Sat, March 15, 2008 (2:22pm EDT)
The 2008 SPACE SHOWER Music Video Awards took place on Saturday at the Nippon Budokan. The biggest winner of the night was BUMP OF CHICKEN, as "Hana no Na" picked up three categories: Best Video of the Year, Best Group Video, and the fan-voted Best Your Choice.
Motohiro Hata won Best Male Video with "Uroko," and Namie Amuro won Best Female Video with "Hide & Seek." 9mm Parabellum Bullet took Best New Artist Video for "Discommunication."
The complete awards list is posted in the forums.
Motohiro Hata won Best Male Video with "Uroko," and Namie Amuro won Best Female Video with "Hide & Seek." 9mm Parabellum Bullet took Best New Artist Video for "Discommunication."
The complete awards list is posted in the forums.
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Sat, March 15, 2008 (7:05am EDT)
C-ute has been selected to sing this year's support song for the Rakuten Eagles. The song, titled "Koero! Rakuten Eagles," will be released on March 20.
C-ute is the 4th Hello! Project unit to sing the team's support song, after Morning Musume, DEF.DIVA, and GAM.
C-ute is the 4th Hello! Project unit to sing the team's support song, after Morning Musume, DEF.DIVA, and GAM.
Sat, March 15, 2008 (6:56am EDT)
The anime series "Hakaba Kitaro" has set a new ratings record for Fuji TV's late-night anime time slot "noitaminA" (Thursday nights 12:45-1:15am). The second-to-last episode aired on March 13 and achieved ratings of 5.8%, beating out the previous high set by "Nodame Cantabile." Ratings peaked at 7.3% during the broadcast.
Sat, March 15, 2008 (6:46am EDT)
Singers Lisa Halim and JAY'ED are collaborating on a song titled "Setsunai Kurai, Aishiteta." It will be used as the theme song for a mobile phone drama called "teddy bear," based on a mobile novel of the same name that became popular on the website Mahou no iRando.
The two artists first met through Halim's sound producer. Both are half-Japanese (Halim is half-Indonesian and JAY'ED is half-New Zealander). Halim made her major label debut just last year, while JAY'ED is set to make his debut this May.
According to Sports Nippon, the original novel tells of a high school girl whose boyfriend is suffering from an illness that will cause him to lose his memory. Model Mirei Kiritani has the lead role in the drama, which will have a 3-minute episode released daily for a month, starting on April 1. The drama is being made available for free.
"Setsunai Kurai, Aishiteta" is already on sale through chaku-uta services, but the CD single will be released on April 16.
The two artists first met through Halim's sound producer. Both are half-Japanese (Halim is half-Indonesian and JAY'ED is half-New Zealander). Halim made her major label debut just last year, while JAY'ED is set to make his debut this May.
According to Sports Nippon, the original novel tells of a high school girl whose boyfriend is suffering from an illness that will cause him to lose his memory. Model Mirei Kiritani has the lead role in the drama, which will have a 3-minute episode released daily for a month, starting on April 1. The drama is being made available for free.
"Setsunai Kurai, Aishiteta" is already on sale through chaku-uta services, but the CD single will be released on April 16.
