Entertainment

30 August 2018

SUGIZO will be holding his very first talk event overseas in Bangkok, Thailand on November 3, 2018, in response to the long-awaited request from Thai fans. The theme of the talk show and mini violin performance...

YOSHIKI CHANNEL celebrates 3rd anniversary this weekend

25 August 2018

Kiyoharu, Narita Daichi (from Natsu no Mamono), INORAN, FLOW, Momoiro Clover Z, and Yoshiki Mizuno will be the guests on YOSHIKI CHANNEL this weekend. To celebrate the 3rd year anniversary of YOSHIKI CHANNEL, t...

MIYAVI hints at possible appearance in Maleficent 2

24 August 2018

Busy bee MIYAVI has been very subtly hinting that he will be starring in the next Maleficent 2 alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, Angelina Jolie, and Juno Temple on his Instagram. According to IMDb, he will be playin...

GACKT stars as 18 year old in “Tonde Saitama” live adaptation

20 August 2018

All singing all dancing GACKT will be starring in the live adaptation of Tonde Saitama (翔んで埼玉) due to come out on February 22, 2019. The manga was originally written by Mineo Maya and the story has a similar th...

Move over Hello Kitty, Yoshikitty pounces ahead to top three in Sanrio ranking

28 July 2018

This year’s results mark the highest ranking ever for Yoshikitty, who has now placed in the top 10 for three years in a row for Sanrio's Character Ranking. Based on X Japan leader YOSHIKI and created by the ori...

Visual Aesthetics: Lovely Lolita

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3 July 2018

One of the most important aspects of visual kei artists are the looks. In Visual Aesthetics, we will highlight specific hairstyles, costumes, accessories, makeup, body art and other styles which are either very...

UMBRELLA by HIZUMI (D’espairsRay) collaborates with GANSHIN to produce exclusive goods

NBT

28 June 2018

HIZUMI who in the past partook as the vocalist in D'espairsRay is continually expanding his design and fashion brand UMBRELLA to make it more accessible worldwide! In a recent announcement made by the Europe-ba...

Nissin summons black metal ramen from the depths of hell

17 June 2018

From the bowels of the netherworld, famous instant noodle maker, Nissin, has summoned a new heavy metal ramen that's not for the faint-hearted. From the flames and lava, we imagine the noodle is ridiculously sp...

Moi-même-Moitié 2018 product showcase

17 June 2018

Yesterday, Mana showed us his personal favorite Moi-même-Moitié items. Did you guys read it? Did we put you in a Moitié-craving mood? If Mana's thoughts on his Moitié favorites did indeed ignite an insatiable t...

Exclusive: Mana shares top 5 Moi-même-Moitié items

16 June 2018

Entertainment, Featured

Yesterday, we talked at length in a personal interview with a member of Moi-même-Moitié's staff. Among other things, Andrea shared with us which Moitié goods are among her favorites. Surely it is normal for ev...

MIYAVI beats Ichigo’s ass effortlessly in new BLEACH trailer

NBT

14 June 2018

Anime, Entertainment, Videos

The release for the live-action adaptation of BLEACH is drawing closer! In one of the latest movie trailer released, we are able to witness one of the fighting scenes where MIYAVI—who is playing the character B...

Mana: History of the pioneering Gothic Lolita guitarist

14 June 2018

Mana is one of the names that every Jrock fan must have encountered in the past. Yesterday we kickstarted our Mana and Moitié week by going through a recap of the history of one of the most well-known Gothic...

Moi-même-Moitié: History of Mana’s Gothic Lolita brand

13 June 2018