Tencent Music Partners With Japan’s CoMix Wave on Anime Soundtracks

Japanese singer Misako Uno of AAA ("Triple-A") delighted fans last week when she launched her official YouTube channel on her birthday, Thursday (July 16). Two days later, she posted a cover of Eito's "Kousui," the TikTok-generated hit song that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in May.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: CBS is developing Repeat, a drama series executive produced by Masi Oka and Sabrina Wind, from ABC Studios.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten and executive produced by David Zabel (Mercy Street, ER) Repeat is based on the award-winning book of the same name by Kurumi Inui and the 2018 TV series, which aired on Yomiuri Television in Japan.The project was originally set up by Oka and Wind at CBS last year with a

Kaia Gerber is Vogue Japan’s September cover star.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorHiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later, the two hour documentary co-produced by A+E Networks International, History U.S. and Hulu Japan, will premiere on Hulu Japan and History in the U.S.

BTS, “Map of the Soul: 7 — The Journey” (UMe) There is no such thing as a world pandemic that can stop the BTS train. The pop (no K needed) superstars managed to record a full-length Japanese album, “Map of the Soul: 7 — The Journey,” in the few months the world was on lockdown.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorNetflix has set the first animated TV series based on the long-running Usagi Yojimbo comic books by Stan Sakai.

Hey! Say! JUMP's "Last Mermaid…" blasts in at No. 1 on this week's Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated June 29 to July 5, extending the streak of Johnny's boy bands leading the song chart.The title song of the eight-member group's 27th single leads physical sales and look-ups, while also faring relatively well in radio airplay (No.

Japanese singer EXILE ATSUSHI of the popular J-pop group EXILE recently contributed his platform and smooth vocals to a cause to support musicians who have lost their source of income due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOver the last couple of years, executive producers Jennifer Lane and Michael Williams have had their hands full.

This is very special. Perez was with Lady GaGa in Osaka in August of 2009. They went to this hole-in-the-wall gay nightspot and she spontaneously got up and performed Just Dance. It’s a very sweet memory. We had the best time!

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Leading Russian animation outfit Riki Group has signed a deal with Beijing-based producer and distributor Joy Culture and Chinese platform Tencent Video to partner on season four of animated series The Fixies.Following its acquisition of the show’s third season, Tencent will now invest in the production of 52 new episodes of the series, which follows the comical misadventures of Tom Thomas and his secret friendship with Simka and Nolik, two young

J-pop band Mrs. GREEN APPLE recently celebrated its fifth anniversary with fans in a very 2020 way: They created a special band-themed island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the popular Nintendo Switch game keeping players around the world busy during this period of social distancing.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorFunimation, a leading provider of anime content, plans to expand its streaming service to Brazil and Mexico this fall, offering select subtitled and dubbed anime series in Spanish and Portuguese.The company, an independent joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex, already operates globally, with nine offices in six countries.

Tom Grater, Jill Goldsmith Yesterday’s news that the European Union will not lift travel restrictions on the U.S. due to the scale of the country’s ongoing coronavirus outbreak prompted concerns about the re-start of American film and TV production based in Europe.As of today (July 1), travelers from 15 countries including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan and China can cross borders into the EU, but the U.S.

YOASOBI is a breakout J-pop act whose debut single, "Yoru ni kakeru," has been taking various Japanese music rankings by storm.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorYouTuber Liza Koshy has taken to Instagram to apologize after a video of her using a mock Asian accent resurfaced. Another clip included footage of Koshy pretending to speak Japanese.“What I once thought of as ‘innocent jokes,'” wrote Koshy, “were actually tainted with implicit bias, and what might have been intended as ‘playful’ was actually to some, incredibly painful.

“Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” is usually considered one of the best video game movies ever made because of how well it translated that medium into a film, despite being based on a comicbook.