Thoughts on Mr. King vs Mr. Prince
I know the formation of this group is kinda old news by now but to be honest when it was announced I just gave it a questioning look at the name and really did not think much about it. I am sure this...
View ArticleNEWS - Happy Birthday (10th single)
Limited EditionThis single's title track was a tie-in for a range of bath products that were under the name Happy Bath Day (a pun because Japan loves puns) from the company KOSE, hence the title of...
View Article29JUN2015 CDJapan order
I open my CDJapan order that contains NEWS' latest single Chumu Chumu. And there is also an Uta no Prince-sama CD with pre-order bonuses.
View ArticleKisumai GAME 12 May 2015 episode review
This episode gives us the return of the hide and seek with drones game, but with some changes to it.The special guest for the episode was Iketani Yukio, Olympic medalist and gymnast. He did not seem to...
View ArticleNEWS - color (3rd album)
Limited EditionThis album continues the trends begun with their second original album, Pacific. Yamashita Tomohisa and Nishikido Ryo both get solo songs on the album, MOLA and ordinary. Koyama...
View ArticleKisumai GAME 19 May 2015 episode review
A new game is introduced where Kis-My-Ft2 has to guess a voice actor by their voice alone. Of course just guessing one of the roles they have done is enough to pass in this.Guest is Iwai Yuuki one half...
View ArticleNEWS - Koi no ABO (11th single)
Limited EditionAfter a tour that ended at the start of the year 2009 ended up being rather quiet for the group. In fact this single is the only 2009 CD release for NEWS and the only other group release...
View ArticleKisumai GAME 26 May 2015 episode review
There is a return to the Kis-My-Ft2 vs magician game that they played a couple of episodes ago. I did not look forward to this at all as I really did not like the first one. Hopefully this one finds a...
View ArticleNEWS - Sakura Girl (12th single)
Limited EditionAlmost a year after their previous CD release the group finally came out with a new single. This is the last single to be on an original album for the group. The limited version had six...
View ArticleKisumai GAME 02 June 2015 episode review
We have another episode where the group needs to compete in hopes of not having to taste something terrible. So like last time this should be fun.Guest is Ishii Kazuhisa, former major league baseball...
View ArticleNEWS - LIVE (4th album)
Limited EditionThe most noticeable thing about this album is the lack of single tracks. There were only two single tracks, Koi no ABO and Sakura Girl included, but they were also the only singles the...
View ArticleKisumai GAME 09 June 2015 episode review
There is a new game with this episode where the guys have to showcase their ability with chopsticks.There are three challenges that of course involve food that they have to be able pick up with chop...
View Article22JUL2015 CDJapan order
As I catch up with uploading my videos here is my latest order from CDJapan. This one includes:Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 2000% Idol Song Masato HijirikawaNakayama Yuma - Tokoton Got It! single...
View ArticleNEWS - Fighting Man (13th single)
Limited editionThings looked really up in 2010 for NEWS with the amount of releases they were coming out with compared to previous years. I doubt anyone would have guessed this would have been the...
View ArticleKisumai GAME 16 June 2015 episode review
We have the return of the guessing game with voice actors with some slight changes from the original format.Guest is voice actress Nakagawa Shouko. The group has to guess who she is but are able to do...
View ArticleA.B.C-Z Moonlight Walking
A.B.C-Z will finally have their debut single CD released this year! It will come out on September 30th and will have four versions, three limited editions and a regular edition, plus five editions that...
View ArticleNEWS - NEWS BEST (1st compilation album)
Limited editionAfter a rather active year for NEWS in 2010 the following year was quiet until near the end of the year when it was announced the group would be losing members. At this time it was...
View ArticleKinpuri vs. SixTONES and debut
It has been four years since the debut of Sexy Zone, and being a FIVB group it would usually mean we would be looking at a new group to debut with this year's FIVB tournament. Though that does not look...
View ArticleKisumai GAME 23 June 2015 episode review
We have another drone episode and another change of scenery for it.The guys have a furniture store to run around and find hiding spots in this time as they try not to be caught by drones. Like the last...
View ArticleNEWS - Chankapaana (14th single)
Regular editionThe first single for the group as a quartet, which is also their current line up. It is also the first NEWS single that came with the music video of the title track and making of footage...
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