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“HEAVY POP” Japanese Gothic-Lolita V-rock club Event

Hello. I introduce Japanese Gothic and Lolita and Punk DJ club Event “HEAVY POP”

HEAVY POP is Japanese club event at Sangen-jaya Hell’s Bar at Setagaya Tokyo Japan organized by Japanese Photographer Ray Ochiai. There you can see the real Harajuku-fashion,Gothic-Lolita-V-rock and Industrial DJ’s, Live performance and Individual Product sales.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

info: kontonproject@gmail.com

twitter:@kontonproject

kaosu official website: http://kontonproject.uunyan.com/

Hello, I’m a new writer, kaosu

Hello, I’m new writer kaosu

I will write about Japanese Gothic and Lolita and Punk culture, and V-rock Music.

I like music very much and I compose music.

I like various of Music

1 Dream Theater 2 Malice Mizer 3 Kraftwerk 4 Rhapsody 5 Marconi Union

My favorites are techno and V-rock and Heavy Metal and Progre.

Here is My Music

https://soundcloud.com/kontonproject

and please check it out my website

http://kontonproject.uunyan.com/

see you !

kaosu

kontonproject@gmail.com

 

 

Thermae Romae’s Yamazaki’s Steve Jobs Manga

The manga begins in 2004 with the late Apple company co-founder Steve Jobs travelling to Colorado to surprise author Walter Isaacson with a request: to pen his life story.

Isaacson muses if Jobs is comparing himself with Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, the subjects of two Isaacson biographies. The author puts off writing Jobs’ story until he receives a call from Jobs’ wife Laurene with shocking news: Jobs has cancer.

The entire first chapter debuted in the May issue of Kodansha’s Kiss magazine on Monday.

Yamazaki ended her historical comedy manga Thermae Romae in Enterbrain’s Monthly Comic Beam magazine on March 12. The manga inspired a television anime mini-series, a live-action film starring Hiroshi Abe and Aya Ueto, and an upcoming live-action film sequel. Yen Press publishes the manga in North America, while Discotek licensed the anime in North America.

Wolf Children Wins Audience Award at NY

The New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) announced on Tuesday that Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children film won an Audience Award at the festival’s awards ceremony on Sunday. Wolf Children was one of two winners of the Audience Award, with the other winner being the Taiwanese film Starry Starry Night. The Grand Prize this year went to the French-animated film Ernest & Celestine.

Wolf Children was screened at the NYICFF with English subtitles. The festival also screened English dubbed versions of Koji Masunari’s Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW and Studio Ghibli’s From Up On Poppy Hill. Director Hosoda attended the festival for Q&A sessions.

The film previously won the animation category at the 36th Annual Japan Academy Prizes earlier this month, and also won the Animation Film Award at the 67th Annual Mainichi Film Awards last month.

PAMEO POSE to Open in Harajuku

The pop-up shop for an online select shop PAMEO POSE directed by stylist and DJ PELI opened on the 16th. The store is located at LAPNET SHIP in Harajuku, Tokyo (1F 1-9-11, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) and will be open until Mar. 22nd.

The pop-up shop is the first actual store for the online shop PAMEO POSE. The shop handles brands such as JC DE CASTELBAJAC, VIVETTA, R13, EUGENIA KIM, TRIPP NYC, ELIZBETH KNIGHT and others under the concept, “the store for enjoying fashion as “an individual” regardless of age, gender and going beyond any borderlines.”

PELI appears in various media as a stylist, DJ and fashion icon. She also handles visual direction for artists and ads in fashion magazines. She often participates in parties hosted by many brands including LOUIS VUITTON, MIU MIU, Dior, Cartier and H&M.

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Ghost in the Shell Arise~♪

The official Facebook page for the Ghost in the Shell Arise project posted four preview images for the manga adaptation of the upcoming anime on Wednesday.

The adaptation, Ghost in the Shell Arise ~Nemuranai Me no Otoko: Sleepless Eye~, debuted in the April issue of Kodansha’s Monthly Young Magazine on Wednesday. Newcomer Takumi Ōyama is drawing the series, and Jun’ichi Fujisaku is writing the story.

The Ghost in the Shell Arise anime, which consists of four 50-minute parts, will premiere in Japanese theaters on June 22, and will then be available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD at retail on July 26.

Cosplay event in Egypt~♪

A cosplay show featuring a group of Egyptian youths dressed in the costumes of characters in Japanese anime and manga series was held in Cairo on Friday, attracting several hundred visitors.

The show sponsored by the Cairo office of the Japan Foundation was part of an anime song concert and is believed to have been the first major anime-themed event in Egypt.

