News category: announcements

All Future 'NemaCon' Conventions Cancelled

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Posted on 3 October, 2012 at 10:45 am by TsukiyomiYumiko · 12 comments

NemaCon, a convention situated in the north east of England, has announced that NemaCon 2013 and all future NemaCon events are cancelled.

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Stereopony To Disband

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j-rock

Posted on 3 October, 2012 at 10:21 am by TsukiyomiYumiko · 70 comments

Unfortunately, it was officially announced on Tuesday that the Japanese band, Stereopony, are going to disband. The band will be holding a concert on October 6 at Tokyo's Shibuya Club Quattro and talk with their fans about the breakup.
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STEREOPONY

The GazettE To Release "division" In 62 Countries

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j-rock

Posted on 1 October, 2012 at 06:22 pm by NaNaShinobi · 51 comments

Has been announced that The GazettE's recent album "division" will be released in 62 countries breaking their current record of 29 countries reached with previous work "toxic"
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the GazettE

JPA Idol Contest Winner!

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general

Posted on 1 October, 2012 at 12:29 pm by xaosmx · 38 comments

JpopAsia's first idol winner has been announced! Find out who~
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Maaya Sakamoto

2nd Dyz Loses Two Members and Goes on Hiatus

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j-rock

Posted on 1 October, 2012 at 04:46 am by Keia · 7 comments

Vocalist Ayumu and Bassist Haruto announced to leave Visual Kei band 2nd Dyz and the band will go on hiatus in November.
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2nd Dyz

BIG BANG's Taeyang Reveals He Is Currently Working On His New Solo Album

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k-pop

Posted on 29 September, 2012 at 04:54 pm by NaNaShinobi · 18 comments

During his appearance on Naver's "GD Friends Live" Taeyang told his fans that he is currently working on a new solo album which takes him a lot of time. YG Entertainment commented: "It's too early to add details or to even talk about it, but we are seriously working on it".
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Jin will Leave 2nd awake

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j-rock

Posted on 26 September, 2012 at 10:46 am by Keia · 13 comments

2nd awake's guitarist Jin decided to leave the band at the end of the month.
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2nd awake

Round Table Featuring Nino Goes on Hiatus

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j-pop

Posted on 23 September, 2012 at 11:21 pm by TsukiyomiYumiko · 8 comments

After 10 years of collaboration, the members of the musical unit Round Table featuring Nino officially announced on September 21 that they will be going on hiatus.

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Round Table

Visu☆ Losing Guitarist and Bassist

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j-rock

Posted on 22 September, 2012 at 07:54 pm by Keia · 6 comments

Guitarist Kakeru and bassist Kou decided to leave Visual Kei band Visu☆. Their last live will be on September 24th.
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Visu ☆

ONE OK ROCK To Provide Song For "Devil May Cry" Videogame

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j-rock

Posted on 22 September, 2012 at 05:37 pm by NaNaShinobi · 41 comments

ONE OK ROCK are currently composing their image song for upcoming episode of Capcom + Ninja Theory video game "DmC: Devil May Cry" scheduled to be released on January 17th, 2013.
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ONE OK ROCK

New Drummer for Crazy★Shampoo

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j-rock

Posted on 21 September, 2012 at 06:16 am by Keia · 6 comments

Visual Kei band Crazy★Shampoo has a new drummer! His name is Akira and he was the band's roadie before joining as a regular member.
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Crazy★shampoo

GLAY's 7 Big Surprises

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j-rock

Posted on 20 September, 2012 at 06:16 pm by Keia · 10 comments

Some time ago GLAY announced 7 big surprises fans can look forward to! Now details on the first surprise, two new singles, are available! Check out this article to find out more about the band's surprises!
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GLAY

Lolita 23q’s Ryosuke Starts Solo Project

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j-rock

Posted on 20 September, 2012 at 05:16 am by Keia · 7 comments

Lolita 23q's bassist Ryosuke started his solo project "WING WORKS" on September 18th and already announced his first album and live!
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Code Geass: Akito the Exiled Home Video Release Announced

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anime

Posted on 14 September, 2012 at 07:12 pm by wonderclover · 14 comments

The official site for the OVA series Code Geass: Akito the Exiled is now listings the details for a home video release. The first episode will be released on January 29th on Blu-Ray and DVD in Japan.
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First 2 Madoka Magica Films to Play in 8 Countries

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anime

Posted on 14 September, 2012 at 06:56 pm by wonderclover · 11 comments

Aniplex of America announced yesterday that they will be collaborating with Eleven Arts to screen the first two "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" films to five cities in the U.S. The staff of the first two films also announced that the films will be opening in 18 cities in eight countries and territories between October and December.
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