Kpop: TVXQ! - Spellbound(수리수리)

The (nowadays) duo of TVXQ latest video is better than the last ones, in my mind. It is better simply put. The theme is poker and ofc, with TVXQ, flashy dancing.

• TVXQ - Spellbound (수리수리)
• TVXQ - Spellbound (2nd version)

Movie: One Night Surprise (一夜惊喜)

There is nothing unique about the story or cinematics in One Night Surprise, the production values is like any high-end Hollywood production, and the story is a well told but familiar one about a girl who wakes up pregnant and she has to figure out which of three candidates it is. But. The movie is Chinese, with super star Fan Bingbing in the lead role (and Asian-American Daniel Henney as one of the male leads) and the polished surroundings is not from the usual New York, but city-hubs like Shanghai and Beijing. This is part of a rising prescence of asian movies on the world scene, which is now beginning to affect even Hollywood. With 1,3 billion Chinese just in China, and a growing economy, the potential for movie productions is of course big and the number of high-cost movies per year is increasing quickly.
More asian movies under Movies and Series.

Japanese indie: Wagakki band (和楽器バンド)

7-member band Wagakki band from Japan does their special niché of music - they take Vocaloid songs and fit them into a suit of traditional instruments, played with lots of energy and showmanship. "One Thosuand Cherry" is their third video.

• Wagakki band - One Thousand Cherry (千本桜)
• Wagakki band - Strong Fate
• Wagakki band - Hangekino Yaiba (反撃の刃)
• Wagakki band - Akatsukino Ito (暁ノ糸)
• Wagakki band - Fireworks (華火)
• Wagakki band -Music of Heavens (Tengaku/天樂) (vocaloid version)
• Wagakki band - The Tale of Six Trillion Years and One Night (六兆年と一夜物語) (vocaloid version)

Mandopop: Tanya Chua (蔡健雅)

Born in Singapore to two Chinese parents, Tanya Chua is accomplished singer-songwriter with a voice that has a tone I usually associate with native english speakers, but then then she has sung in english on four of her twelve albums.

• Tanya Chua - One-sided love (單戀曲)
• Tanya Chua - Tamed Elephant (被馴服的象)
• Tanya Chua - Angels & Demons Dialogue (天使與魔鬼的對話)
• Tanya Chua - A Hundred Thousand Millimeters of Tears (十萬毫升淚水)
• Tanya Chua - Who (誰)
• Tanya Chua - Fall (墜落)
• Tanya Chua - Parabola (拋物線)

Mandopop: Cheer Chen (陳綺貞)

Taiwanese Cheer Chen is a rather unusual Mandopop artist as she, while being well regarded, still shuns media, writes most of her music herself, and in general follows her own path and with her latest album completes her eight year, three album project. Her "Peace & Revolution" from last year is also one of the best Mandopop videos of 2013. That sitar...so perfect.

• Cheer Chen - Peace & Revolution
• Cheer Chen - Home (家)
• Cheer Chen - Birds (飛鳥)
• Cheer Chen - A Box of Rain (雨水一盒)