AIMI’s Official Website has announced the first CD from AIMI since 2018’s release of AIMILION. When working on the CD AIMI was thinking of her upcoming trip to the United States. On June 7th AIMI will make her international solo-debut at AnimeNEXT, and the limited CD will be sold at the convention. There will be a presale at her live …
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Japan Night 2019 will be hitting NYC this weekend, May 12th! Two concerts, two locations, featuring some of Japan’s top acts. HYDE of L’Arc~en~ciel and VAMPS fame with support from WagakkiBand will be at the Playstation Theater in Times Square at 5PM. Headlining at SONY Hall is MISIA with support from Puffy Amiyumi at 8PM. Japan Night is billed as …
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It has been announced that AIMI will make her overseas solo debut at AnimeNEXT! AnimeNEXT is a large anime convention in Atlantic City New Jersey, taking place on June 7th, 2019 at the Atlantic City Convention Center. AIMI previously made her convention debut at AnimeNEXT in 2010. Now 9 years later AIMI once again returns to the United States and …
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To commemorate her 20th anniversary, Hikaru Utada embarked on her first domestic tour in 12 years last Novemeber though December of 2018. The tour, labeled “Laughter in the Dark” opened in Yokohama Arena, the venue of her final concert before going on hiatus in 2010. The actual date of her anniversary was the last day of the tour on December …
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Meet a band with an empowering message. In Japan the Kawaii aesthetic can cause a lot of anxiety and social pressure on individuals, and young women in particular. However a new concept started by the band Chai is challenging this. Although composed of 4 women, don’t think of them as a girl-band. Just call them a band, and leave it …
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AIMI has updated the Mirai Mode Crowd-Funded Campaign with a stretch goal! If the goal of $10,000 is achieved, the following will be added: “We will deliver [an] English subtitled DVD with the following contents to all backers as additional reward.” · Documentary video shot at the album recording and behind the scenes. · Music video of the album lead …
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2016 marked a big year for AIMI with the rebirth of her solo activities. Not since 2014 did we have a physical or digital release of music from AIMI with the dual single releases by Alice in Underground (Love Zon e no Touhi and Party★Zon no Gyakushuu). Finally AIMI in September of 2016, through extremely limited release, brought us “Demo …
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SHISHAMO released their 5th single “Natsu no Koibito”[Summer Lover] on September 7. “Natsu no Koibito” is SHISHAMO’s first ballad single yet still manages to preserve their mellow, upbeat sound. The artwork for the single jacket is drawn by Asako as usual. The single is being sold for 1,000 yen and contains two tracks: “Natsu no Koibito” and the coupled song …
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Draft King has begun auditions to find their new vocalist! Details for said auditions have been released by Draft King through Twitter and provide a glimpse of what to expect from here on out. Draft King is looking for: – A 15-25 year old female (consent of guardian is needed for those under 20) – Someone who loves to sing …
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Although some time has passed, Rick Rack has returned from their hiatus and have returned to their live activities. In order to clear the lack of information on their activities, this post will be the first of a two part series of Rick Rack digests. The first covering the hiatus and the next covering their activities since their comeback at …
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