Move over Hello Kitty, Yoshikitty pounces ahead to top three in Sanrio ranking
This year’s results mark the highest ranking ever for Yoshikitty, who has now placed in the top 10 for three years in a row for Sanrio's Character Ran...
Visual Aesthetics: Lovely Lolita
One of the most important aspects of visual kei artists are the looks. In Visual Aesthetics, we will highlight specific hairstyles, costumes, accessor...
UMBRELLA by HIZUMI (D’espairsRay) collaborates with GANSHIN to produce exclusive goods
HIZUMI who in the past partook as the vocalist in D'espairsRay is continually expanding his design and fashion brand UMBRELLA to make it more accessib...
Nissin summons black metal ramen from the depths of hell
From the bowels of the netherworld, famous instant noodle maker, Nissin, has summoned a new heavy metal ramen that's not for the faint-hearted. From t...
Moi-même-Moitié 2018 product showcase
Yesterday, Mana showed us his personal favorite Moi-même-Moitié items. Did you guys read it? Did we put you in a Moitié-craving mood? If Mana's though...
Exclusive: Mana shares top 5 Moi-même-Moitié items
Yesterday, we talked at length in a personal interview with a member of Moi-même-Moitié's staff. Among other things, Andrea shared with us which Moit...
MIYAVI beats Ichigo’s ass effortlessly in new BLEACH trailer
The release for the live-action adaptation of BLEACH is drawing closer! In one of the latest movie trailer released, we are able to witness one of the...
Mana: History of the pioneering Gothic Lolita guitarist
Mana is one of the names that every Jrock fan must have encountered in the past.
Yesterday we kickstarted our Mana and Moitié week by going through...
Artist Interview: Exploring the mysterious visions of Mysano’s mind
We're onto the final artist interview for this series and we hope you have enjoyed reading these as much as we have had fun speaking to the passionate...
Moving to Japan to become an enka singer, Jero’s story
YouTube channel Great Big Story recently had a piece where they introduce the very first "black enka singer" in Japan's history, a man with roots in J...
Glam grunge inspired makeup tutorials with Sichen
Our collection of makeup artists has so far been for dramatic looks, so Sichen from sichenmakeupholic is definitely for those aiming for a lighter eve...
Reproduce the GazettE NINTH’s glitchy artwork effect, no skills required!
the GazettE has been promoting their album NINTH extensively as of recently, by now, we've been exposed to all sort of glitchy and weird teasers. Most...
Artist Interview: Fall in love with the realistic art of mizukimchi
Continuing on with our series to showcase beautiful fanart in the Jrock community, today we will be talking to mizukimchi who specialises in realistic...
Top 3 best mobile rhythm games (Android and iOS)
Without me telling you this, we all know there is a bunch of Japanese music that goes undiscovered regardless of how exceptional the music may be. So ...