Kizuna Simulation sounds like a J-Pop idol group. On the contrary, they were a J-Pop-inspired “live idol” group from South Korea. They were a 4-member girl group with a concept that is very similar to a modern J-Pop idol group in the vein of AKB48—but with what appears to be some sprinkle of K-Pop inspiration […]
While browsing my archive of blog posts and drafts from our original anime club blog, BBAMAJAM—acronym for Boogie BAM Anime Jam, as we met at a Book-a-Million, in 2009; eventually renamed Scenic City Anime & More in 2011; which then was then revived in 2024 as just Scenic City Anime Club, I found a text […]
MindaRyn, who is known for the themes for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Arifureta, and the upcoming tokusatsu series Ultraman Omega, is holding her first-ever world tour for the second half of 2025!
If you’ve never seen a Japanese drama, then let me say there are often 3 key elements to each series: brevity, “trendiness”, and melodrama. 1) Each series is usually 10 or 12 episodes max, unless incredibly popular in which case a follow-up movie will be made, or special as it’s called. Only rarely does a […]
After two years of lockdowns and shutdowns due to the Coronavirus pandemic, MomoCon is returning for a full weekend of activities and guests at the Georgia World Congress Center on the weekend of Memorial Day 2022. Since it’s been a while since a large-scale event like this has been held for anime fans and otaku […]
Back in late 2011, I wrote a Music Spotlight post (FKA “Ni-Ongaku Spotlight”) highlighting a song released by South Korean actor Jang Geun Suk. At the time of writing he was the most desired actor Japanese fans wanted to see in the midst of the Korean Wave in Japan, trending above even AKB48, and performing […]
Netflix calls global streaming dibs on the long awaited sixth part of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, Final Fantasy X’s Tidus could have had a career of another famous video game character, and reporters struggle with the pronunciation of “Gundam” during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics broadcasts.
