For all you J-Pop fans Sekai No Owari will resonate with you immediately. For people that are new to the genre, the music video will be a little out there, but you have to remember this style likes to have fun with their music. Sekai No Owari is sharing with the ComicPop Library listeners their latest single “Mr. Heartache”. With “Mr. Heartache” Sekai No Owari has an Owl City vibe it, so this will give you an idea of what the single is like. I love Owl City and I’m loving me Sekai No Owari. Check out Sekai No Owari’s music video for “Mr. Heartache” through their YouTube channel and be sure to look them up on iTunes to download more from them – Richard:
New Animated Mercedes-Benz Commercial
The J-Pop group Perfume gets animated in a commercial for Mercedes-Benz’ new A-Class Sport Compact. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto designed the CG Animation featuring Perfume and the animated group dances and sings a song penned by their producer Yasutaka Nakata. Thanks for sharing through MercedesBenzJapan’s YouTube channel:
Latest Disgaea Games Opening Streamed
Disgaea fans here’s one for you. The newest Makai Denki Disgaea 5 game is coming out March 26, for the PlayStation 4. Until then Nippon Ichi Software is wetting your appetites by streaming the main theme to the game. The theme is entitled “Kill Real” by Mamoru Miyano. Check it out through their YouTube channel:
Sour’s Latest Music Video
If you are a fan of interesting and unique music videos Sour’s latest is right up your alley. For the music video of “Life is Music” the band did an animated video. You say that’s no big deal and you would normally be right. In this video Sour uses 189 CD’s that the animation was put on and then spun to create the animated look. It’s pretty neat check it out for “SPACE SHOWER MUSIC” on YouTube:
Bushiroad gets Miku
Here’s one that might have some cross over appeal. Bushiroad is adding to it’s Weiss Schwarz trading card game with the set entitled Hatsune Miku Project Diva f. This will appeal to your CCG collectors, Hatsune Miku fans, and J-Pop fans. The set will have 100 cards and has a planned release date of November 1. The set will include gold foil chase cards and autographed cards by Saki Fujita, who voiced the vocaloid. The set will be sold in Trail Decks and Booster Packs. However, for the collectors that want the whole set seven of the cards are exclusive only in the Trail Decks, so you will need to get a Trail Deck no matter what for you gaming collection.
Mushibugyo Character Songs Streamed
The Avex music label has begun streaming two dance music videos for Mushibugyo’s upcoming character song singles. The characters spotlighted in the singles will be Haru and Hibachi. The internet Idol Kozue Aikawa cosplays as the two characters in the music videos below. Haru’s song, “Haru Ooh Lala – Momorarura”, which is the first video, is sung by Satomi Akesaka. The Hibachi song is “Gekijo Paramoia” sung by Rumi Okubo. Both songs were composed, arranged and written by vocaloid song artist samfree. Thanks to AnimeNews Network for the notice and videos:
Hatsune Miku Song Released by Sega
Here is one for you J-Poppers. The Weekly Diva Station, the official Sega blog for the Hatsune Miku – Project Diva has released “Summer Idol” by Oster Project from the new Hatsune Miku – Project Diva – f game. The company did this in conjunction with Japan’s Marine Day today. Thanks to Sega for posting this for everyone. It’s a great upbeat summer song that has a catchy tune.
This Topic is Hot
Hot Topic’s website began selling Hatsune Miku merchandise. Above is pictured a women’s and men’s T-shirt and the site is also selling Wall Scrolls, Playing Cards and Cell Phone Charms. If you have any fans of the vocaloid steer them towards the website.
Stereopony Streaming
Let all your library’s J-Rock fans know that stereopony will be streaming a live concert for Japanese and North American audiences. The service will be provide by Nico Nico Douga and for English-languages by Niconico (linked below) this Friday (Apirl 6) at 9:30 p.m. EST.
“Tell Your World” Streaming
The video “Tell Your World” featuring vocaloid Hatsune Miku was released, by Toy’s Factory music label, for streaming. The song is written and composed by livetune and the album Tell Your World EP is available today for purchase for all you J-Pop fans. Thanks to Toy’s Factory and AnimeNews Network for the following video: