000 copies in total, and although it’s only 9th place in the ‘Oricon Generation DVD Sales’ ranking, the DVD is known to sell twice as much during summer vacation, so that figure is expected to boost with this summer’s sales.
Other Studio Ghibli works in the TOP 100 DVD rankings are “Karigurashi no Arrietty (Arrietty)” (in 7th place), “Majo no Takkyuhaibin (Kiki’s Delivery Service)” (in 80th), and “Tenku no Shiro Laputa (Castle in the Sky)” (in 92nd).
Sandara Park releases an angelic CF for “Nikon”
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Nikon Imaging Korea has just released a jaw-dropping commercial with 2NE1‘s
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Actress Horikita Maki recently visited Jakarta, Indonesia to film a special report for NTV’s upcoming “24 Hour Television 34 ~Ai wa Chikyu wo Sukuu~” special.
Being the bookworm that she is, Horikita enjoyed helping the mobile library a lot and even tried to read the books outloud in Indonesian for the children on her final day. She also helped out during a puppet show, played some basketball with the children, and taught them origami as well.
The ladies of ZONE finally kicked off their one month-comeback promotions with a special stage on “Coming Soon!!“.
This week’s episode of “Coming Soon!!” held an exciting line-up of guests, which included highly-anticipated performances from ZONE and A.N. JELL.
On July 31st, Morning Musume’s Michishige Sayumi announced through her official blog that fellow member Ikuta Erina had cropped her hair.
KAT-TUN have finally unveiled the PV for their 16th single, “Run For You“!
On July 27th, AKB48 members Maeda Ami, Iwasa Misaki, and Oota Aika attended a press conference to commemorate the grand opening of their first official streetside shop, “AKB48 OFFICIAL SHOP HARAJUKU“.
The concept of the shop is “After school in high school“. It will feature over 150 variety of items from original goods to snacks, even an original gelato. The interior is designed like a classroom, with a blackboard that’s covered by the members’ doodles. Iwasa, who made the finishing touches on the blackboard during the interview, commented, “Doodling on a blackboard is fun, it’s like staying after school. The shop is like a school, and it’s very cute. I want everyone to enjoy it, and like AKB48 even more.”
“AKB48 OFFICIAL SHOP HARAJUKU” will pre-open on July 27th and 28th, and will have its grand opening on the 30th. Reservations will be available through the shop’s official website.
