[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlkj2rzy7e0″] You probably love Pocky. If you don’t enjoy the delicious snack all the stereotypical otaku enjoy, check your head. It’s delicious. Chances are, fair reader of this blog, you also fancy the music of Yellow Magic Orchestra. Or you at least dig Perfume, who take a lot of musical cues from the group. Now,…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbPvGXJOw0I&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Sometimes an idea comes along that’s so perfect from the get-go thinking it over seems ridiculous. Just do it, if I can get my Nike on for a sec. Taking hyper-catchy trio Perfume…who routinely deliver amazing choruses…and letting them cover The Cardigan’s “Lovefool”…which boasts one of the all-time catchiest choruses…falls into one of those…
VIDEO HERE Kaela Kimura appeared to turn on a corner on early-2010 song “You Bet!” Working mostly as a J-Pop sponge and absorbing whatever popular musical trends landed on the charts before, “You Bet!” stood out by not being chained to an existing Japanese sound. Six months later and out of the sky drops “Ring…
I swear I haven’t sold out and become a secret Kentucky Fried Chicken hawker. It’s just Friday and I want to make one more post before I zone out for two days. And nothing says “phoned in” like posting some wacky Japanese commercials the afternoon before Saturday! Both feature some of the bros from Arashi…
Those lovely scamps pitching Aflac insurance return once again. This time, to cheer up some poor soul forced to work the night shift at a company. Who says soul-crushing office work can’t be cute? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tJp_vj0K6c&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] (Via Japan Probe)