The Shounen Club 12 April 2009 review
And we are back to a good quality video again. Thankfully this should be the final year's worth of video this will be a thing with and it will be nice clear video for them all soon enough. The...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 8 March 2009 review
And we come to the end of the season with this episode. I guess with how excited I was to have Mis Snow Man and Matsumura Hokuto appearing on the program I overlooked the fact that A.B.C-Z is down one...
View ArticleHey! Say! won't release a CD but here's another DVD
Hey! Say! JUMP will have a concert DVD release of their Zenkoku e JUMP Tour 2013 concert tour. It will be released on November 13th and there is only one version of the release.Zenkoku e JUMP Tour 2013...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 5 April 2009 review
And we kick off a new season of Shounen Club, but unfortunately the video I have of the episode is pretty bad. I think it is around the summer or fall of 2009 the issues of finding the show for...
View ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Yokoyama Yu
Yokoyama Yu Group: Kanjani8 Birthdate: May 9, 1981 Yoko has been my favorite Kanjani8 member for years. I think I just have a thing for hopeless idols as he really does not have any skills that the...
View ArticleTOKIO's Future
Meant to do this post earlier but never got around to it. Figured I should try to have more than just reviews for the blog as I think I am finally finding a balance with it and the other things going...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 8 February 2009 review
And we have a February episode with the usual Valentines Day mention. The show opens up with the Juniors singing Love So Sweet as they get their group names or individual names on the screen. Cannot...
View ArticleLuv Sick, finally!
Kis-My-Ft2 will be releasing a new single on November 13th. It will be a double A-side, the first A-side is still untitled but will be a tie-in for the 7-11 convenience stores, and the other A-side...
View ArticleBAD BOYS J mid-season impressions
With any luck I'll be done with this series next week and hope that maybe I can actually catch up with my backlog. It is a bit frustrating watching this drama as there are parts that I do like and...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 1 March 2009 review
And we have Matsumura Hokuto's first appearance on the program with this episode and Mis Snow Man is officially a group. Of course you would not see either of those things in the introduction as...
View ArticleHey! Say! Slump?
I have been mulling over a few topics in my head for a while and I figured I should share some of them. The major one is about Hey! Say! JUMP and the frustration I am feeling as a fan of the group. I...
View ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Chinen Yuri
Chinen Yuri Groups: Hey! Say! JUMP, NYC Birthdate: November 30, 1993 When I first learned about Chinen I discovered his father was an Olympic medalist, he was a huge Ohno Satoshi fan, and that...
View ArticleKis-My-Ft2's SNOW DOME Promise
It has been announced that Kis-My-Ft2 will have dome concerts this winter. They will perform in the Tokyo Dome November 15th and 16th then on December 14th and 15th they will perform in the Kyocera...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 11 January 2009 review
And with this episode we have an official introduction to Hip Hop Jump and see that Hey! Say! 7 West has made some big changes since we last saw them. The introduction at the start has a minor change...
View ArticleBAD BOYS J first episode impressions
I believe I remember being pretty excited for this drama. It had some of the same team as Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou working on it and the cast list looked promising to me with Nakajima Kento having his...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 1 February 2009 review
This is definitely an episode for B.I.Shadow fans to want to hunt down. Also expect some variations in video quality for a while as this is the time that getting someone to share the episodes got...
View ArticleChinen Yuri back in high school, kinda
It has been announced that Chinen Yuri will be part of the cast of Nishikido Ryo's upcoming drama on Fuji TV, Yorozu Uranaidokoro Onmyona e Yokoso. He will play the role of a first year high school...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 14 December 2008 review
And we have the final regular episode of 2008, but there is still a Christmas special for the year. In the introductions we get the name for the group of younger Juniors that Tanaka Juri is fronting,...
View ArticleShinryochu ~In the Room~ final impressions
And I am done with another drama finally. Since I have been extra busy with work the past couple of weeks I had not had the time I expected to have to get through this one as quickly as I wanted but at...
View ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Nakajima Yuto
Nakajima Yuto Group: Hey! Say! JUMP Birthdate: August 10, 1993Yuto has had an interesting career to follow. He started off as a little Junior that got pushed a lot and seemed set for future success....
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