Picking up Ni-Ongaku Spotlight again, I wanted to talk about a rising Korean Wave actor who is currently trending above all the others in Japan (in before AKB48) and recently had a sold out concert at the Tokyo Dome. His name is Jang Geun Suk (or Keun Suk), who rose to fame after staring in [...]

After a little hiatus, Episode 2 of The CEN.TAKU.ME Podcast is finally here! This is the first episode of 2011, and the first episode in several months. In this episode, I explain the delay of the episode, which would have been released before Anime Weekend Atlanta 16. Also, a look at the conventions coming up [...]

Tetsushi is an indie artist I found a couple of years ago on the J-Indie site, Muzie, searching for music you don’t normally hear on Online Anime Radio Stations or on weekly shows (no offense to Tokyo Tower FM ^^). He’s an electronica (aka Techno) artist—a genre that is often overlooked for being too… annoying. [...]

Omodaka (aka Soichi Terada) is one of two musical acts preforming at Anime Weekeend Atlanta this weekend. Omodaka is an electronica artist who comes equipped with possibly the best instruments in the world: a PSP, Nintendo DS, and a Game Boy Color. With the help of an Apple MacBook Pro, a Korg Kaossilator, and an [...]

Female Korean Pop Star Ivy‘s “Temptation of Sonata” is quite the topic not just around K-Pop communities, but around Final Fantasy fansites as well… The Music Video for the song looks suspiciously similar to Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. That’s because it is based on Advent Children—used without permission. Of course, Square-Enix filed a lawsuit [...]