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A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?

BLACKPINK in Kyocera Dome! The K-pop girl group had eight shows in three cities for their 2018 Japan arena tour, and became the first overseas girl group to hold a concert at Osaka's Kyocera Dome on December 24. A 50,000-strong audience filled the dome on Christmas Eve to see the girls perform fierce hits like Boombayah, Whistle and DDU-DU-DDU-DU and special solo stages.

An anime-obsessed young man fantasizes about his favorite voluptuous heroines, but his sex-addled dream quickly transforms into a nightmare which threatens to consume him.

With graduation right around the corner, every member of the Light Music Club except for Azusa will be leaving for good. But the girls aren’t going to let something as silly as graduation tear them apart! For their final hurrah, the girls a

In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.

Set within music field, this film depicts a love story between a 25-year-old sound engineer and 16-year-old high school student Riko, who posessess a gifted voice. 25-year-old sound engineer Aki is a member of popular band "Crude Play," but right after the band decides to make their major record debut Aki quits the band. But, Aki provides his music to Crude Play under the name of producer Soichiro. Aki begins to date Riko, whose father runs a fruit and vegetable shop. Riko doesn't know about Aki's background, but she likes to listen to him hum. Riko is in a band herself, with childhood friend Yuichi and Sota. One day she is scouted by producer Soichiro.

In a small fishing village, a gloomy middle school student named Kai meets a mermaid named Lu.

Although μ's, the defending champions of the school idol tournament, plans to dissolve their group after the graduation of their senior members, they receive news that leads them to holding a concert event! The 9 girls continue to learn and grow in this new and unfamiliar world. What is the last thing that these girls can do as school idols? With the clock ticking, what kind of meaning will the μ's members find in performing the most exciting live performance?

Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto weaves man-made and natural sounds together in his works. His anti-nuclear activism grew after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, and his career only paused after a 2014 cancer diagnosis.

On the day Touma Kamijou and Index see Academy City's space elevator, Endymion in the distance, they meet a Level 0 girl with an amazing singing voice, Arisa Meigo. As the three enjoy their time together after school, magic-user Stiyl Magnus suddenly attacks them. His target: Arisa. Why would a girl from the science side be targeted by someone from the magic side, Touma wonders. In the chaos of Stiyl's attack, he tells Touma, Index and Arisa that she might cause a war between the magic side and the science side.

Shelter tells the story of Rin, a 17-year-old girl who lives her life inside of a futuristic simulation completely by herself in infinite, beautiful loneliness. Each day, Rin awakens in virtual reality and uses a tablet which controls the s

Every day, a young girl wearing a mask stands by the beach and sings a nostalgic melody. After experiencing two sudden heart-wrenching partings when she was only a child, Nino Arisugawa has been singing her songs to the ocean, bound by a promise made with her two childhood friends—her first love, Momo Sakaki, and a boy who composed music, Kanade "Yuzu" Yuzuriha. Having never met each other, the boys both individually promised that if Nino was ever separated from them, her voice would be the beacon to reunite them once again.

Two different students—a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent—form a friendship through their love of jazz music.

The documentary film follows the group as they perform in countries across Europe, North America and Asia. It includes live and behind-the-scenes footage of their sold-out performances at the O2 Academy Islington in London, Le Bataclan in Paris and House of Blues in Los Angeles among others, bringing audiences closer to HARUNA, MAMI, TOMOMI, and RINA of SCANDAL like never before.

Haru and Reo perform as musical duo Haru-Reo. With their indie music, they suddenly get popular. Even with their newfound success, they decide to disband the duo. Haru-Reo go on one last tour together. Their roadie Shima goes with the girls on the tour.

LIVE AT BUDOKAN ~RED NIGHT & BLACK NIGHT APOCALYPSE~ is the third live video release by the Japanese band Babymetal. It contains the 2-day concert event at "Nippon Budokan" held under the name of "Red Night Legend "A Big Corset Festival" Tenkaichi Metal Budokai Final" on March 1st, 2014 and "Black Night Legend "Doomsday" Ceremony of Summoning" on March 2nd 2014.

"Babymetal: Live At Tokyo Dome" is the sixth live video release by BABYMETAL. Featuring two concerts, "Red Night" held on September 19th, 2016 and "Black Night" held on September 20th, 2016, at the Tokyo Dome

In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro, joins forces with heavy-hitting gangster Buppa of Buppa Town. With Buppa's support,

Troubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love at first sight with Ai, a daughter raised in a wholesome family. Around Makoto and Ai are Iwashimizu, who has feelings for Ai and Gamuko, a gang member who eyes Makoto.

