Anime — JROCK NEWS

Hello Kitty brings peace to Gundam universe through power of friendship

31 January 2020

The trailer of the Gundam vs Hello Kitty crossover which many people first assumed was an early April fool's joke back in 2019, has slowly become a much bigger deal than initially anticipated. The collaboration...

Report: The cozy anime and Jrock oasis at Animé LA 2020

G Andrew White

28 January 2020

Anime, Entertainment

In this series, we will be reporting our experience at Animé Los Angeles. Running between January 9–12, 2020 at the Ontario Convention Center in California, we flew out to the west coast for the 16th fan-ope...

Interview: ZAQ’s heartfelt story on how anisong changed her life

Zephyr

27 January 2020

Anime, Interview

Among the various anisong artists that performed at Anime NYC 2019 convention at the Javits Center, we were lucky enough to be graced by the presence of ZAQ, a singer with a prolific body of work in not only an...

Interview with JAM Project: What sets opening and ending theme songs apart?

Zephyr

8 January 2020

Anime, Interview

JAM Project, an anisong unit that has been a force to be reckoned with for 20 years now, held a powerful performance at this AnimeNYC 2019 in Manhattan. The unit consists of five members in Japan and a special ...

Top 25 anime opening and ending songs 2019

NBT

23 December 2019

Anime, Entertainment, Music Video

Considering how hard it is to narrow down the greatest anime songs (anisong) every year, we decided to expand this year's list from 20 to 25 instead! It's been an amazing year of anime so to our best of abiliti...

sumika “Higher Ground” featured as “My Hero Academia” movie theme

edoh

20 December 2019

Anime, Music Video, New Band

sumika⁠—a four-man band from Kawasaki, Kanagawa⁠—is an indie rock band that started in 2013. Their new song, Higher Ground will be used for the animated film My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising that debuts in theat...

Lie and a Chameleon now signed to British label JPU Records

edoh

9 December 2019

Anime, Music Video, New Band

Lie and a Chameleon (嘘とカメレオン), a five-piece band from Tokyo formed in 2014 has been signed by JPU Records ahead of their first major single Mononoke in the Fiction, out on January 15, 2020. To tease their new o...

SCANDAL breaks into full sprint for “GeGeGe no Kitaro” anime with “A.M.D.K.J.”

G Andrew White

3 December 2019

Anime, Music Video, Releases

Toei Animation selects SCANDAL's A.M.D.K.J. for the ending theme to spirit-monster themed anime GeGeGe no Kitaro (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎). The upbeat tune will be in the manga series starting January 2020. Yet little is known...

Interview with Rayark’s CEO: DEEMO -Reborn- brings you closer to its reality

Zephyr

3 December 2019

Anime, Game, Interview

Many of you might be familiar with the critically acclaimed rhythm game "DEEMO" on Android, iOS, and Nintendo Switch. Last month we got the opportunity to try out the reborn version of the game on Playstation 4...

GRANRODEO’s explosive and packed-out show in Tokyo!

NBT

13 November 2019

Anime, Review

At the packed-out concert on August 24, GRANRODEO was performing on the stage at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo, a venue with a capacity of 2500, located right next to the 20-meter tall mecha Gundam statue. Not only w...

STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION’s first album is coming!

NBT

11 November 2019

Anime, Releases

With STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION (SDF) stepping into the game again after being inactive for three years, a new single was recently released, the speedy song Chronos. What we want to get into today is however someth...

Rumbless. performs metal cover of “Gurenge”, Demon Slayer theme song

NBT

9 November 2019

Anime, Music Video

The fairly new and promising visual kei band Rumbless. is stepping up their game by entering a new territory, anisong covers! This is their first cover song uploaded onto their YouTube and it feature's the open...

Underground drain that saves lives from typhoons doubles as rock music video hotspot

NBT

29 October 2019

Anime, Entertainment, Music Video

Typhoons in Japan has always been a serious issue, in the past, being trapped in a flooded city was just part of life. But after 13 years and 3 billion dollars of construction, in 2006, the world's largest unde...

Report: Celebrating 20 years of anime music at “Lantis Matsuri 2019 ~ARIGATO ANISONG~”

afaenia

8 October 2019

Anime, Review

It was an overcast Sunday in Chiba and the station area was busy just as one would expect on a weekend. But not just with the usual crowd of shoppers—anime fans in their thousands, clad in bright shirts emblazo...