“Good bye & Good luck!” from Juice=Juice’s 11th single, completes the trio of PVs from that single with a casual date for the send off of one of the newest members and one of the original members. I’m convinced that the graduation of Yanagawa Nanami is the driving force behind …
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“Potsuri to (ポツリと, Solitary)”, the emotional second side of Juice=Juice’s triple A-side release, finds the girls exploring loneliness. A monochromatic look seeps into the both the sets and the outfits perhaps to underscore the sentiment of the song. Songwriter/Composer Nakajima Takui expresses the loneliness with long lines with nary a …
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The 11th single from Hello! Project’s Juice=Juice is both a first and a last: the first single with former Country Girls member Inaba Manaka and the last to feature leader Miyazaki Yuka and Yanagawa Nanami. “Bitansan”, the first promotional video from the triple A-side “Bitansan / Potsuri to / Good …
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Hello! Single release decided to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the project’s birth! Each active group – Morning Musume. ‘Hello! Project Hello!’ 18, Anjulm, Juice = Juice, Country Girls, Fist Factory, Tsubaki Factory and New Group, Leader of Ika Ika, New Groups Enrolled by Takase Kurumi · Momomi Seino 20th …
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Completing their promotional video cycle for the Hello! Project All Stars, the company releases to us the choral “Hana, Takenawa no Toki”. The girls of Hello! Project stand shoulder to shoulder to sing the multi-voiced “Flowers, in the best moment”. Like how sakura represents youth (as seen in every anime …
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The second of three Hello! Project 20th Anniversary songs materializes on YouTube today with the release of the promotional video for “Akogare no Stress-free”. Shot with an endless supply of solo close-ups, the girls of Hello! Project put on their latest release outfits for a shuffling of the deck style …
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The 20th anniversary of Hello! Project ushers in the latest iteration of a company wide “sub-group” in the form of the Hello! Project All Stars and their corresponding promotional video “YEAH YEAH YEAH”. H!P leader Wada Ayaka starts us off with a well-deserved spotlight as she takes her place in …
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Juice = Juice 10th New Single! It is a long-awaited new single for the first time in a year of Juice = Juice who made a world tour, single Nihon Budokan performances with seven players. Regular Edition comes with random trading card Limited Edition comes with DVD containing music video. …
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In stark contrast to the black & white sensuality of “SEXY SEXY”, Juice=Juice release the irrepresibly cute vision of “Vivid Midnight”. The first thing we see here is vivid color color COLOR! The pinks and purple literally smacks the eye. Dolled up in skirts colored in two shades of pink …
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Sexy synth waves start things off for “SEXY SEXY”, the latest Juice=Juice promotional video. Breathy vocals whisper “SEXY SEXY” in your ear before more vocal fireworks erupt from the throats of some of Hello! Project’s best group of vocalists (just LISTEN to Dambara Ruru!). The sounds and looks of computer …
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