The Shounen Club 11 May 2008 review
As I visit with family this weekend here's the next Shounen Club episode review.For this introduction Totsuka Shota calls out the names of the main Juniors of the episode. And I will call this Junior...
View ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Masuda Takahisa
Masuda TakahisaGroups: NEWS, TegomassBirthdate: July 4, 1986My second favorite member of NEWS. I am just in complete love with his smile and enjoy his easy going nature and he seems like the kind of...
View ArticleSexy Zone's summer of concert releases
Between the already announced Johnny's World concert DVD/BD and this Sexy Zone Japan Tour 2013 DVD/BD release SZ fans are going to have some light wallets by the end of summer. This DVD/BD will be...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 1 June 2008 review
And we have the Juniors that were missing from the month before back for this episode.The episode starts off with a song for all the main Juniors to sing, which is Anniversary. And the Takada quintet...
View ArticleYoung and Beautiful! Sexy Zone
I think I am finally realizing that to follow Matsushima So and Yo Marius I am going to have to follow a bit of the group they belong to. So I have some more Sexy Zone news to share.The group will be...
View ArticleNEWS celebrate an anniversary!
It has been announced that NEWS will have a special anniversary event in the Tokyo Dome in September this year to celebrate the group's tenth anniversary.Oricon Style (Japanese)Honestly it is always in...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 8 June 2008 review
This episode opens up with a song for all the Juniors to sing, this time being the rock version of Naniwa Iroha Bushi. The guest for the month, Yasuda Shota, comes out near the end to sing with...
View ArticlePiece Ep. 13 first impressions
And finally I have made it to the end of this drama. I really should have finished up months ago as I did enjoy it.Once the recapping of the last episode is done we are given a flashback scene with...
View ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Nikaido Takashi
Nikaido TakashiGroup: Kis-My-Ft2Birthdate: August 6, 1990When I was first learning about the members of Kis-My-Ft2Nikaido’s bratty side was emphasized and ever since I have associated the world “brat”...
View ArticleKisumai's Kiseki covered
Playing some catch up with some things I missed while getting adjusted to my move. Figured I would start with the covers that have been revealed for Kis-My-Ft2's upcoming single, Kimi tono Kiseki.From...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 6 July 2008 review
This month is the episodes filmed at NHK Hall Osaka, so it gives us the chance to see what has changed with the Kansai Juniors after about a year.The episode opens up with the main Kansai Juniors...
View ArticleIf you squint Sexy Zone has five members
Well the covers for Sexy Zone's upcoming concert DVD/BD release are out and they are just about as disappointing as the ones for the group's past single Real Sexy/BAD BOYS.The only plus is that it is...
View ArticleJohnny's net become multilingual
Starting on the 1st of August Johnny's net, the official website for Johnny's & Associates, has become multilingual. It has added an English, Chinese (both Mandarin and Cantonese) and Korean...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 13 July 2008 review
And now for the second Osaka episode of Shounen Club for 2008.Like with the previous episode it opens up with the main Kansai Juniors performing an Arashi song, this time it is Kitto Daijobu. We do get...
View ArticleShiritsu Bakaleya Koukou movie review
Like Piece this is something I have been meaning to review some time ago but kept putting it off. But now that I want to get through my backlog it is time to finally write this up.So the basic plot is...
View ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Yabu Kota
Yabu KotaGroup: Hey! Say! JUMPBirthdate: January 31, 1990Watching through the years of Shounen Club episodes I can say I have seen Yabu grow up. From the cute little thing he was back when Ya-Ya-Yah...
View ArticleThe horrors for Fujigaya and Senga
Catching up with some tidbits of news.The first is that Senga Kento will be making his big screen debut in a horror film called Bilocation. The movie stars Mizukawa Asami and will also have Johnny's...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 3 August 2008 review
We are back to Tokyo again for this month's episodes but not back to all the usual Juniors.In the introduction we have a couple added faces in Kato Shigeaki taking Nakamaru Yuichi's place as host with...
View ArticleShinryochu ~In the Room~ first impressions
Moving on to the next NTV late night drama I am up to last winter's drama, Shinryochu ~In the Room~.This drama is a dramatic change from the the dramas that have come before it in the same time slot....
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 10 August 2008 review
And we are on the second episode of the month where we have no shortage of guests.The introduction this time around is rather short with the few Juniors that the four members of Hey! Say! JUMP from the...
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