New PV Alert: Hime Kyun Fruits Can – Kokoro Tsunagaru
For their opening theme contribution to NHK E-Tele’s “Pikaia!!”, Hime Kyun Fruits Can deliver an inspiring and uplifting song. Rich with string accompaniment, “Kokoro Tsunagaru” definitely piques my...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Hello! Pro Kenshusei Hokkaido – Real☆Little☆Girl
The Hello! Project Kenshusei system really paid dividends in the last few years, and has hatched about 80% of the current members of the Project. With this track record, it’s natural that the goings...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: NEVE SLIDE DOWN – Mellow Dawn
I know you’re out there, idol fans looking for that live band sound. NEVE SLIDE DOWN have you covered with this 1st major single. As the light transitions from the darkness, you’ll hear lot of guitar...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Gang Parade – Foul
“Foul” is the second single released by the 7-piece Gang Parade. The group starts with a location that looks a bit like a storage yard. The members look a bit glammed up with red lips shimmering and...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Yurumerumo! (You’ll Melt More!) – Furuete Yomigaere
To support thir new EP, Yurumerumo! release a noisy thrash-about promotional video. Now, if you don’t turn it off in the 40 seconds (I know you’re out there), you’ll get to a nice melody on top of a...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: ℃-ute – Final Squall
With the first volley from their triple a-side final single, ℃-ute get everyone wet with its “Final Squall”. For fans of Hello! Project, the song is a thank you for the years: the initial frames spell...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Cheeky Parade – Shout Along!
Cheeky Parade serve up a flashback to 1980’s coin-op video games with their new single “Shout Along!”. Pastel graphics pop and the girls are copy-pasted into a variety of virtual-looking, Max Headroom...
View ArticleNSK’s PV Power Hour 03/10/2017
The power crew talk about BiSH, BRATS, 2&, The Idol Formerly Known As LADYBABY, and Maison book girl. Recorded March 10th, 2017. Ending theme song: “Dave Drops The Bass” by Chase Lim AKA 13thBeat...
View ArticleEpisode Recap: AKBINGO Ep 432 (3.14.17)
AKBINGO! Air Date: 3/14/2017 Rating 7/10 Fans unveil how members of AKB48 behave in real life. Nothing actually surprising, but it’s still interesting to watch. The show focuses on the private life of...
View ArticleEpisode Recap: Odekake Ep 208 (3.16.17)
HKT48のおでかけ! Air Date: 3/16/2017 Rating 7/10 Sasshi has yet another new group to manage and HKT48 members have the same old Fukuoka prefecture to explore. Nothing special, but still a good show this...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: °C-ute – To Tomorrow
With the assembled leaders and subleaders of Hello! Project + the Kenshuusei backdancers from the “℃-ute Shinshun Concert 2017 ~℃OMPASS~” tour, the H!P senior group offer this elegant send-off. “To...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: TeddyLoid – TO THE END feat. Aina the End (BiSH)
lute Edition Black & Chrome Edition (モノクロ) Time to get up as BiSH’s Aina the End and TeddyLoid come together to bring you “TO THE END”. And, you have a choice to make: full color “lute Edition” or...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Sakidori Hasshinkyoku – It’s Show Time!
New idol group Sakidori Hasshinkyoku make their presence known with this new mish-mash of a song. An energetic and eclectic music mashup underscores a promotional video that (among other things) warns...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: °C-ute – The Curtain Rises
The third and final promotional video from °C-ute’s farewell single broke this morning. “The Curtain Rises” might seem the opposite title for a swan song of a single, but the optimist says that the...
View ArticleNSK’s PV Power Hour 03/17/2017
The power crew talk about Rev. from DVL, Hime Kyun Fruit Can, Hello Pro Kenshuusei Hokkaido, You’ll Melt More, uijin, and GANG PARADE. Recorded March 17th, 2017. Ending theme song: “Dave Drops The...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: ONEPIXCEL – sora
The electro-threesome return with the promotional video for their second single’s coupling track. “sora” keeps ONEPIXCEL in shades of blue with a gorgeous dance shot set against cold glass efficiency....
View ArticleEpisode Recap: AKBINGO Ep 433 (3.21.17)
AKBINGO! Air Date: 3/21/2017 Rating 8/10 AKBINGO! It’s time for a sports competition between idols. A great breakaway from the regular format of the show. Quite an unusual episode outside of normal...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: ONEPIXCEL – Time
ONEPIXCEL’s threesome quickly returns to the video screen the lead track from their second single. “Time” puts Ami, Ayaka, and Nanami inside the plate glass building we saw in “sora“. The blue palette...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: The Idol Formerly Known as LADYBABY – Pelo
The Idol Formerly Known as LADYBABY come back with the lead track from the group’s fifth single. This time, Rie and Rei are upgraded with lollipops and ballistics shooting from the tips of their...
View ArticleEpisode Recap: Odekake Ep 208 (3.23.17)
HKT48のおでかけ! Air Date: 3/23/2017 Rating 7/10 Odekake Wanted Part Two. Good show, but it’s pretty much just more of the same from last week. First of all, Sashihara and Goto had a completely random chat...
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