This week was sort of a mirror image of last week. Pretty much the same lineups, but for me it was kind of a let-down. The Junior performance of "Bang Bang Bang" at the beginning set the tone with Bakaleya6, noon boyz, the rest of "Team Taiga", and the nucleus of Sexy Boyz. Same groups, reverse order. Bakaleya6 is really performing well ( Read more... )

This was a good show, and big news was developing for Juniors fans as we finally saw this delayed edition of Shokura. It's like one year ago, when we started to see Shori, Marius, and So all over Shonen Club, and we didn't know it but Sexy Zone was on the way. This week, a new unit named Sexy Boys is on the way, and we saw them emerging. Johnny ( Read more... )

The biggest thing that happened for me this week was Travis Japan. I've never heard of them until this moment: 5 backdancers age 13-15, suddenly elevated to named-unit status. This got me googling and I discovered they've been waiting in the wings for at least a few weeks. Some fan mags in June did interviews, and there were more in July. One ( Read more... )

Any episode that starts out with A.B.C-Z might as well be warning me to keep one finger close to the fast forward button. This was not my favorite Shonen Club, to say the least. But there were some moments to remember. Inoue, no longer the kid with the short hair, stood out leading off a Snow Prince semi-reunion that included a Johnny-does- ( Read more... )

This wasn't quite as good as last week, but Shonen Club is cruising with a good cast right now. They kept my fingers off the FF button for most of this week too. Thank you for telling us the theme in English: "Family" - it makes it easier to know what's going on. The show open was cute and sweet: Hey!Say! JUMP singing and smiling dreamily at ( Read more... )

I feel like writing about Shonen Club. What a great episode this week ( Read more... )

In honor of Hey!Say!JUMP's new single, here's a look at a real Wonderland train. In Boston, Massachusetts there's a subway line with the terminal at Wonderland station. So all day long, people see subways that look like this. Maybe they could do a new PV there. ^^


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I found a copy of Billboard Magazine, the official US home of music chart information, from December 3, showing Sexy Zone on top of the charts! I know Johnny's always likes to get noticed in NYC. :)


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Faster than a slow moving bicycle, I got my Sexy Zone CD/DVDs last night, and of course breathlessly watched every minute before going to bed at around 2AM. So...how did I like them? Did they live up to expectations? Would I buy them again? Hopefully, you want to know ( Read more... )

Okay, maybe Shintaro's not gone. Here's where I can say, "I never said he was," and that's true enough. I don't know any more than you do, I just follow the links around and try to make sense out of the clues. It's not fair how Johnny pumps up his top idols like they are the Second Coming of Michael Jackson, but if they fail a secret test, the ( Read more... )