Reviews

After releasing the mini-album 22ND CENTURY GIRL as risu in 2009, and BRIGHT-EYED AND BUSHY-TAILED as r_i_s_u in 2012, is the singer and guitarist RIS (リス) back with the mini-album...

On May 17 the band HEAD PHONES PRESIDENT will release a new album, titled Realize. To promote this album the band has made a music video for the track Alive....

PSYCHOTIC CABARET is the first mini album by Visual Kei band Insanity Injection. Before this release, the band came with the single ADVENT OF SLAUGHTER that got reviewed before on AVO....

The Candy Spooky Theater officially never stopped, but went on hiatus in 2014, and opened new doors for all the band members of that band. Jack Spooky decided after his...

Recently I purchased a few Japanese Candy kits and I will review all of these for AVO. This is not a sponsored review and because of this I won’t mention...

Recently I purchased a few Japanese Candy kits and I will review all of these for AVO. This is not a sponsored review and because of this I won’t mention...

Kuzu no Honkai, or Scum’s Wish, revolves around a few high school students and teachers, specifically Hanabi and Mugi, who have mostly one-sided crushes and some of who are more...

In the past weeks, the film Harmonium (Futchi ni Tatsu) was being broadcasted in Dutch cinema. The film has been watched, so it’s time for a review! Harmonium, directed by...

Pokémon Sun and Moon were released a few months ago. So what are the new features? What features are familiar? Are these games an improvement on Pokémon X and Y?...

Hidden in the Nieuwstraat, in the centre of the Hague, you will find the store ISSHIN, a store that focusses on Japanese tea and is being run by owner Miyuki...

It is April and that is for the rock band April in 85 a great month to get extra attention. This band from ex-the butterfly nine cord singer and guitarist...

Japan has a new blockbuster, the animated movie Your Name (Kimi No Na Wa). This movie was published in 2016 and is the fourth highest-grossing anime movie from Japan and...

With a debut in 2014, the Electro-MetalCore band I Promised Once is still a relatively new band. Even so they managed to a headliner tour throughout Europe already in 2016....

Recently I purchased a few Japanese Candy kits and I will review all of these for AVO. This is not a sponsored review and because of this I won’t mention...

The discovery of PLASTICZOOMS did not happen for me up until 2013, but this band has built up a proper state of the art in their ten-year existence. It all...

With the announcement of the departure of Pueru, Post New Wave band FOXPILL CULT came with a music video: LAST WONDER. The band labels this video as the 'final chapter'...

On October 19, 2016 the for some rather unusual and FOXPILL CULT brought out a full album with a name that rather stood out: HOMO DEMENS MAN. The album contains...

Lately Netflix offered more and more Japanese movies and series and that’s fantastic for several reasons. Subtitles are always available in multiple languages, the quality is higher than 360p and...

Recently I purchased a few Japanese Candy kits and I will review all of these for AVO. This is not a sponsored review and because of this I won’t mention...

In March 2016, the band MUNIMUNI (ム ニ ム ニ) launched a mini-album, according to the band itself; it took 6 years before this CD was released: A_KILLS_A. Was it...

Yaoi-.. I mean Yuri!!! on Ice has created quite the hype. The original anime following a once great Japanese figure skater, Yuuri Katsuki, has a lot of fans and very...