From Rekuru: Orange Range will be releasing a new album in April and starting a nationwide tour in May. In order to celebrate their 10th anniversary, Orange Range planned special surprises to be revealed on the tenth of every month. More »

From Rekuru: It was just revealed that singer Koda Kumi has decided to perform at next year’s Ontama Carnival! The music event will take place on January 28th and 29th at Yokohama Arena. More »

With a lot of artists in Asian entertainment, sometimes we cannot keep track of who is releasing what and when. Here’s a quick breakdown of the most anticipated releases in this week. The title of each release links to you to YesAsia for more information or for preorder, because YesAsia is of course the best and most convenient place to order Asian entertainment online. More »

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From Rekuru: The artist list for this week’s Music Station broadcast has been announced, and from the looks of the performers, it’s going to be one hyped-up, all-in-all awesome show.

Without further ado, here are your singers and the songs they’ll be delivering: More »

Today’s song of the day courtesy of user lolichan, is Orange Range’s Hana. More »

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It’s time to do the Loco-motion, er, I mean the Locolotion! Today’s Music Video of the Day will feature ORANGE RANGE’s energetic rendition of Little Eva’s classic hit. More »

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ORANGE RANGE is a five-member alternative rock band from Okinawa, Japan. Officially debuting back in 2003, the band has since been pumping out a steady stream of singles and albums. More »

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So you’re an hardcore Anime fan… you collect the shows freshly from fansubbers anyway you can. You go out of your way to set your dvdr and tape your favorites, that are released in English dub. Oh! but whats this catchy J-pop song or J-rock song that you find yourself singing uncontrollably. You don’t understand the Japanese words but search for romanjithe lyrics anyway, than on top of that you’ll try your best karaoke pronunciation as perfectly as possible. You find yourself doing this more than once and now you ipod is mostly artists like Koda Kumi, Orange Range, Asian Kung Fu Generation, Tommy Heavenly6, L’arc~en~Ceil and Ayumi Hamasaki. Well! Congratulations you are now officially part of the theme song phenomenon. Don’t worry you are not alone, there are countless others that are just like you and use Animeas a likes to find new music. Just think the whole country of Japan has these infectious Anime themes as beloved radio tunes that top the charts. These opening and ending credit companions have reached the number one spot countless times. Even Europe has taken these Anime themes and have remixed them techno style and rerecorded them in thier own languages. If you ever go to France, Germany, Italy or Spain you will see what I mean. More »

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Anime is definitely a catalyst for a lot of things from music to dance to fashion. With NYAF coming up, I’m decided that this and next round up will feature all anime music. There’s a lot out there and if it weren’t for these animes, some artists probably wouldn’t be as popular as they are.

I’ve chosen the list below after consulting a few friends on their favorite anime music. They’re very common and highly loved by a lot of people, including myself. It was really difficult just picking out 5 but I was able to narrow it down.

Also, I’m sorry to have missed last week’s. I’ve been so busy with NYAF! I will double the amount I do next week’s and the week after that. As always, enjoy! More »

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