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In this Japan-loving community, there are a lot of people with dreams of going to Japan. Everyone has a different reason why they'd like to go to the Land of...

After the announcement of a new album, there was another big news voor PLASTICZOOMS! The band is going to tour again with HIGHFeeL and will not skip Europe! After a...

Art Punk Rock Trio TsuShiMaMiRe (つしまみれ) will come to Europe at the end of November to tour. It is the first time that the band will tour in Europe. The...

My first trip to Japan was last June and after making a video about my haul I asked everybody to send in questions for a Q&A. The video is finally online...

Since AVO has already existed more than 13 years and AVO Magazine more than 4 years, it was definitely time for an interview with the founder: Francisca Hagen.  AVO: You've kept...

An anime that a lot of anime fans were looking forward to. Dragon Ball Z was for a lot of people an introduction to the anime scene. It’s no surprise...

Like many of you know I'm not just the one maintaining the forum, the owner of an online magazine that's getting more known internationally, but also a promoter of various...

Japan invites anime and manga fans to vote for the best 88 seichi out of the tens of thousands there are. Seichi are 'sacred' places that have something to do...

Fall is approaching! And luckily every season also brings new anime series and movies. Below you'll find a list of 10 titles we're looking forward to, keeping to the order of...

Once in Japan, you'll be overloaded with several subjects which you usually run into (in the dealer room) at Japan-related events and conventions. One of those things which I ran...

It has been a month now since my return from my first trip to Japan and I sure can tell you one thing now I'm back home in The Netherlands:...

The girls of color-code were on their first tour of Europe last march, during which they had the opportunity to show off their singing and dancing skills to the audience...

For as long as I can remember, I have been a great fan of tattoo s. I really enjoy to read in on the different styles of the tattoo scene....

This upcoming Thursday ADAMS was scheduled to come to The Netherlands again. It would be a great show again too. I was looking forward to seeing Shota and ADAM again...

Click here for part 1 of this tribute to Hayao Miyazaki. As promised in my blog from yesterday I will continue my overview of Hayao Miyazaki’s films here. This overview...

Hayao Miyazaki | © Thomas Schulz / detengase @ Flickr Last week some big news became known, Hayao Miyazaki announced the end of his filmmaking career. The honor of paying...

Wow! What was this awesome! I have to squeeze my arms very often if this was true: 10 years of AVO Forum celebrating with an AVO Festival with Japanese acts....