YAM’s Top Films of 2014 Redux
Like any year, the YAM Magazine team got together (on our very secret Facebook group) and did our usual round of voting, movies went up and down and we managed to make a clean Top30 list.
Tagged: country: japan
Halfway Point: 2015’s Standout Albums
The best albums that you heard – and didn’t hear – during 2015.
Films for the Animal Lovers
A common trope often adopted by those in the movie-making business is to ‘never work with children and animals.’
Warcraft Trailer
While the story seems a tad different from what I remember from the games, I find myself liking the Warcraft trailer in all its overly CGI glory!
Mika Nakashima – Hanataba
Mika Nakashima (and Sony Music Japan) surprise with the full version of Hanataba (花束), a ballad that serves as the theme song of the Fuji TV drama Otona Joshi (オトナ女子), directed by Takashi Tadokoro (田所貴司).
The Fangirly Diary of a Geek Girl: Future Perfect~
The NYCC started this week, but even before that we had important news for all of us who mark geeky films on our calendars. Also, it’s time to getready for a very important time-traveling film upcoming date.
The Fangirly Diary of a Geek Girl: Empowering tomorrow’s superheroes~
This past week we have TV promos, posters, franchises expanding, sad Guillermo del Toro news, Marvel taking a page from DC, and DC getting ready for a new demographic!
Gesu no Kiwami Otome. – Otonachikku
Our new favorite band Gesu no Kiwami Otome. continues to impress this year with the release of OTONACHIKKU (オトナチック, Adultesque), with a video directed by Toshi Atsunori (東市篤憲).
Hoopers, The – GO!GO! Can’t Stop Dancing
The Hoopers lives up to its group tagline “Seven girls dressed as beautiful boys” and more with single mini-album GO!GO! ダンスが止まらナイ.
Case of Hana & Alice, The
Fresh of her mother’s divorce, Arisugawa Tetsuko hears about the mysterious murder of a student, and meets the peculiar shut-in girl named Hana with whom she’ll form a unique friendship of misheard words and quirky plans gone wrong.
