VIDOLL : LIVE IN TAIWAN

The band will have be performing in Taipei on March 27th!

Date：2011.3.27
Time：17：00 doors / 18：00 start
Location：TheWALL, Taipei
Tickets price：1,500NTD
Tickets sale：2011.2.25
Sponsored by：TheWALL Music
Contact：ticket@thewall.com.tw
URL： http://www.indievox.com/a/thewall/page/home/tp

Credit : Edohsama

Nakagawa Shoko hangs out with T.M.Revolution

Otaku idol Nakagawa Shoko updated her official blog with a picture of herself and Nishikawa Takanori – also known as T.M.Revolution – sharing a meal together.

“Today was such a wonderful day! Nishikawa Takanori… invited me out!!!!! …We had an amazing time talking about life, anime, all sorts of stuff while eating a warm meal together,” Shocotan blogged excitedly about her “date” with the famous singer.
T.M.Revolution is well-known for contributing a song titled “HEART OF SWORD ~Yoake Mae~” to the popular anime “Rurouni Kenshin,” of which Shocotan is a huge fan. She has previously covered the Rurouni Kenshin-related tunes “1/2″ and “Sobakasu” for her own anisong cover albums, so her meeting with Nishikawa was even more special.
“I was so shocked to find out that ‘HEART OF SWORD’ means ‘kenshin’ (in Japanese),” the nerdy idol pondered, referring to the name of the anime’s main character. “Thanks to BASARA, the energy of Nishikawa-sama’s song made me smile and remember scenes (from the game). Uwaaaaaa~ I really can’t even put my gratitude into words!!!!!”
Shocotan received a copy of T.M.Revolution’s single “Save the One, Save the All,” which was released last December, as a special memento of their fun meeting.

Korean girl group 2NE1 to debut in Japan this spring with “GO AWAY”

4 member Korean girl group, 2NE1, will finally debut in Japan. The group is known for their R&B-electric sound, their cool dance performances and their colorful fashion.
When AVEX saw 2NE1’s high quality performances, their unique fashion sense and their achievements in Korea; the company immediately began contract negotiations to bring them to Japan. This past October, they officially signed the group to their label.
2NE1 will debut in Japan this spring with the Japanese version of their Korean track,“GO AWAY”; the Japanese lyrics will be about a strong girl. On March 9^th, Recochoku will release “GO AWAY” as a Chaku Uta (ringtone) that fans can download. The girls are looking to advance not only in Japan, but America as well. The group’s leader, CL (19), commented, “You’ve all waited a long time for us to debut in Japan. We’ll do our best to live up to your expectations”.
Statement on AVEX’s official website:

“2NE1 will be having their long-awaited Japanese debut this spring with the single “GO AWAY”!
“CAN’T NOBODY (ENG VER)” will also be included. We’ll update you with the official release date with details as soon as it’s determined. “GO AWAY” will be released as a Chaku Uta (r) on March 9th~”

Hollywood to remake the “Space Battleship Yamato” live-action film?

According to the American entertainment news website, “Deadline”, Skydance Productions is looking into turning the classic 1970s anime series “Star Blazers” (“Space Battleship Yamato”) into a live-action film.
For people who are not familiar with the anime, “Star Blazers” was the title of the English dubbed version of the anime “Space Battleship Yamato” that just saw a Japanese live-action adaption starring Kimura Takuya.
Skydance recently made a deal with Paramount and co-financed the highly successful “True Grit” that is up for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture. Apparently Skydance is trying to get Christopher McQuarrie (“The Usual Suspects”, “Valkyrie”) as the screenwriter for this project.
What are your thoughts on Hollywood’s attempt to remake this classic space opera?

Leah Dizon divorces husband

Last October, we reported that American talent Leah Dizon (24) was allegedly headed for divorce. On February 22nd, her agency announced that she divorced her husband (a stylist) at the end of last year.

