Making her debut on the New PV Alerts (albeit a delayed debut), Sayuri brings her 4th Ending Theme to the TV Anime “My Hero Academia”. “Koukai no Uta (航海の唄)” starts us with strings that are eventually usurped by the guitar arrangement and Sayuri’s distinctive vocals. If I had to characterize …
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Oha Girl from Girls² get their second single “Ohayo No Smile (おはようのスマイル)” a street date and a promotional video. Misaki, Yuzuha, Momoka, Kurea, and Youka give their subgroup a fresh pop sound and a basketball edge. The dance shot on a lavish stadium court punctuates images of the girls in …
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With her new lyric video “Do you believe that death exists? (Shi wa sonzai suru no ka, 死は存在するのか)”, Uchida Shuri delivers an existential single that you might not be ready for. After all, waxing on about life and death isn’t what most people want to hear from their 18 year …
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It feels like it’s been a while since we heard from Hachimitsu Rocket. But, they’re back again with their 5th single “ROCKET FUTURE”. With the departure of Amemiya Kanon, the group is down to six members but down in enthusiasm. The girls get a dance shot promotional video with a …
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Rounding things out for the latest =LOVE release “Zuruiyo zuruine”, the group push out the self-referential promotional video to “Oshi no iru sekai (推しのいる世界)”. The girls take turns performing as an idol group on stage and playing wota to themselves through the screen of their laptop (not unlike many of …
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Back with more from their latest and 2nd album, EMPiRE take things down to the forest. There, the girls spout branching appendages from their fontanelle. With their dance soundtrack, the girls give a dance performance to the creatures of the night of the wooded lands. In a particularly symbolic moment, …
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A new version of Wada Ayaka’s “Une Idole” makes it to the surface of the promotional video world. Rather than the travelogue of the previous PV (see it here), today we see Ayaka at a fashionable photo shoot. We also get some dates for the idol in Nagoya, Osaka, and …
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“Pajama DE tantebo (パジャマ DE タンテボー)” from Up Up Girls (2) features a fun, dance singalong with a cute pajama party. This spirited all-night slumber spectacular is taken from the latest from Up Up Girls (2), taken from the 1st album “Aoharu 1st”. On sale now. …
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The new BAND-MAID album gets some heavy support with the promotional video for its closing track. “Rinne (輪廻)” starts us off with a double kick assault that never lets up its intensity. The guitars lets some riffage loose before the singable chorus hooks you in. “Rinne” is shot completely on …
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RINGOMUSUME – 0 to 1 no sekai RINGOMUSUME – Ringo disco A new single promotional video for RINGOMUSUME’s 21st single “0 to 1 no sekai” features plenty of views of small town Japan sprinkled with longingly shot apples right off the tree. Also included here is a promotional video for …
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