JAM Project was conceived in 2000 by legendary singer Ichirou Mizuki to introduce the "old spirit of anisong" into the twenty-first century. Its members have been active in the industry since the 1980s and 1990s and have seen its many transformations, including taking part in th...

When the seiyuu unit Wake Up, Girls! first visited the United States in 2014, the seven-person idol group had just finished the broadcast run of their debut anime series in Japan. They were gaining popularity among fans around the world, but their activities were still limited a...

Japan is the world's second largest music market, and live music entertainment forms an important segment of that market. In 2015, the domestic market for live music entertainment grew 25 percent over the previous year to a new high of 340.5 billion yen, according to data from t...

The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) has announced that it will bring the Lantis Festival series of anime events and anisong concerts to Anime Expo 2016, which will be held July 1–4 in Los Angeles. The Anime Expo edition of the concerts, billed as Anisong Wo...

Record company flying Dog has announced the upcoming release of a three-disc music album to commemorate the 20th anniversary of seiyuu Houko Kuwashima's debut. The album, titled HouKo ChroniCle, will be released on October 21, 2015, in two versions, with and without DVD. Kuwashim...

The staff of the seiyuu unit YuiKaori announced that the duo will release its third CD album on November 4, 2015. The album, titled Bright Canary, will contain 12 songs, including the 11th single "Ring Ring Rainbow!!" (pictured), which is the opening theme song of the Summer 2015...