Leah married her husband in October 2008, and in April 2009, they gave birth to their first child, a baby girl named Mira. According to Leah’s agency, Leah currently has custody of Mira.

Leah is currently staying in America with her daughter to study acting, and she will allegedly return to Japan when she can find work.

Film adaptation of “K-ON!” finally reveals release date!

tokyohive reported all the way back in September that the popular anime “K-ON!” would be adapted into a film, and details on this highly-anticipated release have finally been revealed!

During the February 20th event, “TV Anime ‘K-ON!’ Live Event ~Come With Me~”, it was announced that the movie version of the anime will be coming to theaters across Japan on December 3rd of 2011.
The popular series will also be making its manga comeback in the spring of this year after being dormant for nearly six months.  More information about the “K-ON!” manga will be included in the April edition of “Manga Time Kirara,” the magazine in which “K-ON!” is published.

Hamasaki Ayumi discovers how dedicated some of her fans are

Pop queen Hamasaki Ayumi was recently stunned by one of her international fans, who had his love for Ayumi etched into him permanently.
The fan uploaded a picture of his new tattoo – an exact copy of the tattoo Ayu currently has on her right shoulder – along with the message, “At last i have my FAN-TATTOO xD hope ayu_19980408 (Ayu’s Twitter username) will see it someday :D“. Luckily for him, the message was successfully relayed to Ayu, who replied, “OMG!!! Is that real???”

The star got inked a few years ago while still dating TOKIO member Nagase Tomoya, when the couple decided to get matching, winged half-hearts. After the Nagase and Ayu split, she updated the tattoo into a full heart with a crown and has been sporting it since.

New teaser for Matsuyama Kenichi’s and Ashida Mana’s “Usagi Drop”

 

Back in August it was announced that Matsuyama Kenichi and the very popular child actress Ashida Mana will be starring together in a movie called “Usagi Drop“, directed by the much-acclaimed director SABU.
The movie will all be about a heart warming story in which a clumsy guy named Daikichi (Kenichi), who is single and has no girlfriend, ends up in a situation where he has to start living with the six year-old level-headed girl called Rin (Ashida). The girl is an illegitimate child of his dead grandfather and while his relatives discuss to put her in a foster home, Daikichi suddenly declares that he is going to raise her himself.
Actress Karina is going to co-star alongside Matsuyama and Ashida. The rest of the cast is also made up of a wonderful ensemble of actors such as  Ikewaki Chidzuru, Kimura Ryo, Kitaki Mayu, Ayano Go, Fubuki Jun and Nakamura Baijaku.

ViViD announces new tour for 2011

Visual kei band ViViD has just updated their official website with tour dates for an upcoming tour, “ViViD ONEMAN LIVE TOUR 2011 ‘Dear…ViViD COLORS’”!

The tour hosts a total of nine different performances across Japan, with tickets costing ￥3,900 (about $42 USD) per person. Reservations for the final performance on May 15th will cost ￥4,500 (approximately $52 USD). All tickets can be purchased through the online websites provided on this page.
Source: ViViD’s Official Website

AKB48’s Takahashi Minami & Maeda Atsuko go to see “GANTZ”

 

On February 19th, AKB48’s leader, Takahashi Minami, and AKB48’s ace, Maeda Atsuko, both met up to watch “GANTZ” at the movie theatres.
The two met up after work to see the movie, which they had been promising to do for quite some time. Afterwards, both girls expressed that they were pretty impressed with “GANTZ”, but were also scared.
Maeda blogged, “It’s been a really long time since I’ve seen a movie with such power. I…held my breath like 10 times x_X I spent the entire time watching it while sitting really close to Takamina haha. It was great. Even now, the two of us are still excited about it.”
Takahashi also commented in her blog, “In the beginning we watched and ate popcorn, but when the aliens came, I had to stop because my hands were trembling lol lol. In conclusion…..!!!!!! It was really interesting!!!!! The onion aliens were awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to read the manga!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol lol”
However, the girls were most impressed with actor Yamada Takayuki. Takahashi wrote, “Atsuko and I said this at the same time…”I can still feel Yamada-san’s presence!!!!””.
The girls are now waiting for the sequel and Takahashi left a final comment to those who haven’t seen the movie yet: “Definitely head on over to the theatre!!!!!!!”
Sources: Maeda Atsuko’s Official Blog & Takahashi Minami’s Official Blog

Girugamesh will GO to NEW YORK.

