Jpop: Sasanomaly - Re:verb

I have praised one-man act Sasanomaly for his inspiring videos and the new Re:verb is no exception. In the form of an arts & crafts experiment with prints (using the same director, Atsushi Makino, as in the previous videos), it tells the classic story of how hate breeds more hate and what to do about it.

• Sasanomaly - Re:verb

Jpop: Sasanomaly (ササノマリイ)

Sasanomaly (Sasano being his real name) or Nekobolo is a songmaker that has done lots of electronic songs using Hatsune Miku vocaloid among others, but in we can hear him sing himself in the beautiful video Synesthesia Ghost. The video makes a great use of animation where the animators (hands) are allowed to show but it just makes it even more metaphoric, a kind of love story where the main person transforms along with the girl he is chasing, the singing of Sasanomaly carrying us along.

• Sasanomaly - Synesthesia Ghost (共感覚おばけ)
• Sasanomaly - Re:verb
• Sasanomaly - Baloney Speaker (戯言スピーカー)
• Sasanomaly - Onomatopoeia Glasses (オノマトペメガネ)
• Sasanomaly - Things I Want You To Hear (きかせたいのは)
• Sasanomaly - Self-inflicted Achromatic (自傷無色)

Jpop: FEMM - L.C.S.

FEMM has released the video "L.C.S.", the follow up to "Pow!" and the second of the two previously unreleased songs on their first album "Pow! / L.C.S. + Femm-Isation", released this month. I'm not sure what the acronym stands for but it could well be "Local Coordinate System" if I was to judge from the video, again a well defined and thought through concept performed by the 'dolls' of FEMM.

• FEMM - L.C.S.

Japanese indie: Mop of Head

Mop of Head from Japan is an electronic band that has soon been around for 10 years. "Retronix Symphony" got me started on them with its interesting black and white animation, but the newer "Fresh" also has some interesting symbolism.

• Mop of Head - Retronix Symphony
• Mop of Head - Fresh
• Mop of Head - Breaking out basis
• Mop of Head - Uncontrol

Jpop: Young Juvenile Youth

Indie duo YJY consists of the singer Yuki and producer JEMAPUR. They new video "Animation" is a fresh electronic track with a video consisting of just animations of Yuki's head and face.

• Young Juvenile Youth - Animation
• Young Juvenile Youth - Anti Everything

Jpop: Suiyoubi no Campanella - Jeanne d'Arc & Peach Boy

I'm going to cover the two of Suiyoubi no Campanella's latest videos in one review. They did one of my favorite japanese songs last year, Kung Fu Lady, and while these two isn't quite up to that, they both have qualities visually and musically that lifts them up beyond most of their Japanese peers.

• Suiyoubi no Campanella - Jeanne d'Arc (ジャンヌダルク)
• Suiyoubi no Campanella - Peach Boy (桃太郎)