This exploration of Japan's fascination with girl bands and their music follows an aspiring pop singer and her fans, delving into the cultural obsession with young female sexuality and the growing disconnect between men and women in hypermodern societies.

Meiko and Taneda are a couple graduated from university two years ago. Unhappy with their lives, Meiko quits her job and encourages Taneda to have his band become professional.

Kpop girl group, BLACKPINK held a successful concert at the Tokyo Dome. The show was attended by about 55,000 fans and was full of energetic and dynamic performances. They performed at the Tokyo Dome for the first time as part of their "BLACKPINK 2019–2020 World Tour". The quartet lead the concert with their hits including “Forever Young,” “Kill This Love,” “Playing With Fire,” “Boombayah” and “As If It’s Your Last.”

Square Enix and AWR Music Productions present the entire FINAL FANTASY Japan 2010 concert DVD and 2 CD set! Includes new FFXIII and FFXIV songs performed by Arnie Roth and the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, the Keio University Wagner Society Choir, with soloists Susan Calloway, Frances Maya, Meng-Feng Su, and Benyamin Nuss.

Four pianists take part in the preliminary round of an international piano playing competition. Each has a story that is different and unique. One is a former child prodigy who stopped playing when her mother died. One is a Julliard student. One is a new face and yet comes recommended.

Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can't cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions.

Angels watch over an old farmer as he works to bring a tsunami-ravaged land back to life.

Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and Saku they form the rock band BECK. As their popularity increases so does the danger as Ryusuke's past catches up with him.

After the idol group Aqours has won the final Love Live! contest, its remaining members prepare to enroll at a new school only to run into some unexpected trouble while the former members go missing on the way to their graduation trip. Separated, the girls begin to realize the value of their friendships as they attempt to find a solution to their various crises.

I、D、Z LEGEND "I" was a concert held by BABYMETAL on October 6, 2012, at Shibuya O-EAST in Tokyo, Japan. During the main set, BABYMETAL performed with BABYBONES, who mimed playing instruments. In the encore, they introduced the KAMI BAND, dressed in white robes and corpse paint. This was their first time playing with a live metal band. The concert ended with the announcement of their new single Ijime, Dame, Zettai, set for release on January 9, 2013.

In a remote area of Hokkaido, two lonely high school students meet and connect through a shared love of music.

After dying in a bus crash and falling to hell, high schooler Daisuke joins a demonic rock band so he can be reincarnated back into the mortal world.

The idols of 765 Production continue on their neverending journey—towards a new stage, towards a bright and shiny future! The girls and their producer have gone through thick and thin, and have stood face to face with all kinds of difficulties. It's time again for the girls to foster their friendship, and through great discipline, they step forward to their starry future.

Set in 2059, five decades after the Space War I conflict seen in the first Macross story. Macross Frontier, the 25th New Macross Class super-long-distance colonization fleet, is journeying through the galaxy to a new paradise to call home. However, it is locked in a state of war with a strange enemy called Vajra. Ozma Lee, the leader of the S.M.S. Skull Team that is fighting the Vajra on the frontlines, encounters a mysterious lifeform, different from even the Vajra, one day. This mysterious lifeform leaves an archival video of the Macross 7 colonization fleet with Ozma, Ranka, and Sheryl.

Once, Rui has aimed at a singer. However, now, she was frustrated and was doing the hostess's work in the country. When Rui goes home together with a friend's Tsunko, She met Momoko, the rival at the time of her having aimed as a singer. Momoko became an idol singer and was successful. On the grounds that Momoko has ridiculed Rui, Rui killed two friends, her and her. In order that Rui may escape a crime, She formed the idol group together with Tsunko pretending to be Momoko and others.

Tokyo. Asuka, a young cleaning lady working the night shift, is ready to pay a high price to achieve her dream of becoming a music star. She manages to perform on a TV-talent show, but all her sacrifices backfire when she is accused of murder and is forced to reveal all the details of the dark path she has followed until then.

After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school, hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up surrounded by people with an interest in the brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some old friends, some new. However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.

