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Orange Range sings theme for “Lost Time Life” – Tokyograph
I blogged about this a couple of days ago but I didn’t have a title for the song at the time so this is really an update. ORANGE RANGE is providing the theme song for the Fuji TV drama series ‘Lost Time Life,’ which premieres on February 2. The song is a love ballad titled…
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ORANGE RANGE announces first CD single release of 2008
ORANGE RANGE will release a new single — yet to be titled (does this mean that they have now until the middle of February to compose/record/produce a song?! 😛 ) — on March 5, 2008. The single follows the band’s hit song “Ikenai Taiyo” which was released in July 2007. (Via bounce.com.)
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Joutou (best) of 2007
What’s a blog without a Best of 2007 list? I’ve been planning to do one for a couple of weeks now but you know how that goes so here it is, barebones and just in for the final day of 2007. BEST ALBUM Artist: Kazutoshi Matsuda Title: Diigunii Genre: Shimauta Released: 6/15/2007 It took him…
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D-51 to release their first best of album in February
Having a best-of album released after only three full-albums in the US would probably be a subtle hint by the record company that the artist is not selling as much as they had in the past. In release-happy Japan though, where an artist normally releases an album a year, a best-of album can be a…
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Yanawarabaa announces new single for 2008
Ishigakijima J/O-pop duo Yanawarabaa announced a new single for 2008, “Sakura” (2/6/08), which will be released in two versions: CD+DVD (the DVD featuring live footage from their “Utagusui” tour) and a CD-only version (it’ll be an enhanced CD featuring a photo slideshow of the duo). “Sakura” will be used as the theme song for the…
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HandMC announces new double A-side single for 2008
Striking while the andagi’s still hot, our favorite J-rock band, HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR (HandMC, Haikara), announced a new double A-side single for 2008: “Flashback/Komorebi no Uta.” The single, which will be released on February 27, will be the band’s 12th with “Flashback” being an uptempo rocker and “Komorebi no Uta” a slow ballad featuring…
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More drama theme songs announced – Tokyograph
News of new albums/singles for release in 2008 by artists slowly trickle in as we close 2007 and the latest is J-pop singer melody.’s “Haruka” which will be the theme song for TBS’s “Daisuki!!” The singer’s last single to be used as a theme song in a drama was 2005’s “realize” for “Dragon Zakura.” (Via…
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Yu Yamada stars in Japan’s own “200 Pounds Beauty” – Tokyograph
Actress Yu Yamada has landed her first starring role in a movie, titled ‘Kanna-san, Daiseikou Desu!’ Directed by Koichi Inoue, the film draws from the same source as last year’s Korean hit comedy ‘200 Pounds Beauty,’ which starred Kim Ah-jung. ‘Kanna-san, Daiseikou Desu!’ is originally a manga by Yumiko Suzuki. It tells the story of…
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