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papillon

May 6th, 2007 by Rinoa · 3 Comments · ★★★★☆

“papillon”, Hitomi Shimatani’s third single included a cover of the popular song of Janet Jackson — “Doesn’t really matter”.

Shuuji to Akira - Seishun Amigo

May 3rd, 2007 by Erika · 21 Comments · ★★★★½

With the conclusion of the popular school dorama “Nobuta wo Produce”, the stars of the show, Kamenashi Kazuya and Yamashita Tomohisa have formed a temporary unit and released a single consisting of the show’s theme song as well as a solo from both boys. Using their characters from the show Shuuji to Akira’s single debuted as the #1 selling single and was at the top of the Oricon Chart’s 999 top singles chart in 2005.

Garnet Moon/Inori

April 16th, 2007 by Rinoa · 1 Comment · ★★★★½

Garnet Moon was Hitomi Shimatani’s 17th single. It was a continuation of the overall mature-sexy image from 2004. avex wanted to ensure that this single would be fairly popular with the audience by attempting to target this single towards the young adult audience.

ANGELUS / Z!Z!Z! -Zip!Zap! Zipangu

April 11th, 2007 by Rinoa · 5 Comments · ★★★★½

“ANGELUS / Z!Z!Z! -Zip!Zap! Zipangu” is Hitomi Shimatani’s 16th single, which would be a tie-in with the anime Inuyasha.

Kanon’s Sanctuary

April 5th, 2007 by Celsius005 · 4 Comments · ★★★★★

It’s been about a year and a half since Kanon’s [Primary Flowers], the first full Sony album which failed to chart. Since this fundamental display in 2005, Kanon completed work on a mini-album and three singles, all of which contains elements that eventually made their way into her most recent album to date [Sanctuary]. Did this second album attempt make up for the dismal performance shown to us through [Primary Flowers]? Well, let’s just say it depends on how you look at it.