Reviews
Album Review: Violent Magic Orchestra – DEATH RAVE
It had been eight long years since Violent Magic Orchestra’s last album, 2016’s Catastrophic Anonymous, so their latest long player, the intriguingly-titled DEATH RAVE (released in 2024), came with a...
Anime Review: A throwback to season 1 of Solo Leveling
For a while, Solo Leveling was all you ever heard of when people spoke about Webtoons, after the release of the anime it took the world by storm again. With...
Album Review: SpecialThanks – PUNK RECORDS
PUNK RECORDS is SpecialThanks’s 5th full-length album, released on 23rd October 2024. Being active since 2005, the band's current line-up is made up of Misaki Anita (on vocals and guitar)...
CD Review: GNU MAD RUSSELL$ – CHAOTIC SWAMP
Fans of raunchy, raucous rock n’ roll are in for a treat because the debut EP of GNU MAD RUSSELL$ received a global release via those groovy guys at German...
Music (Video) Review: La bit Pluie – Peu de Sucre
In case you keep an eye on the weekly music video roundup, the name La bit Pluie is probably no stranger to you. La bit Pluie's music can be described...
Single Review: Cilvie – EVERYTHING
Tokyo-based band Cilvie were formed at the height of the global pandemic and that whole experience forced the band to find new, more inventive, ways of recording. However, most importantly...
Product Review: Kajiriccho – Soft Candy Stick: Soda, Cola & Grape
These soft candy sticks by Kajiriccho are available in several flavours, this review focusses on their soda, cola and grape flavoured candy sticks. Not a fan of chewy candies? Maybe...
Product Review: Bandai Namco – Kyara-Paki Chocolate Bar Sanrio
Adorable Sanrio characters and chocolate, what more can you ask for? These cute little kyara chocolates by Bandai Namco are available in 8 different varieties. I got Cinnamoroll, Pochacco and...
Product Review: Meito – Curious George Banana Pudding
Meito - Curious George Banana Pudding - Simple Price: ± €6 Extra supplies: Bowl, Spoon, Mug, Water and Toothpick. Curious George is a well-known character from a children’s books series...
Product Review: Tokimeki Bread – Chocolate, Hokkaido Cream, Okinawa Brown Sugar, Salt Butter, Melon & Maple
Tokimeki Bread is a line of products by Tokimeki, a relatively new brand that sells all kinds of Japanese snacks. This bread is fluffy Japanese-style bread and is available in...
Product Review: Tokimeki Biscuit Sticks – Yoghurt, Strawberry, Blueberry, Chocolate, Bubble Tea and Milk Banana
Tokimeki is a relatively new brand that sells all kind of Japanese snacks, such as Mochi and Dorayaki, but also these different flavour biscuit sticks. They are sell Bubble Tea...
Product Review: KitKat Minis Caramel, Autumn Chestnut, Sachertorte, Milk Tea, Coffee Break and Ichigo Gateau Au Chocolat
It’s been too long since I did a proper KitKat review and many flavours have been released since my last one. Here are the six flavours I tried out this...
Product Review: Takara Tomy – Sumikko Gurashi Chocolate Popsicle
Takara Tomy - Sumikko Gurashi Chocolate Popsicle - Simple Price: ± €7 Extra supplies: Two Heatproof Bowls, Silicone Spatula, Spoon, Scissors and Plate. Sumikko Gurashi, the set of characters by...
Product Review: LOTTE – Toppo: Milk Chocolate, Bitter Dark Chocolate, Strawberry Condensed Milk & Lemon Cheese Tart
Toppo are a popular product by LOTTE, simply put these are inside out cookie sticks. The chocolate filling is covered by a thin cookie outer layer, which helps keep your...
Product Review: Meigum – Edible Fluffy Cloud Candy
Meigum - Edible Fluffy Cloud Candy - Simple Price: ± €6 Extra supplies: Water and Scissors. Foamy cloud candy, dipped in soda-flavoured “sky-powder”. Sounds interesting, right? To make this cloud...
Product Review: KitKat Minis Save the Blue Ocean, Melon, Pistachio, Strawberry Milk, Summer Ice Cream, Banana Caramel and Matcha Latte
Another Japanese KitKat review to catch up to the many flavours that were released in the last few years. This time there are seven flavours to review: Save the Blue...
Product Review: Heart – Sweet Surprise Hamburger Steak
Heart - Sweet Surprise Hamburger Steak - Elaborate Price: ± €12 Extra supplies: Microwave, Milk, Water, Scissors, Plate and Cocktail Pick. No, this isn’t an actual savoury meal, this is...
Product Review: Tenkei – 11 Japanese Sweets
This Japanese sweets mix by Tenkei contains a variety of eleven treats total. When I purchased these I couldn’t find an exact list of the contents, which made it a...
Product Review: Kracie – NeruNeruNeruNe: Cola & Orange Soda
Kracie - NeruNeruNeruNe - Cola & Orange Soda - Simple Price: ± €3 Extra supplies: Water and Scissors. Kracie produces a lot of these NeruNeruNeruNe candy kits, which are focussed...
2-in-1 CD Review: GUNGIRE – SCATTERED / SURGE
Although Japan has a long history of producing top-quality metal acts (think Loudness and E.Z.O.), the last decade has seen an explosion of groups which have placed that country at...
Product Review: Kracie – Goldfish Scooping
Kracie - Goldfish Scooping - Elaborate Price: ± €5 Extra supplies: Water and Scissors. This adorable little kit by Kracie allows you to play a game of goldfish (and turtle)...
CD Review: andO2 – Take the long way home.
Formed in Hakodate, Hokkaido in 2010, andO2’s relative isolation from Japan’s cultural centre of Tokyo has helped them shape a unique sound all their very own. Incorporating elements of emo,...
Product Review: Meito – Let’s Make Hanakappa Sweet Potato Digging
Meito - Let’s Make Hanakappa Sweet Potato Digging - Simple Price: ± €4 Extra supplies: Water, Scissors, Spoon and Bowl. Optional: Toothpick. Hanakappa is a PG anime which follows the...
Product Review: Kracie – Milk Lab
Kracie - Milk Lab - Simple Price: ± €5 Extra supplies: Microwave, Milk, Scissors and Bowl. Optional: Ice cubes. This candy kit, or rather this experiment, from Kracie is very...
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