Music Video

Dec 23, 2019

Anime, Entertainment, Music Video

Considering how hard it is to narrow down the greatest anime songs (anison) 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 abilitie...

XaaXaa lose themselves in “Iraira Suru Ame” music video

Dec 22, 2019

Music Video, New Look, Releases

XaaXaa will release single Iraira Suru Ame on February 5, 2020, and have already revealed the off-the-rails music video for it which sees the band performing in a vacant building.https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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

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Dec 20, 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...

gulu gulu’s “Kubiwa Kyouiku no Susume” deals with effects of domestic violence

Dec 18, 2019

Music Video, New Look, Releases

gulu gulu released single Kubiwa Kyouiku no Susume on November 5, however, it wasn't until recently that the band revealed its music video!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxtkWe-y9PwFocusing on the boy ...

NAZARE’s “INNOCENCE” video presents intricate metal ballad

Dec 15, 2019

NAZARE released their single INNOCENCE on November 20 and are offering additional bonus content if you purchase this release and attend their first-anniversary one-man show at TSUTAYA O-WEST on January 12, 2020...

UVERworld’s cool studio live of “Making it Drive” and “stay on” at Avaco Studio

Dec 13, 2019

UVERworld finally dropped their long-awaited and much-anticipated 10th album UNSER on December 4 with a total of 15 songs and three editions.However, this wasn't without giving us a taste of what to expect ...

MAKE MY DAY’s 2nd album “Mind Haven” is mosh worthy!

Dec 13, 2019

The Tokyo-based post-hardcore and metalcore band MAKE MY DAY has announced their second full album Mind Haven for a January 29, 2020 release. The upcoming album features some heavy songs which fans have already...

L’Arc-en-Ciel lets you stream 487 of its songs worldwide!

Dec 10, 2019

As promised by L'Arc-en-Ciel, the important news which they referred to last week has finally been unveiled! For the first time in history, L'Arc-en-Ciel has made 487 of its songs available on major streaming s...

Lie and a Chameleon now signed to British label JPU Records

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Dec 9, 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...

L’Arc-en-Ciel opens YouTube channel and teases important announcement!

Dec 4, 2019

Band status, Entertainment, Music Video

Fans worldwide can now enjoy L'Arc-en-Ciel's content through their newly launched YouTube Official Artist Channel. As of writing, the channel has gained about 100 thousand subscribers in just a day, with videos...

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

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Dec 3, 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...

JILUKA updates music video “Screamer -2019 XND-” for best-of album “XANADU”

Nov 27, 2019