The hard hitting Japanese rock band girugamesh is gearing up for their first ever US tour. With the help of Jhouse-Rock Ent. girugamesh will include a multi-city stop in the US as part of their on going world tour Here we go!! which begins this March in Europe.

In addition to their previously announced performance at Anime Boston and their concert in Philadelphia, a new concert has been announced for April 26th at the Crash Mansion in New York.

Tickets will be available from February 25th through Brown Paper Tickets. Limited VIP tickets will be available at a later date through JHouserock. An additional date for Baltimore, Maryland is expected to be announced soon.

Source : jame-world

LM.C's tour in TAIWAN AND THAILAND!

Credits : haooomaru via syncmusic

LM.C is going on a live tour in Taiwan and Bangkok, Thailand!!
この度、LM.Cの海外公演が台湾、タイ・バンコクで開催決定！！“~Go To The 5th Anniversary~”

LM.C LIVE TOUR 2011 in Taiwan
3/25/2011 (Fri) The WALL Taipei, Taiwan
OPEN 19:00 / START 20:00
Pre-sale ticket price: 1,500 TWD

Ticketing started on 1/1/2011
Ticketing info: E-MAIL　ticket@thewall.com.tw
Venue info: http://www.thewall.com.tw/


LM.C LIVE TOUR 2011 in Thailand
3/27/2011 (Sun) Centerpoint Playhouse Bangkok, Thailand
OPEN 18:00 / START 19:00
Ticketing info: TBA
Venue info: http://www.bectero.com/

VISTLIP : free live! (vip only)

Credits : rukiGazeRock via musicjapan+

After their sudden car accident last year, vistlip had been going on hiatus for an undefined amount of time. However, they are now taking a step forwards again.
"Keeping our memories of her cherished in our hearts, along with the irreplaceable cherished companions, to an irreplaceable important place, we will be delivering our music once again."
These lines were written by Tohya in his blog and the other members also wrote down their feelings of gratitude.

Accordingly, the band will be holding their "V.I.P. LiST Only LIVE!!" in March as a first step, which has been revealed recently. However, this is not just a fan club live, but also free at that. Applications are currently open for the time from February 17th to March 1st. We hope you all keep supporting vistlip in the future as well.

V.I.P. LiST Only LIVE!!
Date: 2011/03/17 　
Place: Harajuku Astro Hall, Tokyo
OPEN 17:30 / START 18:30

“ONE PIECE” takes over Yamanote Line and Shueisha

 

With the popular manga “ONE PIECE” having over 200 million copies in print, the manga will now take over JR’s Yamanote Line starting on February 17th. The campaign will last for two weeks until March 1st, as the straw hat pirates take over the train’s advertisement boards and monitors. This marks the first time JR has done a collaboration and made everything manga-fied.
Out of an 11 car train, cars 2 through 10 will be filled with popular scenes from all of the characters in the manga. Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, and Brook will cover the inside of the cars.
In addition to that, Shueisha will be having a campaign of their own due to the 200 million copy mark. The covers of all their magazines will be plastered withcharacters from ONE PIECE, regardless of genre. So whether it’s a fashion magazine or a literary magazine, they will all have covers with “ONE PIECE” characters on them.