England, the 19th Century. The almighty butler Sebastian of the Phantomhive House: the "evil nobles" that are contracted to perform Queen Victoria's "underground" work. His true form is that of a demon. According to his contract with his young Master Ciel, a proudly independent boy who faces his cursed fate head-on, he becomes Ciel's shadow and cleans up the incidents that occur in the underground society.

The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. Fujiko is running as fast as she can, being chased after by a creepy masked man called Mad Dog. They meet a talented pianist on the way. A mysterious relationship develops between Utagui, a little girl who eats songs to live and an artist who can't sing anymore. A married couple sets off on a journey to find the right arm of their dead son. As they finally reach a beach in Okinawa, they find? Bastards come together on a night dancefloor for a show.

Tonoin Kei, a musical genius, becomes the new conductor of Fujimi, clashing with the group's leader, Morimura Yuuki, who is unaware of Kei's feelings for him.


ONE OK ROCK with Orchestra Japan Tour 2018 features the final performance of the special concert held at Osaka-jo Hall in October 2018, where the band performed with a 53-member orchestra, alongside footage from the Saitama Super Arena show. The release also includes a 100-page booklet packed with newly shot member photos, commentary, live reports, and interviews with the production team, offering a deeply engaging read.

The legless ghost of a girl discovers some disembodied tap shoes, dancing to "Moses Supposes" from Singin' in the Rain, and attempts to join them in their dance.

The 2019 installment in Crypton Future Media's annual "Magical Mirai" concert series, this year recorded in Tokyo. This year's concert marks and celebrates the 10th anniversary of CV03 Megurine Luka. Features the concert from the final day plus extras of tribute songs for the late artist "wowaka" which were different on each day.

BABYMETAL - Download Festival 2018 captures the Japanese kawaii metal band's electrifying performance at the legendary UK rock festival. Witness BABYMETAL's unique blend of heavy metal music and energetic choreography as they conquer a massive stage and enthrall a diverse crowd. This concert film showcases the band's powerful stage presence and infectious enthusiasm, featuring fan-favorite songs like "Gimme Chocolate!!" and "KARATE", alongside newer tracks. Experience the energy and excitement of BABYMETAL's Download Festival 2018 set and see why they continue to break boundaries and win over audiences worldwide.

CHRONICLE is a magnificent record of the power that dwells in song, moving back and forth between the past, present, and future. This time, the story is set in modern times and revolves around a boy and girl named Itsuki Kashiwagi and Sora Ichinose.


ウマ娘 プリティーダービー 2nd EVENT Sound Fanfare (Uma Musume Pretty Derpy 2nd EVENT Sound Fanfare) is event, which was held on October 14th 2018 at Makuhari Messe Event Hall.


WORLD TOUR 2014 - TOUR FINAL IN JAPAN was a two-day concert event held on September 13-14, 2014, at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. This event marked the final performances of BABYMETAL's world tour, BABYMETAL WORLD TOUR 2014.

"Babymetal: Live At The Forum" is the eighth live video release by BABYMETAL. Featuring concert footage of BABYMETAL's first US arena headline show, METAL GALAXY WORLD TOUR LIVE AT THE FORUM. Performed in Los Angeles, CA on 2019.10.11.

This release captures ONE OK ROCK's 2018 performance at Tokyo Dome, part of their nationwide 4-dome tour that mobilized 300,000 attendees. The package includes a 100-page booklet featuring newly shot member photos, commentary akin to a live audio track, tour reports, and interviews with the production team, offering a deeply engaging read.

This is the second theatrical play adaptation of the popular manga series “Lychee Light Club.”

A concert film documenting Sheena Ringo's performance that was held at Saitama Super Arena on her birthday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her debut.


ウマ娘 1st EVENT Special Weekend! (Uma Musume 1st EVENT Special Weekend!) is event, which was held on July 1st 2017 at Maihama Amphitheater.

AAA's 10th anniversary live and first solo outdoor performance! The long-awaited DVD & Blu-ray release of the live performance at Fuji-Q Highland, which was the highlight of the 10th anniversary year and covered everything from past hits to the latest songs.

AAA ARENA TOUR 2016 - LEAP OVER -”, a Japan arena tour that drew a record attendance of 210,000 people, the largest ever in AAA's history. The highlight of the tour, the performance at Makuhari Messe, has been made into a long-awaited video.


The tour drew about 270,000 people for the 6 concerts, making them the youngest Japanese male solo artists in history and the first Japanese male dance and vocalists to hold a four-dome tour.

