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Ehh....I am so not surprised >_>. I think in the beginning they signed the contracts partially knowing this because, really, this isn't the first time a contract dispute with SM has happened. People these days want to be famous and blindly sign contracts, I guess you could say? and now that they're all big and famous they can be like "Hey I don't want this contract anymore" and they can probably sign with some other company because of their popularity. People will back the artists because of Korean entertainments notoriety for bad contracts. I don't know how close they all are but

F.I.R. are my favorite Taiwanese/Chinese artists that I listen to. I have all their CD's...haha kinda just like BoA. http://polyvinylcrush.com/wp-content/galle...16/DSCF0486.jpg Although IMO, their last 3 albums couldn't top the first one. Despite being Taiwanese, it's kind of sad that I listen to more Japanese and Korean music more lol. I know of quite a number of them, I just don't listen to them lol. Mandarin music sites are just harder to come by as opposed to Japanese and Korean music sites.

Hmmm.... kind of like BEG's new single although it's a little different haha. Since my small return to the K-Pop scene, the girlgroup that's caught my attention was SeeYa. However, while looking up just now what they've been up to, I stumbled upon some old news that Nam Gyu-Ri left in April? lolol. Sooo out of the loop, feel like a noob. But this is somehow not unexpected...these groups go by so fast. One reason I drifted away from the Korean music scene in the first place. =P

I haven't been to Katsucon (was going to go but it capped), but I've heard from friends that cons at hotels are good since they're open the entire time if I believe. He also tells me that it's better to have a room at the hotel for AnimeUSA and Katsucon but it's only in Crystal City which is like ~30 minutes from me so I don't see the point in using 100$+ on a room lol. Anyone going to AnimeUSA this year? I made the wrong decision in going alone since my friends backed out and I thought "when I'm at cons, I walk alone anyway" but it was so boring when there wasn't anything to do. M

Was it at the end of the panel around a water cooler..because if so that was all of us! Man I think I saw you, next time scream out our board names. I was this close to doing it. Next year we need to all meet up for sure.

My friend and I sat all the way at the left side, 2nd row from the back. I think I may have passed you guys bc I heard people talking about Lead but I didn't wanna be creepy and go up to random people haha. I came in during the juniors segment and if you heard a guy yell out woooo..that was my friend XD I had a brown Aeropostale shirt on if that helps lol. I also cosplayed as Shinigami-sama on saturday and sunday if anyone saw that. I think I was the only one aside from another one from Friday afternoon. As for JE stuff, there was a lot more than usual. I also saw a tohoshinki b

Haha well I checked this thread just because the masquerade is kinda boring. (Yes I'm there right now on my phone). But yeah Kinokuniya? Had a buncha Japanese books and music. Too expensive though haha. Btw if you anyone was at the JE panel, I was there too but I got in at like 10:40 bc the MELL signing took forever. I was with a dude in an orange hat if anyone noticed lol, my phone also went off towards the end

I actually do listen to one song....Share the World although One Piece had a lot to do with it. And for those who want to see a really shitty picture of Mickey's high school yearbook pictures. http://img205.imageshack.us/i/mickeyhs.jpg/ Left one is 11th grade and right one is 10th again in attempt to keep a topic... one of my favorite groups, ikimono gakari's new single just came out. Which I just remembered is Naruto Shippuden's opening Not a boyband or girlband but it's got a girl and 2 boys lol. I assume all kinds of Asian entertainment is suitable for this thread.

Haha yeah, I remember Jewelry...didn't listen to them much, they were still pretty new when I stopped listening to K-pop. I still refuse to listen to DBSK....still can't get over the fact that this dude I saw everyday is now some international star XD. Although from what I hear, he is kinda the least popular one. But all of them are pretty popular. If I remember, there was something about a company taking Shinhwa but without Andy and they wanted all 6.

Lol I have absolutely no idea who those are. Shows how much into the K-pop scene I am.

We do talk about girl groups but seeing as their aren't so many in Japan it's kind of a slow moving topic, Korea on the other hand... I was going to eat at California Tortilla that day between 4 and 6

I forget that she is known for her blogging haha. If I recall, she's also known for being quite the otaku as well, which is not that common for idols. For this reason though I think her popularity among anime fans will grow. She's also broken into acting also in Anmitsu Hime with Inoue Mao, but I haven't seen that show so I'm not sure how her acting is, or her role in the show for that matter. I think her singing isn't horrible, it isn't great but some of her songs aren't as bad as other idol-turned singers like you said, Aragaki Yui. I absolutely adore Aragaki Yui but her singing rea

So I've like been dead, actually I stumbled back here since Katsucon ended and I have the "want to go to more convention" feelings. Although I did not even go to Katsucon because it got capped. Anyway, I know this is probably reviving an old topic since it is a month and half old, but oh well. To answer Shiro420, I think Nakagawa Shoko is semi-popular. She gained her fame through the song "Sora Iro Days" from Gurren Lagann as you might know, she had a few singles before that but they weren't too great. After that her popularity sky-rocketed in my opinion. She appeared at Anim

I thought the Densha Otoko movie was done pretty well, however I didn't enjoy the series. The tv drama was one of the dramas I looked forward to but to this day I could not finish it. I agree with kaki in that Densha barely transformed at all, although I didn't finish it, I could tell from the few epsiodes I saw. Whereas the movie Densha looked like a different person after his transformation. The girl who played Hermes in the movie was more realistic and I think fits better with the story. I usually like Misaki Ito but she was so dull and boring in the TV series, her character was ju

Yeah haha Chantilly High School, I didn't really talk to him all that much. He was more like a friend of a friend kinda deal. He was in ESL though, and I guess his English didn't improve all that much haha. After he became debuted I joked with my friend saying "hey you should ask your teacher for some of his old papers and sell it if he becomes famous" I still remember when my friends told me that some guy from SM Town saw him at a local singing competition and signed him. One of his friends also said he was debuting in 2004 and January '04 came and there he was. He's actually in

嵐 this? haha kaki already said it, but it is Arashi. I like them as well, probably my favorite boyband. I've been so out of the loop of Korean music too, Shinhwa's already up at 9? haha I remember when I stopped listening to K-pop they were at 5. So many new groups now, I don't even recognize anyone in SM Town anymore except KangTa and BoA. I saw Micky everyday in High School also before he became famous, it's the dumbest reason in the world but it's why I don't listen to DBSK/TVXQ/Tohoshinki. So it's just weird seeing a fob Korean I used to go to H.S. with sing in front of million

There were a few Japanese movies I wanted to watch but they rarely get released in the States. Two movies I am dying to see are: Hana Yori Dango -Final- Cyborg, She (Boku no Kanoko wa Cyborg) Others I want to see are: L -change the worLd- Shaolin Girl Kurosagi I've seen and own NANA, Death Note, Death Note: The Last Name and Densha Otoko (Train Man) NANA 2 is also available now but I was told that it was pretty horrible so I've stayed away from it

I suppose I'll throw a few out there, although they've probably already been mentioned: BLEACH Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Death Note School Rumble One Piece Kaleido Star Ouran High School Host Club Black Lagoon D.Gray-man