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Interview: Unraveling DIR EN GREY’s hidden depth, beyond the facade

24 May 2024

The long-awaited DIR EN GREY European tour finally took place, marking their overseas return after the global pandemic. What DIR EN GREY had in store for us this time was a two-day concert format, allowing fans...

Report: BABYMETAL’s high-intensity performance rocks London in sold-out show

Sizergyia and Narine

6 February 2024

Report and review

The number of heavy metal idol groups has grown substantially over the last decade and a bit, with BABYMETAL at the forefront of it all. BABYMETAL in 2023 saw them release their conceptual fourth album, THE OTH...

Interview with JUNNA: The powerful voice making waves in anime!

NBT, Erica, Narine, Omatsu and Peertje

2 June 2023

Interview, Releases

JUNNA is an emerging prodigy making waves in the world of Jpop, Jrock, and anime music. This extraordinary talent burst onto the scene at a mere 16 years old, captivating audiences with her commanding and soul-...

Interview with Rimi Nishimoto (Poppin’Party) and Haruka Kudo (Roselia): “BanG Dream! changed my entire life”

NBT, Narine, Rin and Peertje

15 March 2022

Interview

Last year in 2021, ANIPLUS Café held an online meet-and-greet "ANIPLUS Online Café" with two charming members from the "BanG Dream!" franchise. Joining the event was bassist Rimi Nishimoto who voices the charac...

Interview with NECRONOMIDOL: Vanguards of idols

NBT, Narine and Peertje

7 December 2021

Interview

NECRONOMIDOL is an idol unit with many unique qualities that make them stand out, especially among the cookie-cutter performers we normally come across. Describing themselves as an "ultra-dark" unit, there is a...

Interview: Unraveling the dark and mysterious NANO

NBT and Narine

25 April 2021

Interview, JROCK ONSEN, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

NANO has just released the self-produced mini-album ANTHESIS so we took the opportunity to not only speak about the album, but also NANO's mysterious past. Being bilingual, born and raised in New York, to la...

Interview: Life of a concert photographer

edoh+, Zephyr and Narine

3 July 2020

Featured, Interview

Alright alright, we already know COVID has shutdown or postponed most, if not all, concerts and tours around the world. Now we have perfect opportunity to sit down with our resident concert photographers at JRO...

Interview with Shinya: How DIR EN GREY evolves with every live show

Sizergyia and Narine

30 April 2020

Interview

DIR EN GREY took to Europe once more in less than two years, making their return sooner rather than later. Near the end of its tour titled "TOUR20 This Way to Self-Destruction", we met up with the band in Londo...

Live report: HOTEI at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 2018

Narine

4 December 2018

Featured, Report and review

The finale of Hotei’s European tour had finally reached the awaited London show on October 20, 2018. The O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire was organised differently from the usual standing layout and seats had been arr...

Interview: Guitar god HOTEI talks Fist of Northern Star and David Bowie

Narine

12 November 2018

Featured, Interview, Report and review

Hotei Tomoyasu (布袋寅泰), internationally famous for his music in Kill Bill, is a musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning over 35 years. Playing alongside legendary names including The Rolling Stone...

Video Interview: DEADLIFT LOLITA challenges Napoleon and Genghis Khan

Narine

28 August 2018

Featured, Interview

The two strongest kawaii stars in the universe, LADYBEARD and Reika Saiki from DEADLIFT LOLITA shared their thoughts on the upcoming Olympics in 2020, who they'd like to wrestle and also tips on becoming more c...

Interview: MIYAVI on his role in Bleach, values, and inspirations from hide

Narine

30 April 2018

Featured, Interview, Report and review

The sun was unusually brilliant for the UK on April 21, marking the second European tour date for MIYAVI's Day2 World Tour as if the heavens knew the Japanese guitar samurai would be visiting. In a room adjacen...

MIYAVI’s “Long Nights” EP features Afghan refugee rapper Sonita

Narine

14 March 2018

Releases

At the beginning of the year, MIYAVI announced he will be releasing a new EP every month starting from March without any prior notice or information of the content. The wait is finally over as MIYAVI drops two ...

MIYAVI becomes Byakuya Kuchiki for upcoming Bleach movie

Narine

10 March 2018

Anime, Entertainment

MIYAVI will be returning to the silver screen again as it has been confirmed that he will be joining the cast of the upcoming Bleach Live Action movie. The supernatural movie revolves around "Soul Reapers" (dea...

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