A series of Touken Ranbu musical festivals. This is the 3rd Shinken Ranbu Sai.


"Tokyo Incidents Live Tour 2012 Domestic Bon Voyage" was Tokyo Incidents' last live tour in February 2012 before they disbanded. This tour, called "the last live performance," features five members, a total of 43 orchestras led by Neko Saito, and four dancers from Idevian Crew.

This work provides full-scale documentation of ONE OK ROCK's 2013 "Who are you?? Who are we??" TOUR, which covered Asia and their first-ever European tour. Over the course of one and a half months, it traces the band's journey across 12 performances in 11 countries: France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Taiwan. The members deliver awe-inspiring live performances in venues packed with local fans, while the overwhelming enthusiasm of international audiences is vividly captured through live footage. The documentary is directed by **Hiroshi Nakano**, a visionary filmmaker known for revolutionizing music videos and directing feature films. With his extensive experience in capturing artists' essence, Nakano records ONE OK ROCK's evolving "present" as they carve their path into a new era.

BABYMETAL WORLD TOUR 2014 in London was a concert held on July 7, 2014, at The Forum in London, England. This show marked BABYMETAL's first headline performance in England. Originally scheduled to be held at the Electric Ballroom, the venue was changed to The Forum due to high ticket demand. Prior to this concert, BABYMETAL performed at the Sonisphere UK 2014 festival on July 5, 2014. This show was recorded for "Live Viewing" and streamed live in Japan at Zepp Tokyo in Tokyo.

Love Live! μ's Live Collection is a compilation of all the animated dance scenes across the six singles, both seasons of the anime and the movie. It was released on August 26, 2016.

A documentary film that approaches the backside of numerous stages packed with the first challenge and culmination of AAA unique to the 10th anniversary! 2015, the 10th anniversary of debut, was a memorable year for AAA.

Aqours' fourth live concert, held at Tokyo Dome on November 17 and 18, 2018.

A live concert event featuring Starlight Kuku Gumi held at Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall on December 22, 2018.

LEGEND "1999" YUIMETAL & MOAMETAL Birthday Festival (LEGEND "1999" YUIMETAL & MOAMETAL 聖誕祭; LEGEND "1999" YUIMETAL & MOAMETAL Seitansai) was a concert held on June 30, 2013 at NHK Hall in Tokyo, Japan. This show celebrated the 14th birthdays of YUIMETAL and MOAMETAL. The concert started with BABYBONES, followed by the appearance of the KAMI BAND beginning with NO RAIN, NO RAINBOW. At the concert's end, it was announced that the LEGEND "1997" SU-METAL Birthday Festival would be held on December 21st.

Revue Starlight Orchestra Live "Starry Konzert" was a live concert event held at Nakano Sunplaza in Tokyo on March 31, 2019.

Musical Touken Ranbu's yearly music festival that took place in 2017

In 2010, SEKAI NO OWARI suddenly appeared in the music scene and quickly became a band that symbolized the new generation with its unconventional musicality, original lyrics, and unique characters of the four members. The four people, who have been engaged in bold and surprising activities that are completely unconventional in the past Japanese band scene, have finally embarked on the world of cinema.


The first Japan nationwide concert tour by South Korean boy group Shinee to support their first Japanese studio album, The First. The tour kicked off in Fukuoka on April 25, 2012, and ended in Hiroshima on July 1, 2012, with a total of 20 concerts in seven cities. It attracted 200,000 concert-goers, setting a new attendance record for the first Japan tour of a Korean artist.

Korean five-member girl group Red Velvet's first solo tour in Japan consisted of ten sold-out shows for 20,000 fans from March to June 2018. The March 29 concert at Tokyo's Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Main Arena was broadcast on cable channel WOWOW four months later, then released by Avex on DVD and Blu-Ray in September 2018.

Concert film of the band's performance at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan on November 4, 2015.


Cornelius and his band performed Oct. 8 at the Tokyo International Forum Hall A as part of the Mellow Waves Tour 2018. Going to a Cornelius show isn't just about enjoying live music; it's about taking in a distinctly unique audio and visual experience, including innovative visual effects and lighting. As today's market for live music continues to expand, the importance of visual tricks and twists to accompany live performances has grown as well, but Cornelius -- the solo project of Keigo Oyamada -- has been integrating music and visual effects in his concerts for over a decade and is a pioneer in this regard.

