MV Review: EMPiRE – This is EMPiRE SOUNDS
On July 11, EMPiRE released their new video for the song This is EMPiRE SOUNDS that can be found on...
MV Review: PIGGS – モナ・リザ (Mona Lisa)
When BILLIE IDLE disbanded in December 2019, it was unclear what iconic WACK idol Pour Lui would do next. In...
MV Review: WAgg – WAggの素晴らしき世界 (WAgg’s Wonderful World)
WAgg have been around since 2018. Officially the trainee group of WACK , whose past-members have gone on to be...
MV Review: MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN – 豆柴の大群－お送りするのは人生劇場－
You'd be forgiven if you didn't watch the MONSTER IDOL segments on TBS Suiyobi no Downtown (Wednesday's Downtown) which aired...
MV Review: GO TO THE BEDS – I don’t say sentiment
When music company WACK announced that GANG PARADE would be separated into two groups, PARADISE and GO TO THE BEDS, ...
Game Review: SHENMUE III
We go a bit back into time. The year is 2019, a continued fascination with the 1980s has sparked a...
MV Review: BiS – BASKET BOX
BASKET BOX marks the third music video from the third generation of BiS, and holds a familiar, late 90s to...
MV Review: Hinatazaka46 – JOYFUL LOVE
In Japan's highly competitive and almost overwhelming cookie-cutter world of idol culture, where everything feels manufactured, overpopulated, insincere and ultimately...
MV Review: EMPiRE – Have it my way
Disclaimer: If you are sensitive to clowns or suffer from Coulrophobia, then it is not advised to watch this video....
MV Review: BiS – STUPiD (NEW TYPE Ver.)
For those of us who purchased 2019's Brand-new idol Society, an album that has now been released over three generations,...
MV Review: BiS – DEAD or A LiME
It doesn't seem that long ago that BiS were in their second generation and their final release Are you Ready?...
Game Review: Shenmue II
The year is 2001, the SEGA Dreamcast is on its final leg, it's considered a failure commercially and SEGA has...
Game Review: Shenmue
The year was 1999, the Console Wars were over, the fifth generation was drawing to an end and having failed...
CD Review: 十四代目トイレの花子さん (14th Generation Toilet Hanako-san) – 大量虐殺 (Tairyou Gyakusatsu)
For those not familiar with 十四代目トイレの花子さん (14th Generation Toilet Hanako-san), this will hopefully serve as a taster of what to...
CD Review: BiSH – CARROTS and STiCKS
WACK superstars Chittiii, Atsuko, Momoko, Lingling, Aina and Ayuni D are back with their latest album CARROTS and STiCKS, their...
MV Review: BiSH – MORE THAN LiKE
Following the music video for DiSTANCE, which appeared to have very little feeling or heart behind its concept, BiSH have...
MV Review: BiSH – DiSTANCE
In arguably one of the coolest music videos of the year, BiSH return with their new track DiSTANCE, taken from...
MV Review: EMPiRE – SUCCESS STORY
It's easy to remember back when EMPiRE was a rumour around WACK fans, because they appeared the group that would...
MV Review: GANG PARADE – ブランニューパレード (BRAND NEW PARADE)
GANG PARADE, has had a rocky history, with the constant line-up and name changes, members being removed, re-added and substituted,...
MUTANT MONSTER brings NEKOKABURI back to Jimmy’s!
Anybody who has witnessed a MUTANT MONSTER show live, will not be surprised by the following review, but if like...
Live Report: The Final Night of Indie, Idol and Infamous
Birmingham has seen a surge of Japanese music events in these past few years, hosting such groups as Necronomidol, 2&...
J-Drama Review: Beach Boys
It's easy to forget that the year 2000 was almost two decades ago, in the nineteen years since the start...
MV Review: BiSH – I am me.
With the release of BiSH's third mini-album CARROTS this month, their new track I am me. is the complete polar...
MV Review: PassCode – PROJECTION
If you ever listened to PERFUME but wished they would release a metal album, then there is a chance that...
Cancellations and postponements of Japan-related events in 1 list
It is a difficult situation right now, because of the COVID-19 pandemic a lot of events are uncertain, got postponed...
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AVO interview with Lightning: “It’s very important for me to keep the essence of the Visual Kei spirit”
All the way from Reunion, an island of France, comes the Visual Kei artist Lightning. He started as part of...
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AVO Interview with Jupiter: “We always set our goal to beautiful, hard, and heavy”
After the CLASSICAL ELEMENT tour through Europe in 2014, the Melodic Metal band Jupiter will return for a 10-date European...
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AVO Interview with HITT: “Without music I would never have started talking or writing in English.”
HITT has been to Europe for shows before, but it has been a while since we have been able to...
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AVO Interview with Mugi of ZEROSHIKI: “Nothing would stop me from keeping the band going”
ZEROSHIKI will almost embark on a European tour, consisting of a few shows, including an opening show at the first...
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