Shinryochu ~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 YutoGroup: Hey! Say! JUMPBirthdate: 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. Then...
View ArticleYamada returns as Kindaichi in Malaysia
It has been announced that the Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo series will be returning with another special lined up to air in January 2014. The special will be filmed in a foreign country like the last...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 21 December 2008 review
And now for the final 2008 Shounen Club episode.Things start off with the usual Junior introductions though there are a few noticeable differences in that compared to the usual shows. The big one is...
View ArticleKyomoto goes Jidaigeki
It has been announced that Kyomoto Taiga will be part of the supporting cast of Takizawa Hideaki's upcoming Taiga drama special, Nezumi, Edo o Hashiru. The special will air on January 9th of 2014....
View ArticleKitayama goes to court
Kitayama Hiromitsu will be starring in a drama on NTV for the fall drama season. The drama will only have fifteen minute episodes and be a comedy series based in a court room and Kitayama will play a...
View ArticleThe Shounen Club 4 January 2009 review
And now we begin the 2009 episodes, where not much has changed from the finish of the 2008 episodes.The show opens up with a performance where we get the usual introductions. The song is Hatsu Uta,...
View ArticleAtaru SP first impressions
With the movie of the series hitting theatres in Japan this is probably not a bad time for me to finally get to the SP.Honestly the first half of the special can probably be skipped for anyone who has...
View ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Tsukada Ryoichi
Tsukada RyoichiGroup: A.B.C-ZBirthdate: December 10, 1986I never paid too much attention to A.B.C-Z before but their J’s Journey trip to Australia left an impression on me. Tsukada was easily stood...
View ArticleScrap Teacher ~Kyoushi Saisei~ final impressions
Yes I know this is an old drama and it seems like I am missing reviews for it. But the other reviews for it do exist, as I did them when this drama was still fairly new. You can find them here and...
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 ArticleJohnny's Under 100: Yokoyama Yu
Yokoyama YuGroup: Kanjani8Birthdate: May 9, 1981Yoko 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 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: Kokubun Taichi
Kokubun TaichiGroup: TokioBirthdate: September 2, 1974I did not really have an opinion about TOKIO’s members until I had the chance to see them in concert live. There I was truly cemented as a fan as I...
View ArticleRecalibration
This probably has been overdue but I have been thinking about what I want to do as a blogger and what I can honestly do. And I will be shutting down one of my blogs, Jubilee Moon, as I just cannot find...
View ArticleKAT-TUN just lost a 'T'
It has been announced that Tanaka Koki has had his contract terminated, so not only will he no longer be a member of KAT-TUN but he will no longer be a talent in Johnny's & Associates. It is...
View ArticleSome Speculation About Tanaka Koki's Firing
I have had some more time to think about the news of Tanaka Koki's firing from Johnny's & Associates so I have decided to share them. As someone not really following KAT-TUN closely I know I could...
View ArticleFrom Hyakushiki to Mousorisuto
With the news from yesterday I almost forgot that I wanted to spread the news about this. But you do not get bombshells like that often.Hyakushiki, the late night program on Fuji TV with V6's Inohara...
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