Hi everyone,

Just a quick update that the 24: Redemption article has been updated to include the latest date and time for the season premiere in January.

Also, our CAMINO interview should be coming out soon.  The band will be performing at dot.con in Canada.  Interview was done by Michelle Tymon.

Crunchyroll.com is one of the hottest digital video sharing companies on the Internet.  Attracting 20 million visits per month, 200 million pages served and 5,000 new members per day, the company has also had its share of anime fans amd some in the industry not too happy with the company and their support of anime fan subs.

J!-ENT’s Dennis A. Amith interviews crunchyroll.com founder Vu Nguyen to learn more about the controversy surrounding the website, their success and also what may be in store for the future of the company.

Read the interview here

Greetings everyone!  Our J!-ENT GLAY VERB TOUR USA CONCERT REPORT by J!-ENT’s Wynne Ip is now available for download!

You can download this article right now!

Also, check out Wynne’s MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/caferabi

More of my photos can be found in articles featured on J!-ENT, a website that focuses on Asian
entertainment.  I am a huge fan of Asian pop music, drama, and film.  I love to photograph cosplay
and anime conventions, but covering entertainment and live events is my true passion.  Please visit
J!-ENT for up to date Asian celebrity news and to find out about events and concerts in your area.

“The third CD single from Acid Black Cherry (the solo project of Janne Da Arc lead vocalist Yasu), ‘Aishite Nai’ this time is a slower pace song compared to the last two CD singles. Plus another cover of a chart topping classic!”

BAND: Acid Black Cherry

CD SINGLE: Aishite Nai

LABEL: motorod

CATALOG #: AVCD-32091/B

DURATION: 9:14

RELEASE DATE: November 28, 2007

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

1. 愛してない
2. 異邦人

DVD: Region 2, 4:3, Duration: 14:54 minutes

1. 愛してない - Music Clip
2. OFF-SHOT

After reviewing Acid Black Cherry’s “Fuyu no Maboroshi” (the fourth CD single) and watching the music video, I realized their is somewhat of a storyline in the music videos featuring lead vocalist Yasu and his band members in otaku like outfits which culminated up to the dramatic ending of “Fuyu no Maboroshi”.

I noticed I missed reviewing “Aishite Nai”, so I listened to the third CD single which was more or less a ballad or un-ballad due to the title which translates to “not in love”.

But the CD single is more or less a slower-paced song compared to Acid Black Cherry’s previous releases which were very rock oriented with the thrashing guitars.

AKIHIDE (of BREAKERZ) is still heard prominently with his churning guitars in the background, as with SHUSE’s bass-playing. But nevertheless a song sung passionately by Yasu.

As for the coupling song “Ihoujin” (foreigner), following Yasu’s cover selections as in previous CD single, this time he goes to a no. 1 chart topping song from 1979 originally by Kume Sayuri and a song that has been covered a total of 13 times and in 2003 was most notable for the version by B’z guitarist Matsumoto Tak and ZARD.

The Acid Black Cherry version is pop oriented but a beautiful string arrangement in the background. All instruments were by Janne Da Arc keyboardist kiyo.

There are only these two tracks, no instrumentals included.

The DVD features the music video and off-shot.

The music video does not feature the otaku group as shown on the previous videos but features Yasu singing in the rain. You learn through the off-shot, which is literally the behind-the-scenes of the music video and recording of the song that cold water was pouring all over Yasu and after the shooting of the music video, Yasu screaming of how cold he was feeling.

But all in all, the off-shot was surprisingly lengthy at over 10-minutes. So, it was great to have that included.

As for the CD insert, standard tri-fold with lyrics and production credits on one side, pictures of Yasu on the other and a flyer promoting Acid Black Cherry’s fourth CD single and previous CD singles.

Overall, “Aishite Nai” is the slower-paced single of the first four CD singles but the music is very cool and as usual, Yasu’s vocals are well done.

Of course, I recommend the CD+DVD version pretty much for inclusion of the off-shot video which features a lot of footage if you are a big fan of Yasu or Acid Black Cherry in general.

But a solid CD single nevertheless! Check it out!

Check out more of our reviews at J!-ENT’s World Groove

Buy this CD Single:

Aishite Nai [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]

Acid Black Cherry

GLAY completed its final US performance at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on Saturday.

The concert has brought in over a thousand fans and GLAY performed a total of 20 songs and the band promised the crowd that they would make a return back to America.

In the three combined performances in San Francisco and Los Angeles, the band has performed in front of an audience of 3,100.

J!-ENT’s Wynne Ip will have a report on the GLAY tour coming soon!

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Thee Out Mods in San Francisco - Photo by Angelo Delos Reyes (J!-ENT)

Thee Out Mods in Los Angeles - Photo by Nergene Arquelada (J!-ENT)

If there is one group that we have a lot of live photos taken by both our photographers Angelo Delos Reyes from performances in the Bay Area and Nergene Arquelada for performances in Los Angeles, it’s of the group Thee Out Mods.

The group announced on their MySpace page that they are returning back home to Japan after residing in Los Angeles for several years.

The group definitely picked up some steam performing throughout California and generated a good-sized fan base.

We wish the band the best and definitely look forward to their performances in the US.

Hey everyone!

Our interview with BUDO GRAPE is now up!

What I love about this group is that it reminds me of the music I listened to a lot back in the 80’s… the B-52’s, Oingo Boingo, Public Image Ltd. and even Japanese bands such as Jittering Jin, Modern Choki Chokies, Go-Bangs back then.

The group recently performed in the US and their limited print US album “JUICE!” is now available!!!

Anyway, I want to thank JapanFiles.com and David Cirone for his awesome photo contribution for this interview.

Enjoy the interview!

Greetings everyone,

Our latest interview is now up. It’s with HALCA and YUCALI, the female hip hop duo known as HALCALI. The ladies were awesome to interview and I hope you enjoy reading it!

Check it out!

http://www.nt2099.com/J-ENT/INTERVIEWS/HALCALI/halcali.pdf

Buy HALCALI’s “Cyborg Oretachi”

Cyborg Oretachi [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]

HALCALI

We were asked if we had a myspace page.  Well, several of us on staff have our own personal myspace page but nothing for J!-ENT, so we decided to start one up.  Feel free to add us:

http://www.myspace.com/j_entonline