About 15 men and women participated in the show, which also offered aspiring Egyptian manga artists the opportunity to demonstrate their drawing skills. Japanese anime works have become popular in Egypt via the Internet and other outlets.

Hatsune Miku’s ‘Tell Your World’ Song Gets English Release on iTunes~♪

Apple’s iTunes store is listing that an English version of Hatsune Miku’s song “Tell Your World” will be released March 20.

The listing currently features a 90-second preview of the song. The Japanese version of the song is already available on the U.S. iTunes store.

Composer kz wrote, scored, and arranged the original song — which was featured in a multi-award-winning Google Chrome commercial — under the unit name livetune.

The English version of “Tell Your World” will also be included on livetune’s new Hatsune Miku album Re:Dial, which is also slated for release on March 20 in Japan. Re:Dial will include the song “Redial,” which will feature a music video from contemporary artist Takashi Murakami.

Gundam’s Zeon Empire Forms Sister State Alliance with Saitama

The Japanese prefecture of Saitama announced on Friday that it would become sister states with the fictional Principality of Zeon from the Mobile Suit Gundam anime.

Prefectural assemblyperson Takumi Tamura explained the alliance in the assembly’s special budget committee, saying that Saitama agreed to it in hopes of gaining interest from tourists. “I think there’s plenty of worth in trying it out,” he said.

There were men in their 60s who attended the meeting and were baffled at the agreement with the Principality of Zeon, as they had no idea what it was.

The designer of Gundam. Yoshiyuki Tomino, has been living in Niiza, Saitama for over 30 years.

REGULATION Yohji Yamamoto

REGULATION Yohji Yamamoto, a new women’s line launched this spring from Yohji Yamamoto opened its first exclusive shop in the world at JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan on Mar. 6th.

REGULATION was first presented to the world last September in Paris during Yohji Yamamoto’s 2013 SS Collection. REGULATION Yohji Yamamoto MEN was presented this January during the Paris Men’s Collections for 2013-14 AW.

Incorporating uniform styles which suggest keywords such as “control” and “regulation,” the clothes are designed so that those who wear them can style the items in various ways. This season, military style jackets and coats, all in one styles and suspender pants are lined up.

 

TOKYO MERRY-GO-ROUND in Shanghai

“FASHION WEEK TOKYO in CHINA -TOKYO MERRY-GO-ROUND-” was held at Mei Long Zhen Isetan Shanghai from Feb. 26th to Mar. 3rd.

At the event space, original items were produced and sold from trendy Tokyo brands that represent today. The project is part of the 2013 Cool Japan Overseas Strategy Project by the Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. For this particular project Isetan Mitsukoshi cooperated with the Japan Fashion Week Organization.

【Feature】 Isetan Shinjuku Renewal

Grand re-opening of Isetan Shinjuku on Mar. 6th
Urban closet

Global closet

Tokyo closet

Tokyo closet/Re-style tokyo

Center park/Tokyo Kaihouku

West park/DECADE

Isetan girl

Career style

 

 

Uno Kanda visited Barney’s New York Shinjuku Store

Barneys New York Shinjuku Store is renewed and re-opened (on March 6). Actress Uno Kanda visited the opening ceremony.

BARNEYS NEW YORK SHINJUKU STORE

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5 Men’s Furnishings / Accessories / Luggage
Men’s Shoes

4 Women’s Designer Collections
Designer Eveningwear

3 Women’s Designer Collections
Women’s Shoes

2 Women’s Contemporary Casual-CO/OP
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1 Women’s Accessories
Handbags
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B1 Chelsea Passage
Baby Gifts
Bridal Service
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100 “life-size” Doraemon figures at Hakone event

One hundred “life-size” figures of the popular comic character Doraemon will adorn areas in and around Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, as part of an event running from March 9 through 31,

Each Doraemon figure will have a different facial expression and “secret tools” that the character is known for, according to Odakyu, which operates trains linking central Tokyo with the scenic Hakone area.

The dolls to be displayed during this year’s event were newly created, according to sources familiar with the matter.

http://www.odakyu-dora100.jp/

Evangelion Manga to Resume With End in 2013 Planned

The April issue of Kadokawa Shoten’s Young Ace magazine confirmed on Monday that Yoshiyuki Sadamoto （貞本義行）will resume his Neon Genesis Evangelion manga in the next issue on April 4 after a one-month break.

Sadamoto had said in the author’s note section of the previous issue that he is “working hard until the very end of the manga … this year.”

The 13th and most recent compiled volume of the manga shipped in Japan, the United States, and other countries worldwide on November 2.