Maybe my trip to SUMMARY in 2011 really was a once in a lifetime experience. As of yesterday, Jticket International has ceased operationsI used to get regular emails from Johnny's offering international fans tickets to various concerts. These disappeared months ago, and lately I've been wondering if the service was ever going to offer more ( Read more... )

Did you notice Keito Okamoto's tribute to Lou Reed on the November 6 Shonen Club?
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I finally got my Sexy Zone single this week. Yes, I gave in and bought the CD without So and Marius on the cover. How long did that boycott last? I believe it was through exactly zero releases. I guess I will accept that Sexy Zone will be, at least for now, the Top 3 plus the two other guys, and I hope they will become more prominent as the ( Read more... )

Almost 4 months since I last wrote. That was about the calendars, and it's sort of interesting that this year is the first time in a couple of years that I've been actually keeping up to date with one of the calendars, changing pages once (or more) a month. It's the Sexy Zone calendar in the plastic holder, which has nice pictures and looks good ( Read more... )

I’m sorry to say I’m a little disappointed with this year’s Junior’s calendars. As always, I was excited when the big package arrived and first impressions were great: it all comes in a hard plastic carrying case which slides out of a slick colorful paperboard wrap. But the carrying case holds a lot of air: unnecessary cardboard inserts to hold 4 ( Read more... )

I missed writing about a couple of shows...I'll try to catch up, but sometimes life gets busy. Anyway, this was a show that had me cheering most of the way through. Good one ( Read more... )

It's kind of funny, this week Sexy Boyz and other younger Juniors got a much bigger turn in the spotlight at the show's beginning with big-name introductions and acrobatics, although Sexy Boyz weren't actually called out as a unit in their second week of existence. Travis Japan did get that. Sexy Zone sang the first song, in the Santa Claus ( Read more... )

This long-delayed episode taught me once again to expect the unexpected. I thought the Sexy Boyz announcement would be a bigger deal but all that happened was they trotted out on stage during a talk segment to receive their new status. Marius and So did all the talking, then the Boyz went back to back-dancing. They did get more time in the ( Read more... )

Shonen Clubs are coming fast with this being the third week in a row. But it looks like a fourth straight week is not on the schedule, with at least a delay for September's second episode. This week's hosts were Chinen, Hikaru, and Daiki ( Read more... )

Any moment on Shonen Club, we'll be seeing the new unit of special backdancers and performers called Sexy Boyz. But it doesn't look like we'll know exactly who is in this group ( Read more... )