Author of “ONE PIECE”, Oda Eiichiro earns over ￥2 billion a year

 

Reaching a circulation figure of 200,000,000 copies, Oda Eiichiro’s “ONE PIECE“ has a huge following not only in Japan, but amongst international manga readers as well. So considering its fame, just how much does the “ONE PIECE” author make a year?
On the December 22nd issue of “Shukan Bunshun“, it was reported that Oda Eiichiro annually makes over ￥2 billion (approximately $23,920,584)!  According to the magazine, the mangaka earns about ￥1.3 billion from royalties, and ￥750 million from second-party usage fees for the characters.
It’s not easy being the mastermind behind the “Straw Hats Pirates“, but someone’s got to do it! Kudos to Mr. Oda, it’s definitely well-deserved!

Aldious New Single: Mermaid. Cover Art & Track List

Really like the cover!

[Track list]
01.Mermaid
02.Confusion
03.Eversince
04.Mermaid(instrumental)
05.Confusion(instrumental)

Release Date:  6th April 2011

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Beyonndddd ze frontierrrrr ~

The “Hagane no Renkinjutsushi FESTIVAL 2011” is scheduled to take place at the Yoyogi National Stadium on May 21^st and 22^nd.
This event will host the main voice actor cast for “Hagane no Renkinjutsushi” as well as those in charge of the “Hagane no Rekinjutsushi FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST” ending theme song: SCANDAL, Nakagawa Shoko, Fukuhara Miho and Lil’B. Additional cast members and artists are scheduled to be added later.
The tickets for the May 22^nd performance are now on sale. The additional performance on May 21^st is also currently taking pre-order requests.

Park Romi (Edward Elric), Kugimiya Rie (Alphonse Elric), Takamoto Megumi (Winry Rockbell), Miki Shinichirou (Roy Mustang), Arikasa Fumiko (Riza Hawkeye), Fujiwara Keiji (Maes Hughes)

SCANDAL, Nakagawa Shoko, Fukuhara Miho, Lil’B

Kitagawa Keiko attends presentation for “ALLIE” sunscreen

Actress, Kitagawa Keiko, attended a presentation on the 17^th for Kanebo Cosmetics’ sunscreen brand “ALLIE”.
Kitagawa did PR for the new item, “As soon as the product touches your skin; it feels moist to the touch. Ultra-violet rays are also strong in the winter, so if you wear ALLIE’s newsunscreen, you can enjoy your time outside while your skin gets moisturized.”
Kanebo Cosmetics commented, “Sunscreen is important for those with beautiful white skin. This product is a fine quality that is both strong and gentle at the same time. This dignified atmosphere really suits our brand image.”
The CM for “ALLIE” will begin airing in April.

Hamasaki Ayumi attempts to overcome her height for basketball

 

“J-Pop Queen” Hamasaki Ayumi recently posted an amusing picture of herself on her official Twitter, making fans laugh at her adorable efforts to conquer her small stature.

Ayumi tweeted a blurry “action shot” of herself trying to play basketball, along with the caption, “Hmmmmmmmmm …trying.” The famous J-Pop singer stands at a mere 157 cm (5′1″), a height only exaggerated by the basketball hoop looming above her.

Fans cheered her on, commenting, “Go, Ayu, go!”, “Were you able to score?”, and “You can do it!”

Source: Hamasaki Ayumi’s Official Twitter

Maximum the Hormone : Japan Tour 2011!!

Yes, they are coming to Europe (Germany) THANKS ANNI :

MAXIMUM THE HORMONE - Konzertticket Hamburg 24.06.2011

MAXIMUM THE HORMONE - Konzertticket Köln 25.06.2011

They are coming to France, to the Hellfest (already posted)

Right now, we have their Japan tour dates as follow :

GREATEST THE HITS TOUR 2011

-4.Apr.2011-Venue:Zepp NAGOYA(AICHI,JP) -13.Apr.2011-Venue:SHINKIBA STUDIO COAST(TOKYO,JP) -18.Apr.2011-Venue:Zepp FUKUOKA(FUKUOKA,JP) -21.Apr.2011-Venue:LOTS(NIIGATA,JP) -25.Apr.2011-Venue:Hatch(OSAKA,JP)

'til then, stay tuned!

Source : official website