First live work from WORLD ORDER features their performance at Nippon Budokan on April 20, 2013.

A short film consisting of rotoscoped clips from 'Swallotwail Butterfly,' set to the music of the film's Yentown band.

THE END is an opera birthed out of the collaboration between trend setting spirited young individuals including musician and artist Keiichiro Shibuya, director and script writer Toshiki Okada, and illustrator YKBX. This production does not feature any humans, and replacing all familiar elements of the non-existent singers and orchestras are aria and recitative by Hatsune Miku and Vocaloid, with a story told by computer made music and visuals. This production tests taking the traditional tragic structure of an opera asking “What is death?” and “What is an end?” and puts Hatsune Miku as the mediator to reread it in a modern way. Also much talked about is Hatsune Miku’s opera wardrobe, which was designed by Louis Vuitton’s artistic director Marc Jacobs and his studio team.


Red Velvet 2nd Concert “REDMARE” in JAPAN was the Japanese leg of the group's second concert tour, held between January and February 2019 across arenas in Fukuoka, Kobe, Yokohama, and Hiroshima. The highly energetic show featured a vivid, amusement-park-inspired theme split into five fantasy concepts, showcasing the group's dual "Red" and "Velvet" musical styles alongside the live debut of Japanese tracks like "Sappy".

The first theatrical play adaptation of the popular manga series “Patalliro!”.

Aqours's third live concert, held at MetLife Dome in Saitama on June 9 & 10, 2018; Osakajou Hall in Osaka on June 16 & 17, 2018; and Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka on July 7 & 8, 2018 .

Features LOVEBITES' gig held at MyNavi BLITZ Akasaka held on January 27. Contains 17 songs in total. 1 Clockwork Immortality 2 Addicted 3 Bravehearted 4 The Crusade 5 Pledge Of The Saviour 6 Rising 7 Scream For Me 8 Break The Wall 9 Shadowmaker 10 Above The Black Sea 11 Empty Daydream 12 M.D.O 13 Journey To The Otherside 14 Edge Of The World 15 We The United 16 Epilogue 17 Don't Bite The Dust 18 Under The Red Sky 19 The Everlasting


Run off and join EXO-CBX's Magical Circus! Held in May and June 2018 after the release of the album Magic, the EXO unit's first Japan arena tour attracted 80,000 fans to eight shows in four cities. This live release records their concert at the Yokohama Arena during which the group performed songs from Magic and other hits.

Features the final of the tour "DAICHI MIURA LIVE TOUR (RE)PLAY" held at Yoyogi First Gymnasium on January 22, 2017.

DVD release from TK from Ling tosite sigure trying to match up "photos + diaries" and "video + music." Includes three new songs.

The second theatrical play adaptation of the popular manga series “Patalliro!”.

Watarirouka Hashiritai's last concert. It was held at Zepp DiverCity TOKYO, on February 9, 2014.

Taemin's first solo concert at the Budokan in Tokyo on the 1st and 2nd of November, 2017.

Miku Expo 2014 was held in Jakarta, Indonesia and the United States, specifically in Los Angeles and New York City. The theme song for the tour was "Sharing the World", produced by Bighead.

First live of Emi Nitta held in November at Tokyo Dome City All on Blu-ray! Includes CD bonus with "Kirameki wo Yume mite".

This is Ms. Asami's second release following her serious illness and it continues in the vein of renewal and recovery. It contains a live version of her previous single which really highlights the power and maturity of her voice. This premium package contains a bonus poster and a behind-the-scenes film production and music videos on DVD.

Directed and key animated by Yukiko Kai, music by Urban Garde. Graduation work in Tama Art University Department of Graphic Design.

This concert film covers the band's performance at Yokohama Arena on October 16, 2016.

J-Pop singer Salyu and avant-garde Japanese pop icon Cornelius perform under their alias, salyu x salyu, for a 2011 concert at the Yokosuka Metropolitan Theatre, backed by a trio of singers (the salyu sisters) and a live band. The proceedings remain tightly focused on the "vocal acrobatica" delivered by Salyu's quartet against the backdrop of Cornelius's intricate psychedelic jazz-pop arrangements, with little extraneous stage craft required to hold the audience captivated. Several music videos round out the DVD contents.

A solo concert held by Girls' Generation. It was held on December 9, 2014 at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. This is the group's first concert without member Jessica, who was dismissed from the group on September 30, 2014.